let's cross to reporting scotland's education correspondent lucy whyte. there seem to be quite a lot of caveats in that announcement, what should assessment of what is actually happening and what are students meant to make of this? yes. students meant to make of this? yes, i think ultimately _ students meant to make of this? yes i think ultimately overcomes a students meant to make of this? is: i think ultimately overcomes a big relief to many. we've had formal exams cancelled for two years in narrow. if we go back to 2020, that was our fairly quick cancellation. thejudges grade were was our fairly quick cancellation. the judges grade were put through a moderation system which meant some people had their marks downgraded and that was eventually changed and it went back to teacherjudgment. last year we had a system of continuous assessment when exams work cancelled. people —— some people branded assessments as exams by another name. so they have normal exams to aim for next year. we are back to school already in scotland so people can get down to work

as nearly all of scotland's covid restrictions are lifted. this show expanding its audience overnight. if we were going to keep to the 200 audience we would, it would be very tough for us, when we heard the announcement we could increase the numbers to 400 it was amazing because the cast, all the cast we had tears from the cast. 400 is still reduced but we think it will keep our audience and ourselves covid compliant. venues, bars, restaurants are no longer having to limit their number, but many are choosing to hang back. this restaurant and bar saying some of the new rules aren't clear. i know a lot of people much prefer the safety of table service, masks when moving round the building, not being crammed in with 40 people round you like sardines. but you could serve people at the bar. we can, it is whether or not they can stand there and drink for an hour, two hours, four hours, we are not certain about that. so we are not going to bother. life in scotland will feel more normal than at any time since march last year but the scottish governme

and it was western scotland the place to be. looks lovely in the sunshine and temperatures reached 27 celsius. now, it won't get as hot as that again through the rest of the month because we've got this weather front moving down toward the southwest of the uk. it's bringing in cloud, one or two spots of rain just for a while, and as that weather front moves through, so we introduce a cooler wind off the north sea. that's blowing in cooler air and it's dropping the temperatures as well. we start with some fog, though, quite extensively across northern ireland in the morning. not so much fog in scotland. the fog will lift. the cloud that we start with in wales and the southwest will break up. sunshine for many western areas. but the wind will continue to blow in more cloud to the eastern side of the uk. should get more sunshine, though, for the northern isles, some areas of cloud lingering across some easternmost parts of scotland. much of the country, though, seeing the sunshine and temperatures 23, maybe 2a in the west of scotla

the showers confined to the north of scotland. a fairly mild night for most once again but could just dip down into single figures across parts of scotland and far north of england. the frontal system bringing a lot of clout and patchy rain tomorrow particularly through the morning. still this area of cloud and rain to parts of northern england. the showers mostly confined to the far north of scotland. away from this area of cloud some spells of sunshine through the afternoon. that will help temperatures up to around 23 celsius butjust ii for the northern isles and a rather cool day across parts of northern ireland as well. into monday will lose the rain across parts of england and wales but will keep the showers going across scotland and also a cooler north—westerly wind as we head into monday. and we will see quite a lot of cloud around on monday morning and some showers feeding in on the north westerly wind. the best of any brightness will be a eastern counties of scotland and england. a cooler filling day to start the new we

and it was western scotland the place to be. looks lovely in the sunshine and temperatures reached 27 celsius. now, it won't get as hot as that again through the rest of the month because we've got this weather front moving down toward the southwest of the uk. it's bringing in cloud, one or two spots of rain just for a while, and as that weather front moves through, so we introduce a cooler wind off the north sea. that's blowing in cooler air and it's dropping the temperatures as well. we start with some fog, though, quite extensively across northern ireland in the morning. not so much fog in scotland. the fog will lift. the cloud that we start with in wales and the southwest will break up. sunshine for many western areas. but the wind will continue to blow in more cloud to the eastern side of the uk. should get more sunshine, though, for the northern isles, some areas of cloud lingering across some easternmost parts of scotland. much of the country, though, seeing the sunshine and temperatures 23, maybe 2a in the west of scotla

northeast of mainland scotland, perhaps even into the borders as well. elsewhere in scotland, the sun will be out and it's going to be warm — 26 degrees again around glasgow. and in the sunshine in northern ireland, 2a celsius. could make 2a in cumbria as well. cloudier, cooler weather, though, for northeast england through lincolnshire, the midlands, into east wales, but also for east anglia. sunshine more likely across southern counties of england, though in the southeast, it's still quite a chilly wind blowing, and we've got all this cloud coming further inland during the evening. so, a lot of cloud, i think, at headingley for the first day of the test match. it's going to be dry. it'll be dry for day two on thursday, but it will feel quite a bit cooler. now, we saw all the cloud in the north sea. it's actually on that weather front there, very weak. it's pushing inland during wednesday night. a little light rain or drizzle here and there, and by the time we get to thursday morning, it's cloudy and damp across wales and the southwest. but the cloud

yesterday we saw 27.2 celsius in the highlands in scotland making at the highlands in scotland making at the warmest day of this august so far but it's not going to be as warm for the next few days, this weak cold front has been spreading south across the country introducing fresh air and quite a bit of cloud around, staying quite cloudy as you can see across the eastern side of the country. this area of cloud for wales, south—west and northern ireland will thin and break through the day. plenty of sunshine across many northern and western areas through this afternoon. we hold onto this cloud in the east. it looks cloudy, cool and breezy for the northern isles, perhaps the north—east of aberdeenshire, but elsewhere across scotland, lots of sunshine but not as warm as it was yesterday all the day before, highs of 21 or 22. 20 degrees in northern ireland, plenty of sunshine with low 20s celsius for western england, increasing sunshine for wales but it stays quite cool, cloudy and breezy across eastern england, particularly close to the north sea coast. that means for the cricket at

and it was western scotland the place to be. looks lovely in the sunshine and temperatures reached 27 celsius. now, it won't get as hot as that again through the rest of the month because we've got this weather front moving down toward the southwest of the uk. it's bringing in cloud, one or two spots of rain just for a while, and as that weather front moves through, so we introduce a cooler wind off the north sea. that's blowing in cooler air and it's dropping the temperatures as well. we start with some fog, though, quite extensively across northern ireland in the morning. not so much fog in scotland. the fog will lift. the cloud that we start with in wales and the southwest will break up. sunshine for many western areas. but the wind will continue to blow in more cloud to the eastern side of the uk. should get more sunshine, though, for the northern isles, some areas of cloud lingering across some easternmost parts of scotland. much of the country, though, seeing the sunshine and temperatures 23, maybe 2a in the west of scotla

some across parts of northern ireland, central and western scotland. and a beautiful scene from the isle of mull, blue skies overhead. some parts seeing the best of the sunny spells through the afternoon with a few breaks in the cloud across england and wales, particularly in the south—east later on. most places great and drizzly. noticeable north—easterly, particularly the eastern coastal areas. temperatures between 16 and 21. this evening, we keep extensive cloud, low enough to sit on top of some of the hills of northern england. still some drizzle around. most places staying mild but weather cloud breaks across central scotland, temperatures will dip away with quite a night. most of us start tomorrow with a lot of cloud again, still sunspots of drizzle. a better chance that more parts of scotland will see some sunshine tomorrow afternoon, may be northern ireland and perhaps southern coastal counties of england and the channel islands. a bit tricky to forecast where the best rates in the cloud will be. you get some sunshine, you could see 21 cels

half of scotland's new covered cases - scotland's new covered cases are nearly 25 is. around a third are in people who have been double dosed. in numbers was predicted but this is being described as a fragile and pivotal moment in the pandemic. taste pivotal moment in the pandemic. - expected case numbers to rise and we expected case numbers to rise and we expected a sharp rise when things like schools returned and testing increased. but there is an underlying trend upwards in case numbers in scotland and we've seen that in the past two or three weeks. by that in the past two or three weeks. by law you still have to wear a mask you in scotland in indoor public settings such as shops on public transport. but aside from that most legal restrictions have now been lifted. and all of us, nicola sturgeon said, had been letting our behaviour drift back to normal. so if some restrictions wait to return? restrictions coming back and would be quite tough because just got back especially with nightlife going into pubs and bars. if especially with nightlife going into pubs and bar

and it was western scotland the place to be. looks lovely in the sunshine and temperatures reached 27 celsius. now, it won't get as hot as that again through the rest of the month because we've got this weather front moving down toward the southwest of the uk. it's bringing in cloud, one or two spots of rain just for a while, and as that weather front moves through, so we introduce a cooler wind off the north sea. that's blowing in cooler air and it's dropping the temperatures as well. we start with some fog, though, quite extensively across northern ireland in the morning. not so much fog in scotland. the fog will lift. the cloud that we start with in wales and the southwest will break up. sunshine for many western areas. but the wind will continue to blow in more cloud to the eastern side of the uk. should get more sunshine, though, for the northern isles, some areas of cloud lingering across some easternmost parts of scotland. much of the country, though, seeing the sunshine and temperatures 23, maybe 2a in the west of scotla

scotla nd scotland begin their quest to reach the 2023 women's world cup, and this is the man who is hoping to leave them there. seven months after shelley's to partner, pedro martinez losa has been appointed as the replacement. losa has been appointed as the replacement-— losa has been appointed as the relacement. ,, . ., , , replacement. especially as my little uirl, whose replacement. especially as my little girl, whose three, _ replacement. especially as my little girl, whose three, i _ replacement. especially as my little girl, whose three, i want _ replacement. especially as my little girl, whose three, i want to - replacement. especially as my little girl, whose three, i want to be... i girl, whose three, i want to be... opportunities for women and girls. 45—year—old martinez has coached in spain, america, england and france. while at arch and old, he replaced sheuey while at arch and old, he replaced shelley kerr as manager, he won the league cup and the fa cup. he left in the knowledge that qualified for this season's women's champions league for the first time. now in

and in the northeast of scotland. they _ england. and in the northeast of scotland. they will _ england. and in the northeast of scotland. they will be _ england. and in the northeast of scotland. they will be pushing . england. and in the northeast of i scotland. they will be pushing away later this evening i need to be turning dry overnight. we would look to the west to see crowd and rain pushing towards the northern ireland and southwest in scotland by the end of the night. temperature is nights, 11 to 13 degrees. some sunshine and it will be cloudy as the cloudiness pushes east. the rain moving across northern ireland that sunshine following in the afternoon. the rain pushing east. we will get some rain writing across wales and western parts of england. sunshine after the rain but it will not help the temperature is too much. highest temperatures will be ahead of the rain towards east anglia. could make 25 degrees for the first time this month. into the evening what is left of the rain will move into the midlands. it will peter out and turning dry in scotland. th

the worst of those most likely to be across the eastern half of scotland. temperatures though in the sunshine should actually start to feel a bit more pleasant. a few more places above 20 degrees. monday evening sees the showers and thunderstorms continue for a time but they do start to fade. that's because low pressure is on the move pushing toward scandinavia, allowing this little ridge of high pressure to build in. don't get too excited, doesn't mean they'll be blue skies across the board and they'll still be one or two showers around on tuesday. but more places will be dry though your greatest chances of showers and heavy thunderstorms are likely across some parts of central and northern scotland. notice with more dry weather around, light winds, temperatures start to climb close to where we want at this time of the year. indeed as we go into the midweek, the high pressure starts to build in across the south and east. in area of low pressure pushing in from the west but as this weather front yet as to bring some rain across the northern ireland and west

central scotland perhaps of at eight, 9 degrees only. next few days, no wish to change things. subtle there is a doll —like variations on the theme, dry and cloudy for the most part, temperatures much where we expect that i�*m here. just take a lot of cloud to start with. again, may be a drizzly shelving of the north sea to the midlands as was the case today but i�*m hopeful that a bit of brightness gets into the south and those that envisions a 20 but stuck with a cloud you may be at 1a or 15 degrees. in the middle part of the week on tuesday and into wednesday not a great deal changes except perhaps we think a little bit more of an influence of that high pressure coming into scotland of the north of england, northern ireland, and perhaps a few more people get to see some decent spells of sunshine and further south not without hope at least a little bit of brightness, loss of dry weather again, tops around about 20, may be a 21 somewhere in the western side of scotland, sheltered from the pieces and little sunshine. even as far ahead as thursday and friday and was expect

eastern scotland, probably over the pennines, eastern areas of england, as well. now, sunday morning, we'll probably have some fairly thick cloud running in across parts of east anglia, south east england, still with some patches of rain expected here. into the afternoon, the skies brighten up and there will be some showers. some of them quite heavy for central and eastern scotland, central and eastern england. dry with sunshine for south—west england and wales, northern ireland and western areas of scotland. then, into next week, it looks like high pressure is going to be with us, and it's going to be bringing the air from scandinavia. so no heatwave in the forecast, but it will be a pleasant spell of weather. it's going to be largely dry with some sunshine to look forward to. so that settling down process really gets under way on monday, with most of us having a dry day with some sunny spells. in the sunshine, it's august, it's going to feel warm in that sunshine with temperatures widely climbing into the low 20s, peeking around 22 celsius in glasgow, birmingh

the showers in scotland do to become fewer, mind you. a bit of a dull, misty, damp start across parts of wales and the south—west of england. and this cloud gradually working its way northwards. more in the way of sunshine across scotland as those stars become fewer, but the cloud will be increasing in northern ireland and northern england, bringing a bit of rain and drizzle especially later on in the day. could be a bit damp still across the north of wales, even across to the north midlands into east anglia. but to the south of here, we should get some sunshine through, especially in the southeast of england. temperatures reaching a pleasant 23 celsius, and we could make 19 or 20 in the sunshine in the central belt of scotland. now, that area of low pressure moves slowly into the uk. a few weather fronts on the scene — all pretty weak, mind you. this one here will bring more in the way of showers, wetter weather into the north and northeast of scotland. could be some rain first thing on sunday in southern scotland and northern irela

so, a drier day through the central belt, southern scotland. will probably cloud over a bit more through the afternoon in northern ireland, but the winds are going to be light on tuesday. temperatures are going to be higher, up to around 22 or 23 degrees, which is more like it, really, for this time of the year. those heavy, perhaps even thundery showers will continue across northern parts of scotland in particular. the cloud continues to thicken up during the evening in northern ireland, and that's because we got a weather front arriving in from the atlantic to change things again around the middle part of the week. we're going find the cloud thickening in northern ireland and across western scotland. it's in these areas that we'll see most of the rain coming in on that weather system on wednesday. ahead of it, we could see a few showers breaking out across wales, some western parts of england. head further east across the midlands, into eastern england, it's going to be dry and there'll be some sunshine. the gentle southerly drift of the bree

northeast of mainland scotland, perhaps even into the borders as well. elsewhere in scotland, the sun will be out and it's going to be warm — 26 degrees again around glasgow. and in the sunshine in northern ireland, 2a celsius. could make 2a in cumbria as well. cloudier, cooler weather, though, for northeast england through lincolnshire, the midlands, into east wales, but also for east anglia. sunshine more likely across southern counties of england, though in the southeast, it's still quite a chilly wind blowing, and we've got all this cloud coming further inland during the evening. so, a lot of cloud, i think, at headingley for the first day of the test match. it's going to be dry. it'll be dry for day two on thursday, but it will feel quite a bit cooler. now, we saw all the cloud in the north sea. it's actually on that weather front there, very weak. it's pushing inland during wednesday night. a little light rain or drizzle here and there, and by the time we get to thursday morning, it's cloudy and damp across wales and the southwest. but the cloud

there was also a record proportion of a—grades in scotland. south of the border, nearly 45% of a—level students received as and a*s. that�*s up from 38.5%, last year — an increase 6.3%. last summer, after a u—turn over a—level results, record numbers of top grades were awarded — with 38.6% of entrants achieving an a* or a grade. this year�*s grades — at 44.8% — are even higher — and represent a 75% increase over the last 2 yea rs. with official exams scrapped this year, marks have been awarded based mainly on teacher assessment. the education secretary for england, gavin williamson, has urged against "talking down" their achievements. �*scottish national 5s�* passes are down to 86% — that�*s a 3% drop on last year. but there are a record number — at 47% — of a grades this year. �*scottish highers�* pass rates are at 87% — a 2% drop. there was also a 2% drop to 91% in �*advanced highers�*. vocational �*btec�* results are also out today. students will also find the results for apprenticeships and deg

scotland through covid and into recove . . ., . get scotland through covid and into recove . _, ., ,, ., the government's vaccination committee is set to recommend that all 16 and 17—year—olds should be given a covid jab. thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation stopped short of making the move last month because it said it was still assessing the benefits and risks for that age group. about 1.4 million teenagers would be included in the new roll—out. some countries, including the united states, canada and france, are already routinely vaccinating those aged 12 and over. joining me now is professor beate kampmann, director of the vaccine centre at the london school of hygiene and tropical medicine. very good to have you with us, professor. as i said, thejoint committee on vaccination and immunisation had not recommended this roll—out to 16 and 17—year—olds last month, so i wondered if you could give us a sense of what might have changed in the intervening period? have changed in the intervening eriod? ,, ., ., period? short, good afternoon. good afternoon. perio

so, some wetter weather here to take us through the night and the showers keep going across parts of scotland, england and northern ireland and also into orkney and shetland. in between those areas with clear skies, temperatures could drop into the single figures for one or two spots, particularly across the highlands. but most double figures, if not early teen temperatures to start monday morning. a bit of a damp start to east anglia and the south—east and those outbreaks of rain will clear away but showers get going across the south. and once again, cluster of low pressure further north. showers and thunderstorms will blossom and become more numerous through the day and the worst of those most likely to be across the eastern half of scotland, temperatures though in the sunshine should actually start to feel a bit more pleasant. a few more places above 20 degrees. monday evening sees the showers and thunderstorms continue for a time and they do start to fade and that's because low pressures is on the move, pushing towards scandinavia and allowing this little ridge of high pressure to build

it could develop again across the central parts of scotland. but in south—east scotland and north—east england, it's going to be cool, damp, a little drizzly as well. 0therwise probably dry. cabbage is typically 18 or 19 celsius, a touch higher in the sunshine in the west. high pressure sitting to the north—west of the uk. around it, you can see where the winds are flowing, dragging in that moisture and cloud. again, it's going to be across western parts of the uk where we could be sheltered from what could be a slightly stronger wind on tuesday. along some eastern coasts of england in particular, a quite chilly 16 or 17 celsius under the cloud. it's still going to be quite blowing as we head into the middle part of the week, because that high pressure is still there so some strong winds around there so some strong winds around the south coast and south—east of england. and it looks like there is still a lot of cloud in the forecast on wednesday across england and wales. scotland and northern ireland hopefully seeing a bit more sunshine

should be a decent enter today for northern island, western parts of scotland. the high—pressure is still sitting to the northwest of the uk on wednesday. it's not going anywhere just yet. we got stronger winds on the east coast of england through channel affecting the southeast of england. i think they will be more cloud on wednesday here. back to cloudy skies, maybe a drizzle pretty cloudy skies, maybe a drizzle pretty cloudy across most of england and wales was that we may get some sunshine in cumbria or likely in northern ireland and perhaps more of scotland where temperatures will reach 20 or 21 celsius in this cell sue two central lowlands. when is probably a bit lighter on this day most of england and wales with it may be getting some sunshine in cumbria, west wales. again the sunnier, blue skies more likely in scotland or ireland, temperatures under the cloud around eight or 19 degrees was up as we head into the weekend it's high—pressure starts to move away for the signs of more unsettled weather with rain on the horizon. this is bbc news, the headl

this deal is intended to be transformational for scotland. we l transformational for scotland. we are really making history here, nothing like this is happened in uk politics before. but we have seen around the world as governments begin to recognise the urgency of action on the climate crisis that they are bringing in with them. germany, new zealand and other places. it represents a significant shift in the scottish government approach to the area to bring us in and be really welcome and that because we are the people with the expertise to take practical actions to drive down admissions in scotland as well as do some really brilliant things for the people of scotland like introduce a new deal for tenants of this goes ahead and i will begin changing for a lot of people. will begin changing for a lot of --eole. �* ., . , ., will begin changing for a lot of --eole. ., , ., people. and other policies that you outlined, people. and other policies that you outlined. or— people. and other policies that you outlined, or all— people. and other policies that you outlined, or all o

northeast of mainland scotland, perhaps even into the borders as well. elsewhere in scotland, the sun will be out and it's going to be warm — 26 degrees again around glasgow. and in the sunshine in northern ireland, 24 celsius. could make 24 in cumbria as well. cloudier, cooler weather, though, for northeast england through lincolnshire, the midlands, into east wales, but also for east anglia. sunshine more likely across southern counties of england, though in the southeast, it's still quite a chilly wind blowing, and we've got all this cloud coming further inland during the evening. so, a lot of cloud, i think, at headingley for the first day of the test match. it's going to be dry. it'll be dry for day two on thursday, but it will feel quite a bit cooler. now, we saw all the cloud in the north sea. it's actually on that weather front there, very weak. it's pushing inland during wednesday night. a little light rain or drizzle here and there, and by the time we get to thursday morning, it's cloudy and damp across wales and the southwest. but the cloud

more cloud across the northern isles in scotland but also cloudier skies in scotland but also cloudier skies in the northeast of maine in scotland, perhaps into the borders as well. elsewhere in scotland, the sun will be out it's going be warm, 26 degrees again around glasgow and sunshine in northern ireland, 24 celsius and it could make 24 in cumbria as well. cloudier, cooler weather for north england to lincolnshire in the midlands, and he swells but also for east anglia. sunshine more likely across southern counties in england in the southeast it's quite a chilly wind blowing we have all this cloud coming further in land during the evening. so, a lot of cloud at headingley for the first day of the test matches will be dry no betray for day two on thursday but, but it will feel quite a bit cooler. * the cloud in the north sea and actually on that by the front there, pretty we can be pushing in land during wednesday night and the little light rain or drizzle there by the time he could do thursday morning, cloudy and damp across wells in the southwest for the cloud should thin and brea

some sunshine developing in central scotland. those temperatures peaking at 20 degrees, it could be a bit dull and damp in south—east scotland and the north—east of england. high pressure remains centred to the north—west of the uk, around if the winds are flowing in of the north sea and that is picking up of the north sea and that is picking up the moisture. again the best sunshine will likely to get sunshine across more sheltered western areas, for many tuesday looks like it will be pretty cloudy. temperatures not impressive for this time of year. the weather in the uk very, very quiet, dominated by high pressure. a lot of cloud around and not good for that time of year. hurricane turn one has now left cuba and it is a very dangerous category for her game. the winds are 130 240 miles an hour and it is bearing down on the coast of louisiana. landfall is expected to be later on sunday local time. it is the storm surge that will be significant, it could be a five metre storm surge as well as the dangerous winds and the could

nearer the centre of the high pressure across scotland and northern ireland, a better chance of seeing some sunshine, and it'll feel reasonably warm in the sunshine, especially as those winds will be lighter as well. by the end of the week, the high pressure is starting to recede. it's getting nibbled away at the edges by low pressure over continental europe and low pressure coming in from the atlantic. so, the winds will be light on friday, but we've still got the same story, really, and maybe more cloud for scotland and northern ireland. some sunshine at times across the uk, fair bit of cloud, light winds and those temperatures around 17—19 degrees, so not that warm. now, looking further ahead, and we have to look at what's happening here across the other side of the atlantic. there's a lot of storm activity — hurricane ida, of course. that's going to miss the models up and complicate things as we head further afield. now, it does look like the high pressure is going to be pushing away and lower pressure will be heading our way on the atlantic. the details are likely to change be

friday sees yet more in the way of heavy, thundery showers across parts of western scotland. winds remain strong. blustery day for all. still some cloud lingering across the south, but sunshine elsewhere. bye for now. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: the governor of new york resigns in the face of growing pressure over sexual harassment cases. andrew cuomo said he would leave his post for the greater good. i work for you. and doing the right thing is doing the right thing for you. fleeing for safety in afghanistan. as taliban militants take over an eighth provincial capital, afghans seek shelter from the fighting. the us senate passes a $1 trillion infrastructure bill, with 19 republicans voting for the package. it's a major win for president biden's agenda.

friday sees yet more in the way of heavy, thundery showers across parts of western scotland. winds remain strong. blustery day for all. still some cloud lingering across the south, but sunshine elsewhere. bye for now.

, northe very warm down the east coast of scotland, nor the exclusive in them. temperatures 15 to 70 degrees. at best and the sunshine, making 20 celsius once again. many places ending the day cloudy on tuesday but should be decent into the different northern ireland and western parts of scotland. the high—pressure still sitting to the northwest of the uk on wednesday. it's not going anywhere just yet, stronger winds on the east coast of england through the east coast of england through the english channel but affecting the english channel but affecting the southeast and here, i think there will be more cloud on wednesday. back to cloudy skies may be a bit of drizzle to come up pretty cloudy across most of england and wales, we make it some sunshine in cumbria are likely northern ireland and perhaps more and scotland were temperatures will reach 20 or 21 celsius in the central low lands. not too much change on thursday. the winds probably a bit later on thursday but still looks cloudy for most of england or wales. maybe getting some sunshine in cumbria and wes

showers in scotland will continue in the afternoon, especially in the north—west of scotland. this next weather system is no pressure. it is on the edge of the forecast area. that is what is going on in the atlantic. this is what we have tomorrow morning. rain in northern ireland. this weather front. tomorrow morning. rain in northern ireland. this weatherfront. around here. tomorrow for glasgow and edinburgh it is not looking too bad at all. some of the rainbow also affect western areas. notice the south coast, over the channel is looking pretty good. on the weather front it is a messy picture with all sorts of weather happening tomorrow. it depends where you are. for some it will be a great day, for others bristly and grey stop the low pressure is slow moving. that means the cloud and murk hangs around for a little while. on sunday, the weather front will drift further north. outbreaks of rain here. the south mayjust about brighten up stop the south—east and the south will have its best day on sunday whereas the north of the country will have its best day now. temperatures

and it was western scotland the place to be. looks lovely in the sunshine and temperatures reached 27 celsius. now, it won't get as hot as that again through the rest of the month because we've got this weather front moving down toward the southwest of the uk. it's bringing in cloud, one or two spots of rain just for a while, and as that weather front moves through, so we introduce a cooler wind off the north sea. that's blowing in cooler air and it's dropping the temperatures as well. we start with some fog, though, quite extensively across northern ireland in the morning. not so much fog in scotland. the fog will lift. the cloud that we start with in wales and the southwest will break up. sunshine for many western areas. but the wind will continue to blow in more cloud to the eastern side of the uk. should get more sunshine, though, for the northern isles, some areas of cloud lingering across some easternmost parts of scotland. much of the country, though, seeing the sunshine and temperatures 23, maybe 2a in the west of scotla

almost all scotland's remaining coronavirus restrictions have been lifted. it means an end to social distancing and limits on indoor gatherings, although the wearing of masks is still compulsory in some public spaces. many nightclubs opened at midnight for the first time in nearly 18 months. the first minister, nicola sturgeon, says it's the right moment to try to get back to normality. i'm joined now by scotland's national clinical director, professorjason leitch. hello, very good evening. evening, how are you? _ hello, very good evening. evening, how are you? very _ hello, very good evening. evening, how are you? very well. _ hello, very good evening. evening, how are you? very well. i'm - how are you? very well. i'm interested — how are you? very well. i'm interested in _ how are you? very well. i'm interested in your _ how are you? very well. i'm interested in your thoughts | how are you? very well. i'm - interested in your thoughts given nicola sturgeon and many other saying this is the right time to do it but she confessed he really having butterflie

through tonight, some of the southernmost counties of england and wales is in the showers and scotland, northern ireland northern england. it the of the sunshine and are the scotland, parts of wales, central and northern england to begin with and some will stay dry in these areas are tomorrow but the northern half of the country has more showers and thunderstorms developing on the east of scotland and after some early ran across some southern counties in england and wales, it is back to a blustery day with the mixture of sunny skies followed by the stump was. temperatures may be lifting a bit on recent dates will stay dry in these areas are tomorrow but the northern half of the country has more showers and thunderstorms developing on the east of scotland and after some early ran across some southern counties in england and wales, it is back to a blustery day with the mixture of sunny skies followed by the stump was. temperatures may be lifting a bit on recent days. in two. hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment after more than two weeks

we might get some clues in scotland. we might get some clues in scotland. we got colleagues, i got a friend in leicester who school has been back for a week already. we might be able to get some information from that about how many people are actually following ill and having to be off work. but i guess what i'm saying is that disruption is going to be inevitable but we want, we don't want to, like, have people seriously ill. there are still people in our communities that are not vaccinated for a number of reasons and we don't want the virus, i would imagine, to rip through the population because those people to become ill or hospitalised. and it's a difficult situation. ijust think hospitalised. and it's a difficult situation. i just think that the government at the moment had plans, certainly a few weeks ago, they may be changing as you go through this weekend but certainly the plan was for business as usual with the hand washing and the ventilation is on those things in place but the way things are going in scotland, you know, head teachers and school le

in an interview for bbc scotland i asked what was stopping herfrom coming. welcome of course, i am not 100% sure yet but if it is considered safe and democratic then i will of course go there. i take it you mean that it is accessible to the world to's poorer nations. how important advise that to you? you make thatis advise that to you? you make that is the essence of this meeting. it should be all about climate justice and of course we cannot achieve climate justice if everyone is not contributing on the same terms. it will not be the first time she has visited the uk. she dressed a large crowd in bristol year but it will be her first time in scotland. she famously clashed online with donald trump and does not seem too impressed with his successor.— successor. the biden administration i successor. the biden administration does l successor. the biden i administration does not successor. the biden - administration does not seem successor. the biden _ administration does not seem to take climate crisis the least bit serious since they are actually expanding f

rain will be starting to write for west scotland, north—west england, north west scotland, north—west england, north—west wales as well. the top temperature is 22. low pressure is bringing these weather fronts across the country. they cleared through so sunday looks like being the better of the

through central and southern scotland. it will tend to cloud over a bit more in the afternoon for northern ireland. but a warmer day with light winds. we are looking at top temperatures of 22 or even 23c. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines — code red for humanity — a un report says carbon emissions have warmed the climate in every part of the globe, and that human activity is affecting land, air and seas. it is indisputable that human activities are causing climate change and making extreme weather events more frequent and severe. team gb's athletes have landed back in the uk, after one of their most successful olympic games, with a haul of 65 medals. cheering the arrivals were headed up by team gb's golden couple jason and laura kenny — who both picked up historic gold medals in tokyo pushing them in to the record books. no more social distancing — almost all coronavirus restrictions are now lifted in scotland, though nicola sturgeon warns the pandemic isn't over. club by night, vaccine centre by day — the a

it keir starmer i taking the train to scotland? i hope eve bod taking the train to scotland? i hope everybody is _ taking the train to scotland? i hope everybody is taking _ taking the train to scotland? i hope everybody is taking the _ taking the train to scotland? i hope everybody is taking the train. i taking the train to scotland? i hope everybody is taking the train. we i everybody is taking the train. we need to take steps to change our travel ways, but everybody needs to lead by example, the government loosely by example so that everybody can transition to use less carbon and to protect biodiversity more and and to protect biodiversity more and a good example of that is making sure that people can afford to buy electric vehicles, can get an electric vehicles, can get an electric vehicles, can get an electric vehicle charging point near to their home and to make sure that there is a plan to reduce their fuel bills by retrofitting homes to make sure that everyone lives in a warm, safe and affordable home. these are the kind of thing that labour has been calling of govern

northeast of mainland scotland, perhaps even into the borders as well. elsewhere in scotland, the sun will be out and it's going to be warm — 26 degrees again around glasgow. and in the sunshine in northern ireland, 2a celsius. could make 2a in cumbria as well. cloudier, cooler weather, though, for northeast england through lincolnshire, the midlands, into east wales, but also for east anglia. sunshine more likely across southern counties of england, though in the southeast, it's still quite a chilly wind blowing, and we've got all this cloud coming further inland during the evening. so, a lot of cloud, i think, at headingley for the first day of the test match. it's going to be dry. it'll be dry for day two on thursday, but it will feel quite a bit cooler. now, we saw all the cloud in the north sea. it's actually on that weather front there, very weak. it's pushing inland during wednesday night. a little light rain or drizzle here and there, and by the time we get to thursday morning, it's cloudy and damp across wales and the southwest. but the cloud

are troublemakers within the church of scotland. he does however take petitions from accepts letters of congratulations and response from dissenting congregations, reform congregations all over the empire so he acknowledges the legitimacy of all of these different groups . and he does have an oath of office responsibility to protect the church of scotland. >> our next question is from taylor. i'm interested to know how these religious touring ideologies affect the wrongs of society. >> that's an interesting question. the people who i was dealing with, the religious leaders i was dealing with were overwhelmingly attached. there attached to established figures and they're kind of on the inside part of the scaffolding is the structures of politics and the structures of religion reinforce each other. and wealthy people seeking influence are going to rise up on both sides. there are people who are kind of a little bit more on the outside of this who kind of art around the fringes and the people i'm thinking of were involved in the regula

so wetter in eastern scotland so wetter in eastern scotland in the afternoon tomorrow and it will be cooler today. eventually we will get sunshine in western scotland after the rain and wet morning in northern ireland, sunny and the afternoon but we have rain heading onto the pennines into wales, on the far south—west midlands and in the south—east increasingly cloudy but we could make 25 degrees for the first time this month. that weatherfront this month. that weather front is heading into england and wales but the rain will peter out overnight and this is the main driver later on tomorrow with a windy weather heading into the north—west and the weather front first of all, this is where it is, across southern areas, hanging around, little or no rain on it and the cloud should then and break further north we will see the strengthening winds with low

the rest of scotland should see — northern isles. the rest of scotland should see some _ northern isles. the rest of scotland should see some cloud _ northern isles. the rest of scotland should see some cloud sitting. - northern isles. the rest of scotland | should see some cloud sitting. many laces should see some cloud sitting. many places having _ should see some cloud sitting. many places having a _ should see some cloud sitting. many places having a dry _ should see some cloud sitting. many places having a dry day, _ should see some cloud sitting. many places having a dry day, the cloud lifting and thinning a bit, skies will tend to brighten, could even be a peep of sunshine here and there, but we've still got this northwesterly breeze feeding in quite cool air in actual fact, though the winds will tend to ease down through the day. and with more brightness more widely, we should to temperatures up to 20 or 2! celsius. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the taliban have addressed the media for the first time since se

>> but scotland yard's detectives don't believe lugovoi's denials. in fact, they think he tried to kill litvinenko more than once. that's because they found polonium on the table in a conference room where he and litvinenko had met two weeks before the pine bar encounter. was anything spilled on the table? >> richard. you're asking questions. i remember some things. i don't remember other things. i cannot answer these questions because these can be used against me in a court, which is done frequently. >> as for his last meeting with litvinenko at the pine bar, lugovoi says there is no way he bought polonium on that trip because his wife and children were with him. >> a persons we can spot is his family. and i'm a rational man. even if i had taken part in an operation, even if i had known what was in a container, would i take my family along? i'm a rational man. i couldn't do it. >> not only did he continue to maintain his innocence, he offered his own theory about who poisoned the teeth. could someone have put something in there without you noticing?

northeast of mainland scotland, perhaps even into the borders as well. elsewhere in scotland, the sun will be out and it's going to be warm — 26 degrees again around glasgow. and in the sunshine in northern ireland, 24 celsius. could make 24 in cumbria as well. cloudier, cooler weather, though, for northeast england through lincolnshire, the midlands, into east wales, but also for east anglia. sunshine more likely across southern counties of england, though in the southeast, it's still quite a chilly wind blowing, and we've got all this cloud coming further inland during the evening. so, a lot of cloud, i think, at headingley for the first day of the test match. it's going to be dry. it'll be dry for day two on thursday, but it will feel quite a bit cooler. now, we saw all the cloud in the north sea. it's actually on that weather front there, very weak. it's pushing inland during wednesday night. a little light rain or drizzle here and there, and by the time we get to thursday morning, it's cloudy and damp across wales and the southwest. but the cloud

. a, an important part of the community in scotland-— in scotland. a challenging time for ou and in scotland. a challenging time for you and your _ in scotland. a challenging time for you and your colleagues, - in scotland. a challenging time for you and your colleagues, thank . in scotland. a challenging time for| you and your colleagues, thank you for talking to us this afternoon. a new study has found that both the pfizer and the astrazeneca jabs are still offering good protection against the delta variant of covid. the research, led by oxford university, is the largest survey of covid infection in the uk. it suggests pfizer works best initially, but they're equally as effective in the long run. here's our health correspondent. naomi grimley reports. the office for national statistics and oxford university have been asking hundreds of thousands of us to do swabs for their research. do you have any symptoms? it's the biggest study of its kind in the world. unlike other studies, which have looked at how effective the vaccines are at keeping people o

it has been a long 17, 18 months for everybody across scotland. notjust for the hospitality but every sector. last night�*s lifting was a welcome step, especially for the night—time industry which have had a long year, because they haven�*t been up long year, because they haven�*t been up at all since the 20th of march last year. i up at all since the 20th of march last ear. ~ ., ,., , ., last year. i know some rules to remain in _ last year. i know some rules to remain in place, _ last year. i know some rules to remain in place, facemasks- last year. i know some rules to remain in place, facemasks on| last year. i know some rules to - remain in place, facemasks on public transport, could you enlighten me, do any of those existing restrictions affect the hospitality industry? restrictions affect the hospitality indust ? ~ , ,, restrictions affect the hospitality indust , ., industry? absolutely, unless you are dancin: , industry? absolutely, unless you are dancing, drinking _ industry? absolutely, unless you are dancing, drinking or _ indu