is for a better place another scotland is possible we want to see better outcomes for all the people that live here it doesn't matter if you've been in scotland 5 minutes or 50 years you're scottish so with that positive light behind it and to be fair as well police scotland have just been so supportive an excellent every single march to go on they've just been sterling so we march with hope in our hearts and a smile on our faces and we are pretty convinced we're going to get there the latest pool as you'll know is 53 percent and i believe rising so we know we're getting there as well but these marches attract count of demonstrations of people who are for the union there's only tension between the 2 groups is that as the march proceeds well not really all the marchers know that that small band are not representative no of the minority who want to stay in the u.k. we just smile and whistle and carry on the high of what would be a standing memory from i.r.b. and smarts laughs out of the just arriving in the castle gate and looking back down union street and see in that sea of blue stre

taking place right round scotland they've been gathering strength guarding numbers guarding the mental but do marches like that really make a difference and with even the biggest march of 100000 people there are some who may say well that's $5000000.00 plus people in scotland not turning up at the march do these marches make a difference they absolutely do and they show the costs to be a normal self-governing country in a very positive light we need to exchange information and ideas the behavior is impeccable and the amount of people that you see all this is my 1st march or i'd love to go all but maybe martin is not my thing but these people they partake in street stalls deliver leaflets etc so there's a wide range of ways that these groups throughout scotland are growing mushroom ing and connecting. some of protests that will seal across the world the been lots of arrests and powerless in london and moscow in hong kong the scottish marches seem to pass with them or a rest stop or anything why is that to these i think because our vision for scotland is for a better place and other scot

the key isn't for scotland to peak now. the key is to peek in round one of the rugby world cup in almost exactly a month's time, and that is where scotla nd month's time, and that is where scotland will be truly measured. townsend has made 1a changes to the tea m townsend has made 1a changes to the team who down so meekly in nice. in comes blake thompson for a long debut, glasgow warriors scott cummings making his first start. how they have reacted in training and in their meetings, the focus, the edge, compared to last week, it has certainly been present in training. it is obviously a different group of players, but they feel like the team that went out at the weekend did, so we will see a better performance, and they will have to be a lot better, because france are in great shape and they have picked a stronger team this weekend. this may be just the second of scotland's four world cup warm up matches, but the pressure is on the tea m matches, but the pressure is on the team to deliver the performance bucket at murrayfiel

heavier ones for western scotland. a few showers for western scotland. a few showers for ingrown and wales, not many getting through to eastern areas, good chance of staying dry here and those temperatures probably back up to 21 or 22 degrees at best. notice wet weather coming into the north—west of scotland and with the wet weather close by —— low pressure close by it will be a wet weekend here and there is the threat of the weather front coming into the south—west on wednesday night —— saturday night. that should have cleared by sunday morning and we're into the sunshine and showers mixed. and a few more showers in england and wales on sunday but the main focus will be scotland and northern ireland, some heavy and thundery with the wind is picking up on sunday with fresh winds touching gale force in one or two places —— makes. making it feel cooler, especially for scotland and northern ireland, 21 also in the south—east. in clearing over the next few days, snap it up. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: israel bars two us cong

heavy rain over the hills of western scotland. quite windy. temperatures may be 15 degrees in glasgow, 22 in london and the home counties. for the start of the week, continuing a blustery westerly wind, bringing outbreaks of rain, mainly to western areas, but then more of a north—westerly weight is going to drop temperatures from midway and we'll see some sunshine and some showers. this is bbc world news today. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: in hong kong, some of the worst street battles yet between protestors and police spill over into the underground system, and continue late into the night. it's the very centre of hong kong — and look at it. they warned them not to protest today. the government building under siege, and it's complete mayhem. tens of thousands take to the streets across britain to protest against prime minister borisjohnson‘s decision to suspend parliament. a major battle is continuing in the afghan city of kunduz as the taliban launch attacks on the security forces and coming up — circling over the bahama

colder in scotland, in orderly wind will dig m, scotland, in orderly wind will dig in, so temperatures in the mid 20s in the south—east corner. ahead of the low pressure for the end of the week, as one low pressure depart and that one waits, thursday could be the quietest day of the week. if you have any outdoor plants, thursday could be the day. most places starting dry and sunny, cooler than recent days. showers are possible across northern half of scotland, but most will stay dry all day long. and lighter wind, someone sunshine, and drierare and lighter wind, someone sunshine, and drier are feeling pleasant for most. by the end of the day, look to the south—west, things will turn windy and wet. through thursday night and if i do, heavy rain will sweep northwards. there could be thundery downpour amongst that, which could have a travel impact for friday morning. persistent rain by friday morning. persistent rain by friday in northern scotland. brightening up to sunshine elsewhere and thundery showers in the west. but the wind will strengthen further and as we finish the weekend,

it is results day for students across scotland. teenagers have been finding out how they did in their highers and advanced highers, which decide whether they'll get a place at university. younger pupils have been finding out how they did in their national five qualifications. james shaw has been at a school in paisley. it's all about the waiting. some pupils will not have slept much, some might be dreading this day, others are looking forward to it. and then, via text, e—mail, or in a white envelope, the moment of truth. i got all as. a moment which might be life changing. was that a surprise? yes, i was aiming for that, but you always have doubts, like after you have sat the exam and you are like, was that an a? but i'm glad it was. what does that mean for you and your future? i got a d in maths which means i will take it again next year. hopefully do better, and then go onto uni there, hopefully. so you soldier on? yeah. if you were to sum up how you feel this morning? amazed. i did a bit better than expected. across scotland,

theresa may‘s deal was bad and would be damaging for scotland, any exit is damaging for scotland. as an snp mp it is myjob to prevent that damage to scotland and scottish society and i have no regrets about voting against the deal, it was a rotten deal. it is not my fault, it is the failure of the conservative government to consult across the united kingdom and the political parties in the light of a narrow victory in 2016 and now boris johnson, because he knows that as an majority against no deal is trying to suspend parliament like a dictator and we know where that sort of behaviour will end up. you say there is a no deal majority but there is a no deal majority but there has been nearly three years to try and get back... there is a majority against no deal in the british parliament. it has voted on many occasions against no deal. all right. without due respect, it is not myjob to try and saute the failure of british democracy. it is myjob to failure of british democracy. it is my job to protect failure of british democracy. it is myjob to protect my constituents in scotla nd my

still quite windy, particularly for eastern england and also northern scotland, and it's scotland and northern england that we're most concerned about through sunday. some heavy rain, we could well see 20—30 millimetres quite widely, maybe 40—50 millimetres in some places. it is really through the central belt, down into southern scotland and northern england, that we're going to see the heaviest of the rain. to the north, some spells of sunshine, plus northern and western scotland. northern ireland is not having too bad a day. across a large swathe of england and wales, away from the far north, a mix of sunny spells and showers. still windy through sunday afternoon across the northern isles and the far north of scotland, but at least dry, with spells of sunshine tending across to the western isles. you can see this heavy rain in the central belt, down into southern scotland, just fringing the far north of england as well. mainly dry with spells of sunshine for northern ireland. a mixture of sunny spells and some heavy and in places thundery showers pushing their way from west to

is that scotland over there? it is! it is scotland you can see in the distance. hello. as you have no doubt seen in the news, the weather has had some significant impact in parts of northern britain in the weekjust gone, a consequence of very heavy downpours. today, a quieter story, but tomorrow and into next week, heavy showers will become more of an issue. here we are this afternoon with largely dry weather on the cards, but if we fly in and take a closer look at what is going on, with the sun shine across scotland, there may be isolated but in ten showers on higher ground, the same as you move into northern england. more cloud and patchy rain for northern ireland. some heavier showers in the midlands, maybe even an isolated risk for the south—east. the story changes in terms of the shower risk becoming greater for sunday as this low pressure starts to increase its influence. through the course of the evening and overnight, we will see some of the showers from central parts fading away, then happy and more organised bands moving into northern ireland by dawn, moving

is that scotland over there? it is! 00:26:17,933 --> 2147483051:49:53,681 it is scotland you can 2147483051:49:53,681 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 see in the distance. hello. there are more heavy downpours in the forecast, not only for the day ahead but actually for the next few days. not good news for those parts of the uk already so badly affected by flooding. you can see on the satellite picture this area of cloud rotating. this is an area of low pressure. ahead of it stripes of cloud bringing showery rain. here‘s one for sunday morning for scotland. still fringing into the eastern side of northern ireland for a time, down into wales in the south—west. and we take that band of cloud and moisture, some showery rain, and we push it eastwards as the day wears on. and as that moisture works into northern england and scotland it will kick off some hit and miss heavy downpours and thunderstorms. could be the odd sharp shower for wales and the south—west, particularly over high ground. many spots here will be dry. east an

a strengthening breeze in the north of scotland. temperatures here around 9 or 10 degrees, but most in the low to mid—teens as we start sunday. it will be not quite as windy across southern areas compared with today, but northern areas feeling a bit breezy. clearing away some of the early rain in northern scotland, and brightening up as well in northern ireland, but for central and southern scotland, the far north of england, there is potentially heavy and persistent rain, which could cause further issues. some thunderstorms brewing across central and western parts of england and wales, but the brightest conditions in the south—east corner — 22, 23, compared to up to 12 or 13 in the north of scotland. that cooler air pushes for all of us this week. it's going to be a week when temperatures are below average for the time of year and we'll see some further rain at times, but also still some sunshine. this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak, the headlines at two. the energy watchdog demands an explanation from national grid after nea

dot com on alex's facebook and on you keep an eye to the politics of protest in morden scotland the last 4 years has seen a growing wave of demonstrations in favor of scottish independence from modest beginnings after the referendum campaign of 2014 these marches have been gaining ground and momentum largely ignored at 1st by the mainstream media and guarded by the some suspicion by at least some in the s.n.p. hierarchy the crashes campaigners have been turning in growing and impressive crowds as they march across the country we asked some of the campaign as the scottish independence whether they are completely peaceful marches and scotland are really making a political definite alex transfers to the organizers of the latest much in aberdeen just last saturday and then to some of the people who were instrumental in organizing early marches and also to the organization hope live streamed every evades forcing their presence onto the political agenda imo joined by from the granite city of beaten by police at dusk to see one of the organizers of the. last week and these marches have been tak

particularly in western scotland. those temperatures may be a higher degree on monday. this is bbc news, i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 8pm. the prime minister pledges billions of pounds over the next three years to england's schools, following warnings from school leaders of a funding crisis. i think it will make an enormous difference. i think the devil will be in the details. it'll be interesting to see how much money we get next year, rather than how much we will get in three years, because costs rise. borisjohnson warns mps trying to block a no—deal brexit that their efforts will only make it more likely. as close to 2,000 fires continue to burn in the amazon. we report from deep in the rainforest. new research suggests the increased risk of breast cancer from hrt lasts more than a decade after treatment stops. and calling in the detectives: how much would you pay if your beloved pet went missing?

now it's time for the travel show, which is exploring the ancient history of scotland. hello and welcome to the travel show, coming to you this week from bonny scotland, where we will be discovering some of this region's distinctive dwellings stretching back to the neolithic age. also coming up on this week's show: we pay a visit to one of the most remote bars in the world. mike looks ahead to the rugby world cup in trending travel. and we are in buenos aires where tango‘s been given a bit of a shakeup. i prefer to follow, and my favourite thing about following is that every leader has a different story to tell. we are starting this week here in the outer hebrides, or western isles, a group of islands of the extreme north—west off the extreme north—west coast of scotland. known for their rugged beauty and wildlife, it's also where you'll find these. they are called crannogs, and they mightjust seem like random, small, overgrown islands, but they were once ancient man—made loch dwellings during the iron age. or they could be even older than we think. newly found

some rain across central scotland, really through the central scotland, really through the central belt, la narkshire, central scotland, really through the central belt, lanarkshire, lothian and endicott northumberland. where we have seen flooding and yet more heavy and persistent rain. to the south, sunshine out but through parts of wales, the villas and southern england, heavy and thundery showers could develop. could be problematic in their own right. a fresh breeze but not as strong as yesterday. such a after around 22 are 23, further north those temperatures in the mid—teens. much cooler feel, totally for this stage in august. tonight, southern scotla nd in august. tonight, southern scotland still rainy and if our north of england, north—east will be the focus for the bigger rainfall. some showers continuing across the south, typically south—west and south wales, a lot of dry weather with some clear skies are rather quite a cool night across scotland and northern ireland with ten metres into single figures. the child for monday, high—pressure to the south—west, low to the

some showers when the rain has cleared but still some rain in northern scotland which eventually pushes away overnight to be replaced by a few showers in northern and western scotland and a couple in northern ireland and england. clear whether opener and tempered dip into single figures quite widely to start sunday, september, and meteorological autumn. some sunshine tomorrow, showers get going in scotland and northern ireland, some moving further south and east, heavy and possibly thundery but much of south wales and toughening the bull stayed dry with 21 degrees the best we will see but most well short of that. next week not particularly warm, a bit of a north—south split, most of any rain in the north of the uk and it remains mainly dry to the south. hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines... tens of thousands of protestors have taken to the streets across the uk to condemn borisjohnson‘s decision to suspend parliament. critics accuse the prime minister of trying to by—pass democracy. the chancellor, sajid javid, insists his relationship with borisjohnson is "fanta

the rain in highland scotland, but not as windy as yesterday. for many parts of england and wales, still dry, rather confused skies here in norfolk. mostly high cloud so some hazy sunshine for much of the midlands, southern england, quite warm towards the south—east, highs of 25, 26. those temperatures depressed further north with more cloud and rain continuing through this evening and overnight across northern ireland. the rain developing more widely across scotland, so heavy rain particularly into the hills. beginning to work its way to england and wales, where it should be largely drier overnight, fair bit of cloud and quite warm as well, temperatures 12—14 degrees. we saw earlier on a weather front on the scene, it is bringing the rain and there it is as we head to the weekend, the rain band are starting to shift eastwards into england and wales but with the rain today and tonight and for a time tomorrow across northern ireland and scotland, it could bring the risk of some localised flooding, easily a couple of inches over the hills and

|j conservative fortunes in scotland?” think her leadership has an impact overall in terms of the conservative's fortunes. she has been very restoration and has a different approach. people have found her to be very authentic, at a time when our politicians seem quite aloof and removed from what the electorate believe they are there to do. the statement today shows that she is trying to ensure she remains 22 what means a lot to her, in making this decision. how important you think it will be for boris johnson that in that statement, although she alluded to the fact they have not seen iti although she alluded to the fact they have not seen it! with him on a lot of things politically recently, that she said that some street nei and believed him when he said he was trying to get a deal with the eu?” think it will mean a lot. i do not think it will mean a lot. i do not think she would have said it if it was not the truth. going back to the point that she is authentic and she speaks very much street. she speaks as she finds.

scotland had a nightmare start to their tournament though. they were thrashed 9—0 by germany in their opening match in pool b. the eight—time winners were 4—0 up at half time and continued to dominate with 3 more in the final quarter. it was tough, obviously we're disappointed with the way the results they are a top side and it isa results they are a top side and it is a good learning curve. we have not played this position for a long time so it is good to be here, but we don't want to just be here, we wa nt to we don't want to just be here, we want to compete so it was a bit of a lesson but we will learn from it. well scotland face ireland on sunday — who will also be licking their wounds after a heavy first round defeat. irleand were thrashed 5—1 by the netherlands — the reigning champions scoring their first three goals inside the opening 8 minutes. tomorrow some of the best athletes in the world head to the west midlands for the birmingham diamond league. christian coleman, nafi thiam and katarina johnson thompson are all comp

ways of you know getting a sport in scotland across the borders of scotland for instance the border between scotland and england in edinburgh for instance so you know i don't you know amongst you know conservative supports but it's the s.n.p. since 2007 and in both the scottish parliament and you know elections and west minutes there are elections managed to increase their horse share increase their seats you know consolidate their seats and their whole share even though it's going up and going to be that but we're talking 12 years ago and you know scottish independence. it's something that to be honest i wouldn't be shocked if it happen gentlemen crystal ball time. there's 2 other scenarios i want to explore aside from the idea of briggs it or no deal briggs it and that is a general election. or a 2nd referendum on briggs it because both have been touted by various players let's start with the idea of a general election at some point as all 3 of you have made the point boris johnson has not been elected by the people he's been appointed by the conservative party and he got 2 thirds of the

parts of northern ireland and scotland, slow—moving thunderstorms, particularly northern scotland, there could be travel disruption and minor flooding, scotland, there could be travel disruption and minorflooding, too. showers continue overnight in western areas, becoming more frequent later on in northern ireland, the west of scotland, wales, some of the southwest. the eastern areas should stay dry overnight, a fresh enough night, temperatures between ten to 14 degrees, but not to leave or stop the best of the sunshine will be in the best of the sunshine will be in the east, showers will develop more widely through the day, pushing smartly to england and wales on the breeze. that means many of you will miss all of the showers. but if you see one it'll be over quite quickly. slower moving showers over scotland and northern ireland on lighter moving winds. this is where we could see minor flooding and travel disruption. temperatures down on recent days, high teens, low 20s. we will see those ten which is again on wednesday, showers heavier in areas of low pressure. scotland, thunderstorms

some hefty showers for scotland, northern ireland and northern england. some showers further south, but toward south wales and southern england, a better chance of staying predominantly dry through the day. 18—23 degrees. now, thursday gives something of a chance to draw breath. i'm not promising that it will be completely dry, but there'll be fewer showers, more sunshine around. but it doesn't last. on friday, we see some heavy and persistent rain swinging in from the west, courtesy of this frontal system. and that leaves us with low pressure again as we head into next weekend, so there will be some heavy bursts of rain and some brisk winds at times. afterwork welcome to bbc news — i'm reged ahmad. our top stories: the man accused of killing 20 people in a terrorist shooting in texas has been charged with capital murder. meanwhile a vigil‘s taken place in ohio for 9 people killed in a separate shooting. in hong kong, pro—democracy protesters urge workers to join their general strike as a day of disruption begins. and monday's strike at heathrow i

still quite windy, particularly for eastern england and also northern scotland, and it's scotland and northern england that we're most concerned about through sunday. some heavy rain, we could well see 20—30 millimetres quite widely, maybe 40—50 millimetres in some places. it is really through the central belt, down into southern scotland and northern england, that we're going to see the heaviest of the rain. to the north, some spells of sunshine, plus northern and western scotland. northern ireland is not having too bad a day. across a large swathe of england and wales, away from the far north, a mix of sunny spells and showers. still windy through sunday afternoon across the northern isles and the far north of scotland, but at least dry, with spells of sunshine tending across to the western isles. you can see this heavy rain in the central belt, down into southern scotland, just fringing the far north of england as well. mainly dry with spells of sunshine for northern ireland. a mixture of sunny spells and some heavy and in places thundery showers pushing their way from west to

still quite windy, particularly for eastern england and also northern scotland, and it's scotland and northern england that we're most concerned about through sunday. some heavy rain, we could well see 20—30 millimetres quite widely, maybe 40—50 millimetres in some places. it is really through the central belt, down into southern scotland and northern england, that we're going to see the heaviest of the rain. to the north, some spells of sunshine, plus northern and western scotland. northern ireland is not having too bad a day. across a large swathe of england and wales, away from the far north, a mix of sunny spells and showers. still windy through sunday afternoon across the northern isles and the far north of scotland, but at least dry, with spells of sunshine tending across to the western isles. you can see this heavy rain in the central belt, down into southern scotland, just fringing the far north of england as well. mainly dry with spells of sunshine for northern ireland. a mixture of sunny spells and some heavy and in places thundery showers pushing their way from west to

got quite a crew union park to scotland glasgow is actually quite a. pro national i'm simple to yes to invent them back into those 14 so you know just wonder what would have happened if it had to done the same thing in glasgow and does all of this feel the independence debate again i've heard people describe the independence debate as being something that is sort of comes and goes i've heard it described perhaps more pejoratively as a national sport does it get real impetus now and not just because of doris jones and let's not lay it all at his door but just because of the state of affairs coming out of westminster. sure it does i think it does for several reasons it does it's got real traction back in 2040 scots loyal to it's a 55 percent 45 percent to remain in the u.k. so that was a clear result in favor of staying in the union 45 percent is pretty high it doesn't take very much to be about 45 percent to about 50 and the call since then has been 45 percent you know even more than us and they always hold their own the late forty's so the traction it

plenty of showers for northern scotland and a cooler feel to the air across scotland and northern ireland, with temperatures just around 16 or 17 degrees. heavy downpours for england and wales as well. highest temperature is about 22. hello this is bbc news with carol walker. the headlines: the man in charge of planning for a no—deal brexit, michael gove, says leaked documents showing shortages of goods and a hard border with ireland are out of date and worst—case scenarios. this is an old document that since it was published and circulated, the government have taken significant additional steps to ensure that we are prepared to leave on october the 31st, deal or no deal. police in kent say a six—year—old boy who fell into the river stour in kent while fishing is "unlikely" to be found alive. funerals are held for the 63 people killed in a suicide attack at an afghan wedding. the islamic state group has claimed repsonsibility. hundreds of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of hong kong for the 11th week running. now on bbc news, the travel show. this is japan's most

is that scotland over there? it is! it is scotland you can see in the distance. hello. it‘s turned into another evening of drenching downpour for many parts of the uk. and that actually sets the theme for the week ahead. it won‘t be raining all the time, but where it does rain, could be very intense, could bring some further disruption from these showers and thunderstorms. this is the radar picture from a little earlier on. you can see the way in which the showers and thunderstorms really got going across the midlands up into northern england, parts of scotland as well. these areas still covered by a met office yellow warning, this is valid until midnight. the yellow warning extended fairly recently down into parts of lincolnshire as well. so these showers and storms continue to drift north—east as we go through the night. another band of showery rain pushing in from the west. some clear spells in between. it turns increasingly breezy from the west. it‘ll be quite a muggy night as well with lows of 13 to 16 degrees. so, at first glance, monday is looking like an

ways of you know getting the support in scotland across the borders of scotland for instance the border between scotland and england in edinburgh for instance so you know i don't you know that. you know conservative supports but the s.n.p. since 2007 and in both the scottish parliament and you know elections and west minutes there are elections managed to increase their or share increase their seats you know consolidate their seats and their whole share even though it's going up and going to be that but we're talking 12 years ago and you know scottish independence. it's something to be honest i wouldn't be shuttle short did it happen gentlemen crystal ball time. there's 2 other scenarios i want to explore aside from the idea of breaks it or no deal briggs it and that is a general election. or a 2nd referendum on briggs because both have been touted by various players let's start with alan the idea of a general election at some point as all 3 of you have made the point boris johnson has not been elected by the people he's been appointed by the conservative party and he got 2 thirds of th

still the low 20s for scotland and northern ireland but still feeling pleasantly warm. in through the second half of the weekend and bank holiday monday, that would set a new record for the late august bank holiday if temperatures continue to rise. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news... england's jason roy has come through a concussion test and is fit to play in the third test against australia which begins at headingley tomorrow. the opening batsman was struck on the head by a ball in the nets yesterday. however. . . england have confirmed that surrey batsman 0llie pope is on his way to headingley to be on standby in case roy suffers delayed concussion. australia lead the five match series 1—0, but will be without batsman steve smith. he's still suffering from concussion after being hit by a joffra archer delivery at lord's. if australia win in leeds they will retain the ashes....australian captain says they ar

this tiny place here up in the north of scotland was part of a vibrant trade in fish. it tells us about fishing stocks that were present in the mediaeval period and that information is relevant for understanding conservation practice today. this little bit of cow skull probably tells us what the people were eating themselves. so this is a viking norse cow from a thousand—odd years ago. we're losing an awful lot of information about the past. i feel like that there is some hope of having the interest of scientists like ingrid in these middens. the more information we can get, the more we can hang onto. you can't hang onto your ancestors but you need to know about them. approximately half of the world's oxygen is produced by the world's ocean and it's the largest ecosystem on the planet. over 4,500 miles from orkney, conservationists have come up with a unique idea to protect marine biodiversity, turning 2,000 square metres of the caribbean into a living museum. with more than 500 pieces of art, this museum in the sea iaman i am an artist in the museum. with more than

the chance for heavy burst in the north of scotland. temperatures into the first part of the week are recovering a few degrees, 23 shown up recovering a few degrees, 23 shown upfor recovering a few degrees, 23 shown up for norwich and london. but they will come down again, a cold front moving into wednesday. wednesday's where there is a bit of a repeat of the sunday, a few showers, some may be heavy and thundery. for most of us, temperatures are in the mid to upper teens. pictures into thursday, there is a large area of pressure in there is a large area of pressure in the atlantic tries to bulge in towards us. inclined to be rather settled when we see that, that may be the case on thursday, but there are still able different to scotland so are still able different to scotland so they may be a few or spells of rain around here. much of england and wales are staying dry. right at the end of the week, high—pressure is poised to move in for the weekend, even killer on friday. we are weekend, even killer on friday. we a re interested weeke

here's our scotland sport correspondent, chris mclaughlin. three days before european qualifying matches but the scotland captain knew few questions would be about football, most about the meeting that took place yesterday following a bust up between head coach and players. did the management team apologised for what happened? ultimately that has been pa rt happened? ultimately that has been part of what has happened over the last few weeks and i think as players we have also reflected and there are things we all would do differently. it is behind us now and if we dwell on that it will only have a negative effect. the sunshine of france now a distant memory, the group had a say at a meeting attended by the scottish fa chief executive ian maxwell. attended by the scottish fa chief executive ian maxwelllj attended by the scottish fa chief executive ian maxwell. i think obviously it was a conversation that needed to happen but i think it was good for everyone. especially for head coach who knew she had to for do. did she come close to losing the

ways of you know getting a sport in scotland across the borders of scotland for instance the border between scotland and england in edinburgh for instance so you know i don't you know that. you know conservative supports but it's the s.n.p. since 2007 and in both the scottish parliament and you know elections and west minutes there are elections managed to increase their horse share increase their seats you know consolidate their seats and their whole share even though it's going up and going to be that but we're talking 12 years ago and you know scottish independence. if something has to be honest i wouldn't be shuttle short did it happen gentlemen crystal ball time. there's 2 other scenarios i want to explore aside from the idea of breaks it or no deal briggs it and that is a general election. or a 2nd referendum on briggs because both have been touted by various players let's start with alan the idea of a general election at some point as all 3 of you have made the point boris johnson has not been elected by the people he's been appointed by the conservative party and he got 2 thirds of

in scotland, they we re and really upset. in scotland, they were a lot further down the line than we are here in england. so yes, i'm devastated for everyone there and alsojust, i'm devastated for everyone there and also just, i just feel i'm devastated for everyone there and also just, ijust feel kind of... it's a bit of a punch and also just, ijust feel kind of... it's a bit ofa punch in and also just, ijust feel kind of... it's a bit of a punch in the stomach to us as well, because we we re stomach to us as well, because we were kind of hoping it would be the start of something for us here. of course. the scottish medicines consortium, the equivalent of nice said it had powerful testimonies from doctors and patients about the potential benefits but decided the problem was regarding doubts on its cost effectiveness. currently, i think they're talking about a drug which is used by a roundabout 65 patients who get it on an individual basis but the cystic fibrosis trust we re basis but the cystic fibrosis trust were saying it

moving from sussex to scotland? we would hope first of all that it would trigger what is possible and the nhs would jump on that and look to do similar. but if they couldn't, we would be one of many families considering that drastic move, yes. we would do anything for your loved one, but that is not something we would do likely. my recently widowed father is local to us and that would be heartbreaking. so you would consider splitting up your family in order to get the drugs for luis?|j think order to get the drugs for luis?” think it's important that people realise that that is what it is making families consider. cystic fibrosis is a genetic condition. you haveit fibrosis is a genetic condition. you have it from birth. you progressively get more symptoms, more lung infections, and this is the first medicine that is available that can reduce and slow that. we will do anything as a family to get that for him. we appeal to politicians and the nhs and anyone involved in this to recognise the human cost of this and fi

for tuesday, art is getting closer, particularly in rural scotland. fortuesday, in comparison today, in light breeze, more sunshine, fewer showers. some of closer than scotland and northern england, some heavier ones in northern ireland and south wales later in the day. top temperatures up later in the day. top temperatures up to 16 in aberdeen, cooler than today. we head towards the middle of the week and we cast our ice to the atla ntic the week and we cast our ice to the atlantic once again, another low rolling in, the ice by squeezing together, the wind will strengthen and we will see a weather front advance ringing heavy rain into northern ireland in the second part of the day and eventually into scotla nd of the day and eventually into scotland and northern england. also switches is rounded to the north—westerly wind and that will move things up to 22 in london, perhaps some places in 23 degrees. we continue to feed the warmth in from the south as the week progresses. by the weekend, we are looking at perhaps temperatures up to 27 in the south

is that scotland over there? it is! it is scotla nd scotland over there? it is! it is scotland you can see. the severe flood warning remains in force for whaley bridge dam, and the showers that developed faded through the night replaced by mr local over the east coast, mist and fog inland which were clear quite quickly and for the vast majority is a dry, bright day with bright spells of sunshine. but there will be showers around for northern ireland today, compared with recent days, and they could be the odd one developing the north wales, northern england, even the odd heavy thundery one across the hills of scotland. but the most, it is dry and warm, we could see 25 again in southern and eastern areas. by sunday however, the chances are we will see some heavy downpours, initially northern ireland but moving across into north wales, northern england and scotland, from the midlands, lincolnshire northwood is where the met office have a warning for the heavy rain, or slow—moving thundery downpours, largely fine and very warm in the south and east. good morning. w

we still have weather fronts tucking in across parts of scotland and northern ireland bringing further heavy showers or perhaps even lengthy spells of rain for a time. the showers reach in across parts of northern england and the north—west of wales. the driest weather across south—eastern areas of the uk. temperatures below par for the time of year in scotland, 15 in stornoway, 16 in edinburgh, but in the best of the sunshine further south, temperatures will reach the low 20s. looking to the weather further ahead in the week, it is set to get warmer and drier. temperatures could reach 25 in london by friday and showers eventually ease off in scotland and northern ireland later in the week. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... detectives investigating the death of a police officer have said he died of "multiple injuries" as they were given more time to question 10 suspects. within an hour of the incident happening we had arrested ten males aged between 13 and 30 on suspicion of murder. i can confirm that the males were arrested from a local authority—run caravan and mobile h

and beginning to dry for a bit into scotland and beginning to dry fora bit in into scotland and beginning to dry for a bit in northern england but we still have some south—westerly breezes and dragging and a fair bit of cloud across the western side of the uk and that will be well enough to get some nest and drizzle around some of these western hills and further north that rain continues to push its way across the highlands and some heavy rain here but elsewhere generally it is going to be dry with temperature 13 to 15 degrees anterior to the southeast corner of england and quite a quality start elsewhere and the nest and drizzle will tend to lift the cloud and it moves away from mainland scotland and semiarid skies coming up and across into east anglia and that will give the temperature are left up to 27 degrees in southeast england and further north we will hang onto my cloud and it should be a dry day for the test match all the rather cloudy. drying up a lot of warmth from europe pushing its way northwards across the uk and the little leather front obviously in the northwest and that

he has got stature in scotland to speak expensively on the subject. the problem for labour is, last week the shadow chancellor was freelancing at the edinburgh fringe festival while jeremy corbyn was holidaying in romania, he is entitled to a holiday of course, but it seems thatjohn madonna was saying, labour would be my date to allow a second referendum to happen, to which scottish labour mps, including gordon brown, it was like flipping a table up in the air. despitejohn flipping a table up in the air. despite john make donnell. flipping a table up in the air. despitejohn make donnell. problems for the union, but also this is about problem for labour as well. elsewhere in this piece, sadiq khan isa elsewhere in this piece, sadiq khan is a she would be open to a unity government, he is bayer of london, but vince cable was saying earlier this week that this might be a very temporary thing and when we think about the time of ramsay macdonald, we are not talking about that sort of national government unity. although that started out, ijust did a program

scotland have eased to victory in their penultimate warm up match. they thrashed georgia 44—10 in tblisi. scotland made a lightning start, 20—0 up inside the first 20 minutes. lock ben toolis with their first try. two tries from rory hutchinson put scotland in control — with late scores from darcy graham and scott cummings sealing the win. the two teams will meet again next friday at murrayfield for their final warm up match before the world cup. that's all the sport for now. you can find more on all those stories — and the latest from the us open tennis, tonight's big boxing bouts and much more — on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. now it's time for a look at the weather. nearly 2 million people in the indian state of assam have been effectively stripped of their citizenship after being left off a newly published list of indian nationals. residents were asked to prove they had lived there since 1971 when neighbouring bangladesh declared its independence. it's home to around 10 million muslims, many of whom are suspected by in

it will be western scotland and northern ireland that sees the bulk of the showers on saturday, wetter weather in the north—west and the winds really picking up later on. one or two fleeting showers for england and wales but not many, good chance it will stay dry at lord's for the cricket, but we will have these strong winds, not as strong as last weekend, and those temperatures back into the low 20s now that we have the sunshine across eastern parts of england. those showers, though, continue in scotland and northern ireland again, heavy and thundery, gusty winds as well, we have thickening cloud across southern counties of england, maybe threatening a bit of rain. in between, clearer skies and temperatures around 11—13. the wetter weather in the south and south—east courtesy of this weather front here, that should pull away on sunday morning. still got that area of low pressure, it is a bit closer to scotland this time, and again it will focus the more frequent and heavy showers into scotland, into northern ireland, again some thundery downpours, gusty winds too, probably a few

our concern tomorrow is for some heavy rain through the central belt of scotland down into southern scotland, fringing northern england. to the north of theirs, mainly dry, mainly dry, too, for northern ireland. for england and wales, sunny spells and thundery showers. in the sunshine, 23 celsius, fairly cool where we've got the persistent rain. hello this is bbc news, the headlines: the disgraced us financier jeffrey epstein has been found dead in his prison cell while awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges. national grid has said it will learn lessons, after nearly one million people across england and wales lost power yesterday. michael gove says there will be a government support fund to help british businesses in the event of a no—deal brexit. wet and windy conditions cause disruption to travellers, with the west coast mainline hit by flooding. the family of a 15—year—old girl missing in malaysia thank the search teams who are scouring the jungle for her. more than a million people are evacuated from their homes as a powerful typhoon hits china. now on bbc news, in a series of

still quite windy, particularly for eastern england and also northern scotland, and it's scotland and northern england that we're most concerned about through sunday. some heavy rain, we could well see 20—30 millimetres quite widely, maybe 40—50 millimetres in some places. it is really through the central belt, down into southern scotland and northern england, that we're going to see the heaviest of the rain. to the north, some spells of sunshine, plus northern and western scotland. northern ireland is not having too bad a day. across a large swathe of england and wales, away from the far north, a mix of sunny spells and showers. still windy through sunday afternoon across the northern isles and the far north of scotland, but at least dry, with spells of sunshine tending across to the western isles. you can see this heavy rain in the central belt, down into southern scotland, just fringing the far north of england as well. mainly dry with spells of sunshine for northern ireland. a mixture of sunny spells and some heavy and in places thundery showers pushing their way from west to

brightening up in scotland and northern ireland but central and southern scotland, far north of england, potential heavy and persistent rain which could cause further issues. thunderstorms purring across central and western parts of england and wales but the practice conditions in the south—eastern corner, 22 or 23 compared to 13 in the north of scotland. temperatures below average for this time of year, further rain but also some sunshine. this is bbc news i'm shaun ley. the headlines at 11:00am. national grid says it will learn lessons after nearly! million people across england and wales lost power on friday. what we saw yesterday evening was an exceptionally rare event, one that we have not seen since 2008 but we will of course be looking very hard at what happened to make sure that we minimise disruption in future. iamat we minimise disruption in future. i am at king's cross station, one of the worst affected by yesterday's power cut. today, the trains are now running a normal service albeit it is the inbound trains where passengers have reported delays of up passengers have repo

, especially over the hills of western scotland isa over the hills of western scotland is a quite heavy around here. these are the temperature is from a 50 in the central bell and a bit warmer than sunday across england and at 22 in the southeast. more rain to come i think on tuesday, especially for the western side of the uk spilling southeastward and the western side of the uk spilling southeastwa rd and then the western side of the uk spilling southeastward and then the northwesterly wind returns for the middle part of next week and that will drop temperatures and bring some sunshine and some showers. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. thousands take to the streets across the uk — to condemn borisjohnson‘s decision to suspend parliament. i never thought at my age, 61 years of age, i would have to be here protesting against the shutdown of parliament. there's been renewed violence in hong kong — with pro—democracy protesters defying a ban on rallying. more than 50 migrants have been detained as they tried to cross the english channel to reach kent — several boats have be

still quite windy, particularly for eastern england and also northern scotland, and it's scotland and northern england that we're most concerned about through sunday. some heavy rain, we could well see 20—30 millimetres quite widely, maybe 40—50 millimetres in some places. it is really through the central belt, down into southern scotland and northern england, that we're going to see the heaviest of the rain. to the north, some spells of sunshine, plus northern and western scotland. northern ireland is not having too bad a day. across a large swathe of england and wales, away from the far north, a mix of sunny spells and showers. still windy through sunday afternoon across the northern isles and the far north of scotland, but at least dry, with spells of sunshine tending across to the western isles. you can see this heavy rain in the central belt, down into southern scotland, just fringing the far north of england as well. mainly dry with spells of sunshine for northern ireland. a mixture of sunny spells and some heavy and in places thundery showers pushing their way from west to

not much rain for eastern scotland. we've all got south—westerly atlantic winds, so it should be warmer than last night. on friday, and at times in northern ireland and covering much of scotland. that turns heavier in south—west and western scotland. some rain for north—west england, threatening north wales. elsewhere, probably dry, and a lot warmer, with sunshine and south—westerly winds. still rain overnight and into saturday. that's still affecting scotla nd saturday. that's still affecting scotland for most of the day, but clearing away from northern ireland. the rain band pushing its way into england and wales. towards the south—east, it's still warm in the sunshine, mid 20s, but much cooler for the rest of the country. you are watching beyond 100 days. next week could be the only opportunity for british mps to challenge a no—deal brexit. the prime minister's decision to suspend parliament next month has forged alliances and focused minds. urging borisjohnson to do everything possible to get a deal with