it wasjust scotland only, how would scotland _ ahead... it wasjust scotland only, how would scotland be _ ahead... it wasjust scotland only, how would scotland be doing? - ahead... it wasjust scotland only, how would scotland be doing? i i ahead... it wasjust scotland only, | how would scotland be doing? i am ashamed to — how would scotland be doing? i am ashamed to say. — how would scotland be doing? i am ashamed to say, i _ how would scotland be doing? i am ashamed to say, i am _ how would scotland be doing? i am ashamed to say, i am not sure, i do not think— ashamed to say, i am not sure, i do not think so— ashamed to say, i am not sure, i do not think so good! i will try and find that— not think so good! i will try and find that out, but

it wasjust scotland only, how would scotland _ ahead... it wasjust scotland only, how would scotland be _ ahead... it wasjust scotland only, how would scotland be doing? - ahead... it wasjust scotland only, how would scotland be doing? i i ahead... it wasjust scotland only, | how would scotland be doing? i am ashamed to — how would scotland be doing? i am ashamed to say. — how would scotland be doing? i am ashamed to say, i _ how would scotland be doing? i am ashamed to say, i am _ how would scotland be doing? i am ashamed to say, i am not sure, i do not think— ashamed to say, i am not sure, i do not think so— ashamed to say, i am not sure, i do not think so good! i will try and find that— not think so good! i will try and find that out, but it is brilliant for any— find that out, but it is brilliant for any one part of the country, for yorkshire to be doing so well, and to ca _ yorkshire to be doing so well, and to ca paper— yorkshire to be doing so well, and to ca paper like the yorkshire post, writing _ to ca paper like th

scotland through covid and into recoverx — scotland through covid and into recove . , scotland through covid and into recovery. boris johnson said he has not in fact declined the _ recovery. boris johnson said he has not in fact declined the offer- recovery. boris johnson said he has not in fact declined the offer of- recovery. boris johnson said he has not in fact declined the offer of a i not in fact declined the offer of a meeting and is always delighted to see nicola sturgeon, although he won't have fond memories of last time they met in edinburgh. and that is the leader of opposition strolling around this glasgow park. scotland was once a labour stronghold, but an snp surge threw rocks in keir starmer�*s path to power. would he ever do a deal with the snp? , ., . ., the snp? there will be no coalition into that next general _ the snp? there will be no coalition into that next general election, - the snp? there will be no coalition into that next general election, no| into that next general election, no coalition coming out of it. my message will be we need a strong labour govern

he was speaking during a two—day visit to scotland to bbc scotland's political editor, glenn campbell. we're going to get some extra protection by encouraging 16—17—year—olds to come forward and get a vaccination. you think it's a good idea? i do think that's a good idea, and i agree very much with the first minister of scotland about that. are you keen that if the evidence is there, that, in time, could be extended to 12—15—year—olds? i think it's very important when you look at these issues — you're talking about the vaccination of children, where families will be thinking very carefully about it. it's very important to stress that whatever is done must be in the interests, the medical and clinical interests of the individual child, the individual young person. so you've got to listen to the medical advice, to the clinicians, to thejcvi — and that's what i'll be doing. i'm glad — but if you want my view about 16—17—year—olds, i'm glad they've said what they said. i do think that when you look at the way covid progresses, there's no question that it gets a hea

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

, it does induce a subtle air flow scotland, it does induce a subtle airflow bringing scotland, it does induce a subtle air flow bringing slightly more worn across the eastern half of the country in particular we have the best of the sunshine on wednesday and temperatures in eastern areas turning hazy from the west without bricks of rain on northern ireland and when states west of scotland and really do need the rain in the highlands so it is on the way in the could be welcome news for you but in the sunshine to the south and east we could hit 2425 degrees. that will continue in the southeast the rest of the week into the weekend, some rain at times in the northwest but overall it dry and narrow. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. another provincial capital in afghanistan falls to the taliban as they continue to make ferocious assaults against key northern cities. a province like kunduz doesn't continually fall to the taliban by accident. you know, there is a lot of bad governance and a lot of bad decisions along the way that can lead

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

showers for north—west scotland and if you elsewhere in scotland main north of the central belt, drifting eastwards across northern ireland and flailing up across england and wales, heavy and thundery downpours are possible but many will stay

our scotland correspondent james cook has more. this is borisjohnson reminding us that he is prime minister of the entire united kingdom. policing in scotland is usually a matter for the scottish government. you will be on the ground for cop26. but with glasgow soon to host a crucial climate conference known as cop26, mrjohnson made this unusual visit to police scotland's headquarters to see preparations for himself. it will be a massive effort for the whole of the country. police scotland, obviously, are going to be in the lead, but they are going to be supported symmetrically by 7000 other officers from around the uk. the government of the uk, the scottish government, at all levels work together on the things that matter to the people of our country. scotland's first minister, meanwhile, wasjust down the road — meeting not borisjohnson, but little emma. laughter. it looked like fun. but was nicola sturgeon secretly annoyed that the prime minister hadn'tjoined herfor their own fireside chat? there is a lot for us to co—operate

., , scotland? i think there is no doubt that not everything _ scotland? i think there is no doubt that not everything the _ scotland? i think there is no doubt that not everything the greens i scotland? i think there is no doubt l that not everything the greens stand for it is going to be widely popular. there are certainly sections of scottish society that will be somewhat concerned. you're right, fishers and farmers are one. another one clearly is the oil industry and the area around aberdeen. interesting that you can hear a lot aboutjust aberdeen. interesting that you can hear a lot about just transition, the idea that we get out of oil and towards renewables in a way that enables to sustain people, to get out of oiljobs into otherjobs. also there is a lot of money in this document for the north—east of scotland in particular. yes, there clearly are downsized to what is being invested in this programme, thatis being invested in this programme, that is almost inevitable. you can also see the ways in which the two parties are hoping to anticipate some

what's the reaction been from other parties in scotland?— parties in scotland? they're very sce tical. parties in scotland? they're very sceptical- their _ parties in scotland? they're very sceptical. they describe - parties in scotland? they're very sceptical. they describe as - parties in scotland? they're very sceptical. they describe as a - sceptical. they describe as a cynical coalition of chaos. in particular, there's the question of the second independent referendum. the deal between the parties, that aspires to voting a second recommender him —— referendum before the end of 2023. the power over a second wreck referendum ultimately aligns with westminster. there's no sign of the uk government's attitude towards a second referendum changing at the moment. were holyrood to hold at the moment. were holyrood to hold a second referendum without the uk government blessing, i think the matter what ended up in the courts. thank you very much. the royal college of nursing has said its upcoming annual conference will be held online only following "serious alleg

but elsewhere mainly dry in scotland but elsewhere mainly dry in scotland and when we have had the cloud through the morning at should defend and break across the uk to bring spells of sunshine away from the cloudier zone across northern england and quite cool across the northern isles and the far north of northern isles and the far north of northern ireland. easing through tomorrow evening, she was going across the far north of scotland and into monday we will feel the effect of the north—westerly winds cool air flooding across the uk, starting the new beak fairly quiet with a lot of cloud particularly at further west bringing drizzle, sunshine further east and highest temperatures may be 20 or 21 but add in the wind and it will feel cooler than recently. for the week ahead fairly quiet, mostly dry aside from occasional showers, lots of cloud on wednesday. this is bbc news with the latest headlines... labour says there are questions for devon and cornwall police about why it chose to return a shotgun licence to the man who killed five people in plymouth. how on earth did he get a gun

scotland's— 40% last year and up to 47.6% this year. scotland's education- year. scotland's education secretary. _ year. scotland's education secretary, shirley- year. scotland's education secretary, shirley and - year. scotland's education- secretary, shirley and somerville, said pupils — secretary, shirley and somerville, said pupils had _ secretary, shirley and somerville, said pupils had delivered - secretary, shirley and somerville, said pupils had delivered a - secretary, shirley and somerville, said pupils had delivered a very. said pupils had delivered a very strong — said pupils had delivered a very strong set _ said pupils had delivered a very strong set of _ said pupils had delivered a very strong set of results. _ said pupils had delivered a very strong set of results.— said pupils had delivered a very strong set of results. thank you very much _ strong set of results. thank you very much alexandra _ strong set of results. thank you very much alexandra and - strong set of results. thank you | very much alexandra and before strong set of results.

for scotland, we have made _ specifically for scotland, we have made really— specifically for scotland, we have made really good _ specifically for scotland, we have made really good progress - specifically for scotland, we have made really good progress up - specifically for scotland, we have i made really good progress up here. we were _ made really good progress up here. we were up— made really good progress up here. we were up to — made really good progress up here. we were up to around _ made really good progress up here. we were up to around 400 - made really good progress up here. we were up to around 400 cases i made really good progress up here. | we were up to around 400 cases per 100,000 — we were up to around 400 cases per 100,000 at— we were up to around 400 cases per 100,000 at the — we were up to around 400 cases per 100,000 at the beginning _ we were up to around 400 cases per 100,000 at the beginning of- we were up to around 400 cases per 100,000 at the beginning ofjuly. i we were up to around 400 cases per| 100,000 at the beginning ofjuly. we are now— 100,

showers in scotland do to become fewer, mind you. a bit of a damp star across wales and the southwest of england, this cloud gradually working its way northwards. more in the way of sunshine across scotland as though stars become fewer, but the cloud will be increasing in northern ireland and northern england, bringing rain and drizzle later on in the day. could be a bit damp still across the north of wales, even across to the north of the midlands into east anglia. but from the south of here, we should get some sunshine through, especially in the southeast of england, temperature is reaching a pleasant 23 celsius, and we could make 19—20 c in the sunshine in the central belt of scotland. 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, better weather into the northeast of scotland. could be some rain first thing on sunday, moving southwards into northern england. find a brightening along as well across scotland and

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

scotland, the winds will be stronger through most of the day. temperatures are normal for this time of the year — around 19 to 22 celsius. this is bbc news. i'm jane hill. the headlines: oh, my god! a record high number of top a—level grades in england, wales and northern ireland. the education secretary says students deserve to be rewarded after more than a year of disruption. this cohort of students have had to deal with a level of disruption that no—one has ever seen before, not even during a world war, as a result of this pandemic. the pass rate for scottish school qualifications fell slightly this year — but a record number of a grades were awarded. a lawsuit is filed against prince andrew by a us woman who alleges she was "trafficked to him" by the convicted paedophile, jeffrey epstein, and then "sexually abused".

in scotland. - fantastic achievement by the people of scotland — keir starmer also in scotland today on an unrelated visit. he asked if they should have met, and he said yeah, the two leaders should have met. there shouldn't be any arguments, he said, overwhere met. there shouldn't be any arguments, he said, over where they meet and when they meet. obviously, as you can gather, it does matter to both of them. as you can gather, it does matter to both of them-— new research has shown that the proportion of the population who are exposed to flooding has risen by 24% since the turn of the century — ten times higher than scientists previously thought. up to 86 million people are now thought to live in regions that are at risk of flooding. let's get more on this with our environment correspondent, matt mcgrath. sobering statistics. clearly, the scientists didn't think it would be this bad. trio scientists didn't think it would be this bad. :, , �* :, �* this bad. no they didn't, and we've seen a lot in _ this bad. no they didn't, and we've seen a lot in the _ this bad. no they did

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 two days of the weekend. but saturday, rain around and some of it looks to be heavy as well. the rain tending to push eastwards with showers following to northern ireland, wales on the south—west. the top temperature around 22, 20 three celsius across eastern areas. on sunday, the main rain band will fade away from eastern england and we will be left with a day of sunshine and showers. showers could be heavy, thundery and potentially slow moving across parts of the midlands, central, southern england and perhaps the south—east. we will have to keep an eye on those dampers. next week should be dry with some sunshine. thank you, for that. that's it, so goodbye from me. now on bbc one, let'sjoin our news teams where you are. have a very good evening. hello, welcome to sportsday. i'm austin h

but across some eastern parts of scotland, particularly south—east scotland and north—east england, it's going to be cool, damp, a little drizzly as well. otherwise probably dry. temperatures typically 18 or 19 celsius, a touch higher in the sunshine in the west. high pressure sitting to the north—west of the uk. it's not moving very far. around it, you can see where the winds are flowing, coming in off the north sea, dragging in all that moisture and cloud. again, it's going to be across more western parts of the uk where we are sheltered from what could be a slightly stronger wind on tuesday that will see the sunshine and temperatures getting up to 20 degrees. 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 blowy as we head into the middle part of the week, because that high pressure is still there so some stronger winds around eastern coastal areas, 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. scotlan

the showers in scotland do to become fewer, mind you. a bit of a dull, misty, damp start across parts of wales and the southwest 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 ireland,

the showers in scotland do become fewer, mind you. a bit of a dull, misty, damp start across parts of wales and the southwest of england. and this cloud gradually working its way northwards. more in the way of sunshine across scotland as those showers 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 irelan

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

with temperatures down to 6-7. of scotland with temperatures down to 6—7. elsewhere with the cloud more like 12—14. here is how we start the new week. our area from the low pressure pushing across scandinavia with high—pressure building from the west, squeezing the isobars and a north—westerly wind to feeling cooler for all of us through monday. quite a lot cloud as well with some showers, most will be dry with the best of sunshine will be across the eastern counties of scotland. the temperatures, we have seen 23—24 in places on sunday, more like 18-20 seen 23—24 in places on sunday, more like 18—20 on monday, and some rain arriving into the west of scotland which will slowly slide across scotland could be northern ireland into parts of england down across the east coast as we head through the east coast as we head through the early hours of tuesday. it is a similar pressure set up on tuesday, this area of low pressure to the east of us, high—pressure to the west maintaining that north—westerly air flow, west maintaining that north—westerl

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 this 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 24 in the west of scotla

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

our scotland correspondent, lorna gordon reports. at the pace youth theatre group in paisley, they're rehearsing a show about heading to university. the pandemic meant no final exams for school students this year. but for those here, that didn't mean less work. in a normal year, i maybe would have sat five or six exams. that year, i sat 19. i really feel like the year has been so incredibly difficult, this year and last year, of course, as well. nothing was a fluke. results were based on teacher assessment — a fairer system, say these students who, like many others across scotland, have been awarded as. normally, all the pressure�*sjust on one day, and some people might have an off—day. the higher grades is kind of proof that this is a better way for students to get the grades that they deserve. people say grade inflation, but i actually think it's more accurate than the previous years, because it wasn't like teachers just picked a letter and said, "oh, yeah, this is what this person got." we sat countless class tests under the

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 24 in the west of scotla

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

drier weather for scotland and northern ireland. foremost, pretty cloudy, just a few breaks in the cloudy, just a few breaks in the cloud sheet and a few sunny spells coming through. 0vernight tonight, staying cloudy for most, could be some mist patches developing through the night time. temperatures drifting down between 11 and 1a degrees. staying relatively mild. friday, a greater chance of seeing a bit more in the way of sunshine for a time across england and wales, for northern scotland, as well. for the west and northern ireland, cloud will thicken and we have rain from the front i showed you. they will be moving east bringing the wet weather into northern ireland with heavy bursts. eventually the rain will fringe into parts of western scotland and north—west england and north—west wales, turning cloudy, dull, and damp. the best of any brightness across eastern and northern areas. through the weekend, those weather fronts will bring general outbreaks of rain across most areas of the uk. the rain tending to clearfor the most

when scotland's recovery back. when scotland moved to level zero, some people were rightly confused because level zero in place no restrictions, yet many restraints remained in place. we have now moved the on level zero. again people would rightly assume that this means that covid restrictions have been dropped but still curbs remain in place. yet again the goalposts have been moved. we are beyond level zero, at level -1 we are beyond level zero, at level —1 or level —2 and still the government is clinging on to large parts of people's lives. events will have capacity restraints, the threat of local towns remain. home—working are still being enforced and social distancing is in a very grey area where the legal restriction has gone but the guidance remains in place and enforce. clear communication is essential to maintaining public trust and compliance. there isn't much clear on many fronts in the statement. people have gone through a lot, they have sacrificed and tolerated severe constraints on their lives. t

your view on scotland, jamie? there _ small print. your view on scotland, jamie? there has— small print. your view on scotland, jamie? there has been _ small print. your view on scotland, jamie? there has been a _ small print. your view on scotland, jamie? there has been a number. small print. your view on scotland, | jamie? there has been a number of times where — jamie? there has been a number of times where at _ jamie? there has been a number of times where at the _ jamie? there has been a number of times where at the broad _ jamie? there has been a number ofj times where at the broad substance of the unlocking has been very similar to what is happening in england. some small things that sort of scene. a cynic might say you might differentiate yourself from the rest of the uk, but there are the rest of the uk, but there are the slight differences. and i think it's important to remember that we all talk about unlocking as the whole of the uk being free from restriction since july the 19th can actually commit are still a lot of restrictions in northern still

tried to scotland but generally a cloudy and damp day with temperatures people tried to escape scotland but generally a cloudy and damp day with temperatures people tried to escape by killing on to a aircraft. some have been reported to have fallen into the dust moments later.— reported to have fallen into the dust moments later. they cannot believe the _ dust moments later. they cannot believe the world _ dust moments later. they cannot believe the world abandon - believe the world abandon afghanistan. all of our friends are going to get killed, they're going to kill us. our women are not going to kill us. our women are not going to have any more rights. the takeover _ to have any more rights. the takeover by _ to have any more rights. the takeover by a _ to have any more rights. the takeover by a taliban has led to the closure of western embassies. they have secured the diplomatic quarter of the capital. we have secured the diplomatic quarter of the capital-— of the capital. we are going to try and mccains. .. _ of the capital. we are going to try and mccains. .. maintain - of the

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 in scotland do to become fewer, mind you. a bit of a dull, misty, damp start across parts of wales and the southwest 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 ireland,

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

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

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

it's been a very dry summer for scotland. it has not been the case elsewhere across the uk and in europe, there has been a lot of heavy showers today. one or two light showers clipped the south—east early on, those are pretty much gone now. with high pressure in charge, should be dry overnight. clear skies for many areas to start with but more cloud will come down from the north into scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england, so these areas won't be as chilly as they were last night. further south with clear skies, temperatures in rural areas could easily get down to six or seven. heading into sunday and much cloudier day than today, across scotland, northern ireland and northern england. it could be quite grey across much of the northern scotland, north—east england, one or two spots of drizzle. elsewhere, it should tend to brighten up a little. sunnier skies further south. some patchy fairweather cloud developing through the day and still quite breezy in east anglia and the south—east of england and our

heavy showers across parts of scotland, certainly central scotland, certainly central scotland, southern scotland and northern england, too. slow—moving downpours in places thunder and lightning and in the south sunny spells become more frequent as we go to the west of the afternoon but still some shower scattered and in fact this evening you can see a return then sort of a longer spell of rain across the south, the southern counties there which will last into early morning monday morning. by the surround and sunshine but also some of us will need our brollies because the showers will be around. he is the midday weather map. you can see just about drifting to the north—east of scotland now. it is still driving our weather. some of the showers will once again be heavy and thundery with gaps between the weather. central parts of scotland, certainly, seeing sunny spells as well. the winds will also be lighter on monday. so that means it will feel warmer. damages will be about the same, 21 degrees, but it is quite open about the wind. here is looking tuesday. you can see much better weat

for scotland today, scattered showers. they should be confined to the northern half of scotland, sunshine through the central belt, clouding overfor northern ireland and northern england this afternoon with the arrival of patchy rain. perhaps one or two spots of rain for north wales, the midlands as well. much of southern and south—eastern england remains dry today with temperatures 23 or 2a degrees in the warmest spots. typically the high teens further north. this evening and overnight, that rain pushes across northern ireland and northern england and perhaps sourthern scotland later in the night. further showers across the far north of scotland and a few spots of rain for wales in the south—west as well, but south—east england stays dry and quite humid, 15 degrees here but single figures across the far north of england and for scotland. tomorrow, we have this area of low pressure, slow—moving, ambling east, with quite a few different weather fronts around tomorrow. one of them producing heavy showers across north

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 pressure bringing wet weather into northern ireland and into western parts of scotland, pegging temperatures back but towards the south—east and east anglia were some sunshine, temperatures could be closer to 25 degrees. by the en

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

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

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

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