And his friend josh. It may not bring millions of shoppers to mid wales, but it is delivering a bit of festive cheer. Hywel griffith, bbc news, rhayader. Brilliant. Time for a look at the weather. This was janets window in argyll and bute, probably the worst of the wet and windy fare. Small comfort that you are not alone . Probably not. Look at the number of isobars on the chart. At least they are running from a south westerly direction so the air is mild and moist to say the least, and there is plenty of air too, we will come to the gusts in a moment. Across this quarter it been raining, and the rainfall totals will mount up. Up to 80 millimetres widely over the high ground, but that is half of the story because when we take a look at the wind strengths as well, we see wind gusts up to 60 mph. That will be disruptive over the bridges for example, speed restrictions, some of the ferries may have an issue. Further east after a chilly start, struggling, but at least you are drier there u
Excludes muslims. On the filipino president s deadly war on drugs is back in the spotlight Rights Groups say Police Statistics dont add up. Now its being called the u. K. s most important election in a generation by both the conservative party and the main Opposition Labor Party and the past out of voting has begun to decide who will form the next government and decide the future of brechts it youre watching live pictures now of polling stations in london Prime Minister baraks johnson is expected to cost his vote very shortly hes seeking another 10 for his conservative party now in opposition is the Labor Party Led by Jeremy Corbin its the u. K. Is a 3rd general election and less than 5 years lets go live now to rory chalons whos in london for us where we say polls open just over an hour ago voting has begun the weather is looking pretty grim has the day likely to pad out especially in terms of chad out. Here an hour of voting done so far take us all the way through till 22 g. M. C. 10
Are so short of doctors and nurses that patients safety and the quality of care they receive are under threat. According to the financial times, borisjohnson has shelved a proposed cut to Corporation Tax in order to free up £6 billion for extra spending in an election move that signals the governments willingness to prioritise Public Services over measures to support business. The i looks forward to the first Election Debate between Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn saying theres pressure on the labour leader to use the television showdown to boost his partys poll ratings. And the metro leads with two teenagers being jailed or a total of at least 44 years for the murder ofjodie chesney, in a case of mistaken identity. Lets have a closer look at all of that and lets start with the eye. An interesting picture. Such a curious, not a particular pre possessing one and must be said. Ido pre possessing one and must be said. I do not know about the uk but i did not find either man particularly
Are scenes like this, of complete chaos. Well have live reports from hong kong and from beijing, with no end in sight to the clashes between democtrators and the authorities. Also tonight. Following that bbc interview, Prince Andrew is now under growing pressure to talk to us officials about his links with the latejeffrey epstein. Three Party Leaders take their messages to the cbi conference, each claiming to be the Natural Partners of business. We report on the crisis in care for the elderly, and the major policy and financial challenges facing whoever wins the election. And we meet the team behind the Tony Award Winning musical dear evan hansen, which opens in london tomorrow night. Coming up on sportsday on bbc news, can the republic of ireland secure a crucial win over denmark in dublin to guarantee their place at euro 2020 . Good evening. In hong kong, hundreds of activists remain under siege inside the polytechnic university, where theres been more violence today, as police try t
Areas, most of the eastern half of the uk staying dry and temperatures well into double figures, including into scotland stop big uncertainty comes on saturday. Some computer models want to take that across the uk, bringing outbreaks of rain to start the weekend. We are favouring the computer models that are taken more towards the mediterranean, which means the start of the weekend, the emphasis is on dry conditions for saturday occasional cloud, some sunny spells, and a bit of rain out of the west of scotland and maybe through the english channel, but as i said, the emphasis is on the dry weather, more likely to be dried and wet, so keep an eye on that forecast. Whatever happens, that low pressure will dominate to the west of us. A bit of a southerly flow, windy weekend store, but milder than the weekjust gone. More in the way of rain at times, a very close i will be kept on that, but as that low pressure system pushes eastwards, it could turn colder yet again. Hello. This is bbc news