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There is a weather frontjust to the west of our neighbourhood, and the cold air is kept at bay out in the atlantic. on bank holiday monday, temperatures 23 in london, 23 in liverpool, and into the 20s for glasgow and also for edinburgh. high pressure still with us on tuesday, the weather front still kept at bay and the winds are coming in from the south in the southern climes. i think our warmest day will be on tuesday, peaking at around 25 in london, we could hit the mid—20s for the north, 20...

Heres whats happening. the white house announced it will reimpose sanctions against belarus after its leader had a plane rerouted so he could have an opposition leader arrested. and the conviction in the death of molly tibbets, a farm worker was convicted of murder.

On british trade, known as tariffs. the importer says it would have been too costly to list the individual parts to claim the exemption in the trade deal and, indeed, it is impossible to value such very old parts. of the three consignments of parts weve sent over since january, every single one has been trapped in customs and weve had to pay, despite the uk origin, despite the correct paperwork, wee had to pay a duty. the tariff has been applied when it shouldnt been. but all this goes well beyo...

Portugal there. coverage from our support team tomorrow for the match. —— full coverage from our sport team. the political promise was a tariff free deal — but despite that, since brexit, british exports to the european union have faced taxes. up to £3.5 billion worth of goods did have the tariffs applied. heres our economics editor faisal islam. six months ago, the governments worst case scenario was that kent could be blocked up and emergency ferries and planes were chartered to ship vi...

You need a large facility on a grand scale, and thats what this place is. look at it. its like a cathedral in here. its huge. it covers more than 7,000 square metres — the size of a premier league football ground. and when its in operation, vast quantities of air will be sucked in through this chamber, in through the engine, which will be running flat out, and then a stream of burning gases will come out the back through that, which is the worlds largest exhaust pipe. so, in here, were going t...

With three stages to go. british cycling has backed the decision to cancel next months european track cycling championships in belarus. the five day competition was due to start on the 23rd ofjune in minsk. 0rgansiers have taken the decision due to ongoing political tension in belarus. and englands double commonwealth and european champions chris and gabby adcock have announced their retirement from badminton. the married couple last competed together in december. good luck to them and more time...

Largest exhaust pipe. so, in here, were going to be doing all sorts of testing to simulate different loads and experiences an engine sees in flight. so, this isnt really a production test facility. weve got others of those in derby. this is where well test it and inject water into it, x—ray it real—time, put birds into it to test the engine throughout its flight envelope. in the aviation industry, keeping costs down is vital while environmental pressures are growing, so engines need to be bo...

Theo leggett, bbc news. police looking for a suspected victim of serial killer fred west have not found any human remains while excavating a cafe in gloucester. 15—year—old mary bastholm worked at the clean plate cafe before she went missing in 1968. police confirmed it had completed the excavation of the cafe cellar and that no items of significance had been found. its a decade since undercover filming by bbc panorama at a residential care unit near bristol shocked britain, revealing bullyi...

As he prepared for his trip. meet 18—year—old travis ludlow, he has onlyjust meet 18—year—old travis ludlow, he has only just finished meet 18—year—old travis ludlow, he has onlyjust finished his a—levels, hasnt got his driving licence but is just about to fly solo around the globe to attempt a world record. its a dream he has harboured since he was just ten years old and now he will make thatjourney in this single—engine aircraft. mr; will make that journey in this single-engine...

And fuels and help safeguard jobs at the plant. this report from theo leggett contains flashing images. its taken three years to build and cost £90 million. this is the massive new aero engine test bed built by rolls—royce at its headquarters in derby. its here that the company will put some of the biggest and most powerful aircraft engines in the world through their paces. if you want to test a really big engine like this one, you need a large facility on a grand scale, and thats what this p...