The east as we head through the day. Brighterfor northern the east as we head through the day. Brighter for Northern Ireland and scotland, where the rain has cleared away. Still a chance of one or two showers. We also have blustery winds accompanying this, particularly along the western coasts. With the rain and cloud it will be disappointing, but if we see the sunshine, possibly 22 celsius for Northern Ireland. This evening, lots of wet weather across england and wales, gradually working east. A few clear spells will follow, but also showers, which could be heavy and thundery across parts of Northern Ireland and scotland. Because it remains blustery, those temperatures wont drop away very far at all. A mild start to saturday. Through saturday, blustery for all of us. The winds will strengthen particularly for western coasts of scotland. Further showers may merge together to perform longer spells of rain. Across england and wales, more in the way of sunshine, and as a result, the tempe
Died after he was struck by a vehicle. Its five oclock our top story. A Murder Investigation has been launched after a Police Officer was killed as he attended a reported burglary in berkshire. Thames Valley Police say pc Andrew Harper died following a serious incident on a road near the village of ufton nervet. 10 people have been arrested. The Prime Minister has said he is deeply shocked and appaled. This was 28 year pc Andrew Harper who was killed in berkshire as it went to a colleague to attend a suspected burglary. This tent is all that can be seen today of what is now a murder scene. He was part of Thames Valley policing Proactive Unitand Thames Valley policing Proactive Unit and the force is now investigating the murder of one of its own. Good afternoon, we are all shocked and saddened by the death of oui shocked and saddened by the death of our colleague pc Andrew Harper. Thames Valley Police were called on the a4 at 11 30pm yesterday evening. Tragically andrew was attending a
Workers, after a tentative deal to rescue the company from insolvency. A group of women diagnosed with a rare form of cancer linked to Breast Implants, take legal action. And at 11 30pm well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, new european columnist and playwright bonnie greer and the associate director of iea, kate andrews. Stay with us for that. Hello. A murder inquiry has begun after a Police Officer died while investigating a burglary. Pc Andrew Harper, who was 28, is thought to have been dragged along by a vehicle late last night, near the village of ufton nervet in berkshire. He was married just four weeks ago. Ten people have been arrested, including a 13 year old boy and tonight police are carrying out inquiries at a nearby caravan site. 0ur correspondent, Daniel Sandford reports. On a rural stretch of the a4 outside reading, Police Officers doing what they dread investigating the death of one of their own. Pc Andrew Harper, 28 years old, married to his
Im on the outskirts of Whaley Bridge and i will have all the latest on developments overnight. Two holiday firms with bookings from more than 50,000 people have ceased trading. Last month was probably the warmestjuly on record, according to new research. And after australian steve smiths 144 yesterday, can england hit back in the second day of the first ashes test at edgbaston . Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. The liberal democrats have won the brecon and radnorshire by election taking the seat from the conservatives and leaving borisjohnsons government with a working majority of one. Here is the result the lib dem candidate jane dodds overturned a conservative majority of over 8,000 to beat the incumbent mp chris davies byjust over 1,400 votes. The brexit party pushed labour into fourth place. 0ther pro remain parties had stood aside to allow the lib dems a better chance to reclaim the seat they lost in the 2015 general election. 0ur political correspondent, Jonathan
It is notjust glastonbury, the heat and humidity is widespread. Through the day it is more focused on the western half of the uk. Some eastern areas not doing as well. The reversal of fortu nes areas not doing as well. The reversal of fortunes on saturday means it is the eastern half of the uk which will see the highest temperatures. We do have cooler air waiting in the wings over the atla ntic waiting in the wings over the atlantic but at the moment we are drawing in this waft of humid air over the sahara which has brought the heat wave in central and Western Areas of europe. We are not going to see temperatures as high but we will get a significant boost over the next few days. More ploughed in the isles of scilly and the far western tip of cornwall. A bit of cloud on the east coast but elsewhere a lot of sunshine on offer. Quite a contrast in temperatures for the shetlands. 13 celsius whereas it will be 30 in the Western Highlands, which would be the warmest day of the year so far.