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Rain persistent across the west of scotland, brighter weather into these, thats where temperatures will sit around 7 degrees, double figures with more of a southerly wind with the rain. once we have monday out of the way, the high pressure looks likely to continue to build and quite things down for our week ahead. i could come at a price, unfortunately, it does mean that mist and fog could be an issue, and for some of us, if that lingers and then sent a low cloud, the temperatures will struggle,...

All the people they were ruling over were brown. and there were all these weird ideas to do with racial science that were emerging, and it turned into a proudly white supremacist exercise. but that was pretty much in the 19th century. it wasnt for the whole history. right. but, you know, there are a lot of people watching this around britain who will be finding that language hard to stomach. yeah, i think theres an amnesia about that. i think because we beat the evil, racist germans in world war...

Skies will continue to clear, temperatures are likely to fall away. we still run the risk of that westerly when feeding on showers along the exposed coast, some of these will turn wintry to higher ground as well, but under those clear skies we are going to see the temperatures fall away, icy stretches could be an issue, a touch of frost, as well, in sheltered rural areas, chased out to see the temperatures fall away, icy stretches could be an issue, a touch of frost, as well, in sheltered rural ...

Thing on sunday morning. first thing on sunday morning. plenty of showers in the northwest continuing in the morning and they woke gradually drift their way across the borders into the pennines in the afternoon. for most of us it will be dry, more sunshine coming through, a little bit colder with the wind direction changing. we will see the temperatures around six to 8 degrees. high pressure is trying to build aaannn for the start of the new week and it will do so as we go through the week i had...

Citizen, he said, "ultimately, lets not forget, the british empire shaped the modern world. it spread democracy and was significantly more benign than other empires." do you have any time for that sentiment at all? no, i dont. but i have time for niall ferguson in that i think hes mischaracterised as someone whos only got good things to say about empire, but he writes very movingly about the injustice of slavery. he writes about the tasmanian genocide, and actually, he doesnt flinch at describin...

And that is a pretty neutral thing. education is important here, so i want to go into a little bit of detail about what you learned and how you learnt it, because as you say, you were from a deprived part of wolverhampton in the west midlands and yet you were academically gifted and successful so you went to a predominantly white grammar school in a very different neighbourhood. and you say that that school, it had a huge impact on you. i think one phrase youve used is that it sort of "cleansed ...

Hello, there. it certainly been unsettled start the new year, hasnt it? quite a lot of rain around, this morning was no exception to that. this area of wet weather pushing up into the north sea leaving age trail of shattered showers around, at least to some of us allowed for some brightness, as well. it does look likely that that rain will continue to be its way east in the showers will continue to push in across the far north—west. we keep some sunshine, blustery afternoon for many of us, and...

Ferdinand, who was there to commentate on the match. so, i think thats really depressing and weve got a lot of work still to do. and in terms of your personal story, the honesty with which youve talked about your unease at being disconnected as a successful sort ofjournalist in the metropolitan elite in london, disconnected from your punjabi—born parents and from yourfamily in india, has that been resolved within you or do you feel that sense of disconnection still? no. i feel like the two par...

Importantly with the south—westerly wind it will drive up this warm air from the south, hence the reason the change. at this time of year, temperatures are on average should be in the mid teens, but we are likely to see temperatures around 20 to 21 degrees so five degrees above where they should be. it may come with some cloudy conditions and you can see the cloud arriving. the eastern half of the country may be clearer skies in single figures. but the cloud of thick enough for drizzle and mor...