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North easterly. Further spells of rain at times, some bright, dry intervals to be had but still feeling cold as we go through the day on saturday. And not much changes as we go into sunday. Weve still got low pressure in charge, dragging ina still got low pressure in charge, dragging in a north or north easterly wind, so it is going to feel cold once again and rather like saturday. There will be some dry, bright intervals but a lot of cloud around and at times we are going to see outbreaks of ra...

First line of russian defences and part of the south. Now mine fields have been blocking the troops for weeks. That means when they are blocked, of course they are vulnerable to russian shelly. Its been dangerous, but careful my Clearing Operation has been making it where they can advance. Ukraine says gains have been made in the south and have expanded their units towards the town of tokmak, Logistics Centre for russian forces. In the last hour or two we have these pictures into the newsroom of...

As 21 year old Peyton Stearns took wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova all the way as the czech player won in three sets in a match lasting over two hours. Another american is also out, Asjessica Pegula was beaten in straight sets by madison keys. Pegula left the court in tears, but she does still have a part to play later on in the womens doubles, while shes also a part of the mixed doubles, too. With less than four weeks to go until the ryder cup begins, we now know who will line up for tea...

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Prosecution against some offenders should be dropped. In the last few hours pilots working for Thomas Cook Airlines have gone on strike. Its the First Industrial action by uk pilots in a0 years. Ill be asking the airlines boss and the pilots union whats gone wrong. In sport, big ben is still striking, at lords at least. Ben stokes takes six wickets on a crazy day at lords, with both the west indies and then england suffering batting collapses, in the 3rd and deciding test. Hello from marvellous ...

A meeting of this kind. Also this hour, an emotional tribute from the father of the youngest manchester terror attack victim. Saffie roussos was one of 22 People Killed in the attack at the Ariana Grande concert. Today would have been her ninth birthday. She was so soft and gentle On The Inside Butjust so strong in what she wanted, and she wanted to be famous, she wanted to be on stage, she wanted to be Ariana Grande, the way she is now, that was saffies dream. A survey by bbc 5 live indicates m...

Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are kezia dugdale, director, John Smith Centre for Politics Public Service at glasgow uni and kate andrews, economic correspondent at the spectator. Welcome back with you. More times to go through these papers now. Tomorrows front pages starting with. As the uk government defends its decision to quarantine those travelling from spain, the metro leads with uk Prime Minister Boris Johnsons warning that...

Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the former scottish labour leader kezia dugdale, whos the director of the John Smith Centre at Glasgow University and lucy fisher, the defence editor at the times. Tomorrows front pages. A £120 fine if you keep your kids home is the metros top story. The paper reports the penalty applies even to schools with a coronavirus outbreak, unless parents have explicit permission to keep pupils at home. The ...

Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With me are the director of thejohn smith centre and former leader of the scottish labour party, Kezia Dugdale and also matt dathan, whos deputy Political Editor of the sun newspaper. Welcome back to you both. Lets go through some of the papers that weve already got in the stack. The telegraph says conservative rebels are on the brink of winning their fight for votes on covid restrictions after Boris Johnson...

And youre not going to see that. A week before the us election, anger from democrats as President Trump looks set to push through his choice for the Supreme Court. And why patches of hidden water could boost plans to build a Permanent Base on the moon. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The city of nottingham, and other parts of nottinghamshire, are moving into tier 3 the highest level of covid restrictions in england. The decision follows discussions between local leaders and the government....