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here, too. further east for eastern england, well, blue sky and sunshine as you can see from our weather watcher picture from stunning kent. but even here, the clouds will increase through the afternoon and there will also be possibly outbreaks of light patchy rain and drizzle from our weather front that is gradually continuing eastwards. it will eventually clear overnight tonight. forthe it will eventually clear overnight tonight. for the rest of the day, still further outbreaks of rain, heavy downpours potentially for the scottish borders through northern england, maybe into east anglia by the end of the day, further south. then a lot of the rain is light and patchy. there could be sunny spells developing across devon and cornwall and northern ireland, but watch out for heavy and thundery showers, temperatures in the low 20s, may be 25 degrees in norwich, where we will see the sunshine last longest. and overnight, our weather front clears into the north sea. for many, ....
over his flagship rwanda policy. there s a knife edge vote on draft legislation in the house of commons tonight. the bill is designed to send some migrants who arrive in the uk illegally to rwanda. well, the debate on that bill is now in full swing. some tory mps say it doesn t go far enough others say it ignores international law. this morning, rishi sunak has been working hard to shore up support for his bill, as our political correspondent alex forsyth now reports. just a warning, her report does contain some flash photography. it was still dark when conservative mps arrived in downing street early this morning. over breakfast, the prime minister was trying to persuade them to back his latest attempt to send asylum seekers to rwanda. , ., attempt to send asylum seekers to rwanda. ,, ., attempt to send asylum seekers to rwanda. , ., ., ., rwanda. are you going to vote a . ainst rwanda. are you going to vote against the rwanda. are you going to vote against the bil ....
conservative mps to back him. if he d lost tonight it would have significantly dented his authority. in total, 313 mps voted in favour of the bill and 269 mps voted against it, meaning the government had a majority of 44 votes. no conservatives mps voted against the bill, but 37 did not vote. chris mason is in westminster. a day ofjeopardy and a day of jitters and the government deploying every tool of persuasion and mathematics, so the phone calls and the snatched conversations in the corridors, the more formal meetings, and on the mathematical side making sure everyone who could vote for the government was here in order to vote for the government. to give you an example, the climate minister who was at the climate talks in the middle east, flew all the way back so that he could vote. that is how nervous the government was, despite the result when we finally got it. quite an evening then after quite a day. quite an evening then after quite a da . . , . , ., day. excu ....
the original deal was blocked by the supreme court the government says this new one addresses concerns about its legality and makes clear in uk law that rwanda is a safe country. rishi sunak says it s the toughest immigration law ever. but some conservative mps believe it doesn t goes far enough. others say it ignores international law. the stakes are very high for the prime minister, who s spent the day trying to convince mps to back his plan. our political editor chris mason has been following it all. chris? good evening and welcome to the central lobby chris? good evening and welcome to the central lobby of chris? good evening and welcome to the central lobby of the chris? good evening and welcome to the central lobby of the palace - chris? good evening and welcome to the central lobby of the palace of. the central lobby of the palace of westminster, where plenty of people gather when they come in here. just down to my left is the house of commons, where for the la ....
As demand for tests continues to surge, the government promise to set out which groups will be given priority over testing. And if youve got any questions about testing or lockdowns, well be speaking to two experts in half an hours time. You can use the hashtag bbcyourquestions or email yourquestions bbc. Co. Uk and you can get in touch with me on twitter at annita mcveigh. The other headlines. A sharp rise in sales at the co op, as shoppers choose to stay closer to home. And a state of emergency has been declared in the states of florida, alabama and mississippi, after Tropical Storm sally causes devastating floods. Nearly two Million People in the north east of england are facing new local lockdown restrictions from midnight tonight, to try to halt a rise in coronavirus cases. Full details of the measures are still to be announced. They are likely to include earlier closing ....