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skies tonight, enough of a window i think for the skies to remain clear later on. but back to the here and now, the weather front to the west of ireland right now. for the rest of ireland right now. for the rest of today and a scattering of cloud and occasional showers and temperatures around 16 in aberdeen, 17 in liverpool and 20 in london. slightly below par. so this evening the weather front approaching ireland, the sky is turning hazy here but elsewhere across the uk a good chance of catching a glimpse of that super blue moon but in the south west by the early morning it will be cloudy, milder at 12 degrees in plymouth, quite fresh elsewhere. this weather front will bring rain to northern ireland, wales, southern parts of england and the midlands for the heavy for a time and pockets of rain will be flirting with the south pretty much all through the day. the best of the weather feeling warmest across this portion of the uk tomorrow. and that is tomorrow evening with ....
critical moment since the end of the second world war. as war continues in ukraine, poland remains acutely aware of the risk of conflict expanding. on thursday, donald tusk met with his ukrainian counterpart in warsaw. earlier this week, polish defence forces reported a russian missile had temporarily entered its airspace. poland has committed 4% of gdp to defence spending in 2024 and it s urged its neighbours to up their contributions. tusk himself has been involved in ongoing discussions with other major european powers earlier this month france s macron, and germany s scholz. let s bring in our panel. andrew fisher, former director of policy for the labour party. let s reflect firstly on the language, this from donald tusk is pretty stark, europe isjust language, this from donald tusk is pretty stark, europe is just not ready. he pretty stark, europe is “ust not read . , pretty stark, europe is ust not read . , ., , . ready. he is right to be concerned. if russia d ....
this programme contains some strong language. hello. is the tide turning against privatisation? as shareholders of britain s biggest water company today refused to put up half a billion pounds towards a rescue plan for the debt ridden thames water, could it and others be renationalised? we ll explore what s going right and what s going wrong with privatisation, and talk to labour live about their plans for levelling up if they win the next election. did the post office cover up the truth? it knew, when it was arguing in court that its subpostmasters must have been guilty of theft and fraud, that its own defence was untrue. the bbc has seen the evidence. we ll get reaction from this former subpostaster, convicted and jailed, after being accused of a shortfall of £59,000. also tonight. as the crypto king and fraudster sam bankman fried is sentenced to 25 years in jail in the states for money laundering, what does his fall from grace mean for the future of cryptocurre ....
good afternoon. proposals that could make scotland the first uk nation to legalise assisted dying have been introduced in the scottish parliament. it s an issue that provokes strong emotions with supporters of legalisation saying it would ease suffering, but opponents concerned some terminally ill people may feel under pressure to end their lives. the bill could be voted on next year. members of the scottish parliament have rejected previous attempts to legalise the practice, in 2010 and 2015. james cook, our scotland editor, has our top story. that s just my favourite photo of me and steve together. we were out at a barbecue. gillie s husband, steve, died less than a year ago. he had throat cancer and was 56 years old. gillie says even high quality palliative care did not ease his suffering. it wasn t a good death because he was distressed and he was upset. and it wasn t what he wanted. he wanted that choice, he just wanted to go to sleep. to me, it s quite obvious t ....
correspondent, jonah fisher. more than doubled, why? very good cuestion. more than doubled, why? very good question- it more than doubled, why? very good question. it has more than doubled, why? very good question. it has more more than doubled, why? very good question. it has more than - more than doubled, why? very good question. it has more than doubled, i question. it has more than doubled, 3.6 million hours of discharges last year. there were an average of 1271 spills every day. this has been measured by event duration monitors attached to the 111,000 also combined sewer outflow pipes around and they report back in every time sewage and water comes out into the sea. this is a collation of data we have seen today, summarised in effectively what the water industry has been saying is though they do regard sewage discharges like this as being unacceptable, last year was a particularly wet year, 2023 was particularly wet year, 2023 was particularly wet year, 2023 ....