northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland. north—west highlands and scotland, as is the case all weekend. feeling lovely in that sunshine, too. southern areas of england and wales dry, sunny and warm once again. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines at midday. the main group opposing the relaxation of ireland's strict abortion law concedes that it's lost the referendum by an overwhelming margin. women should have the choice for a safe abortion, simple as that. i don't think we should have to be looked upon that the only reason you can have an abortion with any light on it is if we are attacked. this is a referendum on the right to life. we all have a right to life. nobody would vote away somebody else's right to live. "an utter failure" — mps say measures supposed to protect afg ha n interpreters who assisted british troops have failed to help any of them relocate to britain the owners of high street chain boots are accused of over—charging the nhs and exploiting patients by selling medicines at inflated prices.

matterfor northern ireland, a downing street has indicated it's a matter for northern ireland, a start i could buy arlene foster, the leader of the dup which is a pro—life party. from amnesty international and northern ireland shares of the license or government should not push for reform north of the border. all eyes are now on the uk government. they need to decide if they are going to remain complicit in the harm and suffering of women living under these restrictive abortion laws, or is like politicians in the republic of ireland they are going to stand with and stand up for women in northern ireland and urgently legislate for much needed and long overdue reform. us officials have reportedly travelled to north korea for talks on the possible summit between president trump and kim jong—un despite the event remaining officially cancelled. the news comes after a surprise meeting of the leaders of north and south korea yesterday. president trump had suggested the summit could still go ahead whilst north korean officials have said it is kimjong—un‘s ahead whilst north korean offi

earlier i spoke to grainne teggart — from amnesty international in northern ireland. she told me that it's important that no woman on the island of ireland is left behind. all eyes are now on the uk government. they need to decide if they are going to remain complicit in the harm and suffering of women living under these restrictive abortion laws, or if like politicians in the republic of ireland, they are going to stand with and stand up for women in northern ireland and urgently legislate a much—needed and long overdue reform. the dup has already said that northern ireland must not be forced into doing something just because of what has happened in the south. this is a devolved issue, how can you ask westminster to intervene? well, the dup are wrong. they are out of step with their own electorate, on that. amnesty polls and other opinion polls have clearly shown that the majority of people in northern ireland favour reform, which includes the decriminalisation of abortion. health and justice are indeed devolved matters, but we haven't had a devolved government for

we welcome the fa ct northern ireland. we welcome the fact that penny mordaunt, the health and qualities minister and other members of the conservative party are coming forward and beating out the need for change, for women in northern ireland. —— speaking out for the need for change. that is not it with their control. they have the power to bring about the change that is needed, and we would urge them to do so. thank you very much field and today. thank you. music lovers across the uk have been treated to a second day of headline acts as part of the bbc‘s biggest weekend which by its close will see more than 100 artists perform in england, scotland, wales and northern ireland over four days. saturday saw stars including ed sheeran, franz ferdinand and noel gallagher take to the stage. # i'm in love with the shape of you # we push and pull like a magnet, too # although my heart is thrown into # # i say, don't you know # you say # i say, take me out # one i love # i ain't found nothing like this # like this # i ain't

and also, what does the northern ireland and the people of northern ireland and the people of northern ireland and their politicians, what sort of relationship are they going to have an opposed exit world with the politicians at the south and indeed with those of westminster? interesting to note the british prime minister, she was one of the first people to call the tee shot, thatis first people to call the tee shot, that is the irish prime ministers of the override code, these are his offices behind me to congratulate him because he was somebody who was such an advocate for the yes campaign. —— taoiseach. he thought it was time for this society to have more liberal abortion laws. others within mrs may's party feel that she should jump on this moment and try and push to similar legislation in northern ireland. thank you very much indeed for your analysis of the situation in both south and north at the moment. that is going to run, thatis the moment. that is going to run, that is for sure. italy is once again in political turmoil, after the man chosen to be prime minister by the two

there is no such thing in northern ireland. it isa no such thing in northern ireland. it is a devolved matter and it is for the northern irish is in beta debate and decides at issue. some who wish to circumvent the assembly‘s role may be doing so to avoid its position. the dup is a pro—life party, and it is an extremely sensitive issue, not one that should have people taking to the streets in celebration. she finishes off with a reference of the fa ct finishes off with a reference of the fact that storm and has not been sitting for many months. she says "i wa nt to sitting for many months. she says "i want to see the assembly restored. " some of those up of the same people blocking devolution are demanding that westminster change the law are simultaneously opposing direct rule. the dup's position very clear, there. that was arlene foster. let's ta ke there. that was arlene foster. let's take a look at the weather forecast. there has been a lot of talk about these thunderstorms. it has been beautiful and other areas. but southern and central areas, that thunderstorm

bar exists in northern ireland. she goes on to say that legislation governing abortion isn't about matter and it should be for the northern ireland assembly to debate and decide on such issues. of course, there is no executive in stormont at the moment. they've been without an executive for 16 months. the government here is trying to get the parties over there to negotiate, get back around the table and get some sort of power—sharing agreement back up and running. but of course thatis back up and running. but of course that is why the question is coming here to westminster, because in the absence of the ruling executive in northern ireland pressure is being put on the prime minister by the labour party, by the liberal democrats also, to take this as an opportunity to create change in northern ireland. thank you very much. president trump says discussions about his possible meeting with the north korean leader, kim jong—un, injust over two weeks, are going "very well". earlier this week mr trump pulled out of the

ireland we need to decriminalize am abortion in northern ireland we need to make it free safe and they go we need to provide reproductive health care for our sisters and pregnant people at home as soon as possible rebecca here says saying the north the next is great in theory but in practice the politicians are way behind the people on this in the other island we need actions not words and full decriminalisation abortion and none of the five major parties support this we need to lobby and to fight for abortion access and northern ireland i'm wondering kelly or where the doctors stand on this . well and i. don't know. well just in my parcel experience when i was denied an abortion my a doctor i saw a number of doctors but my main consultant told me that he was sorry but his hands were tied up the minute if doctors help a pregnant parson have an abortion they can rest losing their license for a start being prosecuted and going to jail so doctors can help women and pregnant people even if they want to take another me doc but they can't even give them directions as to high to get the help

northern ireland's largest party, the dup, remain opposed to a change in the law in northern ireland. a woman can only have an abortion if there is a series or permanent risk to permanent mental oi’ permanent risk to permanent mental or physical health, so more restrictive than the rest of the uk although women can travel to have abortions in england, scotland and wales and many do. but the wider political picture, in northern ireland, what is interesting is none of the five main parties are in favour of extending the law in the rest of the uk to northern ireland. you have a range of political opinions. the dup very strongly against the law, the second biggest party, sinn fein, their position does not go far as the irish government in dublin, they plan to parsley gust —— legislation to legalise terminals until one nation/ legislation for terminations but they may relax their position further at their annual conference ina further at their annual conference in a couple weeks. the fact there is growing pressure on the westminster government to legislate to relax the abortion laws

northern ireland, the 1967 abortion act does not apply in northern ireland, so people who want abortions on demand, to use the horrible expression, in northern ireland, will come to england or wales. or could conceivably go to the republic of ireland. just as it was after the people of the republic of ireland, we must all look at this and think it must be up to the people of northern ireland. problem is northern ireland does not have a legislative body at the moment. but in the end it should be up to them. it would have to be, and it would be even more hard—fought in northern ireland... by people who are deeply religious and conservative. that is their right to do so. but as you say, at the moment, there is no government in northern ireland. jeremy corbyn, the leader of the labour position was on a visit to northern ireland this week, and he sparked controversy with his remarks. he has always been open about being a supporter of the idea of a united ireland. it is supposed to be by consent, it is in the good friday agreement, it would require a border poll. to think all of these pressu

downing street is clear, this is an issue for northern ireland and northern ireland only. instead the government is focused on getting that stormont executive back up and running and it is not for politicians here to be dictating policy there. but what is clear is there are many mps at westminster who feel passionately that women in northern ireland should have the same rights and choices as women in the rest of the uk. there would be a majority in the house of commons who would support that if and potentially when that comes to a vote, but theresa may will continue to be underan vote, but theresa may will continue to be under an enormous amount of pressure over this issue and of course she is in an extremely tricky situation because she relies on that alliance with the socially conservative dup for her majority here, and they made it clear throughout the day that in no uncertain terms do they want to see any liberalisation of abortion laws in northern ireland. two people have died and another person is in a critical condition afterfalling ill at a music festival in hampsh

laws in northern ireland. the current abortion laws in northern ireland are that one can only have a termination if there is a permanent or serious risk to her health. in dublin, people are reflecting on the significance of the referendum result. people voted bya margin the referendum result. people voted by a margin of two to one to overturn the amendment. to give us an idea of the papers in dublin, the sunday business post says ireland has wrestled with its past and voted to redefine its future. in the sunday times, island opens the door to abortion. it had been thought this would increase calls for there to bea this would increase calls for there to be a change in the law on abortion north of the border. the irish government will now be taking legislation forward to legalise abortion for any reason until a woman is 12 weeks pregnant and in circumstance leads —— in some circumstances circumstance leads —— in some ci rcu msta nces afterwards. circumstance leads —— in some circumstances afterwards.

downing street's view is that this is an issue for northern ireland in northern ireland only. they say they are focusing on getting the stormont executive up and running again and wa nt executive up and running again and want to avoid any oppression of direct rule. the feeling is this is not time the politician said to be dictating policy there, but what is clear is that there are many westminster m ps clear is that there are many westminster mps who believe passionately that women in northern ireland should have the same rights and choices as women in the rest of the uk and i think there is support for that among labour and liberal democrats mps and significantly among conservative mps, and some senior server to the camp mps as well. —— senior conservative mps. well, my view is that it's not right that women in northern ireland can't be able to access the same rights as women in the rest of the united kingdom. and if an amendment is allowed by the speaker, during the domestic violence bill that has come to parliament that put that right, i will be supporting it. i think t

northern ireland. the current abortion laws in northern ireland, chris, are that a woman can only have terminations if there is a permanent or serious risk to her health. now here in dublin today, i think people are reflecting on the significance of the referendum result. people voted by a margin of 2—1 to overturn the eighth amendment of the irish constitution, which amounted to, in effect, a near ban on abortions here in the irish republic. to give you an idea of what the papers here in dublin are saying, the sunday business post talk about generation yes, saying ireland has wrestled with its past and voted to redefine its future. the irish edition of the sunday times says ireland opens door to abortion. now, it had been thought that this would increase calls for there to be a chang in the law on abortion, north of the irish border. for example, the irish government will be now taking forward legislation through the irish parliament here to legalise abortion for any reason, until a woman is 12 week

ireland and although it is a devolved issue to northern ireland, this story as it says is that northern ireland has pressured to change its laws and has a far more repressive set of laws than the uk. it is not surprising that she does not want to listen to these pleas for change in northern ireland because she is propped up by the democratic unionists who are opposed to abortion, and it's a can of worms and it will be difficult to keep it off the agenda now. it is and isn't a can of worms, the numbers in northern ireland according to amnesty and 2016 suggested 72% of people in northern ireland are in favour of abortion in the case of rape, incest or fatal facial abnormalities so higher numbers than the results of the republic of ireland referendum abnormality —— faecal abnormalities. so it seems absurd, and the people in northern ireland have had to choose it because everybody who stands for election want to keep those laws, and they feel differently as the actual people that's why they say that when asked for their opinion. lot of people are talking about the great shift in the soc

and the odd shower in northern ireland too. for much of northern england and scotland, the morning cloud breaks up, blue skies overhead through the day. 27 is the high in the north—west islands. north—west highlands. into the night, the showers gradually fade. one or two will continue through the night and into the morning. still with the odd rumble of thunder. but low cloud then becomes the main feature in the skies above eastern scotland, central and eastern england. a grey start to bank holiday morning that will burn back to the coast. so some eastern counties will stay cloudy throughout. elsewhere, lots of sunshine to come through monday. very few showers as well. most will be dry, and in that sunshine, it will be another warm one. an electrical storm has caused serious disruption at stansted airport with flights delayed. politicians are calling for northern ireland's strict abortion was to be liberalised. 0rganisers of the dance music mutiny festival have cancelled the event after two people died there in separate inci

ireland can just ludicrous that the people of northern ireland canjust sit and wait it out. amnesty did a poll in october 2016 which found that 72% of people in northern ireland were in favour of relaxing abortion laws except in the case of fatal beetle abnormality. they have to have their voices heard. it's crazy that people in ireland and the rest of the uk have different rights to the women of northern ireland and i don't see why they should tolerated a minute longer. when you look at the figures, it is shocking. between 2013 and 2014 only 23 abortions were deemed necessary to be carried out. i wonder. absolutely. they do have this condition in northern ireland that it's only when life is in danger that they will carry out the abortion and there was only 23. which doesn't mean nobody else had an abortion, they just which doesn't mean nobody else had an abortion, theyjust travelled to the rest of the uk, which means it isa the rest of the uk, which means it is a privilege extended to women who can afford to travel and not extended to women who can afford to travel and also

ireland, into scotland and northern ireland, maybe some drizzle and places. places will improve during the day, staying cloudy in northern scotland. england and will seeing plenty of warm sunny england and will seeing plenty of warm sunny spells but with some thai building in southern england threatening a shower, maybe a thunderstorm. those places will avoid those in stay dry. temperatures starting to get knocked back a little bit on the north sea coast, that is as the breeze picks up coast, that is as the breeze picks up during the week. it is an easterly winds coming off the cold season easterly winds coming off the cold season damages will come down here. elsewhere, warm sunny spells, high tea m elsewhere, warm sunny spells, high team to the 20s. there will be the chance for a shower or thunderstorm in parts of england and we are. —— wales. this is bbc news — our latest headlines: the royal family has thanked the public after thousands of people lined the streets of windsor to celebrate the marriage of prince harry and meghan markle. a major overhau

the downing street, we understand, see this as an issue for northern ireland. the government very keen to avoid any impression of direct rule. they want to be seen to be trying to get the stormont executive up and running, not superseding it. then there is theresa may's alliance with the socially conservative democratic unionist party. the prime minister is already walking a tightrope and it comes to getting her brexit legislation through condiment. i think this weekend, things got a little bit more complicated. a fresh challenge for theresa may. two young people have died afterfalling ill at a dance music festival in hampshire. an 18—year—old woman and a 20—year—old man died in separate incidents at the mutiny festival in portsmouth. organisers have cancelled today's event which was to be headlined by craig david and sean paul after warning of a "dangerous high strength or bad batch substance on site". flights at stansted airport have been seriously disrupted, following thunderstorms last night. a lightning strike disabled the aircraft fuelling system

across the border in northern ireland. more now on our main story — the political uncertainty in italy. our correspondent, james reynolds, has this assessment. this is now a real clash between president and populist. it is about easily‘s relationship with the european union. the populists had wa nted european union. the populists had wanted to appoint a finance minister that has had any past that italy should be prepared to leave the euro the president vetoed this. he told the president vetoed this. he told the populists you cannot speak italy out of the currency had helped create. you need to have a proper national debate about it first. and so national debate about it first. and so perhaps the only solution right now would be early elections in which, for the first time, italy's membership of the euro and its relationship with the eu might be up for discussion. more stories making the news now. as many as nine russian troops have been killed by militants in syria. a number of government soldiers also died in the atta

ireland, and now the law in northern ireland, and now the difference between northern ireland and their neighbours to the south. but it is very difficult for the government to act. they could do in the absence of the northern ireland assembly and the executive which, as you say, has not been in place the nearly 18 months now. it is possible for the westminster government to legislate and impose that change in the law on northern ireland but it would be very difficult and a very controversial thing to do. that said, there's pressure on the government to act. labour say they are looking at legislative options and whilst their preferred method would be to do this through the northern ireland assembly, they say that women have suffered long enough. the shadow attorney general, shami chakrabarti, spoke this morning, saying," as a self identifying feminist, theresa may should negotiate with parties in northern ireland and impose legislation. women have suffered long enough and this is an issue of fundamental human rights". but downing street are not really engaging on this. a source says it i

ireland and northern and western scotland. heavy bursts of raymonda is weather front for northern ireland and pushing into western scotland. good move south—east into the far north—west of england and southern scotland later in the day but for england and wales, for most, anotherfine later in the day but for england and wales, for most, another fine day with top temperatures of 22. that fine weather for most will continue with us into next week, although the far north—west always seeing more cloud and outbreaks of rain. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: hawaii's mount kilauea volcano explodes, sending ash soaring into the sky. residents have been told to seek shelter. donald trump tries to put his summit with kim jong—un back on track by reassuring north korea. if we make a deal, i think kim jong—un is going to be very, very happy. jong—un is going to be very, very happy- i jong—un is going to be very, very happy. i really believe he is going to be very happy. i'm kasia madera in london. also in the pro

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ireland. day for northern ireland. showers perhaps heading towards scotland and northern ireland. scotland and northern ireland. much win to move things around with humid air. humid air. the midlands and east anglia as well. well. thunder and lightning and the possibility of localised flooding. possibility of localised flooding. the end of the week is to push everything further north. everything further north. wales, not as wet, generally dry, sunshine around. sunshine around. ireland, there will be slow—moving and heavy and thundery downpours. and heavy and thundery downpours. arrives in scotland and northern ireland for a while. ireland for a while. for most of england and wales it may be dry. england and wales it may be dry. warm sunshine and temperatures in the low to mid 20s. the low to mid 20s. and into monday, the threat of catching thunderstorms remains. catching thunderstorms remains. weather pattern not changing significantly. significantly. large part of the uk will be dry with some sunshine. in north america and around the globe. i‘m duncan golestani. a summit betw

our ireland correspondent, chris page, is in belfast, and explains how the law in northern ireland differs to the republic. currently, a woman can only have an abortion if there's a serious or permanent risk to your physical or mental health, so much more restrictive than in the rest of the uk, though women can travel from here to have abortions in england, scotland and wales and every year plenty do. however, looking at the wider political picture in northern ireland, what's interesting is that none of the five main parties are in favour of extending the law in the rest of the uk to northern ireland. you've got a range of political opinions. the dup are very strongly against the law. the second biggest party, sinn fein, their current position doesn't go as far as what the irish government in dublin are proposing to do. they plan to pass legislation to legalise terminations for any reason until a woman's 12 weeks pregnant and in some ci rcu msta nces afterwards, although sinn fein may relax their position further at their annual conference which is expected to be held in a few weeks‘ tim

in northern ireland abortion remains illegal in most circumstances, today sinn fein said it wanted to find a way to ‘deliver rights' to women in the north as well as the south. at westminster too, there have been calls for the law on abortion to be the same for women across the uk. but the democratic unionists — on whom the prime minister depends for her majority — said northern ireland should not be bullied into what they called ‘abortion on demand.‘ our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. chant: we made history! this was a seismic moment, marking a shift away from the country‘s once strict conservative past. yes, yes, yes! two thirds of irish voters backed repealing the ban on abortion, and the reverberations of this decision are being felt elsewhere. this has very much been a national debate, people the length and breadth of the island have been talking about how we need to support women. our policy is the same from the north through to the bottom of ireland, we need to show care and compassion towards women. ice cream! in belfast today, a sense that the debate no

streets of northern ireland today, is who is actually running northern ireland ? brexit has been a focus of this house and elsewhere. the people of northern ireland deserve an executive focused on the issues that matter to them. education, health, schools, farming, all the obvious stuff. we need to get the executive back up and running. the parties themselves need to do so. at the moment, the pilot light is on but no one is twirling those knobs. we need to get the executive restored. he is and cahoots with, is encouraging them not to come together to form, to let the assembly work. are there not people in this chamber who could assist, who negotiated the belfast agreement? some who served as chairman of the assembly, and it is important that we face up to the reality. there is a wealth of experience in this house, and i hope we can continue to draw upon that. my right honourable friend, the secretary of state for northern ireland, flies above and below the radar. does he agree that the longer the assembly and the executive are down, the harder it is to get it back

the labour partyjoins calls to change abortion laws in northern ireland, following the referendum in the republic. from sparkling sea to magnificent moorland, the 840 bus route from pickering to whitby in north yorkshire has been voted britain's most scenic. coming up... trish adudu meets gosp—ability choir, who wrote a special song to celebrate the royal wedding of prince harry and meghan markle. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. a man's been killed after storms caused flash flooding across the west midlands, with more than a month's rainfall hitting parts of birmingham yesterday in the space ofjust an hour. the man, a pensioner in his 80s, died in walsall after his vehicle became submerged. met office amber weather warnings for rain and thunderstorms remain in place this afternoon for east anglia, london and the south east and the south west. the south east could also experience the hottest day of the year so far. our correspondent caroline davies is in walsall and joins me now. now it is quite a sunny day but it would have been a very different scene yesterday. behind me y

to northern ireland. the largest party, the dup, currently propping up theresa may's minority government at westminster are opposed to any change in the law. yesterday, ian paisley treated that northern ireland should not be bullied into accepting abortion on demand. so pastor will be campaigning for the laws to change, it is not guaranteed that will happen. rbs has failed to appreciate the impact of its decision to close dozens of branches in scotland, a report by mps has found. the scottish affairs committee described the move as a devastating blow for communities affected. it is urging the bank to halt plans to axe up to 62 branches. rbs said the closures were in response to an increase in mobile and online banking. the headlines on bbc news: donald trump has indicated that preparations for a summit next month with the leader of north korea, kimjong—un, are going ahead as originally planned. england could get more national parks after the environment secretary, michael gove, announced he's launching

northern ireland? the people of northern ireland deserve an executive focused upon the issues that matter to them — education, health, schools, farming, all the obvious stuff. we need to get the executive back up and running. the parties themselves need to do so. at the moment, the pilot light is on but no—one is twirling those knobs. we need to get the executive restored. lord duncan. now, do we simply have too many mps and peers? there was an urgent debate at the start of the week over the government's handling of a bill from a labour mp which would, in effect, halt plans to cut the number of members of the commons from 650 to 600. at the same time, the latest list of new peers has been released with 13 names — the majority of them conservative, which will take the total to 793. so how does the uk parliament shape up compared to other countries? here's julia butler. britain is thought to be the only democracy in the world with a second chamber larger than its first. let's take a tour. australia

in northern ireland. i guess it's a demonstration of the importance of ministers in our way of life and in our democracy. this deficit should have been caused by the collapse of the executive and for it to be very clear to everybody that the lack of ministerial decisionmaking is impacting on people's everyday lives. ijust wonder has — what the chairman's thoughts are and where we go to try to move forward sinn fein from the obstinance they have in relation to their position. sometimes, we need to move forward and part of the things that we disagree on. i would urge dup and all the other parties in northern ireland to set aside those things on which they cannot agree and get on with what they can agree. i think people in northern ireland are increasingly frustrated with silly nonsense around politicking in northern ireland. which means that their day—to—day, things that are important to them on a day—to—day basis, health care, education, infrastructure, are not being done because of obstinate pol

again, the frontal system starts to work its way towards northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland more of a breeze perhaps clouding over. temperatures up to 18 or19 clouding over. temperatures up to 18 or 19 degrees in belfast and edinburgh. maybe 21 in london. high—pressure holds firm across the southeast on sunday, but a frontal system bringing some rain into northern ireland and the northwest of scotland. a pretty soggy story as this front wriggles its way around a fairly breezy up to the northwest as well. doctor xu southeastward get that to the sunshine. two just to get around 22 or 23 degrees. could be misty for some coasts. this is bbc news. i'm martine croxall. the headlines at 11:00: the government says it could still ban combustible cladding, despite a review after the grenfell tower fire suggesting an outright ban is not needed. a woman is found guilty of throwing acid over herformer partner as he slept. he later died in a euthanasia clinic. hawaii's mount kilauea enters an explosive new phase, spewing ash more than five and a half miles i

get into northern ireland. behind them, a lot of cloud, a little bit of clearance in the sky but not much. these showers flirting with the south—west and it'll be another sticky night. tomorrow we see the weather front eventually push away from the north—western northern ireland, and there will be more cloud for scotla nd there will be more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, more than you've been used to this week. at the same time, england and wales, more thunderstorms coming up from the near continent, some of those will be downpours and slow—moving so they could lead to some disruption but i'll keep you posted on we know you will! new research seen by bbc breakfast suggests that survivors of domestic violence are facing intimidation when their cases are heard in the family court. many have to come face—to—face with their abusive ex—partner. the charity women's aid says the process can be a major source of fearfor some women. the government says it is consulting on a bill which will tackle t

ireland, western parts of scotla nd northern ireland, western parts of scotland and wales, tightly packed isobars, turning quite windy when the wind and rain arrives certainly around irish sea coasts by the latter pa rt around irish sea coasts by the latter part of the afternoon. temperatures much better across the south—east. 15 degrees this afternoon, not bad even further west with the cloud and the rain. this evening and overnight, the rain eventually moves towards eastern areas and reaches the south—east. something drier pushing into scotla nd something drier pushing into scotland and northern ireland by the end of the night. much milder than last night. we woke up this morning to quite a bit of frost in places. the picture for wednesday morning, a bit of a grim start, the odd heavy outburst of rain in the midlands into eastern england. richard brittain up with sunshine. showers and to northern ireland, scotland, the northwest of england —— it should brighten up with sunshine. the cooler air slowly moving away and this big plume of milder air moving in towards the latter part

in northern ireland abortion is illegal u nless northern ireland abortion is illegal unless there is a serious or permit risk a woman's health. protesters say that the law is outdated and unfair. i feel we're dragging say that the law is outdated and unfair. i feelwe're dragging behind the rest of europe, the rest of the western world. women are being denied human rights. it is like the dark ages and incredible we are still in this position. a huge shift in attitudes on the other side of the irish border has given new momentum to these demonstrators but there has been no devolved government now for more than 500 days and in the absence of stormont campaigners are focusing on westminster. this woman and her story made a big impact on the debate, she travelled to england to end her pregnancy when doctors said that her unborn child could not survive outside the womb. it was a terrifying time and more traumatic thanit terrifying time and more traumatic than it should have been. if stormont was up and running we would be up there begging by the help but it is not so we're asking theresa m

it was the warmest day of the year so far in scotland and northern ireland. much cooler under the grey and misty skies in the north—east of england and on those north sea coasts. and that low cloud, misty weather is pushing back inland right now on the easterly breeze because we've got higher pressure to the north, lower pressure to the south and that's going to bring more storms. perhaps by the morning, some showers coming into southern counties of england. grey start in the midlands, northwards across eastern england, eastern scotland. low cloud retreating back to coastal areas and sunshine developing more widely. a few more heavy showers possible through the midlands towards wales later on in the day. not quite as one today for southern england. warmest weather in the sunshine for scotland and northern ireland. lovely day here. though showers may ease off for a while and we could see a cluster of heavy rain and thunderstorms pushing back into the south—east and east anglia earlier on wednesday morning. to the north of that, you've guessed it, more mist

northern ireland and western scotland, including the northern isles, always that bit cloudier, occasional rain but there will be dry weather, too. these areas into sunday night will turn wetter and the rain becomes heavier and more persistent but we will see skies clear through eastern scotland and down through much of england and wales with the risk of some mist and sea fog around the coast. temperatures by night not dropping as much as they have done recently. one good news for the gardeners. the bad news is high pressure will still dominate through the start of the week so not much in the way of wet weather. plenty of watering of plants to be done. the wettest weather on monday confined to scotland and northern ireland. heavy, persistent rain to start the day but with that high pressure building from the east, it will nudge off westwards. so many of you, including eastern parts of northern ireland and much of scotland by the end of monday, dry, sunny and warm again. an outside chance across southern counties of england of a small thunderstorm or heavy shower. same too on tuesday. most

pressure is mounting for northern ireland to liberalise its strict abortion laws. it follows the historic referendum in the irish republic that overturned that country's ban. however, the democratic unionists, the largest party in the north, said it should not be bullied into accepting abortion on demand. emma vardy reports. this was a seismic moment, marking a shift away from the country's once strict conservative beliefs. two thirds of irish voters backed repealing the ban on abortion and the reverberations of this decision are felt elsewhere. this has very much been a national debate, people all over the island have been talking about the need to support women and our policy is the same from the north through to the bottom of ireland, we need to show care and compassion towards women. ice cream! in belfast today, a sense that the debate moves here. northern ireland remains the only part of the uk where abortion is illegal unless it is a risk to the life of the woman. i would love to see a referendum up here. again, it probably will never happen. but hopefully it

i friday, the wettest of the weather moves towards northern ireland, northern england, up into central and southern scotland, allowing something long last a little bit dry across more southern parts of england and wales and temperatures typically into the low perhaps mid— 20s or so. 0ver typically into the low perhaps mid— 20s or so. over the weekend, i think you will see some heavy rain storms in scotland on saturday and perhaps into the south—west on sunday. the south—east, eastern england largely dry, at some sunshine. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: italy's two main populist parties have called for peaceful protests against the nomination of a technocrat as the country's prime minister. the five star movement and the league have promised to block any programme to be submitted to parliament by carlo cottarelli, a former economist at the imf. talks are resuming between american and north korean officials to try and reinstate a summit between donald trump and kim jong—un. president trump has spoken to japanese prime minister shinzo abe and they both agreed it was "im

going to grow on northern ireland to change its stance on abortion7m going to grow on northern ireland to change its stance on abortion? in an increasingly globalised... you look at what other countries are doing... the irish people can see, the northern ireland spiegel can see, in the vast majority of european countries, abortion is available up to around 12 weeks. that is the norm in europe. only malta has more restrictive laws of the moment. the people in northern ireland will be looking towards other countries. people travel, they watch the news, they are informed about what's going on in other countries. they want to see change, and i want to see that their politicians and people in society are behind this. you wouldn't want to travel to another country to avail of what is part of your human rights, what is the choice of every human being deserves to have. it is not that there will be abortion on the large scale now in ireland at all, but 170,000 people had to travel to the uk due to this ban. now women have the choice. thank you very much for talking to us. our apologies for the

brighter day in northern ireland western scotla nd day in northern ireland western scotland with more cloud and the breeze, especially later in the day. strong sunshine elsewhere so whether you are out celebrating the royal wedding orjust enjoying the start of the weekend, temperatures across many areas high teens may be also low 20s. strong sunshine overhead, as we low 20s. strong sunshine overhead, as we will see into sunday. i pressure is limited towards the southern and eastern half of the country. so here, the coolest start of the day and whether french and crouching in two parts of northern ireland and scotland more cloud here and especially the more west you are. the odd shower around and more ofa are. the odd shower around and more of a breeze. for england and wales, it is another blue sky day for the vast majority. temperatures peaking around 23 degrees. the fine weather continues into next week but the chance of a few showers in northern ireland and the odd rogue shower p°ppin9 ireland and the odd rogue shower p°pping up ireland and the odd rogue shower popping up thing en

ireland, northern and western scotland. for many, not quite as chilly as it has been. for many, another fine start to sunday. but we will have big applied across scotla nd but we will have big applied across scotland with more breeze and northern ireland, bringing occasional rain. still drier moments with hazy sunshine. hazy sunshine andi with hazy sunshine. hazy sunshine and i slid in showers to be used to scotla nd and i slid in showers to be used to scotland with temperatures around the moray firth up to 21 but with long spells of sunshine across england and wales once more, even after the misty start, highs of around 23. buying into sunday evening but a translator across the north—west of scotland and northern ireland and that departs westwards once again and into next week it'll be fine many. this is bbc news. our latest headlines... prince harry and meghan markle have been married at a ceremony in st george's chapel, windsor, in a royal wedding that's been watched across the world. the bride arrived at the chapel wi