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tonight at ten: the fbi has informed a suspect in the worst leak of us intelligence documents in here. this the moment, jack teixeira, who is twenty one and a national guardsman was taken into custody. a national guardsman was taken into custod . ., custody. today the department arrested jack _ custody. today the department arrested jack teixeira - custody. today the department arrested jack teixeira in - custody. today the department - arrested jack teixeira in connection arrested jack teixeira in connection with an investigation into unauthorised removal and retention and transmission of defence information. we'll have the very latest. a bbc investigation reveals mistreatment of vulnerable young adults in residental care homes. oliver's mother says a witness saw him being brutally treated. i saw staff strangling him and/or
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inappropriately restraining him. what would you like to say to families — what would you like to say to families of— what would you like to say to families of children _ what would you like to say to families of children abused . what would you like to say to families of children abused in what would you like to say to - families of children abused in your care? _ we confront the chief executive of the company about the mistreatment of people in their care. president biden meets the irish prime minister and addresses the country's parliament on the second day of his visit when mary quant invades new... and tributes to the fashion designer dame mary quant, designer of the mini skirt, who's died aged 93. and coming up in sport... it's a european night under the lights at old trafford. but have manchester united moved a step closer to the europa league semi finals?
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the fbi has arrested a suspect alleged to be linked to the leak of hundreds of highly classified us intelligence documents. jack teixeira is a national guardsman. the us attorney general said he was taken into custody without incident and he would appear in court. the contents of the leaked documents have been embarrassing for the american authorities and lay bare security secrets, including ukrainian troop deployment and the extent of american spying on its own allies. here is our correspondent. a week after the leaks first appeared and a arrest in massachusetts. with the media already naming the suspect, fbi agents swooped in. the
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young man giving himself up without a struggle. jack teixeira is 21. he works for the intelligence wing of the massachusetts air national guard. the massachusetts air national uuard. , . ., ._ guard. the 'ustice department today arrested guard. the justice department today arrested jack — guard. the justice department today arrested jack teixeira _ guard. the justice department today arrested jack teixeira in _ guard. the justice department today arrested jack teixeira in connection l arrested jack teixeira in connection with an investigation into alleged unauthorised removal, retention and transmission of classified national defence information. the transmission of classified national defence information.— transmission of classified national defence information. the day started with speculation. _ defence information. the day started with speculation. today _ defence information. the day started with speculation. today the - with speculation. today the washington post described the young suspect as a man working on a military base sharing classified information with a small circle of friends. as far back as 2020 during the lonely early months of lockdown. his lockdown friends included individuals in ukraine and russia. one of the group spoke anonymously to the post and said his friend was
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not a whistle—blower. any to the post and said his friend was not a whistle-blower.— to the post and said his friend was not a whistle-blower. any claim he is a russian _ not a whistle-blower. any claim he is a russian agent _ not a whistle-blower. any claim he is a russian agent is _ not a whistle-blower. any claim he is a russian agent is farce. - not a whistle-blower. any claim he is a russian agent is farce. false. i is a russian agent is farce. false. he is not interesting in helping foreign agency with their attack on the us. he was a young man who loved nature, god, who loved shooting guns and racing cars. the nature, god, who loved shooting guns and racing cars-— and racing cars. the material leaked, especially _ and racing cars. the material leaked, especially about - and racing cars. the material leaked, especially about the | and racing cars. the material. leaked, especially about the war and racing cars. the material- leaked, especially about the war in ukraine is embarrassing for america and potentially damaging for ukraine itself. but it seems the suspect�*s motives may not have been political at all. irate motives may not have been political at all. ~ ., ., ., motives may not have been political at all. . . . ., ., motives may not have been political at all. . . ., ., ., , at all. we have an individual who is leakin: at all. we have an individual who is leaking material, _ at all. we have an individual who is leaking material, because - at all. we have an individual who is leaking material, because they - at all. we have an individual who is| leaking material, because they want to develop _ leaking material, because they want to develop friendships online and using _ to develop friendships online and using the — to develop friendships online and using the use of documents as leverage — using the use of documents as leverage to gain friendships with individuals in online chat forums. the insider— individuals in online chat forums. the insider threat remains the same, but the _ the insider threat remains the same, but the motivation is perhaps different from what we have seen before _ different from what we have seen before. �* ., , ., , before. but there are similarities with previous _ before. but there are similarities
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with previous leaks. _ before. but there are similarities with previous leaks. in _ before. but there are similarities with previous leaks. in 2010 - before. but there are similarities . with previous leaks. in 2010 chelsea manning gave documents to wikileaks. should chelsea manning orjack teixeira, both relevant —— relativelyjunior have had access to information? the pentagon said the rules were clearly broken. this information? the pentagon said the rules were clearly broken.— rules were clearly broken. this was a deliberate _ rules were clearly broken. this was a deliberate criminal— rules were clearly broken. this was a deliberate criminal act _ rules were clearly broken. this was a deliberate criminal act to - rules were clearly broken. this was a deliberate criminal act to violate | a deliberate criminal act to violate those rules, in the same way if you locked your front door and somebody came in your house and took somebody and you followed procedure, but somebody took something, that is what we are talking about. this has not been a good — what we are talking about. this has not been a good week— what we are talking about. this has not been a good week for— what we are talking about. this has not been a good week for the - not been a good week for the pentagon. the leaks have angered and possibly endangered american's allies. with this arrest we may get an idea of why and how it happened. clive. thank you.
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a bbc investigation has found that a company which ran children's homes where residents were systemically abused also failed to prevent adults from being harmed. in january we found children were reported to have been punched and kicked at homes in doncaster run by the private company hesley group. the homes were closed two years ago. now we can reveal an investigation published in 2010 discovered 99 cases of abuse in a home for vulnerable young adults. at the time, hesley said improvements had been made. our correspondent noel titheridge has the latest on his investigation. you could see the sadness in his eyes, it's something that you don't forget. children punched, kicked and dragged across the floor. you can't believe that people in care would treat children like this. in january we uncovered reports of systemic abuse at these children's homes in doncaster. now we reveal that the company running them has also failed to protect vulnerable adults.
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mr mcsharry, what would you like to say to the families of children abused and neglected in your care? there was the psychological abuse, physicalabuse, there was unexplained bruises... oliver is autistic and has complex needs, meaning he can't live at home. his mother says she was told he faced abuse and neglect in 2019 at hesley despite his replacement costing taxpayers around £300,000 a year. a retired social worker was actually passing a minibus and they saw staff strangling him. oliver is one of more than 100 young people feared to have been harmed despite the best efforts of his parents. it became my full—time job, e—mail after e—mail including the chief exec. i felt i should be able to protect my son from harm. but i couldn't. but we've learned it's not the first time hesley has been investigated. we found residents being unsupervised, neglected.
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eight years before, this confidential report discovered 99 proven cases of abuse at a placement for young adults. there was an incident with a member of staff importing a taser gun, we asked a social worker to go out and interview him, and at interview, he confirmed that he had bought the taser intending to use it at work for his own protection. the report's author says lessons should have been learned. it doesn't seem to have had any impact at all, the local authorities just continued to feed people into this system. hesley continues to make these massive profits. that is their facebook... our team wanted to find out what happened to staff who worked in hesley children's homes. we found that support workers accused of assault were able to get newjobs at different companies, and we've also learned that some staff accused of abuse were not immediately referred to the barring service. the hesley chief executive
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is chris mcsharry, who recently bought and developed this equestrian centre. accounts suggest he has received at least £5 million as a director since 2006. he has refused to be interviewed about both of our investigations. mr mcsharry, bbc news — why didn't you properly investigate the abuse in your homes? mr mcsharry, what would you like to take to the families of children abused and neglected in your care? as chief executive why don't you respond to these questions, mr mcsharry? in a statement hesley said up to six people may not have been immediately referred to dbs but had now been, and that improvements were made across the company after the 2010 report. this shows a company that is repeatedly not following the rules. this senior mp says our investigation is deeply shocking. the historical findings back in 2010, the fact that those were then being repeated in other settings and the fact that systemically, the disclosure and barring scheme have not been used or informed effectively, they are all matters of deep concern. i want to make sure
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we improve the system. hesley continues to educate and accommodate vulnerable people while the government has promised to strengthen standards of care, but families of children say they are concerned that lessons won't be learned once again. our social affairs editor alison holt is with me now. alison you have reported on safeguarding issues and abuse in the care of adults and children — we see more in noel�*s report tonight — why does it appear that lessons aren't being learned? that is the key question. i have reported on far too many cases where there are allegations of abuse in there are allegations of abuse in the treatment of children and adults with learning disabilities, autism and mental health issue. in 2011 the winter bourne abuse scandal, it was exposed by the bbc, there was an outcry, change was promised and that
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change has been slow. the report that noel has obtained about the hesley group was written to try and prevent future harm and learn lessons. but often these reports lead to short—term action and then gather dust. local authorities pay huge sums for care of this vulnerable group and there are questions about whether or not that money reaches the right places. good staff paid well with good training are vital when you're caring for people with complex and challenging needs, yet care is seen as low paid work. there is a shortage of places so, people get sent a long way from family and friends and it is difficult for local authorities to keep a check on what is happening and generally speaking the care system for children and adults has beenin system for children and adults has been in crisis a long time. overstretched and underfunded. the government promises reform, but there is a question for us all, if
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we want lasting change, as a society we want lasting change, as a society we will have to make social care a higher priority. we will have to make social care a higher priority-— presidentjoe biden has become the fourth us president to address a joint sitting of the irish parliament in dublin on the third full day of his visit to the island of ireland. he set out his "shared vision" for the future relationship between the united states and ireland and spoke about the legacy of the good friday agreement. our north america editor sarah smith reports from dublin. president biden says repeatedly that he feels truly at home in ireland. to be invited to address the irish parliament, well, this isjoe biden was my idea of a really good time. well, mom... laughter. they said it would happen. he talked of the history, values and ideals that ireland shares with america, and of how international cooperation can support peace in northern ireland.
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on that, he seems to think the uk could do more. i think that the united kingdom should be working closer with ireland in this endeavour. political violence must never again be allowed to take hold in this island. the assembled politicians did hear rishi sunak say it yesterday he is ready to work with his irish partner is to try to get devolved partners to try to get devolved government up and running again in northern ireland as soon as possible. president biden is not here in ireland to achieve any kind of diplomatic breakthrough or to try and solve the deadlock in northern ireland politics. he largely seems to be here to enjoy himself. his team that have come with him are just desperately hoping that he can do that without putting his foot in it. visiting the irish president at dublin's white house, mr biden says he doesn't ever want to leave, and wrote a similar sentiment in the visitors' book. is the irish saying goes, your feet will bring you where your heart is.
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other american presidents have come here to highlight their irish ancestry. president biden's tree will grow alongside others planted by presidents obama, clinton, reagan, even john f kennedy. what a wonderful reception he's getting. he visited dublin 60 years ago, and claimed that trip was the best four days of his life. with the irish taoiseach, leo varadkar, mr biden talked about what they could do together. if it wasn't for america - and europe working together, i don't know what kind of world we live in, so we really do- appreciate your leadership . and your personal leadership. it feels so good to be able to have this emerging stronger and stronger relationship between the united states and ireland. with full fanfare, president biden is welcomed as the guest of honour at a banquet dinner in dublin castle, where he talked about his proudly irish american mother, and how she believed he would one day make it here. sarah smith, bbc news, dublin.
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premier league football clubs have agreed to ban advertising by bookmakers and gambling organisations on the front of players' shirts. however the change won't come into force until 2026. eight top flight clubs currently have betting firms as their main shirt sponsors. our sport reporterjo currie has that story. gambling sponsors have become a familiar sight in the professional game, but in the premier league, this will soon be a thing of the past. from the 2025/26 season, clubs in the top flight will not be able to feature betting companies in this way. commentator: west ham lead! currently eight clubs in the premier league have these sponsors, with deals estimated to be worth £16 million a year. one of those clubs is everton, who are sponsored by stake. i'm not going to get too involved in the debate ofjudging about it. but they've made a collective decision. that's the way it goes. by the account, everyone has agreed.
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the new agreement only applies to the front of shirts, and clubs will still be able to feature gambling companies on shirtsleeves and on the led hoardings around the pitch, with adverts on tv remaining unchanged. the move also only affects the premier league, not the english football league, and for some, the new measures don't go far enough. fans are not going to put up with this. they're not going to think, it's ok if it's not on the shirt, but if it's three inches to the side, or around every single pitch, or clubs are allowed to play in leagues named after gambling companies, and we know that hundreds of people every year sadly take their own life because of gambling addiction. so this is the severity of what we're dealing with. the move comes after premier league clubs voluntarily agreed to the change. it's not being forced by the government, but it does come at a time when when there is a threat of an independent football regulator hanging over them. in the meantime, new agreements with betting companies for shirt fronts can still be signed,
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and existing contracts will be honoured in the premier league until the ban comes into place. but it's yet to be seen if something so ingrained in the sport can become less prevalent. jo currie, bbc news. well, the government is set to publish its long—awaited plans for the gambling industry in the coming days. our media editor kate razzell is here. what might the plans contain, do you think? the what might the plans contain, do you think? ., ., ., . , think? the government announced its lans to think? the government announced its plans to review— think? the government announced its plans to review the _ think? the government announced its plans to review the gambling - think? the government announced its plans to review the gambling laws - think? the government announced its plans to review the gambling laws a l plans to review the gambling laws a few years ago, and it is the first ever review since the introduction of the smartphone which revolutionised gambling. the idea is to create laws that are fit for the digital age, to create laws that are fit for the digitalage, but to create laws that are fit for the digital age, but the white paper setting out those plans has been repeatedly delayed, pushed back at least four times, as prime ministers have come and gone. and now four culture secretary is on, it looks like in the next week or two we will hear what the changes are, so there has been intense lobbying of mps, both by campaigners who want stricter controls on advertising by
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gambling firms and also by the industry that says it supports reform to raise standards, but that the vast majority of people gamble responsibly and safely. so what are we expecting? firstly a tax, what is called a compulsory levy that will be put on all gambling firms to pay for treatment and research. at the moment it is voluntary. they will be checks on gamblers to make sure which they are not spending beyond their means. it also reported that they will be a £2 limit on bets on online slots if you are under 25 years old, and an improved system of consumer redress. and although advertising and marketing may be tightened up, they won't be banned. campaigners say the reforms are long overdue, but they remain worried about how gambling has become endemic in our digital culture, particularly when it comes to sport. katie, thank you. katie russell. a man has appeared in court charged with murdering a policewoman in west yorkshire 18 years ago. pc sharon beshinivsky, who was 38,
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had been a police officerfor only nine months when she died responding to a robbery in bradford. piran ditta khan was extradited back to the uk from pakistan two days ago. here's our home affairs correspondent tom symonds. two police officers shot while responding to an armed robbery, a rare and shocking crime, but then it was confirmed that they were relatively inexperienced female officers. pc teresa milburn was left fighting for her life. but sharon beshenivsky died of her injuries, a loss still felt within the police service. it happened during a robbery at a family—run travel agent in bradford in november 2005. the police investigation which followed led to the arrests of six men, transported amid high security during questioning and court appearances. in 2007, there were convictions for murder, manslaughterand robbery. but the investigation wasn't over. this is the outstanding suspect,
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piran ditta khan, now 7a years old, shortly after his arrest in pakistan in 2020. it has taken nearly three years to extradite him. and finally, he appeared at court to hear the charges that he faces — the murder of sharon beshenivsky, the robbery at the travel agent's, and offences related to two weapons, a machine gun and a handgun. he was told that his case would next be heard at the old bailey on monday. any trial might take place in leeds. the charges were first drawn up in 2006, a year after the shooting, 17 years ago. prosecutors say it's taken careful legal negotiations with pakistan to get to this point. tom symonds, bbc news, westminster magistrates' court. it's been revealed waiting lists for hospital treatment in england have reached a new high,
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and one in ten people arriving at a&e are waiting over 12 hours to be seen. the figures from the nhs show a service under considerable strain, and with the junior doctors' strike now in its third day, there have been cancellations which could put more pressure on waiting lists. here's our health editor, hugh pym. # hey, rishi, you're so right, you're so tight, you make us strike, hey, rishi... on the third day of the strike, there has been more talk about talks. there have been calls for the conciliation service acas to be brought in. the bma says yes, the government says that is possible but only if the union drops its 35% pay claim. union members meanwhile say it's notjust about money, it's also about keeping doctors in the nhs. this issue is causing a workforce crisis and without addressing it, our country will not have a healthcare system. i've got friends who are leaving medicine because they see hope elsewhere. why wouldn't you move if there is better working conditions and better pay? i completely understand that, but it is leading to us
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losing our workforce and that is really difficult. for now, the strike in england continues with the impact on emergency care not as bad so far as some may have feared. our trusts and our staff i think are managing this week very well. they have a clear priority of keeping emergency pathways in place and patients in those pathways safe. it has come at the expense of routine care unfortunately. john is one of those who has lost out because of the strike. he has cancer and doctors were due to review a scan to see whether it affected his liver, but that process was put on hold. any cancer patient will tell you that the worst part of it is waiting for results. it's these waits between having a scan and seeing what the result is. i really think people need to get round the table and sort this out. i'm only one of thousands of patients in the country who are waiting, i'm sure other people are in a much more serious situation.
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data from nhs england shows the intense pressure on the system even before the doctors' strikes. in february the total waiting for planned treatment was 7.22 million, another record high. though the number waiting more than 18 months fell again. in a&e units, 71.5% of patients were seen or treated within the four—hour target, a bit less than the latest reported figure in wales but ahead of the other uk nations. and for the first time, the number waiting in a&e more than 12 hours after arriving has been published — more than 10%. the impact of the strike won't be known until next week, when data on cancelled operations and appointments are published ministers say talks are possible but only if another strike isn't announced. hugh pym, bbc news. meanwhile the chancellor
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of the exchequer, jeremy hunt, has insisted that the government should not give in to demands for inflation—busting pay rises. mr hunt — who in washington for meetings with other international finance ministers — said wage increases that fuelled inflation would have a "more damaging" impact on the uk economy. the one thing that we won't do, because it would be a terrible mistake, is to agree to an inflationary pay rise that means that we're still talking about inflation in a year's time. if we stick to the plan, we'll bring inflation down to below 3% this year, and then we'll put these precious behind us, and i think that's what the british people want the government to do. our economics editor faisal islam is in washington.. the chancellor's comments come as new figures show the extent to which public sector strikes are actually affecting the uk economy. yes. affecting the uk economy. yes, clive, affecting the uk economy. yes, clive. the _ affecting the uk economy. yes, clive, the bottom _ affecting the uk economy. yes, clive, the bottom line _ affecting the uk economy. yes, clive, the bottom line is - affecting the uk economy. yes, clive, the bottom line is that i affecting the uk economy. 1a: clive, the bottom line is that these public—sector strikes are impacting the economy. we have a surprise number for the
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the economy. we have a surprise numberfor the month the economy. we have a surprise number for the month of february, the economy. we have a surprise numberfor the month of february, a flat economy, zero growth in that month, came in a month where we also had inflation numbers that surprised in a negative way, they remained high, above 10% in that month. the statisticians do a tribute that may lead to those public—sector strikes, as you heard there, jeremy hunt, the chancellor, accepts that there is an influence of those strikes, and when it was put to him that was this a price worth paying, this sluggish growth for industrial action, and he said to accede to these demands, 35% forjunior doctors, would imperil for junior doctors, would imperil the forjunior doctors, would imperil the economy and leave inflation higher for longer. the economy and leave inflation higherfor longer. but he did offer an olive branch too, saying that the nurses, when they abandoned their i9% nurses, when they abandoned their 19% pay claim, that was a basis for fruitful discussions, and by the same thing for thejunior fruitful discussions, and by the same thing for the junior doctors. the chancellor also had some beef here with the imf economists, they predicted repeatedly the united kingdom will become bottom of the
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list of g7 major economies this year, and the g20 too. he said that those forecasts had undershot repeatedly, and he said he hoped the same would happen, but he ported the imf was backing his policies on budget, and there has been a significant change of tone since finance ministers met here six months ago when frankly the united kingdom was a problem on the agenda list. now the chancellor argues britain is back. but people will be watching very carefully for those monthly figures that they don't repeat themselves.— monthly figures that they don't repeat themselves. faisal islam, live in washington, _ repeat themselves. faisal islam, live in washington, thank- repeat themselves. faisal islam, live in washington, thank you. i judith miller, the writer and antiques expert who appeared on bbc one's antiques roadshow, has died aged 71 after a short illness. she wrote more than 100 books and joined the long—running bbc programme in 2007. the show�*s presenter fiona bruce today called her the "doyenne of the antiques world and of our show".
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the trailblazing fashion designer, dame mary quant, who gave the world the mini skirt, has died. she was 93. dame mary was at the forefront of the swinging 60s fashion revolution. here's david sillito. newsreel: when mary quant invades new realms of fashion, _ bright young girls are interested, and so is the national press. - mary quant. it was more than just a new look. it was a new way of life. bold, free, fun, daring. miniskirts, hot pants. it was all about freedom, liberation. it really was the first time that the emancipation of women became possible. i was very full of the sort of elation that was happening then. mary ouant had started out making hats, but soon decided she wanted to make clothes that reflected a new era. skirts were short, shoes flat.
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grey, dowdy london was suddenly a colourful style capital. and remembering her today, another '60s pioneer, photographer david bailey. mary ouant being mary quant, isn't it, because she always had this little pad and was doing drawing of girls on a bus or something. but she was all right. she was all right. there weren't many girl designers, really. i'm just sad that i'll never see her again. i liked her personality. she was kind of wonderful. she was very positive, too. she had a vision. she wanted to challenge the formal rules of '50s fashion. and it got through to me that this was sort of unrealistic, out of date and nonsense, and that we lived in a mass production age, and that we must make mass production clothes. her design interests spread to makeup, bedding, perfume. well, that'sjust dirty! but like her vidal sassoon bob, the spirit of her heyday was always there. the miniskirt, she said, was
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invented on the streets of london. she just captured a mood and defined the look of the swinging '60s. the fashion designer, dame mary quant, who's died at the age of 93. time for the weather now, and chris fawkes has the details. it has been a dramatic day of sunshine and showers, we have some enormous thundercloud sent to us by our weather watchers, these spotted over the sky in hastings. and check out this, this is a mammatus cloud, and then when the heavens opened, some people got a real surprise, check out this. it looks like snow, but it is a big hailstorm, and our weather watcher reckoned there was
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two centimetres hail that came down in tunbridge and temperatures plummeted to one celsius in a matter of minutes. overnight tonight, a few showers left over across parts of scotland in particular, and later in the night we will see rain edge into parts of southern wales and south—west england. generally with clear skies around it is a colder night than we have had in the last few, temperatures down to 1—3 c, so even a touch of ground frost possible. tomorrow the low pressure will dive southwards across parts of england and wales, out into france. scotland and northern ireland having a day of sunshine and showers, shower showers heavy with hail and thunder and if you catch a downpour here you will know about it. for england and wales, we get this convergence, where the winds come together and along this line from yorkshire and lincolnshire down towards wales in the west country, we will get some big downpours, and perhaps even one or two funnel clouds. wherever you are, it will
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feel cool tomorrow,

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