here's chris fawkes. hello. for many parts of the uk the weather is slightly brightening up.ome cloud around than one or two shells but for most at least, a little more sunny out there. but there is one exception to that theme and that is across parts of eastern england, where we have a very slow moving weather front which has been bringing some drizzle. east anglia and the south—east of england. temperatures here struggling to get above 5—6 so optically cold. milder weather in the west, ten in glasgow and highs up to around 13 in plymouth this afternoon. overnight, a few more showers coming and going across the north of the uk. further southwards, we had some clearer spells developing. that is where we will see some of the lower temperatures. holding up in the countryside to see the odd nip of frost. a cold start tomorrow but an area of high pressure is moving in. despite that, i suspect it will be quite cloudy in wales and southern counties of england. the best of the sunshine to the east of the pennines, for a time in eastern scotland but then rain arriving across the nort

talking of the weather, here is chris fawkes and we were reporting earlier on storm pia. pia has been causing disruption across the country. this truck toppled over on the m6,the manchester orbital ring road, some disruption there, and problems at the airports, these are top gusts from storm pia. gusts into the 70s in parts of scotland and also over the tops of the pennines, so some very strong disruptive gusts of wind. the centre of storm pia is actually quite away from our shores and it will be bringing some damaging winds into denmark as we go through the next 12 hours or so. we've got these north—westerly winds which will continue to feeding, continue to be very blustery through the rest of this afternoon, gusts in the rest of this afternoon, gusts in the range of around 50—60 miles an hour, strong enough to cause some localised disruption and as well as those strong winds—macro plenty of showers packing and across north—western areas. temperatures for many others reaching double figures today, so on the mild side, but cold air looking across northern scotland where o

that takes us nicely into the weather prospects for the next few days, hello to chris fawkes. thought i'd start off with this winter sun rise across the snow—covered shetland isles at the moment, it's the winter solstice today. for most of the uk today, a lot of cloud around but these north—westerly winds blowing across the mountains of the republic of ireland and wales knocking a few holes into the cloud so a bit of sunshine for wales, the south midlands and southern england, otherwise quite cloudy with rain across north—western areas, cold air across north—western areas, cold air across the far north of the uk and that continues to bring some snow showers into shetland, we seen some in the last hour, temperature struggling to get much of anything above freezing here but otherwise it's a mild day and the mild air flow continues overnight tonight. we've got this weather front that starts to bump into some of the cold air and it starts to bump into some of the cold airand it could starts to bump into some of the cold air and it could start to turn to snow across northern most a

here's chris fawkes. have we taken your best snow pictures? the big frits is set to continue.t was a case of white cars in redcar, is heavy snow in the eastern area, meanwhile flakes of o snow fall in south—east england. this didn't result in gridlock on the roads. looking at the weather pictures, temperatures above freezing and many of the showers draped round the coastal areas are coming in as rain and sleet. most inland parts of the uk dry with sunshine, but the sunshine not doing very much for the temperatures we are still below freezing in a number of spots and we might squeak above freezing for some. it will stay really cold. overnights tonight, the showers will turn back to snow and we have some particularly showers to come across dumfries and galloway, reaching cumbria later, these could bring up to three centimetres of snow. snow showers in northern around eastern scotland and eastern england, bringing icy conditions. temperatures in the countryside could get down as low as 10 glees so a bitterly cold start to day on saturday. bit of mist and low cloud to clear away,

here's chris fawkes. chris what are the skies like tonight for the shower?thern and eastern england you have a chance of catch, a sight. lovely end to the day across north east england, few breaks in the cloud there to allow the final rays of the setting sun through. it was across eastern england scotland that had low temperatures today but it will be turning milder as we head on into the weekend. 0vernight we do have extensive cloud. there are a few breaks at the moment in southern and eastern england. damp weather in scotland, patches of drizzle for northern ireland, and for western coasts and hills of wales around western england as well, but it is a relatively mild night. on into the weekend we get this weather front stuck across the north—west of scotland. this could bring pretty large rainfall totals into the highlands, some where between 75 and maybe 200m l of rain. that would bring the threat of flooding and landslip. there is an amber weather warning for that, we will keep watching it. through the weekend away from that north—west corner of scotland

now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes.that in shetland, where the winter solstice sun rise happened over a snow—covered landscape. there is extensive cloud today, but with the winds flowing north—west over the high ground in ireland we are getting ripples that help to break up the cloud. you could see a few breaks in the cloud and some sunshine. the north and west thicker cloud and rain at times. brighter conditions in the northern isles, but still with the risk of wintry showers. tonight, for most it is mild. but we have this feed of cold air across the north—east of scotland. into that front moves that could bring some flooding concerns in western scotland. but as it bumps into the cold air in the north of scotland, we will see some snow. initially over hills, but the snow levels dropping through the night. cold in northern scotland and here into saturday we xould see some accumulations of snow. between two and 10 centimetres. milder air will push in and any snow will turn back to rain. if you're planning a christmas com

now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. an eight—year—old palestinian boy was excluded from class for wearing a palestinian badge on his coat. 0ne palestinian badge on his coat. one of the parents received what they feel our letters threatening a referral to the government's counterterrorism programme prevent. they claim it is because of their pro—palestinian support, but the school says it is just keeping politics out of the classroom. an angry protest outside a primary school in east london. parents are calling for an eight—year—old pupil, his mum is from gaza, to be allowed backin his mum is from gaza, to be allowed back in school. he has been off for weeks after refusing the school's demand to remove a palestinian badge from his coat. he demand to remove a palestinian badge from his coat-— from his coat. he has been traumatised _ from his coat. he has been traumatised by _ from his coat. he has been traumatised by his - from his coat. he has been - traumatised by his mistreatment at school, the dissemination he has face

time now for the weather, with chris fawkes: hello there. are a few weather bits and pieces to be aware of. heavy outbreaks of rain could bring some localised flooding today. hill snow on the way for northern scotland in particular. and there's a risk of some particularly squally winds that could bring down some tree branches. the trouble all caused by this area of low pressure that's spinning to our west. outbreaks of rain heading in and some of the heaviest rain, the strongest winds later on this afternoon will be across wales and south west england. the rain really intense for quite a short period of time, but could be heavy enough to cause some localised surface water flooding and the winds strong enough to bring down some tree branches as well. so localised disruption from that feature. further north as the rain works into the colder air in scotland, we see it turn to snow. could be some snow at lower elevations, but the risk of disruption is over the high ground where we're looking at around 5 to 10 centimetres of snow. that puts route

now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there.ek as well. on friday, we did have some fresh snowfall around, but many of us had blue skies and sunshine. it was a day where temperatures didn't get above freezing all day in places. and we're going to see temperatures drop like a stone overnight. now, these showers — heading into dumfries and galloway — could be quite interesting, bringing up to three centimetres of snow, eventually working into cumbria. and we'll also have some snow showers for northern and eastern scotland, eastern england that could bring an odd centimetre or two. ice the main hazard, a really cold night. lowest temperatures probably getting down to about minus ten. 0nto saturday's forecast, any mist patches tending to clear away. a lot of dry weather, with sunshine. showers this time focused across western areas. these are likely to come in as rain or sleet through the day on saturday. temperatures really struggling. there'll be some places that stay well below freezing once again. now, saturday night could bring

talking of the weather, here is chris fawkes and we were reporting earlier on storm pia.

here's chris fawkes. but we have had scenes like those reported in parts of yorkshire and even the east midlands. it is across eastern england and to a degree is in scotland where we still have cold air stagnated by dental weekend it is set to get a lot milder for these areas with temperatures climbing into double figures. we have seen those temperatures across the west today. that won't change much of night. we will keep extensive cloud around, drizzle particularly in scotland and around some western coasts and hills. temperatures overnight around 8—11. this weekend we get a weather front that gets stuck across the north—west of

that takes us nicely into the weather prospects for the next few days, hello to chris fawkes.ice today. for most of the uk today, a lot of cloud around but these north—westerly winds blowing across the mountains of the republic of ireland and wales knocking a few holes into the cloud so a bit of sunshine for wales, the south midlands and southern england, otherwise quite cloudy with rain across north—western areas, cold air across north—western areas, cold air across the far north of

here's chris fawkes. hello. for many parts of the uk the weather is slightly brightening up. a very slow moving weather front which has been bringing some drizzle. east anglia and the south—east of england. temperatures here struggling to get above 5—6 so optically cold. milder weather in the west, ten

here's chris fawkes. we have had a stunning sunset across the north—east of england over the last hour or so, this particular one was from gateshead but we have had scenes like those reported in parts of yorkshire and even the east midlands. it is across eastern england and to a degree is in scotland where we still have cold air stagnated by dental weekend it is set to get a lot milder for these areas with temperatures climbing into double figures. we have seen those temperatures across the west today. that won't change much of night. we will keep extensive cloud around, drizzle particularly in scotland and around some western coasts and hills. temperatures overnight around 8—11. this weekend we get a weather front that gets stuck across the north—west of scotland and this will bring some huge rainfall totals into the highlands where we could be looking at 200 millimetres of rain over high ground which could cause flooding concerns and even some landslips of the met office have an amber warning in force o

the full weather forecast with chris fawkes is coming up just after 7:00 this morning.ss world record for full body contact with ice. the lady you can see in the ice there... this is katarzyna jakubowska who is a polish winter swimming champion. she's up to her neck in ice at a temperature of —17 degrees celsius, and she would need to be in there for at least 1.5 hours. really well done to her. don't go and jump in really well done to her. don't go andjump in the really well done to her. don't go and jump in the ice bucket tonight if you are going to a party. one of those on the new year's honours list is north yorkshire's longest serving lollipop lady. mary fisher has been doing the job since 1975 and has been awarded a bem for services to child road safety. the british empire medal. 0ur reporter beth parsons has been to meet her. iam i am writing in strict confidence to inform you that are... 88-year-old mary retired _ inform you that are... 88-year-old mary retired last _ inform you that are... 88-year-old mary retired last year _ inform you that are... 88-year-old m