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few days of 2017 the weather will be less wintry. there are now sign something cold could return in the first part of 2018. friday brought some of us wintry scenes. more of us will be getting into mild air, particularly in the south. colder air holding in the north. the mild that ushered in by a band of rain. sliding in three scotland on saturday. some snow over the hills. bright skies and sunshine, then down to the south area of cloud and rain flirting with southern england and the channel islands. 13 plymouth, just three in aberdeen. saturday night, potentialfor just three in aberdeen. saturday night, potential for stormy weather. does not look like much on the chart. the irish weather service has

named it stormed dylan. could bring gales for northern ireland and scotland. also a band of heavy rain, scholey winds across england and wales through the first part of new year's eve. he is brightening up, sunshine, scattering of showers. all of us did about into the milder air, 6-12d. of us did about into the milder air, 6—12d. if you are planning to celebrated midnight, good chances for clear skies. the breeze will be strong. mayfield chilly. chillier than 5—9. new year's day, quite complex. low pressures of the north, and other low running in towards the south. breezy, but fairly bright weather. spells of sunshine, windy with rain in scotland. still cold enough for snow in higher ground. cloud and rain for the channel islands and the south of england. temperatures at this stage couple of degrees down, 4—10d. into tuesday, things starting a fine and dry. then the next atlantic frontal system, outbreaks of rain, increasingly

strong winds. that is the theme for the start of the week. things chopping in changing. quiet spells, then wet and windy spells in quick succession. all pushed along by areas of low pressure. likely to move its way through the british isles on wednesday. gales, bands of rain. followed by showers. still cold enough for them to be wintry over higher ground in the north. spells of sunshine in between. the theme during next week is a strong jet stream. the winds higher in the atmosphere energising the weather system pushing them through quickly. but there are signs of a change later next week. expecting cold air to dive out of canada, across the atlantic. that will have the effect of turning thejet atlantic. that will have the effect of turning the jet stream bend the ear. more kinks in thejet stream. that means our weather pattern may slow down a bit. while there will still be areas of low pressure close

to the sea. more chance the high pressure will have an influence into next weekend. low pressure close by. likely to bring us north or north—westerly wind. that means longer dry spell is likely into next weekend. albeit with further rain, perhaps some snow with is expected to turn colder. that is all from me, goodbye for now. this is bbc news. the headlines: snow, ice and strong winds disrupt many parts of the uk — with more predicted over the new year weekend. labour peer lord adonis resigns as the government's infrastructure chief, with a scathing attack on theresa may for her handling of brexit. brexit, which i think is being handled very badly, taking britain out of the key economic institutions of the european union, the customs union and the single market, increasingly brexit is affecting the

whole conduct of government. several major cities in iran are hit by a wave of protests against the government. also this hour: the dog who's had pioneering treatment to save a leg from amputation. scientists at glasgow university will now begin trials to see whether a newly—discovered technique for regrowing bone tissue will work on humans. and find out who's made it onto the queen's new year's honours list. we'll have all the names in half an hour on the bbc news channel