tv BBC News BBC News February 21, 2021 9:00am-9:31am GMT
9:00 am
this is bbc news, i'm ben brown. our top stories: borisjohnson meets ministers and scientific advisers to put the final touches to plans to bring england out of lockdown. there's a new pledge that every adult in the uk will be offered their first dose of coronavirus vaccine by the end ofjuly — a month ahead of schedule. meanwhile, israel eases its lockdown after almost half the population is vaccinated, but you'll need a special pass to take advantage of all the new freedoms. thousands of protesters return to the streets in myanmar, a day after security forces fired at a crowd killing two people in the city of mandalay. heartstopping pictures as a passengerjet engine bursts into flames above the us
9:01 am
state of colorado. debris fell onto homes below, but the plane landed safely to the relief of crew and passengers. my daughter was sitting by the window, and i was just, "don't look. "let's just pray", so that's what we did. we held hands and said some prayers. and, a pioneering breakthough for children needing a heart transplant, using a machine to keep hearts beating outside the body for up to 12 hours. hello and welcome to bbc news. every adult in the uk will be offered the first dose of a coronavirus vaccine by the end ofjuly under new plans to speed up the roll out. more than 370,000 people had their first dose of one
9:02 am
of the approved covid—19 vaccines in the latest 2a hour period. that takes the total number of people who've now had theirfirstjab in the uk, to over 17.2 million. the prime minister will set out a detailed plan when he reveals his road map out of lockdown tomorrow, as rachel schraer reports. it was only a week ago that borisjohnson was celebrating. he had reached his target of offering a vaccine to the top priority groups in the uk. the next phase is to protect the over—50s and anybody with an eligible underlying health condition by the middle of april. that's two weeks earlier than originally planned. the latest promise is to vaccinate all adults in the uk by the end ofjuly. the order of priority, once the over—50s are vaccinated, is still being worked on, with the government expected to consider a wider range of health conditions and occupations. what is critical, of course, is that as many people as possible
9:03 am
are vaccinated, because the more who are vaccinated, the more individuals are protected and the more society as a whole is protected. so for all those reasons, i encourage everybody to come forward when you get that invite and get yourjab as soon as possible. this new accelerated target comes ahead of the prime minister's unveiling of a roadmap to ease england out of lockdown. details are still being finalised, but the government says more social contact will be an absolute priority. and after confirmation that care home residents in england will each be allowed one regular visitor from the 8th of march, there is hope that our daily lives may soon be less limited. 0ur political correspondent jessica parker is with me. the jessica parker is with me. uk government is promi an the uk government is promising then an acceleration of the vaccine roll—out, by the end ofjuly all adults. roll-out, by the end ofjuly all adults. , . , ., ,
9:04 am
adults. yes, and i understand they are feeling — adults. yes, and i understand they are feeling pretty _ adults. yes, and i understand they are feeling pretty confident - adults. yes, and i understand they are feeling pretty confident about | are feeling pretty confident about supply of the vaccine. 0bviously, supply of the vaccine. obviously, the infrastructure is now in place in terms of delivering the vaccine, phase one has been highly successful in terms of reaching the elderly and most vulnerable. but there are still questions as to the exact order once you pass those first nine groups. the committee that looks at this, thejcbi the committee that looks at this, thejcb i will be looking at that. interestingly, there is a question over whether teachers should be bumped up the list. that is something that has been frequently talked about. this morning, matt hancock spoke on a programme on sky and said that was not strong evidence that teachers are at greater risk, but a slight hint that from the health secretary �*s perspective he doesn't necessarily think teachers should be moved up the priority list. we will have to wait to see what the committee recommends.— wait to see what the committee recommends. �* ., ., ., recommends. and tomorrow we get the road ma - , recommends. and tomorrow we get the road map. boris — recommends. and tomorrow we get the road map, boris johnson _ recommends. and tomorrow we get the road map, boris johnson 's _ recommends. and tomorrow we get the road map, boris johnson 's road - recommends. and tomorrow we get the road map, boris johnson 's road map i road map, borisjohnson �*s road map for the way out of lockdown in england. the government is playing their cards pretty close to their
9:05 am
chest, but we have had some details emerging. we know schools are going back on march the 8th. yes. emerging. we know schools are going back on march the 8th.— back on march the 8th. yes, we have had some official _ back on march the 8th. yes, we have had some official details _ back on march the 8th. yes, we have had some official details and - had some official details and unofficial details. officially, the aim is for schools to go back on march the 8th, but exactly what that will look like we will hear more on tomorrow. yesterday we learned that limited care home visits will be allowed from that day. overnight we have heard that at the moment people in england may be aware they can meet one other person but strictly only for exercise, but perhaps from mushy 80 may be able to meet one other person on a more social basis, sit on a park bench and have a coffee, that kind of thing. so a slight loosening of the rules as the government looks, they say, to prioritise social interaction, helping families to be reunited. the prime minister has said all along they will be driven by the data, not they will be driven by the data, not the date. so, how solid is this road map going to be? that the date. so, how solid is this road map going to be?— map going to be? that is a good cuestion. map going to be? that is a good question. last _ map going to be? that is a good question. last week _ map going to be? that is a good question. last week of - map going to be? that is a good question. last week of the - map going to be? that is a good question. last week of the week before he did a couple of interviews
9:06 am
where he talked about how he did expect to set out some dates, but later said yes, as you mentioned, data driven not data driven. the point is they don't want to be totally tied down to any dates, so what they are saying is loads of caveats. this might be the broad aim to do something by this date, but we reserve the right to change our mind if the data says that we should. i suppose the political danger is that you can put loads of caveats into these things and say, we may have to change our mind, but once people hear that date, businesses may be hearing a date when they can open and they will start to plan for that, and they will hope that life can be a little less limited. jessica parker, thank you. israel, which has the highest vaccination rate in the world, is easing many of its lockdown restrictions from today. more than 49% of people have received at least one dose. gyms, hotels and cultural events are re—opening but entry will only be allowed to those with a green pass, which shows they've either had the jab or the virus.
9:07 am
there are worries that the scheme will disseminate against those who have not yet had the vaccine. —— discriminate. dr maya peled—raz is the head of community health and of ethics research at the university of haifa. she says this new system could actually incentivise people to get the vaccine. i think we need to look at it the other way around. the basic situation right now is that everything is closed. so what we are trying to do is actually ease the closure. it is not as if we were in a regular situation where everything is open, and now we would say to people, if you don't vaccinate, you cannot enter. actually, things have been closed for a long, long time, and what we are trying to do now in israel is gradually open up the economy so we are allowing those who
9:08 am
are vaccinated to rejoin the economy, cultural endeavours. so if you want tojoin economy, cultural endeavours. so if you want to join those people, you need to get vaccinated. i think it is a good step and we do need to hurry up and get everyone on board the vaccination programme because with all of those variants raising their heads, we could be facing, you know, other setbacks in the future and we really need to hurry up with community immunity in order to reach our goal of going back to something similar to normal life. thousands of protesters have returned to the streets in myanmar, a day after security forces fired at the crowd killing two people in the city of mandalay. it was the deadliest day yet in more
9:09 am
than two weeks of nationwide street demonstrations against the military coup. the united nations, the united states, britain and france have strongly condemned the use of force by the authorities. tom andrews, the un special rapporteur on human rights in myanmar has expressed his dismay at the death of protesters. iam i am outraged, horrified. these were peaceful protesters, these were young people who are out on the streets, saying very loudly and very clearly that they reject this coup, along with millions of their fellow countrymen and women. these protests have been very peaceful, and to escalate the tactics that the military and the police are using against them is unconscionable and unacceptable. we are doing everything we can to make it as clear as we can that the international community is very serious about this, and of course
9:10 am
there has been a round of condemnation from throughout the world, including their neighbour, china, who issued a very strong statement relatively speaking for china, but also the uk, eu, the united states and so forth. but what is even more important at this point is even more important at this point is to respond with action, and targeted economic sanctions and an arms embargo are very much indeed delete macro need right now. those sanctions need to have a collective punch by coordinating them to make it absolutely certain that this is not going to be tolerated by the international community. that is tom andrews. meanwhile, facebook has deleted the main page of the myanmar military. the company said its decision is in accordance with its policy on prohibiting the incitement of violence. the burmese armed forces have been using facebook to advance claims in support of their overthrow of the civilian government. the facebook ban came
9:11 am
as the internet in myanmar was blocked for a seventh night in a row. the duke of edinburgh has spent a fifth night in a london hospital, after being visited by his son the prince of wales yesterday. prince charles spent around half an hour with his father before returning to his highgrove residence in gloucestershire. 99—year—old prince philip was admitted on tuesday on the advice of his doctor after feeling unwell. a united airlines passengerjet has scattered debris over a residential area near denver in colorado after one of its engines failed on take—off. the boeing 777 was able to return safely and land. no injuries have been reported. mark lobel reports. here it? yes. mummy! something blew
9:12 am
u. a loud here it? yes. mummy! something blew no a loud bang — here it? yes. mummy! something blew up. a loud bang was _ here it? yes. mummy! something blew up. a loud bang was heard _ here it? yes. mummy! something blew up. a loud bang was heard on _ here it? yes. mummy! something blew up. a loud bang was heard on board - up. a loud bang was heard on board this united airlines flight 328 just after ta ke—off this united airlines flight 328 just after take—off in denver, leaving its 231 passengers heading to hawaii now holding their breath as the pilot makes a distress call. mayday, ma da . pilot makes a distress call. mayday, mayday- we — pilot makes a distress call. mayday, mayday- we need — pilot makes a distress call. mayday, mayday. we need to _ pilot makes a distress call. mayday, mayday. we need to return - mayday. we need to return immediately.— mayday. we need to return immediately. mayday. we need to return immediatel . ., ., immediately. you could hear the boom, immediately. you could hear the boom. and _ immediately. you could hear the boom. and we — immediately. you could hear the boom, and we started _ immediately. you could hear the boom, and we started shaking. i immediately. you could hear the i boom, and we started shaking. we were _ boom, and we started shaking. we were right — boom, and we started shaking. we were right on the wing, so i looked out and _ were right on the wing, so i looked out and i_ were right on the wing, so i looked out and i could see some smoke coming, — out and i could see some smoke coming, and ijust knew. my daughter was on _ coming, and ijust knew. my daughter was on the _ coming, and ijust knew. my daughter was on the window and i was just like don't — was on the window and i was just like don't look, let's close it up and let's— like don't look, let's close it up and let'sjust pray. so that's what we did, _ and let'sjust pray. so that's what we did, we — and let'sjust pray. so that's what we did, we held hands and said some prayers _ we did, we held hands and said some prayers ee— we did, we held hands and said some ra ers. �* ,
9:13 am
we did, we held hands and said some ra ers. ~ , �* ., . . prayers. as the boeing 777 circled back for an _ prayers. as the boeing 777 circled back for an emergency _ prayers. as the boeing 777 circled back for an emergency landing, . prayers. as the boeing 777 circled i back for an emergency landing, part of the plane were raining down on the city of broomfield, landing in the city of broomfield, landing in the park, on streets, and on front lawns. this casing was meant to be keeping the engine free from ice, and literally weighs a tonne. it initially struck this pick—up truck, with its owners just metres away. a lot of people said they heard that really loud explosion, which scared a lot of people, then they started seeing basically what they thought was a plane falling from the sky. what it was, was debris. it's hard to determine exactly what it is. i did comb through, i was taking a look at some of the debris, it looks like possibly some exterior pieces of the plane. this whole town is now effectively behind police lines. only residents are permitted to enter. investigators are requesting that debris is left alone. america's national transportation safety board has opened an investigation into what they are calling an "engine event." for all those who were onboard and on the ground below,
9:14 am
it's certainly an event none of them will ever be likely to forget. mark lobel, bbc news. this is bbc news. our main headlines: borisjohnson is due to hold a final meeting with senior ministers and scientific advisers about how to ease england's lockdown — ahead of tomorrow's announcement. there's a new pledge that every adult in the uk will be offered their first dose of coronavirus vaccine by the end ofjuly — a month ahead of schedule. thousands of protesters have returned to the streets in myanmar, a day after security forces fired at a crowd killing two people in the city of mandalay. the church of england should be playing a key role in solving the national housing crisis, according to a group of bishops. the report by the archbishops' commission says the church should even provide affordable housing on its own land, and reveal more than eight million people are living in sub—standard, over—crowded and
9:15 am
unaffordable housing. polly neate is the ceo of housing charity, shelter. polly, good to have you with us. how important is this recommendation by these bishops, and what would you like to see the church do on housing?— housing? well, it is really important _ housing? well, it is really important. first _ housing? well, it is really important. first of- housing? well, it is really important. first of all- housing? well, it is really - important. first of all because the church itself is showing leadership with its own land, and saying that it really wants to use more of its own land to build properly affordable homes. it is defining that as homes which are affordable to local people on low incomes to rent. that definition in itself is incredibly important. it is what we have been urging the government to think about for a long time now. so it is important in terms of the church of england exactly going to do something itself, and also it is showing this leadership and we would
9:16 am
like other large landowners, not least the government itself, to follow suit. least the government itself, to follow suit-— least the government itself, to follow suit. just talk to us about the scale of _ follow suit. just talk to us about the scale of the _ follow suit. just talk to us about the scale of the housing - follow suit. just talk to us about the scale of the housing crisis i follow suit. just talk to us about the scale of the housing crisis in the scale of the housing crisis in the uk at the moment, and to what extent has that been made worse by the pandemic? i extent has that been made worse by the pandemic?— the pandemic? i mean, the housing crisis now. — the pandemic? i mean, the housing crisis now. it _ the pandemic? i mean, the housing crisis now, it has _ the pandemic? i mean, the housing crisis now, it has been _ the pandemic? i mean, the housing crisis now, it has been massively i crisis now, it has been massively exacerbated by the pandemic. so we have seen people who are in private rental already facing eviction now, but well over 400,000 people who are privately renting now fallen behind with their rent, or been served an eviction notice in the last month. that is in one month. so, when we see an end to lock down and the measures that are kind of holding back those people from homelessness, we going to see the housing crisis become even worse. even before the pandemic, we had over a million people on the waiting list for social housing, so that is properly affordable housing, not the
9:17 am
definition of the government �*s. we had over a million people on the waiting list, but the only actually build 6500 new social homes. so what the church of england is saying is not only right, but really urgent and we really want the government to take this on board. there is much, much more the government needs to do here. just much more the government needs to do here. , , , , ., ., much more the government needs to do here. , , i. ., , here. just briefly outline what else ou want here. just briefly outline what else you want the _ here. just briefly outline what else you want the government - here. just briefly outline what else you want the government to - here. just briefly outline what else you want the government to do i here. just briefly outline what else you want the government to do on this situation, on the whole housing crisis, the homelessness crisis in this country. crisis, the homelessness crisis in this country-— crisis, the homelessness crisis in this count . ,., , this country. the government itself sim -l this country. the government itself siml has this country. the government itself simply has to _ this country. the government itself simply has to invest _ this country. the government itself simply has to invest in _ this country. the government itself simply has to invest in building i simply has to invest in building properly affordable social housing. there isn't any other way out of this crisis. literally, that is the only answer. instead of focusing on new home ownership products. the people who are struggling in private rentals, these are not people on the brink of home ownership. these are people on the brink of homelessness, and that is what the church of england is pointing out. there is a lot more the government can do. you need to invest itself, and one of the other thing is the church of
9:18 am
england points out in this report is that the rules around the way land is bought and sold are actually adding to the housing crisis by forcing land to be sold for huge profit that developers can then only get back by building really expensive homes, which is the last thing the country needs more of right now. thing the country needs more of riaht now. ., , ., ., ., thing the country needs more of right now-— right now. polly, good to talk to ou. right now. polly, good to talk to you- thank _ right now. polly, good to talk to you. thank you. _ children needing a heart transplant have, for the first time, benefited from a pioneering british technique. the research means waiting times for life—saving operations could be cut for young patients right around the world. a machine is used to revive the hearts of donors, keeping them beating outside the body for up to 12 hours. the process has been used for adults for some time, but is now available for children. bbc news has been given access to the team behind the breakthrough. anna collinson has the story. carefree and healthy, butjust a year ago, one of these sisters had a failing
9:19 am
heart and was put on an urgent transplant list. i was very fatigued, so the more i did in a day, the more short of breath and tired, and the less i could do. freya was warned she may have to wait up to two years. luckily, two hospitals in england had just started a new programme to increase hearts that are available for children. give a nice wave! she had her operation just eight weeks later. after ten days, she was allowed to go home. within months, the 14—year—old could start doing the things she loved most. i am ecstatic that i gotjust such an amazing gift of a heart. it is upsetting to know that someone also died. sometimes i can't help but think about it. a donor's family must be consented before surgery,
9:20 am
as this training simulation shows. until a year ago, almost all paediatric heart transplants came from patients who had suffered brain death. their heart may beat, but they will never wake up. life support is withdrawn, and the heart is stopped and retrieved. but this new programme uses hearts which have been allowed to cease beating on their own, after life support is withdrawn. as soon as this happens, the heart begins to deteriorate. by using this machine, demonstrated here using red dye, they can effectively restart it and repair the damage. so once we have got it circulating, you can have the heart sitting with a connector at the top to the aorta. these tubes move blood through the heart, which keeps it healthy for up to 12 hours, giving surgeons much more time to carry out checks, and even transport it to other locations. the royal papworth hospital is a pioneer of this so—called "donation after cardiac death" procedure. this organ care system is now used by adult cardiac transplant
9:21 am
centres across the uk. 12 months ago, the team here in cambridge joined forces with great ormond street hospital to extend their world leading service to children. despite the pressures of the pandemic, they have treated six patients in 2020. in other words, we doubled the amount of heart transplantation and we reduced the waiting time period. we had to do exactly the same thing for the paediatric recipients. at the same time for both population to reduce the mortality in the waiting list, and this is what we achieved. once retrieved, the hearts are delivered to great ormond street hospital for transplantation. children normally have to wait around 2.5 times longer than adults for a new heart. it is a terrible time of waiting, not being able to go to school, and constantly fearing you will get worse and not make it to your transplantation.
9:22 am
but for many of our transplant patients now they are so sick that they have to wait in a hospital for their transplant, sometimes for six months, perhaps even over a year. not only is it reducing wait times, but it is transplanting to patients who might not otherwise get an organ. freya's family will never forget what they have been through, or the people and the machine that saved her life. it will always be there in the back of our minds, but you know, she has got a lovely, healthy heart and her future is bright. australia's summer bushfires are thought to have killed or displaced roughly three billion animals. and on kangaroo island in south australia, conservationists are battling to save a unique species that was already threatened with extinction even before the blazes tore through its habitat. our correspondent shaimaa khalil has returned there to see what's being done.
9:23 am
it is possibly one of australia's �*s cutest animals. but the kangaroo island dunnart is also one of its most critically endangered. before the january 2020 blazes, is thought fewer than 500 dunnarts lived here. the catastrophic bushfires scorched half of the island, destroying their natural habitat and food research. they lost 93% just like that within a couple of days. for those animals that have survived the fire, they are dealing with a highly modified landscape. it is a huge ask for any species to survive.— landscape. it is a huge ask for any species to survive. ecologists have been working _ species to survive. ecologists have been working for— species to survive. ecologists have been working for months - species to survive. ecologists have been working for months trying i species to survive. ecologists have been working for months trying to | been working for months trying to gauge how many remain. but the small nocturnal marsupials are hard to spot. despite working with them for years, pat has never seen a kangaroo island dunnart in real life. in the aftermath of the fires, the survival
9:24 am
of the dunnarts is even more precarious, thanks to an increased threat from rampant predators. feral animals like cats have poised a danger to rare species on the island well before the bushfires. but, since the devastation of last summer, efforts to keep them away from natural habitats here have intensified. for from natural habitats here have intensified.— intensified. for a feral cat, the fai has been _ intensified. for a feral cat, the fai has been quite _ intensified. for a feral cat, the fai has been quite an - intensified. for a feral cat, the l fai has been quite an advantage intensified. for a feral cat, the i fai has been quite an advantage for them. when you remove the majority of the vegetation, they can find their prey species a lot more easily than before the fires. conservationists have stepped up efforts to kill the cats, including using these baited traps to capture them. we using these baited traps to capture them. ~ ., �* ., ., ~ them. we don't want to kill them, but we have _ them. we don't want to kill them, but we have to _ them. we don't want to kill them, but we have to do _ them. we don't want to kill them, but we have to do to _ them. we don't want to kill them, but we have to do to protect i them. we don't want to kill them, but we have to do to protect the l but we have to do to protect the dunnarts — but we have to do to protect the dunnarts. otherwise, the dunnarts are gone — dunnarts. otherwise, the dunnarts are gone. they will be extinct. there — are gone. they will be extinct. there will— are gone. they will be extinct. there will always be cats, but they won't _ there will always be cats, but they won't always be dunnarts. and this is another line _ won't always be dunnarts. and this is another line of— won't always be dunnarts. and this is another line of defence. - won't always be dunnarts. and this is another line of defence. several| is another line of defence. several kilometres of cat proof fencing. the electric wire — kilometres of cat proof fencing. the electric wire here, hopefully they will hit _ electric wire here, hopefully they will hit that and get thrown off the
9:25 am
fence _ will hit that and get thrown off the fence. ., , , ., will hit that and get thrown off the fence. .,, , ., , ., . ., fence. the hope is that protecting a create -- creating _ fence. the hope is that protecting a create -- creating a _ fence. the hope is that protecting a create -- creating a protective i fence. the hope is that protecting a create -- creating a protective zone create —— creating a protective zone will help dunnarts a chance to survive and reproduce. it will help dunnarts a chance to survive and reproduce.- will help dunnarts a chance to survive and reproduce. it will be fantastic to _ survive and reproduce. it will be fantastic to finally _ survive and reproduce. it will be fantastic to finally see _ survive and reproduce. it will be fantastic to finally see one i survive and reproduce. it will be fantastic to finally see one after| fantastic to finally see one after so many years. but it will be a little bit sad in a way because that element of mystery around the species won't be there any more. it will be bittersweet, i guess. itruiith will be bittersweet, i guess. with climate change _ will be bittersweet, i guess. with climate change making more extreme weather events likely, the fear is that it would only take a lightning strike for a disaster to hit this biodiversity haven again. that would make the dunnarts fei to even more perilous. —— fate. a rare cactus that's attracted interest from around the world has bloomed in the uk. the moonflower originates from the amazon rainforest, and typically flowers at sunset, and is finished by sunrise. but this cactus, grown at the cambridge university botanic garden, started to flower at 3pm on saturday afternoon, as you can see in this
9:26 am
footage we have speeded up. the team believes it's the first the time it has flowered in the uk. the specimen arrived in cambridge in 2015. thousands of people have viewed a webcam that's been trained on the plant for almost two weeks. it's something that has stumped scientists for decades — the search for extraterrestrial life. but now a uk—based business is hoping they might be able to discover if there's anybody out there. it's hoping to raise £1 million to build a 100—metre long telescope that will listen out for alien factories, machines and spaceships. richard westcott reports. on a disused airfield north of cambridge, next to the bunkers that decades ago used to house lots of the country's nuclear bombs, they are launching a project that could one day answer one of life's great questions.
9:27 am
are we alone in the universe? this concrete bunker behind me is where the staff had to come if the base came under attack. you can see the slits where they put their guns out. today there is something very different going on behind this blast proof door. it is the headquarters of the east anglian astrophysical research organisation, the charity that is trying to raise £1 million to build a giant telescope to listen out for signs of extraterrestrial life. if you can imagine this whole area is two football pitches side by side, so signals come down from space, they hit this mirror, they are reflected across the other side of the site to this parabolic reflector, which concentrates the signal back into this feedhorn here. at the back of the feedhorn is a small building. just to give you an idea of scale, that's about the size of a small garden shed. our research is quite refreshing.
9:28 am
we are going to be looking for activities in space such as interplanetary mining, asteroid mining, we are going to be looking for spacecraft propulsion systems. really, advanced civilisations going about their everyday lives. the charity is run by everyone from academics and engineers to volunteers like 12—year—old alex. she is spending her school holidays looking for shooting stars over france. as you can see, there is one just about to disappear. that white in the very centre is an actual meteor. how would you feel about the idea of being involved with a project that one day hears something out there? it would be breathtaking to know that we have found something that no—one else in history has ever found ever before, and if i was included in that, that would be amazing. this 1970s computer readout might not look much but it contains the strongest candidate we have ever had for an alien radio signal.
9:29 am
there is a 72— second section that is so unique the astronomer wrote "wow" next to it. it was heard by a telescope just like the one this team wants to build. they have a possible site in cornwall. the uk space agency is interested, and they hope it could be eavesdropping on intelligent life in under five years. now it's time for a look at the weather. there is definitely some sunshine in the forecast, but it is a pretty 5°99y the forecast, but it is a pretty soggy day in wales at the moment. we have had an awful lot of rainfall in the last 24—hour is. over 100 millimetres of rain in one or two spots in the south of wales, and flood warnings in force from the environment agency as river levels are high. thankfully, it is not
9:30 am
raining as heavily today, but still somewhat persistent in the south—west, wales, northern england a little bit later on. dry and mild in the south—east this afternoon, cooler and drier in scotland and northern ireland. here is the forecast for tonight. that weather front really is stubborn. the rain may return, and be heavierfor a time, at least across this portion of the uk. again the south—east will be dry and mild in scotland and northern ireland will be colder overnight, even a touch of grass frost on the way for places like belfast. in belfast on monday it is going to be a sunny day, but wet and windy weather tuesday.
41 Views
IN COLLECTIONS
BBC News Television Archive Television Archive News Search ServiceUploaded by TV Archive on