brutal today. that's after a brutal yearin today. that's after a brutal year in which he and the princess of wales were both diagnosed with cancer. the king and queen camilla walked the short distance from sandringham house to saint mary magdalene church, past a crowd of well—wishers. and they were joined by the prince and princess of wales and their children, the princess royal and the duke and duchess of edinburgh. also part of that walking party, absent, though, was the duke of york, who's been accused of having links to an alleged chinese spy. meanwhile, king charles is set to break with tradition today, delivering his annual christmas message from a former hospital chapel. and you can watch the king's message here live on gb news at 3:00. gb news can confirm that at least 350 migrants have crossed the english channel in small boats so far on christmas day. several boats were seen making the dangerous journey from france this morning, with more expected to follow over the course of the day. now, those who arrived in dover following early hours crossings broke a

penod early hours crossings broke a period of more than a week when no small boats had been spotted. now this all comes after gb news exclusively revealed yesterday that thousands of migrants were massing along the northern coast of france, preparing to cross to the uk in small boats over the christmas period. and finally, swimmers across the nation have braved the chilly waters as they celebrate christmas day with a festive plunge. many swimmers turned out in support of various charity causes, with others simply enjoying a festive tradition. sea surface temperatures across the country were between eight degrees and ii were between eight degrees and 11 degrees, according to the met office. but plucky bathers, including many dressed as father christmas snowmen and elves, woke up early this morning to take the plunge. and these are some of those swimmers in bournemouth. if you're watching us on television, the enduring peter pan cup was also strongly

attended in london's hyde park, with swimmers taking part in the world's oldest annual swimming event. and those are the latest gb news headlines. for now i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in an hour. david mellor. hello. >> it was here on this quiet

residential street in southport, where the innocence of a children's dance class was shattered in the most horrific way, an attack on some of society's most vulnerable that had ramifications way beyond this merseyside town and proved to be the most consequential story of the year. >> breaking news at 1:08. we're heanng >> breaking news at 1:08. we're hearing reports from southport that emergency services are responding to a major incident on hart street. >> we can confirm that emergency services are in southport following a major incident. it seems a mass stabbing attack. multiple casualties. there are several reports indicating that this was some kind of pre—school premises in hart street. throughout that july day. the truly appalling nature of this story unfolded. an attack on a taylor swift themed dance class for primary school children. what should have been a safe

space for youngsters became the most hellish nightmare. >> we heard from merseyside police that a 17 year old from the banks area was arrested, but as far as we know, he entered the premises and began to attack. it'sjust the premises and began to attack. it's just one of them things we will never forget. >> six year old bebe king and seven year old elsie dot stancombe died at the scene. nine year old alice da silva aguiar died in hospital the next day. eight other children were injured, along with two adults who desperately tried to shield the youngsters from attack, who witnessed the attack, who witnessed the attack, who witnessed afterwards, have described it as something like out of a horror movie. >> children being pulled out of buildings with all sorts of terrible things having happened to them. >> as news of the stabbing attack spread throughout this community, there was understandable shock and trauma.

that shock turned to anger and then disorder. >> what we've seen over the last two days is an outpouring of grief. this is the other side of it. this is an outpouring of angen >> in the days that followed, protests and violent disorder spread to multiple communities across england and even northern ireland. some of the anger was fuelled by social media reports about the identity and motivation of the alleged attacker. and although claims the suspect was an asylum seeker later turned out to be inaccurate, the protests were consumed with rage about illegal and uncontrolled migration. in response, the government and policing leaders claimed the protests had been by the far

right. >> in the aftermath of this attack, the community of southport had to suffer twice. >> a gang of thugs got on trains and buses , went to a community and buses, went to a community thatis and buses, went to a community that is not their own. a community grieving the most horrific tragedy and then proceeded to throw bricks at police officers. police officers who just 24 hours earlier had been having to deal with an attack on children in their community. and we must have a policing response that can do the same. >> in the weeks that followed the disorder, hundreds of people accused of either direct involvement or of stoking tensions online were put before the courts in a swift legal process that saw many jailed. here at this court in liverpool

and in many courtrooms right across the country, conviction after conviction mainly involved local people from the areas where trouble flared. very few cases seem to support the prime minister's assertion of travelling far right thugs. undoubtedly, some far right elements did seek to capitalise on the unrest, but the vast majority of those that took to the streets during a week of disorder were from local communities, where anger and resentment over issues like immigration have been building for years. 18 year old axel rudakubana will face trial early in the new yean face trial early in the new year, charged with the murder of three young girls and the attempted murders of eight other

children and two adults. he also faces a terror charge of possessing a document related to al—qaeda, and a further count of producing the biological toxin ricin, after police say a quantity of the deadly poison was found in a search of his home. after a week of widespread disorder, the anger and the violence gave way to an uneasy calm. community volunteers took to the streets to tidy up the debns to the streets to tidy up the debris and help with repairs. although outwardly things appear to have returned to normal, the underlying tensions remain over what many see as societal decay, exacerbated by uncontrolled migration.

the most visible manifestation of the migrant crisis plays out almost daily along the coast of northern france. it is, of course, dwarfed by legal migration, which increased by almost a million in the last yeah almost a million in the last year. but the small boats provoke fierce debate and anger among many who feel migrants are taking advantage of poor border security and are gaming the asylum system. >> gb news homeland security editor mark white, is in dover on the scene for us. mark, an astounding figure. >> yeah. it's important. it's a milestone figure and we've reached 10,000, 10,036, to be precise. a whole month earlier than we did at this point last year at this point. last year, we were just at 7600 on the really calm days, up to a thousand coming across on a single day. the new labour

government found out very quickly just how incredibly difficult stopping the small boats will be. by october, the numbers making it to uk waters since the beginning of the year passed the almost 29,500 who arrived during the whole of the previous year, but seemingly undeterred, sir keir starmer continued to insist labour's policy of smashing the criminal gangs would work. >> today, a man suspected of being a significant supplier of small boat equipment has been arrested. our approach of working with international partners to smash the people smuggling gangs is bearing fruit. >> the government announced what it said were several significant operations to arrest key people smugglers and disrupt their small boat supplies. but these

supply lines are well established and robust, even though the boats themselves and safety equipment are anything but. gb news was shown back in april how people smugglers care little for the well—being of their human cargo. >> just show you an example of that. >> and that's probably not just for a child. they'll probably give that to an adult as well, saying that's going to save you. another example just back here is an inner tube. we quite often see them or they're handed out in a packet to basically if you panic, inflate one of those yourself. >> stopping these boats is made all the more difficult by the transnational nature of this criminal enterprise, with many of the source countries where the migrants originate either unable or unwilling to help uk authorities. the former head of border force told gb news in august that smashing the gangs

would be next to impossible without full cooperation from many other countries. >> these are very, very big ask, i think, to expect the uk to be able to smash the gangs, if you like, without some form of international collaboration where powers can be used by other countries on their jurisdictions to bring people to justice to and prevent people and goods crossing borders, etc, rather than the uk being able to do this on their own. >> coming up, 2024 has been a tumultuous year for the uk's state broadcaster, embroiled in a number of deeply damaging scandals.

it's difficult to remember a year when the bbc wasn't embroiled in some sort of scandal. but 2024 was a particularly traumatic year for the corporation, with top presenters and the bbc's most popular show hitting the headunes popular show hitting the headlines for all the wrong reasons. the year marked the most astonishing fall from grace for the bbc's most senior news presenter. huw edwards not only fronted the bbc's flagship news at ten, but was the key figure in anchoring huge state occasions like the death of queen elizabeth. can you get back space please? >> get back? >> get back? >> in july, he arrived at westminster magistrates court to answer multiple allegations of possessing indecent images of children. is there a 41?

pictures and video clips, including seven of the most serious category a abuse images, two involving a child as young as seven. >> extraordinary scenes at westminster magistrates court, where the former bbc presenter huw edwards has pleaded guilty to making indecent images of children, some as young as seven. >> almost two months later, huw edwards was back in the same court for sentencing. and there was widespread anger as he avoided a jail term. instead, he was handed a six month suspended sentence and a court order that he must attend a treatment programme. his legal team said he was deeply remorseful. mr edwards, do you repent? the judge ruled against the implementation of a sexual harm prevention order, which would have allowed authorities to monitor his use of the internet. what do you say to your victims?

huw edwards with nothing to say to those victims. huw edwards left the court, his career in tatters, but having avoided any time behind bars. jermaine jenas was another high profile bbc face sacked by the corporation this year. the one show presenter and match of the day contributor was accused of sending a number of inappropriate messages to female colleagues . colleagues. >> to be able to say that i was playing for my country. >> he had been strongly tipped as a potential replacement for match of the day presenter gary lineker, after recent controversy over his habit of weighing into contentious political topics in posts on social media. the bbc's highest paid presenter finally announced his decision to leave match of

the day, a move which we're told had nothing to do with past controversies. the presenter will still front some other sporting events for the bbc, including the next world cup. >> dancing the salsa amanda abbington and giovanni pernice. >> the corporation's most popular shows, strictly come dancing, was plunged deeper into crisis in the past year after more allegations of bullying against some of the professional dancers. the bbc apologised to one of the contestants. actress amanda abbington over verbal bullying and harassment she suffered at the hands of dance partner giovanni pernice. but he was cleared of more serious charges. >> the allegations of any physical contact have not been upheld. nonetheless, they have apologised to amanda abbington. i'll just read you a short part of that statement . at the time,

of that statement. at the time, although the production team took steps to address the issues as they understood them, ultimately these were not enough. >> along with my fellow professional graziano di prima also left strictly amid allegations he kicked dance partner zara mcdermott. cien with several other celebrities and some staff members coming forward to speak of a toxic atmosphere off the dance floor. there is no doubt this episode has deeply damaged a much loved show, although for now at least, the glitterball is staying put. two other national scandals dominated the headlines over the past year shocking sexual allegations against the former harrods owner mohamed al—fayed, and fraud convictions against hundreds of wrongly accused subpostmasters were finally

quashed. he was for many years one of the uk's most high profile and powerful businessmen. but for more than four decades, mohamed al—fayed, it's now clear, abused his power in the most appalling way sexually assaulting, even raping women who worked for him or who came into contact with him dunng came into contact with him during his time in control of harrods. fulham football club and other business interests. a renewed appeal by scotland yard for people to come forward revealed many new potential victims. >> 150 people have contacted the metropolitan police with either allegations or information about this abuse, and from that 150, the met has identified 90 new alleged victims, some with multiple allegations against mohamed al—fayed. >> there are serious questions over the way in which the metropolitan police handled

initial allegations against al fayed. 21 women made complaints to police between 2000 and 5 and the date the tycoon died in 2023, claiming they had been sexually assaulted by him. but despite being questioned at one point and a number of files sent to the crown prosecution service for consideration, he wasn't charged. although al fayed can never now face justice. scotland yard announced in november that a number of other people are being investigated for possible related offences. >> as a result of inquiries. so far, we have now launched an investigation into a number of people associated with mohamed al—fayed. this investigation will look at what role those individuals may have played in facilitating or enabling his offending, and what opportunities they had to protect victims from his horrendous abuse. >> the post office scandal came

to a head in 2020 for a new law was introduced, quashing the wrongful convictions of around 900 subpostmasters prosecuted for theft and fraud after a faulty it system mistakenly alleged money was missing at hundreds of branches. many of those in positions of power, both within the post office and within government, were made to account for the decisions they made that often ignored or exacerbated the plight of those wrongly accused. one of the key witnesses before the post office inquiry was paula vennells, the chief executive of the post office from 2012 to 2019. >> i fully accept now that the post office. >> excuse me. the post office

knew that i completely accepted . knew that i completely accepted. >> personally. >> personally. >> i didn't know that. >> i didn't know that. >> but despite collective hand—wringing over the scandal, just 1 in 10 of the subpostmasters wrongly convicted has been able to reach a final compensation settlement. coming up, the past year has been one of the most dangerous the world has faced in decades. yet the uk has faced in decades. yet the uk has seen more of its military capabilities axed.

in the last year, has been one

of massive global upheaval. wars in ukraine and the middle east have continued to rage. yet despite acknowledging the world is a far more dangerous place now, the labour government still hasn't given any date for its promised increase in uk defence spending. almost three years have passed since the russian military invaded ukraine en masse, but throughout 2024, intense attritional warfare continued on multiple fronts. volodymyr zelenskyy stepped up his diplomatic battle for more international support, hosting world leaders and at international summits. the ukrainian president made more desperate calls for cutting edge nato technology like f—16 combat jets. a small number were

donated in the past year and where, he said, already making a positive impact. >> we destroyed already in this huge attack of russians. we destroyed already some missiles and drones using f—16. i will not share how many, but we did it thanks to partners that they gave.it it thanks to partners that they gave. it gave us f—16s provided to us. but again, it's not enough. >> but 2024 proved to be just as frustrating for the ukrainians as previous years, with those urgent calls for military equipment constantly bogged down in debate and delay on the battlefront. the russians continued a very slow but relentless advance into ukrainian territory. a surprise counteroffensive in august saw the ukrainians seize territory inside russia. that prompted

moscow to call in north korean troops to help push back the ukrainians. another escalation in a deeply troubling conflict, the fallout from which is felt well beyond this region. america has given us an unprecedented and powerful mandate. >> we have taken back control of the senate. >> while the election of donald trump in november meant a rapid recalculation among nato leaders, and in kyiv overjust what america, ukraine's biggest military donor, would do next. president elect trump reiterated his determination that once in office, he would move quickly to get both sides to agree a peace deal >>i deal >> i will have the horrible war between russia and ukraine settled. i know them both. i will get it settled.

>> president zelenskyy indicated he was prepared to explore new peace talks, but allowing russia to hold on to the territory it's already seized will be extremely difficult for ukraine to swallow. >> when the action plans for peace are ready and when every step is worked out, the path will be open for the second peace summit and thus for ending this war for a just and lasting peace. >> another urgent matter in donald trump's entry is the conflict in the middle east, which reached boiling point in 2024, with israel fighting on multiple fronts to combat iranian aligned terror groups. but it was a year in which israel gained a number of very

significant military and strategic victories. >> hundreds of members of the lebanese armed group hezbollah, including fighters and medics, have been seriously injured when pages that they used to communicate exploded. >> over two days in september. israel detonated thousands of hand—held pagers and walkie talkies, which were being used by the terror group hezbollah in lebanon and several neighbouring countries. it was an audacious, ingenious plan in which israeli intelligence intercepted the devices which had been ordered by hezbollah, planting a tiny amount of explosives inside them before detonating them simultaneously months later. more than 40, mainly hezbollah terrorists, were killed and around 4000 injured.

>> in. israel. hakim laham. >> in. israel. hakim laham. >> just ten days later, another devastating blow for hezbollah as israel struck the underground command and control bunker where the group's leader, hassan nasrallah, had been hiding. his body was eventually recovered from the ruins of the compound, along with several other hezbollah commanders. less than a week later, the inevitable response came from hezbollah's backers in tehran. >> breaking news now iran has launched missiles into israel, and that's according to the israeli military. as you can see, live pictures on your screen now of sirens there

across the skyline of tel aviv. >> i've never, ever seen this clustered like this before. this is the whole of central, central israel. rocket alerts galore over that area. you can. live shots. now we'll continue to watch that with the iron dome missile defence system in operation. trying to take out these missiles. very dramatic images as we can see on our images as we can see on our screen now. images as we can see on our screen now. by november, though, a much more promising development, badly crippled by the israeli ground and air strikes in southern and central lebanon. hezbollah agreed to a peace deal, but further south in gaza, there is as yet no peace deal with the hamas terror group as around 100 israeli hostages

still remain unaccounted for. in syria, 2024 saw the end of the assad regime, a decade after the assad regime, a decade after the revolution began. it was a surprisingly swift end to the reign of bashar al assad, the rapid rebel advance made possible by the lack of any meaningful support from russia and iran, syria's main backers for so long, but now having to contend with their own troubles. the turmoil in syria has raised fears of another humanitarian crisis and huge uncertainty over whether the country can move forward in a positive way. another major concern is the potential for many terrorists in

syria to return to the west or regain power in the region, using it as a base to launch or inspire attacks on western cities. even before the tumultuous events in syria, the head of the uk's domestic intelligence agency, m15 was warning in october of a resurgence of groups like al—qaeda and isis. >> we've seen appalling loss of life in gaza and now lebanon and conflict spiralling in the wider region, with all the implications that brings for middle eastern and uk security. >> despite the uk government's own acknowledgement that the world is a more dangerous place now than for many years, in november the new defence secretary announced fresh cuts to britain's military capabilities being sold off for scrap to royal marine landing ships, support tankers and other

vessels, aircraft and drones that john healey claimed were effectively obsolete anyway. >> as i have told the house since taking office, the problems were even worse than we thought. it was a dire inheritance, the state of the finances and the state of the forces. >> with the labour government yet to give any date for their promised increase in defence spending and with significant demands on the chancellor already. many in the military fear 2025 could herald yet more cuts to britain's armed forces . cuts to britain's armed forces. attention from the uncertainties facing today's military to the commemoration of those who fought and died for their country 80 years ago. as britain remembered its d—day veterans.

>> despite the morning rain, it'll be a nice, warm, cosy day ahead. boxt heat pumps sponsors of weather on gb news. >> boxing day across europe looks very mixed. windy in italy, unsettled in greece and cyprus, mostly fine for spain and the canaries, but for madeira we do have some showery rain and a strong wind blowing through here. a strong wind also for gibraltar on boxing day, but otherwise sunny skies across spain and portugal. windy for italy. that wind is easing as this area of low pressure moves through. that's going to continue to bring heavy downpours and thunderstorms for greece and cyprus. >> there will be a light breeze in the morning leading to a boxt heat pumps

>> before the courts. in the last year, some of the most harrowing and traumatic cases. there was outrage at the beginning of the year when nottingham killer valdo calocane avoided being jailed for murder. a court accepted his guilty pleas to manslaughter due to diminished responsibility after he stabbed to death students barnaby webber and grace o'malley—kumar, as well as school caretaker ian coates. >> i am satisfied that you are suffering from a mental disorder, namely paranoid schizophrenia. this disorder is of a nature which makes it appropriate for you to be detained in a hospital for

medical treatment. >> the killer, originally from guinea—bissau in west africa, had first stalked and then stabbed to death the two young students as they were walking home from a night out before targeting ian coates nearby, stealing his van and leaving him dying in the street. >> oh no. >> oh no. >> emergency. what's the emergency? yes, there's been a stabbing on aukus road. >> there's somebody lying in the street. >> i think they're dead. oh, that was awful. >> khalil kain used the stolen van to run down and injure a group of pedestrians, before he was eventually stopped and arrested. taser. taser. >> do not move. stay where you are. stay where you are. >> we were horrified. >> we were horrified. >> at no point during the previous five and a half months will be given any indication that this could conclude in anything other than murder. we trusted in our system foolishly, as it turns out.

>> in june. a truly horrific case as two boys became the youngest murderers convicted since the killing of toddler james bulger in liverpool three decades earlier. jack carson reported on the most brutal of crimes that saw 19 year old sean seesahai hacked to death with a machete by 212 year olds in wolverhampton. >> it's the 13th of november last year, and the 19 year old boards a tram with his friends from handsworth to a stop in wolverhampton. an hour after leaving his home. he's seen here in a petrol station shop before making his way with one of his friends to the stowlawn playing fields. this cctv is blurry, but police believe this footage at 8:14 pm. is the moment sean was attacked by 212 year old boys. >> because of the young age, the two killers were not named. they were both sentenced to a minimum of eight and a half years each in a young offenders

institution. more than a year after fleeing to pakistan, the father, stepmother and uncle of a young girl from surrey finally face justice for her murder. >> now, in some breaking news, three family members have been found guilty of the murder of ten year old sara sharif charlie peters reported on a vulnerable young girl who it seemed was failed by multiple agencies. >> oh. oh sophie reaper. >> oh. oh sophie reaper. >> an innocent ten year old girl, her life stolen by those who should have protected her. all my himars sara sharif was a bubbly girl. teachers in woking said she was confident and full of ideas. but her smile was extinguished. her body was found with dozens of injuries at her family home in august last year.

jurors at the old bailey trial heard about the campaign of abuse inflicted on her. they learned that zahra had been hooded, burned, bitten and beaten during more than two years of violence. sarah started wearing a hijab. she was the only member of her family to wear a head covering the hijab, hid the injuries to her face. >> there was huge relief across armed policing in october when firearms officer martyn blake was found not guilty of murdering london man chris kaba after the old bailey trial. the court released details of kabas history of prolific and violent offending. he'd been a key member of a notorious london gang and was a prime suspect in the shooting of another man in a nightclub just days before he was shot by sergeant blake. as

officers tried to stop his vehicle, the jury reached a quick verdict, clearing the officer and accepting his assertion that he feared for his life and the lives of colleagues. as chris kaba tried to smash his way out of a police roadblock. doors, doors, doors. >> i cannot stop the. >> i cannot stop the. >> in the days after the not guilty verdict, the police watchdog was criticised for bringing the case in the first place, and the met commissioner said armed officers felt particularly vulnerable in circumstances where they might be forced to open fire. >> no police officer is above the law, but we've been clear that the system holding police to account is broken. i worry about the lack of support

officers face for doing their best, but most of all, i worry for the public. the more that we crush the spirit of good officers, the less that they can fight crime. >> former soldier daniel khalife was found guilty in november of spying for iran. the case hit the headlines when he mounted an audacious escape from wandsworth prison while awaiting his trial. khalife was arrested three days later on a canal towpath in northwest london. at his trial, he claimed he only made contact with iran in an attempt to become a double agent for british intelligence. >> daniel khalife has quite a confused character, trying to understand his motivations for providing highly sensitive information. information to iran has been an important part of our investigation, but i think you've seen during his own evidence that he has multiple motivations for doing this. i

think some of it is that he had created a persona for himself as an intelligence officer, and he was trying to live up to that persona in some way. >> more prisoners left wandsworth early in the past yean wandsworth early in the past year, part of a controversial release programme here and at jails across the country, as the government desperately tried to ease the prisons overcrowding crisis. but the sight of freed convicts, some responsible for violent crimes, celebrating and giving thumbs up to the prime minister, played very badly with the public. the early release programme came in for further criticism , after news that criticism, after news that a number of those freed had quickly gone on to commit further crimes in the community. overseas, a series of disasters caused widespread destruction and significant loss of life. in october, spain faced one of its deadliest natural disasters in

living memory, when a year's worth of rain fell in the east of the country in just a few days, causing massive flash floods. more than 230 lives were lost. many thousands were left homeless. >> absolute devastation across valencia. today we're here in this small town of pecanha, where only one of all the bndges where only one of all the bridges here are left still standing, all the others taken down by the flash flooding over the past few days. >> it was freak weather again, this time in italy, which led to the sinking of a luxury yacht off sicily in august. the bayesian had been anchored in a bay near the village of porticello when it was struck by a sudden, violent squall capsizing the yacht, which then sank to the seabed 100ft below. the well—known british tech tycoon mike lynch died alongside

his daughter hannah and four others. their bodies were recovered by divers in the days that followed. in june, the nafion that followed. in june, the nation came together to remember those that fought and died for freedom. on the 6th of june, 1944, d—day. now very few in number, those who took part in the allied invasion were determined to attend the commemorations, both in the uk and in france, to remember those who didn't come home. >> it'sjust who didn't come home. >> it's just such an honour to be here. and incredibly special to speak to these men and hear their stories. and in just a special to see the graves of those who fell and like you say, just the sheer volume of them. it's really quite upsetting.

>> hello, sir. >> hello, sir. >> with most famous friends now close to or even over 100 years old. d—day 80 was the last major anniversary they were expected to attend. i was privileged to meet this group of d—day veterans near portsmouth in june. 99 year old george chandler left an indelible impression. he died four months after we met. the young lives he saw lost on those beaches 80 years earlier, stayed with him every day. >> i was 19 at the time. these kids were younger than me. i know they were. >> every time i talk to somebody about d—day, i'm there. >> across 2024, we lost well—known faces from the world

of entertainment and from politics. people who touch so many lives and are sadly missed. >> i am a teacher. i am a teacher. first, last. always. >> i know you guys can see what i'm looking at, and it looks a little bit like castaway at this point. >> who better to meet these challenges for this nation and the people who live and work in this nation? she does u—turns on

immigration. >> she does u—turn on parliament. >> won't be meeting having an election until 2020. >> you can't trust them, right? >> you can't trust them, right? >> come up and see me to make me. smile. do what you want. hannah wilde. >> heavy showers first thing will be followed by a warm, cosy day. boxt boilers. sponsors of weather on gb news. >> hello there. good afternoon. hope you're having a lovely christmas. most of us have been blessed with a dry christmas from the weather gods, and that is all courtesy of an area of high pressure that is centred across parts of continental

europe. but it's extending its influence across areas of the uk as well, particularly the southern half, where things are generally largely dry. we do, though, have this cold front in the far north—west, which is bringing some outbreaks of rain here elsewhere into this evening and overnight again largely dry, and overnight again largely dry, a few spots of drizzle to watch out for, and there'll be a few cloud breaks over eastern areas as well. might see a few fog patches around overnight temperatures, though certainly underneath that cloud are not going to be too chilly for most of us, ranging between 6 and 9 c as we start off boxing day. then that front in the far north—west will have just slipped its way a little bit further southwards. so those outbreaks of rain spreading into parts of central scotland and also into northern ireland first thing in the morning, far north of scotland, actually seeing some sunny spells to kick off the day further in the south of england and wales. again, it is going to be a largely cloudy day for the vast majority. it's going to be parts of yorkshire through into parts of yorkshire through into parts of yorkshire through into parts of north east and wales, where we might see a few of those breaks in the cloud. if you're to the east of some higher ground areas underneath

the thickest cloud, i certainly can't rule out the odd spot of drizzle once again, but it should mostly be dry for much of england and wales, temperatures perhaps a little down compared to what we have been seeing throughout christmas day, but certainly still on the mild side for most of us. again, if you're to the south of this rain band, you'll be seeing temperatures climb into double digit figures 10 or 11 c for the north of scotland, though something a little cooler and fresher filtering its way in 7 or 8 c here. and we're going to be watching this band of rain, because it's acting as a boundary line between those cooler and milder conditions. as we head over the next few days, it looks like that