scotland, pembrokeshire, northern ireland, down to cornwall and devon.th the temperatures struggling. three to four degrees briefly during the day. not a lot of change, it will stay till. —— jill. welcome to bbc news. my name's mike embley. our top stories: new national lockdowns in england and scotland as a surge in cases of the new coronavirus variant threatens to overwhelm the health systems. france speeds up its vaccination programme after a sluggish start draws an angry rebuke from president macron. back on the campaign trail, president trump and joe biden hold rallies in georgia ahead of runoffs that'll decide which party controls the senate. the us says it'll appeal against the uk's refusal to extraditejulian assange — a judge in london says the wikilea ks founder is at risk of suicide.

so part of northern ireland, parts of pembrokeshire cornwall, northeast scotland, the east coast of englande showers across england will start to drift a little further inland through the day. elsewhere some spells of sunshine, temperatures struggling to 25 degrees at best. as we go through saturday night that area of shower moving from eastern england will go midlands and eastern wales was that could bring a covering of snow in places. as you move out of saturday and into sunday a subtle change. our area of high pressure moves from the west towards the north. it changes shape and that changes the wind direction. the winds not coming down from the north any more but coming in from the northeast. still a pretty chilly wind direction but it focuses the showers across eastern areas, not as many showers out west with a bit of shelter. those temperatures still struggling around four or five temperatures still struggling around four orfive or 6 degrees. we keep a similar set four orfive or 6 degrees. we keep a similarset up four orfive or 6 degrees. we keep a similar set up through sunday night i

the weather will be further west, especially in the western isles of scotland, northern ireland, pembrokeshirestruggling, 3—4 briefly during the day. compare that to wednesday. not an awful lot of change. it was stay pretty chilly. welcome to bbc news — my name's mike embley. our top stories: new national lockdowns in england and scotland as a surge in cases of the new coronavirus variant threatens to overwhelm the health systems. back on the campaign trail — president trump and joe biden hold rallies in georgia ahead of runoffs to decide which party controls the senate. france speeds up its vaccination programme after a sluggish start draws an angry rebuke from president macron. the us says it'll appeal against the uk's refusal to extraditejulian assange — a judge in london says the wikilea ks founder is at risk of suicide.

so parts of northern ireland, parts of pembrokeshire, cornwall, northeast scotland, the east coast offrom eastern england will drift across the midlands into wales, that could give a brief covering of snow in places, and then as we move out of saturday into sunday, a subtle change. 0ur area of high pressure moves from the west towards the north. it changes shape and that changes the wind direction. the winds not coming down from the north anymore, but coming in from the northeast. still a pretty chilly wind direction, but it focuses the showers across eastern areas. not as many showers out west with a bit of shelter, those temperatures though still struggling around 4, 5, or 6 degrees. and we keep a similar set up through sunday night into monday. high—pressure to the north, notice the white lines, the isobars coming from the northeast. that‘s where the winds will be coming from. quite a brisk wind, actually, on monday. just accentuating a chilly field. i think we will see areas of cloud with some rain, sleet and snow drifting across parts of england and wales where it will also be pr

stephen crabb is the conservative mp for preseli pembrokeshire and the former work and pensions secretaryabout - will you vote for it later? i will. i feel very strongly about this i will you vote for it later? i will. i i feel very strongly about this and i've never voted against the party whip before, so it's not something i do lightly, but ijust feel very strongly that the current plan, current treasury plan, which is to withdraw that additional amount of money at the end of march, will cause hardship to families, no question about it. i don't think the right approach. if either for thinking about the wealth of protection and difficult spending decisions that are to come so i would like the chancellor to say he was going to extend the additional amount for a further 12 months and hopefully that will give time for us to get the pandemic behind us and the economy and labour market to improve, and give time for a proper, joined up, coherent plan for expenditure and how we think about welfare protection and the adequacy of welfare protection for families who are notjust out of work because

pembrokeshire, plymouth, penzance cornwall, will have rain.our head around this morning — a falling infection rate, a variant that may be more deadly and concerns over the vaccine rollout. here to answer your questions are two of our regular experts — virologist chris smith and linda bauld, who's professor of public health at the university of edinburgh. good morning to you both. i will start to thought with you first. but will pick up on people because my question is any moment. in relation to what was seen yesterday and people may have been opening the papers this morning and seeing these headlines about the increased risk of death from the new variant. now do you want to take us through some of the science behind that because on the face of it, it is an alarming headline and you look at the science. can you take us through that? ~ ., ., ~ ., ., , that? well, we do not know for sure what is going _ that? well, we do not know for sure what is going on _ that? well, we do not know for sure what is going on yet. _ that? well, we do not know for

at two or three degrees. 5pm today it will still be raining for parts of devon and cornwall and pembrokeshirever across the evening hours and for scotland are largely clear end to the day. the si'iow largely clear end to the day. the snow flurry in the final but temperatures will plummet quickly for many is the son sets. they could be some ice around for many areas overnight. this frontal system starts to pivot and head back north mainly falling as rain but it will turn to rain across the high ground of northern england and scotland and it will fall on freezing surfaces so icy conditions through the course of the night, coldest in the east with sub zero temperatures. pretty unsettled through the rest of that week, more rain for many, bit of sleet and snow, then things turn colder later in the week that white thank you very much thank you. see you in about half an hour. let's look at the papers. the times leads with a promise from britain's most senior police officer, cressida dick, who says anyone caught ignoring lockdown rules will be challenged and fined. the paper says police officers are