secretary under the conservatives, thank you very much being with us. —— david gauke.e hour. more on the developments in the united states, where there is a lot of attention of donald trump's 90 is looking for an appointment in his administration when he comes in injanuary. this is bbc news. hello. rest of thursday and into friday, it's more of the same. thick clouds, some sunnier moments too. we've had mist and murk across northern parts of england and northern ireland, but the high pressure, which has been around for such a long time now, will be replaced by a big low and screaming winds from the north. so this time next week is going to feel very different across the uk. so here's the forecast, then, for the end of the afternoon — some clearer, sunnier breaks here and there, of course, before the sun sets. and then we've got some clear spells overnight across eastern scotland, central and southern parts of england, wales too. where the skies clear for any lengthy period of time, temperatures could dip to, say, two or three degrees, but with the south—westerly breeze