tim muffett, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah keith—lucas.r you are today, especially so across northern parts of the uk. various warnings in force, including two red warnings from the met office across parts of northern ireland, central and southern scotland. also red warnings for the isle of man, too. here is this area of low pressure associated with the storm system — it's been deepening rapidly. lots of isobars, particularly on the southern edge of that area of low pressure, so the strongest winds tracking across the republic of ireland, northern ireland, into central and southern scotland — it's here that we've got the red warnings in force. widespread gusts — 80mph, 90mph, we could see 100mph or more. in fact, we've already had a 114mph gust in the republic of ireland. but more widely, away from the red warnings, also amber warnings — they last longer. there could be gusts over the hills and around the coasts of 80mph or 90mph, so severe disruption likely right across the northern half of the uk. for england and wales, after the morning

our reporter tim muffett has been speaking to parents at a school in essex.to come up with different ideas and different varieties... food for thought. i think as a parent you find yourself in a situation where you're feeding your children every day, sometimes not knowing whether you're doing it right or wrong. rebecca, laura, annie, caroline and chris, all have children at arthur bugler primary school in essex. like so many parents they are often unsure as to how much food to give their children. go to baby clinics and things like that when you've got a small child, then you are given guidance. but as the children start the school process and start eating more and doing more then the guidance, i don't feel there is a lot around. the charity the british nutrition foundation wants to help parents become portion wise. and to use hand size as a way of measuring healthy amounts of food. so, like, cheddar cheese, a piece the size of two thumbs together, have you ever heard of that as a guidance for how much cheese you should be giving? personally i haven't. i pers

tim muffett, bbc news.is year's most nominated films with ten nods including best film, and best actor for adrien brody. he's hoping for a second academy award after winning in 2003 for the pianist. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba reports. post—war america, and hungarian immigrant laszlo is trying to rebuild his life through his work as an architect. speaking rather appropriately, surrounded by the brutalist buildings of london's barbican centre, adrien brody explains how the role has a personal right —— resonance. it's an opportunity for me to honour my ancestral struggles — my mother and my grandparents�* hardships and loss in fleeing hungary in the �*50s and the details and hardships that they experienced that very much parallel the lived experience of my character. feel free to call me elizabeth. felicityjones plays his wife but says it can be a struggle finding female parts like this where the character is independent and intelligent. where? oxford — to study english. i mean, i find... i've