but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello again. milder over the next few days, quieting down in many respects. patches of frost first thing in the morning, especially in southern england and southern wales. a cloudy day. showers coming and going. we start off with them in the north of the uk. white cloudy. they go south through the day. down to the east as well. at the same time, whether world brighten up in the far north of england. temperatures in the afternoon peaking for many of us at 11 degrees. thursday evening. they go south. through the second half of the night, skies will clear. temperatures will fall away. patchy frost for scotla nd temperatures will fall away. patchy frost for scotland and northern england. towns and cities, temperatures staying a few degrees above freezing. the picture for friday. a quiet day. showers in east scotla nd friday. a quiet day. showers in east scotland and east england. some sunshine. turning mild as well. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. my

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. to come, a good deal of cloud around but mainly dry on thursday. thicker cloud in northern and western parts of scotland, northern ireland and north—west england at times, wherever where the cloud is big enough you could get patchy rain but some sunny enough you could get patchy rain but some sunny spells in south—east england, east anglia, sappy scotland, east wales, eastern northern ireland, the chance of brighter weather and it will feel warmer, 17 is possible. during thursday evening and night where we start to bring outbreaks of rain further south across scotland, a process that continues into friday and as the rain turns heavy the breeze begins to pick up as well but a mild start for most on friday morning. as we bring the weather system south across scotland to northern ireland on friday, cooler air following on northern ireland on friday, cooler airfollowing on behind, wintry showers into shetland. much of england and wales staying dry, variable cloud and sunny spells and stil

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello.d into deep freeze. temperatures will struggle over the next few days. a frosty start for tuesday, plenty of wintry showers. this cold air has, all the way from the arctic, working south across british isles. brought in our direction by a pretty strong northerly wind. tightly squeezed isobars across north—east scotland. it will be gales at times, a lot of showers as we start the day in areas exposed to that northerly wind. across the north of scotland, plenty of showers. some heavy, a mix of rain, sleet, hail and of showers. some heavy, a mix of rain, sleet, hailand some of showers. some heavy, a mix of rain, sleet, hail and some snow, especially but not exclusively over high ground. plenty of showers in north—east england and some in northern ireland. south—west scotland, across the spine of england and wales, starting off dry. not many showers, cold and just three degrees in birmingham. in two parts of cornwall in devon, one or two showers. especially in areas exposed to the northerl

on bbc news, bbc parliament's programme looking back at the week in westminster, presented by alicia mccarthy. hello and welcome to the week in parliament, when theresa may went public with the best—kept secret in westminster. i have just chaired a meeting with the cabinet where we agreed that the government should call a general election, to be held on 8thjune. opposition parties say they welcome the fight, but... this is a prime minister who promised there wouldn't be one. a prime minister who cannot be trusted. meanwhile in holyrood, the snp and the conservatives square up over scotland's future. but it wasn't all about the general election. in the commons, there was concern over the nuclear ambitions of north korea. and condemnation of the alleged death, detention and torture of gay men in chechnya. others would join in beating him with sticks or metal rods and demanding to know the names of other gay men that he knew in chechnya. but first, on paper it had looked like mps were set for a gentle return after easter, with just a little light legislating to keep them busy in the chamber. pee

you're watching thursday in parliament, with me, alicia mccarthy.ll get worse if there is a bad brexit deal. the accusation came at environment questions, but the minister rejected the claim, saying the amount the poorest households were spending had been stable for a decade. a labour mp began by quoting figures from the office for national statistics, or ons. the ons are reporting a surge in food prices that is likely to continue to rise. children are returning to school after the easter holidays hungry. elderly are being admitted to hospital for malnourishment, and still this government refuse to properly measure the levels of hunger and food poverty in our country. isn't it true that because they refuse to measure it, because then they would have to admit some culpability? now, the honourable lady is wrong. we do mention it. we have a long—standing living cost of food survey which has run for many, many years, and which include a measure for household spending among the 20% poorest households. i can tell her that household spending in those poore