but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.en some snow, all in the forecast for the next few days. the coldest air is still waiting in the wings. we have several areas of low pressure all pushing up from the south—west, bringing these weather fronts, and in turn bringing rain. so, having seen the rain ease off overnight, it's going to be turning wetter by the morning. mild to the south, some colder air perhaps beginning to arrive in the north of the uk. let's head into the morning, for the rush hour, and for much of southern england, it well may be dry. midlands, east anglia too. windy by the morning, a very mild side to the day, too. then we're back into the rain across wales, especially wet to the north—west of wales. some rain for the north of england, the north—west in particular. and this rain in ireland could become heavy and begin to arrive in the south—west and south of scotland. then we've got a slice of drier weather before we're back into something a bit wetter in the far north of scotland. this main area of rain co

you're watching thursday in parliament with me, alicia mccarthy. ages" unless action is taken to tackle antibiotic resistance, and to get people to use them only when appropriate. that warning came as mps held a debate to mark antibiotics awareness week, and following the launch last month of public health england's keep antibiotics working campaign. it's warned that antibiotic resistance, known as amr, already represents a major global health issue. in the uk alone, it is estimated that every year at least 5,000 deaths result from antibiotics no longer working for some infections. if we do not act now, antimicrobial resistance will be responsible for ten million deaths per year by 2050. this is more than the worldwide number of people who were killed by cancer in 2015. we run the risk of returning to a medical dark age, where routine operations, such as hip operations, cannot be carried out, and standard infections today, become deadly. the chief medical officer, professor dame sally davies, has rightly described amr as a catastrophic threat. she

you're watching wednesday in parliament, with me, alicia mccarthy.piod abuse. that was the warning from an mp following thousands of deaths in the united states linked to the synthetic opiod, fentanyl, a painkiller many times stronger then heroin. the threat was raised in a debate in westminster hall. the epidemic of drug overdoses in america is killing people at almost double the rate of both firearm and motor vehicle related deaths. between 1999 and 2015 it is estimated that fentanyl and those type of derivatives have killed approximately 300,000 people in the us during that time. these numbers are of virtual biblical proportions. my concerns are... somewhat with that old adage, which is usually related to the markets — when the us sneezes the uk catches a cold, soi am concerned we may be on the brink of a fentanyl outbreak here. but mr mackinlay opposed any liberalisation of current drug laws. i feel that we should be upping our game in three strands of work. that is certainly education in schools, colleges and universities. i'd like to see signif

you‘re watching wednesday in parliament with me, alicia mccarthy.abwean capital, harare, where president mugabe has been placed under house arrest after the military declared it had ta ken temporary control of the country. mr mugabe, who is 93, has dominated the impoverished country‘s politics since independence from the uk in 1980. responding to an urgent question, the foreign secretary urged all sides to refrain from violence. the events of the last 2a hours are the latest escalation of months of brutal infighting within the ruling zanu?pf party. including the sacking of a vice president, the purging of his followers and the apparent positioning of grace mugabe as a contender to replace her 93 rolled husband. of grace mugabe as a contender to replace her 93 year old husband. i will say frankly to the house that we cannot tell how developments in zimbabwe will play out in the days ahead and we do not know whether this marks the downfall of mugabe or not and we call for calm and restraint. while it is not a coup in a sense of the military wanting to

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. the good. it has been another cold day.ere's a picture from wales a few hours ago and you can see is an ominous looking skies. the satellite shows you that on a bigger scale. cloudy conditions in the south—west, but the thickest cloud is now threatening scotland and northern ireland. that weather system will start to come into play this evening. a wet evening for northern ireland and scotland. the rain arriving soon after dark and starting to clear at around midnight. then we will see weather for wales and moving to the south of england by the end of the night. a much milder night and we have had recently thanks to the cloud, wind and rain. but, by the end of the night we will seize on clear skies in the east of scotland giving a risk of ice. worse travel conditions for monday morning rush hour across southern england, the weatherfront here will bring intense downpours for a time. it will be accompanied by strong and gusty winds. cloudy across the midlands and east anglia, different from the last few days. cloudy for wales,

you're watching thursday in parliament, with me alicia mccarthy.d more editions of this programme on the bbc iplayer. a leading clinical professor specialising in air pollution has condemned the chancellor for not targeting "white van man" in the budget. medical experts say air pollution can be a contributory factor in cases of heart attacks, lung cancer, asthma, pneumonia and stroke. there's also concern that pollution may affect the developing organs of babies in the womb and contribute towards conditions such as diabetes and dementia. four committees joined forces to take evidence on the issue. professor stephen holgate laid out the scale of the problem. we are affecting people will who are at the extremes of life, we are affecting people who are disadvantaged with diseases that put them at increased risk, and we are affecting people who live in disadvantaged communities to a greater extent. so, there is an equality issue in all of this and it is preventable because we now have such strong evidence that we demonstrate not in this country is yet

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. albeit a fleeting one. that comes to an area of low pressure throwing this shield of cloud down across the british isles. not many of you will be scraping your cars by any means at all and what's now there is will be confined to the highest ground across the north of britain. my concern is about how much it rained there will be across the southern counties of england, just in time for the school run and the commute. quite windy at times as well, having been really wet and windy widely across the rest of the british isles. a lot of surface water around and more showers to come for northern ireland, the west of the pennines, northern and western parts of scotland. as i say, the snow will be confined to the highest ground across the top end of england and across northern and western scotland. some sunshine in the mix and once that cloud and rain is pulled away, it may take a while, i think we will seek grey skies returning into the southern counties of england. all the while, a risk of a

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello once again.u have to thank a supply of cold north—westerly wind coming between an area of low pressure up towards the north—east, high pressure down towards the south—west. and on that run of north—westerlies, there were quite a few showers across northern and western parts. if you had some overnight, then ice could be a problem first thing on sunday, especially on untreated surfaces. here we are first thing on sunday morning. still that wind across the north—east of scotland, showers there. showers too coming through the north channel down across the irish sea into the north and west midlands, through the north—west of england. we will come back to those in a second. but further east or south, dry, fine, sunny, chilly to start off the new day, and perhaps a little more in the way of cloud already at this stage across parts of the south—west and the far west of wales. cloudy right from the word go across northern ireland. this is all coming ahead of a set of weather fronts which make themselves k

but, for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello.it will change things around the start of the weekend. 0n it will change things around the start of the weekend. on friday it was lunchtime but heavy showers in scotla nd was lunchtime but heavy showers in scotland with the best of the on friday in southern england but a cloudy day ahead in southern england but the scotland, it is where we will find the best of the sunshine during saturday that the isobars indicate still at risk of actually win but cloud and patchy rain will feed in across parts of wales, the midlands and southern england during saturday ‘s we will lose any early sometime we have, still some blustery showers in the finals of scotla nd blustery showers in the finals of scotland but actually here and in the northern england by the afternoon, the wider share of saturday ‘s sunshine. at 9am, frost still to some, particularly the hills in scotland, but there will be a lot of fine, sunny weather away from the showers in the far of the northern isles and expecting a friday in

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. it will be called but a lot of fun trying around.s the northern half of the uk with gales across the north and the north—east of scotla nd across the north and the north—east of scotland and plenty of showers even longer spells a friend here, plenty of showers across the west of scotla nd plenty of showers across the west of scotland and northern ireland, a wintry mix in there, circulating snows to the hills or even snow down to lower levels. showers running towards north—west england, through the treasure into the midlands, and a few across western wales and the south—west of england but east of the pennines in the southeast east anglia central southern england, a dry, sunny but a cold to the day. this is really what we will see throughout the whole of saturday is an east—west divide, many eastern and southern areas see the best of the dry and brighter weather, most of the showers in the north and west and wintry with snow on the hills and wintry with snow on the hills and blustery as the winds continue to bea and blustery as the wi

but, for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello.sure after low pressure will be coming in from the atlantic. this is how we are starting the week. still cold enough for a bit of snow into the scottish hills for monday morning. but milder air will be pushing in across much of the uk for a time this week, because it looks like this will be pushed away by colder air, again from the north, by the end of the week. but this is how we start off on monday — some snow on the hills in northern scotland, so some slushy roads for higher—level routes here. a lot of rain elsewhere in scotland to begin with, and a lot of cloud across the uk. still chilly, then, in northern scotland. some in northern scotland. outbreaks of rain for norther ireland some outbreaks of rain for northern ireland and parts of east anglia. further south and lots of cloud around. not particularly wet that it may be dampened recently in places. what many will notice is as mundy begins, it isjust what many will notice is as mundy begins, it is just how mountains is competiti