but for now, from me alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there., that's because we're replacing high pressure with an area of low pressure. at the moment, we're still in between systems. there is a developing area of low pressure out across the north sea. but we've got high pressure dominating, i think, for much of thursday morning, a couple of weather fronts around too. and it will be dry it will be dry first thing. single figure values and clear skies. high pressure to the south—west of the country and a developing area of low pressure to the north—east allowing a run of north, north—west wind across the country and it will feel cooler. plenty of sunshine, a couple of showers which will get going across the northern half of the country and this feature sliding out of ireland will push across the irish sea into wales, south—west england and the midlands as the afternoon wears on and stretches into eastern england. could see some sunshine across the far south—east. otherwise further north it will be cloudy with outbreaks of rain. the far north of

from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.ngthy clear skies overnight. lots of sunshine this morning for most of us and lasting through the day, across england and wales, but showers in the forecast. and more cloud across scotland and northern ireland. from the word go, we'll have this weak weather front here. to the north of it, showery bursts in the northern isles, more of a breeze but some sunshine around through the morning. more clout in central and eastern scotland and into northern ireland which our rate bursts of rain for much of england and wales, a dry start. —— showery bursts. in the afternoon we will see fairweather cloud building up across northern and western areas, but in parts of scotland and northern ireland, holding onto the weak weather front so thick cloud at times with light, showery bursts of rain. mid—teens in the north. after the cool start in the south, 20 or 21 in the south—east. that's the weather front bringing be showery bursts of rain to northern areas. as we head on into friday, it's replaced by

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. good morning. the weekend is upon us.ge in the weekend. that is by no means the whole story. there will be a lot of dry weather around as well and some spells of sunshine. quite a complex pressure pattern. high pressure to the south. one area of low pressure to the north—east. then this wriggling weather front pushing in from the atlantic. this is essentially going to send a pipeline of moisture in across central parts of the uk. for wales, the midlands, northern england, we will seek outbreaks of rain through the day, the odd heavy burst. some of that rain dribbling down into east anglia. the further south you are more in the way of dry weather, some brightness and brighter skies to be had further north through saturday afternoon. extra cloud through the far north—east of scotland. get yourself into some sunshine. aberdeen i6, 17 in glasgow. a cool fresh feel, similar story for northern ireland. northern england into wales and the midlands, outbreaks of rain at times, the odd heavy burst over the hills, particularly. it

you're watching tuesday in parliament me, alicia mccarthy.nk of england, mark carney, has said he's willing to stay on in the job if he willing to stay on in the job if he will help the government smooth the brexit transition process. mr carney was due to step down from the roll injune, was due to step down from the roll in june, 2019. was due to step down from the roll injune, 2019. the chair of the treasury committee been doing a little digging. so i did a quick google searchjust now, and the headlines are "mark carney under pressure to extend stay and bank of england," "treasury in talks for keeping mark carney back in england", "uk government wants to keep mark carney at the bank of england," "treasury plays down reports of mark carney being asked to stay on." "treasury in talks to retain mark carney beyond 2019", "carney expected to leave bank of england and 2019, who will replace mark carney?" governor, you will have seen the headlines and appreciate that the uncertainty is both of great interest, but does cause uncertainty. i would lik

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello.can't see the second half being particularly different. sunday will bring rain at times. breezy weather, even windy weather across the north. but amidst all of that, there will still be some spells of sunshine. the pressure pattern is a fairly complicated one. low pressure up to the north—west. a few different frontal systems here crossing the country, bringing outbreaks of rain. this front in the west will bring some outbreaks of patchy rain across the south—west of england, wales, north—west england, northern ireland for a time through the first part of the morning. tending to fizzle as they drift eastwards. some heavier rain, though, moving northwards across scotland. by the afternoon, many places should be fine and dry, if rather breezy. there will be some spells of sunshine, a bit of patchy cloud as well, but a warmer day across the south—eastern corner. 23 degrees in london. there could be some showers from our old weather front just moving across wales, into the midlands, maybe

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello. next few days and it is mainly down to this area of cloud. it is the remnants of what was hurricane helene, it is no longer a hurricane, but embedded in this is a lot of tropical energy. what that will do is strengthen the winds over the coming days. you see this area of low pressure tracking it's way northwards to western part of the uk, the squeeze in the isobars means there will be strong winds, gales and heavy rain, but also ahead of it is drawing up some very warm, tropical air and that will extend all the way northwards into parts of northern ireland and southern scotland over the next few days. yes, it is going to be windy. there will be gales at times, some spells of heavy rain, particularly the further north and west you are, further south and east, dry and warm as well. here is how monday pans out. further outbreaks of rain across western parts of scotland becoming heavy and more persistent as it works it's way north and eastwards, some of that rain affecting northern irelan

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.eftly dry and warm then yesterday afternoon. the breeze is quite a feature out there. the farther north, the stronger it will be. in fact, farther north, the stronger it will be. infact, parts farther north, the stronger it will be. in fact, parts of scotland will be. in fact, parts of scotland will be very windy, got the first part of the evening. most of the showers will be here as well the degree across western scotland, but further south a lot of dry weather. temperature,: south a lot of dry weather. temperature, : temperatures touching the 20 celsius mark. more showers the 20 celsius mark. more showers the further north we had. most of these affecting western scotland. increasingly sundry as well. we could make 20 degrees in aberdeenshire. winds, a0 to 55 miles an houras aberdeenshire. winds, a0 to 55 miles an hour as this area of low pressure seats to the north of scotland. it will bring some heavy rain at times throughout the night. farther south much quieter, lighter winds, som

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello.this week, autumnal gales and soaking rain in the forecast. we've had a bit of rain around this weekend and through sunday it's made it's way further south across england and wales, as we saw in wigan. this is the main band of rain but it is petering out. to the north, brighter with showers and sunshine either side to end the day. through the evening and overnight, that misty, drizzly weather will sink to southern areas and behind it, turning a tad chilly with mist and fog around and generally light winds. already the sign of a change coming into the south west of ireland towards the morning and that will be the first of the rain associated with the remnants of hurricane, so soaking rains and some strong to galeforce winds, so autumnal gales on their way. we could have more of those on wednesday. interestingly, as well as the wet and windy weather, we will also see temperatures lifting as the warm, humid airdrags also see temperatures lifting as the warm, humid air drags its way into s

alicia mccarthy will be here for the rest of the week. from me, keith mcdougall, goodbye.njust a moment, but first of all, i thought we'd cast an eye with what's going on on the other side of the atlantic. you might have heard, we have a major hurricane on our hands. this is hurricane florence, which is a very powerful category 4 hurricane, with sustained winds of 140mph. but it's forecast to strengthen, up to 155mph with 190mph gusts, and that is heading to the east coast of the united states. landfall probably thursday night around north carolina. it's going to cause big, big problems. just to the north of florence, we've got an area of cloud that extends of miles across the atlantic, right over to the united kingdom. yes, it's a massive weather front, or a couple really. it's going to be pushing southwards, bringing some heavy rain. the rain always heaviest across the hills and coasts of north—west england and wales. to the east of higher ground, it's one of those fronts where the rain's probably not going to amount to too much. but nevertheless there will be some damp

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello.me turbulent whether in the forecast over the next few days and that is already making its presence felt across scotland, northern ireland, parts of northern england and north wales as this front works its way south and east overnight, bringing heavy rain and gusty winds. through sunday, the frontal system is running into an area of high pressure to the south of the uk. through sunday, it will weaken. the rain will tend to fizzle out and we will be left with a band of cloud and the odd spot of rain through the afternoon, stretching down through the midlands and south—west england. on either side, spells of sunshine. some patchy drizzle for the western isles of scotland where it will continue to be quite windy. elsewhere, the strong winds from overnight will ease down but still quite a breezy day and fairly warm across east anglia and south—east england. temperatures up to 22 or 23dc. elsewhere, generally 17 or 20 celsius, cooler for the far north of scotland. keeping an eye on this are

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello again.he uk let us have a round—up of what is happening with the storms elsewhere in the world. for northern parts of the philippines battered by typhoon mangkhut, that is heading out into the south china sea, not far away from hong kong on sunday, not as powerful by this stage. back over the pacific, into north america, where we find florence. that will weaken over land this weekend it will continue to bring flooding rains to the carolinas. this area of cloud contains remnants of an ex—hurricane that could be heading our way next week. this weekend, bit of a mixed bag. wetter windier weather in the north—west that will start to push its way will start to push its way into england and wales next sunday. the best of the weather will be in the south—east. we have this link of drizzly rain across northern england. perhaps even into north wales. the wetter weather a rise as the winds pick up in the afternoon across northern ireland and into western scotland. elsewhere dry weather. the difference

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.ot to feel the effects of both over the weekend. the warmest weather towards the south—east, where we also had the best of the sunshine. temperatures close to 25 degrees. further north, big shower clouds and temperatures more like 16 degrees across the north—east of scotland. and actually, this rather disturbed weather has been continuing across scotland over recent hours. some very heavy downpours of rain, blown in on winds gusting up to 50 or 55mph. those winds only slowly easing through the first part of the morning. further south, a quieter start to monday. and quite a sunny start for many across england, wales and the eastern side of scotland. still some showers across north—west scotland. as we go on through the day, the crowd will thicken up across northern ireland, with some rain here around lunchtime. into western scotland through the afternoon, a bit of patchy rain for north—west england and north wales. further south and east, it should stay largely dry with some spells of s

you're watching tuesday in parliament with me, alicia mccarthy. bbc, tony hall, appeared in front of the culture, media and sport committee and told them the future of free tv licences for the over 75s is to be reviewed. the scheme is scheduled to pass the corporation £725 million a year, but is due to end in its current form in 2020. lord hall told mps they had yet to make a decision on what happened. the current concession on over 75s licence fees as we know it today will not be delivered into the 2020s, it will be replaced by something which is different. to be absolutely truthful with you, it could be the same, you know, the board could say we willjust continue with it as it is, it could be reformed, there is a whole load of options, and we are just not any position at the moment to say in all honesty what the right option would be and, anyway, we have got to have a proper proper public consultation about all of that and what we do. i think that is something the board is very mindful of and will make a decision about at some point in the autum