dojoin me then, but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there. note, but quiet is not necessarily mean right. —— week that began the drenching downpours. you should slowly brighten up a little bit later on that sunshine amounts will va ry later on that sunshine amounts will vary depending on where we, most places starting at under a sheet of carbon is a mist and fog patches as well. northern islands of decent sunshine and then as we go through the day, parts of islands, the north of wales, the coast of devon and cornwall should see a little sunshine. temperatures i2 cornwall should see a little sunshine. temperatures 12 to 14 degrees that will once again that turn quite murky and misty woods and fog patches as we had to friday night, into the early hours of saturday. temperatures will not drop too far, six to 12 degrees. as we go through the weekend, we will peel that cloud back westwards. increasing amounts of sunshine. it stay quite breezy and then into next week, temperatures will stop the drop. —— style to drop. —— start to drop. welcome to b

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.placed it with something very much more unsettled and infact something very much more unsettled and in fact today is looking extremely unsettled. the area of low pressure bringing the spells of gales or severe gales. with it some very mild air drawn up from the azores. this area of pressure means business. it could cause disruption to the north and west, the combination of gales and heavy rain. keep tuned to the bbc local radio for the latest updates. this morning starting off on a mild nose. temperatures ranging between five and eight celsius. it will be cloudy and eight celsius. it will be cloudy and wet. something perhaps a little bit and wet. something perhaps a little bhdw and wet. something perhaps a little bit dry out into the early part of the afternoon. then another batch of heavy and persistent rain pushing into northern ireland and scotland, where we could see some very high rainfall totals particularly on south facing hills. a very mild day. temperatures in double figures a

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there. of large and crashing waves and some very strong gusts of wind. the top gust was recorded on the western edge of the isle of wight, at the needles — a gust of 82 miles an hour recorded here. 72 in plymouth, 72 as well in capel curig, in conwy in north—west wales. there were a number of sites that got into the 60s too. the area of low pressure that brought those strong winds was this one just heading to the western side of norway at the moment. the main parent low was still to the north—west of scotland and that is what is continuing to bring these strong winds. at the moment we are seeing a number of heavy showers flowing in to the western side of scotland and it will stay very windy here. windy too for northern ireland, north—west england, even further south. the winds are noticeably brisk, although continuing to gradually ease down. it is the strong winds that will continue to feed the showers in. showers to start the day across western england, southern england and western wales. s

you're watching wednesday in parliament with me, alicia mccarthy.l our programmes via the bbc iplayer, just search for parliament. a government plan to ban high—powered military grade rifles has been formally dropped. ministers had intended to outlaw the 50—calibre weapons, which have the power to immobilize a medium—sized vehicle from a mile away. but after pressure from its own mps, the government moved to water down parts of the offensive weapons bill, which is also designed to tackle knife crime and acid attacks. the u—turn was welcomed by some conservatives. these guns are very expensive, costing around £20,000 each. there are therefore very few in number, with only some 150 in private hands. they're extremely bulky, heavy at 30lb, and slow to load, with large hand—loaded ammunition. in fact, one could hardly find a less likely firearm that might be used in a crime. they're simply too big. but other tories were still concerned. could i ask him just to consider this scenario, which happened in my local shooting club? someone was able to book the

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.ine autumnal day with plenty of sunshine in the south and the east. we did have some more cloud, rain, and breezy conditions across north—western parts of the uk. this was the picture as the sun set in oxfordshire. some of us got as high as 16 celsius on wednesday. well above average average for the time of year. through the day on thursday, things will remain mild. mostly cloudy skies. there will be some brighter spells developing later on in the day. through thursday we have got a weather front sitting to the far north—west. it's high pressure across the new continent that will be driving our weather over the next couple of days, keeping it largely settled. a bit of rain affecting western parts of northern ireland and the north—west of scotland. elsewhere a largely dry day. one or two mist and fog patches across parts of england and wales. some low cloud around as well. there will be some sunshine by the afternoon across the north—east of england into eastern scotland as well. those