but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.few days, sunshine is going to be at a premium. now, we've still got colder air sitting across the uk. for most of the time, it is going to be dry but there will be a lot of cloud, and the cloud was thick enough on wednesday to give quite a few showers for england and wales, some heavy bursts of rain for a time as well. now at the moment, those showers are becoming confined more to the south east of england and east anglia on that weather front there. at the same time we have another weak weather front moving down into scotland. now, behind that we're going to pick up more of a north—easterly breeze. that will push its way down across the uk and just continue to feed in that chilly airfrom the north. now, there's a lot of cloud around at the moment. misty weather, too. not as much fog, mind you. and temperatures by the morning should be just a few degrees the right side of freezing. but there's some showers to clear away from the south east and east anglia in the morning. we've got on

but for now for me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.ne. this wednesday, though, will be a lot cooler across the uk than it was last wednesday. mainly because there's a lot of cloud around. this was the scene in pennine areas of west yorkshire where temperatures were only two or three degrees on tuesday afternoon. it was a lot warmer in the sunshine out towards the west with more shelter, and the north—west of wales in particular. and the reason for those differences, really, is high pressure to the east of the uk, an easterly wind drawing in all of that moisture. and two things are happening overnight: that low cloud is becoming more extensive so there's more mist and fog, and towards the south—west this cloud is thickening to bring some showers. now, with a lot of cloud by the end of the night, for most places it will be a few degrees above freezing. where we have some clearer skies, in parts of scotland, north—west england, there will be a frost. there could be some sunshine around, though, on wednesday morning. it's the fog, though,

you're watching monday in parliament, with me, alicia mccarthy.between great britain and northern ireland could get the green light as early next month in an attempt to help unblock trade hit by brexit tensions. a study by sir peter hendy, the chairman of network rail, will say whether a link between stranraer in scotland and larne in northern ireland is workable. other papers meanwhile have suggested plans have been put forward to join up three tunnels heading out from england and scotland at a roundabout beneath the isle of man. the idea came up at infrastructure questions in the northern ireland assembly. prime minister borisjohnson announced the union connectivity review in june 2020. with no communication before with any of the devolved administrations, even though i had previously raised my concerns with grant shapps, the secretary of state for transport. she said she'd made her views clear to sir peter hendy who's chairing the union connectivity review. members will be aware that i met with sir peter in december 2022 discuss the union conne

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.er the next few days and it's going to be turning a bit colder as well. before we get there, though, today on the satellite picture, we can see some thick cloud developing to the west of the british isles. and this is going move its way across northern ireland, with a little rain developing over the next few hours. more general rain and cloud heading into western scotland, so wet weather into the highlands, the western isles and perhaps pushing into 0rkney as well, as we head into the first part of thursday morning. so for these northwestern areas of the uk, cloudy with rain at times. now, there will be a few showers elsewhere developing through the day across england, also some spells of sunshine, but towards eastern england, we're going to have a zone of convergence. this is where the winds bash together and make a line of showers. and if you happen to live in this area, that's where the greatest chance of showers are, whereas across the midlands and across the south coast, your chan

don't forget tojoin alicia mccarthy on bbc parliament at 11 o'clock on monday evening for the latestelsh. hello there. for most of us, the weekend promises a fair amount of dry weather, the amount of cloud will vary a bit from place to place, and there will be somejumps around in temperatures as well, as we will see in a moment. this was the satellite picture then from friday, showing we had some decent sunshine, particularly across parts of scotland. that was how the sunshine looked in the highlands. not far away from that, in sterlingshire, we have the highest temperature in the uk, up to 17 celsius, very mild for the time of year. but it wasn't like that everywhere — north—east england had a really chilly day on friday, just six celsius. a big jump upwards in temperatures, though, on the way later today. why the change? well, yesterday, we had the winds coming in from the north—east. it's all down to the wind direction, you see. these north—easterly winds brought those low temperature to eastern england because they were travelling over these really cold seas. the temperature in t

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. good afternoon. day so far for many, of northern ireland, and what day so farfor many, but of northern ireland, and what day so far for many, but the heavy rain has shifted into parts of western scotland. can see here on the radar image, the blues have taken hold and it will be there for the next few days for some in the highlands. real risk of flooding. rain is an offer time and parts of northern england, the but it will be back, but for the south you might actually get to see the moon, which will be on show tonight, seem to maybe in the northeast of scotland. these area when skies are clear, temperatures are dropping in a mild night for many, especially the central heirs, 12 or 13 as we start monday morning. at the other rain and the partner to of england and also northern ireland, turning drier through the day. rain in the southern highlands pushes northwards into north highlands, but for most the afternoon will be dry. increasing santander england and wales into the afternoon, temperatures potent

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.esterday, in the warmer spots we had highs of around 15 celsius, for example, in sheffield. today, those temperatures quite widely across the uk down by about five celsius. from 15 to about 10 later this afternoon. the change is brought about by an area of low pressure, this one here, and there are a couple of weather fronts on it. the first, an impostor bringing in a little rain eastwards. the second is the cold front, and it's behind that that the colder air will spread its way in across the uk. over the next few hours, ourfirst band of rain moves from wales across into central and eastern england. our main band of rain, our cold front, will be bringing wet weather and gusty winds to scotland, western parts of wales and northern ireland as well. through friday morning, this band of rain will push eastwards and only really reaching east anglia and southeast england in the afternoon. so there will be a bit of sunshine for a time. behind that, some sunny skies but also plenty of showers

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye.t across the uk. there are some big breaks in the cloud this afternoon across parts of the country and you can see sunshine over the midlands, south of the uk. it is starting to turn in the north—west of the uk. weather fronts pushing in, cloud, rain, and it will stay overcast with occasional rain overnight in scotland and ireland. probably some of the rain reaching the north of england by the early hours. a touch of frost on monday for wales, south of the uk. this is the best of the weather on monday here, in the south, but broadly speaking across the northern two thirds of the country it will be at times cloudy and there will be rain. temperatures will recover to around 10 degrees. it will turn unsettled midweek. this is bbc news with the latest headlines the british—iranian woman, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, imprisoned in iran — has had her ankle tag removed, after her sentence came to an end. however, a new court case against her has been scheduled for next week. it is totally and u

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello.behind a weather front which has been sinking southwards, we've got colder air. but it still looks mainly dry, actually, and quite settled during the day ahead, albeit rather chilly. and the origin of that air right the way up from the poles here, following this weak weather front, which gave a lot of cloud through thursday. and into the start of thursday night, quite a keen breeze as well coming down the north sea coast. so temperatures hovering around freezing in southern and eastern areas holding up in the southwest just under the cloud, close to freezing in rural areas in the south and east as well as further north. so a crisp start, and a better chance of some dry, bright and sunny weather through the day ahead, but there are some wintry showers following that weather front, given how cold it is. they will continue notjust through the remainder of the night but through the day to pester eastern areas, but they will be few and far between. temperatures are down, though, 7—8 celsius

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello. high pressure in control. and this weekend will be the same. but there is a significant difference between weekends — that word there, cold. a very different feel to things. spring in the air last weekend, 15 celsius in the sunshine. this weekend, with only a few sunny spells around, it's closer to 7 degrees. and it feels like winter's still got a bit of life left in it. but it is high pressure across us, so it is going to be mainly dry. just this one weak weather front will deliver a bit of rain into parts of scotland, especially the further north you are. there is milder air out in the atlantic. it will come our way in the week ahead, but that's not the only change coming, as i'll show you in a moment. this is how saturday begins, temperatures well below freezing. in the coldest parts, a widespread frost to start the day. some mist and fog patches around. there's the chance of catching a shower along the north sea coast, maybe around the thames estuary early on. they'll fade, shower

don't forget to join alicia mccarthy on bbc parliament at 11 o'clock on monday evening for the lateste. today has brought the chance to most of us to see its least a little bit of spring sunshine but amounts of cloud have varied, varied belly dotted at a very different sky of the cornwall. it was... cloudier parts of north—west england and northern scotland brightened up and northern scotland brightened up a little bit. where we have had the sunny skies through the day and we keep clear skies through the night, well, that is where temperatures are going to drop. the clearest of the sky is likely against eastern and south—eastern scotland, into the midlands and wales, one or two missed patches and temperatures getting very close to freezing or even a degree below freezing and placing. it is not going to be quite as cold but high pressure will stay in charge during tomorrow, quite a few isobars, quite of few white lines you can see towards the north—west of the country, so the winds will be a little bit stronger to the day across parts of northern ireland and scotland in that breeze wil

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.ds. some warm weather on the way for the next few days, although if you are in the north—west of scotland, prepare for heavy rain which could cause some localised flooding. the rain has already arrived, a band of rain to start sunday across parts of northern england, wales and northern ireland. that will move north through the day, so sunshine and showers will be replaced by cloud and persistent rain, especially heavy across high ground in the west. some brightness for north—east scotland. further south and east, a bit of brightness, the cloud should break up across eastern england, stronger in places, but my even warm in places with temperatures up to 16 degrees across parts of yorkshire and lincolnshire. as we head through sunday evening, further rain up towards the north—west. remember, the sunset will be later, nearly eight o'clock across parts of northern ireland. 7:47pm in penzance, west cornwall. through sunday night, we will see further rain, becoming focused across those weste

don't forget tojoin alicia mccarthy on bbc parliament at 11 o'clock on monday evening for the latestsh. hello there. most parts of the country are going to have a dry day on sunday with some sunshine at times. on saturday, the sunshine was focused more across eastern scotland and the north—east of england, and temperatures reached 17 celsius at bridlington, 18 in aboyne, aberdeenshire after a frosty start. quite a bit colder in merseyside and kent. those areas may get a little bit milder during sunday but we're not expecting 17 celsius because that warmth was ahead of this weak weather front here that's been bringing some thicker cloud and a little drizzle southwards. but once that moves through, it actually introduces cooler air, a different sort of air mass. so, temperatures won't be quite as high on sunday despite the fact that there will be more sunshine more widely. and by the time we get to the morning, temperatures could be close to freezing where we've got those clearer skies around lothian, fife and tayside. we still have some more cloud and some damp weather across south wa

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there. friday marked a change to our weather.e country. so that means we are starting the weekend off on a chilly note but bright with some sunshine, then it will turn wetter and windier, particularly across northern and western areas. and gradually, it will be turning milder. it's looking very mild indeed as we head on into next week. so for saturday, then, we're in the cold air mass, as you can see. this is the milder air mass which will be making inroads saturday night and into sunday. we start this morning off with a bit of an ice risk across northern areas where we had overnight showers. it is a chilly start but bright, plenty of sunshine around, but into the afternoon, cloud will be thickening out west with some rain pushing into northern ireland, western scotland along with strengthening winds. now, temperatures after that chilly start should reach 10—11 celsius for most. still, though, single figure values across scotland, 7—9 celsius. now into saturday evening and saturday night, it turns very wet and windy across the no

but for now from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello. of us. in fact, in some places you'd be forgiven for thinking summer had arrived early with values up to 22 or maybe 23 degrees. but by the end of the week it will feel more like winter has returned. much colder air digging its way southward just in time for the easter weekend. and in the shorter term, northwest scotland could see localised flooding over the next couple of days as this wriggling weather front brings heavy and persistent rain. to the south of that weather front that's where we're going to be importing the very warm air but notice there is something much colder up to the north. that will come into play by the end of the week. along the line of our weather front, heavy rain particular for northern ireland and western scotland. very, very mild to start monday morning. 12 or 13 degrees in places. but it is going to be quite cloudy, misty and murky for many. rain pulling northwards out of northern ireland and continuing across western scotland all day long. heavy rain at th

don't forget tojoin alicia mccarthy on bbc parliament at 11pm on monday evening for the latest from theo. hello there. we saw plenty of sunshine across scotland on thursday. that pushed temperatures up to 19 celsius in edinburgh, making it the warmest day of the year so far. for most, though, it was rather cool and cloudy, and that's how it's going to be today. in fact, the southeast quadrant is going to be quite chilly, as we tap into some colder air from the near continent. so another chilly day here like we saw on thursday. elsewhere, plenty of cloud around, the odd spot of light rain or drizzle, but again, sunshine will develop through central, western scotland, northern ireland, perhaps western wales too, and plenty of sunshine across the southeast, as this colder air will be drier air, but it's going to feel particularly chilly, especially close to the coast, temperatures struggling to get much above 7—9 celsius. but in the sunnier spots, though, through central scotland, we could make 15 celsius, not as warm as thursday, and could see 12—13 celsius in some of the warmer spots, th

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.g up, some sunshine to come, some frosty mornings, a bit of fog around as well, but there's a tendency for the weather to turn a bit cloudier over the next few days and certainly a lot cooler by the end of the week as well. right now, we're seeing some low cloud. some mist and fog patches move in across east anglia. they will continue to spread westwards over the next few hours, into the midlands, central and eastern parts of wales. could be a few fog patches elsewhere. where we keep the clear skies, though, it's going to be cold with some frost, temperatures getting down to about —3 celsius in the very coldest spots, so could be a grey start for quite a few of you but there will be some cloud in scotland probably keeping the worst of the fog at bay here. that cloud will thin and break, with some spells of sunshine coming through later on. and actually, northern ireland should have a decent day too. it's probably across parts of east anglia, the midlands, central and eastern areas of w

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.ions to the uk during the weekend. it looks like this settled weather is going to last through monday and tuesday, but then it's all change. midweek, it's going to turn very windy with the possibility of severe gales developing through wednesday night into thursday. we'll also have some heavy rain as well, so some big changes to the weather as we move deeper on into this week. in the short term, though, we still have higher pressure to south of the uk, some weather fronts to the north of the uk, so monday is a north—south divide. it's a cold, frosty start across the midlands, wales, southern england, with some sunshine. clouds may tend to increase at times and further north, we will see some showery bursts of rain, some of thatjust pushing into eastern england as well into the afternoon. but there will be some sunshine as well across central and northern scotland, and i think temperatures will be a degree or so higher than what we've had in recent days, 8—10 celsius. now, through monda

don't forget tojoin alicia mccarthy on bbc parliament at 11 o'clock on monday evening for the latest welsh. hello there. it looks like our weather pattern is going to change over the week ahead. for the past few days we've had quiet, settled weather. it's been warm when the sun has been out. high pressure in charge. let me show you the upper level winds, the jet stream, that's the position of the jet stream and you can see how undulating that pattern is right now. but as we head into the week, we get more of a zonal flow. west—to—east wind coming in and bringing in air from the atlantic, and lower pressure means the weather is eventually going to turn more unsettled. fairly quiet at the moment, still. we've got a chilly start underneath those clearer skies. more cloud coming into northern ireland, north west england and especially western scotland. a little light rain or drizzle here. elsewhere it looks like it's going to be a dry day. some sunshine at times, light winds, temperatures again peaking at 13 or 1a celsius through the midlands, south east england, east anglia and the nort

but for now, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there.many of us, and disappointing temperatures for early march. we did have a bit of sunshine, though, across western areas, but it's looking like sunday is going to be a bit of a repeat performance. it is going to stay chilly with limited sunny breaks and quite a bit of cloud around. now, the settled conditions are because of this area of high pressure which will continue to bring settled weather through sunday, but it's slowly going to lose its grip on our weather as we head on to the start of next week. so, early for sunday, it's going to be cold and under clear skies. we will see some frost and mist and fog about, but there will be some patchy rain for northern and western scotland, a little bit of snow over the higher ground, too, but where we have the cloud, 4—6 degrees here versus sub—zero further south, so a cold start to sunday. there will be some early sunshine around, mind you, with the frost and a bit of mist and fog, but then it looks like the clouds will tend to build up agai

you're watching monday in parliament with me, alicia mccarthy.ned the effects of a third wave of coronavirus will "wash up on our shores". borisjohnson said the uk should be under no illusion that "we will feel effects of growing cases on the continent." in the lords, a health minister raised the possibility of banning travel from eu countries. lord bethell told peers the government might have to put all its european neighbours on the so called red list. lord bethell reflected on problems with the eu's vaccine programme. we are watching with enormous sadness, the site of our european neighbours rejecting the vaccine policy. they are not embracing the opportunity that a vaccine provides for driving down infection rates and protecting their populations, and my lords, i don't know how that will play out, and it is certainly above my pay grade to speculate. but we are all aware that the possibility lies that we will have to read list all of our european neighbours, but that would be done with huge regret. at stormont, northern ireland's deputy first

alicia: andy mccarthy, thank you very much for your time today. have a good one. >> thank you.after multiple shootings. lauren blnchard live with the latest. >> murder and officer-involved shooting and a car accident all last night left department scrambling on what they are calling a night of chaos. >> what you can see is we have a very chaotic incident, a very chaotic night in the beach. many different crime scenes. reporter: investigation released today virginia police say an argument then physical fight friday night turned into a gun battle. 8 victims had serious to life-threatening gunshot wounds. while officers were managing that scene, police say they heard more gunfire a few blocks away and found a woman who was shot and died on scene. police say an officer shot an killed an armed suspect that was found near the women's body. they do not believe this incident is related to the first fight and shooting all while this was going on a virginia beach police officer was struck by a vehicle and taken to the hospital with minor injuries. thankfully today they were treated and r