so here's the azores high, this is why we call it the azores high, because it's close to the azores there—west, midlands, and the south—east. the north of the country is more under the influence of the low pressure, so we have showers and more of a breeze, quite a noticeable north—westerly breeze keeping things cool. and the reason why it's north—westerly is because the winds tend to blow around the high pressure like so, so you can see that wind blowing out of the north—west here. so another cool day, i think, for scotland, and actually that breeze will push some of the showers a little bit further south, so pushing them from here down towards east anglia and the south—east. so norwich and london could catch a spot or two of rain on sunday. and 15, 16 celsius, so nothing spectacular as far as the thermometer goes for this time of the year. now, here's monday, the jet stream is to the north of us, but close enough to send another weather front in our direction. it'll clip northern ireland and scotland, so here, an increasing breeze, and also a bit of rain. but crucially, the really cool a

as a biologist inish clar often went dolphin watching in the azores these days she works as a sailing instructor. but because of the pandemic finding work is tough there are very few tourists. but in asia and her boss say there's a silver lining for the environment. this year there are more sardines and mongrel in the osho. that's what dolphins like feeding on. a massive 50 kilo stone passes too and huge sea battles and we've never seen this many sardines. in that i can tell is an ornithologist who enjoys bird watching in the take us delta. today his spotted a group of flamingos a mere 20 minute car ride from lisbon city center if you. are not it works for an agency promoting sustainable tourism. take its river delta is 814000 hectare a nature reserve the bird conservation area is even larger schools have. the pride ever set as one of the most common person have attained these wetlands which are home to 200 species of my great sweet bass. some $60000.00 black tailed godwit come in each winter they're an endangered species. and the flamingo colony raises its young head and stays year r

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anybody arriving in england from portugal, excluding the azores and madeira, after 4am uk time on saturdaygary, french polynesia and reunion are now on the list as well. stay with us on bbc news, still to come: and from bond to game of thrones — in a career spanning more than 60 years, tributes to dame diana rigg who's died at the age of 82. george w bush: freedom itself was attacked this morning, and freedom will be defended. the united states will hunt down and punish those responsible. bishop tutu now becomes spiritual leader of 100,000 anglicans here, of the blacks in soweto township, as well as the whites in their rich suburbs. we say to you today in a loud and a clear voice, "enough of blood and tears. enough!" translation: the difficult decision we reached together was one that required great and exceptional courage. it's an exodus of up to 60,000 people caused by the uneven pace of political change in eastern europe. iam free! this is bbc news, the latest headlines: microsoft says it's thwarted a series of cyberattacks from china, russia and iran, targeting the us presidential elec

anybody arriving in england from portugal, excluding the azores and madeira, after 4am uk time on saturdayand reunion are now on the list as well. the european union has issued an ultimatum over brexit, telling the uk it must withdraw its plans for a law to override key parts of the brexit divorce deal, or trade talks could collapse. the blunt warning came after talks on thursday in london. here's our political editor, laura kuenssberg. after months of comings and goings, could the moment to get a decent long—term deal with the eu almost be gone? the bloc hates the government's latest plan to rewrite some of the treaty that was signed and sealed with brussels last year. i came here to express serious concerns that the european union has over the proposed bill. that will be the nature of our discussions today. good morning, it's a lovely day. ministers want the power to change parts of the law agreed with brussels last year over what happens in northern ireland. but they've even admitted the plan breaches international law and that appalled the eu — coming to london for an explanation. far

as we head into the weekend, we've got this azores high starting to push up from the southwest, squeezing a run of west, northwest winds, which are quite fresh at times over the weekend. and it'll feel cooler for all, a mixture of sunshine and showers. saturday then, a bright start for many, particularly southern, central and eastern areas where we have lots of sunshine. showers backing into northern and western areas, some could be quite heavy, and it'll still be windy in the northeast. slighty lighter winds further south, but it will feel cool, 14—18 c. as we had through saturday night, we see another tangle of weather fronts pushing into the northwest of the country. that will bring more showery bursts of rain to northern ireland, southern scotland. that'll slide southeastward into sunday across parts of england and wales. there could be the odd heavy, maybe thundery one mixed in there across the southeast. but some good spells of sunshine in between, particularly in the north, but again, it's going to feel quite cool. 14, 17 or 18 celsius. as we head into next week, for the start, it

so they are saying these six greek islands, we are not worried about beautiful madeira or the azores, sadly, later today, virgin atlantic has had to make 1000 more staff redundant because travel simply isn't coming back. they get most of their money across the atlantic. there's no traffic there at all. in fact, i think what the welsh are doing in terms of testing everybody who came in on that so—called coronavirus charter from one of the greek islands to cardiff, they tested them on arrival, they found more than 20 cases, they are going to test everyone again in a couple of days and that way, they think they can actually get a much better result than actually these blanket quara ntines but better result than actually these blanket quarantines but as i say, the uk government says it absolutely all or nothing. remember, it's the rules that apply to the country you live in, that is what you have got to look at when you are trying to work out what your responsibilities are. it's not where you fly into, it's where you go home to. simon, thank you very much for explaining all of that. let's

quarantine—free travel is still allowed from the portuguese islands the azores and madeira.ravelling to england and wales from hungary and the island of reunion. but people arriving from sweden will no longer have to quarantine from the weekend. scotland has followed england and is introducing the rule of six for social gatherings from monday. but unlike england, only two households will be able to meet either inside or outside, and children under 12 won't be included in the restrictions. the first minister nicola sturgeon also announced that customers in cafes and restaurants will be required to wear face masks when they're not eating or drinking. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. glasgow and surrounding areas are the epicentre of the latest outbreak here, but, with coronavirus cases now rising across the country, this evening, people in the city are absorbing the new restrictions being brought in scotland—wide, imposing a limit of six people from two households who are allowed to meet. in terms of, like, gatherings and so on, i don't think it's particularly

quarantine—free travel is still allowed from the portuguese islands, the azores and madeira.w restrictions for those travelling to england and wales from hungary and the island of reunion. and arrivals from sweden will no longer have to quarantine from the weekend. how do you reduce greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2050? more than 100 members of the british public —brought together in a citizens assembly — have come up with their suggestions including a frequent flyer tax, consuming upto forty percent less meat and dairy, and stopping the sale of the most polluting cars. here's rebecca morelle: 0ur planet is heating up fast, with greenhouse gases causing temperatures to rise. to tackle this, the uk aims to cut its emissions to almost zero by 2050. now a new climate assembly has a plan how to do this. launched by sir david attenborough, people from all walks of life across the country were asked for their views on combating climate change. leah, a student, and ibrahim, a gp, both took part. obviously we are a representation of the people and it's very important that the

into the weekend this high pressure from the azores bumping up against that area of low pressure so wesee a run of cooler, fresher winds with a mixture of sunshine and showers. saturday starts on a fresh note. dry with lots of sunshine around, the breeze not quite as strong either on saturday. it is still quite windy for the north—east of scotland. temperatures 14 to 17 oi’ of scotland. temperatures 14 to 17 or 18 degrees of scotland. temperatures 1a to 17 or 18 degrees in the south—east. saturday night an area of organised, showery rain pushing into scotland, moving across the irish sea into sunday morning and spreading across england and wales. some could be thundery and heavy in the far south—east, probably the best of the drier weather in the north. that area of high pressure next week is likely to bring settled and sunny weather to our shores, and also we will see temperatures on the rise. particularly in the south. good news, thank you. a reminder of our top story... the health secretary, matt hancock, insists coronavirus testing is working well but admits he's very worried about

quarantine—free travel is still allowed from the portuguese islands, the azores and madeira.ns for those travelling to england and wales from hungary and the island of reunion. and arrivals from sweden will no longer have to quarantine from the weekend. an interim report into last month's train derailment near stonehaven in aberdeenshire says that the industry needs to get better at predicting and responding to extreme weather. the report, carried out by network rail, was published as a minute's silence was held at the site and the wreckage of the train was lifted off the track. three people died when the aberdeen to glasgow service was derailed, after hitting debris which had fallen onto the tracks after torrential rain. the investigation is ongoing. 15 children have been injured, three seriously, after their school bus crashed into a railway bridge in hampshire this morning. 0ur correspondent duncan kennedy is at the scene in winchester. this tunnel is barely big enough for a carto get this tunnel is barely big enough for a car to get through, let alone a double—decker bus.

as we head into the weekend we have the azores high, so—called because it is near the azores.and and wales. during the course of sunday that will be with us too. to the north of that brightest guys, still feeling cool. hello. this is breakfast with naga munchetty and jon kay. the rising demand for coronavirus tests in some areas has led to appointments being rationed, and some people are being sent more than 100 miles from home to get a swab. areas with fewer cases have had their capacity reduced in order to cope with outbreaks elsewhere. the government says it‘s investing 500 million pounds in trialling new tests that give quicker results. we can talk more now about coronavirus testing with the health secretary matt hancock. a world beating testing regime, as we we re a world beating testing regime, as we were told and here we are with people still having to travel more than 100 miles for a test. you can‘t be happy with this. of course there are operational challenges in any enormous system like one that we have where we test around 200,000 people a day. it is one of the bigg

it is now about 300 miles off the coast of the a gloars island-- azores ises island. >> trevor: zombie storms, man, the weather has treully figured out how to mess with us now. storms used to hit us and then be gone. but now its it's like all right, i'm done, i'm done. whoa, i'm back, got you bitch. feels like mother nature realizes america isn't take coronavirus seriously so keeps coming up with new ideas to keep people in their homes, wildfires, storms that don't die. pretty soon when we open the front door there will just be a tree that kicks us back in the house. get your ass back in there. >> at the same time though, we acknowledge that a zombie storm is just a storm that lost pressure and then regained it. it is only exciting because the weather people try to jump on the 2020 sucks band wagon and give it a scary name. but i mean you can make anything sound scary that way. it's not morning dew, it's zombiecon den saying. >> moving on to new york city. the concrete jungle where dreams are made of. weird. why am i getting a call from alicia key's lawyer. the pride of new york city h

as a biologist inish clar often went dolphin watching in the azores these days she works as a sailing instructor. but because of the pandemic finding work is tough there are very few tourists. but in asia and her boss say there's a silver lining for the environment. this year there are more sardines and mongrel in the ocean. that's what dolphins like feeding on. a massive 50 kilo stone passes to and huge sea passes and we've never seen this many sardines worse. than that i can tell a isn't only thought of just when joyce birdwatching in the take a sterile turn. today has spotted a group of flamingos a mere 20 minute car ride from lisbon city center. if you. are not it works for an agency promoting sustainable tourism. take this river delta is 814000 hector nature reserve and the conservation area is even larger. the pied ever set as one of the most common birds and haven't seen these wetlands which are home to 200 species of migrate treat their. some $60000.00 black tailed godwit come each winter they are an endangered species. and a flamingo colony raises its young hair and stays all

as we head into the weekend, we've got this azores high starting to push up from the southwest, squeezings over the weekend. and it'll feel cooler for all, a mixture of sunshine and showers. saturday then, a bright start for many, particularly southern, central and eastern areas where we have lots of sunshine. showers backing into northern and western areas, some could be quite heavy, and it'll still be windy in the northeast. slighty lighter winds further south, but it will feel cool, 14—18 c. as we had through saturday night, we see another tangle of weather fronts pushing into the northwest of the country. that will bring more showery bursts of rain to northern ireland, southern scotland. that'll slide southeastward into sunday across parts of england and wales. there could be the odd heavy, maybe thundery one mixed in there across the southeast. but some good spells of sunshine in between, particularly in the north, but again, it's going to feel quite cool. 1a, 17 or 18 celsius. as we head into next week, for the start, it looks like we'll start to feel some warm air moving in from th

quarantine—free travel is still allowed from the portuguese islands, the azores and madeira.e in the us state of oregon have left their homes as wildfires spread along the west coast. around 100 fires are now burning across 12 states of america. dozens of people are missing. our north america correspondent, aleem maqbool has more. the scale of these wildfires is staggering and, as they burn, more lives are being lost. seven bodies were recovered from this community alone, after the flames were fought back. but around 100 major fires are now burning across the north—western united states. they are doing what they can, but erratic winds are hampering efforts and it's threatening many communities in three different states. well, overnight, two of the biggest fires in oregon merged, and many more evacuation orders have been put in place, including right here, such that now, more than half a million people in this state have been told to leave their homes. those who fled medford, in oregon, told of having just minutes to grab what they could before their homes were completely engu

there is a group from the azores that lived mostly out here. there's a group from ireland, also a big dairy landscape. up in the north on a point. then inland, you have more italian speaking, pardon me, a town -- italian speaking swiss. what's interesting about this is shafters owned this land until the heirs to the owners started landing off chunks. in an unusual twist, they sold off most part to the tenant families. this is one of those classic and almost made up, it just seems like these never really happened, sort of american dream stories. you emigrate to the u.s., you work hard as a tenant and eventually you become the landowner. it's very much that story. so many of the families that own these ranches, when the part was created, had been there, and some of them who are still there, have been there for five or six generations. for california, that's pretty darn old. four back east or in europe, 150 years is nothing. but out here, that is pretty unusual. around the same time as this conversion from the shafters owning the land to the tenan

the weekend we've got azores high starting to push up from the southwest squeezing up against that areahine and showers. sent accelerates bright start for many critically southern and eastern areas was up showers critically southern and eastern areas was up showers packing into northern and western areas may be quite heavy and it will still be windy in the northeast. slightly lighter winds further south. it will feel cooler 14 to 18 celsius with a set night we see another weather front pushing into the northwest of the country for that that will bring shari burst of rain to northern ireland. that was slide southeastern into sunday into parts of england and wales could be the odd heavy may be thundery mixed as well they are across the southeast wasn't good smells of sunshine in between particularly in the northeast again quite cool 14, 17 or 18 c. next week certainly for the start of next week, it looks like we will start to see warm air moving in from the south. could turn very warm for time across the south. today at six — new evidence that the uk's coronavirus testing capacity is fall

now at the weekend, we are watching this high pressure from the azores, it is called the azores high. we‘ll be seeing how they‘re getting on and asking if the safety measures are working. also this lunchtime... we wanted exams to go ahead but were overruled — the head of 0fqual launches a robust defence of the regulator‘s role in the a—level and gcse fiasco. another government u—turn — hours after lifting them, restrictions in two parts of manchester are reimposed. # rule, britannia...

and then through the weekend, the azores high builds in, so we still have low pressure close to scotlando to saturday night into sunday, we have a little feature coming through northern ireland, southern scotland into northern england and wales which will push southwards during the course of sunday. that will be fairly showery. in between them, some bright skies, and behind that, a return to some sunshine and temperatures 11 in lerwick to 19 in london. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the uk government defends its rationing of coronavirus testing in some areas, which has left some people with symptoms having to drive more than a hundred miles for a swab. if people need a test, the vast majority get it quickly close to home. but when those testing centres are full, then obviously people are offered a test at the nearest place at which one is available. and if you‘ve been asked to travel a considerable distance for a test in the uk, please do get in touch. on twitter, it‘s @annita—mcveigh or #bbcyourquestions. leading figures in uk avia

parts of the country are exempt from the measure — anyone visiting the islands of madeira or the azores weekend. now did you see yesterday the uk announcing a plan for millions of covid tests to get done every day? it's being called "operation moonshot". well today the government been faced with plenty of questions about this — how much will cost? is the costjustified? can this even be done? being three. here's the health secretary. it could mean that theatres and sports venues contest audience members on that day and let them know that a negative result. what places could be opened up to all those who test negative that morning. and isolating or quarantining after travelling abroad, they will be tested and released. now there's no shortage of doctors pointing out that it's unclear how the government possibly could increase testing to such a large scale. bear in kind, it's failing to meet demand at the moment. this week the head of nhs testing tweeted her "heartfelt apologies to anyone who cannot get a covid test". "laboratory processing" she says "is the critical pinch—point". bear in

dominated by the fa ct we saturday's whether dominated by the fact we have got high pressure close to the azoresss heading from the north—west as we go through saturday and into sunday. sunshine and showers through the course of the weekend, a cooler and sheffield and we have seen recently. most of the showers on saturday will be across parts of scotland and northern ireland, especially for parts of northern scotland, south—west scotland and northern ireland but in central scotland, a bit of sunshine coming through. showers working into northern england and north wales but further south, you should say largely dry with spells of sunshine, temperatures around 1a—18. a bit cooler than recently and still a bit ofa cooler than recently and still a bit of a breeze in the north. heading into sunday, the wind will ease, certainly a less blustery kind of day and dryer for scotland and northern ireland. sunshine and showers, most of the showers will be across england and wales and later in the afternoon, could be the odd, possibly heavy thundery one. temperatures 13—19 on sunday but it will feel better o

there is a group, from the azores, that lived mostly down here, they still do, there's a group arland, also they're up at the point on the north, an inland you have more italian or swiss yes italians actually speaking swiss. we so you have gambian-y, and lot of names like that. what's interesting about this is the shatner's own this land from 1858 until the 19 twenties or so. when the heirs to the original owners, started to shut to sell off chunks. so it was a twist, instead of selling to outsiders, they sold mostly to the tenant families. it's one of the classic, and almost made up in theory, because it seems like it never really happens but, it's american dream stories. you emigrate to the u.s., you are cards attendant and then eventually become landowner. it's one of those stories. so, many of the families that only's ranches, when the park was created had been there and some of them are still there, they've been there for five or six generations. which for california, is pretty darn old. for eastern europe, hundred 50 years is nothing, but out here that is pretty unusual. so arou

when secretary azor came to our theittee back in february, 26th of february was the first discussione had with him about the covid-19 virus. when i questioned him that day, i said, the most important thing for us during a pandemic will be , credibility for honest, truthful information to the people as best as we know it, and maintaining that trust will be what is most important. that is what i believe this administration, this president, political appointees that had been changing these scientific advisories, changing the information that the american people received payment that is what has eroded our trust. the problem is, if we don't stick to the science -- let me use the vaccine as the perfect example. if we don't have faith and confidence in the vaccine, if we believe the president of the united states has politicized the vaccine because of the november 3 election, we will have a much lower rate of uptake they call it, that people will be disinclined to take the vaccine. the way the vaccine works best is if enough people take the vaccine that we stop the spread of covid-19. i am

back from portugal to wales quarantine but not if they have been on the island of madeira or the azores to be excluded or included when the mainland is or isn't. and that he could even be making his announcement about some specific islands which could u nfortu nately specific islands which could unfortunately trigger a flurry of quick departure is to try to get back before quarantine kicks in. are things about to get even more confusing? ijust things about to get even more confusing? i just wonder things about to get even more confusing? ijust wonder how confusing? i just wonder how the airlines might be responding to this. there has been a huge amount of upset. when spain was put on the logo list, airports, airlines were saying this is terrible. we have very high infection rates in parts of northern spain but that hasn't yet followed through to the islands and the government said, no, because of course people could fly from madrid or gran canaria, they were treating them the same. but for the traveller ‘s point of view it will get extremely complicated and the travel industry fears tha