don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website.there for you — seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you and goodbye. hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's releases is mark kermode. what have you been watching? we have red sparrow, the new film starring jennifer lawrence. we have a fantastic woman, which is chile's oscar entry for the foreign language film academy award. and game night. is it a game or is it real? red sparrow. yes, so red sparrow is very interesting. it's based on a book by a former cia operative, jason matthews. jennifer lawrence is a russian ballerina who is violently recruited to become a sparrow — an undercover intelligence agent. she is taught how to seduce her prey. she is sent to budapest on the trail of an american, played by joel edgerton, whom she meets, and we know she has to win his confidence. but it seems fairly early on that they both understand what the other is. here i

just a reminder, you can find all the film reviews from across the bbc online. this is the address. our previous programmes are on the bbc iplayer of course. particularly, this easter long weekend, enjoy your cinemagoing, because there are some real treats to watch. a busy weekend ahead. bye bye. here is your latest update from bbc weather. we are spells allowing a frosty night to come into northwest scotland, a range of weather across the uk as they will be for the rest of this weekend. some rain on the way for some of us, even snow into easter monday, it is staying cool but there are dry, even sunny moments to be had as well. let's look at the big picture going into saturday, this area of low pressure has brought some heavy rain, particular across parts of england through today, northern ireland and north—western scotland are further away from that and will be tomorrow, so away from that and will be tomorrow, so here you get the dry and clear whether, you get some sunny spells, for the east of scotland and england and wales, there are outbreaks of rain, some snow into the high hill

just a quick reminder before you go that you will find more film news and reviews from across the bbc onlined you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer as well. but that is it for this week. thank you very much for watching, and from us, goodbye. as the rain band cleared northwards on saturday we saw some very mild conditions particularly for england and wales leading to sunshine with temperatures really dumb at reaching the mid teens. as we start the early hours of sunday morning, that rain band will eventually become confined to the far north of scotland to the south of the country will see showers pushing into southern counties of england and this feature will bring rain to east anglia in the south—east. elsewhere a clear and cool night temperatures down to one of four celsius. don't be surprised if you see things like this on sunday morning. mist and fog patches. some slow to clear but they should and we will see sunny spells develop. this rain feature will gradually clear away from east anglia rain the south—east as the morning wears on but we will see showers widely a

just a reminder, you can find all the film reviews from across the bbc online. this is the address. ammes are on the bbc iplayer of course. particularly, this easter long weekend, enjoy your cinemagoing because there are some real treats to watch. a busy weekend ahead. bye bye. for some, our good friday was thoroughly wet and miserable. other areas had sunshine and a nice sunset to end the day. it looks like the rest of the easter weekend into next week will be unsettled. more rain at times. snow in the forecast. it'll remain cool. dry and bright interlude in places. the rest of the night, this rain band will continue to move north and affect much of wales. central, northern england, and eastern scotland will be burdened with snow on the hills. the north—west of the uk and south—east of england, should be largely dry. a rather damp start tomorrow for wales and england and eastern parts of scotland. further rain until snow, which should ease into the afternoon and leave a legacy of nastiness and cloud. it'll feel very cold to give us cloud. it'll feel very cold to give us that easterl

just a reminder, you can find all the film reviews from across the bbc online. this is the address. e on the bbc iplayer, of course. particularly, this easter long weekend, enjoy your cinema—going because there are some real treats to watch. a busy weekend ahead. bye bye. hello there. conditions gradually improving through the day, it has been turning drierfor improving through the day, it has been turning drier for many, improving through the day, it has been turning drierfor many, the rain reserve to eastern parts of the uk, still wintry over the higher ground but many places have seen scenes like this through the afternoon, a lot of cloud around, only cool as well, but some holes in the cloud to allow the sunny spells like this weather watch picture shows in cambridge, some of the best sunshine is across the north and west of scotland because we have this rich of high pressure coming in from the west, pushing the weather front across the eastern side of the country away into the irish sea. it will take a while as we have through the night, it will stay damp across central and east

just a reminder, you can find all the film reviews from across the bbc online. this is the address. previous programmes are on the bbc i play of course. particularly, this easter long weekend, enjoy your cinema going because there are some real treats to watch. a busy weekend ahead. bye bye. good evening. some decent weather to go to the cinema this weekend! there will be rain around at times, it turned into a gloomy good friday across last parts of the country —— large pots, that was lyme regis pulled one weather watch earlier, so different across the west of cornwall, some sunshine there, and as we go through the rest of the easter weekend rain will continue to feature at times. some snow as well particularly on monday. call for the most part, in between all of that there will be spells of sunshine. as you can see these areas of cloud circulating around an area of low pressure at the moment. each lump of cloud bringing outbreaks of rain. a lot of rain still across much of southern england, the midlands, east anglia, sliding to northern england through the night, wintris of the high

just a quick reminder before you go that you will find more film news and reviews from across the bbc onlinekermode and you can find all our previous programmes on the bbc iplayer as well. but that's it for this week. thank you very much for watching, and from us, goodbye. 0n the face of it the weather has been going downhill during today. many places got to see some brightness but from the south we've been watching the approach of some cloud. so, things certainly turn 30 grey and damp across parts of devon to end the day—to—day. you can see the way the cloud spread its way northwards. we have got an area of low pressure spinning down towards the south—west. underneath the cloud we're seeing quite a lot of rain. this is the radar picture as we headed through the second half of the day. the darker colours are indicating some really heavy bursts of rain. some hefty showers still working into the south—west. washing northwards during the night. perhaps some wet snow over the pennines during the night. in scotland temperatures are being down below freezing under the clear skies. by the end of th

quick reminder before google that you will find more film news and reviews from across the bbc onlinell our previous programmes are of the bci player as well. that's it for this week, thank you for watching us, goodbye. we are beginning to see our weather changing turning more unsettled, rain on the way for this weekend but before we get there, what a special picture this is. clear skies in cumbria today, the cumbrian fells com pletely cumbria today, the cumbrian fells completely snow—covered, what a beautiful picture thank you for that one. the weather is on the town and if we were down towards the south—west, an area of low pressure and this weather front working in, one of these wiggly weather fans that will bring us bursts of rain and that will move its way down across our neck of the woods. the rain has already arrived across parts of southern england, getting in across wales, the midlands and into east anglia. the rain turning heavier at the moment in central and southern england, the south—east of england and it will be quite wet here over the next couple of hours with some fai

just a quick reminder before you go that you will find more film news and reviews from across the bbc onlineode although we had rain at times this week and is what we did notice was how mild it got, this 15.3dc both saturday and today, making both days the warmest of the year so far. low pressure has always been nearby and it will continue to be as we head towards monday morning. for the short term, it will influence england and wales primarily with bands of showers and rain spiralling around it as we head through the overnight period. some dry interludes. the best of the dry weather will be northern ireland and scotla nd weather will be northern ireland and scotland with clear spells, light winds and it will turn chilly. some list and fog developing by dawn. it won't be quite as cool as it was last night. from monday day itself, a bit of an atrocious start to the morning commute across england and wales. rain, some heavy, spiralling around the country. we will see strong wind setting up across the south—west of england and in towards the channel islands. this could be quite disruptive. the

before we go, there are all the film news and reviews from across the bbc online, you know the addressur previous programmes are on the iplayer as well. that is it for this week, enjoy your cinema going. see you next time. goodbye. good evening, it's been yet another day of disruptive snowfall across many parts of the uk. as he goes through the weekend, some of that show through the weekend, some of that snow should begin to melts, because it is going to turn less cold. there will be some wintry showers, image to rain, sleet and snow. this band of snowfall is going northwards and it has been freezing rain across parts of the cells, giving freezing conditions. —— parts of the cell. these show was continuing to working through the night and further south this band of snow will weaken as it d rifts across this band of snow will weaken as it drifts across the midlands, into northern ireland. it will be a cold blood for the majority and there will be some icy stretches and potentially some fog patches. —— a cold night. we are bringing in the cold night. we are bringing in the cold airfrom c

before we go, there are all the film news and reviews from across the bbc online, you know the addressous programmes are on the iplayer as well. that is it for this week, enjoy your cinema going. see you next time. goodbye. storm emma meets the beast from the east and wreaks chaos across the uk. at least 3,500 drivers were stranded on the m62 across the pennines, some managed to get to shelter. we landed in manchester airport about two o'clock yesterday, and we have been trying to get home since then, just going round in circles around the m62. cars were at a standstill in the south—west of england too, with drivers stranded overnight. passengers were forced to sleep on a train stuck in the new forest. other routes are closed tonight. around the uk the military has been drafted in to help, in scotland, getting hospital staff to work. our other main story on the programme tonight: theresa may sounds a note of pragmatism as she outlines her plans for brexit.

another angle on this, bbc online is leaving with the story that republicans are concerned about thisrried by their trump parrot —— tariff plan. give us your take on this and talk ofa give us your take on this and talk of a trade war. either it won't happen or it can't happen. i say it won't happen because donald trump is a business man. he wants to extract something from the other side. you try and develop a credible threat. we know it is somewhat credible because it is in line with what he said. the reason i think it won't happen is exactly for the reason you just mentioned. i used to work in congress and the us. congress is the most easily penetrated major power body in any government in the world, and it is easy to penetrate the outside influences outside governments because it can be: individual congressman and say, you have factories which export to us and that will divide. you can divide and that will divide. you can divide and conquer the us. congress very easily, and that will be a blockage to any of the tariff movement. interestingly, we look at reduction of cars right now.

bbc online has a story on brits drinking habits changing so much so that the pub is in danger. 18 pubsoss the uk closed every week in the second half of last year. have your drinking habits changed dramatically? is it a lifestyle choice and are they responsible for a change to your local town . do get in touch — just use the hashtag #bbcthebriefing. britain and its allies are waiting to hear how moscow will respond to the dozens of expulsions of russian diplomats announced on monday. the expulsions are in response to the nerve agent attack on the former spy sergei skripal and his daughter. australia has now joined what is the biggest mass expulsion of russian diplomats since the end of the cold war. jane frances kelly has the latest. there is very much a chill in the air in moscow as it weighs up its options following the unprecedented round of expulsions from its eu and nato allies. more than 20 countries have shown their support. america has ordered 60 russian diplomats to leave including some it accuses of being intelligence officers. european allies, canada and australia have also

let's talk about the story online, pubs in danger, six charts on how the british drink, it's on bbc onlinethe fact that many of them are closing, the british beer and pub association with some statistics. we were talking about this, we are changing, a p pa re ntly talking about this, we are changing, apparentlyjim is a much in favour, craft beer but many find it expensive to go to the pub.” craft beer but many find it expensive to go to the pub. i think there is a number of things. —— a p pa re ntly there is a number of things. —— apparentlyjim is very much in favour. —— gin. it's notjust the price of the goods itself, its the total cost is the challenge. you know, people's finances are squeezed, you are seeing pub consumption going down, i think, total beer sales was hired outside in supermarkets which tells you what. .. in supermarkets which tells you what... really interesting chart, alcohol consumption, percentage of adults who drank in 2016, really interesting, look at that. lots of people have been in touch, haven't they? hanky in seattle says i love our local pubs, it's fun to find

just a quick reminder before you go that you will find more film news and reviews from across the bbc onlinerom us, goodbye. hello, this is breakfast with ben thompson and naga munchetty. good morning. here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. traces of a nerve agent which was used to attack a former russian spy and his daughter in salisbury have been found in the italian restaurant where they had eaten. the substance was found in one part of the city's zizzi restaurant during a forensic examination. sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were found collapsed ona daughter yulia were found collapsed on a bench nearby and remained critically ill in hospital. home secretary amber rudd says the government is using enormous resources to try to identify those responsible. the water regulator is to identify why thousands of homes in england and wales suffered shortages or a total loss of supply following the recent cold weather. 0fwat‘s review follows emergency handouts of water for people who work at. they will look at how well firms communicated with customers and if compensation lev

there is much more on that on the bbc online.est economy and in the world's top ten. but in political terms, it's rudderless. it looks like there'll be a hung parliament after its voters gave right—wing and populist parties a boost in sunday's election. with 99% of votes counted, results show the euro—sceptic, anti—establishment five star movement as the biggest single party with almost a third of the vote. here's its leader luigi di maio. translation: for the five star movement, this general election has been a triumph. we are the overall winners of the selection. so first and foremost, a big thank you to be about 11 million italians who voted for us. they gave us the honour of giving us their vote. it is an honour to have such an endorsement as the first party of the country. despite five star's success, a coalition of the far—right looks set to win the most seats in the lower house of parliament. the league's leader matteo salvini would likely head up that coalition and has declared his party has the "right and duty" to govern

just a reminder, you can find all the film reviews from across the bbc online. this is the address. is easter long weekend, enjoy your cinemagoing because there are some real treats to watch. a busy weekend ahead. bye— bye. hello, this is breakfast with naga munchetty and jon kay. good morning, here's a summary of today's main stories from bbc news. the australian cricketer david warner has spoken publicly for the first time about his role in the ball—tampering scandal, saying he takes "full responsibility" for his actions. in a tearful news conference, david warner said he would regret his involvement for as long as he lived. he's been banned from international and domestic cricket for a year. in the back of my mind i suppose there was a tiny ray of hope... that they may one day be given the privilege of playing for my country again. —— that i made. but i am resigned to the fact that that may never happen. two british men believed to have been members of the islamic state cell known as "the beatles", have complained they can't have a fair trial because the uk government has stripped

just a quick reminder before you go that you will find more film news and reviews from across the bbc onliney will chair a second meeting of the government‘s emergency cobra committee today, as investigations continue into the poisoning of a former russian spy. sergei skripal and his daughter yulia are both in a serious condition in hospital in salisbury after being exposed to a nerve agent. specialist troops trained in chemical warfare have been deployed to the city. the grave of mr skripal‘s wife, who was buried in 2012, and the memorial stone of his son, who was cremated last year, have been cordoned off. president trump has tweeted that a deal with north korea is "very much in the making," which he said would be very good for the world. the white house says he won‘t meet kim jong—un unless pyongyang takes concrete steps to end its nuclear programme. no sitting us president has ever met a leaderfrom north korea before. an 85—year—old man has died while waiting in an accident and emergency unit because of "dangerous overcrowding," according to a hospital boss. the man suffered a cardiac ar

before we go, there are all the film news and reviews from across the bbc online — you know the addressyt. here‘s a summary of today‘s main stories from bbc news. freezing weather conditions are continuing to cause major travel disruption across the uk. weather warnings of snow and ice remain in place in large parts of the country and the environment agency has now issued 15 flood warnings, mainly in the south—west and north—east coast areas. the police had to be called to south—east london last night after passengers on a stranded train in lewisham decided tojump on the tracks and walk to the nearest station. earlier we spoke to brian who was on the train behind that one, he told us the train behind that one, he told us about the impact it had on his journey. they felt they were so close to their destination, there for it was less of an issue then walking 100 metres to a station, with the power turned off. people on my train had a long way left, they had almost an hour of theirjourney to do, they had no chance of getting home if the train didn‘t run, so you know, they had a little more

before we go, there are all the film news and reviews from across the bbc online — you know the addressbig freeze is set to gradually ease its breath on us in the coming days but only gradually and i can't promise you a heatwave or even truly spring temperatures, the figures will still be below average for march but the cold we had in a recent days will gradually ease, still looking pretty unsettled for us still looking pretty unsettled for us for ever. the beast from the east replaced by low pressure trying to push on from the south—west. we sit in generally cold air, the jet strea m in generally cold air, the jet stream is to the south of us but in a big cool a big stream is to the south of us but in a big cool —— pool of cold air but what this lowers effectively doing now is... modifying the air slightly, making it a little bit milder, pushing it back into the uk for the week ahead. hence why we stay in the blue shading another behind me. we are definitely going to feel a little warmer than we have done recently. the warm air running over cold ground can very often result in scenes l

so to help, the bbc has launched a new online game that challenges young people what fake news is ands not. fake news is a major issue in this internet age, especially to children. these students at this school have been helping to create an online game could help —— to teach youngsters how to detect when usedis teach youngsters how to detect when used is being made up. like i said, what i can say, it is too early to say but that doesn't mean we don't know, it is just that we don't know yet. the scenario involves a major problem with a social media company. iam problem with a social media company. i am dealing with a major incident here. the students act as journalists tom trying to find out what is happening and deciding how and when to publish their story. always keep on asking because at one point you might get to the bottom of it. the dark secrets that the ceo wa nts to it. the dark secrets that the ceo wants to keep from the users.|j think it teach you how to make the right decisions at about what is happening andl right decisions at about what is happening and i think that reall

papers online on the bbc news website, it is there for you seven days a week.y evening you can watch it later on the bbc iplayer. after yet another day of winter league disruption we have arrived at the end of the week. the big question, what does their weekend have installed ? it question, what does their weekend have installed? it is going to start to turn slowly less coal. still some wintry showers, a mixture of rain, sleet and snow. this band of snowfall has been pushing its way northwards. rain returning across the far south. that could be following on cold surfaces that could give as icy conditions. this band of snow is moving across the midlands into northern england and northern ireland. still some snow showers in the north—east of scotland, temperature is widely below freezing. whereas through the last week we have been bringing our weather in from the east, we change things a little bit, low pressure is sitting down to the south—west, battle a low as to bring in more of a southerly wind as we go through the weekend. things will not be as cold. cloud a

don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website.nd if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you. goodbye. good evening, rain is pushing its way further into the uk at the moment, winds is picking up, the weather coming from the atlantic doesn't look very promising, this is the main area cloud which has brought rain across northern ireland, living over the irish seek and we have rain arriving in western of england and wales, but not much in scotland where we had 15 degrees, but it will turn wet overnight. there won't be much rain at all in eastern england, cloud braking late in wales and the south—west, sufficient clout and wind to keep the temperatures up overnight —— cloud. the main transferring its way further into scotland and that could be heavy at times, we might see improvements across northern england and northern ireland, most of england and wales enjoying sunshine, and that is ahead of thickening cloud. 12—13 in the sunshine, and a bit cooler further north for scotland. this is bbc

don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website.e any evening on the bbc iplayer. thank you to jane martinson and jo tanner. goodbye. good evening. as we marched towards the easter weekend it looks decidedly unsettled and disappointingly cool. we started off cloudy and wet today for many but got there in the end with the rains locally using its way north and east. allowing the cloud to break up and some sunshine coming through. it's full picture coming in from devon. as we go through the night the cloud will return. further north we will see low single figures perhaps into the far north of scotland, to or three degrees, a chilly start. we will see the rain lingering into the northern isles and with gale force gusts of winds. this rain will sit here for much of the day. right behind but at the same time weather front will bring outbreaks of rain into the south—west and this will take time to clear. some will be heavy as it moves to clear. some will be heavy as it m oves a cross to clear. some will be heavy as it moves across the chan

don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thanks for watching. for some time we have been talking of east of being on the cool side and pretty unsettled and that is looking the case. there will be spells of rain at times, but it will remain core macro for most of us. also some sunshine —— cool. the band of rain which has brought rain to england and wales will migrate north to northern ireland and southern scotla nd to northern ireland and southern scotland and the far north of england, with snow on the high ground. further showers. but england, with snow on the high ground. furthershowers. but further south it will be a dry night with clear spells. good friday, south it will be a dry night with clearspells. good friday, it south it will be a dry night with clear spells. good friday, it will start on a cold know, for england and wales but bright with sunshine, the weather front tending to weaken leaving a legacy of cloud over northern ireland and much of scotland

don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website.eek, at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you very much. good night. hello. thank you forjoining me. in the shorter term, it was one of those across parts of western britain through wednesday. wet and windy not just in britain through wednesday. wet and windy notjust in the new lynn area, chris you are close to this weather front delivering heavy rain. from northern ireland to wales and into the south—west. i suppose on that chart. the wind a real factor, the south—west. i suppose on that chart. the wind a realfactor, costs in excess of 60 mph through the isles of scilly. through the rest of the night, the rain pushes not out of northern ireland, but it will move into wales and southern england. underneath that cloud, up to9 england. underneath that cloud, up to 9 degrees. in clearer skies further east, up to 5 degrees. for the commute and the school run, really quite wet weather across the higher ground of wales.

don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website.at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, rachel and henry. next on bbc news, the film review. goodbye. hello and a warm welcome. to take us through this week's cinema releases is mark kermode. so mark, what do we have this week? what have you been watching? interesting week, we have a psychological thriller starring claire foy by steven soderbergh, unsane. wrinkle in time, the big budget adaptation of a much—loved book by ava duvernay. and pacific rim: uprising, john boyega stars in the robotic sequel. claire foy is a big—ticket?

don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website.ek at bbc.co.uk/papers. and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. of course it is french chocolate. what other kind would you bring? thank you, martin and benedicte. goodbye. see you later. hello, thank you forjoining me. when you right up to date with how we are seeing the weather for the course of the weekend. much of it will look like that in fact. even though some parts of the british isles especially in the south have seen temperatures above the seasonal norm. that will not last. it changes as early as saturday. i hope you managed to get out there and enjoy something that looks a little bit like that. i suspect over the next few days there will be some disruption to your travel plans as we encounter quite a deal of snow in some we encounter quite a deal of snow in some locations in some eyes as well. through the course of the night we will tumble the weather front away from the gritty seemingly gone into the southern half of britain and it w

don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website.bsite. and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, bonnie and ruth. next up, it's the film review. but it's good night from me. hello, and welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week's cinema releases is jason solomons. good to see you, jason. what have you been watching? this week, we'll go to raiding and cliffhanging with the new lara croft in tomb raider. look at the meaning of art and find our inner ape in swedish satire the square. and we dip into biblical times for the real story of mary magdalene, as played by rooney mara, opposite

don't forget, you can see the front pages online on the bbc news website.days a week, bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, michael and jenni again. goodbye. hello there. eight west— east divide with the weather team this wednesday. looks as though the wettest in the windiest of the weather will always be up to the west. we've got severe weather heading towards portugal and spain and it's all tied into this area of low pressure that's going to sit in the atlantic and influence what is happening across the uk for the next few days. it is dragging up mild air from iberia, so that is welcome news. that means if you get the drives and the sunniest weather, you will feel quite pleasant. a chillier start through eastern areas but sunshine coming through but it will state are promising. 0ut sunshine coming through but it will state are promising. out to the west, that is where we see the disappointing story today. what an windy across the southwest. as we head towards lunchtime, some of that

don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website.e programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, polly and kevin. from us all, goodbye. good evening. it is the equinox tomorrow and the astronomical start of spring. and for lee, the weather is set to respond accordingly. —— thankfully. we saw spring flowers in your bouncing back after being covered in snow at the weekend. —— in york. temperatures climbing back to levels where they should be, swapping the easterly winds for westerly once. tonight, in north—easterly component to the breeze across england and wales. dragging cloud from the north sea. a lot more cloud than last night. there will be breaks here and there are allowing temperatures to drop closed —— close to freezing. western scotla nd closed —— close to freezing. western scotland and northern ireland, the winds are like and we could seek temperatures between —6 and minus eight. the high—pressure has been to the north of the country and is on the north of the country and is on the shift on tuesday,

don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website.or you — 7 days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers — and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you to you both. goodbye. good evening. over the past few days, the temperature has just been creeping up by a few degrees. on wednesday we had 13 celsius across parts of northern ireland. tomorrow stays relatively mild, and looks largely dry. there will be a bit of sunshine on offer as well. we have quite a bit of cloud with us at the moment. looking at the satellite image, down at the cloud across the atlantic. over the past 24 hours that cloud has been streaming in and working its way towards our shores, so things will be fairly unsettled over the week ahead as we see those atlantic weather systems showing their hand. what we have at the moment is a relatively mild air mass with us. slightly cooler air just waiting in the wings, so we will start to see the wind coming in from the north west later this week, but it's certainly not going to be anything li

don't forget, you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website.r you — seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/paper5. and if you miss the programme any evening, you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, caroline and jane. goodbye. there is still in the forecast for tonight and tomorrow morning, nothing on the scale of what we had last week but faces in the midlands, when the snow has just about melted away, could get a top up through the coming hours. courtesy of this feature, you can see this on the satellite, this lump of cloud is basically where we have got showers joining together into a more organised area of wet weather, there will be some rain but also some snow, particularly but not exclusively over higher ground. the biggest snowfalls might come over the higher ground of wales, up to ten centimetres acro55 mid and north wales. then moving into parts of the north midlands and the peak district and into northern england. here it might be that even at low levels we see some centimetres of snow. quite windy for the south and relatively speaki

don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website.ys a week at bbc.co.uk/ papers — and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. goodbye. time to update you with the weather prospects for the whole of the british isles over the next few days to ta ke british isles over the next few days to take us into the holiday weekend. it looks like the stuff of holidays, that was the case across devon for the first part of the day but then it changed, and it wasn'tjust devon, many areas came under the influence of this great shield of cloud rolling in from the atlantic, tied in with weather fronts, which threw the rest of the night will continue their journey ever northwards, ever further eastwards. quite a number of isobars around the centre of the low pressure as well. so, i would centre of the low pressure as well. so, iwould have centre of the low pressure as well. so, i would have thought that maybe the north—western quarter of scotla nd the north—western quarter of scotland and the western isles could see

don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website. you, seven days a week at bbcdot.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you and good evening to you. another cold night with a widespread frost tonight. but to get spring under way across the country, for some of you it was an absolute cracker. scotland and northern ireland in particular, blue skies overhead lead to debut full day. a bit more cloud across parts of england attending the odds are here and there. stayed dry in northampton. those two shots, you can almost switch them around until tomorrow because as the clear skies moved away south into tonight in england and wales, clouds gathering in the atlantic said in to bring milderair in the atlantic said in to bring milder air but great conditions for some. by the end of the night, maybe a bit of rain. more so will stay dry, evening showers across the south, clear away, think we're skies and plummeting temperatures to take us and plummeting temperatures to take us towards

don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website.'s all there for you — seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you and goodbye. over the next few days we say goodbye to the vast majority of the snow and hello to some higher temperatures. snow cause problems in parts of northern england today, beautiful scenes as well but the snow probably will not last too long because milder spreads from the south. at times some sunshine as well as we saw today. but we had the sunny skies it is going to turn chilly overnight, a widespread frost with temperatures widely getting down below freezing and maybe down to minus fourand down below freezing and maybe down to minus four and some spots and the countryside. wintry showers across the north—west of scotland, extra cloud in the channel islands and south—west of england so not as cold here and as you go through tomorrow this area of cloud spreads north into parts of wales and the midlands and eventually in the sout

you can follow this on bbc two wales, the bbc red button and online. that's all the board for now.oster will have more for you in the next hour. more now on the severe weather, and the met office has upgraded its weather warning for south wales and south—west england, as freezing temperatures and snow affect much of the uk. a red warning, meaning lives are at risk, will come into force at 3:00pm this afternoon. 0ur correspondentjohn henderson is in devon for us this lunchtime. we are quite high up in torbay. you can see some of the snow settling on the road but traffic is moving. we are joined the road but traffic is moving. we arejoined by the man the road but traffic is moving. we are joined by the man with responsibility for road traffic policing in devon and cornwall. what is the situation and what are you doing? you see we have got snow already and wind is picking up. we are concerned from three b onwards when we have the red weather warning from the met office and that is the first time that sort of weather will name has been issued in devon and cornwall. you have taken on ex

watching and don't forget you can keep up—to—date with the latest developments on all our stories online on the bbc rt part two of the weekend was quite mixed though much of the northern pa rt mixed though much of the northern part of the country was fine and settled after a chilly start with mist and fog. further south outbreaks of rain developing across the south—west but sunshine in between the showers. this area of low pressure will be a key player in the next 2a hours slowly sliding its way eastwards mainly affecting england and wales with the northern half of the country staying largely dry. much of scotland will stay dry and clear skies quite chilly with mist and fog. some rain in the far south of scotland but south of here will be cloudy with outbreaks of rain so less cold here and chilly further north. we start the new working week on a rather unsettled note the many, rain slowly clearing from northern ireland through the morning and seven scotland becoming more confined to england and wales and in the afternoon some rain may turn out to be quite heavy and persistent in places. further nor

a quick look at what is happening online and the bbc website.dio 4 this morning, the owner of the bargain booze chain, facing administration problems with consumer spending according to a guest that appeared earlier, customers of conviviality, they have caught up with the drinks industry, apparently. you're watching business live. our top story: it's the biggest uk hostile takeover bid since kraft took over cadbury‘s in 2010 — today investors will decide the fate of britain's biggest engineering group, gkn. a quick look at how markets are faring. are these the right figures?” are these the right figures? i think so. are these the right figures? i think so. they have opened in positive territory. it's been a pretty turbulent week. textbooks have been dragging market sentiment down, but european stocks are keeping their head above water —— tech stocks have been dragging. easter is almost upon us, and it's a fair bet many of us will be indulging in the odd chocolate egg over the holidays. despite these more health—conscious times, our love affair w

don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website.i and anne ashworth. goodbye. now then, let's turn our attention to sport and paralympics gb won a gold medal overnight making contact our most successful winter games. menna fitzpatrick and guidejen kehoe came first in the women's reduced site slalom. there's talk to katherine grainger, who i am pleased to say is in our london newsroom. you must be thrilled.” to say is in our london newsroom. you must be thrilled. i am thrilled. everyone is immensely proud of them. what do you put it down to? is it the money that has been invested? the money that comes in from the national lottery enables athletes to go out there and take on huge ambitions that they all have. i did it as an athlete for a very long time. it was transformed whether it is the coaching support, the training facilities, the equipment, but you'll still need immense talent at the heart of that, who can take all that gifts that come from that money and go and deliver the performance on the big day. that is what it boils down

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don't forget you can see the front pages of the papers online on the bbc news website.ch it later on bbc iplayer. thank you, katy balls and prashant rao. and goodbye from us. hello. now the clocks have gone forward and we are in british summer time, ican't forward and we are in british summer time, i can't offer much in the way of summery weather but certainly for spring, it is not too bad. it will be some sunshine. we had a cracking start to the day and with the sunshine, for many northern areas of the uk, that will continue well into the uk, that will continue well into the afternoon. further south and east, a bit more cloud across the far south—east of england but even here, the cloud will tend to thin and break up throughout the afternoon. one or two showers across the far north of england, into northern ireland and across scotland but those showers will be few and far between, many good spells sunshine and maximum temperatures getting up into double figures, about 10—12d and with light winds, that will feel quite pleasant. this evening and overnight, with clear spe

you can become a bbc weather watcher by signing up online. the raf cleared the air to keep flying. plus, we look at how technology in the tornado has radically improved landing conditions in the raf. we are back at raf brize norton, and we saw earlier all the work that was done to keep this important military airport opened during the cold spell, the so—called beast from the east. how do they know whether the runway is safe to take off or land on? this is such an important piece of kit, it's cold a mu meter and corporal natalie adams is with me to tell me what it does. what does it do? it's designed to test the friction on the runway. we'll get the laptop readings. how does it work? we'll put the wheel down on the back... there it goes. and that's fed through wires into the vehicle through to the laptop. that's how we will get the readings. clearly nothing wrong with the friction on the runway today, but we're going to give it a training run, let's get in and see it in action. time to put it through its paces, we're on a taxiway, sean is driv