here's ben rich. good afternoon.edia rold gekker speaking winter is over, the numbers have been crunched and what do we know, we know it was a dry winter —— meteorological speaking. not good news after the droughts of last year. but across england and wales it was a particularly sunny winter, not as much sunshine though for northern ireland orfor scotland but if you thought we'd left winter behind, technically we have, next week you may well be doubting that because it is set to turn colder, cold enough for some of us to see some snow. more on that in a moment. back to the here and now, we've got a lot of cloud around, its quite quiet, not moving quickly as far as the weather goes this afternoon. a lot of cloud, some showers through scotland, northern ireland and northern england, the best of the sunshine in south wales and southern england and temperatures where they have been during the week, 7—10, not particularly windy. tonight we will see more cloud rolling westwards across england into east wales, northern irel

here's ben rich.d afternoon, today is the spring equinox, the beginning of the astronomical spring. and certainly, we have been feeling the days getting longer. the sunrise this morning in the east of england was just before six o'clock in the sun won't set in parts of northern ireland until nearly quarter to seven this evening. but you may not get to see too many sunrises and sunsets this weekend because the jet stream, high up in the atmosphere, is blowing strongly across the atlantic feeding what is essentially a conveyor belt of weather systems in our direction. it will often be cloudy and there will be quite a lot of rain. this is the rain we expect to accumulate through the next five days. over the hills of cumbria, parts of wales, south west england, we could potentially see 100 millimetres of rain piling up so a pretty soggy week in prospect. and this afternoon, one band of rain is drifting north—eastward across scotland although some bright skies in the far north. more heavy rain in northern

here's ben rich.gy march, so far, for many parts of the uk, not least this weather watcher in warwickshire. in cambridge we have already seen more than 2.5 times the rainfall we'd normally expect in a typical march. looking further north to orkney, up to 9am here we had only seen a surge of the rainfall we'd normally expect that there rain gauges have had a top up today, this band of cloud pushing northwards across orkney and shetland, bringing outbreaks of rain, then a mixture of sunshine and showers that here comes the next rain bearing weather system pushing into northern ireland, parts of west wales and south—west england by the end of the day, the breeze and strengthening too. hefty showers elsewhere, very mild, ii and strengthening too. hefty showers elsewhere, very mild, 11 degrees. in a way and perhaps 16 in hull, really mild for the time of year —— 11 degrees in stornoway. heavy rain over the hills in south—west england, wales, north—west england and western scotland where gales will develop

ben rich with the weather. and that's bbc news at ten on thursday 30th march.ore analysis of the day's main stories on newsnight with victoria derbyshire, which is just getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it's time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. but from the ten team, it's goodnight. hello, i'm marc edwards with your sport. it's going down to the wire at stamford bridge as chelsea take european powerhouse lyon for a place in the women's champions league semifinals. having taken a 1—0 lead into the second—leg tie, chelsea were pegged back as the eight—time winners took the lead on the night through canadian defender vanessa gilles with a near—post finish. the french giants grab a second with little more than ten minutes remaining through german international sara dabritz. that took the game to extra time. lyon leading 2—1 on aggregate, and there is a four minute left in extra time. arsenal, meanwhile, will play wolfsburg in the semifinals after the german side beat paris st g

here's ben rich. good evening.ireland had its warmest day of the year so far with temperatures getting above 16 degrees, partly because of that warmth we had a big shower clouds that developed and thunderstorms moved over northern ireland this afternoon with heavy downpours now drifting across scotland and at the same time we have a band of cloud and some patchy rain moving south and some patchy rain moving south and east across england and wales. through the rest of the night we keep some sharp showers over parts of scotland and a few more into north england and north wales, and a mild night for most back a bit chilly in the north of scotland and a few places he could have a touch of frost. that is where we will have the coldest weather tomorrow with a northerly wind but elsewhere it with a southerly wind it will be a mild day. we will also see some showers and these showers where they pop up will be heavy and they could be thundery in nature and between the showers, though, spells of sunshine which will make it f

here's ben rich. well, it is looking very mixed through the weekend, just as it was today. that popped up and gave some heavy rain and even some flashes of lightning and rumbles of thunder in places. right now, we have still got some showers about, one clump of heavy rain close to the far south—east of england. we will keep some showers going elsewhere as we head through the night. there will be some clear spells, but generally a lot of cloud and quite misty and murky conditions. for most of us, it is going to be a mild night, a mild start to the weekend, but with this area of low pressure in charge. the winds will be light, so when you see the big showers popping up again, they will be slow moving. at the same time, more persistent rain will work across south—east england and east anglia, just as it did today. even where we see sunshine, we will have showers, some of it will be heavy and sundry. there will be dry gaps between, so the showers are hit and miss, but

here's ben rich.statistics suggest it has 0ffice statistics suggest it has been the wettest march since 1981. now, it hasn't been that wet everywhere. parts of northern scotland have actually seen less rain than they would normally expect, 56% of the normal monthly rainfall. those figures run up to nine o'clock this morning. compare that with cambridge, more than three times the average monthly rainfall. those rain gauges have certainly had a further top up on the last day of the month. this is the radar picture, you can see where we have had rain. some particularly heavy rain right now across western counties of northern ireland. that could well course of localised flooding, may be some transport disruption. this band of rain really sticks in place throughout the night. a lot of cloud as well, mist and murk, temperatures generally four or 9 degrees. we start the weekend with a lot of cloud around. still this band of rain across parts of northern ireland, wales, parts of south—west england. much of th

here's ben rich. a wet month folsom of us. we did need some rain. it has been dry for many months.hat till nine o'clock this morning only seeing half the rainfall they would normally expect in march. compare that with the east of england which has seen three times the rainfall they would normally expect. those figures have been topped up today. we have seen wet and windy weather meeting across southern parts of the uk and also rain into northern ireland. some of that rain will continue tonight into northern ireland, parts of wales. elsewhere extensive cloud, missed and mark stop not a particularly cold night with frost in some parts of north—east scotland. —— mist and murk. the dove cloud rolling into many central and eastern parts. it will be damp and cool in places on the east coast. in the west cooler than of late, highs of 12 or 13. for the second half of the weekend we see this area of high pressure building its way. that will settle things down. sunday is actually looking like a pretty decent day. there will still be a fair amount of

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here is ben rich. how much longer is the chilly weather going to last? days but it turn _ weather going to last? a couple of days but it turn a _ weather going to last? a couple of days but it turn a lot _ weather going to last? a couple of days but it turn a lot colder - weather going to last? a couple of days but it turn a lot colder for - days but it turn a lot colder for some of us, there is a mythological tussle going on right now between cold air and mother —— meteorological tussle. 16 degrees in east anglia, three degrees in the highlands of scotland and through tonight the cold air will win that fight, at least for a time. tomorrow, very different, even in the south, nine or 10 degrees, parts of ireland and scotland might not get above freezing to. as the cold air comes in, we have a band of fight, at least for a time. tomorrow, very different, even in the south, nine or 10 degrees, parts of ireland and scotland might not get above freezing to. as the cold air comes in, we have a band of rain but also sleet and snow mixing in, but also sleet and

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here's ben rich. because it is friday i'm going to start with some good news, a sign of spring.een getting later and later, 6pm sunset tonight at the most easterly point in the uk. setting just about now at penzance in west cornwall. another sign of spring is that there is enough strength in the sun right now to generate some big showers and thunderstorms. which we have seen today. you can see those moving across our radar picture. i think the thunder and lightning will tend to ease off overnight but some of the showers are set to continue. because it stays quite miles out there it will be misty and murky, large amounts of cloud. 2 degrees for lerwick but more generally five to 9 degrees to take it into tomorrow morning and we start the weekend, it doesn't look too springlike does it? low pressure in charge. underthe springlike does it? low pressure in charge. under the centre of that low with light winds where we see those big showers and thunderstorms popping up big showers and thunderstorms popping up again they will be quite low moving —— slow—moving, some sunny spells in be

here's ben rich.allest weather presenter, i'm afraid, chris fawkes was not available this evening. northern ireland has had its warmest day of the year so far. temperatures at helens bay, close to belfast, getting above 16 degrees. but that warmth spawned some sharp showers this afternoon, some heavy downpours on thunderstorms, extending to parts of western scotland as well. for england and wales, we got a lot of cloud, bits and pieces of rain pushing south eastwards. but then stalling across the south—east corner, through the night. showers continue across parts of scotland, into north—west england, wales, a little bit drier for a time into north—west england, wales, a little bit drierfor a time in northern ireland. a mild night for most of us. may be a touch of frost in parts of northern scotland. elsewhere, well above freezing. a mild start to friday. this band of rain across east anglia and the south—east, some showers feeding in from the west later on. in between, yes, there will be some sunshine

now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich.airly cloudy in many spots. this is the earlier satellite picture. we have seen some sunshine, though, across southern areas. we'll continue to see some of that across southern england, parts of wales and the midlands as we head through the rest of the day. further north, there will be more cloud. and for northern england, northern ireland and scotland, that cloud will produce some showers at times. a little bit brighter in the north west of scotland and temperatures of 6 to 10 degrees. that's about where they have been throughout this week. now through tonight, we will see more cloud rolling its way back in across england and wales. northern ireland quite cloudy as well. clearer skies likely to be in northwest scotland and perhaps for a time in west wales and the south west of england and where there are any clear skies overhead, a touch of frost to take us into tomorrow morning. tomorrow there'll be more cloud in the south england, wales, northern ireland seeing a fair amount of clou

now it's time for a look at the weather with ben rich. hello.s the rain we are expecting to accumulate over the next five days. and over some hills of wales, south—west england, north west england as well, we are likely to see around 100 millimetres of rain. and there is some rain in the forecast for the rest of today. various bands of rain will be pushing eastwards across scotland, some further wet weather drifting in from the west, and the odd shower down towards the south. and quite large amounts of cloud, but very mild out there. seven to nine celsius in northern scotland. elsewhere, around 12 to 15 celsius. through this evening and tonight, we will see further outbreaks of rain. a band of heavy rain pushing eastwards, some showers elsewhere, perhaps a few more clear spells pushing in from the west later in the night. it's going to be really mild. temperatures north to south five to 10 celsius. so, into tomorrow, we will see some outbreaks of heavy rain drifting northwards across 0rkney and shetland. elsewhere, some spells of sunshine, but s

now it's time for the weather, with ben rich.push its way eastwards with strengthening winds particularly across western and central parts of scotland will see gales here by the end of the night. temperatures overnight, generally between five and 11 degrees. tomorrow morning, outbreaks of rain in the south—east of england, also bending back into the northern islands and northern scotland. another sunshine and showers day, some of the shower is heavy, possibly thundery. between nine and 50 degrees. some heavy showers again on thursday, some sunny spells in between and it does say mild. high is between 12 and 1a degrees. this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm martine croxall and these are the latest headlines: britain's former prime minister, borisjohnson, accepts that he did mislead mps about illegal parties held during covid lockdowns but insists his original denials were made "in good faith". president putin says the chinese leader xijinping has invited him to beijing, as the two me

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and into the room walked this american, rich, i didn't know him at the time. he looked down and said, hey, ben, do you want to get out of here? i said, yeah, whatever it takes, let's go. i said, by the way, that guy is russian and he's got a gun. which, of course, wasn't the truth at all. that's when i got in to save the allies and the incredible team did to come get me. what they did to get me on short notice. they reached out, spoke to who set them up. this is the same group that got be people out of afghanistan when it fell. still getting people out of afghanistan. they put together a team, former soldiers who came in. they bought two battered ambulances and they broke right into kyiv. as the shelves were falling, they came in. they knew another american was stuck in there. that was me. and they were going to risk their own lives to get one american home. and one of them had a great friend who died in afghanistan. they served in afghanistan. they watched their friend ben die. many had daughters. i lost my last friend, ben, who had daughters and i'm not going to lose another one. whatever it

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