south wales has had the worst of storm callum so far.oads are closed, trains are cancelled and thousands of homes have been hit by power cuts as high winds and heavy rain caused waters to rise and trees to fall. residents of this row of houses in aberdulais have been advised to leave and the rest of the village is on standby to evacuate, too, if conditions worsen. there were high winds and high seas elsewhere too. here at penzance in cornwall, and on the west coast of ireland. the forecasters and the emergency services are continuing to monitor storm callum on its slowjourney north and there could well be more delays, disruption and damage for those on the west side of the british isles. ben ando, bbc news. our correspondent tomos morgan is in south wales. he sent this update on the disruption caused by storm callum. this rain has caused significant issues for travel across the whole of south wales. many roads closed, notjust this one, the a470, many others. arriva trains wales have also said there will be a reduced service today and adv

it's south wales that's borne the brunt of storm callum. closed. here on the a470 between merthyr tydfil and the brecon beacons, a jcb has been called in to create extra drainage, as water pouring down the mountain has been bringing debris with it, creating a huge risk for vehicles trying to pass on this road. in lampeter, businesses have been severely disrupted due to the heavy rain. the local superstore and its car park under a foot of water. some of the smaller cars are trying to get through and then, well, they're going through but at the other end they're just breaking down because it's so deep on the road. i've been here 26—27 years, i was born here. i've never seen it this bad. it's quite bad. across the uk thousands of homes have been without power. flood alerts remain in place across wales and the north of england. and the met office has warnings in place for heavy rain in these areas until midnight this evening. for vickie and her neighbours in aberdulais, they are boxed in. water flowing from the back of the houses, and at risk o

he sent this update on the disruption caused by storm callum.rm callum has had a huge effect on south wales, flooding roads in the neath valley. it is really caused a huge issue. vehicles flooded, businesses flooded as well, and as you can see, the river is still hugely higher than it usually is. usually you can see a 12 foot drop down to the river, but at the moment it is almost reaching the top of the bridge. the fear is that as more rain pours down from the brecon beacons, this river could rise again and come onto this bridge as well and come onto this bridge as well and flood the place even further. and on the other side of the river, the floodwater from the rain has actually trapped a number of residents who are stuck now, there isa residents who are stuck now, there is a row of houses over there, in aberdulais and they can't get in and out. underneath the railway tracks, there is about a foot and a half of water, which means no vehicles can come in and out. the residents there can't really get in and out. at the moment, although it has sto

south wales as a whole has borne the brunt of storm callum.h several roads remaining closed. here on the a470 between merthyr tydfil and the brecon beacons, thejcb has been called in to create extra drainage as water pouring down the mountain has been bringing debris with it, creating a huge risk for vehicles trying to pass on this road. in lampeter, businesses have been severely disrupted due to the heavy rain. the local superstore and its car park under a foot of water. some of the smaller cars are trying to get through and then they're going through but at the other end they're just breaking down because the water's so deep on the road. i've been here 26, 27 years now. i was born here and i've never seen it this bad. it's quite bad. but it's notjust south wales that's been affected. across the uk, bad weather has been wreaking havoc. this plane bringing passengers home from alicante at leeds bradford airport had to abort its landing due to high winds. although flood alerts have been lifted in scotland, several remain in place across parts o

storm callum has cleared away northwards but it's storm callum has cleared away northwards but its leftring a further heavy rain across south wales today particularly. i have an amber warning from the met office and could see more than an hundred and could see more than an hundred and 60 millimetres. this is the radar over 12 hours, you can see the rain piling in across south west england and now into scotland as well. the band of rain shifts slightly further north and west it but there is wales and south—east england, parts of northern ireland, and southern and central scotland but ahead of it, plenty of sunshine. one or two showers ahead of that name. this is 4pm. notice the strength of the wind, gust of 15 mph, maybe 60 miles an hourfor western coast, range stretching through south—west england, into northern england, rain becomes patchy for northern ireland, the far north of scotland sees perhaps the driest weather. 12—14dc for scotland and northern ireland, 18—24 england and northern ireland, 18—24 england and wales, but in the sunshine, across central and eastern england, up acros

more than 30 flood warnings are in place, as storm callum continues to bring heavy rain and strong windso many areas. the chancellor is coming under growing pressure from his own mps to find extra funding for universal credit. the first ever national album day — celebrating the country's love of vinyl — across all genres of music. also in the next hour — an amnesty on hospital equipment. patients are urged to return crutches, walking frames and wheel chairs to the nhs — so they can be reused or recycled. and dateline london — in half an hour — looks forward to next week's european summit — which could produce a brexit deal. president trump has told the us tv programme 60 minutes that there will be "severe punishment" for saudi arabia if it's proved that its government was behind the disappearance of the journalist jamal khashoggi, but said he won't cancel big us military contracts with the kingdom. turkey says it has audio and video evidence that he was murdered inside saudi arabia's consulate in istanbul, but the saudi interior minister described allegations that his country was respons

parts of wales suffered their worst flooding in 30 years as storm callum causes chaos.than 20 people killed in a bomb attack in afghanistan, as the country prepares for its parliamentary elections. at 11:30pm we will be looking at the papers with our reviewers. good evening, and welcome to bbc news. president trump has promised to inflict severe punishment on saudi arabia if it's found to be behind the disappearance of a journalist in turkey. jamal khashoggi vanished in ii jamal khashoggi vanished in 11 days ago after visiting the saudi consulate in istanbul to obtain paperwork to marry his fiancee. turkey claims it has audio and video recordings proving that he was murdered inside the building, an allegation that saudi arabia strongly denies. 0ur washington correspondent chris buckler has this report. it contains some flashing images. a consulate is supposed to be a place of diplomatic protection, but the turkish authorities believe that behind these walls, jamal khashoggi was lured to his death and they're said to have recordings of the washington postjournalist being

aled scorefield is in south west wales which is feeling the brunt of storm callum.that story later. but an update in the weather forecast also coming up at half—past. pressure is mounting on the chancellor, philip hammond, to find extra money in the budget to support universal credit. the new system involves merging existing benefits into a single payment. this morning, one conservative suggested around 30 of her colleagues are concerned about how universal credit is working. the work and pensions secretary has admitted that some claimants will be worse off. political correspondent matt cole explained how the system is changing, and where the chancellor might be able to find the money for it. all existing claimants of the six benefits that will be rolled into universal credit will be moved onto the new all in one system next year but despite government promises of money to ease the transition there are fears some families could lose maybe £1800 per year per family. it is claimed they could be a need for up is claimed they could be a need for up to £2 billion to be p

as storm callum causes misery with torrential downpours. the chancellor is coming under growing pressure from his own mps to find extra funding for universal credit. also in the next hour, an amnesty on hospital equipment. patients are urged to return crutches, walking frames and wheel chairs to the nhs so they can be reused or recycled. good evening and welcome to bbc news. donald trump has said the us will inflict "severe punishment" on saudi arabia — if its found to be responsible for the death of a journalist. jamal khashoggi a critic of the saudi government, vanished after visiting its consulate in istanbul earlier this month. turkey says it has audio and video evidence proving that he was murdered inside the building. but the saudi interior minister described the allegations as lies. mark lowen‘s report contains some flashing images. what dark secrets of jamal khashoggi's end lie within these walls? saudi arabia's istanbul consulate, a place of diplomatic protection, it seems became a site of horror. turkish officials say they have re

storm callum has also caused problems for many farmers across wales.am out in to water six—feet deep to lead the animal to safety. no—one was injured in the rescue and the horse is said to be recovering well. germany, france and britain have issued a joint statement urging a credible investigation into the disappearance of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi, saying that saudi arabia needs to provide a full and detailed response to allegations that he was murdered inside its consulate in istanbul. but amid reports that the uk and the united states could boycott a forthcoming business conference in riyadh, the saudis have said they‘ll retaliate to any sanctions. the foreign secretary jeremy hunt had this assessment of the situation. for all of the lurid details associated with this story, we simply do not know what happened to jamal khashoggi two days ago. to jamal khashoggi 12 days ago. we don‘t want to get ahead of the facts but the facts do not look good, and that is why we are seeing this pretty strong statement about upmost seriousness and a hint

you can see the rain coming in from callum but of course those strong winds too. wind, the rain will continue from friday into saturday and in south wales, the met office has an amber warning in force here, widely 40—80 millimetres, more on the south—facing hills. so it is northern and western parts of the uk tomorrow getting the strongest winds, outbreaks of rain mainly in the north and west. there are parts of eastern england that will stay dry throughout the day. a taste of these gusts that we are going to see, and exposure across western parts where it could get above 70 mph. it is still technically mild but, again, it is very windy for some and very wet. you're watching beyond 100 days. hurricane michael was fast and brutal. in a hit—and—run strike, it left a path of devastation. buildings, trees, power lines were simply tossed aside and snapped in half by some monster winds. the storm has already moved on, and today the sun is back out, but that's little comfort to people who's homes have just been shattered. it was brutal, absolutely brutal. the damage that

more than 30 flood warnings are in place, as storm callum continues to bring heavy rain and strong winds to many areas. as you can see, the river is still a lot higher than it usually is. usually you can see about a 12 foot drop down to the river but at the moment it is almost reaching the top of the bridge. president trump warns saudi arabia will be punished severely, if claims it's involved in the murder of a saudi journalist are stood up. the chancellor is coming under growing pressure from his own mps to find extra funding for universal credit. also in the next hour — an amnesty on hospital equipment. patients are urged to return crutches, walking frames and wheelchairs to the nhs — so they can be reused or recycled. and in half an hour here on bbc news, britain's best new building takes a look at the candidates for this year's royal institute of british architects stirling prize. good afternoon. parts of the uk are facing a second day of travel disruption with 30 flood warnings currently in place, including two in scotland, as storm callum continues to bring heavy rain and strong wi

south wales over the worst of storm callum so wales over the worst of storm callum so far. are closed, trains are cancelled, thousands of homes have been hit by power cuts as high winds and heavy rain caused waters to rise and heavy rain caused waters to rise and trees to fall. residents of this i’ow and trees to fall. residents of this row of houses and have been advised to leave and the rest of the village is on standby to evacuate too if conditions worsen. there were high winds and high seas elsewhere too. here at cornwall, and on the west coast of ireland. the forecast and emergency services are continuing to monitor storm calum on its slow journey north and there could well be more delays, disruption and damage to those on the west side of the british isles —— storm callum. ben ando, bbc news. saudi arabia has again rejected claims it was responsible for the disappearance of journalist jamal khashoggi from the kingdom's consulate in istanbul. the country's interior minister has called the allegations "baseless lies". turkish sources say they have documentary evidence t

storm callum is well away to the north.thern scotland, down through england and into wales and the south—west single. in south wales we have an amber warning for further heavy rain in excess of 160 millimetres by the end of the day. this is the earlier rainfall radar. it keeps on feeding in through the worst england, wales, northern england, and slowly this whole area of rain will shift further north through the day. the heaviest rain will continue across other parts of wales. heavy rain for this spa south—west of england. a little showery further east, towards somerset. heavy rain is going through the day. moves into cumbria, at rates of rain for northern ireland. not as windy. the wind is not as strong for scotland. gusts of up not as strong for scotland. gusts of up to 60 mph for parts of wales and south—west england through the afternoon. meanwhile, south and east, sunshine. temperatures up to 25 celsius. the west, more like 18 or 19. northern ireland and scotland, 12— 1a celsius. for a time this evening, the rain eases

wales bore the brunt of storm callum.nd has flooded homes and left some without power. i've been here 26, 27 years. i was born here and i've never seen it this bad. it's quite bad. some of the smaller cars are trying to get through, and then, well, they're going through, but at the other end, they're just breaking down because the water's so deep on the road. ijust don't know how long it's going to take for it to all go down, so it'sjust waiting for everything to dry out, i guess, and see what happens from there. but i know a lot of people on the street haven't got insurance or anything, so i don't know what they're going to do or what i'm going to do. the force of the storm has been felt across much of the uk. in brighton, a man died after being swept out to sea in the early hours of saturday morning. last night, train services on the west coast main line between preston and carlisle were stopped by a landslide. forecasters say the worst of the rain has now passed, but warnings of flooding look set to remain in place for

storm callum has also caused problems for many farmers across wales. footage of a horse rescue in gilwern in montmouthshire. two men swam out in to water six—feet deep to lead the animal to safety. no—one was injured in the rescue and the horse is said to be recovering well. a clean—up operation is underway in portugal following one of the most powerful storms to hit the country since records began. the remnants of hurricane leslie swept through the country, bringing down hundreds of trees and power lines. from lisbon, alison roberts reports. across portugal, people are picking up the pieces after a night of hurricane—force winds left a path of destruction. 13 out of the country's i8 mainland districts had been on red alert, and people warned not to leave their homes. hurricane leslie, the first ever to hit portugal, arrived late on saturday. on making landfall, it weakened to a tropical storm, but still packed plenty of punch. translation: the wind broke the windows and came in. i told my staff and clients to hide in the bathrooms and the kitchen, are

storm callum is approaching, and it is set to bring us some pretty wet and windy weather over the nextd. this was the picture as we ended the day, taken by one of our weather watchers in reading, and now our attention turns to the west and this is storm callum, this developing area low pressure. as it moves in on friday and lingering into saturday, it will bring particularly windy and wet weather on the cards too. the rainfall totals could be mounting up, particularly in parts of south wales, where we've got an amber warning for the heavy rain, 40—60 millimetres of rain, could be even more over high ground, up to 100 over the two days. so this is how friday is looking then. let's focus in on the regional detail. on friday morning, look at the wind speeds, 50 or 60mph, maybe a bit more than that on exposed irish sea coasts, and heavy rain in the south—west of england, wales and the midlands. northern ireland will have seen the worst of the wet weather by 8am friday morning, but very windy here and wet and pretty windy conditions in the bulk of scotland and northern england too, with tho

storm callum is approaching, and it is set to bring us some pretty wet and windy weather over the next was a breezy day, with a few showers around. this was the picture as we ended the day, taken by one of our weather watchers in reading. now our attention is turning to the west, and this is storm callum, this developing area of low pressure. as it moves in through the course of friday and lingering into saturday, it will bring particularly windy and wet weather on the cards too. the rainfall totals could be mounting up, particularly in parts of south wales, where we've got an amber warning for that heavy rain, around a0 to perhaps 60mm of rain. could be even more over high ground, up to 100mm over the two days. so this is how friday is looking then. let's focus in on the regional detail. on friday morning, look at those wind speeds, 50 or 60mph, maybe a bit more than that over some of these exposed irish sea coasts, and heavy rain in the south—west of england, wales, through the midlands too. northern ireland will have seen the worst of the wet weather by 8am friday morning, but still

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this is actually storm callum. storm callum has gone.or a few or others yet, the met office is anticipating this amber warning to continue, at least until 6pm tonight. heavy rainfall here and problematic in wales in the last couple of days. heavy rain also falling in scotland and northern ireland. every different towards the east. it has been much drier, brighter and sunny and extremely warm. extraordinary, really, forthe time of year. tonight the rain will ease in a number of areas but in the south—west, this is the next round of rain. this time it is heading for central, southern england, parts of wales, two, the midlands and then as we go through the morning on sunday, early in the morning, the rain sta rts early in the morning, the rain starts to extend further into the midlands into yorkshire as well, and it‘s basically that battle between the cold and the mild air. notice that across east anglia and the south—east, the wind is coming from the south, a warm direction. here it will be warm and wet and muddy, that sort of thing. that

callu m callum smith says he wants to fight at his beloved anfield next.bout it from sportsday this evening. the budget airline, primera air, has announced it will go into administration at midnight tonight. the airline said over the past two years, a series of unforeseen misfortunate events had severely affected its financial standing. our correspondent tom burridge is here. i suspect there may be some people are have not come across this airline so first tell us a bit more about it. it started in 2000 the scandinavian version of thomas crook chartered flights but within the last year was so it really changed its business plan which ultimately went wrong. basically started running flights primarily from the uk, from stansted, birmingham until august. and from manchester to destinations around europe but in may the airline basically announced it was going to start running transatlantic routes. it's a budget airline, a smallairline, transatlantic routes. it's a budget airline, a small airline, it had roughly ten aircraft if you think about ryanair, it has a

storm callum has also caused problems for many farmers across wales.t deep to lead the animal to safety. no—one was injured in the rescue and the horse is said to be recovering well. a 19—year—old man has died in a collision in his car with a police vehicle. it is thought that the police vehicle and ambulance were not responding to an emergency at the time. no—one in either of those vehicles was injured. the first rocket launch into space from british soil could happen as soon as 2020. it‘s thought it could be sent into orbit from a spaceport in the north of scotland. the uk‘s space industry is booming, thanks to a huge surge in demand for tiny satellites made here. joe miller has more. when the space race began in the 1950s, britain was very much a part of it, even managing to put a satellite into orbit. but space exploration was all but abandoned in the uk after politicians decided that taxpayers‘ money was better spent elsewhere. now, a boom in demand for satellite technology is bringing the sector back to life. you might not immediately associate b

wales bore the brunt of storm callum.rain and wind have the homes and some without power. i have been here 26, 27 yea rs. power. i have been here 26, 27 years. i have never seen it is bad. some of the smaller cars are trying to get through, and the water is deep on the road. either how long it will take three to go down. waiting is everything to dry out and see what happens from there. i know a lot of people on the street, i don't know what they are going to do what lam going know what they are going to do what i am going to do. the force of the storm has been felt across much of the uk. in brighton, a man died after being swept out to sea in the early hours of saturday morning. last night, train services on the west coast main line between preston and carlisle were stopped at a landslide. forecasters say the worst of the rain has now passed, but warnings of flooding looks set to remain in place much of the day. hurricane—force winds have hit parts of portugal, bringing down trees and leaving more than 15,000 homes withou

this is storm callum pushing into the north—west of the uk, but we have this trailing weather front,ain across parts of south wales. some areas have seen 100 millimetres already. we could see 160 millimetres over the hills by the end of saturday, causing significant problems with flooding and travel disruption too. elsewhere, it is going to be a very mild night. those temperatures at about 17 or 18 degrees in the south and east, a little bit cooler and fresher further north—west. heading through saturday then, we have got all this rain which is going to be ploughing in across parts of south—west england and wales too. those totals mounting up. it is notjust the rain but the strong winds too. quite widely 40—50 mile wind gusts. towards the east, things are dry and very mild. there is that heavy rain in southern scotland and england, but northern ireland and north—west scotland should stay largely dry, i think, through the course of the morning. through the morning, the rain pushing across northern ireland at times too. in south—east england, it will stay mostly dry. that wind will bri

after storm callum and a temperature of 26 degrees the next few days will be a fair bit quieter.coming in from the atlantic. very slowly, mind you. this cloud across the other side of the atlantic arrives during tuesday and will probably die down towards iberia where we are feeding up most of —— most of our cloud at the moment bringing outbreaks of rain. much drier across wales with even sunshine earlier today as a result the number of flood warnings have been dropping and we should continue to see river levels generally dropping as well. the rain is much further east, and here in lincolnshire we struggle to make double—figure temperatures today compared with 26 of yesterday. the rain has eased off for a while but will start to pepped up again and could return pushing a little further west towards the west country even across into southeast wales. a fair bit of cloud for england and wales, clearer skies for the northwest means temperatures typically in eastern scotla nd temperatures typically in eastern scotland not far away from freezing. scotla nd scotland not far away from fre

and after storm callum — the effort to get flooded parts of wales and western britain back to normal.evening. "key issues" are still to be resolved in the brexit talks according to the eu's chief negotiator, michel barnier — after a day that saw the brexit secretary dominic raab make an unscheduled trip to brussels for more face—to—face negotiations. with three days to go before eu leaders meet tonight it is far from clear whether the two sides will reach agreement. the backstop for ensuring that — in all circumstances — there is no hard border in ireland remains a central issue. and here, leading brexiteers are intensifying their pressure on the prime minister. our political correspondent vicki young reports. it's crunch time for brexit talks, and time for a flying visit to brussels by the man in charge of the uk's negotiations. dominic raab spentjust over one hour with his opposite number michel barnier but there's no deal, yet. the foreign secretary said this diplomatic dash was a sign of the effort going into the talks. there is no one who is going to be able to negotiate the righ

wales bore the brunt of storm callum.nd wind has flooded homes and left some without power. i've been here 26, 27 years. i was born here and i've never seen it this bad. it's quite bad. some of the smaller cars are trying to get through, and then, well, they're going through, but at the other end, they're just breaking down because the water's so deep on the road. ijust don't know how long it's going to take for it to all go down, so it'sjust waiting for everything to dry out, i guess, and see what happens from there. but i know a lot of people on the street haven't got insurance or anything, so i don't know what they're going to do or what i'm going to do. the force of the storm has been felt across much of the uk. in brighton, a man died after being swept out to sea in the early hours of saturday morning. last night, train services on the west coast main line between preston and carlisle were stopped by a landslide. forecasters say the worst of the rain has now passed, but warnings of flooding look set to remain in plac

strong winds and heavy rain brought by storm callum have continued to batter northern ireland and western parts of britain. president trump says saudi arabia will be punished severely if claims it's involved in the murder of a saudi journalist are substantiated. the chancellor is coming under growing pressure from his own mps now on bbc news, a special programme looking at the contenders and winner of this year's riba stirling prize for architecture. how much? i think it was over $1.5 billion, maybe $1.75 billion by the time we got done. you don't realise the scale of how big this build is. previously, most of us spent most of our time studying in our bedrooms, which can be a bit dark, boring and also quite lonely. i want to play, actually, in this space. great! but i think it makes everyone want to play! student housing is often very mean, and one of the meanest bits is the window. when you were told it was going to be made of compacted soil, what were your feelings? it's interesting. i had a sort of spiritual tingle. welcome to the roundhouse in london and this, the award ceremony for t

now, this is callum.f low pressure, it's been named by met. and, as it rolls across the uk on friday, we can expect gale—force winds, with severe gales in exposure. gusts in excess of 70 mph, likely to be damaging winds. some pretty heavy rain piling into the west through friday, as well. again, eastern areas definitely spared the wet weather, i think, for much of the day. but that wind is going to be the biggest problem, in association with this system on friday. still quite mild, even warm in the east, temperatures 19, 20, but much cooler weather eventually coming in behind callum. we've still got the trail of the weather front behind that system, though, with us for saturday. so some quite wet weather towards the north and west, pulling away at the moment, it looks like, eastwards for sunday. that should be the drier and brighter day of the two this weekend. still, though, a lot of uncertainty in the detail. it will be worth keeping regularly up—to—date with the forecast. good morning, welcome to break

strong winds and heavy rain brought by storm callum have continued to batter northern ireland and westernarts of britain. the chancellor is coming under growing pressure from his own mps to find extra funding for universal credit. the fracking firm cuadrilla has confirmed it won't carry out fracking today at its site near blackpool, citing bad weather as the cause of the delay. now on bbc news — click. this week... is beauty really in the ai of the beholder? a bug—eyed camera. and bringing colour to the great war. this is christie's auction house in london and, at the moment, it's home to a curious painting. it's called edmond de bellamy and it is not what it seems. what i like about the work we're offering is that, at first blush, it looks like a portrait. the frame is all part of that. you approach it, assuming it is like everything else you have seen. and then when you read the label and you read that, in fact, this has been created by an artificial intelligence programme, then that, i think, is the real shock. this is the latest image of a type that we have seen before on click — imag

storm callum is approaching and it is set to bring us some approaching and it is set to bring us some this is the picture as we ended the day from a weather watcher in reading and now our attention turns to the west and this is storm callum, this developing low pressure area. as it moves in on friday and lingering into saturday, it will bring windy and wet weather. the rainfall totals could be mounting up, particularly in parts of south wales, where we have an amber warning for the heavy rain, 40—60 millimetres of rain, could be even more over high ground, up to 100 over the two days. this is how friday is looking, let's focus on regional detail on friday morning, look at the wind speeds, 50 or 60 mph, maybe more on exposed irish sea coast and heavy rain in the south—west of england, wales and the midlands. northern ireland will have seen midlands. northern ireland will have seen the worst of the wet weather by 8am on friday but very windy here and wet and windy conditions in the bulk of scotland and northern england, with strong gusty winds. particularly windy in the north and west,

storm callum is approaching, and it is set to bring us some pretty wet and windy weather over the nextpicture as we ended the day, taken by one of our weather watchers in reading, and now our attention turns to the west and this is storm callum, this developing area low pressure. as it moves in on friday and lingering into saturday, it will bring particularly windy and wet weather on the cards too. the rainfall totals could be mounting up, particularly in parts of south wales, where we've got an amber warning for the heavy rain, 40—60 millimetres of rain, could be even more over high ground, up to 100 over the two days. so this is how friday is looking then. let's focus in on the regional detail. on friday morning, look at the wind speeds, 50 or 60mph, maybe a bit more than that on exposed irish sea coasts, and heavy rain in the south—west of england, wales and the midlands. northern ireland will have seen the worst of the wet weather by sam friday morning, but very windy here and wet and pretty windy conditions in the bulk of scotland and northern england too, with those strong gusty

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in from the atlantic, very slowly. —— after storm callum.we are feeling most of the cloud at the moment, which brings outbreaks of rain. much drier across wales, even sunshine earlier in the day and as a result, number of flood warnings have been dropping and we will see levels dropping as well. the rain is much further east, here in lincolnshire, struggling to make double—figure temperatures. the rain has eased off for a while but will pack up again and could return and push west, towards the west country, even as we go to south—east wales. cloud for england and wales, clearer skies further north, temperatures in eastern scotland will not be far from freezing. scotland, northern ireland seeing more sunshine developing. england and wales, away from the far north and the far west, a lot of cloud, further outbreaks of rain which could be heavy at times, mainly in the midlands, and in the south—east, although we could get late sunshine giving the temperature isa late sunshine giving the temperature is a bit ofa late sunshine giving the temperat

now, this is callum.essure, it's been named by met, and as it rolls across the uk on friday, we can expect gale—force winds, with severe gales in exposure. gusts in excess of 70 mph, likely to be damaging winds. some pretty heavy rain piling into the west through friday, as well. again, eastern areas definitely spared the wet weather, i think, for much of the day. but that wind is going to be the biggest problem, in association with this system on friday. still quite mild, even warm in the east, temperatures 19, 20, but much cooler weather eventually coming in behind callum. we've still got the trail of the weather front behind that system, though, with us for saturday. so some quite wet weather towards the north and west, pulling away at the moment, it looks like, eastwards for sunday. that should be the drier and brighter day of the two this weekend. still, though, a lot of uncertainty in the detail. it will be worth keeping regularly up—to—date with the forecast. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to vi

storm callum is approaching, and it is set to bring us some pretty wet and windy weather over the nexth a few showers around. this was the picture as we ended the day, taken by one of our weather watchers in reading. now our attention is turning to the west, and this is storm callum, this developing area of low pressure. as it moves in through the course of friday and lingering into saturday, it will bring particularly windy and wet weather on the cards too. the rainfall totals could be mounting up, particularly in parts of south wales, where we've got an amber warning for that heavy rain, around a0 to perhaps 60mm of rain. could be even more over high ground, up to 100mm over the two days. so this is how friday is looking then. let's focus in on the regional detail. on friday morning, look at those wind speeds, 50 or 60mph, maybe a bit more than that over some of these exposed irish sea coasts, and heavy rain in the south—west of england, wales, through the midlands too. northern ireland will have seen the worst of the wet weather by 8am friday morning, but still very windy here, and