_ is going, carol kirkwood is on the bus! �* , ., is going, carol kirkwood is on the bus! going, - the bus? you do, absolutely, ask them how their day is going, all. them how their day is going, all that stuff. ., ., them how their day is going, all that stuff. ., . ., , that stuff. you are in the minority apparently- _ a new report says just one in five people acknowledge them when boarding, and only one in ten say thank you when getting off. that is really surprising. i bet you say hello as well. so do i. may be they only employ friendly people on breakfast! but if more people did it — it could have a positive impact on the wellbeing of both the driver and the passenger. we sent fiona lamdin to investigate. i'm waiting for the 349, which will take me through bristol city centre. hi, there, good evening. good afternoon, good afternoon. a return to keynsham, please. certainly, there you go. brilliant, thanks so much, see you. well, apparently, according to a new study, only two in ten of us, that's 23% say hello to the driver, while only one in ten of us, that's 8%, say go

charlene, be our carol kirkwood. what's on the way?. — can't wait for thursday. bring it on. if you are on holiday or if you are not, here is the all—important weather forecast with carol kirkwood. hello again. for many of us today, the weather will be settled. we will see a change coming in from the west a bit later on in the day. that is courtesy of the weather front wrapped around the area of low pressure that will come in late afternoon and early evening, cross us overnight, bring some rain and fresh conditions. before that, the cloud across scotland, northern england, northern ireland and the south will continue to break, sunny spells, some will be hazy, a chance of an isolated shower in the midlands, wales, northern ireland, central and southern scotland, but that is all. it will feel muggy today. southerly winds, top temperatures roughly 22 to 27 degrees, not as windy in shetland. you can see the progress of the front pushing northwards and eastwards, picking up across northern ireland and scotland, where the rain will be heavie

now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again.s, the forecast is sunshine and also some scattered showers, some of which will be heavy and thundery. and that certainly is the case today. the other thing about today's forecast is we are losing the humidity levels that we have had in the far south—east of england. so variable amounts of cloud, some sunny spells and some showers. more showers developing as we go through the course of the afternoon. the driest conditions will be in the south—eastern quarter of the country. we can't totally rule out a shower here, but the heaviest ones with potentially a rumble of thunder will be across the north of scotland. temperatures, 14 to 21 degrees, feeling fresher in the south—east than it has done in the last few days. if you are off to the reading or leeds festival, there is the chance of a shower today. if you catch one, it could be thundery more particularly in reading, but we can't rule out showers even through the next few days in both festivals. so into this evening and overnight, we ha

now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again.continues today with some heavy, thundery rain and some strong winds. low pressure is driving the weather, it is pulling from the west towards the east, taking its rain with it, followed by showers and you can see from the isobars it is going to be windy, particularly so in areas adjacent to the english channel. now, that is to affect our coastline across the southwest, southern counties of england, the channel islands with gusts widely a0 to 55 mph, locally with exposure, up to 60 miles an hour. meteo france, because of the effects it is having in north—west france, have actually named this system storm patricia. so, for us, we've got the rain continuing to push over to the east, lingering across north—east england, heavy showers pushing over to the south—east, some of those thundery. for scotland and for northern ireland and for parts of wales, it will brighten up as we go through the afternoon. but nonetheless, there will still be some showers. through this evening and overnight, ra

now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again. but if you have an allergy to weed pollen, it's worth mentioning that the levels today are high across much of england and also all of wales. the forecast for today is one of sunny spells and a few showers. the showers fairly well scattered and there will be fewer of them than there were at the weekend. so what we have is a lot of sunshine around, variable amounts of cloud. again, the cloud producing the odd shower here and there. but for most of us, we'll miss them. and by the end of the afternoon, we'll be starting to see the cloud thicken up in the western isles, heralding the arrival of a weather front that will later bring in some rain. temperatures, 1a to 21 degrees. with light winds if you're in the sunshine, that will feel quite pleasant. and, in fact, if you're off to the notting hill carnival today, it should be mostly dry, there'll be some sunny spells. at times, there'll be areas of cloud coming across and you could catch the odd shower, but highs up to 20 degrees. now thr

time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again.itions come our way. it's also going to turn a bit more humid but this doesn't mean wall—to—wall blue skies. there will be areas of cloud and for some of us foggy starts to the day. we've had that combination already this morning. high pressure building in, this weatherfront across northern ireland drifting eastwards and in doing so, as it bumps into high pressure, it's weakening. today in essence we are looking at a mostly dry day with sunny spells and variable amounts of cloud. still quite murky around the coasts of wales and south—west england with low cloud, some coastal mist and fog and also some drizzle. you might get the odd spot of drizzle across the lake district and western scotland, the pennines as well, but temperatures higher than yesterday. tonight you will find we have areas of cloud that will break. some mist and fog patches forming. the winds that have been prevalent in the last few days across north—east scotland easing and it will be warmer than last night and a more

now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again.er the next few days is going to be very samey as well. sunshine and showers, a lot of which will be across the north and the west. warmer and drier with sunshine in the south. but it all changes at the end of the week. so what we have is a low—pressure anchor to the north, high pressure to the south and of weak front in between. and that weak front has been producing some cloud and some showers in the northern half of the country through the day. it is a breezy day, that westerly breeze blowing in some showers across western scotland and northern ireland. so the driest conditions across southern england and this is also where we are going to have the highest temperatures. yesterday, in parts of suffolk, it reached 26 degrees, it could easily do that again today. but generally speaking, our range is low 20s to mid 20s. as we head on through the evening and overnight, a lot of the showers will fade but not all of them. at the same time, we have a weak weather front coming in across wale

we are going to catch up with the weather with carol kirkwood. hello again.rnight thursday into friday, a cold front sweeps across us, bringing rain and fresher conditions. today, we've got a high pressure across us, weather fronts waiting in the wings to come our way a bit later on in the day. more particularly to wales and the southwest. so there's a fair bit of sunshine, a lot of dry weather around this afternoon. some scattered showers, the odd sharp one, the heaviest of which will be across the north of scotland. and you can see the cloud thickening up with some patchy light rain and drizzle coming into south west england and south west wales. top temperatures about 21. now the cloud and rain will push in through the course of this evening and overnight heading northwards and eastwards. there'll be quite a bit of fog as well along the coast and hills. there'll be quite a bit of fog as well along the coasts and hills. but to the north of that for northern england, northern ireland in scotland, clearer skies, but the wind picking up across the northeast an

charlene, be our carol kirkwood. what's on the way?llo earlier indeed. we will take it because it's notjust on the way, it because it's notjust on the way, it has arrived, people, the sun is here. jill and jackie, how tough was july? how hopeful are you for the weeks ahead? tt’s july? how hopeful are you for the weeks ahead?— weeks ahead? it's been a tricky month after— weeks ahead? it's been a tricky month after a _ weeks ahead? it's been a tricky month after a scorching - weeks ahead? it's been a tricky month after a scorching june i weeks ahead? it's been a tricky i month after a scorching june when there _ month after a scorching june when there were — month after a scorching june when there were no children on holiday and then— there were no children on holiday and then we have leapt intojuly and it has— and then we have leapt intojuly and it has not— and then we have leapt intojuly and it has not stopped raining. what and then we have leapt into july and it has not stopped raining. what was the worst of — it has not stopped raini