central belt of scotland, the central belt of scotland looks like it could turn very nasty indeed to afternoon, wind gusts widely to 80 or 90 mph but 100 mph ransom exposed coasts and hills, so regardless of the conditions in the first place a storm like that will cause major impact. there is a much broader and the weather warning covering really the northern half of the uk, some very strong, destructively strong winds in this area and there are weather warnings covering the whole of the uk not only for the wind strength but also rain and snow in the north. but it is the power of the storm, this is how it has developed on the satellite picture, developing from the big stripe of cloud, you can see a book appearing and the storm deepened very rapidly, the area of low pressure deepened by 50 millibars in 2a hours. there is a term explosive cyclogenesis, a weather bomb, you might have heard that use, that would need a drop of 2a millibars in the centre of the low, we have more than double back. notice that hoop of cloud pointing across northern ireland, south—west scotland, there is some

warning, the highest level of warning, the highest level of warning, is covering the whole of the central belt from east to west, taking in the main cities of glasgow and edinburgh. it is where the majority of the scottish population lives. widespread school closures there and it goes beyond that into transport, as well, obviously. all scotrail trains, the train service in scotland, they have been cancelled. calmac, which runs ferries to the islands in scotland, they are not running any business today. bus service largely affected, airports airports saying you should checkin airports saying you should check in in advance to see if your flight is a chilly taking off. widespread disruption expected there, as well. it goes beyond transport. everything from the courts in scotland to food deliveries from ubereats, putting out a statement that they will not operate as normal. an idea of the widespread disruption expected. yesterday evening at about 6pm, people in 22 of scotland's 32 local authorities got that uk government emergency alert on their phone, the first time it has officially been used in

a red warning will soon come into place for parts of the central belt.reets are deserted, and subway closed as all trains are cancelled. subway closed as all trains are cancelled-— cancelled. this is a ma'or weaned cancelled. this is a ma'or weather events �* cancelled. this is a ma'or weather events and i cancelled. this is a major i weather events and keeping cancelled. this is a major - weather events and keeping our customers and colleagues safe is our number one priority. because of that we have had to make the very difficult decision to withdraw all of our scotrail services throughout friday to make sure we keep everybody safe. much of wales and the north of england are under an amberwarning. there — like everywhere else in eowyn�*s path — disruption is expected, and the advice is to only travel if you really have to. from this storm we're expecting airborne issues. so debris, potentially, power outages. so our advice would be to plan journeys if you are making those journeys. think about what you're doing in any circumstances, and keep safe. almos

glasgow is right in the middle of this red warning that is covering the central belt of scotland, andn area of the country where the majority of people in scotland live. we are currently shielded by a big live. we are currently shielded bya big building live. we are currently shielded by a big building and live. we are currently shielded bya big building and if live. we are currently shielded by a big building and if i was to walk out over the towards the river clyde which is looking more like the sea at the moment, i was there early and i cannot stand there, it was pushing me to the side. so when we talk about the wind strength we are seeing, up to around 90 mph in scotland, that is what we are talking about, where you struggle to stay standing and trees falling on roads, and where anything that is not tied down and is lightweight enough and moving at the moment, and that is why the official advice is so serious at the moment and it is telling people to stay—at—home and onlyjourney if it is absolutely necessary. judging by the streets across scotland, that advice seems to be being ta

for there's a red warning in place for parts of the central belt.ed it's too dangerous for any trains to run. , , ., ., ., ., run. this is a ma'or weather event, run. this is a ma'or weather event and h run. this is a major weather event, and keeping - run. this is a major weather event, and keeping our- event, and keeping our customers and colleagues safe is our number one priority. because of that, we've made the difficult decision to withdraw all of our services throughout friday to make sure we keep everyone safe.— friday to make sure we keep everyone safe. much of wales and the north _ everyone safe. much of wales and the north of— everyone safe. much of wales and the north of england - everyone safe. much of wales and the north of england are i and the north of england are under an and the north of england are underan amberwarning. and the north of england are under an amber warning. there, disruption is expected, and the advice is only travel if you really have to. from this storm we expect airborne issues, so debris potentially, power outage

the central belt will be the key area affected by storm eowyn. glasgow airport, which isn't too far from largs, glasgow airport, which isn't too farfrom largs, where glasgow airport, which isn't too far from largs, where as you can see, there are also cancellations at edinburgh airport. we're also hearing now of some flights cancelled at heathrow airport in london. let's also show you valley home in northern ireland. —— ballyholme. the information we haveis ballyholme. the information we have is that the red weather alert for northern ireland has come into effect at 7am local time. we will continue to follow developments or in storm eowyn here on bbc news. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. on monday, the world will mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz—birkenau. 0pened by the nazis in occupied poland in 1940 as a concentration and labour camp, it ulimately became the most notorious extermination camp. more than a million people were murdered there, the majority of them jews. the 27th january also marks holoc

the winds start hitting south, south—west right across the central belt, that is an area home to aroundits two biggest cities, edinburgh and glasgow. the danger two life comes from flying debris and falling trees and police warned it will be hazardous to be out and about. they haveissued hazardous to be out and about. they have issued an advisory saying they don't want to see people on the roads, people travelling in the affected areas. there are also school closures, hundreds of thousands of pupils are expected to miss their classes for the day. the disruption tomorrow will be significant. disruption tomorrow will be significant-— disruption tomorrow will be siunificant. ., ., ., president trump has told the world economic forum in switzerland that companies should make their products in america if they want to avoid tariffs. he spoke to business leaders via videolink from washington, promising manufacturers the lowest taxes of any nation on earth if they produced their goods in the us. 0ur economics editor, faisal islam, is in davos and was listening to the address. faisal, how did th

the low pressure tracks across northern scotland and we focus across the central belt of scotland.irection affecting glasgow and edinburgh. it will produce gales in orkney, shetland and the highlands into saturday. the highest possible weather alert — the highest possible weather alert is— the highest possible weather alert is in place here. that is alert is in place here. that is a red — alert is in place here. that is a red warning. forthe alert is in place here. that is a red warning. for the first time — a red warning. for the first time ever— a red warning. for the first time ever that extends across the entire _ time ever that extends across the entire island of ireland. we are _ the entire island of ireland. we are expecting serious conditions. the announcement came — conditions. the announcement came that _ conditions. the announcement came that every school in northern ireland will close tomorrow in a bid to protect pe0pie's_ tomorrow in a bid to protect people's from the effects of the storm. the last time that happened was during a hurricane in 2011— happened was during

a rare red warning for northern ireland and the scottish central belt, which means a danger to life isparts of the transport network will be closed in these areas. the isle of man has declared a major incident because of the number of trees down and is advising people to stay at home. more than 700,000 homes and businesses in the republic of ireland and 93,000 in northern ireland are without power. let's show you these live pictures — first to ballyholme in northern ireland. we are hearing how bad conditions are there from sara girvinjust a conditions are there from sara girvin just a little while ago. now to larcs in scotland. just west of glasgow. police are saying the conditions there are saying the conditions there are treacherous. the area is now included in the warning zone. police scots in the say they are dealing with a high volume of calls related to the weather, do not travel, please stay indoors. and we'll show you this live shot from treardour in wales. because of conditions there, a number of ferry companies are saying that they are cancelling crossings between holyhead, w

another met office red warning in place for southern and central areas of scotland, including the central beltife within that red warning area. and here is the storm, the strongest gusts of wind, tight squeeze on the isobars, towards the southern flank of that low. this is the red warning area. this is in place until 5:00 later on this afternoon. widespread gusts of 80—90 miles an hour, with isolated gusts, particularly towards western coasts and across these islands in the west of up to 100 miles an hour, and it's been extended further south into dumfries and galloway. there's a wider amber warning in place, too, with gusts of 60 to 70 miles an hour. higher gusts of 80 to 90 always possible towards the south. the amber is in place until 9:00 this evening, but across northern scotland, the northern isles until saturday morning at 6:00. so, this is the rest of the day, wintry showers over 300m in scotland — there will be blizzard like conditions here. further south there will be some sunshine but it remains very windy throughout the day. wherever you are, with gusts of wind of a0 to 80 miles an

millions have been urged to stay at home, as a rare red warning for northern ireland and the scottish central belts a danger to life, is now in place. many schools and large parts of the transport network are closed in these areas. and as you can see from this map, it's a giant storm where coastal areas could see winds of more than ioomph. an amber weather warning is in place, for the rest of scotland, northern england and north wales. in a moment i'll talk to david wallace lockhart in glasgow. but first, this report from chris page. after gathering force over the sea, storm eowyn hit ireland with its full fierceness. early this morning, winds which were already strong, turned savage. at galway aquarium, the gusts pushed flood water into the car park. further north, the town of westport in county mayo took its share of the battering. looking out to sea, the winds are at their maximum strength, and it's obviously too dangerous to go outside into a storm of that ferocity, so we're sheltering in a tunnel. the west coast of ireland is particularly exposed to storms rolling in across the atlantic ocean

into garden with the low pressure trekking across northern scotland refocused the wind across the central beltf scotland, a dangerous direction, affecting the population centres of glasgow and edinburgh. before it gradually clears after the north but still producing gales, shetland and the highlands, as we go through the saturday. highlands, as we go through the saturda . . ~ highlands, as we go through the saturda . ., ~ , ., ., saturday. thank you. you can keep up-to-date _ saturday. thank you. you can keep up-to-date on - saturday. thank you. you can keep up-to-date on storm i saturday. thank you. you can - keep up-to-date on storm eowyn keep up—to—date on storm eowyn here on bbc news and on our website and the bbc weather app as well. with winter always a difficult time for many pensioners, there is concern after two cold snaps, rising energy prices and millions using losing winter fuel payments, people are suffering. 0ne charity which gives energy advice says pensioners are having to choose between heating or eating. 0ur cost of living correspondent colletta smith has this report. keeping

and then the strongest of the winds transfer into the central belt of scotland. amber weather warnings quite widely across the northern half of the uk. damaging gusts of winds here, there are numerous weather warnings right across the uk. do go to the bbc weather website for further updates. but as we go through the day on friday, the rain across england and wales will ease quite quickly. and then it's a day of sunny spells and gale force gusts of winds. a rash of showers and longer spells of rain as the low crosses scotland. here it's going to stay pretty miserable, highest values of 12 further south. but as i've already stated, if you don't have to travel in those red weather warnings, it is best not to do so. if you do have travel plans on friday, well, be prepared for those damaging winds. there could be some disruption with power cuts, structural damage, travel disruption. tune into your bbc local radio station for further updates. now the storm will start to ease away, still windy day on saturday, but elsewhere it's a slightly quieter story, so we keep the

it went right down to the south of scotland, to dumfries and galloway, up through the central belt anda where more than three million people live. that is more than half of scotland's population. there was a strong warning from police scotland yesterday that people should stay inside, seek shelter if at all possible. we have been doing a limited amount of filming today when it has been safe to do so, and i can say that the roads have been extremely quiet, but there has been damage. there has been disruption. there have been fallen trees, we have seen buildings brought down, we have seen roofs flying off and there have been overturned vehicles as well. there has been extensive disruption that is lorna gordon in scotland. northern england has seen reduced weather warnings — compared to ireland, northern ireland and scotland. our correspondent, danny savage, is in penrith. i think it's important to point out that it was an amber weather warning, which was in place across northern england. still in place, obviously not as severe as what we had in scotland and northern ireland. however, by

the met office has issued a rare red weather alert for northern ireland and the central belt of scotlandcould see gusts of up to 100mph and "flying debris resulting in danger to life". an amber warning is in place for the rest of scotland, northern england and north wales. and yellow weather warnings will cover the rest of the uk. nhs england says that flu cases in hospitals were lower last week than the previous week, though still double the number of this time last year. but officials have warned that cases of the winter vomiting bug norovirus are the highest for this time of year since 2020. hospitals in england are nearly full with 96% of adult beds occupied. charli xcx leads this year's brit awards with five nominations, including one for album of the year with �*brat�*. the last dinner party scored four. and the beatles have got their first nomination since the �*70s for song of the year with now and then. the cure have got their first nomination in over three decades. you're live with bbc news. a new wildfire has flared up north of los angeles, which is still counting the cost of

the met office has issued a rare red weather alert for northern ireland and the central belt of scotlandmph and flying debris resulting in danger to life. an amber warning is in place for the rest of scotland, northern england and north wales and yellow weather warnings will cover the rest of the uk. nhs england says that flu cases in hospitals were lower last week than the previous week, though still double the number of this time last year. but officials have warned that cases of the winter vomiting bug norovirus are the highest for this time of year since 2020. hospitals in england are nearly full with 96% of adult beds occupied. charli xcx leads this year's brit awards with five nominations, including one for album of the year with brat. the last dinner party scored four. and the beatles have got their first nomination since the �*70s for song of the year with now and then. the cure have got their first nomination in over three decades. on monday the world will mark the 80th anniversary of the liberation of auschwitz—birkenau. opened in holland in may of i940 by the nazis what starte

millions have been urged to stay at home, as a rare red warning for the scottish central belt, which now in place. many schools and large parts of the transport network are closed. and as you can see from this map, it's a giant storm where coastal areas could see winds of more than ioomph. an amber weather warning is in place for the rest of scotland, northern england and north wales. let's speak to meteorologist from the met office, alexander burkill. alexander, thank you very much for being here on the programme. this has been pretty wild. , . , , ., wild. yes, it has been an exceptionally _ wild. yes, it has been an exceptionally deep - wild. yes, it has been an exceptionally deep area | wild. yes, it has been an l exceptionally deep area of wild. yes, it has been an - exceptionally deep area of low pressure as we are expecting. that is why we are seeing exceptionally strong wins. you talk about those kind of gusts, that we have already seen gusts of 100 mph recorded earlier on this afternoon. in excess of 90 mph across parts of northern ireland and wales. it has really been as wi

also northern ireland and scotland will brighten up too, especially anywhere to the north of the central belt got more extensive low clouds and fog developing across central and southern parts of england and wales to scotland and northern ireland, keeping the clearer spells but mostly frost free in the northwest. a cold, frosty start for some of us across england and wales, though. into sunday, and this weather front just pushes a little bit further in later in the day. that could bring some patchy light rain to northern ireland. but to start things off, we�*ve got some mist. and we�*ve got some fog around that should slowly lift into low cloud across many central and eastern areas further north and west. generally more sunshine again, but for northern ireland it will cloud over with a few spots of light rain later on. still looking at ten degrees for the likes of belfast, but only three or four under those cloudier skies for central and eastern areas into monday. and as that weather front sinks south, it will tend to dissipate. but it could bring some light rain to parts of north wales, nort

and then the strongest of the winds transfer into the central belt of scotland. isolated gusts of 100 mph. we've also got amber weather warnings quite widely across the northern half of the uk. damaging gusts of winds here, there are numerous weather warnings right across the uk. do go to the bbc weather website for further updates. but as we go through the day on friday, the rain across england and wales will ease quite quickly. and then it's a day of sunny spells and gale force gusts of winds. a rash of showers and longer spells of rain as the low crosses scotland. here it's going to stay pretty miserable, six or seven degrees — highest values of 12 further south. but as i've already stated, if you don't have to travel in those red weather warnings, it is best not to do so. if you do have travel plans on friday, well, be prepared for those damaging winds. there could be some disruption with power cuts, structural damage, travel disruption. tune into your bbc local radio station for further updates. now the storm will start to ease away, still windy day on satur

that'll continue until 2:00 in the afternoon, and then the strongest of the winds transfer into the central belt quite widely across the northern half of the uk. damaging gusts of winds here. there are numerous weather warnings right across the uk — do go to the bbc weather website for further updates. but as we go through the day on friday, the rain across england and wales will ease quite quickly, and then it's a day of sunny spells and gale—force gusts of winds. a rash of showers and longer spells of rain as the low crosses scotland. here, it's going to stay pretty miserable — six or seven degrees, highest values of 12 further south. but, as i've already stated — if you don't have to travel in those red weather warnings, it is best not to do so. if you do have travel plans on friday — well, be prepared for those damaging winds. there could be some disruption with power cuts, structural damage, travel disruption. tune into your bbc local radio station for further updates. now, the storm will start to ease away. still a windy day on saturday, but elsewhere, it's a slightly quieter story. so we

and then the strongest of the winds transfer into the central belt of scotland.e also got amber weather warnings quite widely across the northern half of the uk. damaging gusts of winds here, there are numerous weather warnings right across the uk. do go to the bbc weather website for further updates. but as we go through the day on friday, the rain across england and wales will ease quite quickly. and then it's a day of sunny spells and gale force gusts of winds. a rash of showers and longer spells of rain as the low crosses scotland. here it's going to stay pretty miserable, six or seven degrees — highest values of 12 further south. but as i've already stated, if you don't have to travel in those red weather warnings, it is best not to do so. if you do have travel plans on friday, well, be prepared for those damaging winds. there could be some disruption with power cuts, structural damage, travel disruption. tune into your bbc local radio station for further updates. now the storm will start to ease away, still windy day on saturday, but elsewhere it's a slight

across parts of western dumfries and galloway, ayrshire, argyll and pete, but more importantly the central beltm glasgow to edinburgh, that comes into play attorney on friday morning until 5pm —— bute. attorney on friday morning until5pm —— bute. quite a dangerous situation, the met office very rarely is red warnings, only if they are confident there will be high impact from the stone and danger to life. the wind speed, generally quite widely around 70-80 generally quite widely around 70—80 miles an hour, maybe 80-90 70—80 miles an hour, maybe 80—90 and a few spots, but the winds could top 100 miles an hour, the north coast of northern ireland especially, and around parts of argyll and bute and the western coasts and firth of clyde and parts of dumfries and galloway. huge geographical— dumfries and galloway. huge geographical area, _ dumfries and galloway. huge geographical area, large - dumfries and galloway. huge geographicalarea, large number geographical area, large number of people could be impacted, what is the advice, but to suggested when they issue the red weather alerts?— suggested wh

a rare red warning for northern ireland and the scottish central belt, we know that one person at leasttree fell onto his car. mel been killed saying a man died when a tree fell onto his car.— tree fell onto his car. met office red warnings — tree fell onto his car. met office red warnings were in _ tree fell onto his car. met office red warnings were in place - tree fell onto his car. met office red warnings were in place for. red warnings were in place for northern island and places in scotland. many schools and large parts of the transport network will be closed in these areas. the isle of man has declared a major incident because of the number of trees down — and is advising people to stay at home. more than 700 thousand homes and businesses in the republic of ireland and 93 thousand in northern ireland are without power. earlier i spoke with the meteorologist who said it has been pretty wild. has been an exceptionally deep area of low pressure, as we were expecting, and this is why we've seen such exceptionally strong winds. you talked about those kind of gusts, but yes, we've alre

the afternoon with low pressure tracking across northern scotland refocused the winds across the central beltdangerous direction, affecting the population centres of glasgow and edinburgh. before it gradually clears after the north, still producing gales in orkney and shetland as we go into saturday. you can keep up—to—date with the latest on storm eowyn the bbc weather app and we will be covering that weather system as it approaches the uk on bbc news. with winter always a difficult time for many pensioners, there's concern that after two cold snaps, a rise in energy prices, and millions losing their winter fuel payments, many older people are suffering in silence. one charity which gives energy advice says pensioners are having to choose between heating or eating. our cost of living correspondent colletta smith has this report. keeping warm in one of the coldest areas of england isn't easy. we don't go out when it's icy or snowy. marjorie and rosemary are both in their 90s, and have been friends for a very long time. we knew each other at school, actually. yes. and now they're next door nei

but in this central belt here, this was in really, really bad shape. so we have kind of a three step approach or conserving the blocks which are in good enough condition to support weight. we are a veneer in those that that have have eroded. i have but are still strong and we're putting a veneer on top of them. and then as a last last case, what we're doing is replacing them outright. if we have so the center section is again a sandstone that we're replacing the original sandstone that that just didn't survive or isn't up to the task of holding up helping to hold up the house. now we're as far north in the cellar as we can go. so we're in the 1776 north edition of the house. above our heads is, the new room, that big green entertaining room at the north end of the house. so as i mentioned earlier, the north part of the house framing really had problems with rot and termites in the 1930s active termite colonies that we have photographs of them holding timbers that were basically crumbling in their hands. so much of the 18th century fabric was lost throu

china is very much using its belt and road initiative in the south of america, central america, and preserving and keeping the panama canal is important. i mean, symbolically, the gulf of america is a good idea. i think it shows mexico that we are not going to continue to allow the cartels to control our border and be weak on our border where we have a southern border that's causing problems in our country along with the northern border, which is where i hail from. so these are really important issues he's facing directly. transparently, the most transparent president we've ever seen in american history in the time of social media and age of information. liz: it's like the media and democrats and biden want to keep america trapped and distracting fights about lawfare tactics and president trump. president trump is talking about national security threat from china, even the general that leads the u.s. southern command warn that had china is stepping in in a big way in the panama canal to dominate shipping. dominate the export of their own goods. the world's bibbingest exporter -- biggest export

been a member of china's belt and road initiative as well and xi's plan to come to nate all global trade is part of this do we really want china dominating a canal that's centralo our trade? if they take control of enough of pan marks could china ultimately use it as a station for its military? these are valid questions. again, each raising this issue is somehow unaffront to official washington. how dare you stand up for the united states? you are threatening the global order donald trump. if trump can make a deal for strategically important greenland? why wouldn't that be a good thing? >> we need greenland for national security purposes. i have been told that for a long time. long before i even ran people have been talking about it for a long time. i'm talking about protecting the free world. you look at -- you don't even need binoculars, you look outside you have china ships all over the place russian ships all over the place we are not letting that happen. >> set the media's hair on fire but trump is right. back in august, a piece in the harvard international review explained how china has tried to take hold of greenland's iron and uranium mining industries

a red warning will soon come into place for part of the central belt.the streets are deserted. the subway closed. all trains are cancelled. subway closed. all trains are cancelled-— cancelled. this is a ma'or weatherd cancelled. this is a ma'or weather events �* cancelled. this is a ma'or weather events and i cancelled. this is a major i weather events and keeping cancelled. this is a major - weather events and keeping our customers and colleagues safe is our number one priority. because of that we have had to make the very difficult decision to withdraw all of our scotrail services throughout friday to make sure we keep everybody safe.— friday to make sure we keep everybody safe. much of wales and north of— everybody safe. much of wales and north of england _ everybody safe. much of wales and north of england are - everybody safe. much of wales and north of england are underj and north of england are under and north of england are under an amberwarning. this and north of england are under an amber warning. this was the scene on the cumbrian coast. like

the met office has issued a rare red weather warning for northern ireland and the scottish central beltans a danger to life. 4.5 million people were sent an emergency phone alert — many schools and large parts of the transport network will be closed in these areas. and as you can see from this map, it's a giant storm where coastal areas could see winds of up to 100 mph. an amber weather warning is in place for the rest of scotland, northern england and north wales with separate yellow warnings for wind and rain covering the rest of the uk. eowyn is also battering ireland which has seen a provisional record wind of 114 miles per hour recorded in galway. let's get the latest from joe inwood. the fastest since records began. with winds of up to 100 miles an hour, there's only so much you can do to prepare for a storm like eowyn. first to feel its force was the republic of ireland. a red warning is in place for the entire country. here, it's being called the storm of the century. next in the path of eowyn is northern ireland — where alerts have already sounded on people's phones. alert blar

this red warning is going to cover the central belt of scotland and beyond.rity of scots live. the vast majority of schools in the country are going to be closed. there is transport disruption already, no scotrail trains running, no ferry is going to the islands of scotland. airports telling passengers to check before of scotland. airports telling p

there's a red warning in place for part of the central belt, and they'll be monitoring disruption atom. but it's been decided it's too dangerous for any trains to run. this is a major weather event, and keeping our customers and colleagues safe is our number—one priority. because of that, we've had to make the very difficult decision to withdraw all of our scotrail services throughout friday to make sure that we keep everybody safe. much of wales and the north of england are under an amberwarning. there — like everywhere else in eowyn�*s path — disruption is expected, and the advice is to only travel if you really have to. from this storm we're expecting airborne issues. so debris, potentially, power outages. so our advice would be to plan journeys if you are making those journeys. think about what you're doing in any circumstances, and keep safe. almost the whole of the uk is set to be under a yellow warning for high winds. yesterday in cornwall, there were even reports of a tornado. it wasn't caused by storm eowyn, but was a reminder of our increasingly unpredictable weather. joe i

the central belt of scotland could turn really unpleasant to say the least through this afternoon.d gusts of 80 have edinburgh, glasgow, could see wind gusts of 80 hav