cold the channel islands. for many a dry night. clearskies. cold out the channel islands.ith the ground is wet it will be icy. tomorrow, heavy showers potentially from south—east england through east anglia. cloud and rain in shetland and the hebrides. most having a dry and bright day. some showers down to south west england. maybe rain and hail as well. sleet and snow in parts of scotland, too. it is still feeling quite pleasant. this weather front could be developing from northern france. a wet day for the channel islands. some coastal counties could be close to the rain at times. sunny spells after a frosty start. temperatures dropping again. any snow will be limited to the hills. most places will stay dry. a frosty start to friday. friday we will see changes. snow in the form of showers. it could turn cloudy and wet across southern england and wales. yellow colours in the chart. mild air crashing again be cold a to begin the weekend. england and wales will see some rain on saturday. some snow for a time in scotland. the mild air will win out and by sunday, sunshine. mo

. 0ther continuing towards the channel islands.dry, temperatures still over the time of year, 47 degrees, not as cold as the weekend and steering the rest of the week we will see those temperatures warming attach so things turning marder, some rain later in the week but to start the week it's high—pressure that drives the weather. into tuesday the high—pressure stays bringing a mostly dry day, it weak front on tuesday will bring cloud and rain to areas of linkage and east anglia towards the south—east but elsewhere are a lot of dry and bright weather. temperatures are starting to creep up temperatures are starting to creep up post on average, between six and my degrees by tuesday and we will have lost but biting easterly wind. towards the middle of the week, noticed the yellow colours approaching from the atlantic, a change in air mass in the middle of the week. on wednesday the change will also bring some rain to parts of scotland and northern ireland, patchy at this stage. further south and east across the country a largely dry d

the exception across east anglia and the south—east and the channel islands we re south—east and thet even here, skies will brighten up to the morning, just about all will have sunshine through the afternoon, a lovely afternoon in england and wales, just an isolated shower here and there in the north. in the north of scotland, once the sun is on your back, it will feel pleasant. 13 or 14 degrees. clear skies into sunday night, one or two showers, the frost will be back and a bit more widely through sunday night into monday, temperatures dropping further as well. a chilly start for the new working week, a bit of frost around, al is a bit of ice, showers through the night as well. the week ahead, monday will see some milder air pushed back in and then it is a battle through the week, depending on whether the atla ntic week, depending on whether the atlantic air winds out. monday sta rts atlantic air winds out. monday starts dry and bright and frosty with sunshine around but the atla ntic with sunshine around but the atlantic air winds over on monday, clouds ballooning, outbreaks of rai

quite windy into the channel islands, and temperatures for some of us will be a little lower by tomorrow, so more of us sticking with highs in single figures. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. sources tell the bbc that the trace of the nerve agent used to poison sergei and yulia scripal has been found on and around the table where they ate in salisbury last sunday afternoon. the table has been destroyed. it comes as england's chief medical officer says up to 500 diners and pub—goers have been told to wash clothes and possessions. the chancellor says there's cause for economic optimism ahead of his spring statement on tuesday. china approves the removal of term limits for its leader, it effectively allows president xi to remain in power indefinitely. now on bbc news, ahead of the russian elections, our correspondent sarah rainsford examines how relations between russia and the west have deteriorated. undeeradimir putin, patriotic feeling has surged. to many russians, he is the strongman who stood up to the west. this country once embraced western—style freedoms and democracy. now th

much dryer on monday, any snow in southern england retreating towards the channel islands, any snow comingf the cloud further north few and far between, and most of us should get some sunshine. temperatures getting a bit of a boost, four or five, temperatures getting a bit of a boost, four orfive, still temperatures getting a bit of a boost, four or five, still cold temperatures getting a bit of a boost, four orfive, still cold but it's a trend that will continue through the week, gradually turning milder day on day and, instead of snow, we milder day on day and, instead of show, we are more milder day on day and, instead of snow, we are more likely to get some rain. this is bbc news. i'm carrie gracie. the headlines at 7pm: borisjohnson dismisses russian claims that the nerve agent used to target the former russian spy in salisbury could have come from the porton down research laboratory. this is not the response of a country that rarely believes itself to be innocent. this is not the response of the country that really wants to engage in getting to the bottom of the matter. the first exi

it will extend down and away through the channel islands on monday.e blowing through. not as cold as the last few days and there could be more sunshine. very little snow falling over scotland and northern england. temperatures higher than the last few days, four or 5 degrees. still cold, higher than the last few days, four or5 degrees. still cold, but higher than the last few days, four or 5 degrees. still cold, but it's a trend that will continue through the week ahead, and we are more likely to get rain later in the week than snow. things are drying off because the high pressure is building down across the uk. around the edge of it, a strong winds down the eastern edge of england, and the cold wind is nowhere near as cold as the easterly wind. there could be more cloud and one or two drizzly showers, but elsewhere i think it will be dry and bright. there could be sunshine and we might have a touch of frost to begin the day on tuesday. they could be icy patches given the snow thawing and temperatures up to seven or 8 degrees. in order to get the temp

frost free parts of east anglia, the south—east, and the channel islands.rough. england and wales a better day compared with yesterday. lighter winds. pleasant in the sunshine. isolated showers cannot be ruled out in the north or northern ireland. with some sunshine in between it should feel quite pleasa nt in between it should feel quite pleasant once again. a fine sunday on the way. as we go into the evening, sunset around 7:30 p.m.. the nights are still long enough for the temperatures to drop. a much more widespread frost to start the day on monday. away from the towns and city centres. after a frosty start things will turn mile. then a battle begins over the days ahead. we will see atlantic air try to push its way in. these across milder conditions. mainly across southern areas. from the north and north east colder scandinavian air will make its way back. on monday the milder at will wind out at. after the frosty start, sunshine for scotland, england, wales. dating from the west through the day. sunshine turning hazy. temperatures at lifting up after t

frost free for the channel islands and the south—east and east anglia.et some sunny will be breaking up and we will get some sunny spells and a cracking afternoon across england and wales compared with today. one or two very isolated showers, chiefly from northern ireland and northern scotla nd northern ireland and northern scotland but even here we will have temperatures into double figures. a fine end to sunday. lighter evenings, of course. milderand cloudier air clear conditions to take this into sunday evening, only one thing that will happen, temperatures will drop widely, the frosts will develop forjust about all as we head into monday morning's rush hour, few towns and cities will stay above freezing just but elsewhere get ready to scrape the cars. that sets us into a week ahead in which we will see a battle of milder air pushing through to start with and then it's going to be a case of what will win, the atlantic winds or is it going to be colder air trying to make a comeback from scandinavia? certainly on monday, after a frosty start it will be

wet weather close to the channel islands at the moment.st. ice on the ground into the morning. for many it will be a brighter start than today. we have cloud, outbreaks of rain across the far north of scotland, auckney and shetland. wetter weather into east anglia, showers to the west. hail mixed in with showers in south—west england. the thaw will continue elsewhere with temperatures in high single figures if not double figures. low pressure still in charge as we go into thursday morning. watching the development of weather fronts close to the south. that will bring a wet day in the channel islands. it could be further north. south—east england watch the forecast. the rain will not be too far away. showers on thursday, wintry over the hills. rain to lower levels. in between those plenty of dry, reasonably bright and sunny weather. temperatures still getting into double figures for one or two. frosty start to friday. some more snow to come in the highlands, but after a mild day elsewhere, after a frosty start, rain will arrive from the sou

remaining snow across southern counties will head a way to the channel islands, still breezy, not theoldest winter that we have had recently. and it will still be cold, but it will be better than it has been. this is bbc news. our latest headlines. the foreign office has dismissed claims that the nerve agent used to target the former russian spy in salisbury could have come from the nearby porton down research laboratory. snow and ice continue to cause disruption to road, rail and air travel in parts of the uk. some police forces are advising motorists to avoid non—essential travel. a man's been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car was driven into a nightclub in gravesend, in kent. 13 people have received treatment for injuries. mps are asking facebook for an explanation after accusations that profiles were used without users' permission, by a firm employed by donald trump's election campaign. now on bbc news, it's time for politics europe withjo coburn. hello and welcome to politics europe, your regular guide to the top stories in brussels and strasbourg. on today's

monday still has the risk of snow flurries in the south, especially the south and west, the channel islandsfour or 5 degrees, there's still a wind chill, not so noticeable in the north because we will be closer to this area of high pressure maintaining drier conditions. again a northerly wind from the arctic which is in a warm direction at this time of year, however we are cutting of this bitter siberian air. it. icy and there will be showers coming into eastern areas, but with seven to nine temperatures are recovering, there will be a snow melt as well, keeping an eye on river levels, we will be dominated by this south—westerly wind but high pressures in the south will maintain dry and settled record, some murkiness in the morning, the game is once more in the highlands and islands on wednesday, temperatures are slowly covering, we should see double figures and again on thursday and friday because of this wedge of mild atlantic air and those south—westerly winds, the prevailing wind direction dominating. with the prevailing winds often we have rain and low pressure and that is what we have

further south, the weather front may just introduce some rain to the channel islands and to some of theell have been at the first half of the week. we may develop a low pressure close to scotland, so unsettled fare there. we may eventually drag some weather fronts with milder air up into the south—western quarter of the british isles as well, but in between, a pretty quiet sort of day and those temperatures just beginning to ratchet up by a degree or two in the beginning of the week. so this is the lineup for the week ahead, becoming slightly milder. it will be a bit unsettled and there could well be some snow, particularly for scotland.

showers in the south—west in wales and the channel islands. in the south. it will feel pleasa nt shape in the south. it will feel pleasant for this stage in march. it will feel cold further north. this evening and overnight, low pressure continues to go north. the distribution of snow changes. we will see it in the northern isles and into the west of scotland. for the rest of the uk, showers. cloud around. breaks in the cloud. cold enough for some frost, and once again, highs on untreated surfaces. —— ice. watch out for patchy fog in east anglia and the south—east in particular. it could be disruptive. we will keep a look at that. showery outbreaks of rain in the south—east. meanwhile, the pressure edging towards scandinavia. a front draped across scotland. rain. here and there in some of the showers, a little bit of wintriness. showers, but we will not all see them. you will notice five degrees in aberdeen. a change in the weather in central scotland compared to what we are used to and further south, down are used to and further south, down a

the daily mirrorfront page has a story on how the channel islands is set to pass laws to allow assistedd travel to the isles to receive help to commit suicide. and the huffington post has been covering the case of six—year—old, alfie dingley, who suffers with a rare form of epilepsy. he and his mother presented a petition to the uk government calling for him to be granted a special licence to use medical cannabis, which is illegal in the uk. the latest on this story is that alfie's parents are saying that they've now been granted permission to treat him with medicinal cannabis oil. so, let's begin. with me isjustin urquhart stewart, director of seven investment management. are you a facebook user?|j are you a facebook user? i am on it,

one or two for the channel islands as well. good brea ks the channel islands as well.d and western scotland. mixture of rain, hail, sleet. we could see heavier rain work through east anglia and the south—east. we'll keep you updated. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: after the suspected poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter in salisbury, counter—terrorism police take over the investigation. the foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has described russia as "a malign and disruptive force" — during a statement about the suspected poisoning in wiltshire. north korea's leader, kimjong—un, says he will discuss giving threat. ts! his stat; the leaders of north and south korea are due to meet at a summit next month. a woman has been found dead with stab wounds, an hour after the bodies of her husband and two sons were discovered at the foot of cliffs in east sussex. her death is being treated as murder. britain should go on a diet — health officials urge food manufacturers to cut the calories in their products. it is all part of a drive to cut calorie consumption

further south, the weather front may just introduce some rain to the channel islands and to some of theperatures here not quite as widely in double figures as they may well have been at the first half of the week. thursday into friday, some way off, we may develop a low pressure close to scotland, so unsettled fare there. we may eventually drag some weather front with milder air up into the south—western quarter of the british isles as well, but in between, a pretty quiet sort of day and those temperatures just beginning to ratchet up by a degree or two in the beginning of the week. so this is the lineup for the week ahead, becoming slightly milder. it will be a bit unsettled and there could well be some snow, hello, this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. put the kettle on... i'm bringing an oscar. gary oldman has a message for his mum after winning the oscar for best actor for his portrayal of winston churchill. but the biggest cheer of the night was for the best actress winner frances mcdormand when she paid tribute to all the women nominees. ifi if i may be so honoure

down south, an area of low pressure is spinning its way up, that will bring some snow into the channel islandswales. 0n the thermometer, your temperature will struggle to get above freezing. it will feel like —11 degrees in birmingham and in cardiff through the middle parts of the afternoon with that biting wind. now this area of low pressure continues to push northwards as we head into thursday evening, and that brings the likelihood of a spell of really significant snow across southwest england and wales. the met office has an amber warning in force here, because the snow will pile up, 10—20 cm, maybe more in southwest england. very strong winds. there'll be blizzard conditions out there, as we head through thursday night into friday, some of that snow perhaps fringing into northern ireland, and as we go through the day on friday, snow will come across some other southern areas today. showers will feed into the northern and eastern scotland. temperatures for most of us are still disappointing, a bit milder towards the southwest. however, if any snow turns back to rain, it could hit very cold

parts of devon and cornwall, the channel islands, and kent in sussex will be cold as well.ld to the north, but most places dry. a sharp frost first thing. during the day, most will stay dry and bright. more cloud will filter in. if you snow flurries could come down to the channel isles. but things are looking largely dry. temperatures still a bit low for this time of year. 4—7. not as cold as the weekend. the temperatures will start to warm up. things will turn milder. some rain will come in. into tuesday, at the high pressure stays with us, keeping it dry. it will be a weak front becomes drawn tuesday. there could be some outbreaks of rain to the south—east. but largely dry and bright. temperatures close to average, 6—9. we will have lost the chilli, biting, easterly wind. —— chilly. a change in air mass comes in the middle of the week. on wednesday, this will bring to rain to parts of scotland, perhaps northern ireland, and it will be patchy at this stage. south and east, a largely dry day. although there will be cloud, in the south and the ease, some brighter spells, and

outbreaks of rain, some quite heavy and turning windy across the south—west of england, towards the channel islands we will see a line of showers pushing in to western parts of northern ireland. some sunny spells for northern ireland and western scotland. a cooler feel to things across the board. temperatures ranging from 7—11. 0n into tuesday, a ridge of high pressure builds in before this area of low pressure makes inroads for wednesday and thursday to bring a succession of fronts with outbreaks of rain. for tuesday, we will start to lose the low pressure system from the south—east through the morning. and then conditions brighten up. the winds fall lighter and the sun is strong this time of year so it should feel quite decent in the sunny spells although temperatures will still be in single figures for a few. we could see 10 or ii degrees in a few spots, maybe the odd shower. a ridge of high—pressure breaks down as we head towards wednesday. notice the squeeze isobars become tightly packed together. winds coming up from the south, always a mild direction. we start off on a cool note across the e

across the highlands of scotland, and any early brightness will be hazy sunshine towards the channel islands cloud will drift its way northwards, turning the sunshine hazy through the morning across other southern areas. is best of the sunshine, really, through the day — northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland. parts of northern scotland will see good sunny spells at times, but one or two further showers to come here. a pleasant day, though, once you're in the sunshine. but by the end of the afternoon, whilst temperatures could reach ten or 11 degrees, we will see rain spread across devon, cornwall, and other southern counties of england. that's going to work its way northwards as we go through friday evening, pushing through wales, into the midlands, and parts of east anglia as well. and it's all linked in to this warm front. now, on it, we'll see some heavy pulses of rain through the night and into saturday morning. but it's what follows in its wake which many of you will notice. some very mild air working its way to all but northern scotland by the end of the day. now, it

tea—time, western areas, rain by tea—time, western side of northern ireland, and west, including the channel islands nine to 13, we probably will not see their like again as we get on through the week, as it stands colder, it will be rainy at times, quite breezy. there will be a risk of snow but i think we will see that confined mostly to the higher ground. british number one you hannah contour reaches the fourth round at the miami open, with a big win over belgium's elise mertens. —— main headlines: the crisis engulfing australian cricket gets worse, first the admission of ball tampering and now a crushing defeat. ferrari sebastian vettel wins the opening race of the formula 1 season, taking advantage of the safety car to get past lewis hamilton in melbourne. british number onejohanna konta has reached the fourth round at the miami open, with a big win over police of belgian. the australian prime minister says that he shocked and bitterly disappointed, the head of cricket australia has apologised for the ball tampering scandal that has marred the test with south africa, steve smith has been suspend

it will remain across the channel islands. here it is frost free.rost to begin with. they called stuttered sunday morning. mistan called stuttered sunday morning. mist an fog patches as well. the sunny conditions will chase away. avast lima group dei compared to what we saw today. warmun out there as well. —— ed fast improved dei. far north of scotland, we will see showers come and go through the day. it will be pleasant when the sun is ever had. into sunday evening, it will go into weekly night to take us into monday. the evenings maybe brighter. the knights is long enough to produce a widespread frost. temperatures below freezing as we start monday. things will turn milder. quite pleasant from the west. from next week, a battle from atla ntic west. from next week, a battle from atlantic air trying to keep things my else. colder air, trying to fight its way in from the continent. wynter not done yet. mon should be a pleasa nt wynter not done yet. mon should be a pleasant day. scotland, england, and wales frosty. some turning hazy through the day. c

across the highlands of scotland, and any early brightness will be hazy sunshine towards the channel islandshwards, turning the sunshine hazy through the morning across other southern areas. best of the sunshine, really, through the day — northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland. parts of southern scotland will see good sunny spells at times, but one or two further showers to come here. a pleasant day, though, once you're in the sunshine. but by the end of the afternoon those temperatures could reach ten to 11 degrees. we could see rain spread across devon, cornwall, and other southern counties of england. that's going to work its way northwards as we go through friday evening, pushing through wales, into the midlands, and parts of east anglia as well. and it's all linked in to this warm front. now, on it, we'll see some heavy pulses of rain through the night and into saturday morning. but it's what follows in its wake which many of you will notice. some very mild air working its way to all but northern scotland by the end of the day. now, that means it's going to be a fairly

strong winds touching aomph—somph across the south—west of england and into the channel islands.etting into northern ireland, otherwise much of northern ireland and most of scotland getting the best of the drier and brighter weather. a village of high pressure promises to build in across the country for tuesday, settling things down before this area of low pressure comes in on wednesday and thursday to bring a succession of weather fronts. on tuesday, thursday to bring a succession of weatherfronts. on tuesday, then, we still have the breeze, outbreaks of rain across the south—east. this will eventually clear away. and then apart from the odd shower it looks like conditions will improve on tuesday afternoon thanks to that ridge of high pressure. it will feel quite pleasant in the strong march sunshine. but it is a short lived window of fine weather. notice the isobars become looser on wednesday, so the winds will be stronger, coming up from a southerly direction and feeding in a lot more cloud. starting off chilly in central and eastern areas. before the cloud sta rts eastern are

a much try a day on the way, any snow across southern england tending to retreat towards the channel islandsow coming out of the clouds further north you and far between and for most of us some sunshine, that will be a welcome change. those temperatures get a bit ofa change. those temperatures get a bit of a welcome boost, for 5 degrees, still cold but a trend that will continue through the rest of the week. gradually milder, day on day, and instead of snow we are more likely to get some rain. the latest headlines. the foreign office has dismissed claims that the nerve agent used to target the former russian spy in salisbury could have come from the nearby porton down research laboratory. snow and ice continue to cause disruption to road, rail and air travel in parts of the uk. some police forces are advising motorists to avoid nonessential travel. a man's been arrested on suspicion of attempted murder after a car was driven into a nightclub in gravesend, in kent. 13 people have received treatment for injuries. mps are asking facebook for an explanation, after accusations that profiles were

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a few snow showers at the far south of england, channel islands, for instance, seeing a little bit of most other places look dry through the day. there will be some sunshine, but a bit more cloud moves in for parts of eastern scotland and eastern england as well. now, heading through the week ahead, things will eventually be turning milder. there will be some rain later on in the week, but we start off on a largely dry note with this big area of high pressure, just moving further southwards across western part of the uk. so that keeps us with a north—easterly breeze through tuesday. things still fairly chilly, particularly in the south and the east, where we will see a weather front bringing a few rain showers. but actually, elsewhere, a lot of dry weather. probably the best of the sunshine through parts of western scotland, north—west england and wales too and temperatures around about six to 9 degrees, so creeping closer to where they should be for the time of year. heading into the middle of the week and you will notice the yellow colours starting to return to the map, indicating s

we will see strong wind setting up across the south—west of england and in towards the channel islandssruptive. the best of the sunshine this quite disruptive. the best of the sunshirgae'ill will this quite disruptive. the best of the sunshirzae'g will fin? some for tuesday, we will still have some 2 across for tuesday, we will still have some 5777—7 across 31, east for tuesday, we will still have some if“ across 2 east and for tuesday, we will still have some gm across 31, east and the it mosses off into it masses off into the southfesm continent. the odd shower near continent. the odd shower around amongst sunny spells. a pretty decent afternoon. if you are out in the strong much sunshine, it will fill quite pleasant. 7— ii degrees. on into wednesday, the pressure “— degrees. on into wednesday, the pressure —— low pressure builds in. tightly packed isoba rs. tightly packed isobars. strong southerly winds building in which will bring crowds to western areas. central southern and eastern parts potentially staying dry with some sunshine. fairly mild in the sunshine. fairly mild in the su

you can see the south, rain pushing acro55 then you can see the south, rain pushing across the channel islandserhaps the midlands and wales by the end of friday and with that, milder air. those are the themes for the weekend, rain pushing northwards on this frontal system and no pressure to the west and assad or south—westerly wind. that will drag increasingly mild air in our direction. in part5 increasingly mild air in our direction. in parts of the south we could get temperatures up to 13 or 14 degrees. pretty mild for the weekend but with that we will see some outbreaks of rain at times. that's all from me. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11pm: police have revealed that a former russian spy and his daughter were poisoned in an attempted murder with a nerve agent. ican i can also confirm that we believe the people originally who became u nwell targeted the people originally who became unwell targeted specifically. a teenager has gone on trial, accused of planting a bomb on a london underground train last september. the saudi crown prince has been holding talks and trade in downing street.

recent rainfall radar, rain heading across wales and the south—west of england, down towards the channel islandsurs, a lot of dry weather as we had through into this evening. cloud increasing across england and wales from the south—west, patchy rain spilling in as the pressure system rain spilling in as the pressure syste m m oves rain spilling in as the pressure system moves towards the south—west. clearer skies for scotland and northern ireland overnight, it is here that temperatures will fall the lowest. subzero across scotland, a little bit of frost around first thing, through the weekend, not looking too bad, dry weather, sunshine spells particularly by sunday, a few showers across the north—west of the country, temperatures around average. certainly not as cold as it was last weekend but milder than it is going to be this weekend. during saturday, cloudy across england and wales, a few spots of rain pushing east through the day, but many places staying largely drier, more grey. further north, more sunshine for scotland and northern ireland. as they view wintry showers, into the far north—w

wintry showers across the north—west of scotland, extra cloud in the channel islands and south—west ofso not as cold here and as you go through tomorrow this area of cloud spreads north into parts of wales and the midlands and eventually in the south outbreaks of linda later than the day. further north mist patches first thing but then that good spells of sunshine and showers to the north—west of scotland with temperatures are around eight and 11 degrees. enter friday evening, a 5°99y degrees. enter friday evening, a soggy end to the day across some southern parts of england, wales and the midlands as well, rainer pushing through and initially liked and patchy but turning heavier as the evening draws on. through friday night, the frontal system pushes northwards driven by the low pressure but as that sits to the south—west it allows us to draw and a mildly from the south so into the weekend you can expect temperatures to climb, some sports up to 15 or 16 degrees. with that we will see some rain at times, so visitors a day by day. on saturday the right wet weather pushing into scotland,

further south, the weather front may just introduce some rain to the channel islands and to some of they may well have been at the first half of the week. thursday into friday, we may develop a low pressure close to scotland, so unsettled fare there. we may eventually drag some weather fronts with milder air up into the south—western quarter of the british isles as well, but in between, a pretty quiet sort of day and those temperatures just beginning to ratchet up by a degree or two in the beginning of the week. so this is the lineup for the week ahead, becoming slightly milder. it will be a bit unsettled and there could well be some snow, particularly for scotland. this is the briefing. i'm sally bundock. our top story: no out—right winner in italy's general election, but the anti—establishment, five star movement, says it holds the balance of power. new research shows that australia could become the first country in the world to eradicate cervical cancer. a golden night for the silver screen — the shape of water is named best film at this year's 0scars. china is set to make sweeping c

quite windy in the south—west and the channel islands.m northern ireland the sunshine will break through into the afternoon and maybe for western scotla nd afternoon and maybe for western scotland as well. but it will be feeling cooler across—the—board. mild theme i think continues for much of this week. we should get some sunshine on tuesday and wednesday and more cloud and rain later on in the week. this is bbc news — our latest headlines... the bbc understands traces of the nerve agent used to poison sergei and yulia scripal were found at the restaurant table where they ate. up to 500 patrons of the sites being investigated in salisbury have been told to wash their clothes and possessions. some say the advice should have come earlier. the chancellor says there's cause for economic optimism — ahead of his spring statement on tuesday. rail disruption at manchester piccadilly station after pro—kurdish demonstrators take to the tracks. more protests took place at london's kings cross tonight. and the film black panther becomes a box office

in the north, wintry over higher ground and data during the day wet weather pushing across the channel islandsurtesy of a frontal system pushing its way north during friday night into saturday. all driven by low pressure. but with that out of the west we develop a southerly wind which brings in some pretty mild air as we go through the weekend. so for the weekend pretty mild, double digits in the south and some rain at times. this is beyond 100 days, with me christian fraser in london. jane o'brien is in washington. our top stories: police reveal that the former russian spy who collapsed in salisbury, england was poisoned by a very rare nerve agent. another major departure at the white house. this time, it is the president's top economic advisor stepping down after a rift over tariffs. coming up in the next half—hour: fishing and finance — the european council gives more details about what sort of trade deal the eu would like in a post—brexit britain. saudi's crown prince arrives in the uk. he meets the prime minister and has lunch with the queen, but there are those not rolling out the welcom

they will push away towards the channel islands and we may get sunshine following on from that.nd and northern england. most places will be dry and those temperatures getting higher, four or 5 degrees. still cold, but not as cold as it has been and to the rest of the week ahead it will continue to tear milder. we are more likely to have rain than we are snow. 0vernight into tuesday we have the area of high pressure. around the edge of it we could draw in a northerly, cold wind for eastern england but not as cold as the easterly wind. more cloud as well, there could be some light showers. away from here, fine and dry day with sunshine at times after a cold and frosty start. there is to bridge is creeping up to around seven or 8 degrees. milder air needs to come in from the atla ntic air needs to come in from the atlantic and there are signs of that happening of the week. we need to squeeze away the high—pressure and draw in the south—westerly wind on the top of it and that is what happens on wednesday. more cloud coming in and outbreaks of rain in too many scotland and heavy rain

down south, an area of low pressure is spinning its way up, that will bring some snow into the channel islandss across southwestern wales. 0n the thermometer, your temperature will struggle to get above freezing. it will feel like —11 degrees in birmingham and in cardiff through the middle parts of the afternoon. now this area of low pressure continues to push northwards as we head into thursday evening, and that brings the likelihood of a spell of really significant snow across southwest england and wales. the met office has an amber warning in force here, because the snow will pile up, 10—20 cm, maybe more in southwest england. there'll be blizzard conditions out there, as we head through thursday night into friday, some of that show perhaps fringing into northern ireland, and as we go through the day on friday, snow will come across some other southern areas today. temperatures for most of us are still disappointing, a bit milder towards the southwest. however, if any snow turns back to rain, it could hit very cold surfaces adn turn immediately into ice, which would give some really slipper

further south, the weather front may just introduce some rain to the channel islands and to some of therst half of the week. we may develop a low pressure close to scotland, so unsettled fare there. we may eventually drag some weather fronts with milder air up into the south—western quarter of the british isles as well, but in between, a pretty quiet sort of day and those temperatures just beginning to ratchet up by a degree or two in the beginning of the week. so this is the lineup for the week ahead, becoming slightly milder. it will be a bit unsettled and there could well be some snow, particularly for scotland. this is bbc news, the headlines: the anti—establishment five star movement says it may hold the balance of power, following the italian general election. no political grouping is thought to have won an outright majority but five star, which was established less than ten years ago, has emerged as the single biggest party. the united states has issued its strongest condemnation yet of the syrian government assault on the rebel—held enclave of eastern ghouta. president bashar al

gusty winds through the channel islands.hrough the weekend. some more of us have highs in single figures. a ridge of high pressure coming in on tuesday so quieter weather on the way. low pressure towards the south—west will take over on wednesday feeding bands of wet weather north—east across the uk. not all plain sailing on tuesday. a lot of cloud to begin the day. increasing sunshine into the afternoon particularly across the western side of the uk. a ridge of high pressure starts to take control. after that, low pressure ta kes control. after that, low pressure takes over. temperatures close to normalfor takes over. temperatures close to normal for the takes over. temperatures close to normalfor the time of takes over. temperatures close to normal for the time of year. for the rest of the week... a break on tuesday but after that, the impact of low pressure starts to be felt. temperatures close to normal for the time of year. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: sources tell the bbc that traces of the nerve agent used

still a few snow showers early monday morning in the far south, parts of devon coolmore, the channel islandst places are looking dry. a really sharp frost first thing though. during the day, lots of us staying dry and reasonably bright with sunshine. cloud filtering in for easter scotland, north—east england, and perhaps snow flurries down to the channel isles. elsewhere, things are looking largely dry. temperatures are still low, 4—7 degrees. not as cold as the weekend. during the rest of the week, temperatures will warm up a touch. things turning milder. some rain arriving later in the week, but starting it, high—pressure in weather. heading into tuesday, high—pressure stays with us, bringing a mostly dry day. there will be a weak front on tuesday, bringing a bit more cloud, and the few outbreaks of rain to lincolnshire, east anglia, down towards the south—east too. but elsewhere a lot of dry and bright weather. temperatures will start to dry up. 6—9 degrees by tuesday. we will have lost that chilly biting easterly wind. moving to the middle of the week, the yellow colours approach from th

a5 devon, cornwall, the channel islands and parts of west wales. snow piling up across the pea ks district, problem with snow piling up across the peaks district, the pennines, and eventually into scotland. a5 the peaks district, the pennines, and eventually into scotland. as you can appreciate, even if you are travelling, even it is raining in the south later on, it will be a rather downfield. even if it brightens up there will still be showers around. for central and northern parts of the country, it looks pretty bleak. we could see snow piling up, particularly across the high roots of the pennines and the high roots of the pennines and the midlands, northern ireland and scotland. —— high routes. there are warnings about, and you can check our website. we'll be back with the headlines in few moments. now, though, it's time for click. it is the week the world got a wake—up call. the row over facebook and the misuse of data... a data breach, yes, associated with the trump campaign has been suspended... we willingly let facebook, google and other co

across the highlands of scotland, and any early brightness will be hazy sunshine towards the channel islandsy northwards, turning the sunshine hazy through the morning across other southern areas. best of the sunshine, really, through the day — northern england, southern scotland and northern ireland. parts of southern scotland will see good sunny spells at times, but one or two further showers to come here. a pleasant day, though, once you're in the sunshine. but by the end of the afternoon, whilst temperatures could reach ten or 11 degrees, we could see rain spread across devon, cornwall, and other southern counties of england. that's going to work its way northwards as we go through friday evening, pushing through wales, into the midlands, and parts of east anglia as well. and it's all linked in to this warm front. now, on it, we'll see some heavy pulses of rain through the night and into saturday morning. but it's what follows in its wake which many of you will notice. some very mild air working its way to all but northern scotland by the end of the day. now, it means it's going to be a

outbreaks of rain, some quite heavy and turning windy across the south—west of england, towards the channel islandsorthern ireland. some sunny spells for northern ireland and western scotland. a cooler feel to things across the board. temperatures ranging from 7—11. 0n into tuesday, a ridge of high pressure builds in before this area of low pressure makes inroads for wednesday and thursday to bring a succession of fronts with outbreaks of rain. for tuesday, we will start to lose the low pressure system from the south—east through the morning. and then conditions brighten up. the winds fall lighter and the sun is strong this time of year so it should feel quite decent in the sunny spells although temperatures will still be in single figures for a few. we could see 10 or 11 degrees in a few spots, maybe the odd shower. a ridge of high—pressure breaks down as we head towards wednesday. notice the squeeze isobars become tightly packed together. winds coming up from the south, always a mild direction. we start off on a cool note across the eastern side of the country with the best of the sunshine. furth

frost free parts of east anglia, the south—east, and the channel islands.t. some drizzle. that will clear. that will break up. sunny spells coming through. england and wales a better day compared with yesterday. lighter winds. pleasant in the sunshine. isolated showers cannot be ruled out in the north or northern ireland. more especially for the northern half of scotland. with some sunshine in between it should feel quite pleasant once again. a fine sunday on the way. as we go into the evening, sunset around 7:30pm. the nights are still long enough for the temperatures to drop. blue more widely on the chart to take us into monday morning. a much more widespread frost to start the day on monday. away from the towns and city centres. after a frosty start things will turn mild. then a battle begins over the days ahead. we will see atlantic air try to push its way in. these across milder conditions. mainly across southern areas. from the north and north—east colder scandinavian air will make its way back. on monday, the mild air will win out. after the frosty s

have that snow cover, monday looks drier, if you snow showers in the far south of england, the channel islandsoked dry during the day, they will be more sunshine but more cloud moves in from parts of eastern scotland and eastern england. through the week ahead things will eventually turn milder, some rain later in the week but we start on a drying out with this big area of high pressure slipping further south across western parts of the uk. so that keeps us with the north—easterly breeze through to stay, still fairly chilly especially in the south and east where we will seek a weather front bringing a few showers, elsewhere a lot of dry weather, probably the best of the sunshine through north—west scotland, and tebbit is between six and 9 degrees, creeping up to where they should be for the time of year. towards the middle of the week you will notice the yellow colours starting to return to the map. indicating slightly milder air moving into the south—west. through wednesday it will be southern and eastern parts that will be largely dry and bright, towards the northwest more cloud bringing out

cloud producing outbreaks of rain and drizzle, confined to the channel islands.drizzle. much better day across all of england and wales compared with yesterday, isolated showers in the north, northern ireland, and showers in northern parts of scotland, but a good deal gets through dry. joining the rest of the country in double—figure temperatures, will feel warm. temperatures will drop as we head into the evening, clear skies around, frost developing to ta ke skies around, frost developing to take us into monday morning, the new week starts with a widespread frost. it and miss across the south—east corner, for many, a frost around as temperatures dropped in two minus double digits in the countryside, and then things turn milder. net weight, story of the battle of the air masses. will atlantic air win over? will it be colder, scandinavian air, we will be back to winter, we will have to wait and see. cold start, atlantic air wins over, and cloud spilling in, outbreaks of rain across ireland in two parts of south—west scotland, the breeze picking up too. temperature

then down the south, an area of low pressure with snow to the channel islands.e freezing but with the biting wind, it will feel like —11 in birmingham and cardiff for the middle of the afternoon. then as we move out of thursday into the evening, the area of low pressure continues to drift from the south, and that will bring significant snow, across the south—west of england. there will be strong winds, blizzard conditions and even if the snow turns back to rain across devon and cornwall that will fall on cold surfaces and it would give a lot of ice into friday morning. during friday some of the snow will push into parts of the southeast, east anglia as well and we keep the snow showers feeding into northern and eastern scotland and another cold day for many but something just a little bit milder in the far south—west, and we will see temperatures climbing a bit through the weekend that there will still be some showers and some of those will be wintry. this is the business briefing, i am sally bundock. the headlines... cue the big—money. .. music streaming giant

down south, an area of low pressure is spinning its way up, that will bring some snow into the channel islandsle to get above freezing. it will feel like —11 degrees in birmingham and in cardiff through the middle parts of the afternoon with that biting wind. now this area of low pressure continues to push northwards as we head into thursday evening, and that brings the likelihood of a spell of really significant snow across southwest england and wales. the met office has an amber warning in force here, because the snow will pile up, 10—20 cm, maybe more in southwest england. very strong winds. there'll be blizzard conditions out there, as we head through thursday night into friday, some of that snow perhaps fringing into northern ireland, and as we go through the day on friday, snow will come across some other southern areas today. showers will feed into the northern and eastern scotland. temperatures for most of us are still disappointing, a bit milder towards the southwest. however, if any snow turns back to rain, it could hit very cold surfaces and turn immediately into ice, which would gi