i will focus on cumbria.ull in the rain fora time, there is a bit of a lull in the rain for a time, but by the end of the weekend, more rain coming in, with the risk of some flooding into south—west scotland were a warning is in force. here is the chart for sunday. again, rain affecting north—western parts of the uk and thatis north—western parts of the uk and that is where we will see most of the rain. to the south and east, some sunshine although cloud might increase through the day, and the breeze, it will be a nice enough the day with temperatures widely up into double figures, tempered by the wind and rain further north and west. so the summary for the weekend, mild, blustery but nothing like as windy as it has been, and rain across north—western parts of the uk. i will be back with more weather in half an hour. this is bbc news. the headlines at two. the conservatives celebrate victory in the copeland by—election — an area labour represented for more than 80 years. theresa may says she is "delighted" wi

keeping our eye on rainfall through cumbria this weekend, the

i have seen them once and that was in cumbria.at do they need to do? we're asking people for help, by telling us if they see red squirrels. we have scientific surveys that if people want to become more involved they can do that. they can put up twell cameras in woodland and help us to spot red squirrels and grey squirrels in those woodlands that we work on. there are lots of ways you can get involved in terms of education, and telling people about the threats red squirrels are facing. also, things like adopting a red squirrel. so they have to contact you at red squirrels united or a local wildlife trust? yes, there are other organisations that they can work with. if you go to the red squirrels united website you can see links to pa rt united website you can see links to part —— to organisations that are pa rt part —— to organisations that are part of this effort. the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. in a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. first we leave you with for a look at the weather. well, we have go

a timetabled steam train service will run between appleby in cumbria and skipton in north yorkshire forw was it? simon, it was great to be on the train this morning with about 500 other people, they had all made a special day out tojoin this service. they had all made a special day out to join this service. i would say that the scene behind us probably hasn't changed much since the 19th century when this line was built. there was that other traditional site on this line today and the response from people has been phenomenal. at skipton station this morning, the sights and sounds of yesteryear pulled into the platform. it's a long time since the mid—morning service on a weekday attracted this sort of attention. which coach are you in? people turned out in their hordes to see the first timetabled steam train in england for nearly half a century. standard fares and discounts applied. you would normally pay a hefty premium for a steam trip but not here, not this week. i think it's wonderful, i've just been watching all the steam and smoke going past the window and it's just fantastic. oh, i

it stays wet in cumbria. iam north—west. it stays wet in cumbria.celebrate a victory in the copeland by—election, an area labour represented for more than 80 years. theresa may said the result was an endorsement of the government's performance. what i think we've seen from this victory is that this truly is a government that is working for everyone and for every part of the country. but labour sees off a threat from ukip, and wins the stoke by—election. labour leaderjeremy corbyn says the politics of hope overcame the politics of fear. gary lineker says he shed a tear for claudio ranieri, who has been sacked as leicester's manager nine months after winning the premier league. lineker says the decision was "inexplicable" to many fans. kim jong—nam, the half—brother of north korea's leader, was killed by the highly toxic vx nerve agent according to malaysian authorities. mr kim died last week after two women accosted him at kuala lumpur airport. royal bank of scotland reports a loss of £7 billion for 2016, far worse than the previous year's figure. th

across cumbria, and the south—east, just dribs and drabs. across cumbria, another band of rain.so late sunshine in the north. in scotland, it may turn a little chilly. the winds are dropping significantly across the northern half of the uk, which will make it easier at murrayfield. could be some rain in dublin. this band of rain here will clear away during the evening, wetter weather initially across the western side of england and wales. that will peter out as it moves to the east, many places becoming driver while overnight. wind and rain in the north—west later. frost free for most of us, but a chilly night, temperatures close to freezing in scotland and north—east england. tomorrow, wet weather driving down across northern ireland added to scotland, eventually into western parts of england and wales, where we will have gusty winds in coastal areas. the winds pick up again on sunday. for most of us, it will be dry, and sunshine eventually in northern scotland. not much rain at twickenham, but it will be blustery. a lot of cloud around too. it will be more mild tomorrow than o

so just and in cumbria west is best today. sojust a and in cumbria west is best today. so just a couple of weather watchers showing those beautifully sunny pictures. and where the sun is shining it is around 11 degrees for the contrast that with just three degrees at the moment on the east coast. that is because the cold air has arrived, this weather front giving wintry outbreaks. behind that is high pressure and an easterly wind. subfor is high pressure and an easterly wind. sub for the rest of the week the cold air is with us. we will find that sleeping west right the way across into northern ireland. at the moment we have some sunshine, further east it is grey. damp as well in a few places with just some drizzly showers. a little bit of sleet over the pennines and the grampians. some goods spells of sunshine in northern ireland and the west of scotland in contrast. through this evening and overnight temperatures fall away once again where we have those clear skies. in the east where the wintry showers continue some ice could be an issue but even further west we could

grasmere island in cumbria had been held in private hands for 124 years but has now been gifted to the organisation in a will. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the former labour foreign secretary david miliband says the party is the furthest it's been from power in 50 years. he was responding to labour's by—election defeat in copeland in cumbria where the conservatives overturned a majority of more than 2,000 to oust labour from a seat it had held for 80 years. jeremy corbyn has said he won't step down as leader. here's our political correspondent, matt cole. if these scenes in stoke, where labour held the seat, had been repeated in copland, had been repeated in copeland, there would be fewer questions forjeremy corbyn. but it was theresa may's tories who celebrated an historic win in cumbria, turning this rock—solid red seat blue for the first time in 80 years. not for the first time, labour's former foreign secretary has spoken his mind. in a newspaper interview, david miliband said he feared labour is losing support in its core base and added he is obviously deeply concerned

some welcome tranquillity at last for some of us, a beautiful start to the day in cumbria.y across northern parts of europe, causing some problems. for us, a window of sunshine for many places this morning, there are further fronts lying in wait in the atlantic and there will be rain for many

nestled in the eden valley, the town of appleby in cumbria is as pretty a place as you could hope forect. really lovely town, really friendly. small but nice. doctor ashley liston is a recent arrival here, where the local surgery have struggled to recruit doctors. long days and the never—ending pressures of the job leading many of his peers to think about giving up or getting out. i am 58, and many of my colleagues and contemporaries have either left or plan to leave, and in cumbria the statistics are that in the next three years about 25% of gps will either have retired or are planning to retire, so these are really worrying statistics. it's under pressure at the moment. it is likely to get a lot worse in the next few years. and as gps leave, inevitably, there is a knock—on effect on remaining gps. there is more pressure on them. i think things are at a tipping point. gp practices right across the uk do face immense pressures, mainly to do with the growing number of patients who need to be seen. but in rural areas like this, there is an additional problem — just trying to persuade do

and the greatest free show on earth — the murmuration of starlings filling the skies over cumbria.oming up in the sport on bbc news, leicester manager claudio ranieri denies there is a crisis at the club who have given him a vote of confidence ahead of the fa cup replay against derby. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. joining up health and social care services in england is one of the government's big ideas for easing the pressures on the health service. but according to a report out today, efforts to treat more patients in the community have neither saved money, nor taken pressure off hospitals. the scheme — called the better care fund — was meant to save the nhs half a billion pounds in its first year. the department of health insists it's too soon to judge the success of its plans. here's our health correspondent, dominic hughes. bringing together the care received in homes like this one and the wider nhs is more complicated than it seems. the aim is to prevent people from being admitted to hospital in the first place, but when they are, get them home quicker. s

dave guest, bbc news, at sunbiggin tarn in cumbria.channel. in a moment we say goodbye to viewers on bbc two. first we leave you with for a look at the weather. good morning. it felt pretty chilly out there this morning. we are going to find things are not going to chirrup a great deal over the next few days, the rest of this week. we are going to hang onto a lot of cloud. sunshine more likely in the west of the uk but an easterly wind coming in and that will bring in more wintry showers. some snow today in the grampians. mostly rain, a bit of sleep and showers coming in. you can see the cloud. some sunshine in west wales, northern ireland after that for the start and the north west of scotland. in general, it is a bit colder than yesterday and that is noticeable down the eastern side of the uk. more winter arenas in the showers. a good deal of cloud on the whole and probably more cloud for northern ireland. other western fringes seeing breaks in the cloud. it is going to be pretty cold out there. it stays that way through the rest of

cumbria could see several centimetres and there is the risk of poor travelling conditions, and possiblyrface water and flooding. through northern ireland and scotland, brighter skies through the afternoon, with lighter winds and one or two showers. not too bad for the game at murrayfield in the six nations. in dublin however, some chance the rain will hang around. through this evening and tonight, the wet weather will continue for a time across england and wales, with the rain fizzling out. then a spell of drier weather before, here we go again, more rain into northern ireland and western scotland before the end of the night. chilly across north—east scotland. most other places frost—free. into tomorrow, the rain sinks south across northern ireland and scotland, setting in again across north—west england and wales. to the south—east, a fair amount of cloud, some brighter glimpses at times, and brightening up eventually across northern ireland and northern scotland, with some sunshine and heavy, blustery showers as things begin to cool off by the end of the day. another mild day across t

particularly in parts of cumbria could have poor travelling conditions.ikely for exposed coasts and hills. also to the east of high ground in scotla nd to the east of high ground in scotland in the east of the pennines as well, some very blustery wind. our band of rain will edge its way through the day slowly southwards and eastwards so rain all day long for parts of cumbria and wales. south—east of that just patchy for parts of cumbria and wales. south—east of thatjust patchy rain. it will stay mild with things cooling off by the end of the day. writing up a little bit with some sunshine and a few showers. into this evening and tonight the rain will continue for a time across central and southern, south—easterly areas. some of them damned if you areas. some of them damned if you are out and about. and then dry weather, perhaps even a touch of frost but our west, here we go again. another band of rain sliding in. through tomorrow, yes, more wet weather pushing in through scotland and northern ireland and settling in again over north wales. south—east of t

and so an audience gathered in cumbria for one of the greatest free free shows on earth. estimated there was 60,000 or so starlings out there. i will take their word for it. i'm not sure i would count them. then as darkness falls, so too do the starlings. it is curtain down on another perfect performance. those pictures are pretty breathtaking. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter — i'm @lebo? diseko hello, there. over the next few days it is going to feel like we have been plunged into the deep freeze, and do not expect crisp, cold weather and blue skies. in fact, for much of the time it will be grey skies. a lot of cloud, and actually, during wednesday we already saw a lot of cloud creeping in across eastern areas. this weatherwatcher at gower, near swansea, did capture some sunshine. but under the cloud, further east, we were pegged well down into single digits, because of all the cloud, and also because of this increasingly cold air feeding in on an easterly wind. the easterly wind providing some wintry showers through the early hours down

a conservative win in the copeland by—election in cumbria. you would have to go back more than a century to find an example of the governing party taking a seat from the opposition party in an election like this. and in stoke on trent central labour gareth snell beat ukip's paul nuttall to hold the seat known as the capital of brexit. we will have all the political reaction to both by—elections. the morning after the

heavy as towards the hills of scotland, moving into cumbria.e rain reaching south—east england. eastern areas generally not seeing as much rain as you would see further west. for part two of the weekend on sunday we see another weather system coming in taking outbreaks of rain south eastwards with the breeze as well. very little in the south—east england and notice that the temperatures for many of us are in two double figures. it will be calling to the start of next week. weather systems around this weekend, it will be unsettled but nothing like storm doris. that is how it looks. i think ithinka i think a lot of people will be pleased to hear that. it is 18 minutes past six o'clock. the main stories this morning— a shock defeat for labour — they lose their copeland seat stories this morning— seat for the first time in more than eighty years. the conservative victory is the biggest by a governing party for decades. in a separate election, labour hold onto their seat in stoke. ukip poll a distant second. warehouse people with us now for a look t

the headlines at 8.00pm: theresa may hails an historic victory, as the conservatives win a seat in cumbria held by labour for more than 80 years. this truly is a government that is working for everyone and for every part of the country. meanwhile labour does hang on to its seat in stoke central, seeing off a challenge by ukip. and a message aboutjobs, and about this country —— ekiza message. —— it is a message. but above all, it was a message that hope triumphs over fear. the half brother of north korea's leader was killed by a substance classified as a weapon of mass destruction, according to malaysian authorities. the government outlines plans for fast—track degrees lasting two years instead of three — but they'll come at a cost. claudio ranieri says his dream has died following leicester city's decision to sack him yesterday. do you have anything to say to the fans? yes, i am very sad for them. i wish them all the best. the italian guided the foxes to the premier league title nine months ago — the club say the decision wasn't down to a player revolt. and coming up on hardtalk we hearfro

this could be heavy, again over the hills of cumbria.eland as well. just one or two showers. the wind much lighterfor the one or two showers. the wind much lighter for the rugby at murrayfield, but for the game in the six nations in dublin it is likely to be wet and still windy as well. that band of rain will continue to push its way away across england and wales. when becoming light and patchy later on in the night, by which time we will see another band of rain arriving into northern ireland and the western fringes of scotland. most of us will be frost free but it will be touch and go for central and eastern scotland and north east england. many places will start cloudy on sunday. some brighter skies perhaps, but we have this band of rain moving down from the northwest. it struggles to away and that rain turns heavy as it pushes in across western parts of england and wales into the afternoon. turning colderfor scotla nd afternoon. turning colderfor scotland and northern ireland for the rugby at twickenham, gusty winds likely to develop

also coming up: the national trust received an unexpected gift, grasmere island in cumbria, the islandll round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's mike bushell. good morning. it is one of the key matches in the six nations this afternoon with both scotland and wales trying to bounce back from defeat. patrick gearey is already in place at murrayfield. it has been a decade since the scots last beat the welsh, but the fans have got a feeling that this could be the day to put that right? it could be. we have got all sorts of musical accompaniment. we have got a pipe band and guitar band and a bagpipe band. it is an optimistic moment for scottish rugby at the moment. they we re scottish rugby at the moment. they were impressive in beating ireland and people think they have got a chance to beat wales. but they have made five changes. greg laidlaw is out injured for the rest of the tournament. wales have only had to make one change and george north comes in for alex cuthbert. they are the more settled side and they have got that recent good record against scotland. let's hear from got that

but it was theresa may's tories who celebrated an historic win in cumbria, turning this rock—solid redhe first time in 80 years. not for the first time, labour's former foreign secretary has spoken his mind. in a newspaper interview, david miliband said he feared labour is losing support in its core base and added he is obviously deeply concerned that labour is further from power than "at any stage in my lifetime." mr miliband is not the only one being critical of labour in print. in an article for the new statesman magazine, dave prentis, the leader of the union unison, says copland was a disaster. and whilst not pinning the blame onjeremy corbyn, he does say that since his election as leader five months ago, labour has not risen much closer to setting up shop here in downing street. that said, for the most part the unions are still with jeremy corbyn. this is not about one person. it is about us reconnecting with our grassroots. it is about getting the working class vote back and by defeating ukip in stoke, we have successfully done that because we were told we could not. so, let us

people in cumbria want a pragmatic politician from a credible party who will focus on their issues andwill do that. and people here voted 60/40 for brexit. the infrastructure's crumbling, we need new road and rail links. the nhs is at risk. there's nojobs, all the heavy manufacturing industry's gone. i think it's time for change. all the parties are supporting plans for a new power station in the constituency, but the greens are against it. i don't think it's the magic bullet everyone's been led to believe it is, and if the nuclear industry had been so good for this area, then why are towns like whitehaven... why are there so many empty units? why are people so hard up around here and why are these towns struggling? if labour manage to hang onto this seat, it will be a boost tojeremy corbyn's leadership. if they don't, questions will be raised about the future of labour's stronghold in the north. jenny kumah, bbc news. and the parliamentary by—election in the constituency of copeland takes place on thursday. here's a full list of the candidates, which is also available on the bbc news

cumbria could see 50—70 millimetres of rain here. flooding to northern ireland and scotland. brighter sky through the afternoon and lighter winds. not too bad for scotland versus wales at murrayfield in the six nations. there is the chance to bring in dublin for that match. this evening and tonight, the wet weather will continue for a time, tending to fizzle away. then a spell of drier weather before here we go again. more rain into northern ireland and western scotland by the end of the night. chilly across north east scotla nd night. chilly across north east scotland and most other places frost free. into tomorrow, the rain sinks into northern ireland and scotland. did the south—east of that, a fair amount of cloud. brighter at times. writing up eventually across northern ireland and northern scotland. some sunshine but also some heavy and blustery showers as things begin to cool off towards the end of the day. mild in the south—east. mild for man united versus southampton. patchy rain at times. into monday, a weather front swings

most of the rain moves across scotland, cumbria getting a fair bit of rain.ble figures on the south coast northern scotland around seven south coast northern scotland around seven celsius. tomorrow the wins will be picking up and it will be breezy around the coasts. the cloud with rain at times. i would not be surprised if even underneath the rain there will be a few breaks in the cloud. be prepared with your umbrella. it is this north—western pa rt umbrella. it is this north—western part of the uk that will get most of the rain on saturday and sunday. in scotla nd the rain on saturday and sunday. in scotland at lunchtime the weather is a little bit beauty. some sunshine and some showers around and breezy as well. it is a nice saturday evening. thicker cloud in southern areas of the uk. then another front comes in. we have got one on saturday and one on sunday. this is the one on sunday, affecting north—western areas of the uk. strong winds at time as well. but we are still focusing across the north west of the country, particularly in cumbria. round here we

theresa may hails an historic victory, as the conservative‘s win a seat in cumbria held by labour forthan 80 years. this truly is a government that is working for everyone and for every pa rt working for everyone and for every part of the country. meanwhile labour does hang on to its seat in stoke central, seeing off a challenge by ukip. it isa it is a message about the economy. it is a message about the economy. it is a message about the economy. it isa it is a message about the economy. it is a message about the economy. it is a message about the economy. it is a message aboutjobs. it is a message about this country. but above all, above all, it was a message that hope triumphs over fears. —— hope triumphs over fear. the half brother of north korea's leader was killed by a substance classified as a weapon of mass destruction, according to malaysian authorities. the battle for mosul — iraqi troops enter the west of the city for the first time, to face strong resistance from so—called islamic state. and on newsnight, theresa may — an unelected leader with a major constitutional negoti

the world and they are the lead developer in a big nuclear project planned up near sellafield in cumbriad after all of that. then rolls—royce, again, is huge and staggering one losses. yes, something like £4 billion, biggest in its history. they have had a torrid few years, this is the fifth profits warning it has put out. most of the losses are related to currency fluctuations, they will sell you an engine but also a 20 year servicing contract so it has to work out how to deal with currency fluctuations and it has bet the wrong way, with coming out of brexit. and it has also been through a hell of a time due to corruption issues that have been going on for decades, and it is facing a big fine here and in the us. when you put all of that together, it is a difficult time for rolls—royce but analysts looking to all of this are looking at the underlying business. they are hopeful that the underlying business is getting back to a reasonable position. they are hopeful that rolls—royce, which is a really important uk business, a massive investment in research and development, create high—value

dave guest, bbc news, at sunbiggin tarn in cumbria. absolutely stunning!lit with the weather today. fringes of scotland here, wheels and the south—west have seen the best today but the cloud has been spilling from east and here it has been quite cold —— wales and the south—west. it will turn increasingly colder and any showers we we start to get which will push further inland could be wintry in flavour as well. this will be the story as we move out of wednesday into thursday with this cold easterly flow developing through scandinavia around that area of high pressure, sitting with us, and it will stay like that for the next few days. that means going through this evening, there will be a scattering of showers fairly light and isolated. some of those showers further inland, there could be a little sleet and snow in there, but we are more concerned with ice first thing on untreated roads, stretching down the eastern scotland towards lincolnshire. elsewhere there will bea lincolnshire. elsewhere there will be a light frost around, little more cloud, with temp

theresa may hails an historic victory, as the conservative's win a seat in cumbria held by labour fornd for every pa rt working for everyone and for every part of the country. seeing off a challenge by ukip. it isa it is a message about the economy, it's a message aboutjobs, it's a message about this country. but, above all, it was a message that hope triumphs over here. —— fear. the half—brother of north korea's leader was killed by a substance classified as a weapon of mass destruction, according to malaysian authorities

nestled in the eden valley, the town of appleby in cumbria is as pretty a place as you could hope fors a recent arrival here, where the local surgery has struggled to recruit doctors. long days and the never—ending pressures of the job leading many of his peers to think about giving up and getting out. i am 58, and many of my colleagues and contemporaries have either left or plan to leave, and in cumbria the statistics are that in the next three years about 25% of gps will either have retired or are planning to retire, so these are really worrying statistics. it's under pressure at the moment. it is likely to get a lot worse in the next few years. and as gps leave, inevitably, there is a knock—on effect on remaining gps. there is more pressure on them. i think things are at a tipping point. gp practices right across the uk do face immense pressures, mainly to do with the growing number of patients who need to be seen. but in rural areas like this there is an additional problem — just trying to persuade doctors to come and work in the first place. we live on the edge of the lake distri

rain will be focused across western hills of england and wales, south—west england, western wales, cumbriath localised flooding in places. central and eastern places, you could see a glimmer of brightness, but it will be mild. the rain band moves south in the afternoon. brighter skies for northern ireland and scotland with blustery showers. at least you have sunshine to compensate. so, the first part of saturday night begins wet and windy. eventually the rain pushes into the north sea. it will turn dry for pushes into the north sea. it will turn dryfora pushes into the north sea. it will turn dry for a while. the windfall in later. a chilly night. in. in the south it will be fairly mild. 0n sunday morning, here it is, showing up sunday morning, here it is, showing up clearly on the bigger picture, sweeping in across the uk as sunday wears on. central, southern and eastern parts of the country will be dry through sunday. you could see some sunshine as well with the mild air, it will be pleasant, i2, some sunshine as well with the mild air, it will be pleasant, 12, maybe 13 degrees. wet and

the most amount of rainfall is expected to fall across cumbria and lancashire, the rain will wax andut the weekend so overall, this portion of the uk, will be getting most of the rainfall. a fairly chilly start to sunday, and dry with some sunshine across many central and eastern and southern areas. very quickly linked to this low—pressure, whether france will come zooming in. increasing winds, even gayle full swing is particularly around the south western approaches, the rsc very windy on the coastline, and we have got those outbreaks of rain. the heaviest rain across the north—western areas where the further east you are on sunday the further east you are on sunday the further south, the better the weather will be. a very breezy sunday, it looks like it will be a very breezy and changeable monday with low—pressure sitting on top of us. with low—pressure sitting on top of us. a very unsettled day, one of those days where b will have bright sunshine and dark cloud, maybe some dram lightning, all sorts. quite a dramatic day in terms of the sky, we will see scenes like this and then we

polls have closed in two parliamentary by—elections in staffordshire and cumbria, following the resignationse labour mps in stoke—on—trent central and copeland. the polls closed just over an hour ago with the results expected ataround 3am. in a moment we'll get the latest from tom bateman at the copeland count in whitehaven. first, let's cross to chris mason in stoke. the challenge from labour perhaps comes from ukip? it does. good evening from stoke, where the verification of the ballot papers is already under. about a dozen ballot boxes have already been brought here to the camp centre at the start of the law night. on nights like this the law night. on nights like this the word imminent gets used frequently, but you have to define that by every hour. this is a tussle between labour, a party that has held his seat or is it very similar to it since 1930, and ukip, which hopes the breakthrough in town and city that is seen as the capital of brexit. a large majority of people decided to leave the eu, despite the official labour position being to stay in. this, like the by—election in the lake

earlier, a triumphant theresa may addressed supporters in the cumbria constituency.e the 19305. a have helped the seat since the 1930s. a party in government has not won a by—election from the opposition for 35 years. you know what people were saying about this election? labour said they were going to win it. experts were saying that labour would increase their majority. all of you, the volunteers who went out there every day and campaigned, you had made sure that did not happen. despite losing copeland to the conservatives, labour also recorded a by—election win of their own — holding on to stoke—on—trent central, where the ukip leader paul nuttall had run a campaign mired in controversy. jeremy corbyn said his party's win sent a message that hope triumphs over fear. when many in the us off and said that ukip would win and take it, i tell you what happened yesterday, people came out, worked and knocked on doors and delivered a message. it isa on doors and delivered a message. it is a message about the economy, aboutjobs, is a message about the economy, about jobs, a

probably grey further west towards cumbria.southern england, it is going to be a reasonable start to the day. a lot of dry weather. there could be areas of mist, thicker patches of fog on high ground, perhaps around the coastal fringes as well. but it don't think it'll be too widespread, and there is a chance where you are we will see brightness developing as we go through the day. something of a west—east split emerging. that is to say, western areas keeping a lot of cloud, particularly towards coastal areas, damp and persistent. perhaps heavy rain eventually for the west of scotland. an increasingly blustery wind. always the further east you are, the better the chance of holding onto some brightness, and temperatures responding. up into double figures, and one or two places could get as high as 13 or 1a degrees through sunday afternoon. if anything we will import some even warmer, sub—tropical air coming off the atlantic and toppling down across the uk as we head into monday. the catch is it is going to be moist air, carrying

, which owns a very large stake in the company supposed to be developing a nuclear power plant in cumbriaent into question. now we have a story about funding. government officials have indicated that future projects would be expected to deliver a discount of at least 15% to 20% on the price of electricity, which is absolutely massive, and will deliver a big blow on any revenue they may generate to pay off those projects. this is a big blow if you are into nuclear power. even the green lobby believe this is the way forward. the problems, potentially, that there might be of leakages and so forth seem might be of leakages and so forth seem to have been dealt with, unless you live injapan and you have a tsunami. we know the problems of fukushima. so we know that cost is potentially a problem. it seems like a massive shame. you don't want to overpay for your electricity. we are on the cusp of having lots of other renewable energy a lot cheaper. so would you want to spend millions on a whole load of nuclear plants if you can get solar in a few years? that is what the green lobby is saying. it's

first time since 1981, the conservatives think that they can win over the deprived west coast of cumbriautfit for this mainly role constituency, as she paid a brief visit to support her candidate in copeland, it was not an easy ride as both labour and tories have a strength and weakness in the by—election. the conservatives are on the defensive why labour. 1

england, western wales and for north—west england there could be quite a lot of rain piling up for cumbria

threatening sky from this view from one of the weather watchers in cumbria this afternoon. west england. a few spots in south—east england. we have got this damp weather continuing in this area overnight tonight. becoming increasingly light and patchy. any rain to the north of that am a clear skies for north—east england, for parts of scotland, maybe a touch of frost developing in southern scotland. maybe in south—east england. as the mcgirt on. tomorrow morning, some of in scotland may be slow to clear a particularly in the south. a chilly start compared with this morning. still got thicker cloud. there will be light and patchy rain in north west england. spots in the midlands and south—east england. maybe also clipping the north of wales the rest of wales in south west england going off to a dry stop. fog patches. eastern scotla nd dry stop. fog patches. eastern scotland as well, elsewhere, sunshine will be very limited. a zone of thicker cloud although not much rain falling from it from south east england. and into western scotland. then western counties of wales. into o

. knows the distance between west cumbria and carlisle.der. how original! that at least makes it fair. so there they are in alphabetical order. one, two, three, four, five, six, seven candidates, not a huge numberfor a six, seven candidates, not a huge number for a by—election, which usually attracts lots of candidates, particularly from the minor parties. copeland, as i was saying earlier, it is labour's biggest held seat geographically, a constituency that is well spread out, stretching from the coast into the lake district, no huge town centres. whitehaven, where the count is taking place, is the biggest. we can now hear the result. i. biggest. we can now hear the result. i, richard lee, being the returning officer at the election of a member officer at the election of a member of parliament for the copeland constituency on thursday the 23rd of february 2017, do hereby give notice that the number of votes recorded for each candidate had said election is as follows. guest, michael patrick anthony, independent, 811. hanson, rebecca charlo

and north yorkshire. 0ur correspondent, danny savage, reports from cumbria. 0n the settle to carlisleentine's present? yeah, a really good one. i'm liking it, enjoying it. so, thank you. 0n the footplate, the crew were working hard, tonnes of coal were shovelled as the train went back—and—forth between skipton and appleby. and this isn't just about a trip on a steam train, lovely weather for a steam train ride. what will the forecast before the next couple of days? john hammond has the details. nice weather for nice weatherfor a trip nice weather for a trip in the next few days. the weather will behave itself. there will be some rain and extensive dry spells. this cloud is pushing in from the atlantic. they are not big

to the east of the pennines, some sunshine, probably grey further west towards cumbria.nglia and the south—east of england, it's going to be a reasonable start to the day. there could be some areas of mist and thicker batches of fog over the higher ground in particular. i don't think it will be too widespread, and i think there is a good chance that where you are, you will see some brightness developing during the day. western areas, keeping a lot of cloud, particularly towards coastal areas. the further east you are, the better chance of holding onto some brightness. and temperatures responding. if anything, we're going to import some even warmer air, subtropical, coming in off the atla ntic subtropical, coming in off the atlantic as we head into monday. the catch is that it's going to be moist air, carrying a lot of cloud, in between these two weather fronts. but this one will generate some wet weather for scotland and northern ireland. brightening up behind it. the fronts continue to come across the uk, as we go through the rest of the uk, as we go through the rest of

theresa may hails an historic victory, as the conservative's win a seat in cumbria held by labour fors a government that is working for everyone and for every pa rt working for everyone and for every part of the country. meanwhile labour does hang on to its seat in stoke central, seeing off a challenge by ukip. it isa it is a message about the economy. it is a message about the economy. it is a message about the economy. it isa it is a message about the economy. it is a message about the economy. it is a message about the economy. it is a message aboutjobs. it is a message about this country. but above all, above all, it was a message that hope triumphs over fears. —— hope triumphs over fear. the half brother of north korea's leader was killed by a substance

the rain is moving slowly south over the irish sea to bring rain in cumbria, lancashire and heavy rainle figures. it could be raining quite heavily first thing tomorrow. most of us will be frost free but there could be some frost in parts of scotland and north—east england. early brightness perhaps but generally cloudy on sunday. the rain will push in from the north—west and doesn't clear away from southern parts of scotla nd clear away from southern parts of scotland and northern until late. turning wetter over the hills of wales and the north. achievement of the century and the greatest sporting story of them all. the fans are dreaming, we are dreaming. good afternoon. the former labour foreign secretary david miliband says the party is the furthest it's been from power in 50 years. he was responding to labour's by—election

labour lost the seat in cumbria they'd held for 80 years.tland. the bank, which is over 70% owned by the government, warned today that it made a loss of nearly £7 billion last year. that's three times more than the loss they made the year before. our business editor simonjack takes a look at what's happening at rbs. not so much a lost decade, as a decade of losses. 2008 was the big one. £24 billion. since then, four billion, one billion, two billion, six billion, nine billion, three billion, two billion, and today, seven billion. £58 billion in total. for the ninth time in a row, fines and compensation for sins of the past have laid waste to any profits made, and further cost—cutting could mean thousands of job losses. there will be job losses. i have not put a number out and i won't. my view is, always talk to our people first where they are affected. there will be job cuts in this organisation. there has to be, given that over the next four years we will take £2 billion of costs out of this organisation to reshape it to be a really good ba

south—west of england, western wales and north—west england could see a lot of rain piling up in cumbriauble figures for all. and behind the rain band as it sinks south, things will brighten up for northern ireland and scotland, with blustery showers and the winds a feature, and it is cold behind the rain band, temperatures may be in single figures, with the sunshine to compensate. the weather front moves south and east on saturday night. heavy bursts across the high ground of the west before it clears away, then something dry to end saturday night. and it is cooler as well, certainly for northern areas, rural spots will be chilly, still mild in the south. here is saturday's wind pushing to the near continent. here is sunday's weather sweeping into the north and west through the day, and again the isobars will be squeezed together, so another windy day with gales or severe gales in the far north. most of the rain on sunday will be across northern ireland, scotland, into north—west england and northern and western wales with much of the east and south—east holding onto some dry weather, a

people in cumbria want a pragmatic politician from a credible party who will focus on their issues andgone. i think it‘s time for change. all the parties are supporting plans for a new power station in the constituency, but the greens are against it. i don‘t think it‘s the magic bullet everyone‘s been led to believe it is, and if the nuclear industry had been so good for this area, then why are towns like whitehaven... why are there so many empty units? why are people so hard up around here and why are these towns struggling? if labour manage to hang onto this seat, it will be a boost tojeremy corbyn‘s leadership. if they don‘t, questions will be raised about the future of labour‘s stronghold in the north. jenny kumah, bbc news. and the parliamentary by—election in the constituency of copeland takes place on thursday. here‘s a full list of the candidates, which is also available on the bbc news website. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour but first — the headlines on bbc news: hospital services in nearly two—thirds of england could be cut or scaled back, bbc analysis o

part of cumbria could see a lot of rain today, along with the hills and mountains of wales.ter mountains of wales. there may be some surface water and spray and even localised flooding. through the day, things will improve across northern ireland and scotland with a bit of bite is developing. this is 3pm today, if you are out and about. some damp weather will persist across cornwall and north devon, and certainly over the hills of wales. through the midlands and east anglia, some patchy rain, and nine or10 anglia, some patchy rain, and nine or 10 degrees. quite blustery in this rain band, and the rain keeps on coming across parts of north—west england. for northern ireland and scotland, things are improving, brightening up, the wind easing and just ate a few showers to take us through the afternoon. at murrayfield, decent weather for the game. it should be largely dry. the rain will hang around for the good pa rt rain will hang around for the good part of the afternoon in dublin. this evening, prepare for some outbreaks of rain. it will ease away as the night goes on. then w