think in cumbria, we are in a different position.d cumbria has had three weeks to plan this and it is a massive task. we are lucky that our director of public health and assistant director of education have seen ahead of the government and step forward. the local authorities, this is a complex task for 5.5 million children. good luck with next week. i hope you manage have some rest before then. thank you forjoining us, caroline walker. australia says it could deport british backpackers who flout covid rules, after hundreds were seen partying at a sydney beach on christmas day. videos of the gathering, widely shared on social media, showed hordes of young people at bronte beach in breach of regulations. the event has sparked anger among locals, with health officials calling it "absolutely appalling". sydney is battling a new outbreak after months of no local cases. the us house of representatives has voted in favour of boosting payments under a new coronavirus stimulus package. under the new deal individuals would receive $2,000 — pre

a beautiful day in cumbria and further south you are it has been grey and damp and it has been a fairlyhe way of rain. this chart shows where rainfall amounts would be accumulating, particularly in england and wales and in towards east anglia will see 40 to 70 millimetres of rain. and this will enhance the risk of flooding in the next few days. as we go through the rest of the tie, it will turn red and white towards west of england and white towards west of england and wales but there will be clear skies and the north. cloud will increase across northern ireland and southern scotland into the night. further rain at times across england and wales and there will be some clear skies to but it is going to be another mild one for the south and temperatures will only be dropping a little bit from the daytime. there will be a frost for some into tomorrow morning. this is the chart wednesday bringing that intensification of rain is this area of low pressure. strong and gusty winds developing towards whales and the southwest. some heaviest rain in the southwest. some heaviest rain in the north w

this was cumbria just a little earlier on.which is going to be across wales and south west england as the weather front splits in two through this evening, so we see a pulse of wet weather drifting off into the near continent, some showery outbreaks of rain moving its way through scotland. widely, it's going to be an overcast night to come. that's going to prevent those temperatures from falling too low, so not a cold night in comparison to recently, 3—8 degrees to greet us first thing in the morning. there's still going to be some showery rain moving its way through northern scotland. elsewhere, the cloud thick enough for a few isolated showers, a bit drizzly, a bit drab, i'm afraid, through much of the day. the cloud is unlikely to break up, so we won't see that much in the way of sunshine, but temperatures should peak between 7—9 degrees quite widely. maybe, if we're lucky, double figures down into the south west. as we move out of thursday, we're going to see another weather front pushing through. that, again, will strengt

the many northern areas of the uk we have seen plenty of sunshine, beautiful day earlier in cumbria whereasdamp and fairly drizzly as well. it is southern areas we are likely to seek more rain in the next 36 hours. this chart shows where rainfall amounts will be a community, particularly across england and wales and his own from wales to the midlands to east anglia, here we can see 110 to 70 mil metres of rain which could enhance the risk of flooding as we go through the coming days. as we go through the coming days. as we go through the coming days. as we go through the rest of today, you can see how it is going to turn wet across parts of wales, central southern england, modest of the air here but into the evening clear skies, northern include, scotland and northern ireland to telling cold quickly. cardwell increase into the night, further rain at times across england and wales. there will be clear skies but another mouth on the further south you are, temperatures only dropping a few degrees from daytime temperatures. this is the chart for wednesday, bringing that intensification of the r

last night with deciding weather or not to extend the toughest loss to lancaster, the midlands and cumbriaalmost. -- getting to be another. i guess what is in a name, like down itself would suggest you can go out at all in tier 4. you can still go see one of the person in tier 4. you can go for a walk. 0bviously tier 4. you can go for a walk. obviously you are being discouraged from going to work but if you need to go to work, you can go to work. it is not quite the zirconia lockdown that we had at the beginning where everything pretty much was shut. —— the problem of course is that we are back where we started. —— draconian measures. we had all of this but it didn‘t seem we have made enough progress. that is why i think it is so important first of all to recognise that those people who are vulnerable must be protected and must be extra careful and we must all be extra careful with them in on their behalf. and we had the vaccine coming. and that that cannot come quick enough. we must try and find a way that will actually help get rid of the virus rather than trying to squash it, but it see

beautiful day earlier in cumbria. damp, -- it —— it has been grey. and it has been fairly drizzly, as well. it is southern areas where we are likely to see more in the way of rain during the next 36 hours. this chart shows where rainfall amounts will be accumulating, particularly across england and wales, and especially is one from wales to the midlands, towards east anglia. here we could see 40—70 millimetres of rain. that could just enhance the risk of some more flooding as we go through the coming days. as we go through the rest of today, you can see it is going to turn wet across parts of wales, central and southern england, mildest of the air here. but into the evening, there will still be some clear skies in northern england, scotland and northern ireland. already turning cold quite quickly. cloud will increase across northern ireland and southern scotland through the night. further rain at times across england and wales. there will be some clear skies around, too, but it will be another mild one the further sou

so one example for you is eden in cumbria — their average is about 500 cases per 100,000 people.00 — but they're only in tier 2 at the minute. now obviously the government doesn't just look at case numbers, but also the pressure on the local health system and other things. but it would be quite hard not to expect places like that to see extra restrictions coming up which will be announced tomorrow. for most of us, though, the real thing we can do right now is stick to social distancing, stick to the restrictions in our level, and bring those restrictions down. in scotland, the public have been urged to stay at home on new year's eve and not celebrate hogmanay with other households. the advice from the first minister, nicola sturgeon, follows a record number of covid cases reported on a single day in scotland. my main message to people really is to make sure that you are not visiting other people's houses right now. that is the most important thing of all. and unfortunately, that includes hogmanay and new year. this year, i know we are all desperate to kick 2020 into touch, but we

as to what areas, we aren't sure, but some areas, we aren't sure, but some areas around cumbria in thelands —— west midlands... infection rates that could come on paper, move up the ranking to tear for. there is the talk of tier 5 as well, what's the word on that? at the moment, schools are due to return in england next week. there's some talk of a staggered return to schooling, especially among secondary school children. so someone go back a week later on 11 january, if they have exams this year to contend with, but others might come back later, there's talk of delaying it a week or even further into february for students to come back. that's all to drive down the infection rates, the latter number, which is the rate at which the virus is spreading in the uk. it's been going up and which has been blamed on this new variant being found in the southeast of england in that area. thank you, jim. margaret keenan, the first person in the world to receive the pfizer—biontech vaccine, has received her second jab. there is some flash photography coming up in these next pictures. the 90—year—ol

in cumbria could be turning later this afternoon. the main area of concern is across south wales and south—west england. we have this amber weather warning for the met office, with more flooding expected, and some travel disruption. the heaviest of the rain today will be over the hills. dartmoor, the brecon beacons. by hills. dartmoor, the brecon beacons. by the end of the day, around four inches of rain. the radar picture shows it has been turning wetter in the south—west of england and widely into wales, that wetter weather moving north into england and turning wetter in scotland as the rain eases off in northern ireland. towards the south—east, damp and drizzly, very mild, temperatures around 13 celsius. also windy. through this evening that rain is filling the same sort of areas, the rain continuing to add up, then the rain continuing to add up, then the rain edging into eastern england overnight, allowing clear skies and showers to follow not just overnight, allowing clear skies and showers to follow notjust in northern ireland,

there will be a lot of low cloud, ill fog across the moors and through wales, cumbria and the southernwe go through the night, after an early dip in temperatures, they will rise and if you look at these, they are not too dissimilar to what we are looking at during the day and for some they will be higher, so once again we have this range between nine and 13 degrees. through the course of tomorrow we start with hill fog, some cloud around as well and then we have the next system coming in from the west which is likely to produce heavy rain, particularly across south—west england and wales as you can see through the flashes of green. it is falling on saturated ground so could lead to issues with flooding and these black circles represent the strength of the wind gusts, so it would be quite a windy day again, especially with the exposure through the irish sea. in the south—eastern corner, a fair bit of cloud and we could see drizzle from that and the rain continuing across parts of scotla nd rain continuing across parts of scotland away from the north—east but here it will be pretty windy

this was cumbria just a little earlier on., the heaviest of which is going to be across wales and south west england as the weather front splits in two through this evening, so we see a pulse of wet weather drifting off into the near continent, some showery outbreaks of rain moving its way through scotland. widely, it's going to be an overcast night to come. that's going to prevent those temperatures from falling too low, so not a cold night in comparison to recently, 3—8 degrees to greet us first thing in the morning. there's still going to be some showery rain moving its way through northern scotland. elsewhere, the cloud thick enough for a few isolated showers, a bit drizzly, a bit drab, i'm afraid, through much of the day. the cloud is unlikely to break up, so we won't see that much in the way of sunshine, but temperatures should peak between 7—9 degrees quite widely. maybe, if we're lucky, double figures down into the south west. as we move out of thursday, we're going to see another weather front pushing through. that, a

this was cumbria just a little earlier on. from the west. the rain fairly light and patchy through western scotland and northern ireland, the heaviest of which is going to be across wales and south west england as the weather front splits in two through this evening, so we see a pulse of wet weather drifting off into the near continent, some showery outbreaks of rain moving its way through scotland. widely, it's going to be an overcast night to come. that's going to prevent those temperatures from falling too low, so not a cold night in comparison to recently, 3—8 degrees to greet us first thing in the morning. there's still going to be some showery rain moving its way through northern scotland. elsewhere, the cloud thick enough for a few isolated showers, a bit drizzly, a bit drab, i'm afraid, through much of the day. the cloud is unlikely to break up, so we won't see that much in the way of sunshine, but temperatures should peak between 7—9 degrees quite widely. maybe, if we're lucky, double figures down into the south west.

nina warhurst has spent the morning at a play equipment manufacturer in cumbria. welcome.ll recognise those long beams. they will be turned into swings, climbing frames. the hope is that some of them will end up in the european union. 0bviously they are closely watching the talks. to make your —— two metre rules on this site, which is why i am not wearing a mask. they have been making equipment here for generations. they exported 50 different countries. they are one of many businesses waiting to see what happens next. let's remind ourselves of the scale of our interaction economically with the eu. it is our biggest trading partner around £400 billion of exports go there, sorry, around 300 billion of exports to the eu from the uk. that is about two fifths of our exports. imports from the eu worth around £400 billion. that is around half of all of our imports. and the food is one of the biggest imports. around a quarter of the food that we consumed last year came from mainland europe. and we exported to £20 billion of food and drink to the eu. so it's incredibly valuable to

there will be a lot of cloud and hill fog as well across the moors, into wales, cumbria and the southern, the weather front moves from the west towards the east. it is still going to be a windy day. gusts wherever you are. we start off on a fairly cloudy note with some fog and then here comes the rain. you can see this arc of it, wherever you see greens and yellows, it's telling you there will be some heavy bursts. these are the wind gusts. wherever you are, you will notice them. this cloud in the south—east will be thick enough to produce some drizzle from time to time. temperatures, 10—13 degrees but we could see 14 or indeed 15 for example across north—east wales, way above average for the time of year. as we move on through the weekend, friday into saturday and sunday, we have an array of weather fronts crossing us, connected to low pressure and also an array of isobars. after a very mild day on friday for the time of year, things start to cool off a touch on saturday and sunday, with temperatures returning to roughly where they should be at this stage in december. as for the weather

nina is at a play equipment manufacturer in cumbria for us this morning. good morning.. welcome. if you good morning. welcome. if you spend good morning. welcome. if you spend welcome. i‘ a good morning. welcome. if you spend a lot of time in playgrounds, you will probably recognise this brand. full stop the beams will be turned into swings and climbing frames and the hope is some will end up in the european union, so they are closely watching the talks. to me to rules on this site which is why i am not wearing a mask. they have been making equipment for generations and export 250 countries and are one of many businesses waiting to see what happens next. —— they export to 50 countries. around £400 billion exports go to the eu from the uk, about two fifths of our exports. imports from the eu work around £400 billion, around half of our imports. and food is one of the biggest imports, around one quarter of the food we consume to last year came from mainland europe, and we exported £20 billion of food and drink to the eu, so it is incredibly valuable to the industry. whisk

we have heard about birmingham, perhaps part of cumbria, can you give us specifics?s of the country. i have seen some of those reports, none “— have seen some of those reports, none —— not all of them are accurate. at the moment the problem is centred on london, the south—east and east of england but it is not exclusively in that area. there are other areas of concern as well. we will make that judgment other areas of concern as well. we will make thatjudgment public as quickly as we can. i know that businesses are members of the public would like to here as soon as they can we would make sure that is done. are you concerned about the possibility that with a bit of hindsight, christmas possibility that with a bit of christmas might be a super spreader event? our concern at the potential of christmas has led us to put in these extra restrictions, notjust for tier a, but for the whole country. most of us wanted to have a christmas with our family and friends and that will be very different for everyone in the country now, particularly in the tier a parts. i think it wa

beautiful day earlier in cumbria. the further south, it is grey and damp and fairly drizzly.es in northern england, scotland and northern ireland. cloud will increase across northern ireland and southern scotland into the night. further rain at times across england and wales. there will be some clear skies around too. it will be another male one the further south you are. temperatures only dropping a few degrees from daytime values. north in england and northwards, there is chance of a frost for some into tomorrow morning. this is the chart for wednesday. bringing that intensification of the rain as this area of low pressure. strong and gusty winds developing later on towards wales in the south—west. some of the his airframe may be north west wales and at zone from wales, the midlands, to east anglia. could see some rumbles of thunder. this case could brighten in the south at times. temperatures around 13-14. south at times. temperatures around 13—14. increasingly chill further north. scotland are enjoy the best with some sunshine. colder air will ta ke with some sunshine. co

we will see sense and across central and cumbria.ng. that means what you start off with the morning is fog. that looks to be dense and may well last all day. where that happens, temperatures won't get much above freezing. another cold day. temperatures four to six celsius at best. cloud will thicken in the east and that rain will turn to snow in scotla nd and that rain will turn to snow in scotland and the pennines for a time before probably transitioning back to reign as the air starts to turn a bit less chilly. the area of low pressure is slow moving on tuesday and wednesday. a lot of cloud around in the middle part of the week. the rain will turn lighter and more patchy. nevertheless staying damp and chilly with a very slow, gradual increase in temperatures across western areas in particular as we get towards the end of the week. we have frost, fog, rain and sunshine. a whole lot going on and a mixed variety of weather. trying to give us some variety of weather. trying to give us some positive by sipping sunshine and at the end, i

showers in cumbria and gwynedd. most of you will have a crisp and cold christmas day.a blustery day. some showers in england and wales. a lot of dry and bright weather. increasingly wet and windy toward scotla nd increasingly wet and windy toward scotland and northern ireland later. still across the grampians. 0n boxing day temperatures left. as we go through sunday night into sunday the wind strength increases. 50 to 70 mph. the strongest winds on the coast and in the hills. low price heading from the north. wet weather through the country on saturday night. another inch for england and wales. flooding on sunday. turning drier and brighter with sunshine and increasingly wintry showers. matt, thank you. it's time now for our regular gp appointment and this morning it's dr rachel ward, who joins us from newbury. good morning. how are you? morning. i'm really good, thank you. happy christmas eve to you. less happy news for us to be talking about today as we are very much focused on the rising levels of coronavirus infections in this country, and the move to tier 4 from m

on roads, way of attacking the government on otherfronts, on roads, on north sea oil and coal in cumbriaeathrow episode, could be influential on other issues too. roger harrabin, our environment a nalyst. strict tier 3 coronavirus restrictions have come into forces for nearly 11 million people across the whole of london, and parts of essex and hertfordshire in south east england after a surge in positive cases. 34 million people are now living in the highest level of coronavirus restrictions. there can be no socialising indoors with anyone other than the people you live with, or those in your support bubble. bars, pubs and restaurants will have to close, though they can provide takeaways and deliveries. but shops, gyms and hairdressers will be able to stay open. this report byjon mcmanus. it looked festive, and the crowds and the traffic were out in force last night in the capital. but, as the tier 3 deadline loomed, the mood among some of the diners and drinkers of london's west end turned to one of resignation. unfortunate measure the government had to take, but we're going to hopefull