thanks very much, darren bett.tory: president trump launches a stinging attack on environmentalists, saying they are alarmists and it is time for optimism. hello. the time is 1:33 and i'm ben croucher with a sports update for you. we'll start at the australian open with five brits in action today. four are out. the only success coming from harriet dart. the british number three failed to win a single game in the first round last year, but came through a dramatic final set to beatjapan‘s misaki doi. a tough task awaits in round two though, the current wimbledon champion simona halep. meanwhile, two former semi finalists are both out in 12th seed johanna konta and kyle edmund. john watson was watching on in melbourne park. it should look like an upset on the face of it forjohanna konta but when you consider the way her preparations have been hampered coming into the tournament this year, she only played one tournament in the lead up since she lost in the last 16 of the us open because of that troublesome knee injury.

here's darren bett.nother dose of wet and windy weather to come today, mainly affecting england and wales, where the winds have started to pick up in the winds have started to pick up in the far south—west. head to northern scotland, a more traditional windy look, some snow and ice this morning on higher roads in northern scotland. still windy in the north—west, that area of low pressure is the storm brands and we had yesterday, but the wet and windy weather comes from this weather system weather comes from this weather syste m fro m weather comes from this weather system from the south—west, bringing in cloud, strengthening the wind and bringing the rain. more persistent rain in northern england, heading to seven scotland, wintry showers to the north. the rain to the south is rather more patchy, winds will continue to strengthen for england and wales, widespread guilt later this afternoon with the strongest winds in the south—west, still gusty in the north—west of scotland, nothing unusual for this time

now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett.ello there, most of us will enjoy dry weather this weekend. we are seeing some wintry showers in scotland. those will continue to become fewer through the rest of the day. becoming dry for northern ireland, northwestern, but a high cloud here spilling down towards wales on the south—west, otherwise we will see these skies and pointy sunshine. six to 8 degrees, that is near—normal for this time of year. with those showers fading away from scotland, the winds dropping and with clear skies this evening and overnight, we have a frost pretty widely, even in towns and cities, —2 —3 possible. the exceptions the highlands and islands, here we have a milder stronger breeze coming in from the atlantic around the top of high pressure. follow the lines round and into the north sea and they could be one or two showers here early on sunday morning. they should say offshore. apart from that, more cloud and more breeze in the north—west of scotland, we have more winds, frosty start, a cold winter's da

first the weather with darren bett. hello there.try early on in the night, that was before all this cloud rolled in. a lot of it is quite high cloud, the zone of thickest cloud that's stretching across scotland and northern ireland is on that weather front there. that is continuing to bring some outbreaks of rain. ahead of it the winds are going to be howling, we are drawing in the milder winds from a long way south, so after a cold start, temperatures are continuing to rise to these sort of numbers by the end of the night. nine, ten, maybe 11 degrees — still on the chillier side across east anglia, mind you. we've still got the rain coming in to scotland and northern ireland heavy over the hills. a little trickle this way, very slowly southwards, some quite wet weather over the cumbrian fells and later into snow down here. ——snowdonia. eventually the rain turns more showery in scotland throught the afternoon, the winds will start to ease a bit but it stays very windy across england and wales, strong to gale force winds here. but as

here's darren bett. you, it has been much colder today for the northern half of the uk. further south there is this blanket a club that has been sickening and there are some areas of low pressure waiting to head our way with something a bit wetter and windier —— thickening pond at the rate will head northwards, steadily heading towards northern ireland, northern england and southern scotland and a bit of snow over high ground and a touch of frost in scotland. quite a range of temperatures, milder in the south where we see the rain and stronger winds for a while. heading into tomorrow, the rain clears from northern ireland, lasting in northern england and southern scotla nd northern england and southern scotland but for many areas, it will brighten up with some sunshine as well ahead of the next area of rain which might be quite heavy and potentially thundery in the south—west by the end of the day. a range of temperatures again, chile in northern ireland, the far north of england and scotland milder further south. two areas of low pressure coming in tomorrow, the second

now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett.showers in scotland. those will continue to become fewer through the rest of the day. becoming dry for northern ireland, northwestern, but a high cloud here spilling down towards wales on the south—west, otherwise we will see these skies and pointy sunshine. six to 8 degrees, that is near—normal for this time of year.

darren bett is here with the weather and it has been revealed today that a number of temperature recordse last 100 yea rs, second hottest in the last 100 years, and 2019 in the uk was the 11th warmest on record, but it was a year where we broke a lot of temperature records. it all started in february, in the winter, when the temperatures reached an all—time winter high of 21.2 celsius. then on top of that, we broke the all—time temperature record in the uk in cambridge. it is another example of oui’ cambridge. it is another example of our changing climate, but it's possible that in the next decade even those records could be broken. not tonight, though, and not over the weekend. we have seen clearer, colder air moving across the uk today, bringing sunshine, but we keep showers that will merge into longer spells of rain across scotland, and we'll see the clouds thickening across northern ireland and over the irish sea to bring a few pockets of rain and drizzle here. further east, dry and clear and possibly cold enough for a touch of frost into rural parts in the south—east. in shetland, i

what were we doing at that age, darren bett?! i can't remember that far back!udier, but this morning it was —5 in gloucestershire, worcestershire and oxfordshire and 9 degrees in highland scotland. those contrasts continue through the rest of today. high—pressure is in charge, around the top we are drawing in mild atla ntic the top we are drawing in mild atlantic air, but that area of

now for the weather with darren bett. hello there.low pressure, we actually have an area of high pressure building in, settling things down. that means for most of us this weekend it is going to be dry. the sunshine will be out, the winds could be strong, but it will be cold. we have already had a frost this morning. there will be another one this morning as well. ——tomorrow morning as well. this weather watcher picture gives a flavour of how it has been. down to —2, —3 or so. there have also been some showers of a wintry flavour in scotland already. those showers will start to become fewer through the rest of the day as the winds ease a bit and it should then turn dry for northern ireland and north—west england. more cloud coming in here spilling into wales in the south—west, otherwise blue skies and sunshine and lighter winds. maximum temperature around 6—8 degrees. that is near normal for this time of year. with clear skies, light winds and showers fading away from scotland, we are going to get a frost developing widely, and even i

time for a look at the weather — here's darren bett. he is looking very nervous.ed 50 in celsius but it has also been very windy. the winds have come from the azores and pushed wind across the whole of the uk but the strength of the wind has caused travel disruption. for the next few hours it is going to be very windy across the north west of scotland weather has been some very disruption. if you're travelling into yorkshire, the winds could be gusting 50 or 60 miles an hour during this evening. 0vernight the winds do ease. wet weather in scotland, then it turns more showery. we get clearer skies across many parts of the country and for northern areas, it gets a bit colder after the warmth of today. still mild where it is cloudy across most southern parts of england and wales. here it looks like being a cloudy day tomorrow. cloud thickening from the south—west to bring outbreaks of rain and drizzle that will develop more widely and push towards the midlands and eventually the south—east of england. head further north, the show was easing for northern england and n

now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett.hose will continue to become fewer through the rest of the day. becoming dry for northern ireland, northwestern, but a high cloud here spilling down towards wales on the south—west, otherwise we will see blue skies and plenty sunshine. six to eight degrees — that is near—normal for this time of year. with those showers fading away from scotland, the winds dropping and with clear skies this evening and overnight, we have a frost pretty widely, even in towns and cities, —2 —3 possible. the exception, the highlands and islands, here we have a milder stronger breeze coming in from the atlantic around the top of that area of high pressure. follow the lines round and into the north sea and there could be one or two showers here early on sunday morning. they should say offshore. apart from that, more cloud and more breeze in the north—west of scotland, we have light winds, frosty start, a crisp, cold winter's day. again, seven or eight degrees, probably milder in the cloud in the north—west.

here's darren bett.ng england and wales, where the winds have started to pick up in the winds have started to pick up in the far

darren bett with the weather.he‘s under investigation on charges of financial misconduct. hello everyone — this is afternoon live — i‘m simon mccoy. in washington — in an hour‘s time — president trump will give his response to the attacks on us air bases in iraq. two bases were hit by more than a dozen ballistic missiles fired from iran. iranian state television said the attack was in retaliation for the killing of general qasem soleimani, in a us air strike last week. the missiles targetted two air bases — in irbil in the north of iraq, and al asad, west of the capital baghdad. the attack took place about 2am local time. in all, 22 missiles were fired, though two did not explode. the ministry of defence says there have been no british casualties and president trump tweeted overnight that ‘all was well‘ and said damage was being assessed. our diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. on and on they came, one missile after another, soaring high into the iranian night sky. more than 20 in all. their destinatio

now it‘s time for a look at the weather with darren bett.some very strong that very mild air is coming with some very strong winds as well, notably around that deep area of low pressure to the north of scotland and ahead of that cold front there. already there has been some travel disruption across northern parts of britain and that is likely to continue as we head into the evening before the winds is down overnight. some really strong winds affecting the north—west of scotland, some ferry disruption around the islands and we have also had some disruption for motorists on the a1. a very windy weather but also very mild and at 6pm at the temperatures are around 12 or 13 but there isn‘t some rain around and that is becoming patch is a headstone across england and wales. clear skies to the north but it remains windy in the north of scotla nd but it remains windy in the north of scotland where those showers will be wintry. the northern half of the uk is turning chillier through the night whereas through the south there is temperatures remain in

here's darren bett.as taken in the south coast. dangerous waves, we have high tides coming this evening. it was very windy along the south coast, the strongest costs were much more exposed on the isle of wight. we had through the rest of the day with strong winds to come and it has been this weather system era that has picked up the wind and brought in some rain. the low pressure to the north of scotland is what is left of the storm yesterday. there has been snow and ice this morning in scotland with more of that to come overnight. the winds will gradually ease down overnight. the rain will clear down south with clear skies to follow. there will be some ice and a covering of snow on higher grounds in scotland and touches of frost in the north of england and northern ireland. in the south—east tomorrow we will still have rain in the morning. it should be gone by the afternoon. though that should be sunshine after that with frequent showers rubbing it in the north of northern ireland. perhaps not quite as

now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett.s, especially for eastern parts of england is that cloud and any remaining rain has moved away. we have clear skies this evening, if you shower is continuing, mainly in the north—west of scotland and the numbers at the top there are the wind speeds in gusts, a very gusty winds across the northern isles, causing some travel disruption. not as windy for many parts of the uk as it was yesterday. the winds will ease down a bit overnight gradually, continuing to feed in showers or longer spells of rain. through scotland, mainly, showers in northern ireland, one or two cropping up over the irish sea but had for these, likely to be dry with clearer skies for east anglia and the south—east of england, lighter winds meaning may be a touch of frost early in the morning. saturday sees a lot of card for the western side of the uk, bits and pieces of light rain or drizzle, the weather continues in the north of scotland, though some sunshine for shetland and not anywhere near as windy as it has been