but from me, david cornock, goodbye. good morning., however we have strong winds across the uk first thing. for the morning rush hour the core of the strongest winds will be across south—east england, the midlands and east anglia. the worst out of the way by then hopefully for the south—west of england and wales but we could see gusts 50 or 60 miles an hourfurther east. notice the gusts are light of further north, they are the figures in the black circles. there will be snow across scotland. that could make for tricky conditions. we need to watch the back edge of the rain. it could bring snow across the pennines, a covering of a couple of centimetres. the whole system is set to roll off into the north sea through the day. come the afternoon there is a lot of sunshine around, mild in the south. they will be showers packing into the north—west. through the evening, eastern areas remain fine. through the evening, eastern areas remainfine. in through the evening, eastern areas remain fine. in the west, the cloud sta rts remain fine. in th

you're watching wednesday in parliament with me, david cornock.wed time off school to go on a climate change protest? the international financier bill browder, who's a fierce critic of the russian leader vladimir putin, has said that members of the house of lords and former government officials have "received money from russian individuals" to assist in "blocking sanctions". speaking to the foreign affairs committee, mr browder said the uk had not sanctioned anyone since introducing legislation last year allowing the imposition of sanctions for gross violations of human rights. i'm sad to say that i believe that there are people connected to the political process here that have influence who are trying to influence the government in ways not to make life difficult for some of these people. can you specify who those people might be? we should be careful of those who do not have the ability to reply and should not be maligned on the privilege. fair enough. let me put it this way. there are members of the house of lords who have received money from r

you‘re watching tuesday in parliament with me, david cornock.if you miss our daily programme or just want to watch it again, you can find it on the bbc iplayer. mps have urged the ministry of justice to push on with implementing measures to make it easier forfamilies in england and wales to manage the affairs of a missing relative. opening a debate in westminster hall, a labour mp recounted the experience of one of his constituents. imagine this, out of the blue, someone you love goes missing. imagine the anxiety, shock, and sadness. then i imagine not being able to select out any of their affairs in the absence. this frustration, confusion, and hurt is exactly what my constituent experience. in may of last year, a constituent came to surgery after telling me about her brother. he was an experienced traveller and is used to travelling alone. and he vanished. he was last sighted on 11th march, 2017 and never returned to his hotel room. he was a photographer at his last photograph was taken island. despite searches, he was never found. he set out

but from me, david cornock, bye for now.ures got up to six dean, 17 celsius in quite a few areas. monday looking a little cooler. the first half of the week will bring a lot more cloud, temperatures will ease back down again, but by thursday, they will be creeping once more up to the dizzying heights of the middle height teens. in the short term, showers and a forecast air. hedington scotland, northern ireland, showers in the western areas of well. very mild further south of that nine degrees first thing in the morning on monday. that is the average temperature during the day. monday its self will bring a lot of fine weather to england and wales bar a few showers briefly in the south. most of the showers will affect northern ireland and scotland. they could be brief and heavy. nothing overall, just a lot more cloud around on monday, and as a result, it will be cooler. tuesday, we are between weather fronts. one moving to the east and another approaching us. but the wind is blowing at the south—west. you can see them here. ye

but from me, david cornock, bye for now.y to get going. apart from the cloud that moved into northern ireland and western scotland, friday brought plenty of sunshine, again the warm spot was in wales, this view from wrexham, it was in rhyll actually, north wales, where the temperature reached 17.5, it was higher than thursday's top temperature. over the weekend we are in this low of mild air heading up from the south though there are a few weather systems coming our way, so we can't rely on clear blue sky. here is the first weak one that is moving across northern scotland with some outbreaks of rain, another one will come in during sunday. for the weekend it is still mild, temperatures are above average for the time of year, it will be breezy, especially on sunday, dry for many, though these weather systems will bring a bit of rain, especially to western parts of the uk. already as saturday begins things are different, not as cold as recent mornings, more cloud around as well. still the leftovers of some overnight rain affec

but from me, david cornock, bye for now. we have seen temperatures as high as 15 celsius today.t hasn't mum —— muggy hasn't amounted to much. this weakening band is taking into cloud rather than rain. we are heading into cool air and more showers. most of those being kept at bay for the time being. there is a band of cloud moving through the midlands, and lincolnshire, and through to the south—east of england with sunshine behind it to end the day. temperatures lower than northern ireland, higher for eastern parts temperatures lower than northern ireland, higherfor eastern parts of england, 13, 1a, may be 15 degrees. the weather front producing the cloud get stuck across the south—east of england and east anglia. showers come in as we are close to this system of low pressure, temperature is around 6 degrees. some showers coming into england and wales, and lots of showers for northern ireland and western scotland, and coming into northern cumbria, as well. for south—east england and east anglia, we could be stuck with a band of cloud and drizzle, especially in the afternoon. in t

david cornock will be rolling up for the rest of the week. but from me, kristiina cooper, goodbye! on the cards throughout the remainder of this week. many of us season sunshine once again on tuesday that there will be a bit of rain around the north—west of the uk that after a chilly start, i think your best bet of getting spells of sunshine will be across southern and eastern parts of england. more on the web are generally across the north—west of the uk, some rain especially across scotland, which will push into northern england the afternoon. top temperatures are tense 12 degrees, little above average really for the time of year. moving to tuesday evening and into wednesday, we keep the bulk of our rain, a few spots of rain again in the north—west and temperatures, generally fuss free to start off your morning. quite cloudy picture to start wednesday, the best of the sunshine towards the south and east. a few bits of rain in scotla nd and east. a few bits of rain in scotland but mostly dry and highs of around ten to 12 degrees. goodbye for now. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting

but from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello there.t it is not done with us yet. as it pushes off into the north sea is likely to bring damaging winds to parts of northern ireland, southern scotla nd parts of northern ireland, southern scotland and northern england for awhile. gus and 70 miles an hour may be in excess in some exposure. along with it as well some heavy rain and snow over the tops of the pennines, and tops of the scottish hills. further south, lots of blustery showers. very windy start to saturday, the strongest winds clearing off into the north sea, taking heavy rain with it. by the afternoon the heaviest rain will be confined to the north—east of scotland, the northern isles and further south the odd shower. there should be a lot of dry weather around, but it will be a blustery day across eastern areas. through the afternoon the winds easing down. temperatures reaching 10—11, the last of the mild days for now, as things are set to turn cooler as we head into sunday and next week. watch up the strong winds, early on tod

but from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello.d only manage 1a. of course, it didn't help, it certainly felt cooler, if your skies looked like this. but there's still some springlike sunshine to be found here and there. and in fact, parts of eastern england could be as high as 16 degrees during sunday, because we're all going to see a bit of sunday sunshine, either side though of an area of cloud, with a chance of rain spreading east across the uk. got low pressure to the west of us, you see the swirl in the satellite picture here. so it's this cloud which is going to move on through, but it is a weakening system, and some of us could welljust stay dry throughout. so this is how we're starting the day, nowhere particularly cold, and actually, for many of us, it will be a sunny start, but that's away from this area of cloud and some rain to the west. notice how narrow it is, though, as it moves into south—west england, into wales, knocking on the door of north—west england. most of its rain is now done from northern ireland at this

but from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello.ilding across much of western europe, and that means wearing for a lot of bright if not sunny weather. a touch of frost in the morning, bit like on monday. let's have a look at the big picture, first of all. and here is oui’ picture, first of all. and here is our high pressure that is building across western parts of europe. early on monday it is still around iberia, just about nudging into france in the uk. the rest of europe still pretty unsettled, low pressure there, some snow across the alps, quite a lot of it, and yes, still pretty chilly. is coming out of the north, north—west, but the milder weather here will be reaching us in the next 24—36 hours. so in the short—term, still pretty chilly winds out of the north. that means coldweather first thing in the morning in scotland. in fact, coldweather first thing in the morning in scotland. infact, in city centres, temperatures will be below freezing. down at around —2, possibly around “i! or five outside of town and a touch of frost

you're watching thursday in parliament with me, david cornock.ome — how can more women be persuaded to become firefighters? the venezuelan president nicolas maduro has faced international demands to give way tojuan guaido, who's head of the south american country's national assembly, amid mass protests. the uk and other european powers have recognised the opposition leader as the interim president of the country. a highway bridge across a colombia—venezuela border, which would reportedly be used to deliver humanitarian aid, has been blocked by tanker trucks on the venezulan side, according to media reports. —— venezuelan. in the commons, the foreign office minister, sir alan duncan, called on mps to keep up the pressure on the maduro regime with "one united voice". the uk has taken a lead in the eu by calling for a tougher response to the regime in the light of the failure to call new elections. now, this may include further targeted sanctions, in co—ordination with recent steps taken by the us. the uk also stands closely alongside our lima group

but from me, david cornock, bye for now.e've had in the last few days. and as storm erik pulls away out into the norwegian sea, behind it, it leaves a legacy of changeable weather. we have got some rain out there right now. it's pretty damp across some central and southern parts of the uk, brought by this area of cloud here. this is a weather front which will be sliding across southern and central parts of the uk. all of this cloud here to the north, actually, that's the remnants of storm erik that we've had in the last couple of days. so here's the forecast through the early hours. bits and pieces of rain across central and southern areas of the uk. clear for scotland and much of northern and north—eastern england there. in fact, a touch of frost first thing on sunday morning, and pretty chilly in belfast, as well, around 2 degrees at 6:00am. so what can we expect, then, on sunday? well, the morning is looking cloudy and damp for many of us across the southern half of the uk. but this weather front will be swiftly moving aw

david cornock will be here for the rest of the week. so from me, keith macdougall, goodbye. hello.start off on a pretty chilly note, at least first thing. this picture was taken on monday evening, by one of our weather watchers, in hertfordshire, showing that the fog's already been forming. so i think we are likely to start with quite a bit of mist and fog around, also some frost here and there, first thing tuesday morning. rain will move in from the west later on in the day, so we'll see those skies clouding over. a clear start for many of us. you can see the the blue colours indicating where the lowest of the temperatures and the frost will be. there's also going to be some fog problems, particularly through the vale of york, also through parts of southern england, perhaps east wales as well. through the day, we do start with that sunshine for much of scotland, northern england, eastern england too. but you can see the cloud rolling in from the west, ahead of the arrival of some wet weather. so later in the morning, there'll be some rain for northern ireland, wales, the south—wes

and in half an hour here on bbc news, the week in parliament with david cornock.ternoon and welcome to bbc news. the family of shamima begum — one of three british school girls who left britain to join so—called islamic state — say they've been told that she's given birth. shamima, who's now 19, was found last week in a syrian refugee camp by the times newspaper. she said she wanted to bring up her baby in britain, as she had lost two other children while living with is. it all comes as president trump has called for the uk and other european countries to take back hundreds of members of is, captured in syria and iraq, and to put them on trial. jane frances kelly reports. the teenager, shemima begum, who travelled to syria to join is as a schoolgirl of 15 four years ago is thought to have given birth to a son. a statement from the family's lawyer said mother and child were believed to be in good health but they were still trying to make direct contact with her. the birth comes as debate rages about the best way to deal with those returning from the is caliphate. u

but from me, david cornock, bye for now.ahead, before we get there still a fairly messy picture through the rest of sunday afternoon, some of us have sunshine others have sunshine and showers like here in bradfield in sheffield not so long ago and others had more persistent rain. this frontal system is slowly pulling away eastwards, there are outbreaks of rain at the north and striping its way round, bringing wintry weather, and also some strong and gusty winds for western and southern coasts with the gusts reaching 40—50 mph. we also have some sunshine to end the day particularly along the spine the country, what we find through the evening and overnight we have a quick look at the temperatures before we get there, we look at the six or 7 degrees so it is a colder feel. through the evening at overnight the rain across scotland move southwards, as the rain across ireland worked its way to wales. wondering this for a time over the hills but as the night wears on things become drier and clearer which will lead to some ice acro

you're watching thursday in parliament with me, david cornock., ministers under pressure to change the law on assisted dying. a british woman who ran away to syria as a schoolgirl to join the islamic state group has told the times newspaper she wants to return to the uk as she's nine months pregnant. shamima begum, who's now 19, married an is fighter and had two children, who've both died. but she said she didn't regret going to syria. the security minister has warned that she would be investigated if she came back and possibly prosecuted. ms begum was one of three schoolgirls from bethnal green academy who left the uk in february 2015. a conservative mp raised the case during business questions. may we have a debate in government time to establish the roles gimmick and the government keep the house updated on how it is going in returning these offenders to their countries of origin? the threat they pose to national security in the economic consequences of the british taxpayer. and while they are at it, now that 10% of the prison population in th