until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello. the next few days, thanks to a building ridge of high pressure. but that ridge of high pressure will bring with it an increased chance of many of us seeing frosty nights. could be some chilly days, as well, as under the ridge of high pressure, there's an increasing chance of us seeing fog developing by night and lingering into the coming days. today perhaps not so bad, though. we will have a weather front still pushing a bit more cloud into southernmost counties of the uk first thing, a little bit of rain for kent. on the whole, though, the majority seeing sunshine from the get—go. but even with the sunshine, after a chilly start, our temperatures won't recover to the heights we've seen previously this week. we're looking typically at highs of 7—9, the odd spot getting up to 10—11. you may all notice this weather front trying to come into the northwest. these two fronts tend to try and squeeze the high through thursday and friday, but through the centre of the high, we have the greate

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello there.uthern parts of the uk. wednesday started with some frost quite widely in england and wales. what followed was a generally dry and sunny autumn day. but, for scotland and northern ireland, we saw more cloud moving in during the afternoon and the evening. you can see that clearly on the satellite picture from earlier on. that cloud moving very slowly southwards. we actually have weakening weather front bringing some damp and drizzly weather and lowering the cloud onto the hills. but we've got high pressure across the south, this is where we've got the clearer skies and we've got those lower temperatures as well. milder in the north, but colder in the south. maybe some frost around for mid wales, midlands and southwards. notjust some frost, some mist and fog too. that's going to be dense in places in the morning. gradually through the morning that will tend to lift and break. may take a while in the home counties, mind you. then we get sunshine coming through. but, for north wales, north

you‘re watching monday in parliament with me, david cornock.up and there‘s really no excuse now the pubs are either shut or closing early you can catch up via the bbc iplayer. as many as 5,000 high street shops could close this year half of them due to the coronavirus pandemic. with christmas fast approaching and a new lockdown in england coming into force this week, experts have warned the communities and local government committee that more financial help was needed. the mps heard covid—i9 had been accelerating changes to retail that had already been under way due to the growth in online shopping. we went into this emergency with 52% of retail and hospitality businesses in serious risk of failure, and in fact you were seeing companies like debbie nims had been into administration again in april which was the second time in a year. and so the conditions out there already tough, and what covid—i9 has done is accelerate something that was happening which isjust this phenomena of changing our habits and online retailing hasjumped from around 18%

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello.g milder. but it will be often quite cloudy, grey and murky in many spots. we start off on saturday morning with a touch of frost, parts of the far north of england, maybe ireland and scotland as well, any in scotland increasingly confined to the north, but this lump of cloud with mist and merck drifting northwards across england and wales, the odd spot of rain with that and some higher temperatures down towards the south, 12—14 c. the channel islands should get away with some sunshine through the day, clear skies here through the night. but for many other spots, we see a lot of clouds drifting northwards, some misty and murky conditions, the odd spot of rain holding on to some conditions. here there will be a touch of frost, a cloudy day for most on sunday with highs of 9 or 10. welcome to bbc news. i'm james reynolds. our top stories. iran promises revenge for the assassination of its top nuclear scientist — and blames israel for his murder. new figures reveal a million more american

you're watching tuesday in parliament with me, david cornock.estions in the welsh parliament. the report into the conduct of the home secretary, priti patel, has provoked heated exchanges in the house of lords. last week, the prime minister overruled his own adviser on ministerial standards, who'd found ms patel‘s behaviour towards colleagues could be construed as bullying, although unintentional, and so she had breached the ministerial code. the adviser, sir alex allan, resigned. the home secretary apologised. downing street said the matter was "closed", but peers weren't leaving it there. a conservative went on the offensive, attacking sir philip rutnam, the former permanent secretary at the home office who very publicly resigned earlier this year. sir philip rutnam behaved disgracefully badly when he crossed that boundary by rubbishing a secretary of state. he brought even further disgrace on our superb civil service by appearing on television. would the noble lord, the minister, agree that in future, snowflakes should be barred from being pe

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello, that afternoon. the weather along so no winds to move the weather along so it's been a pretty grey and gloomy day for many of us. low cloud, mist and fog patches lingering into the afternoon but in scotland, the north—east of the country, gloriously sunny here in aberdeenshire. temperatures were only a degree or two above freezing in places. a bit of sunshine coming out in wales for a time in parts of south—west england as well but overnight, another murky night for england and wales, fog patches here, the fog lifting across the southern uplands as rain begins to spread into scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england later in the far north of england later in the night. the rain will be quite heavy for western scotland and this wet weather is going to be pushing southwards as we go through monday, but as the france move south, they will be weakening so not a great deal of rain around the south of england by the time those fronts arrive late in the day. sunshine follows in scotland but co

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello there.oblems, certainly some poor visibility in places particularly across parts of england and wales. the fog slow to clear through the day and it will feel cold out there. two weather fronts, one to the northwest, one to the south bringing some cloud and patchy rain. but in between, very light winds, temperatures have been dropping, it's going to be a very cold start to friday morning. widely around freezing, some spots below and we will also see some fog. indeed, some freezing fog across parts of england into east wales as well. these are the areas most likely to be affected. slightly different across the far southeast, here it's more likely cloud bringing the odd spot of rain. some early sunshine through wales, parts of northern england, and then for northern ireland and scotland, it's a slightly different story again. this band of cloud and weather front bringing some outbreaks of very patchy rain, and that band of cloud with those bits and pieces of rain not moving far at all through t

you're watching monday in parliament with me, david cornock.round—up of westminster life, you can catch up, broadband permitting, via the bbc iplayer. there's been some heavy criticism of the windrush compensation scheme in the house of lords following newspaper revelations last week that a senior black civil servant resigned from the unit which is processing the pay—outs. alexandra ankrah told the guardian the scheme was racist and unfit for purpose. the windrush scandal emerged after some people who arrived in the uk between 1948—1971 from caribbean countries were wrongly told they had no right to live or work here. some were wrongly deported. problems with the compensation scheme were raised by a liberal democrat peer. there are serious allegations of racism and racial discrimination against those who are dealing with outstanding windrush compensation claims. the injustice has lasted for over 70 years. the evidence from wendy williams has been accepted. we did with covid avoid millions of pounds without proper scrutiny. the home office canno

parliament at 11pm on monday night for the latest from the commons and the lords, but from me, david cornockn. for some of you, a pretty murky start to the weekend, pretty murky start to the weekend, pretty cold as well. the sunshine is a bit closer than you think. earlier in the peak district, lovely blue skies overhead. but in the valley, you can see the cloud, the lingering fog across much of north—east england, the vale of york. the last few hours, it has started to get thinnerfor many, few hours, it has started to get thinner for many, a few hours, it has started to get thinnerfor many, a bit around particularly towards the coast of north—east england and the eastern half of central scotland. but sometimes promotion. cloud in the south—west, the odd shower possible as we finish the afternoon, but here the highest temperatures, 17 in cornwall recently. three degrees across eastern scotland, where the fog is still hanging around. this evening and overnight, some mist and fog returning across eastern england and eastern scotland. low cloud developing elsewhere. some clear skies, particular

but dojoin david cornock on bbc parliament on monday night at 11pm for a full round—up of the day atd mild, cloudy weather. further north things were quite different. it certainly felt colder in the wind. there were showers as well. in between those different sorts of weather we've got this weather from here. it's not producing much rain but it's going to stall towards the south coast of england. it is heading a little further south. it's allowing that colder air to move further south across more of the country. as we head into early sunday morning, these are the sort of temperatures we're looking at. we could be down to 1—2 degrees across eastern scotland, northeast england and northern ireland. much milder in southern england where we've still got a lot of cloud. it will brighten up at times but the thicker cloud and pockets of rain and drizzle not too far away. could return to south wales as well. elsewhere, decent sunshine. showers mainly in northern ireland with frequent coming into northern and western scotland. winds ease of the day, won't be as windy as it was on saturday. bu

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello there.unshine on saturday. in kent and here in sussex, the temperature reached 11! degrees. with some sunshine in scotland, a lot colder here, though, only 3—4 in central areas after a frosty start. and sunday sees a frost in many parts of scotland to start the day, particularly in the north east, could be down to —5. it'll be milder to start sunday for northern ireland, england and wales because we're underneath this blanket of low cloud, so misty, murky weather for most of the day. it could brighten up a little bit across western parts of wales, perhaps into northumberland. it won't be as wet in northern england. more cloud comes into western scotland, but there'll still be some sunny spells for eastern scotland. and temperatures in a range 7—11 degrees, with the higher temperatures more likely across western parts of the uk. some changes, though, as we head into the evening and overnight because the breeze picks up towards the north west, the cloud thickens and we start to push in some ra

but dojoin david cornock on bbc parliament on monday night at 11pm for a full round up of the day atee mild air making inroads off the atlantic but laden with moisture. we'll see a lot more cloud and outbreaks of rain spreading eastwards across the country during the course of today. you can see the cold air still looms across the eastern side of the country to begin today, but gradually, that milder air will move in on a strengthening west—southwesterly breeze. so it starts off dry and chilly, maybe some early brightness in the east. very soon, the cloud thickens, with patchy rain spreading eastwards. mainly light and patchy, a few heavier bursts across scotland, perhaps even some brief wintriness briefly over the higher ground, before that mild air moves in. the winds also picking up, particularly out across the north west, gusts of 40 to 45 miles an hour into the evening. and here, it will be turning milder by the end of the day — 12, 13 degrees — but further east, still quite chilly under that cloud and rain. but as we head through the course of tonight, it does look like it'll t

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello there. saw temperatures of 15 degrees. for many, though, it was another one those dull and gloomy sort of days. but the weather is changing and that's happening now. these weather fronts coming down from the north—west, bringing patchy rain southwards on monday, the breeze picking up and blowing away that area of high pressure that's brought all the gloom during recent days. so, a frost—free start, but still quite gloomy in the south. the mist and fog are lifting as that patchy rain heads its way southwards. the rain affecting the hills in the west, little rain or no rain across southern parts of england. and in the afternoon, we get some sunshine after the rain in scotland and one or two showers. here, those temperatures start to drop away, mind you, but elsewhere, we stay in the mild air. temperatures 9, 10 or 11 degrees. that patchy rain continues to work its way southwards during monday evening, clearing away for most areas, but still a hangback of cloud out towards the west. but with cl

but dojoin david cornock on bbc parliament on monday night at 11pm for a full round—up of the day atost of us getting to see some sunshine at some stage of today. still had a few showers around. western scotland, northern ireland, north—west england. they'll continue into the night and become few and far between by the end of the night. a thicker cloud we've seen towards the south coast off england, some of it will push further north again across more of southern england into parts of wales. capable of delivering the odd spot of rain. where we've got clear spells it will be cold enough for a patch of frost going into monday morning. a day that starts with a decent amount of sunshine. we'll keep sunny spells across eastern areas whereas in the west, the cloud increases. we'll see some outbreaks of rain in northern ireland, especially western scotland. looking very wet here for the afternoon. the wind picking up as well, some gusts in the western isles getting back to around 50, 60 mph. we may see some showery rain pushing into parts of wales and west in england later today. milder in

but dojoin david cornock on bbc parliament on monday night at 11pm for a full round—up of the day at as milderaircame in from the atlantic, together with a lot of cloud. but over this weekend, it's cooler air that's going to return across the uk, with temperatures set to drop a bit. now, we've seen the milderaircome in, thanks to south—westerly winds bringing in that cloud. this strip of cloud here is a weather front. that's producing the rain that we are seeing at the moment and it's moving very slowly southwards. now, that weather front will take the rain southwards. as it does so, the rain becomes light and patchy, but it pushes away the milder air steadily through the weekend, with cooler air then following from the north. and that's going to bring in some showers, mainly for scotland and for northern ireland. but we start the weekend with mild air across england and wales. it's colder in northern scotland early on saturday morning. it's windy here as well. and then we've got our band of rain on that weather front. that rain will soon move away from southern scotland, northern ir

but dojoin david cornock on bbc parliament on monday night at 11pm for a full round—up of the day atchilly start to the new working week with a touch of frost in place. however, a frontal system up to the north—west will eventually change things for some as we head on up through monday. but the morning starts off rather on a chilly note. temperatures down around freezing even a touch below for some. not as cold in the far south with some extra cloud, not as cold in the far west either. in the cloud in the west will roll its way eastwards through the day introducing rain into northern england, wales, the south—west. especially around the coast and over the hills the sunshine through the afternoon across eastern counties of england and perhaps some parts of north—east scotland. windy, particularly towards the north—west. those are the average speeds. the gusts could touch 60 mph for the western isles. turning milder from the west. it will be a bit of a struggle with those temperatures in eastern areas after such a chilly start. but as we go through monday night into tuesday, that milde