until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello there.d mood, notjust for the next few days, even as we head on into the weekend and into next week. that's because we've got low pressure nearby. for the next few days, it looks like it will stay showery, some heavy downpour in places with some hail and thunder, but also some warm sunshine around, too. now, low pressure sitting on top of the country on thursday. this weather front bringing some wet weather to start the day for wales, up to the midlands, into the south and south—west of england. but it will tend to clear away through the day. away from the north and east of scotland, which will be rather grey through the day today, northern ireland, southern scotland and the rest of northern and eastern england will see some sunshine. but then the showers will get going again into the afternoon. and like the last few days, some will be heavy with a mix of hail and thunder in places. temperatures reaching 111—15 celsius for most, but rather cool again across the far northeast of scotland. now

you're watching monday in parliament with me, david cornock.at westminster. northern ireland's first minister has given a positive assessment of its progress tackling the pandemic. more covid restrictions are due to be lifted next monday, allowing, among other things, pubs, bars, cafes and restaurants to open indoors — and nonessential travel to the rest of the uk and ireland will also be allowed. arlene foster was answering mlas' questions for possibly the last time before she stepped down as first minister. i am pleased to say that we continue to to make good progress in our pathways out of restriction. at the executive meeting on the 30th of may we made decisions in the for the reopening of north economy and society as part of our formal review of the pathway. we had good news for those with marriage and civil partnerships planned, hospitality sector and for those looking forward to visiting with their friends and families in private homes. and for those needing a hug. given the distal portion of the fact on the pandemic is most vulnerable i

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now.say this, but on thursday, most parts of the country will be dry. it's been one of those months, hasn't it? notjust dry, it should feel a little bit warmer, and that's after quite a chilly start. even though temperatures in single figures for most, rural parts of southern england, wales, northern ireland could drop down to 1—2 celsius at first light. so, there could be a touch of frost around. dry and sunny here. a bit more in the way of low cloud and mistiness across parts of scotland and eastern england, but that will break up. although it will stay grey in shetland through the day. sunshine turning hazy across western areas later. maybe a few spots of rain in west cornwall, fermanagh, and an isolated shower down eastern england and scotland. but the vast majority dry, and temperatures in the mid—to—high teens. into the evening and overnight, we'll see the return of some wet weather, particularly in the west. a lot of low cloud with that. quite a murky start to friday morning, but no

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello.s not settling down properly any time soon. the end of the week looking very stormy indeed, and that will be thanks to this area of low pressure barreling in on thursday and friday. we've kind of got a weak area of low pressure still with us for today. it's going to feed in a band of more organised showers to the south for first thing. this should clear the south—east, though, by the time we get to lunchtime. cloud and some patchy rain drifting south across scotland, and then through the afternoon, livelier, thundery showers develop, particularly across eastern scotland and the eastern side of england. a few elsewhere towards the west, but generally much drier for wales and the south—west and many parts of the midlands than it has been of late. as we move through the overnight period, clear skies and light winds, actually pretty chilly into the small hours of thursday with a risk of a few pockets of ground frost, particularly for central and eastern areas. in the west, the wind will al

you're watching tuesday in parliament with me, david cornock.es her seat in the commons. the boss of the failed finance firm, greensill capital, has been defending himself under some torrid questioning by mps. earlier, the treasury committee released dozens of texts and messages from david cameron, lobbying ministers and officials on behalf of the firm. the financial conduct authority says it's investigating greensill and what it called the "potentially criminal" collapse which has left one customer, liberty steel, scrabbling for cash and putting jobs at risk. lex greensill began the session with an apology. please, understand that i bare complete responsibility for the collapse of greensill capital. i am desperately saddened that more than 1000 very hard—working people have lost their jobs at greensill. the former city minister, lord myners, has expressed concerns about greensill. he'd had a meeting with the firm. he told us that when he left the meeting, when he'd gone down and was thinking about it, into his mind came the idea that what was g

you're watching today in parliament with me, david cornock. pulled out 18 of his own teeth. the business secretary has told mps that nationalisation is the least likely option to keep liberty steel afloat and save thousands ofjobs. appearing before the business committee, kwasi kwarteng said the uk steelworks that have been put up for sale by liberty steel and its owner gfg alliance are "good assets" which were likely to find buyers. the sale is set to include stocksbridge's mill at brinsworth, and performance steels at west bromwich. gfg alliance, which is owned by sanjeev gupta, employs 3000 people and is in the process of refinancing after its main backer, greensill, collapsed. the questioning was opened by an mp who said many of his constituents worked in the threatened plants. in the government's view, your view, how realistic is it that this will continue and create jobs? my own view and that of my officials, who i've discussed this almost on a daily basis with, is that the assets themselves are good assets. he believed buyers would be f

you're watching wednesday in parliament with me, david cornock.wn travel advice for the summer holiday at home. mark drakeford was updating members of the senedd on the easing of restrictions in wales. international travel has also resumed. we will follow the same red amber green traffic system in use in england and scotland, but with some extra safeguards to do all we can to prevent coronavirus from being reimported into wales from overseas. and because something is allowed, it certainly does not mean it's compulsory and it doesn't even necessarily mean that it is advisable. i repeat the view of the welsh government that this is the year to holiday at home. and to enjoy everything that wales has to offer. the number of confirmed cases of the so called indian variant in wales has doubled in less than a week. is there a risk that further easing of restrictions without continuing, or non—pharmaceutical interventions, could actually lead to higher hospitalisations or even higher deaths? we are watching very carefully at what is happening in bolton an

but do join david cornock on tuesday the 11th of may when parliament returns with the slightly scaled—downow, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. it isa it is a familiar story again today, cool for the time of year, again some sunshine and showers, take you back to earlier this morning where it was generally sunny, few showers. a short time ago you can see the extent of cloud, showers as well. some of those heavy with hail and thunder. some downpours across some parts of wales, showers fewer later in the day, continuing to bring heavy perhaps font ratio was four eastern parts of england and scotland. temperatures no higher than 13-14 c. scotland. temperatures no higher than 13—14 c. showers decay during this evening, clear skies for a while, looking out to the west, cloud increasing, winter picking up, dragging some rain into northern ireland. frost more limited till i teach them scotland and north—east of england, whether changing out to the west. this is what is heading our way for bank holiday monday, deepening area of low pressure, wind strengthening, pushing end rain from the west as w

from me, david cornock, bye for now.iday monday promises to be another warm and sunny day. in fact, the temperatures will probably be a degree or so higher. but it won't be sunny absolutely everywhere. an example here from sunday on the scottish coast — a lot of haar and sea fret out to sea, and we could see a repeat performance of that on bank holiday monday. this is stubborn cloud, quite often it hugs the coast and sticks around through the course of the day. but inland, it's going to be sunny. the morning temperatures will be typically around 7—10 degrees in towns and cities. a little bit fresher out in the countryside. so the morning cloud will eventually burn back to the coast as we go through the morning, and then it's clear blue skies pretty much nationwide, apart from the aberdeenshire coastline. could be only 1a degrees, whereas inland we are talking in the low to mid 20s. another beautiful bank holiday monday on the way. the week ahead, this is tuesday into wednesday, we start to see low pressure developing to

from me, david cornock, bye for now., but we have had a change of fortunes. the next few days, warm sunshine. we have seen plenty of that today. already, a top temperature of 23 in the pool. not far behind that in aberdeenshire. 0n the coast of aberdeenshire, only eight. why the difference? it is down to this area of cloud trapped underneath our area of cloud trapped underneath our area of high pressure. it is continuing to bring murky, misty and cold weather to those eastern coasts of scotland, and some across eastern areas of england. 0vernight, the mist and fog will expand and become slightly more widespread as we go through the night, across central and eastern parts of scotland and england. temperature seven or 10 celsius overnight. tomorrow, the mist, fog and low cloud will take a while to burn back to the coast. you have a better chance of seeing some train across the eastern coast. that is probably the exception, aberdeenshire and shetland may be murky and cool. 0therwise, more sunshine and a bit warmer. temperat

but dojoin david cornock on tuesday 11 may when parliament returns for the slightly scaled—down ceremonyia mccarthy, goodbye. hello again. most of saturday's showers have cleared out of the way so with cleared out of the way so with clear skies over the next few hours it is already cold and it will get colder. yet. so a widespread frost around as we start sunday morning with temperatures quite widely getting down to between zero and minus three celsius. the coastal areas, a notch above freezing and that is about as mild as things will get overnight. sunday morning is a cold start but blue skies with plenty of sunshine. showers will get going across north—western areas first before those showers become extensive again into the afternoon across most areas of the uk but i think some of the heavier showers will be across eastern scotland, the midlands and eastern areas of england. temperatures through the afternoon, well, still pretty disappointing with highs of around 11— 1a celsius for many and talking about disappointing weather, here comes bank holiday�*s weather. low pressure bringing w

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. improve. and, yes, it is. the low pressure is finally moving out into the north sea. it brought some really heavy rain to wales, for example, and some ferocious gusts of wind. here's an example, 89mph in an exposed place in the isle of wight. more typically it was around 60mph or more, so very windy for the time of year, and of course, very wet. you can see where the low pressure is early in the morning on saturday. pretty stormy out to sea there. but for many of us, it is calming down. in fact, so much so that across parts of scotland and northern ireland, with clearing skies, there will be a touch of frost. but anyway, here's the important bit, saturday's headline — drier, brighter and less windy for all of us. and this is what it looks like for the morning onwards. it will brighten up across many western areas right from the word go. there will be some showers around, particularly in the east of the country, maybe in the south, and there will still be a keen wind blowing out of the

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello again.there, a look at the pretty impressive waves battering the coastline here — and the strongest winds were around the coasts of south west england and wales. the strongest gusts were well into the 60s to low 70s of miles an hour, peaking with a gust of 73 mph in pembrey sands in south wales. and, of course, it was pretty wet as well. the wettest weather is across this central swathe of the uk. 36mm for north wales. but in sharp contrast to that, it was mainly dry across north west scotland and there was barely a drop of rain across the south east. the rain will continue to be variable on into friday, thanks to ourfamiliar slow—moving friend, our area of low pressure here. so we�*ve got rain at the moment. the rain�*s getting heavier, the winds a bit stronger across eastern scotland but for many of us, it will stay pretty blustery over the next few hours with those strong gale force gusts of wind pummelling the coasts and the hills. more rain to come as well. but it�*s not too cold as we

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello there. long last because it has been a very wet may for virtually all parts of the uk. but some areas have had nearly 300% of their average may rainfall. and this week is starting on an unsettled note. the rain moving through on sunday, and showers following for the day ahead. this is the area of low pressure that brought that intense rain and strong winds for a time. it has actually become stuck or slow moving across the north of scotland. that will be with us through monday. we can see clearing in eastern areas by dawn, but showers do follow, but under the clearing skies i think the morning could start on a chilly note, perhaps a touch of frost in rural parts of northern ireland and a bright start. a little bit of mist around and that clears. and then sunshine prevails for a time but already the showers in the west are developing more widely, our rain circulating, our area of low pressure moving to the northern isles after a dry start here and after the fine start in northern ireland, chil

from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello, there.ve a bit more cloud across northern and western areas. but through sunday and into bank holiday monday we should see more in the way of sunshine, so it will feel warmer across the board. now high pressure is dominating the scene but its orientation, where it's sitting, is allowing a little bit of low cloud and mist to roll in off the north sea, and that will affect northern and eastern coasts at times. but it will tend to burn back to the coast through the day. the odd isolated shower could develop here and there. we could see a little bit of high cloud across southern britain into the afternoon. but it's the low cloud and mist affecting the northern isles, perhaps down in towards north—east england, across in towards coastal east anglia, which could affect the temperatures. close to the coast, around the mid teens celsius, but you have to head further inland to see those values reach around the low 20s celsius with a good deal of sunshine around. you can see the odd shower dotted acro

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello.evere storms, some flash flooding and also this was sent into us from one of our weather watchers, a funnel cloud, the early stages of a tornado, on the west coast of somerset. and the turbulent atmosphere which brought those conditions still with us through the next few days. more thundery downpours to come, nice in the sunshine where you've got it, but overall, rather cool and then potential for something much wetter and windier later in the week. now, out there into the start of monday, the area of low pressure that was with us on sunday moves a bit further eastwards. that allows a bit more of a north—westerly flow across the country and a subtle shift in where we will see some of the heaviest of the showers. now, some of the showers will continue through the night a fair bit of cloud around to start your monday, but it will be frost free, temperatures around 5—8 degrees celsius. best of the brightness will be in the west, and in fact, in western areas, it will be a drier day overal

until then, from me, david cornock, goodbye for now. hello there. waiting because this weekend it is going to stay cool and there will be plenty more heavy, thundery downpours. 0n the atlantic satellite picture, you can see this big pipeline of cloud just ploughing its way from west to east. you can think of this line of cloud as something of a barrier. it's keeping the warm air away from our shores. that warm air will lift temperatures across parts of southern spain this weekend into the low to mid 30s. but for us, we are stuck in cool air and we are stuck under the influence of low pressure. this will bring showers or longer spells of rain through the weekend. a band of cloud with outbreaks of rain drifting north—eastwards across england and wales, clipping into northern ireland as we head through saturday morning. behind that, well, we revert to that mix of sunshine and showers. some of the showers will be heavy with hail and thunder. not too many showers across scotland. certainly across the northern half of scotland as we go through the day. al

you're watching monday in parliament with me, david cornock.e questions over ppe and the pandemic. a minister has dismissed accusations that the home office has "blocked" the publication of a report into the unsolved murder, in 1987, of the private investigator daniel morgan. an independent panel, set up in 2013 to investigate the killing, is due to publish its findings. the minister said the home office hadn't received the report yet and would be conducting a review for "national security" reasons. daniel was asked to death and a car park on the 10th of march 1987. 3a years ago and thanks to corruption and the police and interference played news uk, the family have had nojustice and that shames all of us. he urged the home secretary to publish the report in full. and will she publish the departments meetings with representatives of news uk over the last 12 months? if not, one people conclude that the cover—up is still going on and this is in the party of law and order, it's the party of the cover—up. in terms of the allegations in the publicat

from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello there.eather front which brought more cloud around and also some light and patchy rain. but for the weekend, as high pressure builds in, conditions will improve. we'll see increasing amounts of sunshine, and it will turn warmer as well. so, here's our building area of high pressure today. it'll be pushing these weather fronts out into the atlantic, so we'll see a lot of sunshine into the afternoon. because we will start off rather grey through this morning thanks to the legacy of yesterday's weather front. a little bit of drizzle here and there close to the west coast. but increasing amounts of sunshine into the afternoon, and that could set off an isolated heavy shower here and there, particularly across the higher ground in the north. and there could be a little bit of low cloud and mist affecting north sea coasts. but with more sunshine around, we could make 19—20 degrees, maybe even warmer than that in one or two spots. now, as we head through saturday night, any showers will fade away.

but dojoin david cornock on tuesday the 11th of may when parliament returns with the slightly scaled—down, from me, alicia mccarthy, goodbye. hello there. we are seeing a change in the month, but not too much change in the weather. it is staying cold. if we look at april 2021, it's been exceptionally cold the past month or so. in fact, the overnight temperatures on average have been the lowest in almost 100 years, and it is going to stay quite cold on into the first part of may as well. this was the picture on friday. the final day of april brought us sunshine and april showers, and those april showers will be rolling on through the course of the first weekend in may as well. so, sunny spells in store, but also some scattered, fairly heavy downpours. we're in between a couple of areas of low pressure at the moment, this one waiting in the atlantic. that will be more of a pair by the time we get to bank holiday monday, but for the here and now, we've got these cold northerly winds drawing in this chilly arctic air, so still cold for the time of year. after that frosty start to saturday for

until then, from me david cornock, goodbye for now. hello. a particularly soggy affair across some southern areas. you can see this curl of cloud on the satellite picture — a slow—moving weather system that brought heavy and persistent rain. there is more cloud behind me in the atlantic — another area of low pressure heading our way for the weekend. in between, well, arguably, a slice of slightly drier weather. there will still be some showers and actually, as we go through the day, the showers will tend to pop up in the areas where we develop some sunshine, so across northern ireland, eventually western parts of scotland, north—west england, wales, the south—west. it will turn into a sunshine and showers day after a dull start for some. but for eastern england and certainly the north—east of scotland, we will hold on to more cloud. where we have more of the cloud, well, there won't be so many showers but it will feel chilly — 11 or 12 degrees — and there could be the odd spot of drizzle around at times. now, as we head through friday night i

from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello there.d than what we've been used to this month so far. there are some subtle changes overnight. we've got a weak weather front pushing into western areas. that's going to bring the thicker cloud to many, but also outbreaks of rain across the west, initially for northern ireland, and then that rain will spill its way eastwards through the night across western scotland in towards western england and also western wales. there'll some mistiness and murkiness around, too. but the further east you are, although there will be more cloud around, it should tend to stay dry here. those temperatures no lower than around 8—11 degrees for most, so milder than last night. so, here we go — here's the pressure chart for friday, then. we've got this weak weather front across western areas pushing into high pressure, so that's always going to weaken it. so, it looks like the rain out west will slowly peter out through the course of the day, but could stay rather grey, damp and misty here. further north and e

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. hello there.kind of weather where one minute, you'll have sunshine overhead, the next, a drenching downpour. some of the showers on sunday will be really very heavy indeed with hail and thunder, but always with some of those sunny spells in between. this is how the first half of the weekend panned out, with showers and longer spells of rain for many, and sunday is set to bring those showers back with a vengeance as this area of low pressure drifts slowly eastwards across the uk. under the influence of that low, the air will be very unstable. big shower clouds will develop quickly and readily. in fact, we'll have showers from the world go across the south—west of england and wales. band of cloud and patchy rain for some areas of north—east england and southern scotland, and through the day forjust about all of us, it turns into a sunshine and showers day, but some of the showers really heavy with hail and it will be generally quite windy for southern coasts of england and the channel islands. now,

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. wet afternoon across parts of wales, western england and we have seen the rain in northern ireland and in somerset, some of the rain is quite heavy, and perhaps to torrential briefly as it comes through. just to the back edge of this area of rain, heavy bursts within as low pressure shoves the rain eastwards, eventually reaching those parts and east that are still largely dry. as it clears away tomorrow, it showers. east, a lot of cloud, a few spots of rain and a few showers, this is where the heaviest rain is. look at this narrow strip of bright colours close to the back edge of the rainfall where it could turn heavy for a time. northern ireland brightening up. the rumble of thunder as the afternoon goes on. a cool day and windy, especially near the south coast of england, near the south coast of england, near the south coast of england, near the coasts of wales, gusts approaching 50 mph also. in the evening, stays overnight affecting parts of northern and western scotland. heavy sho

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. a bit of a lull in the weather at the moment.it's not going to last for very long because we are expecting rain and gales through the afternoon, particularly across western areas of the uk. and if we have a look at the satellite picture you can see this swirl across the atlantic, another big low pressure and the weather front�*s already approaching ireland. you can see the low pressure, rather autumnal looking and that will be sweeping across us over the next couple of days. it's pushed by a strong jet stream, you can see here at 30,000 feet. the forecast for the early hours shows the rain pushing into ireland but many parts of the uk are clear and calm. in fact we are expecting a touch of frost in the glens of scotland and even cities further south than birmingham, about three degrees in the morning. the forecast, from the morning onwards that weather front sweeps into western part of the uk, gale force winds develop around western coasts and for a time, an hour or two, the rain really could be quite heavy, particularly around s

but dojoin david cornock on tuesday 11 may when parliament returns for the slightly scaled—down ceremonyia mccarthy, goodbye. good morning. weather across the uk is on the change. yes, it's turning increasingly wet and windy this bank holiday monday, and then that's going to be replaced by a case of sunny spells and blustery showers. and all the time, the temperatures disappointing, cold, for early may. so, the culprit arrives through the night. it's going to bring wet and windy weather in from the west, and that rain is going to continue to track its way steadily eastwards. now, ahead of it, quite a lot of cloud around, so it will be a frost—free start to monday — something we've not seen for quite some time. but the cloud, the wind and the rain's on its way, moving out of northern ireland into southern scotland, northern england and parts of wells during the morning, probably not arriving into london and east anglia until the end of the afternoon and maybe not arriving at all in the far north of scotland. it's going to be windy for all, gusts widely in excess of a0 miles an hour, maybe

until then, from me, david cornock, bye for now. good afternoon.nd. as things are warming up a bit through the rest of the afternoon, showers aren't only frequent but bringing hail and thunderstorms. we've got some lightning out there as well. fairly hazardous weather for some of those heavy showers. there will be a bit of sunshine to be seen in between some of those heavy showers. you'll be quite lucky if you can dodge them altogether. low pressure driving our weather and sitting right across the uk. quite a few isobars in the south, pre—seat through the english channel through parts of southern england. elsewhere, fairly light winds and where we catch these heavy downpours they can beat quite slow moving. some of the driest weather app moving. some of the driest weather app across parts of scotland, particularly in the north and central belt. some sunshine to for northern ireland. across england and wales, showers quite frequent. slow—moving, heavy downpours, breezy towards the south coast. temperatures not great for the time of year, not too bad