duncan kennedy, bbc news, in hampshire. quite a light show.tled now for the next few days. low pressure will be dominating the scene, and even today we are going to see some windy weather at times with some heavy rain which is slowly spreading northwards and eastwards. this afternoon it looks like central and southern scotland and northern england could see some of the heaviest rain as it moves northwards. there will be some drier interludes following on behind across the south but it is going to be a windy day, gusts of 30mph inland, up to 50mph on southern and western coasts, but it will be mild. still quite chilly, though, across scotland. on sunday night it will stay mild and breezy. on monday, low pressure sticks close by so it will be another windy day with sunshine and showers, most heavy and frequent across southern and western areas. it will be another mild day, including scotland.

duncan kennedy, bbc news in hampshire. some good innovations there.ad for technology. we ask you for your thoughts today on twitter. some of you have been in touch. i have to say, not many of you optimistic at this point. if you are a real optimist, please do get in but george williams says 2021 looks gloomy. vaccination rollout could be slow, and other issues. i will see you soon. a very frosty night out there in the glens of scotland. temperatures are not far off —10 degrees celsius, and over the next few days, it certainly is going to be cold enough for further wintry weather. not all of it pure snow, there will probably be some sleet around as well. now, the cold air has spread across many parts of the continent. the point is it's here to stay, so we're not going to see a wave of milder air coming off the atlantic any time soon. through the early hours, we're expecting snow showers across parts of scotland and also across the pennines. you can see sub—zero temperatures here, icy conditions in some areas as well. to the south of that, i think hit a

duncan kennedy, bbc news, in hampshire. records‘ top—selling country artist and was inducted into the country music hall of fame in 2000. gail maclellan looks back at his life. # i can‘t believe that you‘d stop loving me. the journey to country music superstardom took charley pride through blues and gospel, as well as the us army and professional baseball. gaining a foothold in the 1960s in a genre of music that was increasingly perceived as white was never going to be easy. one thing his record company used to do, they used to send his new singles to radio stations without a picture. they would send it without a picture to make sure the radio programmers actually heard the music and did not judge the man by his face and sure enough, a lot of them, when they found out he was black, they stopped playing the music. so it was not an easy environment. he did it with so much grace, dignity, and i have to imagine a lot of frustration that he did not air at the time. # you've got to kiss an angel good morning. but he went on to am

duncan kennedy has the story.ng. the problems began with loading and off—loading — again and again. then there were problems with the docking. this one took nearly 15 minutes to come ashore. what would you do with this existing floating bridge? cut the chains and let it drift off! the ferry does carry around 350,000 cars per year, by pulling itself across the river medina using underwater chains. but its size and weight sometimes means that it can't quite make it, which is when a trip becomes a dip. if you had your way, what would you do with this one? take it out into the solent and drill a hole in the bottom! no redeeming features? no, not compared to the old one, what they've spent on it. the vessel's woes have even generated protests, with locals calling it to floating fiasco. but are all the difficulties — well, just teething problems? teething problems? laughter. sorry — teething problems! this really is way beyond any teething problems. and it's time to actually give up and build a new replacement. the curr

duncan kennedy, bbc news in hampshire.me. on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. to hear that we good afternoon. it's 1:15pm and here's your latest sports news. in the latest round of premier league testing there were 18 positive coronavirus cases, the highest weekly number this season. manchester city are retesting their players and staff today to see if the covid outbreak at the club is under control. last night's match at everton was postponed just four hours before kick—off after "a number of positive cases". their next game against chelsea on sunday is also in doubt as is their league cup semi against manchester united three days later. gabrieljesus and kyle walker had already tested positive on christmas day and city have now shut their training ground. the football league has been badly affected by a number of outbreaks. league one doncaster have postponed their next three games, rochdale their next two and their club doctor has questioned whether the season should be paused. having that period w

duncan kennedy, bbc news. i'm joined by our health correspondent, katharine da costa.ard about the measures for schools and in the wider community with the tier system. necessary because of the pressure the health service is under. put that in more context. in winter, particularly january and february, the nhs is at its busiest, because respiratory viruses like flu are most prevalent and, this winter, hospitals are under significant pressure because ofa under significant pressure because of a surge in covid patients and there are more in hospitals across there are more in hospitals across the uk now than in the first peak in april, but there are 10% fewer beds because of social distancing and infection control, and a big challenge, hospital leaders say, is a staff absence, of sick or self—isolating. the latest figures from the nhs for england show that 13 london trusts were forced to increase their critical care capacity in the last month. seven of them by over 20% and one by as much as 60%. overall, the number of occupied beds was 83% for the week ending last sunday.

duncan kennedy, bbc news in hampshire. age of 98. he transformed the world fashion industry in the 1960s, as our correspondent daniela relph reports. newsreel: another leader of the fashion world in paris, pierre cardin, takes the town by storm and reveals to breathlessly excited womanhood what they simply must be wearing by easter. pierre cardin, the fashion world supreme innovator. for decades, his designs ripped up convention and shocked the establishment. his thirst for the new and surprising was never satisfied. born in 1922, he left school at 14 to train in making cloth. a fortune teller told him he‘d be famous. he asked if she knew anyone who worked in fashion. she did. he moved to paris, clutching an address. he designed costumes forjean cocteau‘s film beauty and the beast in 1946 and was soon unnerving the fashion industry itself. his 1950‘s bubble dress took liberties with the female silhouette. he moved young men out of boxyjackets, creating a new look for the 1960s. the beatles, in their collarless cardin suits

duncan kennedy, bbc news, in hampshire.ristmas. sadly nick miller hasn't been able to do that, we

duncan kennedy, bbc news.—i9 infections. officials say restrictions will be brought in without waiting for state—wide thresholds to be met over the availability of intensive care beds. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports: under siege from covid—i9, they may yet have san francisco says the city is experiencing a spike unlike anything seen so far during the pandemic. in some places, the number of new cases has more than doubled, and hospital admissions have tripled over the past month. across california, stay at home orders come effect when the number of beds available in intensive care units drops to 15% capacity. but officials in five counties in the san francisco bay area have decided to impose the new restrictions before it gets to that point. we know that if we wait we're just delaying the inevitable. if we wait one or two more weeks to have these restrictions placed on us, it will just mean our numbers will be higher and harder pin down. it means restau ra nts and harder pin down. it means

duncan kennedy, bbc news, in hampshire. how wonderful!w it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello after today's rain, we have a windy night to come. there will be a few sunny spells around. the persistent rain will clear away north and east as we go away this evening. some of these showers will be heavy and possibly thundery and accompanied by some gusty winds as well. temperatures are continuing to head up and rising overnight across parts of scotland and north—east england. it will be a mild start on monday. a day of some sunny spells. showers will affect all parts as they push eastwards during the day that they will be some spots in the east with a couple of showers. the rest of the day will be dry with sunny spells. it will be windy tomorrow with gas around 60 mph. with gusts around 60 mph. these are average speeds, blustery particularly as the showers move on through. it is a mild start to the week and it is looking fairly mild throughout the week but with further rain at times. it is exactly half past five. hello,

duncan kennedy, bbc news, in hampshire.onder if we ought to be lighting up i wonder if we ought to be lighting up the weather map at christmas. sadly nick miller hasn't been able to do that, we didn't give him much notice! so it is a conventional weather map, but a colourful forecast. hello. after today's rain, we have a windy night to come. there will be a few sunny spells around. the persistent rain will clear away north and east as we go away this evening. some of these showers will be heavy and possibly thundery and accompanied by some gusty winds as well. temperatures are continuing to head up and rising overnight across parts of scotland and north—east england. it will be a mild start on monday. a day of some sunny spells. showers will affect all parts as they push eastwards during the day that they will be some spots in the east with a couple of showers. the rest of the day will be dry with sunny spells. it will be windy tomorrow with gusts around 60 mph. these are average speeds, blustery particularly as the showers

duncan kennedy reports. restrictions. the cityjoins the whole of the east midlands going into tier four. the cityjoins the whole of the east midlands going into tierfour. 2020 with one final sting in its tail. burnley is another place where the dark colours of the map have encroached. a town of 90,000 people joining the lockdown. as an essential worker, ic that it's ridiculous, to be honest. it's u nfortu nate ridiculous, to be honest. it's unfortunate but it has to be done. and hopefully soon we will be back in tier1 and the virus will be ove rco m e in tier1 and the virus will be overcome hopefully.” in tier1 and the virus will be overcome hopefully. i think the more you look at it, the deeper you think about it, the more it will affect you. it is notjust urban areas going into tier 4. this is on the borders of hampshire, wiltshire and the new forest, a place where locals have turned to dark humour to lighten the new mood of lockdown. have turned to dark humour to lighten the new mood of lockdownm rural ar

duncan kennedy, bbc news, in hampshire. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren.lo there. it was a very wet scene for much of the country today, and an umbrella could come in handy over the next few days. we're turning into more showery weather actually overnight tonight. the more persistent rain is heading its way out into the north sea, but a lot of showers do come packing in on some fairly brisk and blustery winds. some of the showers could be heavy, potentially thundery as well. it should be a mild night, mind you, and in actual fact, temperatures rising through the night in scotland and also northeast of england, eight or nine degrees here by the morning. but it could be quite a wet start for scotland, parts of northern england and the showers just keep packing in across the western side of the uk, some of them do get blown eastwards. perhaps not too many showers for northern ireland, the showers easing down a bit in scotland through the afternoon. but we'll still have quite strong south to south—westerly winds, especially near those heavy showers, but it's m

our reporter duncan kennedy has been to see the display. this is where steam...e watercress line in hampshire, now lit up in a spectacular christmas mix of light and wonder. red, green, blue! there are almost too many colours to count. it took eight weeks to design and two weeks to rig the lights on a train run by a not—for—profit group of steam enthusiasts. oh, it's amazing. my boy is so happy! yes, it's really made their day. the kids are loving it, it's a really good experience. nice to do something christmassy. this isn't the only heritage line to put christmas lights on trains, but this one is designed by simon horne, who usually creates concert lighting for the likes of westlife and olly murs. you're lighting a pop star, you've got the band, you've got pop star, you got the sound system. and you're just painting a picture around them. but this was all about the lights. so, like, oh, this can't go wrong! so, i don't think i've ever been as proud as i am of this. it's really touching my heart. the train is 120 metres long, and cabling led lights has not been

our reporter duncan kennedy has been to see the display. this is where steam meets electricity.nd wonder. red, green, blue. there are almost too many colours to count. it took eight weeks to design and two weeks to rake the lights will stop on a train run by a steam enthusiast. it is a amazing. my boys are so enthusiast. it is a amazing. my boys are so happy. it has really made their day. the kids are loving it. it's nice to do something christmassy. this isn't the only heritage line to put christmas lights on trains. but this one is designed by simon horne who usually creates concert lighting for the likes of westlife. you have the band, you have the pop star and the sound system. this was all about the lights. this can't go wrong. so, i don't think i have ever been as proud as i am of this. it has really touched my heart. the train is 120 metres long. but cabling led lights has not been easy. there is one more nagging question? how many lights are there on this train? mac there is 14,000 are there on this train? mac there is 111,000 individual leds on this train. 111,000 light

our reporter duncan kennedy has been to see the display. this is where steam...ins, but this one was designed by simon horne, who usually creates concert lighting for the likes of westlife and olly murs. lighting a pop star, you've got the band, you've got pop star, you got the sound system. and you're just painting a picture around them. but this was all about the lights. so we were, like, oh, this can't go wrong! so, i don't think i've ever been as proud as i am about this. it's really touching my heart. the train is 120 metres long and cabling led lights has not been easy. there is one more nagging question. how many lights are there on this train? there's14,000 individual led lights. yes, that's exactly right — 1a,000 lights on this train, each one of them individually controllable. simon, the lighting man, thinks that is a new world record. the trains are covid—safe in an operation kept going by around 500 volunteers. you have steam trains, we have the magic of christmas and we have these wonderful lights, so, it's just simply magical. magic that now runs al

duncan kennedy, reporting in hampshire.isters in the devolved government are due to meet. it is understood that meeting may well get under way in the next quarter hour or so, well get under way in the next quarter houror so, in well get under way in the next quarter hour or so, in fact. understood to be on the table, a proposal from the department of health, from scientific advisers, that there should be a six—week lockdown here in order to try to deal with the alarmingly high number of coronavirus cases. that could include, for example, once again, the closure of all nonessential shops. northern ireland just came out of a period of two weeks of circuit breaker lockdown last friday, but then there was some discussion as to exactly what shops should be deemed as nonessential. for example, it was decided in the end by ministers that hardware shops where essential, so they were allowed to remain open during that period, but more shops may be put into the nonessential category this time round, meaning a bigger section of the re

duncan kennedy, medina remains a troubled bridge overwater. duncan kennedy, bbc news.ut you do need to know about the weather. this is the details for us this morning. any more snow on the way? i have not seen a single flake yet this cold season but plenty of time left just yet. today a lot of cloud to come and it will feel cold. patches of rain to come. a reminder then over recent days we have seen this area of cold air coming in from polar regions. this area of low pressure which brought this snowy weather for some of you yesterday but today those temperatures are a degree or to hire and it means the rain's transition, sorrow, the snow has transitioned to rain. —— sorry. a winter wonderland across scotland and a bit of snow to come across the high ground in scotland and high ground in wales. it is not out of the question you will see a bit of winteriness falling from this area of mostly heavy rain that is affecting central southern england at the moment as well. for most of us, quite cloudy and quite cold and it will be rain we see on and off through the day. dry and

duncan kennedy reports. is it a christmas present? yes.ting to blowing bubbles, everything now seems possible. you can hold a pen and that bit, you can actually hold a microphone, even though we don't have a microphone. itjust gives her so much more independence and so much more ability to be a lively 7—year—old and run around and do all the things she wants to do. for people who have lost their hand, they're looking for tools to do stuff. it was designed by nate macabuag and other students at imperial college london. they wanted to rethink existing rigid prosthetics and create something light and flexible. paper, books, phones, open it. all attached by magnets, this is where technology meets clothing. we could potentially service millions of people around the world who haven't had anything before, and the impact that represents is mind—blowing. it's so unique, nate is now working with the douglas bader foundation to provide one mitt for every child in britain under nine. # somewhere over the rainbow... children like these, now using the d