by friday evening, the rain peps up a bit once it reaches south—east england and east anglia. man overnight and into saturday morning, it is the lull before the storm and still some dry weather first thing on saturday but it's not going to last. storm dennis then does bring rain in right across the uk during saturday. outbreaks of heavy rain at times and the wind strengthening particularly for the afternoon and into the evening before easing a bit into overnight

the rain, once it reaches east anglia and south—east england that will p0p up south—east england thatg, it is the lobby for storm dennis but it may be starting dry on saturday morning. it's not going to last because it is during saturday that we will see it all going downhill very quickly. plenty of rain than a moving and again and this is the start of prolonged rain, particularly parts of england and wales and the wind strengthening especially during saturday afternoon and evening before easing a bit on saturday night and picking up again during a sunday. and of course, this rain here will be creating some really difficult travelling conditions coupled with the strong winds and land around 50 mph and stronger winds around the coast, particularly west and south. it is getting milder but again, it is very wet and very windy. my rain, particularly into england and wales on saturday night and into sunday. getting windier again on sunday was not be the end of the day before it finally clears away from south—east england so the risk of increases as rain totals counter. a storm dennis gets

not as much getting into north east england, south—east scotland to the eastern side of high ground butou will have squally gusty winds gusting up to 50 or 60mph. that could cause disruption, largely dry to the south but cloudy and mild for all of us as we close out friday. as we go through this evening and tonight the outbreaks of rain continues over high ground in the west. the rain will start to edge its way slowly southwards, and behind it showers racing in and those showering turning wintry over high ground in scotland. snow starting to mix in on what will be a chilly night in northern areas but a mild night further south, nine or ten. tomorrow, then, across england and wales we will see some bands of showery rain pushing southwards. it is going to be a windy day for all of us but particularly windy gci’oss all of us but particularly windy across northern england land, northern ireland and scotland, those are the wind gusts we can expect. 60, 70mph in exposed spots and showers falling as snow even to low levels in scotland. accumulating snow and blizzards over the mountains and pot

england. some snow showers into the far north of wales and the midlands. as the day wears on, snow showers becoming less frequent with more persistent rain across the far north—easts. some spells of sunshine for many across northern ireland this afternoon. a cold day across northern england, scotla nd cold day across northern england, scotland and northern ireland with temperatures up to nine celsius further south. clear skies for many at first denied then the cloud and rain gathering in the south—west and pushing north and east. strong winds developing as well. some snow across the far north of england and southern scotland. significant accumulations, particularly over higher ground. a cold night across northern scotland. up to eight celsius further south. some disruptive snow tomorrow morning through the central belt and southern scotland. rain across north—east england and southern scotland, slowly pulling away through the day. sales through western and channel coast, but behind the rain some spells of sunshine for many. —— gaels. along channel coast and into south—east england as well. 7—10 celsius across the southern half of the uk with temperatures just aro

disruption, it's brought in on a strong jet stream, we had some rain earlier across the south—east of englandaring away, sticking with mostly dry weather today, with some sunshine, but across the west it is all change, western scotland with some heavy rain and melting snow for their highlands. around seven to 11 degrees today, things may turn blustering later on, and the winds will into this evening, 60 to 70 miles an hour gusts in the north west. later on rain moves in. this is storm ciara arriving in the early hours of sunday morning, so it will be very windy, some heavy bursts of rain and snow over highland scotland, as well, and are below feel the impact of storm ciara on sunday. you can see the proximity of all of these isobars. it has been several years since we had seen such widespread strong gusts of winds across the uk, even across the english channel, up to 80 miles an hour. inland up to 70 miles an hour, but across coasts, it could exceed 80 miles an hour. the northern area, there will be that the remote winds and snow from the get go. squally winds squeezing through the central be

the rain, once it reaches east anglia and south—east england that will pep up during friday evening butrning but it's not going to last because it is during saturday that we will see it all going downhill very quickly. plenty of rain then moving in and again this is the start of prolonged rain, particularly parts of england and wales and the wind strengthening especially during saturday afternoon and evening before easing a bit on saturday night and picking up again during sunday. and of course, this rain here will be creating some really difficult travelling conditions coupled with the strong gusty winds inland around 50 mph and stronger winds around the coast, particularly in the west and south. it is getting milder but again, it is very wet and very windy. so, more rain, particularly into england and wales on saturday night and into sunday. getting windier again on sunday. it'll be the end of the day before it finally clears away from south—east england so the risk of flooding increasing as rain totals mount. and as storm dennis gets closer to scotland and northern ireland to end sun

through this afternoon, outbreaks of rain particularly across the south and east of england. further north and east of england. further north and west, things try and brighten up but there will still be showers. in scotla nd but there will still be showers. in scotland particularly, heavy and thundery and wintry over high ground. turning colder as the day goes on. tonight as low—pressure passes close to northern scotland, more strong winds with gusts up to 75 mph. that could cause some damage. over the next couple of days, windy with a mixture of sunshine and showers. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... as tributes continue to pour in for the love island presenter, caroline flack, her management have criticised the crown prosecution service for refusing to drop charges that she assaulted her boyfriend. lewis burton, caroline flack's boyfriend, has said his "heart is broken" and that "we had something so special". heavy rain and strong winds continue to lash large parts of the uk, a number of severe flood warnings have been issued in scotland and wales, meaning there's a d

east england getting windy here in the 50,000 hour or so. 70 miles an hourat here in the 50,000 hour. 70 miles an hour at times to sit here today in the evenings. and mild so let's went on to saturday night, further happy to eventual burst of rains. clear spells and blustery showers with amanda through scotland and northern ireland. a messy weather picture and sound dangerous pictures. temperatures on sunday start off on my own. rain pushes south with as torrential burst but for many it will clear to allow brighter skies but look at all these blustery showers pitching eggs from the northwest, hail, thunder, as it turned colder behind the clans of the rain. blustery but as a the northern uk and especially in scotla nd northern uk and especially in scotland in the kitchen at those temperatures are coming sunday. to be enforced stormy it is sunday and ends. that storm dennis is close to northern scotland, squeaking by her still very very windy and disruptive rains across the northern half uk. look at the amber warnings rain areas from the met office is within bees. it could be some spot

england and wales. even that could be heavy and thundery. towards the south—east of england it will be largely dry. l head its way down to the south—east of england for the rush hour, that moves through then gradually overnight the charity become fewer, skies tend to clear. there will still be a few showers, wintry in scotland, and ice could be a problem, too. temperatures will be farfrom a problem, too. temperatures will be far from freezing, even a problem, too. temperatures will be farfrom freezing, even in a problem, too. temperatures will be far from freezing, even in towns and cities. cloud and rain moving in on wednesday morning, that affects wales, northern ireland, scotland. it will move eastward through the day. temperatures will be around nine or 10 degrees. with another speu nine or 10 degrees. with another spell of rain to come across wales and the north west of england, which could be heavy over the hills, there isa could be heavy over the hills, there is a chance of some more flooding, particularly given how wet it is at the moment. this cool frontier is going to be very active and br

by friday evening, the rain peps up a bit once it reaches south—east england and east anglia.day morning, it is the lull before the storm and still some dry weather first thing on saturday but it's not going to last. storm dennis then does bring rain in right across the uk during saturday. outbreaks of heavy rain at times and the wind strengthening particularly for the afternoon and into the evening before easing a bit into overnight and into sunday morning. wind gusts around 50 mph around the coast towards the west and south touching 70 mph perhaps in a few spots. really difficult travelling conditions. 0n the face of it, mild, but very wet and windy in places. heavy rain continuing across large parts of england and wales on through the night and into sunday. slowly clearings southward on sunday but it looks like the winds will pick up again this on sunday. bright skys and a few showers following on behind, turning a bit cooler too. looking at the weather warnings. the met office, amber warnings for rain across a large part of southern and western england and into wales, 20 t

by friday evening, the rain peps up a bit once it reaches south—east england and east anglia.st thing on saturday but it's not going to last. storm dennis then does bring rain in right across the uk during saturday. outbreaks of heavy rain at times and the wind strengthening particularly for the afternoon and into the evening before easing a bit into overnight and into sunday morning. wind gusts around 50 mph around the coast towards the west and south touching 70 mph perhaps in a few spots. really difficult travelling conditions. on the face of it, mild, but very wet and windy in places. heavy rain continuing across large parts of england and wales on through the night and into sunday. slowly clearings southward on sunday but it looks like the winds will pick up again this on sunday. bright skys and a few showers following on behind, turning a bit cooler too. looking at the weather warnings. the met office, amber warnings for rain across a large part of southern and western england and into wales, 20 to a0 millimetres. higher amounts, particularly in these areas and some of t

keeping an eye then on this feature here which will start to push outbreaks of rain into south—east englandtwo things to keep an eye on. the winds will be slowly easing down, but still some outbreaks of rain and snow across northern england and southern scotland. rain for a time perhaps across south—eastern england. we will need to keep an eye on the timings of that. then between all of this, there'll be spells of sunshine, wintry showers, the wind slowly easing down, but it's still a windy day. it's certainly still feeling cold, given the strength of the wind. but we start to lose those severe gales as we go through sunday. so it's a blustery day and for most, a mixture of sunshine and showers. and that's actually the theme into next week. it won't be as windy, it will be somewhat drier for a time. but still, some showers around. bye— bye. this is bbc news — welcome if you're watching here in the uk, on pbs in america or around the globe. i'm simon pusey. our top stories: the world health organization raises its assessment of the coronavirus threat to the highest level. we have now increas

in the early parts of tuesday, these winds will blow down into north—east england.ure trying to move away but the high pressure is squashing in behind drawing strong winds. as the high pressure comes on, a lot of the high pressure comes on, a lot of the showers will become wintry and there will be some spells of sunshine as they dry up. there will be temperatures between seven and 8 degrees. high pressure is building in on wednesday, it would allow things to turn a bit chilly if it sticks with us for a period of time, but it looks as if it is going to decline to the south quite quickly. that will allow mild to comment. this is wednesday, high pressure is still with us with spells of sunshine after a chilly start. workload is starting to gather in the north—west but was a moving to the north—west but was a moving to the south—west. not particularly chilly, certainly not for the time of year. we see cloud going into northern ireland on thursday. high pressure will hold further south, we will see some sunshine, but it is mild on bounds. as we head through next weekend,

the gap is particularly stark in the north—east of england.d it's having an impact on her health. all the clothes that i have are given to me by friends. i use a food bank... i can't get my hair done... coffee is a luxury — if i go out for a coffee. so, the nicer things in life are just not happening. the stress is a killer. it really is. it lessens your life span. today's report suggests that for the first time in a century, life expectancy for the poorest women in the north—east is falling and the funding cuts associated with austerity the most likely because of a worsening health picture. my own view is that health and health inequalities is telling us something fundamental about the nature of society. and if health‘s not improving and health inequalities are increasing something's going wrong with society. in some of the most deprived areas like the north west, there are signs of change. what do we want to be in 20 years time? at richmond academy primary school in 0ldham, pupils give voice to their dreams... a doctor, brill. a lawyer. elis

the gap is particularly stark in the north—east of england.ic teacher lucy beckman is struggling to make ends meet and it's having an impact on her health. all the clothes that i have are given to me by friends. i use a food bank... i can't get my hair done... coffee is a luxury,if i go out for a coffee. so, the nicer things in life are just not happening. the stress is a killer. it really is. it lessens your life span. today's report suggests that for the first time in a century, life expectancy for the poorest women in the north—east is falling and the funding cuts associated with austerity the most likely because of a worsening health picture. my own view is that health and health inequalities is telling us something fundamental about the nature of society. and if health's not improving and health inequalities are increasing something's going wrong with society. in some of the most deprived areas like the north west, there are signs of change. what do we want to be in 20 years time? at richmond academy primary school in 0ldham, pupils give

scotland and north—east england, east of the pennines couldsome disruption given the strength of the wind. milder game for friday with temperatures of io— 12 degrees. on saturday a week frontal system in the south essentially a day of sunny spells and showers, showers are wintry across northern areas were and showers, showers are wintry across northern areas were again it will be very windy and rather chilly. towards the south, a relatively mild day. as we moved to the second half of the weekend you can see wriggling frontal system making a beeline for the british isles bringing outbreaks of rain, uncertainty as to how much whether we uncertainty as to how much whether we will see exactly but somewhere there will be a dividing line of whether stop to the north, sunshine and wintry showers and it will feel chilly. in the south, quite mild, 15 degrees in london on sunday afternoon. enter monday that jetstrea m afternoon. enter monday that jetstream i spoke about will be spending up quite a deep area of low pressure, we spending up quite a deep a

some of them sent here by councils across south—east england.ort links nearby and it is a a0 minute walk to harlow town centre. i wanted to know more about what it's like to live in a place like this and one resident invited me to see his room. come in by all means. thank you. it's not much but here we go. nick lives here with his wife lynn. where is your wife? she is in hospital, she has internal renalfailure, she is at dialysis this evening. right, so she stays in here with you? yes, this is her space, that's myspace. yes, this is her space, that's my space. 0ne makes the best of whatever. but this is a shelter, it isn't a home. the reduced function of her kidneys leave her vulnerable to a septic infection. kitchen and toilets and showers in the same place. it is inconvenient for my other half. she is terminally ill? yes and she is on dialysis so she has two holes in her currently in the stomach and directly into her heart, and infection is the major killer for things like this. i find it incredible you are living here with your partner who is

and at the end of the night increasing cloud in south—west england, wales and northern ireland as the rain moves in and all of this will push eastl be heaviest and most persistent across western scotland, north—west england and wales, especially the hills of the north—west although it will be more patchy in nature the further east you are. six to 10 degrees, more rain in many of the same areas overnight and into thursday but then on thursday it does clear southwards but there is a area of heavy rain with gusty winds, and on thursday it does brighten up but there will be further showers and strong to gale force winds in scotland as it turns colder, but there will be more rain at times on friday and into the weekend. details of flood warnings and weather warnings on the website. that's all from the news at six, goodbye from me and on bbc one, we canjoin the bbc news teams where you are. hello, this is bbc news four. headlines. severe flood lines and evacuations as river levels rise in england and wales. an english couple ordered on a cruise ship injapan have tested positive for coronavirus. the foreign office say they are working

later in the night the strong winds transfers to eastern scotland and north—east england.esday. the area of low pressure pushes away, high pressure moves in. whilst we start with strong winds across the country and with outbreaks of showery rain, most places will be dry for the afternoon, increasing amounts of sunshine. temperatures above where they should be, 8—10d but the wind will make it feel colder and added wind—chill. those winds will ease down for wednesday and thursday. high pressure in charge, maybe some frosty mornings but dry and bright days. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00am... the first death from coronavirus outside china is reported, in the philippines. in china, the number of cases continues to rise. meanwhile, 11 more british nationals are on their way back from wuhan, the chinese city at the centre of the outbreak. the prime minister reveals his demands for a post—brexit trade deal. we'll be looking ahead to tonight's bafta awards. joker leads the way with 11 nominations but it's the first world war epic 1917 which is tipped to take the top priz

we're keeping an eye on this feature here, which will start to push outbreaks of rain into south—east england some outbreaks of rain and snow across northern england and southern scotland. rain for a time perhaps across south—eastern england. we will need to keep an eye on the timings of that. between all of this, spells of sunshine, wintry showers, the wind slowly easing down, but it's still a windy day. certainly still feeling cold given the strength of the wind. we start to lose those severe gales as we go through sunday. it's a blustery day and for most there'll be a mixture of sunshine and showers. that's the theme into next week. it won't be as windy. it will be somewhat drierfor a time. still, some showers around. goodbye. welcome to bbc news — i'm krupa padhy. our top stories: the world health organization raises its assessment of the coronavirus threat to the highest level. we have now increased our assessment of the risk of spread and the risk of impact of covid—19 to very high. coronavirus causes another frantic day on global markets — hit with their worst week since the financial

the best of the sunshine in scotland, to the east of the higher ground. again, for englande you get some fog forming through the night across southern areas, it will lift up into low cloud. it may well stick around into the afternoon. temperatures may only be four or five degrees but 7—9 celsius elsewhere. as we go into friday, this area of high pressurejust drifts towards the east and it starts to allow a few weather fronts to move in towards the west. but for the bulk of the day on friday, it is going to be dry. there will be some sunshine. the breeze will start to pick up and eventually we will start to see some patchy rain moving its way through northern ireland into the isle of man and western areas of scotland, wales and england. throughout saturday, dry for most but more persistent rain will start to move its way in across northern and western areas, along with a strengthening wind. as we go through saturday night, these weather systems move their way through. as we go into sunday, this deep area of low pressure is what we are keeping a very close eye on. really deep

will my right honourable friend make sure that rapidly growing areas like essex and the east of england and the east of england get our share of the funding? absolutely, mr speaker. to double the rate of cycling from 2% to li% of all trips, will the government mean £5 billion worth of funding at leeds. how much of today's announcement would will actually be spent on cycling? in the first stage £350 million. matt hancock. with permission, i would like to update the house in response to the wuhan coronavirus. i have laid an instrument before the house to confirm the powers to be taken to isolate those from spreading the virus, and if necessary to keep them isolated as part of our approach to protecting the public. the plaza proportionate and will help slow down the transmission of the virus, and will make it easier for down the transmission of the virus, and will make it easierfor nhs staff to do theirjobs. the clinical advice about the risk to the public has not changed and remains moderate. as of today, eight people in england have tested positive for coronavirus. all are receiving expe

keeping an eye then on this feature here which will start to push some outbreaks of rain into south—east englandslowly easing down, but still some outbreaks of rain and snow across northern england and southern scotland. rain for a time perhaps across south—eastern england. we will need to keep an eye on the timings of that. then between all of this, there'll be some spells of sunshine, some wintry showers, the wind slowly easing down, but it's still a windy day. it's certainly still feeling cold, given the strength of the wind. but we start to lose those severe gales as we go through sunday. so it's a blustery day and for most, a mixture of sunshine and showers. and that's actually the theme into next week. it won't be as windy, it will be somewhat drier for a time. but still, some showers around. bye— bye. good morning. welcome to breakfast with rachel burden and charlie stayt. our headlines today: the uk's 20th coronavirus case is the first to catch it here — not abroad. a gp surgery the man visited is closed for deep cleaning. emergency laws to help contain the virus could be published withi

through this afternoon, outbreaks of rain particularly across the south and east of england. ngs try and brighten up but there will still be showers. in scotla nd but there will still be showers. in scotland particularly, heavy and thundery and wintry over high ground. turning colder as the day goes on. tonight as low—pressure passes close to northern scotland, more strong winds with gusts up to 75 mph. that could cause some damage. over the next couple of days, windy with a mixture of sunshine and showers.

, some sunny spells and showers and a bit more in the way of persistent rain in the far south—east of englande, annita mcveigh. the headlines: the airline jet2 says it won‘t fly home a group of british tourists confined to a hotel in tenerife until next month, unless they have tested negative for coronavirus. yes, we would be leaving on the 10th of march, they would be flying us home. however, i have asked for their guarantee with regards to our safety since we have remained in isolation and there will be other passengers in the plane who will only have gone into the hotel grounds but will not have been following the protocols. stock markets across the globe are suffering their worst week since the global financial crisis of 2008 — as fears over the impact of the coronavirus continue to grip investors. as concern mounts over violent escalations on the turkey—syria border, turkish officials say the country

england and wales. tending to ease as it moves east.nd gales here as well, but further south—east, although breezy, not quite as windy as it will be on saturday. storm dennis arrives off the atlantic, bringing a swathe of widespread gales on saturday. it will be very wet, with some parts of western scotland and northern ireland, into north—west england and wales, southern england could see a lot of heavy rainfall and some surface water flooding likely. a very windy day, with gusts of 40, 50 mph, 60 or 70 near some coasts, and extremely windy in the north—west corner of scotland. on the plus side, temperatures will be above the seasonal average, perhaps even close to the mid—teens in the south, might not feel like it because of the strength of the wind and the rain. the met office has issued several warnings, including amber warnings for rain in southern and western parts, and there could be some flooding. stay tuned to the forecast, and head online to see the latest weather warnings for storm dennis for the risk of heavy rain and floodi

a north — north—westerly wind blowing down across the eastern side of scotland and into north—east englandll fade. for the middle of the week, it looks drier with some spells of sunshine. this is bbc news. the headlines. the university of york says risk of infection is low after it revealed one of the two people in the uk to test positive for coronavirus, is one of its students. i want to reassure our students that we are working closely with the lead agency, public health england, and other agencies to manage the situation. public health england says 203 people have now been tested — with no additional positive cases. the uk enacts its most profound strategic change in a generation leaving the european union, after nearly half a century.

we're keeping an eye on this feature here, which will start to push outbreaks of rain into south—east england slowly easing down, but still some outbreaks of rain and snow across northern england and southern scotland. rain for a time perhaps across south—eastern england. we will need to keep an eye on the timings of that. between all of this, spells of sunshine, wintry showers, the wind slowly easing down, but it's still a windy day. certainly still feeling cold given the strength of the wind. we start to lose those severe gales as we go through sunday. it's a blustery day and for most there'll be a mixture of sunshine and showers. that's the theme into next week. it won't be as windy. it will be somewhat drierfor a time. still, some showers around. goodbye. this is bbc news, the headlines: the world health organization has raised its assessment of the coronavirus threat to the highest level as more than 50 countries report infections. but the head of the organisation says there is still a chance to contain the virus if its chain of transmission can be broken. fears that the outbreak could h

we're keeping an eye on this feature here, which will start to push outbreaks of rain into south—east englanddown, but still some outbreaks of rain and snow across northern england and southern scotland. rain for a time perhaps across south—eastern england. we will need to keep an eye on the timings of that. between all of this, spells of sunshine, wintry showers, the wind slowly easing down, but it's still a windy day. certainly still feeling cold given the strength of the wind. we start to lose those severe gales as we go through sunday. it's a blustery day and for most there'll be a mixture of sunshine and showers. that's the theme into next week. it won't be as windy. it will be somewhat drierfor a time. still, some showers around. goodbye. welcome to bbc news — i'm simon pusey. our top stories: the world health organization raises its assessment of the coronavirus threat to the highest level. we have now increased our assessment of the risk of spread and the risk of impact of covid—19 to very high. the virus causes another frantic day on global markets — hit with their worst week since t

are keeping an eye on this feature here, which will start to push outbreaks of rain into south—east englande outbreaks of rain and snow across northern england and southern scotland. rain for a time perhaps across south—eastern england. we will need to keep an eye on the timings of that. between all of this, spells of sunshine, wintry showers, the wind slowly easing down, but it is still a windy day. certainly still feeling cold given the strength of the wind. we start to lose those severe gales as we go through sunday. it is a blustery day and for most they will be a mixture of sunshine and showers. but is the theme into next week. it will not be as windy. it will be somewhat drierfor as windy. it will be somewhat drier for a as windy. it will be somewhat drierfor a time. still, as windy. it will be somewhat drierfora time. still, some showers around. bye. this is bbc news, the headlines: the world health organization has upgraded the global risk of the virus outbreak to "very high". more than 50 countries are now reporting cases. fears about the economic impact of the coronavirus have dri

by the middle of the afternoon and linger across eastern and south—east england degrees. into friday, again, a brief ridge of high pressure builds but again not for long. another area of low pressure sent to moving as you go through the day on friday. starting off dry and bright and at the south—east should stay quiet for the south—east should stay quiet for the end of the working week but there is more wet and windy weather to come and this sets us up as we head into the weekend. i wish i could tell you there is a change on the way but as you can see, one area of low pressure brings in more wind and rain across the country to be replaced by yet another pushing it from the atlantic. as we had was a weekend, unfortunately, it could be the third wet and windy weekend in a rope with a further spells of heavy rain and gales certainly an issue. it looks at the moment as if the heaviest could be the further north and west. so it stays pretty u nsettled. and west. so it stays pretty unsettled. what about further head? u nfortu nately, we unsettled. what about further he

you're watching inside out for the east of england here on bbc one.a huge amount of ingredients going into a very tasty world record breaking attempt. if we want to send humans further into space, we've got to find out ways of how they're going to live off the land when they get there. well, believe it or not, moon dust could be a vital source of drinking water, rocket fuel and bricks to build homes. one of the places leading the way in finding out how is the open university in milton keynes. here's our science correspondent, richard westcott. all right, now we're reading you loud and clearfrom becker, and we can begin to assemble. one of the first things neil armstrong did after stepping onto the moon was collect some soil. from next to the lunar lander. as you get close to it, it's almost like a powder. 50 years later, here it is at the open university in milton keynes. so that's quite a piece of history, isn't it? i'm holding there. we have to account for every milligram and record it, but then we have to send it back because nasa need to make sure

by friday evening, the rain peps up a bit once it reaches south—east england and east anglia. is the lull before the storm and still some dry weather first thing on saturday but it's not going to last. storm dennis then does bring rain in right across the uk during saturday. outbreaks of heavy rain at times and the wind strengthening particularly for the afternoon and into the evening before easing a bit into overnight and into sunday morning. wind gusts around 50 mph around the coast towards the west and south touching 70 mph perhaps in a few spots. really difficult travelling conditions. on the face of it, mild, but very wet and windy in places. heavy rain continuing across large parts of england and wales on through the night and into sunday. slowly clearings southward on sunday but it looks like the winds will pick up again this on sunday. bright skys and a few showers following on behind, turning a bit cooler too. looking at the weather warnings. the met office, amber warnings for rain across a large part of southern and western england and into wales, 20 to 110 millimetr

in south—east england alone, we lost 15 million trees in the space of an hour.f a tree and the wind hit the canopies and pushed them over. the turner's oak was probably the key thing of the whole story. this whole tree had been lifted out of the ground and we're talking about a big tree that would have been nearly 200 years old. the whole tree had been pulled out of the ground and sat back. the whole root plate had come out and it's slightly tipped and leaned over. before that we knew that the tree had been slightly unwell but this was an opportunity to save it and give it a last chance. we managed to push it back and we propped it so the props are still under the tree to stop it from falling over again and we decided that that would be the last tree to cut up. we would clear all of the arboretum and come back. three years later, we came back to that tree and it was a picture of health. we couldn't really understand why. what we realised was that over the years, people walking into that had compacted the soil around the roots. the root plate was very compacted.

we had some rain earlier across the south—east of england and that is now clearing away.nd stick with mostly dry weather today with sunshine, but towards the north—west it is all change. gales developing in parts of northern ireland and western scotland with some heavy rain and some mountain snow for the highlands as well. reasonably mild still, the temperature is about 7—11 degrees today. you will notice that things turn blustery later on and the winds strengthen further into this evening, 60 to 70 mph gusts in the north—west. 0vernight, the next area of rain moves in. this is storm ciara arriving through the early hours of sunday morning. from the word go it is going to be very windy, some heavy bursts of rain, some snow over highland scotland as well. and we are all going to feel the impact of storm ciara on sunday. here it is on the pressure map. you can see the proximity of all of these isobars. it's been several years since we've seen such widespread, strong gusts of wind across the uk. even through the english channel they are up to about 80 mph. inland 60—70 mph g

one evening, rang up a bit once it reaches south—east england and east anglia.rm and will, dry weather first thing on saturday but it's not going to last. storm dennis does bring rain in right across the uk over saturday. outbreaks of heavy rain at times and the wind strengthening particularly for the afternoon and into the evening before debating a bit into sunday night in the morning. when gusts and 50 mph around the coast towards the west and south touching 70 mph. perhaps in a few spots, really difficult travelling conditions. on the face of it, mild, but very wet and windy in places. heavy rain continuing across large parts of england and wales into the night on sunday. sally clearings southward on sunday but it looks like the winds will pick up looks like the winds will pick up again this on sunday. i disguise and if few showers following on behind turning a bit cooler too. looking at the weather warnings, the met office, amber warnings for rain. across a large part of southern and western england and into wales, 20 to a0 millimetres. higher amounts, parti

as the battle for east england to played out the french government said it was concerned about a grave violation of human rights and it called for a cease fire now while it acknowledge the presence of just harvests it also accused president assad of using the ongoing conflict as a fig leaf to wipe out any opposition. the syrian regime and its allies are brandishing the fight against jihad his fighters the need for which no one is disputing i just if occasion of an offensive game that's entirely different goals it's real intentions are indeed to annihilate any and all opposition and break the morale of civilians by indiscriminately massacring them following that offensive in the east by the syrian army gerrish was talked pulled last year a complaint was filed to the courts in france and. the senior members and no one wanted more criminals the complaint filed in june 29th teen was built and over 3 years of documentation of the crimes perpetrated by jaish al islam summary executions kidnappings and the systematic use of torture the group targeted people suspected of complicity with the re

by friday evening, the rain peps up a bit once it reaches south—east england and east anglia. storm and still some dry weather first thing on saturday but it's not going to last. storm dennis then does bring rain in right across the uk during saturday. outbreaks of heavy rain at times and the wind strengthening particularly for the afternoon and into the evening before easing a bit into overnight and into sunday morning. wind gusts around 50 mph around the coast towards the west and south touching 70 mph perhaps in a few spots. really difficult travelling conditions. 0n the face of it, mild, but very wet and windy in places. heavy rain continuing across large parts of england and wales on through the night and into sunday. slowly clearings southward on sunday but it looks like the winds will pick up again this on sunday. bright skys and a few showers following on behind, turning a bit cooler too. looking at the weather warnings. the met office, amber warnings for rain across a large part of southern and western england and into wales, 20 to 40 millimetres. higher amounts, part

england. they won until three o'clock and there is one in the south—east until six. p—to—date. it is an improving situation with regard to the rainfall across the north of england and increasingly through wales and the south—west. the flood situation isa the south—west. the flood situation is a different kettle of fish. it will be the early evening before we see the last of the persistent and heavy rain getting away from the south—eastern quarter. later this evening, our attention will turn to the northern half of britain because as storm dennis's centre gets close to scotland, gusts of 80 miles an hour are possible. and we had covered a couple of windy days to come through monday and tuesday. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... as tributes continue to pour in for the love island presenter, caroline flack, her management have criticised the crown prosecution service for refusing to drop charges that she assaulted her boyfriend. heavy rain and strong winds continue to lash large parts of the uk. a severe flood warning is in place in south wales, meaning there's a

news coming up later in this program teaching climate change a region in the north east of england is aiming to get united nations recognition for its new program we'll see how one teacher is going about it. to syria where a government offensive against the last rebel stronghold has caused one of the biggest waves of displacement in the 9 year civil war the united nations humanitarian coordination office says more than half a 1000000 people have been forced to flee in the province since the beginning of december 80 percent of them are women and children. there are reports from an orphanage and it offers children some respite from the fighting. rare moments of happiness in which could derail can simply be a child. the 11 year old fled with her 2 brothers from the bombs to the southeast of the city of it loop the family home was hit by russian fighter jets the father fell into the hands of government troops no one knows if he's still alive. i remember how bombs ate our house and that of our neighbors both houses were completely destroyed a girl from next door lay dead in the rubble i sa

we had some rain earlier across the south—east of england and that is now clearing away.ly dry weather today with sunshine, but towards the north—west it is all change. gales developing in parts of northern ireland and western scotland with some heavy rain and some mountain snow for the highlands as well. reasonably mild still, the temperature is about 7—ii degrees today. you will notice that things turn blustery later on and the winds strengthen further into this evening, 60 to 70 mph gusts in the north—west. overnight, the next area of rain moves in. this is storm ciara arriving through the early hours of sunday morning. from the word go it is going to be very windy, some heavy bursts of rain, some snow over highland scotland as well. and we are all going to feel the impact of storm ciara on sunday. here it is on the pressure map. you can see the proximity of all of these isobars. it's been several years since we've seen such widespread, strong gusts of wind across the uk. even through the english channel they are up to about 80 mph. inland 60—70 mph gusts of wind, but

this band of heavy rain pushes its way south and east across england and wales.could bring another a0 to 50 millimetres across the hills of wales for a time, and that water will be running into the river catchments, providing further flooding problems. as the rain clears, it's blustery with showers following. for tuesday and wednesday, high pressure to the south—west, maintaining north—westerly winds, and on tuesday they will be bringing us a mixture of sunshine and showers. many eastern areas starting dry and sunny, showers will swing in through the day, getting increasingly widespread as a trough starts to push in. showers could turn thundery and will still have a wintry flavour. for wednesday, the showers continue to be brought in on cold north—westerly winds, particularly frequent in north—western areas, the cheshire gap, greater manchester, north—west midlands and north wales. for western scotland and northern ireland, showers through the morning and afternoon. hello. this is bbc news. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow morning's papers in a moment. first, t

the gap is particularly stark in the north—east of england.ling to make ends meet and it's having an impact on her health. all the clothes that i have are given to me by friends. i use a food bank. i can't get my hair done. coffee is a luxury — if i go out for a coffee. so, the nicer things in life are just not happening. the stress is a killer. it really is. it lessens your life span. today's report suggests that for the first time in a century, life expectancy for the poorest women in the north—east is falling and the funding cuts associated with austerity the most likely cause of a worsening health picture. my own view is that health and health inequalities is telling us something fundamental about the nature of society. and if health‘s not improving and health inequalities are increasing, something's going wrong with society. in some of the most deprived areas like the north west, there are signs of change. what do we want to be in 20 years time? at richmond academy primary school in 0ldham, pupils give voice to their dreams. a doctor, bri