been given the go—ahead is welcome news, and there is a strong case for building the birmingham— east midlandst early. but if this project is to deliver on its potential for our region, we this project is to deliver on its potentialfor our region, we need assurances that the phase two bill will receive royal assent in this parliament, that it won't be delayed further or downgraded to cut costs. will he give those assurances today? of course, we are committed to phase two, but she will appreciate that given what has happened in the past ten yea rs given what has happened in the past ten years with phase one, it is vital that we use this inflection point to make sure the taxpayer gets maximum value as we proceed. the right honourable lady for chesham and amersham, who is recovering from and amersham, who is recovering from a major operation, has asked me to thank the volunteers and donors from all over the nation who have fought against hs2 over the past 11 years. the last three years have given us a few lessons in what gracious defeat looks like. and while i remain worried by the environmental,

there isa example east midlands airport. there is a lot of freight that comes in there.tain budget of carbon that we can play with. how we allocate that and those resources isa we allocate that and those resources is a question for the government and for the planning authorities to figure out. if you're going to invest in heathrow, you will not be able to invest in others and you will have to close down other operations. if you are going to invest in heavy infrastructure, going towards a net zero target, why invest in a high carbon operation rather than investing in things that will take care of air pollution, noise pollution, other benefits and other things that can bring benefits while not causing so much damage. why do we need heathrow? that is a good question about why it should be based around london and heathrow, this is our hope airport and this is about hubs. we have 40% of our trade going through heathrow airport, it is our largest port by value of goods and it is the regional airport, whether it is east midlands or edinburgh, other airports want expansion aroun

and this rain is taking its time to slump its way down towards east anglia, the east midlands and into down at the south—eastern quarter. on what is still going to be a windy day across many parts of the british isles. many of the gusts up to 40, 50, 60 mph. and there will be a cooler, fresher feel to proceedings than has been the case in recent days. through the early part of the evening, the small hours of monday morning, our concern will turn back to the strength of the wind, particularly across the greater part of scotland, the far north of england and northern ireland. here, some of the gusts of wind, as you can see, through the central belt, 60, 70 mph. further north than that, 75, possibly 80 miles an hour. and a real raft of showers as the centre of storm dennis gradually tracks its way past the northern isles on its way to the norwegian coast. should be a frost—free night for many but it will be a chilly start to the new day on monday. a day not of persistent rain, but there will be some really heavy, squally showers urged along by a noticeable west to south—westerly wind alon

we will not be going to the east midlands.s is going better than i thought. you haven't heard part two. you haven't got your bags. jet two said it had been "working tirelessly to get everyone to their intended destination". we have snow in central london. i know there is no one lots of other places but it is pretty unusual to see it in central london. definitely a dusting here in central london. let's check out what is happening with the snow situation and the rest of the weather. lots of excitement for that snow. disappointing snow for many parts but over higher ground we have had quite a bit more snow. that was in staffordshi re quite a bit more snow. that was in staffordshire this morning. a good covering and over the higher ground of the pennines and the cotswolds and the chill turns a bit more snow than that. this low pressure is slipping away to the east while we have some of those slushy conditions around the south—east of england elsewhere it is cleaning up quite nicely with sunshine across many parts of england and wa

this rain is just taking its time to slump its way down to east anglia, east midlands and down into thewhy we have the lingering concern of that amber warning down in the eastern quarter and it will still be a windy day across many parts of the british isles. gusts of 40, 50, 60 mph. there will be a call at fresher feel to proceedings than there has been in recent days. through the early pa rt in recent days. through the early part of the evening, the small hours of the evening will turn backed to the wind, especially in the north of scotland, northern ireland as you see it through the central belt, 60, 70 mph and further north 75 may be 80 mph. the centre of storm dennis heads towards the norwegian coast, it should be a frost free at night for many better chilly start to monday, a date not of persistent rain but there will be some really heavy, squally showers, urged by a noticeable west to south—westerly wind and there will be that fresher feel. having said that, at least the persistent rain would have disappeared, the rivers will take time to disgorge their content out into the neigh

charity that supports people with dwarfism, you put out amazing work, i know, particularly in the east midlands? to help children, their pupils, who have dwarfism? what should they be doing? well, it is about education andi doing? well, it is about education and i do go into schools from time to time and i talk to assemblies about my life, my career, and what it has been like living life as a little person. and this can really help, because once children can understand, it normalises the difference and that can be the key to stopping any potential bullying. but also, i think parents have a role to play here. you know, education starts at home and as pa rents we education starts at home and as parents we should all be taking responsibility for our children and for our attitudes in the world, you know? and i think a lot of children's behaviour actually is learned behaviour from their pa rents. learned behaviour from their parents. so really, it is about the pa rents parents. so really, it is about the parents setting a good example about being caring, kind, compassionate towards other human being

parts of the east midlands have been particularly badly affected, and heavy rain is expected to continuent this report from tenbury wells in worcestershire. it isa it is a race against time and tenbury wells tonight, as water levels continue to rise. this old market town is pretty much cut off after the river burst its banks early this morning. more than 100 homes have been evacuated and some roads are impassable. you've still got to wade through a couple of foot of water. ben is stuck, struggling to return to his flat and unable to leave the town. i was devastated because you can get out, people stuck in their houses. the fire and rescue have been around in boats getting people temporary shelter in the high school, but is unbearable for people who can get out. you lose your self dependence, don't you? it's pretty bad to bear. from the river clyde in glasgow, to devon and cornwall, storm dennis has been an unwelcome weekend guest in almost every pa rt unwelcome weekend guest in almost every part of the uk. vast areas overwhelmed by huge quantities of rainfall. record numbers of flood war

the same hopes and dreams and fears like you have done amazing work and i know particularly in east midlandsg? it is about education and i doing? it is about education and i do go to schools and talk to you assemblies about my life and career and what it has been like living life as a little person. this can really help because if a child can understand it normalizes the difference and it can be the key to stopping any potential bullying. i think parents have a role to play here. education starts at home and as parents we should all be taking responsibility for their children and their attitudes in the world. and a lot of children's behaviour is actually learned behaviour from their parents so really it is about their parents so really it is about the parent setting a good example about being caring, kind and compassionate towards other human beings. ultimately this is a personal battle and get in hope your fellow pupils would be mature enough and families as well, like you said and families as well, like you said and also helping but what would your personal message be to hand in terms of b

you need to get on a train and come to the east midlands, or you can watch it all on the midlands todayate by state contests to find a democratic candidate to challenge donald trump in november. chris buckler reports presidential hopefuls spend millions of dollars trying to win the new hampshire primary. it is still early in this series of state—by—state votes that are being used by the democrats to select a challenger to donald trump. but two candidates hope that here they can cement their position as a front runners. so far, vermont senator bernie sanders seems to have captured much of the progressive vote and pete buttigieg is leading among the moderates candidates. it is clear thatjoe biden's campaign sees him as a threat. the former vice president's team have released an attack ad... ..mocking mr buttigieg and his achievements as the mayor of a small city in indiana, particularly when compared to mr biden's. president trump is watching the fight and stalking his potential opponents. in new hampshire, he held a packed rally on the eve of the primary and launched his own attacks on a

rain sleet and snow tracking out of the east midlands through the morning.so lying snow is likely to be quite short lived but could be treacherous first thing on thursday. further wintry showers to the north—west later. a chilly day highs of six or 7 degrees. 0vernight thursday into friday, a ridge of high pressure, clear skies, light wind, frosty start on friday but another area of low pressure approaches from the atlantic through friday daytime, building in weather fronts, snow as the first at the but it is predominantly rain we are concerned with for friday and saturday. these fronts as we look at them, taking about 30 seconds to clear could give up to 100 millimetres of rain for some of the higher ground. here is the weather front following on saturday. it will be windy throughout the weekend, we will switch back into colder air and there is a chance on sunday of another well featured developing for the south bringing more heavy rain into parts of england and wales. a lot of saturated ground and flooding here already. the weekend looks pretty unsettled,

richard butler from the cbi and the west midlands, a really important day for the west midlands, east midlandsst was necessary? —— and the north of england. we have not had the formal newsletter, so on the assumption it will be positive it is positive for a number of reasons. we need additional rail capacity, we need additional rail capacity, we need to regenerate the midlands and the north and speed up travel times to london. high—speed to has the capability of addressing those. —— high speed 2. many sceptics would argue that the money is too much and would be better spent elsewhere, may be just would be better spent elsewhere, may bejust and would be better spent elsewhere, may be just and working across the existing network. i noted those arguments but i think it is missing the point that we have a victorian rail system creaking at the seams, more and more people want to travel, we need to do something about capacity and it is almost impossible to upgrade the current network without closing it down indefinitely to achieve that. high speed 2 is the only way of bringing in the extra capacity

parts of the east midlands have been particularly badly affected, and heavy rain is expected to continuetonight as water levels continue to rise. this old market town is pretty much cut off after the river team burst its banks early this morning. more than 100 homes have been evacuated and some roads are impassable. we still have to wait for about a couple of feet of water. ben is stuck, struggling to return to his flat and unable to leave the town. i was devastated because you can't get out. people we re because you can't get out. people were stuck in their houses. the fire and rescue have been getting people out to a temporary shelter in the high school, but it's unbearable for people who can't get out. you lose your self dependence, don't you? pretty bad. from the river clyde in glasgow to devon and cornwall, dennis has been an unwelcome weekend guest in almost every part of the uk. vast areas overwhelmed by huge quantities of rainfall, record numbers of flood warnings, rescue teams and the authorities stretched to the limit. we are doing more than ever before in terms of investing in

the midlands, east anglia and the south—east i think some sunshine and very mild 14 degrees.irish sea coast west, around wales and the irish seacoast there will be some showers and that will continue through the course of sunday evening as well. the thing that we are really going to notice on sunday, monday and into tuesdayis to notice on sunday, monday and into tuesday is the strength of the wind across the more northern parts of the uk. we suspect —— expect severe gales across western scotland brought in by this area of low pressure here and then the strong wind will spread across scotland and affect eastern parts of the country as well. this is what it looks like on monday with strong wind and heavy rain in scotland as well as the possibility of some rain flipping far south of england through the southern counties. quite wet weather along the channel. focusing on the wind, in excess of 70 perhaps 80 miles an hour in the western isles. that is through monday evening and it has showers, lots of them. monday night into the early hours of tuesday the wind will strengthen acros

to develop in scotland, northern ireland later and a fair bit of sunshine to come through the midlands, eastt even here, the winds will be picking up, 50mph gusts not out the question. and the winds go more northerly across parts of scotland later on, which will introduce a drop in temperature through the afternoon compared to how we start the day. staying on the mild side with temperatures in double figures, particular for england and wales. that's the case in cardiff for the opener in the six nations between wales and italy. we will see a fair bit of sunshine after the morning cloud but quite a blustery day and it will be blustery too in dublin for ireland against scotland. that wind could bring a few showers close to the city, but overall, mostly dry. now, as you go into this evening, wales, northern england, the midlands, prone to some showers in particular, one or two maybe towards east anglia as well, but they will fade away for a time. clearer skies, temperatures taking a of a plummet across the northern half the country with a touch of frost. but temperatures rising further south as

to develop in scotland, northern ireland later and a fair bit of sunshine to come through the midlands, eastuth after the morning cloud and just one or two showers. but even here, the winds will be picking up, 50mph gusts not out the question. and the winds go more northerly across parts of scotland later on, which will introduce a drop in temperature through the afternoon compared to how we start the day. staying on the mild side with temperatures in double figures, particular for england and wales. that's the case in cardiff for the opener in the six nations between wales and italy. we will see a fair bit of sunshine after the morning cloud but quite a blustery day and it will be blustery too in dublin for ireland against scotland. that wind could bring a few showers close to the city, but overall, mostly dry. now, as you go into this evening, wales, northern england, the midlands, prone to some showers in particular, one or two maybe towards east anglia as well, but they will fade away for a time. clearer skies, temperatures taking a of a plummet taking a bit of a plummet across the north

and a fair bit of sunshine to go through the midlands, east anglia and the south after morning cloudwill be picking up. 50mph gusts not out of the question and the winds go more northerly across parts of scotland later on, which will introduce a drop in temperatures across the afternoon compared to how we started the day. most staying on the mild side, with temperatures in double figures. particularly for england and wales. that will be the case in cardiff for the opener of the six nations between wales and italy. we will see a fair bit of sunshine here after the morning cloud, but quite a blustery day and it will be blustery too in dublin for ireland against scotland. that wind could bring a few showers close to the city, but overall mostly dry. as we go into this evening, wales, northern ireland and the midlands, prone to some showers and one or two may be towards east anglia as well. they will fade away for a time. clearer skies, temperatures take a bit of a plummet across the northern side of the country with a bit of frost. but temperatures rising further south as we see cloud,

for example, for wales and much of the midlands, east anglia and the south, the afternoon on sunday isn'ty night, and then we are in for a spell of some pretty stormy weather, particularly in the northern half of the uk. so here is monday's weather map. low pressure moving across scotland, this is going to be quite a nasty low, and that is going to bring very strong winds initially to western parts of scotland earlier on monday and then, through the course of the day, those winds will strengthen and strengthen. nasty weather, story of the west of scotland through the course of monday. pretty windy across the rest of the uk, but actually it is going to be a relatively bright, if not sunny, day. let us focus on those winds across scotland, in excess of 70 miles per hour. on top of that we have got some snow across the mountains, and then, later on monday, the severe gales will transfer further east across scotland, so moray, aberdeenshire, we could see winds in excess of 70 mph, even inland as well. very windy across the north of england as well — newcastle, an excess of 50 mph. it will be

for example, for wales and much of the midlands, east anglia and the south, the afternoon on sunday isn'tgrees. the showers across the northern half of the uk will continue into sunday night and then we are in for a spell of some pretty stormy weather, particularly in the northern half of the uk, so here is monday's weather map. low pressure moving across scotland, this is going to be quite a nasty low, and that is going to bring very strong winds initially to western parts of scotland earlier on monday and then, through the course of the day, those wins will strengthen and strengthen. nasty weather, story of the west of scotland through the course of monday. pretty windy across the rest of the uk, but actually it is going to be a relatively bright, if not sunny, day. let us focus on those winds across scotland, in excess of 70 miles per hour, on top of that we have got some snow across the mountains and then, later on monday, the severe gales will transfer further east across scotland, saint murray and aberdeenshire. we could see winds in excess of 70 mph, even inland as well. very windy

yes, i mean it is a massive moment notjust for the west midlands but the east midlands as well in termsof this site but what we're seeing. the skyline here has transformed over the past decade and beyond that you can just about make out another eight or nine cranes on other sites which are moving into the city and what they are telling me and what they are saying not just here are telling me and what they are saying notjust here birmingham but across the west midlands is that there are a lot of other projects which will come once the green light is given. of course there are opponents as well to the projects, around the country but also here in the midlands. yes, we have seen state m e nts the midlands. yes, we have seen statements from birmingham city council, for example, welcoming it today, but i know that once you get outside this area, in the rural areas, they don't see much benefit from it, may see a lot of money being spent on what they would column white elephant. in those areas like warwickshire where people just see a massive investment coming that would ruin their countryside

the best of the weather is across more central parts of the uk and certainly merseyside, the midlands, east cloudy and damp in the southern counties. then in the afternoon and into the evening hours those winds will ramp up across western scotland and possibly hitting 80 mph and england easily 50-60. this is bbc news — welcome, if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm maryam moshiri. our top stories. a man shot dead by police after stabbing people in london had just been released from prison for terror offences. i hear three shots and i see how he dropped. and he was alive for a good two, three minutes on the floor but he heard police say, please tell everybody we have to move in case a blast goes off. sudesh amman — who was 20 — was freed around a week ago after serving half of his three—yearjail term. the coronavirus continues to spread — chinese officials

of the m4, so the cotswolds, the chilterns are covered in snow and through the parts of south east midlandsg rush hour it should be a dryjourney home and a better one than this morning but turning cold quickly. still showers across north—west scotland and one or two across north—west scotland and one ortwo in across north—west scotland and one or two in the west initially but later on whilst we see frost and icy conditions develop in the east, the rain will pile in across northern ireland and wales and the south—west or tomorrow morning and once the rain is in, with these weather fronts, they will stay in place with the rain falling almost continuously for at least 24 hours across western parts of england and wales. not great news where those areas are currently affected by flooding. back to you. "expect more uk cases". that‘s the warning from the government as it sets out further plans to tackle coronavirus, which has now infected more than 80,000 people worldwide. so how might the outbreak affect you? we‘ve gathered together a team of people who will be able answer some of your questions.

is the figure is of lunchtime, customers don't have any electricity in areas it serves in east and west midlandsd south wales. so there are quite large parts of that region where people are struggling. 0f large parts of that region where people are struggling. of course, many of the power lines are overhead. things are being knocked over, they are being disrupted in the normal way and some of the power units as well tend to get affected by any heavy rain as well. so it is going to be a busy afternoon for engineers as they try and get power restored to those 12,000 homes around the midlands, south west england and south wales that are being affected. we will bring you more as soon as being affected. we will bring you more as soon as we get being affected. we will bring you more as soon as we get it. labour has formally reported members of sir keir starmer‘s leadership campaign team to the information commissioner, accusing them of hacking into the party's membership database. the allegation was made against two members of sir keir‘s team, one of them his compliance official. they were passed to t

the best of the weather, i suspect, parts of central wales, the midlands, lincolnshire, east anglia.n birmingham and the possibility of a little light rain, flirting with the channel coast. let's pick up on the winds across scotland. the thinking is it could be gusting up to around 80 mph in the western isles. pretty strong. lots of wintry showers. lots of showers feeding in further south, too. into the early hours of tuesday, the stronger winds will transfer towards more eastern parts of scotland and look at that, we will probably see blizzards across the hills as well. grampian down into the southern uplands as well. early on tuesday, the low pressure moves out into the north sea, but it has a sting in its tail. that means strong winds blowing along the north sea coast into east anglia. here, too, gale force winds expected from newcastle all the way down to hull, and norwich, pretty windy in london as well. these are the average winds but you can easily double them to get the stronger winds. much lighter winds towards the west. temperatures on tuesday around about 9 degrees. plenty

east, very slowly i have to say through the rest of today. really soggy indeed across a good pa rt really soggy indeed across a good part of wales, midlands, down rain lingering. we could see flooding in many places as we go through the rest of today. further north and west, a different story. things start to brighten up. we will see some sunshine and showers. some of those heavy, with hailand showers. some of those heavy, with hail and thunder. it is another windy day. gusts of 40—50 miles per hour. particularly in association with the rain band and temperatures dropping as the day wears on. as we go through this evening, the rain will clear the south—east but this area of low pressure passes close to the of scotland. another swathe of strong winds. scotland, 75 miles per hour across the north to orkney as well. that could cause some further damage. it does stay windy. perhaps not as windy by the end of the night, some clear spells and showers, some of those wintry, a fairly cool night in a cool started tomorrow. tomorrow is another windy day. not as windy as it has been. a mixture of sunshine and showers, most frequent in the west. not as man

the afternoon and there will be showers across the north west england pushing through into the midlands and eastor many it is close to freezing this afternoon, even with some sunshine. more showers this evening, heavy ones working into eastern england. they will fizzle out later in the night but they continue to track further west and some significant accumulations possible particularly for the mountains of wales and across western scotland. ice is a risk a nyway western scotland. ice is a risk anyway first thing on wednesday as we see a frost developing. showers around for england and wales on wednesday morning but they will ease throughout the day but they will keep on coming for scotland and northern ireland. another chilly day with highs in the face of it, six or seven but closer to two or three. eyes are drawn from wednesday night into thursday. the model is struggling to place this area of low pressure a cross struggling to place this area of low pressure across northern europe. it could run further north and make wetter weather across southern britain throughout the day on thursday and so

the best of the weather, i suspect, parts of central wales, the midlands, lincolnshire, east anglia.possibility of a little light rain, flirting with the channel coast. let's pick up on the winds across scotland. the thinking is it could be gusting up to around 80 mph in the western isles. pretty strong. lots of wintry showers. lots of showers feeding in further south, too. into the early hours of tuesday, the stronger winds will transfer towards more eastern parts of scotland and look at that, we will probably see blizzards across the hills as well. grampian down into the southern uplands as well. early on tuesday, the low pressure moves out into the north sea, but it has a sting in its tail. that means strong winds blowing along the north sea coast into east anglia. here, too, gale force winds expected from newcastle all the way down to hull, and norwich, pretty windy in london as well. these are the average winds but you can easily double them

the best of the weather, i suspect, parts of central wales, the midlands, lincolnshire, east anglia. here some sunshine on the way. a breezy day, but pleasant enough. 9 in birmingham and the possibility of a little light rain, flirting with the channel coast. let's pick up on the winds across scotland. the thinking is it could be gusting up to around 80 mph in the western isles. pretty strong. lots of wintry showers. lots of showers feeding in further south, too. into the early hours of tuesday, the stronger winds will transfer towards more eastern parts of scotland and look at that, we will probably see blizzards across the hills as well. grampian down into the southern uplands as well. early on tuesday, the low pressure moves out into the north sea, but it has a sting in its tail. that means strong winds blowing along the north sea coast into east anglia. here, too, gale force winds expected from newcastle all the way down to hull, and norwich, pretty windy in london as well. these are the average winds but you can easily double them to get the stronger winds. much lighter winds to

over a year ago, it is imperative that my constituents in south leicestershire and across the east midlandssions. little bit opaque, but there does appear to be friction between the guidelines, the law and nhs doctors anecdotally worrying about the possible long—term effects of medical cannabis. the families that we have heard from our more concerned that, in the short—term, this drug helps their children. they see it is only fair that the drug should be prescribed to those who need it. it really does cost a lot, doesn‘t it? need it. it really does cost a lot, doesn't it? we are talking about a new app. what does it do and how did it come about? it is a very interesting one and you have to applaud the four schools in bradford that have gone along with this idea in conjunction with the home office. many students are increasingly concerned about knife crime so the idea of this app is that they can use the app initially. it is for information purposes. the kind of figures that yorkshire has as far as knife crime is concerned ultimately, i think it will be developed. that, i think, see particul

as we move to the other end of the country, rain moving across wales, continuing across the midlands, eastn already saturated ground where we have already had flooding issues. it may exacerbate that situation. but behind it, a return to something drier and brighter, still some showers and some winteriness. the other element is the snow on the hills and potential poor visibility if you are out and about. we carry on with a few showers, wintry in nature, gusty winds and there will be some frost tonight and the risk of ice on entry to surfaces. tomorrow, dry weather but cold still with those showers coming in on a gusty wind and some of those will also be wintry. hello this is bbc news with me carrie gracie. the headlines... italian authorities try to contain the biggest outbreak of coronavirus in europe after more than 150 people are infected. a severe flood warning as more heavy rain falls in shrewsbury — in scotland there's travel disruption because of snow. secretary, priti patel, the home office dismisses reports that the home secretary, priti patel, is distrusted by intelligence chiefs

east of england later on. that is the early hours of tuesday. gales of around 70mph. it will remain windy through tuesday across many parts of the uk and even the midlandsthere you go, i have been blown away by the wind! bye—bye. this is bbc news, i‘m martine croxall. the headlines at eight. the university of york says risk of infection is low, after it revealed one of its students is one of two people in the uk to test positive for coronavirus i want to reassure our students, staff and the wider community that we are working closely with the lead agency, public health england, and other agency, to manage this 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. the acquittal of president trump becomes all but certain,

for the potential of some snow into tomorrow morning's rush hour, some of these parts of the midlands, eastmuch of that so far this winter. that is one thing and then rain still on everybody‘s minds. this is not what you want to see, another met office warning covering the hills of wales hills of northern england. of course it is the rain that falls into this area that goes through to the river severn to places like shrewsbury and worcester. another potentially 60 millimetres of rain on friday night but that is not good news. yes, i think this story well run and run. so no respite and the outlook for the next two or three days? rain is pa rt the next two or three days? rain is part of it, snow is also part of it for some of those places that haven't seen any so far. more rain at times through the rest of the week and the chance of snow particularly tonight and into tomorrow. let's get into the detail. on the satellite picture you can see this fairly menacing looking area of cloud, this is an area of low pressure that will really just scrape its way across the south of the british isles. the

actually come and some wet roads are out there in the showers pushing through the midlands towards the southeast and easttend to dive back towards western areas overnight. and there will be in around from many places, particularly in rural areas, down to -6 particularly in rural areas, down to —6 last night and everything should could be again tonight. icy conditions especially in the northwest. —— aberdeen sure. fewer showers could head towards the midlands, eastern england, when troupe went into eastern scotland, but not as many showers as we have seen but not as many showers as we have seen today. mostly showers in the afternoon and scotland, temperatures five to 9 degrees, there will be a chilly wind blowing, probably a bit stronger and scotland then west today and this is what will feel like what's up the winds will not be stronger in the southwest of england. here we will start to see changes during the evening. this area of low pressure weather front bringing some rain in across other parts of england and wales, hitting the cold air and maybe some snow over the cold air and maybe some snow over th

, the high ground of the midlands into the chilterns in the northern home counties into eastin its wake so any snow would be short lived. wintry showers across the north. heading through thursday night we continue with a few showers again across scotland where it is wintry over the hills but elsewhere it will turn later briefly with clear skies, turning colder thanks to a ridge of high pressure and again some frost around and also some ice to watch out for. it isa and also some ice to watch out for. it is a short lived settled spell thanks to that ridge of high pressure because the next weather system will push in from the south—west for friday. this will introduce outbreaks of rain in southern and western areas after a cold bright start in the north the clouds will bill in the rain was still northwards, snow on the leading edge of this front across northern england to scotland, settling snow over the hills but heavy rain further south as well and notes will turn mild and windy, ten, 11 degrees. unwelcome rain, of course, in areas that do not need it. into the weekend, the ne

we will see some showers across the north west of england pushing into the north midlands and east anglian england. they will fizzle out later on in the night but they track in further west and some significant accumulations for the mountains of wales and west in scotland. ice is a risk everywhere just about everywhere on wednesday as we see in overnight frost. showers for england and wales on wednesday morning but i think they will ease through the second half of the day, but they keep on coming for scotland and northern ireland. in terms of temperatures, another pretty chilly day with highs, on the face of it six or seven but closer to two or three. our eyes are seven but closer to two or three. 0ur eyes are drawn seven but closer to two or three. our eyes are drawn from wednesday night into thursday. the model is struggling to place this area of low pressure a cross struggling to place this area of low pressure across northern europe. there's a chance it could run further north and make for wetter weather across southern britain throughout the day on thursday and some snow on the north

east of england, moving across scotland, clearing the central lowlands around lunchtime but remaining around the highlands for much of the day. let's pick up the rain. moving across right —— wales into the midlands little bit milder as we push further south but don't forget the wind. drew this evening and overnight, there goes the rain, some clear skies but also a good packet of showers blowing in on a gusty wind and still some of those will be wintry. it will be cold enough for some frost and we are also looking at the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. tomorrow, look at the isobars. another windy day in prospect with weather fronts crossing up —— crossing us enhancing showers. tomorrow, tomorrow night and into wednesday, we are going to have a prolonged period of gusty winds across the english channel and areas adjacent to them. but for the rest of us, a windy day, a fair bit of cloud around at times producing those showers, some of those will still be wintry and even getting down to lower levels in heavier burst but in between, there will be sunshine but feeling cold. wednesday, spot the difference from tuesday. the wind is more of a north—westerly so again, it will feel colder. a lot of dry

have said to ministers, of upgrading the existing lines to london, going chiltern, west coast, midland and eastan do there to increase the capacity. and i think that's important as well. so it could all be done that way, but a lot of politicians, and i'm not being critical of them, but they love big projects, because i thought maybe some of them would even be thinking about, well, why call it hs2, but call it somebody else's line, like the elizabeth line in london, the royalfamily is the elizabeth line in london, the royal family is all right, you the elizabeth line in london, the royalfamily is all right, you can do it, but i think people need to sit back and think, have we got this money, because the local improvements and the regional improvements and the regional improvements could be done a great deal more quickly, and there is actually capacity on the line is. just a final point, lord berkeley, because lots of the supporters of the line have been saying today, the point about this is it is a strong economic link between london and other parts of england, and beyond. and it is for that rea

and first into the morning, there‘s a risk that we see some snow across parts of wales, the midlands and easte spread of the coronavirus hits a new milestone — with more new cases recorded outside of china than within it. pakistan, brazil and norway are the latest to confirm cases. as the disease spreads further in europe, experts call for calm. this is a situation of concern. but we must not give in to panic. and the virus isn‘tjust impacting on health — we‘ll look at how containment measures are threatening major sporting events around the world, including the olympics. another day of violence on the streets of delhi — where clashes between hindus and muslims in recent days have killed at least 27 people. there were mobs in different places. there were multiple mobs holding sticks and they were calling, openly calling for the extermination of muslims. and we‘ll have the latest onjoe biden and his chances of stopping bernie sanders win the democratic presidential nomination. amid all the talk about coronavirus — it‘s important not to lose sight of one of the biggest stories of our time — the

a scene we have seen across some parts of the west midlands in to the south—east as well.een some sunshine, does not mean the floodwaters recede straightaway. there is the centre of the storm, storm dennis, a conveyor of wetair the storm, storm dennis, a conveyor of wet air which is brought that consistent and heavy rain. that is moving to the south—east, we are seeing bands of showers, pushing down from the north—west. focusing into scotland this evening and overnight because their eyes the centre of storm dennis getting a little bit closer so we may get a squeeze of the winds across northern scotla nd squeeze of the winds across northern scotland for a while. certainly lots of showers keep going, still windy but it will be quite a bit chilly thanit but it will be quite a bit chilly than it has been across england and wales. tomorrow looks like it is going to be a day of sunshine and blustery showers. we may well find some heavy downpours pushing eastwards a cross some heavy downpours pushing eastwards across southern parts of england and the more frequent showers continu

of the midlands, the northern helm counties, over the child ren's midlands, the northern helm counties, over the children's and into eastof sunshine around so any light snow will be short lived. wintry showers across the north and it will be breezy and another chilly day temperatures ranging 6—9d in the south. through thursday night, a few wintry showers continuing across scotla nd wintry showers continuing across scotland but a ridge of high pressure builds in and for many of us pressure builds in and for many of us it should be dry with clear skies and turning cold with frost and some ice in places. you will see the temperature is beginning to rise across the south—west. that is because we have the next weather system moving in for friday and that will produce mild air to southern areas, quite a bit of rain and strengthening wind. starting cold and bright across the north and the east and then that rain will spell up east and then that rain will spell up from the south—west and some snow on its leading edge across northern england to scotland and some settling snow on the hills but further south mainly rain and the te

seeing some slushy deposits or some sleetiness across parts of the midlands, the northern home counties, over the chilterns and into easte thing will clear away by about lunchtime and the skies will brighten up with plenty of sunshine around so any light snow will be short lived. wintry showers across the north and it will be breezy and another chilly day temperatures ranging 6—9 degrees in the south. through thursday night, a few wintry showers continuing across scotland but a ridge of high pressure builds in and for many of us it should be dry with clear skies and turning cold with frost and some ice in places. you will see the temperature is beginning to rise across the south—west. that is because we have the next weather system moving in for friday and that will produce mild air to southern areas, quite a bit of rain and strengthening wind. starting cold and bright across the north and the east and then that rain will spill up from the south—west and some snow on its leading edge across northern england to scotland and some settling snow on the hills but further south mainly rain and the temperature 10—11 degrees. a

for the morning, that's no transfers across the midlands and for a while across east anglia and the south—eastere could be a mixture of rain, sleet and snow for the rain pours out of the continent. by the rain pours out of the continent. by the afternoon, it looks a lot like this afternoon, a lot of sunshine across england and wales. the showers are more scant to the north of the uk for northern ireland and scotland. still a cold feel to proceedings, temperatures a degree 01’ so proceedings, temperatures a degree or so down on proceedings, temperatures a degree 01’ so down on average. proceedings, temperatures a degree or so down on average. it becomes quite a due to this brief ridge of high pressure which will stay with us high pressure which will stay with us into friday morning. but then in i’ows oui’ us into friday morning. but then in rows our next set of fronts to end the week. we are looking at wet weather for all parts of the uk before friday is out. and some of that rain is going to be heavy. some of it will be persistent. by the time we get into saturday, some spots could become up t

5lu5hy depo5it5 through pa rt5 of morning, 5lu5hy depo5it5 through parts of the wood midlands into the chilterns, then into eastnd by around lunchtime it would have left the south east with plenty of 5un5hine to move in its wake, so 5un5hine to move in its wake, so heavy snow will be very short lived. further wintry showers acro55 short lived. further wintry showers across the north, ranging from 6—9d through the afternoon. we continue with a few showers acro55 afternoon. we continue with a few showers across scotland over the hills but elsewhere, wind5 over the hills but elsewhere, winds will turn lighter briefly with clear skies, it will turn cold and i5 with clear skies, it will turn cold and is thanks a ridge of high pressure, again with some frost around and some ice to watch out for. it is a short lived settled spell thanks to an ridge of high pressure, because the next weather system will be pushing in from the south—west for friday, this introduces outbreaks of rain, southern and western areas after a cold, bright out in the north the clouds will build and the rain will spell northwards, plenty of snow

across wales, the midlands, east anglia? further south?ng in as we go through friday and the weekend. the sign there could more heavy rain on the horizon. troubling times still for some. difficult week ahead. thanks for the moment, matt. it sometimes stops women going to work, playing sport and maybe even leaving the house — ‘period poverty‘, where you can‘t afford sanitary products, is still something of a stigma. the products are currently available for free in schools and colleges. but later today, the scottish parliament will vote on whether to make them free for all those who need them. suzanne allan has the details. period poverty means girls can‘t afford to buy sanitary products. period poverty means girls can‘t afford to buy sanitary productsm means girls might have to use other products like tissues and socks. means girls might have to use other products like tissues and socksm means some girls are afraid to come to school and don't want to leave the house at all. these are the pads we get sent into the school, probably about ever

east, gusty winds on that band. further west in parts of wales and the midlands where flooding has been a problem, it is drier and sunnierut with some showers. similar in northern england, sunshine and wintry showers, and in northern ireland but in scotland, the showers contain some snow over a high ground but even at low levels with the winds picking up they will be blizzard conditions over some mountains. tonight we get a window of dry weather in the southern half of dry weather in the southern half of the uk, still showers further north and then from the west another band of cloud and heavy rain. the wind going south—westerly so it will turn milder through the night and most start tomorrow between four and 8 degrees. this is tomorrow's rainmaker, another area of low pressure and frontal system but the further south you are, closer to high pressure and you will not see much rain. the rain focuses on western counties of northern ireland, high ground in western scotla nd ireland, high ground in western scotland and north—west england. not as much rain to the east of the pennines and scotland but here there will be some r

midlands and the south. largely try for the south—east, we will find temperatures of ten or ii.older further north, chilly in that winter, six or seven full scotland and northern ireland. the heavy, potentially thundery rain could arrive in time for the rush—hour, showers will become fewer, skies will clear and we will keep some wintry showers in scotland and the threat of icy patches. like last night, temperatures will not be far from freezing even in towns and cities. towards the far south—west, the next area of cloud and traders beginning to arrive, running into wales, northern ireland and heading eastwards tomorrow. the heaviest rain together with stronger winds over rain together with stronger winds over the hills of northern ireland, western scotland, north—west england and wales, where temperatures will be around nine or ten. more rain on the way and concerns again for north—west england and wales, with heavy rain over the high ground, the chance of some further flooding through wednesday and into thursday is that rain continues. then expand have rain coming in overnight

seeing some slushy deposits or some sleetiness across parts of the midlands, the northern home counties, over the chilterns and into easties will brighten up with plenty of sunshine around so any light snow will be short lived. wintry showers across the north and it will be breezy and another chilly day temperatures ranging 6—9 degrees in the south. through thursday night, a few wintry showers continuing across scotland but a ridge of high pressure builds in and for many of us it should be dry with clear skies and turning cold with frost and some ice in places. you will see the temperature is beginning to rise across the south—west. that is because we have the next weather system moving in for friday and that will produce mild air to southern areas, quite a bit of rain and strengthening wind. starting cold and bright across the north and the east and then that rain will spell up from the south—west and some snow on its leading edge across northern england to scotland and some settling snow on the hills but further south mainly rain and the temperature 10—11 degrees. any more rain here is very unwelcome. moving out of fr

could see some slushy deposits or sleepiness across parts of the midlands, the northern home counties, over the chilterns and into easttime the skies will brighten up with sunshine around, so any light snow will be very short lived. it is going to be another chilly day, to purchase from 6—9d in the south. as we had through thursday night, a few wintry showers across scotland but a ridge of high pressure building and, many of those should be dry clear skies and it should turn cold with some frost and ice in places but the temperatures will begin to rise across the south—west, that is because we have got the next weather system moving in friday and that is going to introduce some milder air into southern areas but quite a bit of rain and strengthening winds, so it will start cold and bright and then that rain will spell up from the south—west, across northern england into scotland, certainly some settling snow on the hills but the self it will be mainly rain, that images 10— 11 degrees, but any more rain here is very unwelcome. as we move out of friday into the weekend it looks like it remains unsettled, this next weath