iwill christmas challenge, gchq. i failed miserably.articularly so for england and wales. now, we look to the north—west through this evening and overnight. this deep area of low pressure — small system but very vigorous, passing to the north—west of the uk — will bring a spell of gales to northern ireland and in towards scotland as well. stormy conditions for the hebrides and the northern isles, perhaps severe gales for a time, some blustery showers. it will turn a bit drier here by the end of the night but for england and wales, it'll stay cloudy with outbreaks of rain, certainly through wales and into the midlands. mild in the south — double figure values here. a little bit cooler further north. and that's how things look into monday. we hold on to the cloud for large parts of england and wales. we'll continue with this persistent rain as well for parts of wales, the midlands, into northern england. some areas pretty wet all day. brightest weather will be across scotland and northern ireland. a few blustery showers, wintry on the hil

well done, gchq. goodbye for now. hello there.f low pressure — small system but very vigorous, passing to the north—west of the uk — will bring a spell of gales to northern ireland and in towards scotland as well. stormy conditions for the hebrides and the northern isles, perhaps severe gales for a time, some blustery showers. it will turn a bit drier here by the end of the night but for england and wales, it'll stay cloudy with outbreaks of rain, certainly through wales and into the midlands. mild in the south — double figure values here. a little bit cooler further north. and that's how things look into monday. we hold on to the cloud for large parts of england and wales. we'll continue with this persistent rain as well for parts of wales, the midlands, into northern england. some areas pretty wet all day. brightest weather will be across scotland and northern ireland. a few blustery showers, wintry on the hills, it will be milder, though, across the south. single figures across the north. that weather front for england and wale

gchq — the uk's intelligence and security organisation — is challenging young people to discover their weapon? it's their christmas card. earlier, i wasjoined by our reporter mark lobel and i asked him what this was all about. we wanted to get a bit tinsel on set, because it is christmas. now, i was going to wear it but because of another government quiz under the spotlight at the moment in which someone is wearing tinsel, we thought best for rudolph to wear it, so huge thanks to our world service colleagues. rudolph apparently is four years old and wearing that tinsel beautifully, i think you'd agree. he carries it off, doesn't he? and it's also about gchq - this intelligence gathering agency that's meant to keep the uk safe against crime, terror and hostile states. so how challenging is this? well, they're meant — the whole point of this is to recruit young people between 11 and 18 from — using the science, technology, engineering and maths—focused quiz. did you ever, by the way, consider this as a career? um... chuckles. wasn't expecting that question! but funnily enough, when i was