well, our time is almost up here on the isle of wight back with me is annette. you to be part of this team here at the national coastwatch institution? i was a nurse on the mainland and a few years ago i decided to volunteer in the hope that it would make me a better sailor, and i learnt so much — marine chart work, the radio, getting my vhf licence, and generally working with an eclectic bunch of volunteers. have you got any particularly memorable incidents while you have been on shift here? we had an interesting morning, it was fairly quiet, a bit foggy, and one of our local fishing vessels lost its motor and heard on the radio, listening on channel 16, that it needed a tow, and very gratefully the boat next to it actually managed to tow it back so that was good, it wasn't an incident that was turning nasty, that was very easy to do. and about an hour later, a plane flew really, really low over the watchtower, a member of the public had phoned in and thought they had seen a plane crash but in fact it had just banked very sharply and hit the cloud. so, there's

our time is almost up here on the isle of wight but. up here on the isle of wight but back with me istte. what drives you to be part of this?— you to be part of this? i was a nurse on _ you to be part of this? i was a nurse on the _ you to be part of this? i was a nurse on the mainland - you to be part of this? i was a nurse on the mainland and . you to be part of this? i was a nurse on the mainland and a i you to be part of this? i was a i nurse on the mainland and a few years ago i decided to volunteer in the hopes that it would make me a better sailor, and i learnt so much marine chow chow, the radio, getting my vhf licensed, and generally working with an eclectic bunch of volunteers. working with an eclectic bunch of volunteers— volunteers. have you got any particularly — volunteers. have you got any particularly memorable - volunteers. have you got any - particularly memorable incidents while you have been unshared here? we had an interesting morning, it was fairly quiet, a bit foggy, and one of our localfishing was fairly quiet, a bit foggy, and one of our local fishing vessels

isle of- get there? so, hello, thank you. i arrived here in the isle of wight fled ukraine on the second day of the war. it was hard to— on the second day of the war. it was hard to travel with such a small kid and it_ hard to travel with such a small kid and it was— hard to travel with such a small kid and it was unregulated how the trains— and it was unregulated how the trains were, the amount of people trying _ trains were, the amount of people trying to— trains were, the amount of people trying to get out. as soon as we arrived _ trying to get out. as soon as we arrived here, at first i am grateful that the _ arrived here, at first i am grateful that the isle of wight community are so open _ that the isle of wight community are so open to— that the isle of wight community are so open to help and not only they tried _ so open to help and not only they tried to _ so open to help and not only they tried to help us, they organised charities— tried to help us, they organised charities etc to help ukrainians. so my husband, with his friends, from the isle _ my hu

that. around off the isle of wight. that must have _ around off the isle of wight. didn't have time to say goodbye... 0r| filled journey? it was. we didn't . have time to say goodbye... or see you later— have time to say goodbye... or see you later to— have time to say goodbye... or see you later to our— have time to say goodbye... or see you later to our wives, _ have time to say goodbye... or see you later to our wives, partners, i you later to our wives, partners, whatever — you later to our wives, partners, whatever we _ you later to our wives, partners, whatever. we didn't— you later to our wives, partners, whatever. we didn't have - you later to our wives, partners, whatever. we didn't have that. whatever. we didn't have that opportunity _ whatever. we didn't have that opportunity. actually, - whatever. we didn't have that opportunity. actually, it- whatever. we didn't have thatl opportunity. actually, it wasn't whatever. we didn't have that- opportunity. actually, it wasn't the only one _ opportunity. actually, it wasn't the only one like — opportunity. actual

she has joined her university roommate on the isle of wight. after finally fleeing ukraine. atic thing you've been there. just take your time in your own words. 0k. so, when the war started from the very beginning, when the war began, on the 1st of march, we moved from kyiv to lviv, and then from lviv to poland by train. we crossed the border and then we stayed for some time with a wonderful polish family. they give us, you know, shelter and also clothes. and they took care of us for some time. but unfortunately i couldn't find a job in poland and my roommate, tania, called me and just told me that she is in the isle of wight and she proposed to move to this place, and ijust take my son and go to this place. it must be a huge relief after the arduous weeks of travelling, of uncertainty, to finally reach where you are trying to get to. yes. you know, my husband, he's, we left him in ukraine. we left him in ukraine. he is a web designer. he is not a military guy, you know, so he had to protect us, and now he has to fight. i can tell, it's so difficult, it must be so difficult t

this was the isle of wight tuesday afternoon. ure — some fresh snowfall, temperatures barely scratching above freezing. arctic air to the north of the uk. to the south, atlantic air. the two mixing out towards the west, with this occlusion turning back behind an area of low pressure. slightly cooler air flooding in to all parts of the uk on wednesday. relatively milder air, though, just pushing into the far north of scotland. but that big area of low pressure does mean, for all areas, it's going to be windy and there will be some bands of punchy showers marching through. but we've lost the snow from northern scotland, the cold air really confined to the northern isles, but mostly rain that we'll be seeing here. further south, some good spells of sunshine between the showers, but when the showers push through, they possibly could be accompanied by some hail, thunder and lightning. temperatures down a couple of degrees on tuesday. it was a very mild start to the week. wednesday into thursday, we start to pull colder air in, though,

this was the isle of wight tuesday afternoon. oon, a very different picture — some fresh snowfall, temperatures barely scratching above freezing. arctic air to the north of the uk. to the south, atlantic air. the two mixing out towards the west, with this occlusion turning back behind an area of low pressure. slightly cooler air flooding in to all parts of the uk on wednesday. relatively milder air, though, just pushing into the far north of scotland. but that big area of low pressure does mean, for all areas, it's going to be windy and there will be some bands of punchy showers marching through. but we've lost the snow from northern scotland, the cold air really confined to the northern isles, but mostly rain that we'll be seeing here. further south, some good spells of sunshine between the showers, but when the showers push through, they possibly could be accompanied by some hail, thunder and lightning. temperatures down a couple of degrees on tuesday. it was a very mild start to the week. wednesday into thursday, we start to pu

this was the isle of wight tuesday afternoon. rnoon, a very different picture — some fresh snowfall, temperatures barely scratching above freezing. arctic air to the north of the uk. to the south, atlantic air. the two mixing out towards the west, with this occlusion turning back behind an area of low pressure. slightly cooler air flooding in to all parts of the uk on wednesday. relatively milder air, though, just pushing into the far north of scotland. but that big area of low pressure does mean, for all areas, it's going to be windy and there will be some bands of punchy showers marching through. but we've lost the snow from northern scotland, the cold air really confined to the northern isles, but mostly rain that we'll be seeing here. further south, some good spells of sunshine between the showers, but when the showers push through, they possibly could be accompanied by some hail, thunder and lightning. temperatures down a couple of degrees on tuesday. it was a very mild start to the week. wednesday into thursday, we start to

this is the isle of wight this afternoon with blue skies and sunshine levels across parts of englanda covering of snow and hear daytime highs have barely kept above freezing. there is the cold air at the moment to the north of ukraine through wednesday we have seen low pressure rolling across the northern half of the uk, pulling colton, told the earth and for all of us. for this evening and overnight the majority of the uk stays them out there. pushing its way further north into scotland for a while so the fosters little more limited here first thing on wednesday. to the south, overnight lows in double figures, every mile start to wednesday. wednesday will be a day i think punctuated by punchy, thundery showers. there'll be some sunny spells between times that some of these could give the heavy downpour and it will be windy across the board and particularly the northern half of the uk where they will be gales and you can just see the temperatures of the uk where they will be gales and you can just see the temperature is already starting to nudge down and by thursday and friday they w

this was the isle of wight tuesday afternoon. fresh snowfall, temperatures barely scratching above freezing. arctic air to the north of the uk. to the south, atlantic air. the two mixing out towards the west, with this occlusion turning back behind an area of low pressure. slightly cooler air flooding in to all parts of the uk on wednesday. relatively milder air, though, just pushing into the far north of scotland. but that big area of low pressure does mean, for all areas, it's going to be windy and there will be some bands of punchy showers marching through. but we've lost the snow from northern scotland, the cold air really confined to the northern isles, but mostly rain that we'll be seeing here. further south, some good spells of sunshine between the showers, but when the showers push through, they possibly could be accompanied by some hail, thunder and lightning. temperatures down a couple of degrees on tuesday. it was a very mild start to the week. wednesday into thursday, we start to pull colder air in, though, to the nor

this was the isle of wight tuesday afternoon. snowfall, temperatures barely scratching above freezing. arctic air to the north of the uk. to the south, atlantic air. the two mixing out towards the west, with this occlusion turning back behind an area of low pressure. slightly cooler air flooding in to all parts of the uk on wednesday. relatively milder air, though, just pushing into the far north of scotland. but that big area of low pressure does mean, for all areas, it's going to be windy and there will be some bands of punchy showers marching through. but we've lost the snow from northern scotland, the cold air really confined to the northern isles, but mostly rain that we'll be seeing here. further south, some good spells of sunshine between the showers, but when the showers push through, they possibly could be accompanied by some hail, thunder and lightning. temperatures down a couple of degrees on tuesday. it was a very mild start to the week. wednesday into thursday, we start to pull colder air in, though, to the north of

this was the isle of wight tuesday afternoon. me fresh snowfall, temperatures barely scratching above freezing. arctic air to the north of the uk. to the south, atlantic air. the two mixing out towards the west, with this occlusion turning back behind an area of low pressure. slightly cooler air flooding in to all parts of the uk on wednesday. relatively milder air, though, just pushing into the far north of scotland. but that big area of low pressure does mean, for all areas, it's going to be windy and there will be some bands of punchy showers marching through. but we've lost the snow from northern scotland, the cold air really confined to the northern isles, but mostly rain that we'll be seeing here. further south, some good spells of sunshine between the showers, but when the showers push through, they possibly could be accompanied by some hail, thunder and lightning. temperatures down a couple of degrees on tuesday. it was a very mild start to the week. wednesday into thursday, we start to pull colder air in, though, to the n

this was the isle of wight tuesday afternoon. snowfall, temperatures barely scratching above freezing. arctic air to the north of the uk. to the south, atlantic air. the two mixing out towards the west, with this occlusion turning back behind an area of low pressure. slightly cooler air flooding in to all parts of the uk on wednesday. relatively milder air, though, just pushing into the far north of scotland. but that big area of low pressure does mean, for all areas, it's going to be windy and there will be some bands of punchy showers marching through. but we've lost the snow from northern scotland, the cold air really confined to the northern isles, but mostly rain that we'll be seeing here. further south, some good spells of sunshine between the showers, but when the showers push through, they possibly could be accompanied by some hail, thunder and lightning. welcome to bbc news — i'm chris rogers. our top stories... killing for pleasure. ukraine's president accuses russia of carrying out the worst war crimes since world war i

. >> not only that, i made a pilgrimage to the isle of wight, her home her home is, where she died, in january of 2001. i stood in the bedroom and mentally genufelt to it. >> why? well, it's funny >> well, it's funny. no coward, whose autograph hangs in my bathroom, along with also its of british notable's, had this lifelong obsession about napoleon. you read every book. and libraries of knit napoleana, if there is such a word. and i feel that way about queen victoria. victoria herself, and the victorian era. i mean, i don't romanticize it. i'm not blind to the inequalities, to the grinding poverty, to the class structure. i'm not a celebrant, but i am insatiably curious. and every new biography about victoria, and they keep coming, i, you know, order and read and devour. >> how good a writer was winston churchill? >> he was extraordinary writer. i guess technically you would say he was an extraordinary dictator, because he dictated most of his major histories, and that's an art form. i can't imagine dictating to someone. i mean, i had to do it for a number of years, just doing corresp

this was the isle of wight tuesday afternoon. rent picture — some fresh snowfall, temperatures barely scratching above freezing. arctic air to the north of the uk. to the south, atlantic air. the two mixing out towards the west, with this occlusion turning back behind an area of low pressure. slightly cooler air flooding in to all parts of the uk on wednesday. relatively milder air, though, just pushing into the far north of scotland. but that big area of low pressure does mean, for all areas, it's going to be windy and there will be some bands of punchy showers marching through. but we've lost the snow from northern scotland, the cold air really confined to the northern isles, but mostly rain that we'll be seeing here. further south, some good spells of sunshine between the showers, but when the showers push through, they possibly could be accompanied by some hail, thunder and lightning. temperatures down a couple of degrees on tuesday. it was a very mild start to the week. wednesday into thursday, we start to pull colder air in,

english channel, channel islands very soggy, rain into the coast of sussex and hampshire and the isle of wight, most frequently in northern scotland and northern ireland. it is a brisk north—westerly wind not as cold as yesterday but temperatures are down for the stage in april. a cold night will follow. inland, showers were widespread frost, not good if you have been gardening recently. showers continue through the night, north wales, liverpool bay, northern ireland and northern scotland. tomorrow, northern scotland frequent showers, but the rest, the bulk of the day drive, winds lighter and temperature starting to rise. hello, this is bbc news — with luxmy gopal. the headlines: russian forces have now fully withdrawn from northern ukraine, according to uk intelligence — but the eastern donbas region suffers heavy shelling and rocket fire overnight. violence inflicted by russian troops on one ukrainian town is descibed as "more horrific" than first reported — with claims civilians were held undergound. the chancellor, rishi sunak, describes reports about his wife's tax arrangements as a smear

into the low teens for many of us and sunshine across the isle of wight this afternoon but just take air mass across the uk. arctic air sitting across the north—east of scotland and everyone else in relatively mild atlantic air. through the course of the evening and overnight this area of low pressure, the marker between the two air masses will start to roll its way further north and actually the milder air will push into the north of mainland scotland, so we will lose the snow and actually we should be frost free by the end of the night but swirling around the lows are plenty of showers as we go into the small hours. another very mild night for the majority of the uk with many spots seeing temperatures close to double figures. and wednesday will be defined as a day off sunny spells but some are heavy, squally showers. windy for everyone with a low pressure centre to the north—west of the uk, but gales across scotland, northern ireland and northern england and you can see the temperatures are just starting to ease down as we start to pull in some of the cold air behind this area of l

weather watcher in glasgow, definitely in need of an umbrella, but umbrella is not required on the isle of wightloud, outbreaks of rain. that a staggering south eastwards through what is left of the afternoon, getting across the irish see it as say parts of merseyside, north—west wales by the end of the afternoon. quite breezy out towards the north—west of scotland. temperatures with the cloud and rain around 12, further south 17 or 18. this cloud and they will be on the move south is, much quite light and patchy but we will see some heavier burst out was the worst. it will be quite misty and murky withheld hail in places but last night we saw a touch of frost in places but tonight temperatures well above freezing. tomorrow is this a very little week frontal system pushes itself as it does bring a bit of a change in our fortunes. england and wales we will see cloud, some outbreaks of rain. some heavy burst towards the west was not i do not think we will get very much rain at all through the eastern side of england. for scotland and northern ireland, here are some spells of sunshine. still quite

he'll soon be cycling from scotland to the isle of wight over a five—day period, and chatting to a numbern. and so have you. that's why we are _ bit since then. and so have you. that's why we are here - bit since then. and so have you. that's why we are here for - bit since then. and so have you. that's why we are here for stop| bit since then. and so have you. i that's why we are here for stop it's been a good journey. d0 that's why we are here for stop it's been a good journey.— been a good 'ourney. do you feel like a been a good journey. do you feel like a completely _ been a good journey. do you feel like a completely different - been a good journey. do you feel| like a completely different person to the _ like a completely different person to the man who sat on the sofa now in 2022? _ to the man who sat on the sofa now in 2022? l— to the man who sat on the sofa now in 2022? ., , , ., to the man who sat on the sofa now in 2022?— you - to the man who sat on the sofa now| in 2022?_ you look in 2022? i am 42 this year. you look areat. in 2022? i am 42 this year. you look great- you — in