the isles of scilly is one of the southwest's top tourism destinations, but what happens when the island'st for one day? andrewjohnston has been finding out. my name is steve hicks, and one of the boatman. the business is quite a significant chunk of our income. just over 50 cruise ships this year. it is earlyjuly and the isles of scilly are getting ready for a very busy day. did you take this booking? three adults and two children? yeah. two ships coming in today, and it is not a usual day. the harbour master is expected to welcome a large number of passengers. it is all hands on deck. we have 1000 people coming onshore in a morning and they haven't had lunch then it is time to batten down the hatches. how we welcome all these people this morning? i think they're going to have a very nice day here, there is not much wind and it is warm. it is just before 9am and the cruise ships at anchor and it is time to pick up passengers. 100 years ago, scilly boasted a huge pilchard fishing fleet, but today tourism is the archipelago's main industry. welcome to scilly in the sunshine, enjoy your day.

but in the isles of scilly and much of cornwall, it will stay rather cloudy and drizzly.and we will see some sunshine. not a bad start to the midlands into the north of england and wales, some sunny spells and already quite mild. a beautiful morning in northern ireland, there will be some sunny spells in scotland, a scattering of showers and more of a breeze. the showers are likely to continue in the north east during the afternoon. but generally a pleasant day with sunshine for all of us. and it will feel quite pleasant. the only exception is the isles of scilly and cornwall, maybe the channel islands staying overcast and drizzly at times. but temperatures peaking as high as 15 or 16 celsius. central and eastern areas seeing the temperatures falling away, a touch of light frost, but cloud and rain gathering into the west, an indication of what is to come as we move into friday. more cloud, some showery rain, poor visibility, some coastal and hill fog, but still on the mild side. until we move towards the weekend. the wind will swing round from a southerly to a westerly s

but in the isles of scilly and much of cornwall, it will stay rather cloudy and drizzly. a bad start to the midlands into the north of england and wales, some sunny spells and already quite mild. a beautiful morning in northern ireland, there will be some sunny spells in scotland, a scattering of showers and more of a breeze. the showers and more of a breeze. the showers are likely to continue in the north east during the afternoon. but generally a pleasant day with sunshine for all of us. and it will feel quite pleasant. the only exception is the isles of scilly and cornwall, maybe the channel islands staying overcast and drizzly at times. but temperatures peaking as high as 15 or 16 celsius. central and eastern areas seeing the temperatures falling away, a touch of light frost, but cloud and rain gathering into the west, an indication of what is to come as we move into friday. more cloud, some showery rain, poor visibility, some coastal and hill fog, but still on the mild side. until we move towards the mild side. until we move towards the weekend. the wind will swing r

the only exception is the isles of scilly and maybe the channel isles staying drizzly. have the temperatures falling away. a touch of light frost. cloud and rain gathers in the west, an indication of what's to come as we move into friday. a different day, more cloud around, but big centrepieces of rain. poor visibility. around, but big centrepieces of rain. poorvisibility. coastal around, but big centrepieces of rain. poor visibility. coastal and hill fog. still on the mild side until we move towards the weekend. the winds swing to a westerly, so that will bring a noticeable difference to the feel of the weather. it will push in cooler air of the atlantic. the breeze is still an issue. there will be dry weather to be found at the weekend. sunny spells and some rain at times and just feeling that little bit more fresh. you have been warned! take care. hello. you're watching bbc news. our main headlines: the boss of the giant south korean conglomerate, samsung has gone on trialfor corruption.

but we start off on a drab, dull, damp note again across the isles of scilly and the foot of cornwally. there will be a little bit of cloud around the south, but that should start to break up as we go through the day. largely dry with some sunshine through much of wales and central and northern england. a beautiful morning into northern ireland as well. a scattering of showers continue into scotland first thing in the morning. some of these showers should ease off a touch into the afternoon, but still driven along by that brisk breeze here. further south, the cloud will continue to break up, we'll see some sunshine coming through. just cornwall may stay disappointing, along with the channel isles. some showery bits and pieces of rain. but temperatures responding with the sunshine. a beautiful spring day for many. 9—15 degrees. one or two could see highs of 16 degrees, that's 6! fahrenheit. as we go through thursday night into friday, eastern areas could see a touch of light frost under clearer skies. at the same time the cloud gathers out to the west. a change to come as we move into

but we start off on a drab, dull, damp note again across the isles of scilly and the foot of cornwalloud around the south, but that should start to break up as we go through the day. largely dry with some sunshine through much of wales and central and northern england. a beautiful morning into northern ireland as well. a scattering of showers continue into scotland first thing in the morning. some of these showers should ease a touch into the afternoon, but it's still driven along by that brisk breeze here. further south, cloud will continue to break up and we have sunshine coming through. we'll see some sunshine coming through. cornwall may stay disappointing, along with the channel isles. temperatures responding with the sunshine. a beautiful spring day for many. 9—15 degrees. some could see highs of 16 degrees, that's 61 fahrenheit. as we go through thursday night into friday, eastern areas could see a touch of light frost under clearer skies. at the same time the cloud gathers to the west. a change to come as we move into friday. still a southerly breeze. it's still going to be mi

we start off on a drab and damp mud in isles of scilly and the foot of cornwall.reak up through the day. largely dry, with sunshine, through much of wales and central and northern england. a beautiful morning into northern ireland as well. a scattering of showers continuing into scotland first thing. some of them should ease a touch into the afternoon, but still driven along by the brisk breeze. further south cloud will continue to break up and we have sunshine coming through. cornwall may have a little bit disappointing —— stay disappointing. temperatures responding with the sunshine. a beautiful spring day for many. 9— 15 degrees. some could see highs of 16, 60 one fahrenheit. in the friday eastern areas could see a bit of light frost under clear skies. at the same time the cloud gathers to the same time the cloud gathers to the west. a change to comment on friday. still a southerly breeze. it will still be mild, but showery outbreaks of rain crossing the country. 7— 13 is the higher. real trains will come into the weekend. we lose the southerly flow. —— the rea

but we start off on a drab, dull, damp note in the isles of scilly and the foot of cornwall.th, but it starts to break up as we go through the day. largely dry with some sunshine through much of wales and central and northern england. a beautiful morning into northern ireland as well. a scattering of showers continue into scotland first thing in the morning. some of them should ease a touch into the afternoon, but still driven along by that brisk breeze here. further south, cloud will continue to break up and we have sunshine coming through. cornwall may stay disappointing, along with the channel isles. temperatures responding with the sunshine. a beautiful spring day for many. 9—15 degrees. some could see highs of 16 degrees, that's 61 fahrenheit. as we go through thursday night into friday, eastern areas could see a bit of light frost under clear skies. at the same time the cloud gathers to the west. a change to come as we move into friday. still a southerly breeze. it will still be mild, but showery outbreaks of rain and little bit more cloud crossing the country. 7—13 is

static off on a dull and damp note across the isles of scilly and the foot of cornwall.ould start to break up as we go through the day. largely dry with sunshine through much of wales and central and northern england. a beautiful morning in northern ireland. a scattering of showers in scotland first thing. some of the showers should ease off into the afternoon. still driven along by the brisk breeze. further south, the cloud will continue to break, some sunshine coming through. just cornwall may still a little disappointing, along with the channel islands. but temperatures will respond with the sunshine. a beautiful spring day for many, nine to 15 degrees. some places may even see 16. thursday into friday, eastern areas could see a touch of light frost and clearer skies. the cloud gathers out to the west but the change become on friday, still a southerly breeze, still mild, but some showery outbreaks of rain and more cloud. seven to 13 sources, the high. the real change will come at the weekend. we lose the southerly flow and the wind will swing round more to a westerly.

but we start off on a drab, dull, damp note again across the isles of scilly and the foot of cornwallll be a little bit of cloud around the south, but that should start to break up as we go through the day. largely dry with some sunshine through much of wales and central and northern england. a beautiful morning into northern ireland as well. a scattering of showers continue into scotland first thing in the morning. some of these showers should ease off a touch into the afternoon, but still driven along by that brisk breeze here. further south, the cloud will continue to break up, we'll see some sunshine coming through. just cornwall may stay disappointing, along with the channel isles. some showery bits and pieces of rain. but temperatures responding with the sunshine. a beautiful spring day for many. 9—15 degrees. one or two could see highs of 16 degrees, that's 61 fahrenheit. as we go through thursday night into friday, eastern areas could see a touch of light frost under clearer skies. at the same time the cloud gathers out to the west. a change to come as we move into friday. sti

we start off on a drab and damp note in the isles of scilly and the foot of cornwall.f cloud around the south, but it starts to break up largely dry with some sunshine through much of wales and central and northern england. a beautiful morning into northern ireland as well. a scattering of showers continuing into scotland first thing. some of these showers should ease a touch into the afternoon, but still driven along by the brisk breeze. further south cloud will continue to break up and we have sunshine coming through. cornwall may stay disappointing. temperatures responding with the sunshine. a beautiful spring day for many. 9—15 degrees. some could see highs of 16 degrees, that's 61 fahrenheit. into friday, eastern areas could see a bit of light frost under clear skies. at the same time the cloud gathers to the west. a change to come on friday. still a southerly breeze. it will still be mild, but showery outbreaks of rain crossing the country. 7—13 is the high. the real change will come in through the weekend. we lose the southerly flow. isobars are squeezing togeth

more wind and rain, a thoroughly unpleasant commute across the four counties and into the isles of scillyfore we see a hint of winter is on the walls of the south—west. what does that leave behind? not a south—west. what does that leave behind? nota bad south—west. what does that leave behind? not a bad afternoon. there is quite a bit of dry weather but i think we're all in with a risk of seeing the odd shower. nothing to write home about, typically spring fair. monday into tuesday, this ridge of high pressure kills off many but not all of those showers. it offers the prospect of a pretty cool started tuesday, a touch of frost perhaps. after that dry enough start, just watch out in the west, because you will see the wind and rain first because you will see the wind and rainfirst up because you will see the wind and rain first up through northern ireland and on the western fringes of scotland, pushing through wales southwest. generally speaking, if you are east of the pennines he won't get to see the rain until late in the day. then for wednesday, just when you thought they'd all gone, the

a frequent rash of showers to the north, cloud and damp and drizzly weather continuing to the isles of scillyt will break up today and for much of central, northern and parts of wales it will be a beautiful day in prospect. northern ireland, glorious pretty much from the word go. a scattering of showers into scotland and breezy with it. a chilly start. through the day the showers are likely to be up into the far north of scotland. we keep clear skies and decent spells of sunshine. far south—west, cloudy and drizzly through the afternoon. temperatures will respond. up as high as 10— 13 degrees. we could see 16 in the far south—east corner. that's 61 in terms of fahrenheit. through the night we could have a touch of chilly weather across the far east. sheltered, light frost. cloud and rain gathering in the west and all change by friday. more cloud around, showery outbreaks of rain and back to square one. 7— 13 the overall higher. there will be a change into the weekend and that's because the southerly winds that all the mild, cloudy conditions is as. a westerly wind kicks in. that will bring co

quite cloudy in parts of cornwall, certainly in the isles of scilly and the channel islands. re some of the temperatures we have seen today. 17 degrees or in london. quite mild in the mid teens, a very pleasant day. not so warm tomorrow, more in the way of cloud. that is already creeping into the west. low cloud and health for parts of devon, cornwall and wales. later on we will see drizzle in northern ireland, the west of scotland, whereas eastern parts of the country keeping those clearer skies, where we will see the lowest temperatures overnight. tomorrow morning, 8am we will see drizzly outbreaks of rain across the west of scotland. an improvement across the north—east of scotland. grey and cloudy first thing in northern ireland, the north—west of england and wales. eastern england has the sunshine from the word go. aid is and looking morning here. further west across england and wales, quite a lot of low cloud, hill fog to start the day, misty and murky. cloud thinning and breaking for many of us, anywhere north of high ground, northern parts of wales for instance will ke

we already have the rain through the isles of scilly, cornwall, devon, somerset and the channel islands the south, already double figures. behind this band of rain things start to change because as we head through the evening and especially overnight, the wind is going to strengthen. some gales around and there will be some rain and some hill snow. the wind strengthens through the afternoon. by around tea we'll be looking at gales through the south—west and for the rest of the evening and overnight. even inland through southern england, the midlands, wales, east anglia, gusts are twinned 50 and 60 mph and around the coasts, 60—70 mph. when you see those levels you could see degree moving around, small branches on the roads and small trees uprooted but tricky travelling conditions for high sided vehicles and light vehicles. at the same time a band of rain is migrating northwards, as it gets into the cold air in north wales, parts of the midlands, northern england and the south of northern england and the south of nor the nile and it will turn to snow on high ground but we could see a spe

the rain clearing away from devon and cornwall from overnight, soon returning to the isles of scilly ain and that's the case in many western parts of scotland. the north—east should start dry. the rain is going north, clearing away from northern ireland for a time before showers return later. rain eases away from northern england, brightening up by lunchtime and much of england and wales will see sunny spells into the afternoon, as will scotland, but northern ireland, west wales and cornwall will the showers returning. 13 to 17 degrees this time of year is above where it should be, feeling pleasant in the sunshine and out of the breeze. tonight, temperatures dropping further than last night. showers throughout in western areas, eastern areas should start dry but into the weekend, a bit cooler to start with than we've had over the past few days. what about the weekend? a past few days. what about the weekend ? a new past few days. what about the weekend? a new month and with it a change to april showers, in fact we will see heavy and thundery showers around. chilly conditions to take u

this wet and windy weather for the isles of scilly into cornwall will drift eastward into west wales the north and west, the highest values of around 9— 12 with the best of the sunshine. that means many of the premiership matches will be dry. we could see showers full that bubble— arsenal evening kickoff. —— for the liverpool— arsenal evening kickoff. this system will move in with wet and windy weather from the south—west, bringing change for some of us for the second half of the weekend. the wet, windy weather pushing north and east, some of it heavy for a time across england and wales first thing in the morning, and then grinding into a halt through scotland. behind it it is dry before more rain pushes into the south—west. so, more chance of wet weather for the premiership matches on sunday, although totte n ha m — matches on sunday, although tottenham — everton, after a wet start, hopefully brighter into the afternoon. looking at head, wet and windy to the north and west into monday, somewhat cloudy conditions further south, but it looks as though it will be predominantly dry. goo

rain coming from the isles of scilly. another band of rain. like it crisp and sunny in northern ireland. england, some drizzle in the north—east but not much more than that. further south, the north—east but not much more than that. furthersouth, in the north—east but not much more than that. further south, in the london area, also east anglia, part of the midlands, cloud producing drizzle. west. back into the sunshine. the cloud is beginning from the south—west are heralding the arrival of this band of rain. —— thickening. through the day, the rain will not be heavy. the cloud ahead of it will build. you will find there will be milky sunshine. temperature—wise, not in bad shape. 0nly five in the northern isles to be cold. seven, eight, nine, up to 11. the afternoon and the evening and overnight, although it will feel cold under the band of rain, through the overnight period, the temperatures in the south—western parts of wales will actually go up. rain will continue to move steadily across the british isles. transient snow in the hills of sco