the river ribble in lancashire and the river erwell have burst their banks, and a number of roads acrossding has hit parts of north wales leaving river levels high and some roads closed. last night's big comic relief show has raised more than 63—million pounds. highlights included a special reunion by the cast of ‘four weddings and a funeral‘. more than i—point—3 billion pounds has now been raised by comic relief since it began in 1985. our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba reports. it is the night when some of entertainment‘s biggest stars come together and use comedy to raise money for comic relief. perhaps the most anticipated part of the evening was the short follow—up to four weddings and a funeral. it featured the original cast reuniting 25 years later. mamma mia also got the comic relief treatment. # can you hear the drums fernando? and there was an appearance from the star of tv‘s biggest drama for years, bodyguard. are we there yet, sweetie? there were celebrity performances in the studio and a musical number from the hit new west end version of only fools and horses. as

samantha murrray how she adapted to retirement and how others cope so month, 22 years old, a true lancashireember, but moments like that are certainly hard to beat. i retired from a modern pentathlon five months ago. today, i've returned to the university of bath to find out more about the challenges that athletes face with retirement. heather stunning retired two and a half years ago, after winning double 0lympic two and a half years ago, after winning double olympic gold with helen glover. she already had another career as a major in the army. and yet, retirement from elite sport was not so easy. the temptation is to go for another one. we do it because we love it, we love the hard work, it isn't easy, but when you get the reward, you sake you can do it again full stop once i knew i was ready to retire, the decision was very simple. the sport of bob skeleton certainly has its dangers. elliott was part of the gb talent search that a unearthed 0lympic talent search that a unearthed olympic champion lizzie arnold. but recently, ellie has had to retire after a crash. you don't get a chance to

more on this from michael porter he lectures in molecular genetics at the university of central lancashire in the u.k. welcome to d w why is this patient being talked about just being clear of hiv rather than being cured. i think to to to ever say that someone is fully cured would be a fate a difficult thing to do. the hiv virus is capable of sitting in a race of our fighting a we in clean sales in sales of the immune system on via matching only to the know what the team has done is to loot using very specialised take needs and as far as can be seen there is no virus left there is no days of wa but really it will take time to see whether that is the case the has been a feast case the so-called berlant patient that's over ten years ago that is still cleared of the hiv virus ok so we have two patients who have not been treated in this very clear in this way what is the next step for the development of this technique so that it is something akin to a cure. boast the strange thing is that this can never really be curating take me to the extreme take me being used in this case come down to the

s university of central lancashire. i've been trying to get my head round this story and got an expert on the critics they've made their minds up they say this is a threat to a free internet these articles thirteen and eleven there are there are unhappy about should we be concerned. well it is concerning matters because at the end of the day the engagement of people that information are within use will be in the best case scenario delayed until the website filter the contents make sure that it has a free of any copyrighted material. so while it's not my not stop people from sharing information and publishing these from ation it will definitely take longer for these information to be available and consequently people will have less time to. interact with these new how is this new system going to differ from what we already have so really thought now that if you post anything that got copyright got took down pretty fast. well the current system we have is machine which identify copyrighted material but these machine based

following heavy rain. 57 flood warnings are now placed across england and wales, the river ribble in lancashirenings in place and hundreds of homes have been without power. the headlines on bbc news... brenton tarrant, the main suspect in the new zealand mosque shootings in which 49 people were killed, has appeared in court on a single murder charge new zealand police say they believe a lone gunman was involved in the attacks. prime ministerjacinda ar—dern has vowed: "our gun laws will change" over 60 flood warnings are in place across england and wales as heavy rain leaves hunderds of homes without power. let's return to events in new zealand where the brothers of one of the christchurch victims have expressed their family's pain in the wake of the attacks. 50—year—old naeem rashid, and his 21—year—old son talha naeem, were among six pakistani citizens killed in the attack. our pakistan correspondent, secunder kermani, spoke to naeem rashid's brothers earlier. tell me, how long had your brother been living with his family in new zealand? he went to new zealand in 2010, so it's been nine years.

the video of this incident in lancashire yesterday quickly went viral on social media.kly made arrests, but once again knife crime is britain's waking nightmare. oh, my god! what else can be done? what can we do to prevent young people getting involved in knife crime? the commissioner of the metropolitan police spent the morning trying to reassure the public. was the recent spike in stabbings down to cuts in officer numbers, she was asked. there have been more demand for policing, and therefore there must be some link between violent crime on the streets, obviously, and police numbers, of course there is, and i think everybody would see that. her comments appear to contradict the prime minister, who yesterday said this. there is no direct correlation between certain crimes and police numbers. so, is that right? since 2010, the number of police officers in england and wales has fallen from around 140,000 down to 117,000 last year. at the same time, the number of violent crimes causing injury has also gone down, from about one million incidents a year at the beginning of

act, his title recalling his heritage and his time ata recalling his heritage and his time at a lancashireaward in the new year's honours made him the first life peer from year's honours made him the first life peerfrom trinidad. year's honours made him the first life peer from trinidad. cricket was a thing for him and he was a great cricketer. can you imagine in 1944, he took on a top hotel who was being racist towards him and his family and won the case? before the wind ranch —— windrush generation came, he paved the way for them. he actually made sure that the soldiers in the army were well taken care of. they had to face a lot of racism and he was active in making way when it will show that equality was served. he was a man a little ahead of his time but what he did do was he embraced other people and he paved the way for the windrush generation and people like me and ifeel proud to be following in his footsteps. that is the final innings for this week in parliament. thank you for watching. we will have the latest on monday on bbc parliament. but from me, goodbye for now. if you were l

the video of this incident in lancashire yesterday quickly went viral on social media.one was seriously hurt and police quickly made arrests, but once again knife crime is britain's waking nightmare. oh, my god! what else can be done? what can we do to prevent young people getting involved in knife crime? the commissioner of the metropolitan police spent the morning trying to reassure the public. was the recent spike in stabbings down to cuts in officer numbers, she was asked. there have been more demand for policing, and therefore there must be some link between violent crime on the streets, obviously, and police numbers, of course there is, and i think everybody would see that. her comments appear to contradict the prime minister, who yesterday said this. there is no direct correlation between certain crimes and police numbers. so, is that right? since 2010, the number of police officers in england and wales has fallen from around 140,000 down to 117,000 last year. at the same time, the number of violent crimes causing injury has also gone down, from about1 million in

the river ribble in lancashire and the river erwell have burst their banks, and a number of roads across river levels high and some roads closed. meanwhile a 24—year—old man from oldham has been arrested on suspicion of sending malicious communications — after greater manchester police said it became aware of a post on social media praising the attacks in new zealand. clashes have broken out in central paris between french security forces and those taking part in this week s gilets jaunes protests. shops have been looted and more than 60 people arrested. the movement has been protesting every saturday for the past four months, against the government s economic policies as well as wider issues such as globalisation. our paris correspondent, lucy williamson, has more. central paris came under attack todayjust as it did in the early weeks of this protest. police used tear gas and water cannons to push back protesters among who the interior minister said were one and a half thousand professional thugs. security forces called on peaceful demonstrators to leave the capital as kiosks were set a

the river ribble in lancashire and the river irwell have burst their banks, and a number of roads acrosse weather with susan powell. it has been one of those days when the weather has thrown us everything but the kitchen sink. snow to the north and heavy rain further south and showers with some hail and thunder and a few glimmers of sunshine, all thanks to one area of low pressure. risk of disruption continues for many through the evening, with the snow becoming increasingly confined to northern scotland and rain pushing eastwards further south. gusty winds are still across england and wales. in exposure could still reach 70 mph for the next few hours. it should start to ease moving further into the night. rain cleaning off to the continent and we are left with showers for northern scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, north wales and the north midlands. ice could be a problem anywhere across the northern half of the country in the morning. nowhere near as windy to the south tomorrow, a day of sunshine and showers, milider for scotland but chillier for england and wales. hello,

the video of this incident in lancashire yesterday quickly went viral on social media.ously hurt and police quickly made arrests, but once again knife crime is britain's waking nightmare. 0h crime is britain's waking nightmare. oh my god! what can be done, what can we do to prevent young people getting involved in nike right —— knife crime? was the recent spike in stabbings down to cuts and officer numbers, she was asked? there has been more demand for policing and therefore there must be something between violent crime on the streets, obviously, and police numbers, of course there is. i think everybody would see that. her comments appeared to contradict the prime minister yesterday said this... there is no direct correlation between certain crimes and police numbers. so is that right? since 2010, the number of police officers in england and wales has fallen from around 140,000, down to 117,000 last year. at the same time, the number of violent crime is causing injury has also gone down, from about a million incidents a year at the beginning of the decade, to around 600

the highest forces were powys, lancashire and gwent, and in total there were 21,484 of these offenceshest level since 2009. now, when we look at who is carrying out these offences, this is what is particularly troubling, i think, for the government in particular, because an increasing number of offenders have committed these crimes before. 28% are repeat offenders, and that is a record proportion of offenders who have committed these crimes before. in terms of sentencing, there is no doubt over the last decade sentencing has got tougher. the average prison term is over eight months now, 37% of offenders are sent to jail immediately, but that means that 63% of people caught carrying a knife or another offensive weapon did not go to prison. now the government has said that they are not looking at reviewing sentencing or strengthening it in anyway. they point out that repeat are more likely to go to jail, but even those offenders, repeat offenders, about a third, only a third still do not go to prison but have other sentences, like a community sentence, a fine or a caution instead. thank

i speak to max this is a lecturer in computer and network security at the university of central lancashire and he joins us. from sky or by skype right rather from press and thank you so much for being with us first of all what do you make of what mark zuckerberg is proposing he says social media needs fixing is what is really concerned about liability issues you think well i think what mark zuckerberg is trying to do in here is to bring governments and regulators into the game because so far social media has been blamed heavily for a. late to. harmful countenance and lately we saw what happened to los broadcasts of the us in new zealand so social media has been blaming the social media companies like facebook for example they say ok you want us to remove this confidence but we need common rules we need some regulations we need to some to say this is a harmful content so i think he's trying to bring more be able on board right into the process he says there needs to be a more active role from government and regulate is in regulating harmful contect election into great integrity privacy you

an armed gang in broad daylight at renshaw college in lancashire yesterday.em brandishing a knife, students were threatened and ii7—year—old was slashed on the arm. a frightening glimpse into britain‘s knife crime epidemic. 0h, glimpse into britain‘s knife crime epidemic. oh, my god! the prime minister said yesterday there is no direct correlation between such incidents and falling police numbers. but in london, which last year saw almost a0 knife crimes a day, the police commissioner is clear, there is a link. there has been more demand for policing and, therefore, there must be some link between violent crime on the streets, obviously, and police numbers. of course there is. and i think everybody would see that. forces across the country agree they need more officers. this is how their numbers have fallen since 2010, down by more than 20,000. that scale of drop is a very large number of officers no longer on the streets, no longer able to investigate serious crime, no longer able to prevent crime, which is our first and last function. jodie chesney and yous

on and speak to as many thanks my guest is a lecturer in computing at the university of central lancashire. a.b.c. news hour at a time with updates and often at. readings and. there's no business like the war business like no business i know watchers sitting at the top of the business of wars without a doubt the united states of america somehow or short history has twisted our nation's core principles of independence and liberty into a very bizarre corporate creature running scared on capitalism gone wild with an undying thirst for a very bloody pax americana all around the globe. and nothing exemplifies that more than the american america's business of war and nothing sums up that business better than this latest tidbit out of the trumpet ministration defense one is now reporting that in the in its latest draft budget the troubled ministration has proposed or rather revived an old loan program concept that according to a state department official was that according to the budget over we will make u.s. defense equipment a more competitive and more affordable option for partner countries. e

danny savage, bbc news, lancashire. elgot and david davies. that's coming up after the headlines at 11:30pm. now, it's time for the weather. you may have noticed it felt mild on tuesday, it will be warm still on wednesday, high—pressure moving in, warm aircoming in, wednesday, high—pressure moving in, warm air coming in, thejet stream retreating northwards, it is settling down and make a note of the positioning of the jetstream. settling down and make a note of the positioning of thejetstream. it settling down and make a note of the positioning of the jetstream. it is not a quiz, but it will be familiar when we look at next week's weather. for now we have established it is settling down, turning warmer, but rain in the expectation, when it comes to sunshine, as we saw on tuesday, the next few days will have a lot of cloud. showing up on the chart here for wednesday, ran into western and northern scotland. most places, despite the cloud, will be dry, and there will be sunny spells, more especially to the east of high gro

danny savage, bbc news, lancashire.a chemicals firm owned by britain's cyclists will continue to ride under the team sky banner until may, when their new name will be launched at the tour de yorkshire. our sports editor dan roan is at the national cycling centre in manchester for us. dan, should we expect anything different from team ineos? what the new team owner, sirjim ratcliffe, will want to see is a continuation of this era of unprecedented success, we have won the tour de france six of the last seven the tour de france six of the last seve n yea rs the tour de france six of the last seven years with three different riders, and that has contributed to the upsurge in popularity of the sport, and we have the likes of chris froome and geraint thomas who will be staying together as the team. perhaps what they will want to see less of is the controversy that has shadowed the team. only 12 months ago, mps said that team sky had crossed a line of medical exemptions and banned substances, something they denied. just write

0ur correspondent andy gill has been to the consituency of ribble valley in lancashire, where just overies at the heart of the ribble valley, a constituency where the conservatives had at 13,000 majority at the last general election. at this cafe, the owner dated to remain. he thinks the prime minister should stay and finish the brexit job. i do not think it makes a great deal of difference at this stage of the game. that would be my honest a nswer to the game. that would be my honest answer to that. i think she should probably stay. a different view from one customer. personally, perhaps she should go. i think it needs to get sorted sooner rather than later. i have not been following it too much because it gets complicated. i think she should go and things need to move on so everyone knows what is going on. among conservative voters we have spoken to on the streets in clitheroe, there is also a feeling that mrs may should be able to stay on and finish the job.|j that mrs may should be able to stay on and finish the job. i think she should stay, i really do. she has had an awfuljob to d

danny savage, bbc news, lancashire. with all the very latest weather news, here's nick miller.uge amount of sunshine. there will be a good deal of cloud, but a lot of dry weather to come. that said, where the cloud is thick enough overnight, there will be a bit of patchy rain and drizzle around, more especially into parts of scotland, northern ireland and northern england. there will be a few mist and fog patches, western coast and hills in particular. and no worries about frost. 0vernight, the temperatures hold up mostly in the range of 5—9dc. into tomorrow, then, a good deal of cloud around. some outbreaks of rain through western and northern scotland. could see a few spots in northern ireland, running in towards cumbria as well, but many places will be dry. there will be some sunny spells coming through, more especially in areas to the east of high ground. for most, winds are light, but it is on the breezy side in the north and northwest of scotland, where you get to see some outbreaks of rain. but cloud, rain, or some sunny spells. everywhere is looking milder. hello, this

been arrested following an incident involving a group of men armed with knives on the campus of a lancashireege grounds. a 17—year—old boy was injured during the incident and is receiving treatment in hospital. a major inquiry into allegations of past child sexual abuse linked to westminster will consider whether political parties "turned a blind eye" to it. the latest phase of the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse will examine whether there were any attempted cover—ups, including how what was then the liberal party responded to allegations made against the late mp cyril smith. our home affairs correspondent, tom symonds has more. "we will continue to examine whether the british establishment harboured paedophiles", the promise today from a public inquiry, regularly derided as a witch hunt. its most senior lawyer asked, "were there cover—ups to protect the status quo, rather than children?" we shall investigate and attempt to answer these questions, which have given rise to considerable public concern. concern dating back to 2012, the savile scandal. but also, a senior labour polit

an armed gang in broad daylight at runshaw college in lancashire yesterday.hing a knife. students were threatened, and a 17—year—old was slashed on the arm. a frightening glimpse into knife crime in britain. oh my god! oh my god! go back! the prime minister said yesterday there is no direct link between such incidents and falling police numbers. if you look at the figures, what you see is there is no direct correlation between certain crimes and police numbers. but in london, which last year saw almost a0 knife crimes a day, the police commissioner is clear. there is a link. there is more demand for policing and therefore, there must be some link between violent crimes on the streets, obviously, and police numbers, of course there is. i think everybody would see that. forces across the country agree they need more officers. this is how their numbers have fallen since 2010, down by more than 20,000. that scale of drop is a very large number of officers, no longer on the streets, no longer able to investigate serious crime, no longer able to prevent crime which

and in the past hour it‘s been confirmed — that sam pegram — an aid worker from lancashire was among scrapped and replaced with a whole new raft of measures. the sickest patients would be seen the fastest. the target has been missed repeatedly since 2015 and nhs managers say it is outdated. our health editor hugh pym reports. at the moment, we haven‘t got any debts available in the unit. whether it is a&e routine operations, cancer or mental health care, nhs targets are there to try to reassure patients they are being treated as fairly as possible. now there is to be a big shake—up of the system in england. nhs leaders argue new a&e targets will be marked relevant to patients‘ needs. what matters to patients in a&e departments is that when they arrive, they are seen and served quickly to a higher standard. that if they are severely ill with life—threatening conditions, stroke or heart attacks, they are treated quickly, rapidly and to the highest possible standard, which we do every day. and for everybody else, that they are treated in a timely way. nhs england will try out alternativ

helen lives in the hills in lancashire.th ovarian cancer in 2014. she was pregnant and put off treatment until she gave birth. gemma was extremely poorly. she was absolutely exhausted, obviously, from having the baby anyway. backwards and forwards to the hospital. it was just madness. for a while, chemotherapy worked, but then gemma fell ill again, and she was told nothing more could be done on the nhs. ijust thought, that's not happening. iam not losing her. she is 28 years old. she has got a baby, i need to do something, and that's when i started looking for alternative treatments, whether it was in this country or anywhere else in the world for that matter. and ijustjumped on the internet and started researching. until recently, terminal cancer patients had few treatment options. now the choice can be overwhelming, from private doctors in the uk, to drug trials and clinics abroad. are you seeing a rise in people coming to you asking about treatment overseas? without doubt. the internet doesn't have geographical boundarie

we are based in accrington, since1952, so we are one of 24 in east lancashire and it reaches an areance in continuity. sacha, i can't hear you very well but i got the gist of that. it is really hard. yes, thank you for persisting. if those children didn't go to your nursery, what would they be doing, do you think? there wouldn't be provision. there are private and volu nta ry provision. there are private and voluntary independent provisions in our community but those children we re our community but those children were not our community but those children we re not accessed our community but those children were not accessed that provision because they cannot pay top up fees. and also, as a nursery school, we are really tenacious in making sure those families attend and we ring them when they are not coming in, because they have so much to cope with that sometimes, it is really ha rd with that sometimes, it is really hard to get their children to school because that isn't always a priority. so we are ringing, we do home visits and check in on them and make sure mums and dads are feeli

it is rural lancashire, victoria, which you know well! and democracy needs support now. if we fail to deliver what the people voted for, i have seen real anger on the streets of the ribble valley this weekend. people just want us to get on with delivering what the people voted for in the general election of 2017. both labour and conservative said we would deliver for them. dangerous, critical, democracy on life support. a mess. what is the way forward? well, with such a state of crisis now, the way forward is to revoke article 50 and stay in the european union. but i recognised that the english and the welsh voted to leave, unlike the scots, who voted to remain by a majority, and people in northern ireland. the safest way to achieve that is by holding a second referendum to put the choice back to the people. when circumstances change, people should get a second chance to vote. what is promised in 2016 has proved undeliverable. that is why we are in the mess we are in. do you mean put mrs may's deal to the people? parliament is going to lo

tells us about her coming—of—age memoir, which reveals stories of growing up on a cattle farm in lancashirefestival c2c this weekend. how often do you manage to eat five a day, and could you up the ante to ten a day? botanist james wong will be here to explain which foods count as part of your daily intake and how little tweaks to your diet could reduce risk of disease. good morning. here‘s a summary of today‘s main stories from bbc news. home secretary sajid javid will meet today with police chiefs from seven forces most affected by violent crime. he‘s facing calls to treat a series of fatal stabbings as a national emergency. last night, a teenager was charged with the murder of yousef makki, the 17—year—old boy who was stabbed to death in greater manchester on saturday. a man has also been arrested in connection with the murder of a 17—year—old girl, jodie chesney, in east london on friday. the government is reportedly set to cut tariff charges on up to 90% of imports in the event of a no—deal brexit. tariffs are the charges imposed on goods which cross borders in the absence of a free tr

the legislative commitment and obviously the commitment that the chancellor of lancaster has -- lancashire has made in the house of commons. has been made by the european union council to which we have agreed does mean that there is a different agency on april 12. i believe this is important. it gives us the opportunity, and he's next week, to look -- mp's next week, to look at the choices that face them. we can have that extension to may 22. if we do not get that deal through, if we do not get that vote through, before april 12, we have to come forward with another plan. if that plan means a further extension, it means standing in those elections. tom. thank you, prime minister. you said to the house of commons on wednesday that if your deal is not passed, and i quote, "the house will have to decide how to can you confirm if they proceed with a long delay or softer brexit or a customs union, you will then an act that -- enact that? pm may: we need to work with the house asked to how to proceed -- as how to proceed. framed the people the choices that will be available to them. i continue t

are seeing some sunshine first thing this morning but equally fog around, some dense fog across lancashirerst one is weak, the second one that little bit stronger producing stronger rain. clear skies. this is where the temperature has dipped. parts of eastern scotland and eastern england close to freezing. the odd shower here and there. the first weather front going through, taking rain with it. the second one bringing heavy rain. temperatures ranging from nine in the north two highs of 14 in aberdeen and london. overnight, a lot of cloud around. the weather front sinking south, getting into southern scotland, northern ireland and possibly as far south as northern england. leaving clear skies behind it and cloudy skies ahead. we are not anticipating any problems with frost when you look at the temperatures. the jetstrea m look at the temperatures. the jetstream is to the north of us. allowing high pressure to settle in, keeping the weather fairly benign. most springlike tomorrow. tomorrow is the spring equinox. tomorrow, if anything, it will be that bit milder than today. we also have a we

breaking news, this is concerning events in lancashire.re at a school south of preston. police said on twitter that they invoked extra powers to stop and search people for weapons beyond leland railway station. the forces now saying they are acting on information received and was permitted to exercise those powers and will continue to exercise those powers until 10pm tonight. an incident that has taken place in lancashire involving a search for weapons with police at a college in leyla nd weapons with police at a college in leyland in south—western. any more on this, we will of course it to you. a briton who insists he went to syria to volunteer as an aid worker has been stripped of his citizenship. the bbc has seen a letter from the home office telling tauqir sharif he would be a risk to national security if he returned to the uk. mr sharif who is in syria with his wife and children claims he has been delivering aid supplies but admits using weapons there. he is appealing against but admits using weapons there. to remove his british citiz

an armed gang in broad daylight at runshaw college in lancashire yesterday.an see one of them brandishing a knife. students were threatened. one 17—year—old was slashed on the arm. a frightening glimpse into knife crime in britain. oh, my god, oh, my god! the prime minister said yesterday there is no direct correlation between such incidents and the fall in police numbers, but in london, which last year saw almost a0 knife crimes a day, the police commissioner is clear — there is a link. there has been more demand for policing and therefore there must be some link between violent crime on the streets obviously and police numbers. of course there is and i think everybody would see that. forces across the country agree they need more officers. this is how the numbers have fallen since 2010, down by more than 20,000. that scale of drop is a very large number of officers no longer on the streets, no longer able to investigate serious crime, no longer able to prevent crime, which is ourfirst and last function. jodie chesney and yousef makki were the most recent vi

danny savage, bbc news, lancashire. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. letter to the european union asking for at least a short delay, but with an option on a longer one, now we await the you use response. here are some of the main stories from bbc world service, first in kazakhstan the president of kazakhstan has unexpectedly quit after almost three decades in charge. made the announcementjust weeks after sacking his entire government over failures to improve the economy. bbc russian. the head of the japanese olympic committee has resigned after allegations of corruption over the awarding of the 2020 games to tokyo. he's being investigated over an alleged two million euro bribe to secure the winning bid. mr takeda denies the allegations. a woman in china almost died after injecting herself with liquidised fruit. she suffered liver, kidney, heart and lung damage and was put into intensive care for five days. she was trying to be healthy. that's popular on our website. well — this is interesting — brazil's new president jair bolsonaro has visited the whit

this is the gushing river in lancashire over the weekend.a ke the car driving through that. i can take you to north wales in conwy where the river conwy has been causing some problems with rainfall. a statistic from snowdonia, a small village, a50 millimetres so far this month with maybe a bit of snow but predominantly rain. the average for the whole of march is 2aa. i am not the whole of march is 2aa. i am not the best mathematician. we have had a bit more so far today as well which is why we are getting these problems, a lot of rain in a reasonably short space of time. it will cause problem with high river flows. is there any respite and a chance it will warm upa is there any respite and a chance it will warm up a bit? yes, the rain is going to be easing and a more subtle spell of weather is on the way. the jet stream has been into the uk bringing areas of low pressure but it is letting to the north meaning high pressure is building into the uk and things are settling down, so it is going to be drier and the winds are going to be later and