really disappeared it's certainly active in my family here but these vikings did not raid the city of lerwick on the scottish shetland islands they're celebrating up healthy off it's a viking carnival. the u.k.'s northernmost archipelago is famous for its robust shetland ponies but life here is tough cliffs the rough sea and barren land in the 9th century vikings conquered the islands which were a part of norway into the 15th century. to this day scandinavian culture is omnipresent especially at the viking festival up helli are once a year about a 1000 men from lerwick dressed up as vikings in rome through town women aren't allowed to participate but still play an important role. there such a low. it's a big thing but also a lemon not a big part of that. i couldn't run women as well we are going i said 1st thing i know there's a lot behind the scenes that the men couldn't do without us so i don't want to be women not being involved. the center of attention is the biking chain known as geyser yar this year liam somers plays this role that's very important it's one of the biggest this lead of t

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temperatures today ranging from seven in lerwick to 11 in plymouth and also st helier.he rain clears, we see showers increasing and then the wind kicks in. we could have gusts of 70 mph plus across the north and west of scotland, with some snow falling and lion, some blizzards on the hills, and gusts of 55—60 mph across northern ireland and northern england. if you are travelling first thing in the morning, bear that in mind, especially in a high sided vehicle or a light vehicle. you get the drill. further south across the rest of england and wales, still gusty but not as windy as it is going to be as we push further north. the other thing is it will be a colder night than the one just gone. that leads us into tomorrow, still quite a few showers around. low pressure bringing all this inclement weather starts to drift southwards and eastwards. the strongest winds tomorrow will be across england and wales. gusty wind. in between, lots of sunshine or bright skies, one or two showers, but as high pressure builds in from the west, it will start to settle things down. as we h

fairly similar to last night, with the breeze in place in lerwick and stornoway, but a wider risk ofng. sunshine will vary, most places will be drive it will be cool, four or 5 degrees, and changes for friday, with more of a breeze starting to develop, which means that fog is less of a risk, and more sunshine for scotland and wales, with the rain developing from the west, temperatures of nine to 11, always a bit cooler the further east you are. this is a start of the change for friday night, rain will spread east fairly erratically for it takes us into saturday which, on the face of it, isn't bad, with lots of sunny weather to begin with, lasting longer across wales, england and eastern scotland but, by the end of saturday, turning west across western scotland and northern ireland, and very windy. widespread gales developing in the north and west, with heavy rain at times. that could cause issues but, as that clears east into sunday, things turn more stormy, linking to what is happening with this dip in the jet strea m happening with this dip in the jet stream in texas, picking up an

temperatures today, three in lerwick, ten as we push further south.e hail, thunder and lightning —— could be heavy with some hail. as we go into thursday, there goes the high pressure. the next area of low pressure then comes oui’ next area of low pressure then comes our way, bringing rain. next area of low pressure then comes ourway, bringing rain. if you look at the isobars, it is going to be windy. it will be another cold nights and over most, —6 in the west highlands before the cloud starts coming in with the rain and strengthening winds was that you can see how the temperatures rise by the end of the night. but for the rest of us there will be some frost around, also some patchy mist and fog to watch out for, potentially there is the risk of ice as well. we start off on a brighter note across central and eastern areas tomorrow but we do have this rain and strong winds coming in from the west. they are going to be pushing steadily southwards and eastwards as we go through the day. on the mountains of scotla nd through the day. on the mountains of