still betterfor lerwick 4 degrees, cold and fighting back.ttleground, most of you will not see a white christmas but on this dividing line the chance of some snow over the hills especially in southern scotland, northern england and northern ireland. that's it, so goodbye from me. now on bbc one, let'sjoin our news teams where you are. have a very good afternoon. this week: getting set for the metaverse, but what should we wear? where should we go? what are the latest specs? and how far and how high could we get? the victoria and albert museum in london is a treasure trove of beautiful artworks. some three—dimensional wonders and some masterpieces so realistic you could walk into them. which is precisely what's about to happen in the painting gallery where, in amongst the turners and the constables, a kelly and a lewington are about to get stuck into some very modern art. there's a dancer and she is wearing pyjamas? or is that fashion these days? that's the fashion. that's the fashion? don't you know — don't you know about fashion? why aren't

but notice the temperatures — 6 in lerwick, 13 in the south.hing, just be wary, there could be some areas of dense fog around to start the day, and some of that could take a while to shift. it will eventually clear, but only to be replaced in parts of ireland, into wales, central southern england by outbreaks of rain. further north and east, there will be some light rain and drizzle, most places will be dry. but cold air fighting back in lerwick, cold air tries to fight its way back into christmas day. it is going to be a tough one, though, as we go into christmas day, because this dividing line, we could see a mixture of rain, sleet and snow. at the moment, though, it looks like for most of you, not quite going to be a white christmas. this is bbc news, these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the prime minister borisjohnson says there will not be any new coronavirus restrcitions in england before christmas. it comes as chancellor rishi sunak announces a £1 billion grant for the struggling hospitality sector. we've respon

but notice the temperatures — 6 in lerwick, 13 in the south.n parts of ireland, into wales, central southern england by outbreaks of rain. further north and east, there will be some light rain and drizzle, most places will be dry. but cold air fighting back in lerwick, cold air tries to fight its way back into christmas day. it is going to be a tough one, though, as we go into christmas day, because this dividing line, we could see a mixture of rain, sleet and snow. at the moment, though, it looks like for most of you, this is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. i�*m matthew amroliwala. our top stories... governments around the world grapple with a steep increase in 0micron cases. with tougher restrictions still being considered in england — the government announces a billion pound grant — for the hospitality sector. we�*ve responded, i think, generously today, the grants we�*ve outlined, up to £6,000, are comparable to the grants we provided for hospitality businesses when they were completely closed earlier this y

and this is what daytime temperatures are going to be on thursday, just lerwick sticking out there atof year here. another area of low pressure into friday. strong winds close to that, especially in scotland, bringing a risk of gales as we see out the year. an early band of rain will clear through quite quickly then. it's blustery with sunny spells, and the chance of seeing some showers and perhaps another spell of rain just edging in towards western areas as the year comes to an end. and for the first weekend of 2022, well, got low pressure towards the north—west of us, a weather front moving through. then there is a little gap, a little, drier, brighter gap and then we'll see another system edging in from the south—west later. and you get the idea that things are unsettled. we are going to see spells of low pressure moving through, we are going to see from that, wet and windy weather at times, with drier, brighter interludes. the main theme of the weather in the week ahead is how much milder it will be by day and by night, and it looks like the occasionally wet and windy weather, bu

we've got around five hours and a0 minutes of daylight in lerwick, but tomorrow signifies the change.at little bit more. not a huge amount of sunshine on the winter solstice, a bit more than we've had today, particularly across wales, south—west, western parts of england. far north of scotland should have a brighter day, just one or two showers here. elsewhere, plenty of cloud, a bit misty, maybe one or two spots of drizzle first thing but many will have a dry day. temperatures still on the chilly side. but changes are afoot as we go into the middle part of the week. this big area of low pressure in the atlantic starts to exert more of an influence, strengthening the breeze across western areas, helping to break the cloud up a bit more. actually, especially in the east, it may be a bit sunnier on wednesday. but the cloud in the west will thicken up. so outbreaks of rain for northern ireland, western scotland, maybe western wales and the isle of man by the end of the day. temperatures lifting here. a chilly day, though, still across those eastern parts. maybe a little bit colder than w

we've got around five hours and a0 minutes of daylight in lerwick, but tomorrow signifies the change.huge amount of sunshine on the winter solstice, a bit more than we've had today, particularly across wales, south—west, western parts of england. far north of scotland should have a brighter day, just one or two showers here. elsewhere, plenty of cloud, a bit misty, maybe one or two spots of drizzle first thing but many will have a dry day. temperatures still on the chilly side. but changes are afoot as we go into the middle part of the week. this big area of low pressure in the atlantic starts to exert more of an influence, strengthening the breeze across western areas, helping to break the cloud up a bit more. actually, especially in the east, it may be a bit sunnier on wednesday. but the cloud in the west will thicken up. so outbreaks of rain for northern ireland, western scotland, maybe western wales and the isle of man by the end of the day. temperatures lifting here. a chilly day, though, still across those eastern parts. maybe a little bit colder than we have at the moment. the

we've got around five hours and a0 minutes of daylight in lerwick, but tomorrow signifies the change.not a huge amount of sunshine on the winter solstice, a bit more than we've had today, particularly across wales, south—west, western parts of england. far north of scotland should have a brighter day, just one or two showers here. elsewhere, plenty of cloud, a bit misty, maybe one or two spots of drizzle first thing but many will have a dry day. temperatures still on the chilly side. but changes are afoot as we go into the middle part of the week. this big area of low pressure in the atlantic starts to exert more of an influence, strengthening the breeze across western areas, helping to break the cloud up a bit more. actually, especially in the east, it may be a bit sunnier on wednesday. but the cloud in the west will thicken up. so outbreaks of rain for northern ireland, western scotland, maybe western wales and the isle of man by the end of the day. temperatures lifting here. a chilly day, though, still across those eastern parts. maybe a little bit colder than we have at the moment

seven in lerwick and 13 in cardiff.t, petering out across eastern england but the tail end will bring heavier rain across parts of wales and north—west england. temperatures ranging from nine in the north to potentially 16 or 17 once again in the south—east. this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the us and several european countries including france, italy and portugal record their highest daily rises in covid infections since the pandemic began. the scottish parliament is recalled amid record numbers of covid infections. one of the last pro—democracy media outlets in hong kong is shutting down and dismissing all its staff after it was raided by the police. england and manchester city footballer raheem sterling says society must never let its guard down over racism in the game.

but notice the temperatures — 6 in lerwick, 13 in the south.at could take a while to shift. it will eventually clear, but only to be replaced in parts of ireland, into wales, central southern england by outbreaks of rain. further north and east, there will be some light rain and drizzle, most places will be dry. but cold air fighting back in lerwick, cold air tries to fight its way back into christmas day. it is going to be a tough one, though, as we go into christmas day, because this dividing line, we could see a mixture of rain, sleet and snow. at the moment, though, it looks like for most of you, not quite going to be a white christmas. today at one, the chancellor announces a billion pound grant for the hospitality sector in the uk as the effects of covid bite ahead of christmas. it's part of a package of measures from rishi sunak as the government weighs tougher restrictions to combat the spread of the omicron variant. we've responded i think generously today, the grants we've outlined up to £6,000 are comparable to the grants we provided

point onwards, the days will start to draw out again, just five hours, 49 minutes of daylight in lerwickak up — so a bit more sunshine returning across parts of wales, west, maybe southern england, and a bit more sunshine at times in the very far north of scotland. but here, there'll be 1—2 showers for orkney, shetland, also across lewis. another chilly day, 4—8 celsius the high. and that will be followed by a cold night — exception being across ireland, where temperatures actually rise through the night, cloud and rain spreads its way in. but through scotland, england, and wales, widespread blue on the chart — coldest morning of the week with a widespread frost to greet the morning commuters. and then, into wednesday itself, got high pressurejust about holding on, but these weather front starting to bring about that change to something milder — mainly across ireland initially during the morning, northern ireland seeing rain on and off through the day, spreading in across parts of southern scotland into the isle of man, wales, and through western parts of england before the day is out. m

around five hours and 48 minutes of daylight in lerwick but tomorrow signifies the change, from there of sunshine to enjoy it but slightly more than today particularly for wales and south—west england. far north of scotland should have a brighter day with just one or two showers. elsewhere, lots of cloud and many having a dry day. changes are afoot as we go into the middle of the week, this low pressure starts to exert more of an influence strengthening the breeze across western areas and helping break the cloud up. especially in an east it may be sunnier on wednesday but the cloud in the west will thicken up, outbreaks of rain. temperatures lifting, our chilly day across the eastern parts still, may be colder than at the moment. the milder air works northwards into thursday, more rain are pushing northwards on thursday, what is conditions across scotland preceded by some snow on the hills. more sunshine across the south. look at this split in temperatures. much milder air, that will be there on friday as well but into what christmas day, a bit of a battle between mild they are trying

cold air fighting back in lerwick. go there tries to fight its way back into christmas day.es: the uk chancellor announces a £1 billion grant — for the hospitality sector in england. in scotland, large scale events, including mass new year celebrations are cancelled and sport will be played behind closed doors for three weeks. the omicron variant is making up nearly three—quarters of new covid cases in the us.

it will be one celsius in lerwick.owers in scotland will be at lower levels, and there will also be showers in north—eastern england, northern ireland, wales, the west midlands and the west country, but most of those at lower levels will be of rain. it is going to be a cold night whichever way you look at it. tomorrow, starting off on a windy note along the east coast. the wind slowly easing through the day. we will start with some wintry showers. there will be some dry, bright weather. not as windy for most of us as today and by the end of the day, the cloud and rain will be mostly in the cloud and rain will be mostly in the west. temperatures, below average for the time of year for many, looking at between 3—6, as we push from north to south. moving to friday, a clutch of weather fronts coming our way, with rain preceded by snow, and behind that, some dry and bright conditions before the next system comes in, but on friday, it is not going to be quite as cold. this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the u

it will be a cold start tomorrow and tomorrow is the winter solstice. 49 minutes of daylight in lerwickenty of cloud, may be a bit misty, a few spots of drizzle first thing but many will have a dry day. on the chilly side. this big area of low pressure in the atlantic start to exert more thinning influence. hoping to break their cloud up a bit more, so actually in the east it may be a bit sunnier on wednesday. the cloud in the west will thicken up in some outbreaks of rain to northern ireland and scotland and may be the west of wales and isle of man through the end of the day. across eastern parts may be of little bit colder than we have at the moment. into thursday, another bout of rain pushes through on thursday itself. wessex conditions across scotland. more sunshine developing across the south and look at the split temperatures. six celsius in northern scotland compared to 12 or 13 in the south. on friday, heading to was christmas day a bit of a battle heading towards milder air pushing in and caldaire trying to pushing in and caldaire trying to push on from the north. our best chan

one degree in lerwick, 8—9 in the south of england.t a lot of dry weather and sunshine. wintry to low levels in northern scotland. cloud building in the west, with a new weather front bringing rain. although it won't be as windy tomorrow, temperatures for some are lower. 3—4 quite widely and even five in london. through thursday night into friday, the front moves to the east, preceded by snow on the leading edge. and high pressure building behind. by friday morning, the remnants of this front across the remnants of this front across the south—east. behind it, dry weather. showers ahead of the next weather. showers ahead of the next weather front and those are the temperatures. not as low as the next couple of days and higher across the far south—west. couple of days and higher across the farsouth—west. into couple of days and higher across the far south—west. into the weekend, low—pressure is coming our way to bring unsettled conditions with showers and longer spells of rain. but sunday at this stage looks like the driest day of the we

close to 80 mph winds in lerwick in shetland.day long in parts of england and wales. tonight, rain in northern ireland and wales. a lot of water on the ground. it could be misty and foggy as winds fall lighter. it could be a chilly night as well. temperatures are low enough for a touch of frost. the same in parts of scotland and northern ireland, more rain in the north—west. blustery conditions tonight and tuesday. a windy start in the north of scotland as we start tomorrow. outbreaks of rain. some of it on the heavy and relentless side. south of that, right or sunny spells breaking through the cloud. mist and fog clearing through the midlands, northern england and parts of wales. a bit of a shift in temperatures tomorrow. coolest across england and wales, closer to the average, milder for scotland and northern ireland. that will flip around again as we go into wednesday. on tuesday we have got the rain for the night. it shifts southwards. more cloud in scotland and northern ireland for wednesday, outbreaks of rain, dry weather t

we're looking at one is the maximum in lerwick to maybe ten in st helier.'ll be some clear skies around, still some showers coming in through the east and also the west there, mostly of rain at lower levels, snow in the hills. but in the north of scotland, we're likely to see snow at all levels where it does fall. and it's going to be a cold night with some frost and the risk of ice on untreated surfaces. but as we head through thursday, this ridge of high pressure builds in, still a squeeze in the isobars first thing along the east coast. so windy here at first, but easing a touch through the day. still some wintry showers in the hills here, but a lot of dry weather. some wintry shows that low levels across the north of scotland for a time. and then we've got this weather front coming in from the west, introducing thicker cloud and also some rain. temperatures tomorrow are going to be lower. we're looking at three to about nine degrees. now as we head on from thursday night into friday. we've got this clash of fronts on its leading edge. we could well see

a degrees in lerwick to 14 in southern england and south wales. —— 8 degrees. us into new year's eve, or hogmanay, depending on where you are from. it will be exceptionally mild. some patchy rain. this is new year's eve morning. some overnight heavy rain, which will cross northern ireland, southern scotland and northern ended. slow to clear south—east england. cloud in the north, brighterskies south—east england. cloud in the north, brighter skies in the south. still high temperatures for the time of year. if are going out in the evening, this is what you can expect towards the midnight hour. a lot of cloud, patchy rain from the west. that takes us to midnight. for the rest of the day, we have got the first band of rain crossing us. patchy rain falling behind. some brightness. breezy, particularly so in the north—west, where we'll see gales. still it is mild. gales. stillitismild. ., ~ gales. stillit is mild. ., ., ., still it is mild. thank you, carol. see ou still it is mild. thank you, carol. see you just _ still it is mild. thank you, carol. see you just af

onlyjust shy of six hours of daylight today in lerwick but here and across the rest of the country, thes for england. at least 70 conservative mps have indicated they'll oppose the government's plan b measures for tackling the omicron variant. we're joined now by the deputy prime minister dominic raab. good morning mr raab, good to see you. just interested to know what the latest information you have is today as of this morning about the number of people in hospital with this new variant, with omicron. i this new variant, with omicron. i know we have had one death, i this new variant, with omicron. i know we have had one death, i think we have got nine people who are in hospital with it. or —— that is still a relatively low number and we are checking that but the data is shifting all the time. the challenge is what we know, that is still relatively sketchy, but the rate of transmission is very rapid, more rapid than previous versions of covid, but we also know and the positive here is that those with three boosts, so three doses of vaccine and a booster, are over 70% protected. that's w

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around the coast we could have gusts as much as 50 miles an hour, but note the temperatures — seven in lerwickssibly 17 as we push further south, so very mild for the time of year. normally it's roughly six to eight north to south. on thursday, still mild, we've got the south—westerly wind with this rain pushing northwards and eastwards, limited amounts of brightness and our temperatures, eight in the north to about 15 as he sweep down towards the south. this is bbc news. the prime minister's scientific advisers will brief him today on the spread of coronavirus over christmas as he decides whether to impose more restrictions in england before the new year. in scotland and northern ireland, further measures come into force today for pubs, bars and cafes. warnings the government isn't doing enough to help people deal with sharp increases in the price of gas and electricity. police apologise to the family of former premier league footballer dalian atkinson, who died from injuries he suffered while being arrested five years ago. the national trust warn some landscapes in the uk could be altered fo

temperature wise, we are looking at seven in lerwick to highs of 16 as we push down towards london.ursday, still have some rain to the day across north western scotland, another band swinging and across western areas, something drier out towards the east. on thursday, not just16, possibly i7 celsius somewhere in the south—eastern corner, and, again, it is going to be a blustery day. by night, it is also going to be mild. a start to the day unseasonably mild as well, brighter skies in the east, a lot of cloud in the west with some rain in the north—west and temperatures still way above average on new year's eve. this is bbc news. the headlines... the hospitality sector welcomes the decision not to impose further covid restrictions in england before the new year, describing it as a lifeline, but ministers say further restrictions hinges on the number of hospitalisations. at the moment, we don't think that the evidence supports any more interventions beyond what we've done. but obviously we've got to keep it under very close review, because if it is the case that we start to see a big