i'm lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news. bye—bye. hello there. beneath it. however, there's been some sunshine around. i think sunday is looking sunny again across more northern parts of the uk. further south, it will stay rather grey. here it is, the high pressure, sitting to the north of the uk. barely any isobars on the chart around the uk, so that means winds will be light. fresher across southern england and through the channel. where we have the cloudy skies, lows of 4—7 degrees. really cold under the clearer skies. scotland, northern england, these are town and city temperatures. in rural spots we could be as low as —7 or —8 celsius. a really cold start to sunday. some freezing mist and fog around, some fog through the central belt of scotland. some sunshine as you can see, that's stretching down into north—western parts of england. wales doing pretty well in the sunshine, parts of south—west england. maybe northern ireland seeing some sunnier spells than we've seen of late, so not bad here. but eastern, central and eastern england, rather

i'm lewis vaughanjones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world.resigns citing concerns over the "direction" of borisjohnson's government. the dutch prime minister puts his country into a tough new lockdown, as the latest coronavirus variant spreads. translation: the netherlands are going to lockdown _ again from tomorrow. the netherlands is again shutting down. that is unavoidable because of the fifth wave that is coming with the omicron variant. another 90,000 covid cases are reported across the uk, as the mayor of london declares a major incident in the capital. and british holidaymakers are forced to cancel trips, as france imposes tight travel restrictions on those arriving from the uk.

i'm lewis vaughanjones. this is bbc news. bye—bye. hello again. of the same to come for the next few days, really, as we keep these south—westerly winds flowing across the country, bringing pulses of exceptionally mild air northwards. now, temperatures probably reaching 16, possibly 17 celsius, and in contrast, the temperatures that we'd normally expect at this time of the year, around abour eight celsius. so it is pretty exceptional, not far away from the english temperature record, which is 17.7. as we head into thursday morning, we'll see outbreaks of rain turning heavier across western areas, a very, very mild start to the day with these temperatures. 1a, even 15 celsius to start the day. the rain, though, will be heavy for a time. it does tend to ease off and become a little bit lighter and patchier across northwestern areas. otherwise, a lot of cloud. could be an odd bit of drizzle just about anywhere. but later in the day, we'll see another pulse of heavier rain working into wales, and that is likely to reach northwest england as we head in

this is bbc news — i'm lewis vaughanjones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and aroundhe world. diplomacy or deterrence — president biden�*s phone call to president putin — laying out the us position over ukraine. we'll have the latest. a key witness speaks publicly after ghislaine maxwell was found guilty of grooming underage girls to be abused byjeffrey epstein. as the uk sees another record for daily infections — south africa says it has passed the peak of the omicron—driven covid wave. and after the launch — it's the "make or break" moment, for the james webb space telescope — as it starts to unfold its super—sized sunshield. hello and welcome. us presidentjoe biden has again told russia's president vladamir putin that the us and its allies will "respond decisively" if russia further invades ukraine. this — during the second call between the two leaders in less than a month amid concerns over russian troops massing at the ukrainian border. a kremlin spokesperson said that putin had made it clear that any new large scale sanctions — would be a "colossal mista ke". th

i'm @lvaughanjones i'm lewis vaughan jones i'm lewis vaughanjones and this is bbc news. bye—bye.ed chilly all day, but at least we've had the sunshine to compensate. the weather watcher picture behind me shows a lovely sunset there in the wirral. it's been a different story for other areas, particularly across southern parts of england into wales and northern ireland, rather grey, gloomy skies, some mist and murk and also a little bit of drizzle in the air. 0ur area of high pressure is holding onto our weather through the rest of the day and indeed into the weekend. it's going to bring a lot of dry weather overnight. the cloud tending to return to many central areas, some dense mist and fog patches developing as well across northern and eastern england. but under those clear skies, temperatures will be plummeting down to freezing or below, so cold here versus much milder conditions further south, where we hold the thickest could. very little change into the weekend, our blocking area of high pressure will continue to bring a lot of cloud around. it's going to stay mostly dry, bar

i'm lewis vaughanjones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. borisjohnson is urged to "get a grip" after his party's huge defeat in a parliamentary by—election. more than 93 thousand new cases of coronavirus recorded in the uk in the past 2a hours. as cases jump sharply in the us — the country's top health official warns of the risks of not getting jabbed. clearly unvaccinated individuals are really at a high risk of serious in involvement including hospitalisation. ghislaine maxwell's defence team winds up their case — as the british socialite says she will not testify in the sex trafficking case. she denies all wrongdoing. the united nations again warns that all sides in ethiopia's civil war are committing �*severe�* human rights violations— more than a year after the conflict began. here in britain a crushing by—election defeat has dealt another blow to the authority of the prime minister, borisjohnson. his conservative party lost a seat it had held for almost two—hundred years. the result comes in the middle of a turbulent period for mrjohn

i'm lewis vaughanjones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world.cinated individuals are really at a high risk of serious in involvement including hospitalisation. ghislaine maxwell's defence team winds up their case — as the british socialite says she will not

i am lewis vaughanjones.l procured the girls for the financier and convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein — she faces the rest of her life behind bars. no matter who you are, no matter what kind of circles you travel in, and matter how much money you have, no matter how many years have passed since the sexual abuse, justice is still possible. we'll be looking at the implications of the verdict for prince andrew, who is named in a lawsuit brought by a woman who says she was groomed by maxwell and abused by the prince. a jury in new york has found the british socialite ghislaine maxwell guilty of having helped the late financier, jeffrey epstein, sexually abuse teenage girls. the jurors found the 60—year—old guilty of another four charges connected with procuring the victims and facilitating the abuse. she was found not guilty on one other charge. the defence team is expected to appeal against the verdict. the convictions mean maxwell faces the possibility of spending the rest of her life in prison. well, with t

this is bbc news — i'm lewis vaughanjones with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around omicron—driven covid wave. and after the launch — it's the "make or break" moment, for the james webb space telescope — as it starts to unfold its super—sized sunshield.