you're watching tuesday in parliament with me, mandy baker.inister said the government will explore every option in the current law to try and help a 6—year—old boy who has a rare form of epilepsy. he has as many as 30 violent seizures a day. his parents want him to be treated with cannabis oil, which is illegal in the uk. his condition improved when he took the drug abroad. mps demanded changes. failure for the government to move from its current position would sentence him back to steroid treatment, which is likely to cause psychosis and premature death. it also means that british citizens are being denied more potential medical treatment. if we don't spend the money to do the research, they won't get the product. and we will not have to rely on the wisdom of crowds on the source and unreliable product but on peer—reviewed evidence—based treatments produced to pharmaceutical grade standard. it is clear there are some special circumstances to this case which need to be respected. i have undertaken to meet the family, and i will do that as qui

so for now from me, mandy baker, goodbye. hello there.g a slightly different feel to the weather. something just a little bit milder. many starting the day under cold air. but this wedge of mild air in the atlantic beginning to show its hand. this is tied up with a weather system in the atlantic. you can see the cloud here is going to bring some outbreaks of rain as we go on through the day. a split in temperatures in the morning. as much as —5, —6, in the south—east. temperatures generally above freezing for northern ireland and northern scotland. this is sam. the coldest weather in east anglia and the south—east, but the brightest weather. a lot of sunshine to come. the south—west, wales, northern england, thick clouds, outbreaks of mostly light and patchy rain at this stage. a lot of cloud into southern scotland. but for northern ireland, northern scotland, something more bright. sunny spells returning. a rash of showers to the north—west. because of the slightly milder air, most showers falling as rain rather than anything more wintry

for now, from me, mandy baker, goodbye. hello there.stern areas, some snow showers around as well, we refer the east we have the band of rain will be bringing with it some pretty wet weather and some dusty winds as well but the rain and the cloud keeping temperatures up here for the early rises of around five or six degrees in the centre of london first thing friday morning. looking at the charts for friday, the band of rain, the cold front is pushing eastwards bringing some disruptive snow to france to anyone heading that way, get that in mind. on the cold fronts the area will be getting colder and dragging in a number of snow showers across the north and west. for friday, rain clearing away from east anglia in south—east england fairly quickly in the morning followed by wintry showers, would bring a covering of snow potentially at lower levels for a time on friday and may well stay quite cloudy towards those is in coastal areas, mr the sunshine the rails and eastern england, so that north, watch out the icy stretches first thing in th

mandy baker will be here for the rest of the week. but for now, from me, keith macdougall, goodbye.this week. there is some snow in the forecast. that's going to be causing maybe a few problems on the roads to start tuesday. it is going to be a very cold, frosty one elsewhere. but a good deal of sunshine around too. this is the weather front bringing the sleet and snow to scotland and northern ireland over the course of the night. by tuesday morning, it will be lying across northern england and wales. maybe some rain to lower levels. sleet and snow to the high ground with plenty of showers behind it. skies will be brightening up gradually through the morning across scotland and northern ireland. these are snow showers, also some hail showers, adding to accumulations of snow across scotland and northern ireland. a very cold start. you can see the blue hue. temperatures, sub—zero for many, even by sam. that weather front lying across northern england, into parts of wales, the north—west midlands, some sleet and snow could cause some problems. further east, a cold and frosty but largel

but for now, from me, mandy baker, goodbye.have seen a lot of cloud and rain this morning but it has been brightening up in some areas, however, later this evening and overnight there is more bad weather on away. strong winds, rain and snow expected in scotland. the big picture, across the atlantic, this weather front is crossing the country and we have another weather front forming in the atlantic and here are the blue arrows showing the colder air streaming from the north atla ntic colder air streaming from the north atlantic in canada and again talking southwards and this is where the weather front is forming and you can see this cloud and this is what i am talking about, this area will be sweeping across the country during the course of this evening and overnight and we will see the rain and snow and gale force winds. we are in between weather system is, we have this gap in the weather with the sun coming out, this earlier weather front and this is the next one and is blue arrows coincide with those wintry showers you can s

you're watching wednesday in parliament with me, mandy baker.on, says the world "got caught napping" when it came to the rising threat from states like russia. mr williamson was making his first appearance in front of the committee that scrutinises the work of his department. he was asked about the challenges facing world security and stability. the americans have said that since christmas, that their main priority is potential conflicts state on state. the french, their top priority is terrorism. and we understand why. where — on that sort of scale, where does the uk stand? we will probably seek to compromise. we would highlight state—based threats as the top priority, and at the speed of which they're escalating, but within a hair, it is followed by the terrorism threat that comes straight after that. i think the world got caught napping in terms of a rise of those state— based threats. we had emerged out of a cold war with the belief that things were just going to get better and better. you had one superpower that strode across the world, and

so from me, mandy baker, for now, goodbye. hello there.her it's a hard frost or maybe even some snow showers. in fact, the snow showers will be across the north—east of england and down across extreme south and east of england. that's where the met office has issued amber weather warnings. be prepared for the possibility of some disruption first thing on tuesday morning. as much as five to ten centimetres of lying snow not out of the question. those snow showers are likely to continue as we go through the day. driven along by a brisk north—easterly breeze. some of them will push further inland, but sheltered western areas should see fewer showers and more sunshine. nevertheless, it will feel bitterly cold out there with top temperatures around 0—1; degrees. as we move out of tuesday and into wednesday, the weather warnings move that little bit further north. amber weather warnings, be prepared for further disruption affecting the north—east of england and eastern scotland due to some heavy snow and strong blustery winds. welcome to bbc new

from me, mandy baker, goodbye. hello.ver the last few days, and that's not going to change very much during wednesday. cold air remains firmly in place, and some of us have some snow on the ground, as well — that weather watcher picture from north yorkshire on tuesday. where we have the lying snow, particularly, there is the risk for some ice during wednesday. a widespread frost, certainly, to start the day, because we are still firmly ensconced in this cold air. something a little bit milder out in the atlantic, but we won't feel the effects of that just yet. for the time being, this area of high pressure giving most of us a fine, dry but cold start to the day, under largely clear skies. our towns and cities down below freezing, but out in the countryside, those temperatures really have been dropping away. the sorts of temperatures we'll have to start the day — between about —5 and —11 degrees. still some snow, potentially, for a time across east anglia, and the south—east, as well, this weather front tending to push awa

you're watching thursday in parliament with me, mandy baker.nisters were arriving at the prime minister's country residence, chequers, to thrash out the government's approach to the uk's future relationship with the eu, the brexit minister was in the less convivial surroundings of committee room eight for a grilling by the european scrutiny committee. the government has already promised to pay a divorce bill of up to 39 billion pounds. on wednesday, ministers published proposals concerning a transition period after the uk leaves the eu, but they failed to say exactly how long that period would be. if the transition lasts beyond 2020, this could require payments to be made beyond then. therefore, from january 2021, they would then be paid into the eu's new long—term a budget. the net result of this is that the additional costs could run into billions of pounds and the estimate is between 4 billion and 5 billion. we have set out in the uk government views in a period around it to back years is the right period to make sure the right arrangements

but for now, from me, mandy baker, goodbye. hello there.ar individuals across central and northern parts of the uk, then the brain moving off the atlantic, strong winds two and then something all the milder in as we enter the week. the satellite picture shows the speckles here, those are the snow and hail showers which are continuing to streaming across northern and western areas through the overnight period on the monday morning it will be a cold start, widespread frost around and some ice, but italy where we have had the wintry showers. on monday, in between weather systems with a ridge of high pressure nudging in. it will be followed before this weather system be followed before this weather syste m m oves be followed before this weather system moves in to bring rain, sleet and snow on monday night. we start off cold on monday, watch out for theice off cold on monday, watch out for the ice risk, and most places will be dry, plenty of sunshine around, the wintry showers dotted across northern and western areas mainly over the hills. it wi