mary lynn bracht, author of white chrysanthemum, thank you very much. thank you. hello.has already made an impact in the north and west and through the rest of the night that great and weather or gradually slump further to the south and east. some gusts of wind around that weather system, 60 to 70 mph in exposed locations. at dawn, it will be looking with intent across the south—eastern quarter. following behind, too much breeze for a widespread frost, and for the commute, eastern midlands, east anglia, the and central southern england, it will be a while before see the back of the weather, probably getting on towards lunchtime. following behind, brighter skies but a raft of showers, some of them quite blustery, and turning increasingly wintry in northern and western parts of scotla nd wintry in northern and western parts of scotland and the high ground in northern ireland. for the week ahead, much colder than we have seen, with snow in the forecast, and it will be much windier. this is bbc news. the headlines: the government says it's doing everything it can to keep the