here we are in the met office forecast office, 20 years since i've been here.anged a little bit. in the chair where i used to sit is alice. you were on that day back injuly when we saw temperatures of 40.3 degrees celsius recorded, so what was it like? it was something we never expected in the uk. here it was even more incredible and remarkable because our previous maximum was nowhere near, i think we beat it by 5.5 degrees, so it was extreme for the uk as a whole. even more extreme for the local area. at what point did you realise coningsby was going to be the hottest place ever recorded in the uk? it has to go through quite vigorous quality control before we officially get the record so by the evening, we were pretty sure no one beat that 40.3 record but we were not officially holding the uk record until some days later when they came under the control on the observation equipment. i did not think i would see 40 celsius in the uk but do you think we will see that again anytime soon? we know it is possible so we know it can happen again and it will be increasi

here in the met office, we look. eye on, is that right?pect climate change to play out until the end of the century. what happens next depends on what we do. it depends on the emissions scenario. we're already committed to a certain amount of climate change in the future, but what happens next, we are able to influence that. if we look at the 40 celsius that we saw in july, if we look at the 40 celsius that we saw injuly, conditions like that are obviously extreme the difficult for elderly and vulnerable people. event like that may be as common as once every three or four years. we have to leave it there because we're coming to the fun i am —— the end of the programme. asi as i say, short break, but back with the summary on bbc news injust as i say, short break, but back with the summary on bbc news in just a minute or two. do stay with us. hello there. we've seen clouds and outbreaks of rain sweeping northeastwards across the uk today. just about everyone has had some soggy weather and there is a bit more rain to come through the next few

so here we are in the met office forecast office.20 years since i've been in this particular room. it has changed a little bit. in the chair where i used to once sit is our forecaster today, alice. you were here on that day back injuly when we saw the temperature of 40.3 celsius recorded here in coningsby. what was it like to see that here? it was something that was never expected in the uk. and here at coningsby it was even more incredible and remarkable because our previous max temperature was nowhere near, i think we beat it by about 5.5 degrees on that day, so it was extreme for the uk as a whole and even more extreme for the local area. at what point did you realise that coningsby was going to be the hottest place ever recorded in the uk? it has to go through quite vigorous quality control before we actually officially get the record, so obviously by the evening, we were pretty sure no one was going to beat us, beat that 40.3 record, but we actually were not officially holding the uk record until a few days later when they came

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well, if we look back to when the met office _ be like?ffice started with their climate projections, where in those projections now —— we are in those projections now —— we are in those projections now —— we are in those projections now. we've always had extreme events, but this year, it's all been concentrated into one year. i hardly remember a 16 degrees january, then three back—to—back storms in february, than on and on and on. so that litany of impacts that's hit us — what was projected and what was the measure is here, as we carry on, we know it will get worse. ii we carry on, we know it will get worse. . h we carry on, we know it will get worse. ., �* , ., ., worse. if that's the new normal in the es worse. if that's the new normal in the types of _ worse. if that's the new normal in the types of conditions _ worse. if that's the new normal in the types of conditions we've - worse. if that's the new normal in the types of conditions we've had | the types of conditions we've had this year are fairly consistent in the years ahead, what

the met office have issued an amber weather warning here.dangerous travelling conditions through this afternoon. potential for power disruption as well. ice could be the main thing, but there'll be some snow in the hills — that also extends into southern and central parts of scotland through the afternoon and even a temporary little bit of ice across some eastern parts of england. it will turn back to rain, some heavy rain at times in the south, easing off in the west where temperatures will be around 11 to 13 degrees as we finish the day, but much colder in the north and the east of the country. now, as we go into this evening and overnight, the snow that's there for northern scotland to begin with turns back to rain, strengthening southerly winds, touching gale force in the west. but notice these temperatures for the monday morning commute, 8 to around 1a celsius, incredibly mild compared to what we've been to. a mild day in store, but a windy one. lots of cloud, limited amounts of sunshine and rain at times, especially in the south and th

the met office has issued areas. the met office has issued areas.arning in place for parts of southwest england and south wales that's overnight 2 am. until 3 pm. tomorrow the yellow alert remains in place for snow and ice . the north and for snow and ice. the north and east of scotland met office says freezing conditions could last until 10 am. tomorrow morning . until 10 am. tomorrow morning. well over in the us at least 60 people have died and thousands are without power as winter storms continue to hammer both the us and canada freezing temperatures and blizzard conditions have many areas under more than four feet of snow. the city buffalo in new york state has been hit the hardest with

aside from the summer peak , met office the summer peak, met office said.ear were in the top ten warmest since records beganin top ten warmest since records began in 1884. so in touch with the usual ways via twitter or email gb news as gb news. let us know where watching so we give you a shout. let us know about theories, about food, about the covid restrictions , and about covid restrictions, and about strikes. anything you want to offload . sunday . a two our top offload. sunday. a two our top story and the us has announced that all travellers from china must provide a negative covid 19 test to enter the country , test to enter the country, joining other nations imposing restrictions because of a surge infections in china. however the uk government has said it is not planning to follow suit. the increase in cases across china follows roll back of the nation's strict controls . nation's strict controls. beijing zero—covid policies kept the country's infection rate low but fuelled public frustration and crushed the country's economic growth. well, joining u

and the met office are concerned most of that happening in parts of northern england.rning to take us through the afternoon. and as well as dangerous travel conditions, we could see problems with power as well. not only that, snow will be falling with it across parts of northern england, increasingly so into the hills of scotland. and we could just see a temporary covering of ice in other eastern parts of england. turning back to rain, though, for many later, the rain easing off across some western areas where temperatures eight to 11 degrees through the afternoon. but elsewhere, a really cold day, especially as the wind picks up. and even though we've got that met office amber warning for northern england, do be wary that there is a risk of freezing rain, ice and hill snow across parts of scotland and other areas of eastern england, too. now, as we go into the evening, the snow becomes limited to northern scotland. that turns back to rain through the night. that's because southerly winds will bring mild air to all by this stage. some pretty wet weather for a while ove

the met office have issued an amber eyes warning. so some treacherous conditions on roads and pavements through the day on sunday as the wet and windy weather moves northwards. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... a 33—year—old woman has died after being injured in a crush at a gig at london's brixton 02 academy. train passengers in britain face further delays today, as the rmt union continue their 48—hour strike. only one in five services are expected to operate. hospitals are told to free up beds ahead of ambulance staff going on strike in england on wednesday. leo varadkar becomes ireland's new taoiseach, swapping roles with micheal martin, as part of a historic coalition agreement. the government's sharing energy—saving tips in a new campaign. the advice includes using a draught excluder and unplugging appliances. and in half an hour, morocco will take on croatia in the third place play—off — at the qatar world cup. now on bbc news, take me to the opera: a gust of gustavo. i've been an opera fan for decades and i want to shar

we'll be the uk's warmest year on record and the met office say the figures are laboun met office saye annual unfolding before us. the annual average temperature across the country this year is set to exceed the previous record set in 2014. i'm joined now by our southwest of england reporter geoff moody for more . good geoff moody for more. good morning. looks lovely and warm and sunny there. good morning, geoff . how is it you access it? geoff. how is it you access it? it looks fabulous. it's indeed quite fabulous in london as well . well, i mean, you're right on two counts. it's lovely and it's sunny. but it ain't warm. i'll tell you that for nothing. you don't need to be a weather forecaster to say that today it's not warm weather very much outside the met office here in exeter, where right now they're dotting i's crossing the dotting the i's and crossing the t's their report, which t's on their report, which should out on the 1st of should be out on the 1st of january. that report is going to tell us this year, just tell us that this year, just gone, has been the warmest on gone,

the met office has issued warnings for parts _ the met office has issued warnings for parts of scotlandnd and parts of england. phil mackie ireland and parts of england. pt i mackie reports. most of us are having to get used to this, freezing at night, bitter during the day. in derbyshire, charmaine takes hot meals to vulnerable clients who are worried about the first cold snap since the cost—of—living crisis. there are people that i have been to and i've said to them, "it is really cold in here, maybe you should put the heat on for a little while, even if it's just for a short time just to take the chill off." hi, kathleen. hello, my darling! there is help on offer, notjust if you rely on people like charmaine, but with money for your heating too. there we go, my dear. kathleen's one of thousands of people who will get an extra £25 towards their bills. she's being sensible, not letting her flat get cold, but she is grateful for the extra money. every little helps. i've also got the cost—of—living rise and my fuel, my energy money. that's all gone into the bank. the cold weather has a m

temperatures only left to —9.3, which is the coldest day according to the met office provisional data. the cold ar continues feeding in but the greenland area that has brought in the arctic blast is going to loosen up its last and into the meal —— its blast and into the late week something warmer moving in. some dense patches of fog especially in northern ireland where we have visibility down to 100 metres. poor conditions out and about. that —15.7 in braemar, right now temperatures are also —15.7 in braemar, so we might beat the record by the morning. some sunshine but across northern scotland some snow showers moving in. further accumulations over the mountains. temperatures struggling to make it much above freezing. the exception is to the south—east where they will be some thicker cloud, potentially rain at maybe some snow over the moors. wednesday, the northerly wind strengthening with significant eliminations of snow. away from the north, wintry showers but some bright and sunny spells and temperatures still struggling, highs of 23 degrees. —— with highs of two or three degrees.

met office says every celsius.et office says every month apart from december has been warmer than average . on tv, been warmer than average. on tv, onune been warmer than average. on tv, online and on disney plus radio. you're watching gb news. back now to nigel . now to nigel. farage good evening . they made it much good evening. they made it much harder for us to pay by cheque . harder for us to pay by cheque. quite difficult sometimes to pay by telephone. yes, but the energy providers did was the bafic energy providers did was the basic bully us into having direct debits. but i'll bet very few of you who signed to those direct debits read the pages and pages of small print because of all the accompanying legislation . i've got to tell you, for i one, most certainly didn't. . i've got to tell you, for i one, most certainly didn't . and one, most certainly didn't. and now we learn that the direct debhs now we learn that the direct debits can go up even way above our actual energy consumption . our actual energy con

the met office says , the knock the met office says, the knock on effect of america's bomb cyclone will over the next 7 to 10 days. it's issued a yellow alert , heavy rain tomorrow for much of warning of flooding and travel disruption . this gb news travel disruption. this gb news will bring you more as it happens. now, though, it's back tomorrow . tomorrow. we are to thank you very much indeed so. defence secretary ben wallace saying restrictions for travel from china are under review in the wake of those soaring covid cases . that soaring covid cases. that country, despite the government's earlier today ruling out any constraints . ruling out any constraints. that's the result of what the number 10 official spokesman said . this is what ben wallace said. this is what ben wallace had say to us in the last half hour.i had say to us in the last half hour . i think had say to us in the last half hour. i think it's very important at this time of year, what we do is we make sure that those countries that don't covid can travel freely to the united kingdom and vice ambassador. thousands of b

the cold across parts of the uk continues after the met office. provisionally the met office. the coldest night and day of the yeah the coldest night and day of the year. aberdeenshire was the coldest place in the uk , coldest place in the uk, recording a low of —15 degrees. the lowest minimum temperature since february 2021. the snow andice since february 2021. the snow and ice warning is in place for northern scotland and northeast england from midnight until noon thursday . we're on tv , online thursday. we're on tv, online and on dab plus radio . you're and on dab plus radio. you're watching gb news. beth will be back just a moment. okay. here's a quick snapshots of today's markets. the pound will 1.2 to 6 $8 and 1.16 for ,5. the price gold standing. at £1,454.44 per ounce. and the footsie hundredths . at 7450 footsie hundredths. at 7450 points . footsie hundredths. at 7450 . it's very extraordinary when you've got so many opportunities to be happy, a son and a daughter, because 16 bathrooms, you can and she goes through the past saying nothing and she's like an ex—girlfri

the met office says the uk. the met office says overnight frost is expected until at least next friday. a yellow warning for snow and ice is in place for parts scotland as well as southwest england . in as well as southwest england. in as well as southwest england. in a world first, a teenager from is now cancer free after taking part in an experiment . new part in an experiment. new treatment. 13 year old alissa who had was given pre manufactured from a healthy donor which were then modified to kill cancerous t cells . 28 to kill cancerous t cells. 28 days after being given treatment, she's now in remission . doctors at great remission. doctors at great ormond street hospital hope it can be offered to children early in their treatment, ultimately giving them the chance a better future . ukraine's more than one future. ukraine's more than one and a half million people in the south—west and odesa region are without power following russian airstrikes. officials in cave say electricity in the city will be restored

met office says every celsius.et office says every month apart from december has been warmer than average . on tv, been warmer than average. on tv, onune been warmer than average. on tv, online and on disney plus radio. you're watching gb news. back now to nigel . now to nigel. farage good evening . they made it much good evening. they made it much harder for us to pay by cheque . harder for us to pay by cheque. quite difficult sometimes to pay by telephone. yes, but the energy providers did was the bafic energy providers did was the basic bully us into having direct debits. but i'll bet very few of you who signed to those direct debits read the pages and pages of small print because of all the accompanying legislation . i've got to tell you, for i one, most certainly didn't. . i've got to tell you, for i one, most certainly didn't . and one, most certainly didn't. and now we learn that the direct debhs now we learn that the direct debits can go up even way above our actual energy consumption . our actual energy con

the met office warning england.k and that as the average cost of renting a property is up by £117 a month from last year. that's according to zoopla, the property website's a typical month's rent is at almost £1,100. that's roughly 35% of the average income of a single earner. london manchester and glasgow have all particularly sharp increases in the last year over. sharp increases in the last year over . 300,000 people have been over. 300,000 people have been affected by delays in processing power port applications this yeah power port applications this year. the national audit office says the delays were caused by an increased demand from customers after coronavirus travel restrictions were lifted. it's urged the home office to prepare for similar levels next year , with up to 10 million year, with up to 10 million applications expected . and a applications expected. and a tory mp is planning to propose a law that could strip the and duchess of sussex of their royal titles . isle of wight mp and titles. isle of wi

the met office have launched autumn. the met office have launched a level— autumn.her causes _ groups. we know the cold weather causes problems with people with pre—existing medical conditions, lun- pre—existing medical conditions, lung problems, heart problems, and of course _ lung problems, heart problems, and of course many of us are struggling to heat— of course many of us are struggling to heat our— of course many of us are struggling to heat our homes at the moment and that can _ to heat our homes at the moment and that can impact on our mental health — that can impact on our mental health. lots of organisations, local authorities. — health. lots of organisations, local authorities, charities, warning us do not _ authorities, charities, warning us do not get — authorities, charities, warning us do not get caught out by the drop in temperatures and look out for vulnerable people if we can. you — vulnerable people if we can. you need _ vulnerable people if we can. you need some gloves? it�*s vulnerable people if we can. you need some gloves? it's chilly! that is

the met office have issued an amber weather warning here.y dangerous travelling conditions through this afternoon. potential for power disruption as well. ice could be the main thing, but there'll be some snow in the hills that also extends into southern and central parts of scotland through the afternoon and even a temporary little bit of ice across some eastern parts of england. it will turn back to rain, some heavy rain at times in the south, easing off in the west where temperatures will be around 11 to 13 degrees as we finish the day, but much colder in the north and the east of the country. now, as we go into this evening and overnight, the snow that's there for northern scotland to begin with turns back to rain, strengthening southerly winds, touching gale force in the west. but notice these temperatures for the monday morning commute, 8 to m celsius, incredibly mild compared to what we've been to. a mild day in store, but a windy one. lots of cloud, limited amounts of sunshine and rain at times, especially in the south and the west.

met office saying tonight.expected to last until friday and a yellow warning for snow and ice still in place for parts of scotland and southwestern england . and southwestern england. ukraine is president, says over one and a half million people in the southwestern odesa of his country are still without power following russian airstrikes . following russian airstrikes. officials in kyiv say electricity will be restored over coming days, but has warned they complete restoration may take or three months. meanwhile moscow says its attacks are militarily legitimate and that it doesn't . civilians. residents it doesn't. civilians. residents meanwhile, has described the situation as very difficult . situation as very difficult. there's a scheme in total russian terrorists used 15 drones against the odesa region just during one night on saturday. this is the true attitude of russia , odesa, the attitude of russia, odesa, the attitude of russia, odesa, the attitude towards odesa. residents deliver bullying. deliberate

see the met office in place. see the met office website for more details on those . i'm dan wootton. tonight, britain is battling a general strike by stealth militant unions have ground the country to a halt and put lives at risk because their petty politics forces hard working brits into lockdown for a third painful year. lockdown for a third painful year . i'll lockdown for a third painful year. i'll unleash on the selfish recklessness of union barons in my

the met office has issued areas. the met office has issued areas.rning in place for parts of southwest england and south wales that's overnight 2 am. until 3 pm. tomorrow the yellow alert remains in place for snow and ice . the north and for snow and ice. the north and east of scotland met office says freezing conditions could last until 10 am. tomorrow morning . until 10 am. tomorrow morning. well over in the us at least 60 people have died and thousands are without power as winter storms continue to hammer both the us and canada freezing temperatures and blizzard conditions have many areas under more than four feet of snow. the city buffalo in new york state has been hit

the annual from the met office.ure across the country will exceeded the previous record set in 2014. that was almost ten degrees centigrade, so the record figure coincides with fresh warnings that parts of the uk will see ice heavy rain and potential flooding in the next few days . flooding in the next few days. joining me to discuss this and the year in weather is jim dale. he's a senior meteorologist at weather services and a friend of the channel as well. jim was store for us and was coming round corner because we're heanng round corner because we're hearing things like it's the hottest year on record. and then i'm reading out that we're all expecting a lot of ice. yeah, it's not. it's afternoon patrick is it's kind of normal this summer it's a bit get a bit summer it's a bit of get a bit of isn't it. and the snow of ice isn't it. and the snow especially scotland way which is basically where that's where going the of us are going to be the rest of us are going to be the rest of us are going in the tramlines , goi

see the met office in place.more details on those . think about face tattoos? mark@gbnews.uk lin mei i just think it's a bit of a non—story, to be honest. there's so many laser treatments you can get that can be gone in a week. really? yeah like i've got a lot of tattoos myself, but i like the flexibility of no of tattoos myself, but i like is that, this is, this is a nothing burger. yeah. anyway sticking with the royal siblings, this story in the star shows the royal family weaponizing christmas presents. paul oh yes. archie and lilibet will receive royal gifts . royal will receive royal gifts. royal christmas gifts. but harry and meghan, no spin, no bias, no censorship. i'm dan wootton. tonight, britain is battling a general strike by stealth militant unions have ground the country to a halt and put lives at risk because their petty politics forces hard working brits into lockdown for a third painful year. lockdown for a third painful year . i'll lockdown for a third painful year. i'll unleash on the selfish re

the met office in custody.low weather warnings , issued yellow weather warnings, issued yellow weather warnings, is expecting ice for much of scotland. the north—west of the south—west and wales today. it comes as blizzards are set to sweep across the north of the country this weekend. temperatures could temper rise on sunday. however, frost is expected to create difficult road conditions. finnegan gael leader leo varadkar is now irish to shock again he's replacing feet of foil leader micheal martin as , part of the rotating martin as, part of the rotating tea shock within ireland's coalition government. mr. varadkar previously held the office from 2017 to 2020. committee investigating the january six capitol riot says reportedly preparing to vote on three criminal charges against donald trump . if passed, they'll donald trump. if passed, they'll urge the us justice department to indict the former president with offences including insurrection . discussions are insurrection. discussions are also set to take pla

the met office has issued areas. the met office has issued areas.rning in place for parts of southwest england and south wales that's overnight 2 am. until 3 pm. tomorrow the yellow alert remains in place for snow and ice . the north and for snow and ice. the north and east of scotland met office says freezing conditions could last until 10 am. tomorrow morning . until 10 am. tomorrow morning. well over in the us at least 60 people have died and thousands are without power as winter storms continue to hammer both the us and canada freezing temperatures and blizzard conditions have many areas under more than four feet of snow. the city

met office.ou waking up to a covering of you waking up to a covering of snow in places. frosty of snow in places. it's a frosty icy start again. and we do have met office yellow warnings in place. here's big picture. low pressure north and the pressure to the north and the southwest. this one is trying to introduce mild air, air, but it's not really succeeding . we it's not really succeeding. we stay in the cold air for at least the next couple of days. a couple of weather fronts enhancing the snow showers. northern scotland down parts of eastern england. so some wet weather because the weather overnight because the southwest bit of in places southwest bit of snow in places here and potentially quite icy. first thing this morning, ice , a first thing this morning, ice, a risk wherever we've had showers through course of the night through the course of the night . but for most, it's just going to be a fine crisp, cold winter's day with temperatures just getting above freezing for most of us to thr

the met office hasissued centimetres of snow.ion from this as well, this warning is valid from 3am friday until midday. this is a further snow falling across scotland and ray moving away from northern ireland and england and wales, still will be windy, but we will see a return to some sunshine. if anything, temperatures are a touch for most than they are going to be today. as we head on into saturday, new year's you, we have rain in the south, we still have some snow falling, especially on higher ground across the path north of scotland, the suspicion of which a three—day is the rain in between are something drier and brighter. these temperatures, norwich getting up to 15 degrees, average here at this time of year is seven. as we head towards the midnight hour we still will have some rain around across parts of england and wales, this forecast could still change as it has been doing in the last couple of days, drierfurther north has been doing in the last couple of days, drier further north where it is going to be cold, as low as

the met office have issued an amber ice warning. some treacherous conditions on roads and pavements through the day on sunday as the wet and windy moves northwards. hello this is bbc news. with xxxx. the headlines. train passengers face further delays today, as the rmt union continue their 48—hour strike. only one in five services are expected to operate hospitals are told to free up beds ahead of ambulance staff going on strike in england on wednesday. a 33 year old woman has died after being injured in a crush at a gig at london's brixton 02 academy — two other women remain in a critical condition it is equal. let's go and take a look at what is on the show. after another tumultuous year for the global economy, are things going to get any better in 2023? after all, 2022 brought a war in ukraine, a global energy crisis, more trade restrictions, covid's continuation, and a cost of living crisis. so, will the impact of all of that start to ease over the next 12 months? i'm going to hear what it all means from one of the world's most

we'll as we reflecting with about reflecting with jack about the weather conditions, the met office provisionally weather conditions, the met offi coldest sionally recording weather conditions, the met offi coldest nightly recording weather conditions, the met offi coldest night and cording weather conditions, the met offi coldest night and of ding weather conditions, the met offi coldest night and of the| the coldest night and of the year yesterday . the cold weather year yesterday. the cold weather continuing the met office now issuing a yellow snow and ice warning scotland, warning for. northern scotland, northeast england from midnight tonight until noon thursday , tonight until noon thursday, southwest of england. reporter is actually snowed in on exmoor. geoff we can see why behind you how the farmers and livestock holding up because clearly this looks if it might extend till the end of the week . yes the end of the week. yes absolutely. well, not too bad to be honest . mean a lot of farms be honest. mean a lot of farms have four by fours and trucks that they can move around quite easily .

the met office anywhere fast. the met office say it's the wrong type of snow .get snow, it's to do with mild iraq coming in from the atlantic and it's what we call transient snow. so it snows heavily, but then it clears away or it doesn't last too long. but because we've been in air, it's not going in the cold air, it's not going to shift, temperatures have been struggling, get above freezing by below freezing by day and well below freezing at around. at night. so it sticks around. it may a little bit through it may melt a little bit through the day. then that just the day. and then that just makes really icy makes things really icy and really has really treacherous. so it has been unusually long cold been an unusually long cold spell of weather. they're calling it the troll of trondheim and it's got a sting in its tail . dozens of flights in its tail. dozens of flights out of glasgow have been cancelled or delayed. similar scenes at other airports . scenes at other airports. passengers stranded long waits on the tarmac in parts of scotland . homes have been sco

and the met office. including. and the met office. have issued yellow weather warnings as .d yellow weather warnings as. ice is expected for much of scotland the north—west. the southwest and wales today this comes as blizzards are set to sweep across the of the country this weekend . country this weekend. temperatures could suddenly rise on sunday and ice is then to create rather difficult road conditions . simon in york has conditions. simon in york has beenin conditions. simon in york has been in touch. i'm sorry no i was admitted to hospital related to oncology a couple of years ago. it's the first time ever spentin ago. it's the first time ever spent in hospital which was a two night stay. one of the causes of bed availability is actually how difficult it is to get out hospital from being informed my discharge informed. my discharge the process of actually leaving took around 5 hours waiting for sign off discharge documents from a doctor is . almost impossible doctor is. almost impossible because they're busy making ward visits. another medical activity fast tracked dis

it's going to be met office the weather is on the way.ice the weather is on the way . it's going to be a frosty way. it's going to be a frosty friday with some snow likely across scotland. be heavy in places as well. a make or some disruption particularly friday morning rush hour through the central . this central belt. this is the culprit doesn't much it a culprit doesn't look much it a fairly area of pressure but fairly weak area of pressure but these weather fronts moving in will be bringing some wet weather cold it weather hitting cold air. it could provide heavy snow could provide some heavy snow later tonight . still a few later tonight. still a few wintry showers over northern scottish eastern england where things be quite icy and things could be quite icy and some fog patches reforming this evening could be quite dense, but for most it's clear and it is very cold, especially in the south as you will be quite it's cold across the northwest compared to recent nights because here that wet weather is moving some heavy snow over moving

hasissued centimetres of snow, the met office has issued an amber weather warning for the heavy rainalling across the north of scotland and bands of rain moving away from northern ireland, england and wales will still be windy but we will see is returned as a gentle stop of anything, it damages up a touch of most and they will be today. as we head on into saturday, new year's eve, we have rain in the south, still have some snow falling, especially on higher ground, fun of the scotland pushing northwards through the day is a need the rain coming between somewhat dry and bright of us norwich, getting up to 15 degrees, average here this time of year is 7 degrees. as we head towards the midnight hour, we will still have to rain around, but in england and wales, focus could still change as it has been doing in the last couple of days, drier further north where it is going to be cold, as low as —7 —8, but you can keep up—to—date way of where you are on our bbc weather app. then as we head on into new year's day, you will find that it remains unsettled, this band of rain has been giving us

the met office says overnight frost is expected until friday.eatherjournalist until friday. weather journalist nathan roe gave gb news his advice to drivers going on long car journeys . when this is going car journeys. when this is going on is not a good idea. if you do have to do essential journeys, make sure you're prepared because if your car breaks down, remember that will be get remember that it will be get cold car, will not be cold in the car, you will not be able to heat it. so take blankets, take hot drinks, make sure you're prepared, try and avoid long, long journeys. avoid long, long, long journeys. i because i know it's difficult because the on strike all the trains are on strike all this and the airports are this week and the airports are in be prepared if in chaos. but be prepared if you're your overnight in you're in your car overnight in these you need to these temperatures, you need to be ready for it. britain's economy grew between september and shrunk and october, but is still shrunk over three months. over the last three mont

at the moment the met office has issued a early warning for snow in scotland during wednesday. levels take care. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm monica miller. the headlines... england's footballers cruise past senegal and secure a place in the world cup quarterfinals after beating them 3—0. millions of people celebrated across the uk as the goals rolled in. england will face a mouthwatering tie against france in the quarterfinals, after the defending champions beat poland 3—i. in other headlines, belgium is set for the trial of ten men accused of involvement in the deadliest attack on belgian soil since the second world war which left 32 people dead. the actress kate winslet joins calls for the uk

warn their homes to at least 18 degrees as a cold snap begins overnight from this evening, the met officeed a yellow warning across parts of wales, northern england, northern scotland and england's east coast forecasters arctic coast. forecasters say arctic air move in with air will move in with temperatures predicted to drop to ten degrees to lows of minus ten degrees overnight . warnings will remain overnight. warnings will remain in until tomorrow in place until tomorrow afternoon . today on gb news afternoon. today on gb news offering. you always happens. now back to beth . now back to beth. hey, good morning. welcome to bev turner . hey, good morning. welcome to bev turner. today on tv news, i'm here to get you over the midweek slump with the biggest stories and the smartest debates. counter—terrorism police say that the threat of terrorism remains real and the pubuc terrorism remains real and the public must be extra vigilant throughout the festive period. the police say there is no specific intelligence of a planned attacks . so let's find planned attacks. so let's find out what th

check out the met office warnings .

despite some cold weather earlier in december, the met office has announced that, provisionally, thisevery month apart from december has seen temperatures above average, and, actually, as we close out the year, we are going to stick with some relatively mild weather. it means that most of us will see outbreaks of rain and some strong winds, any snow, really, confined to high ground in the north of the uk. there is going to be a lot of rain for some. over the next five days, we will see close to 100 millimetres of rain accumulating over some high ground in the western side of england and parts of wales, all of that being brought to us by this big stripe of cloud, a succession of weather systems working in from the atlantic, bringing some outbreaks of rain. we saw some quite heavy rain pushing north—eastwards during wednesday. that's clearing away to leave a mix of sunny spells and showers for thursday. some of the showers will be heavy, wintry over high ground in the north of the uk. and a widely windy day, as well. the strongest winds will always be around some of our coasts. temperat

the met office is significantly. the met office is warning of up to four inches of snow in london and the south—east this weekend and that as the average of renting a property is by £117 a month from last year. that's according to zoopla. the property websites , a zoopla. the property websites, a typical month's rent is at £1,100 and roughly 35% of the average income of a single earner london, manchester and glasgow have all seen particularly sharp increases in the last year. particularly sharp increases in the last year . a serving police the last year. a serving police officer has been charged with two counts of rape . pc rupert two counts of rape. pc rupert edwards is alleged to have carried out offences in lambeth and surrey this year whilst off duty . he was first arrested back duty. he was first arrested back in september and suspended. he's due to appear at west manchester court today . and the king and court today. and the king and queen consort visited welsh football team wrexham today, along with hollywood

most concerned about significant eyes—mac in northern england, so much so the met office have an ambersk will diminish. rain northern in the night scotland. the milder airfeeds northwards across all areas. very mild by the end of the night. a frost free night for all. it will be wet and windy in places. that mild and unsettled the theme continues for the week ahead, even to the run—up to christmas. there are signs of returning a little bit colder across northern areas over the christmas period. stay tuned the forecast. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. it�*s kicked off, argentina v france for the football world cup 2022 in doha. will it be messi�*s moment, or another marker for mbappe? in that game argentina have already taken the lead, they a man has been charged with facilitating attempted illegal

the met office has issued areas. the met office has issued areas. the met office has issued a yellow warning in place for parts of southwest england and south wales that's overnight 2 am. until 3 pm. tomorrow the yellow alert remains in place for snow and ice . the north and for snow and ice. the north and east of scotland met office says freezing conditions could last until 10 am. tomorrow morning . until 10 am. tomorrow morning. well over in the us at least 60 people have died and thousands are without power as winter storms continue to hammer both the us and canada freezing temperatures and blizzard conditions have many areas under more than four feet of snow. the city buffalo in new york state has been hit the hardest with eight fatalities. many people freezing to death in their cars. president joe biden has declared a federal emergency back here. four people have been injured and a gas explosion at house in worcestershire. emotional sea services were called to the incident in evesham shortly after 5 pm, three of the injured were taken to hospit

it's going to be met office the weather is on the way.ice the weather is on the way . it's going to be a frosty way. it's going to be a frosty friday with some snow likely across scotland. be heavy in places as well. a make or some disruption particularly friday morning rush hour through the central . this central belt. this is the culprit doesn't much it a culprit doesn't look much it a fairly area of pressure but fairly weak area of pressure but these weather fronts moving in will be bringing some wet weather cold it weather hitting cold air. it could provide heavy snow could provide some heavy snow later tonight . still a few later tonight. still a few wintry showers over northern scottish eastern england where things be quite icy and things could be quite icy and some fog patches reforming this evening could be quite dense, but for most it's clear and it is very cold, especially in the south as you will be quite it's cold across the northwest compared to recent nights because here that wet weather is moving some heavy snow over moving