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but let's in the midlands. let's not work in the midlands.l out about >> but we won't fall out about it. it over christmas. it. debating it over christmas. >> no, no no, you have got a very interesting here for very interesting one here for you though . um, do think you you though. um, do you think you should go on public transport for free? millions of train passengers, of course, are going to have to pay more for their tickets next year. with hikes in fares of nearly 5, with news like this, the idea of free pubuc like this, the idea of free public transport might seem like a fantasy , but perhaps it's not. a fantasy, but perhaps it's not. so far off. after all, because montpellier residents in southern france are able to ride buses and trams at no cost at all. and that follows in the footsteps of luxembourg, apparently, and the capital of estonia. so we're asking why not? should we follow suit? >> or maybe you think it would ruin the economy ? well, joining ruin the economy? well, joining us to discuss this is travel journalist christian wo

we are an sme based in the midlands and — on? we are an sme based in the midlands and we _ on? sme based in the midlands and we have been - on? we are an sme based in the - midlands and we have been delivering houses for the past 90 years. we tend to build relatively small scale developments, so very much a sustainable development. we normally have three sites, which currently have three sites, which currently have 200 unit stuck in the planning process. we have no home theme built on site and we have had to completely change our business and focus on delivering care and extra care homes rather than affordable or market homes. my mac so why have you had to do that? what is the reason that your plans haven't been approved? the biggest issue hasn't been as goh said, the economics. it has been around the planning policy and that changed her those numbers being advisory. it is all very well putting pressure on planners to deliver but if only have liver live a healthy numbers, then you are not actually helping housing delivery. what you make of this idea that there will be consequen

of midlands.res 3 or 4 temperatures widely 3 or 4 degrees below freezing . and degrees below freezing. and that's in towns and cities, rural spots even lower. so a hard frost in the morning still a potential for some icy conditions as well. and some thick, stubborn fog patches, particularly over the midlands, could take most of the day to clear a few more showers coming into south—west scotland . into south—west scotland. there'll be a mixture of rain, sleet and snow, mostly rain showers and south—west showers for wales and south—west england. but most places actually just having a fine, bright cold winter's day with temperatures struggling to get much above 1 or 2 degrees for most could see a little most of us could see a little bit rain, and snow most of us could see a little bit inain, and snow most of us could see a little bit in across and snow most of us could see a little bit in across the nd snow most of us could see a little bit in across the midlands, coming in across the midlands, south

they'll take a time to particularly to clear, particularly from the midlands, should clear midlands,ld clear away. then most of us dry away. and then most of us dry and bright with some sunshine. but it to be too but don't expect it to be too warm. it's a cold first saturday of december, or 2 degrees in of december, 1 or 2 degrees in many places, particularly if that little milder that fog sticks a little milder in the south—west where there will 2 showers drifting will be 1 or 2 showers drifting in evening in through the evening and overnight, they'll have some snow mixed in, mostly over hills. as we go through the hills. but as we go through the night, a little bit night, we could see a little bit coming to levels, coming down to lower levels, perhaps of the perhaps into parts of the midlands and southern and eastern england perhaps eastern england. so perhaps waking dusting in the waking up to a dusting in the morning again, potentially morning and again, potentially quite as quite icy overnight as temperatures fall widely below freezing, three, minus freezing, minus three, minus

the west midlands police force area has know. the west midlands police force area has the — know. area has the highest rate _ know. the west midlands police force area has the highest rate of _ know. the west midlands police force area has the highest rate of knife - area has the highest rate of knife crime in the country. if area has the highest rate of knife crime in the country. hi area has the highest rate of knife crime in the country.— crime in the country. if i multiply the treat crime in the country. if i multiply the great team _ crime in the country. if i multiply the great team i _ crime in the country. if i multiply the great team i have _ crime in the country. if i multiply the great team i have by - crime in the country. if i multiply the great team i have by ten - crime in the country. if i multiply the great team i have by ten we | the great team i have by ten we would _ the great team i have by ten we would still be pretty busy so what we didn't — would still be pretty busy so what we didn't want to do was have a waiting — we didn't want to do was have a waiting l

i in newcastle under lyme, actually midlands. i like actually in the midlands.well. you are from yes my passion is from trent? yes my passion is that, like you explained, this brain drain. so many people from the north. if you were okay and i've just fallen into his trap again. i've just mentioned the nonh again. i've just mentioned the north again, but okay. the midlands from anywhere outside north again, but okay. the milondon. rom anywhere outside north again, but okay. the milondon. ifn anywhere outside north again, but okay. the milondon. if yomywhere outside north again, but okay. the milondon. if you want re outside north again, but okay. the milondon. if you want to outside of london. if you want to succeed, if you want to achieve. i've all too often you get put to this horrible, horrible choice of right. do i stay with my in my home, or do my family and in my home, or do i try and move and let's face it, more often than not it means to london to try and succeed in my and i think my chosen career. and i think it's such an awful and it's such an awful cho

west midlands, nonh the east midlands west midlands, north west, north, east yorkshire and the humberng north york, moors and parts of scotland , are moors and parts of scotland, are expected to see more snow later . expected to see more snow later. and those posting cards and letters this christmas are for in a festive surprise. thanks to singing post boxes. royal mail says. singing post boxes. royal mail says . royal mail says special says. royal mail says special post boxes are placed in london. swansea glasgow and belfast and respond to post with festive tunes. respond to post with festive tunes . this includes jingle tunes. this includes jingle bells . we wish you a merry bells. we wish you a merry christmas and deck the halls . christmas and deck the halls. this is gb news across the uk on tv , in your car, on your digital tv, in your car, on your digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. and now it's back to cameron and . pip it's back to cameron and. pip >> good morning. plenty of you have been getting in touch so far . we've got a lot to talk far. we've

in this very same hotel in the midlands. omar. in this very same hotel in the midlands .. and there he is. and that is, ladies and gentlemen, that is 20 and £10 notes that he's earnt. i believe, illegally working on these fast food companies , these fast food companies, working in fast food shops . yes, working in fast food shops. yes, there he is. and look at all that cash. so no costs loads of cash, no tax . and british cash, no tax. and british workers having their wages depressed . this is really, depressed. this is really, really serious. and this is going on all over the country where there are migrant hotels and fast food outlets near by. and the scale of this , of the and the scale of this, of the 150 plus thousand people, the backlog who are not yet allowed to work, my gut is 100,000 plus could well be illegal working £2,000 a person lost tax revenue. that's £200 million. tens of thousands of british people are not able to earn their back on benefits . that's their back on benefits. that's hundreds of millions more . all hundreds of millions more. all of this goi

in this very same hotel in the midlands. omar. in this very same hotel in the midlands .. and there he is. and that is, ladies and gentlemen, that is 20 and £10 notes that he's earnt. i believe, illegally working on these fast food companies , these fast food companies, working in fast food shops . yes, working in fast food shops. yes, there he is. and look at all that cash. so no costs loads of cash, no tax . and british cash, no tax. and british workers having their wages depressed . this is really, depressed. this is really, really serious. and this is going on all over the country where there are migrant hotels and fast food outlets near by. and the scale of this , of the and the scale of this, of the 150 plus thousand people, the backlog who are not yet allowed to work, my gut is 100,000 plus could well be illegal working £2,000 a person lost tax revenue. that's £200 million. tens of thousands of british people are not able to earn their back on benefits . that's their back on benefits. that's hundreds of millions more . all hundreds of millions more. all of this goi

some showers work in across merseyside, greater manchester, and north—west midlands but otherwise, it'scontinue to get brighter and brighter with sunny spells breaking out widely and those temperatures lifting in places into double figures. make the most of that relatively quiet spell because on tuesday, we're back to another area of low pressure. this one slowly rolling in off the atlantic, bringing with it some persistent rain in scotland. aberdeen's already had over a months worth of rain, so we could see some localised flooding impacts. bit of snow over the higher scottish mountains but nothing to get excited about — it's really high up. blustery conditions in the southwest with plenty of showers, some of them turning quite heavy with an odd rumble of thunder. temperatures again quite widely into double figures but again, scotland seeing temperatures around 6 or 7. now, that low pressure starts to pull away during wednesday. as it does so, the winds go round to a northeasterly direction, bringing some damp weather to eastern areas of england but also dropping the temperatures progre

some showers work in across merseyside, greater manchester, and northwest midlands — but otherwise, it'sunny spells breaking out widely, and those temperatures lifting in places into double figures. make the most of that relatively quiet spell because, on tuesday, we're back to another area of low pressure. this one slowly rolling in off the atlantic, bringing with it some persistent rain in scotland — aberdeen�*s already had over a month's worth of rain, so we could see some localised flooding impacts. bit of snow over the high scottish mountains, but nothing to get excited about, it's really high up. blustery conditions in the southwest with plenty of showers, some of them turning quite heavy, with an odd rumble of thunder. temperatures again quite widely into double figures, but again, scotland seeing temperatures around 6—7. now, that low pressure starts to pull away during wednesday — as it does so, the winds go round to a northeasterly direction, bringing some damp weather to eastern areas of england, but also dropping the temperatures progressively through the day — such that by t

west midlands police said 46 people were arrested.yor of the west midlands has called for urgent and strong action, what can you tell us?— what can you tell us? yes, and i have been _ what can you tell us? yes, and i have been speaking _ what can you tell us? yes, and i have been speaking to - what can you tell us? yes, and i have been speaking to the - what can you tell us? yes, and i l have been speaking to the police this morning, who say that this was almost unprecedented in recent years the of violence that happened outside the game last night. this was a europa conference league game against legia warsaw and there had been a dispute in the run—up to the game about the allocation of tickets for the polish fans. they were unhappy, and they were even more unhappy, and they were even more unhappy when the authorities restricted that to just over 1000 tickets. but according to police, those were given to legia warsaw in the afternoon yesterday, fans were told to come here to pick them up, but for some reason they were not given to th

a very worthy winner of the award as bbc sports personality of the year unsung hero for the west midlandsjust a reminder of the top story, it is 1—1 between liverpool and arsenal at anfield which means arsenal will be top at christmas by a point. we will be back tomorrow evening at 6:30pm and 7:30pm but for now, that is all. good night. thousands of people in the uk won't be able to spend christmas in their own homes this year because of safety issues with the blocks of flats where they live. on average, one block a month has been evacuated this year, because of concerns about fire safety or cladding panels. in the wake of the grenfell tower disaster in london, almost 4,000 tower blocks are under scrutiny. phil hendry reports. all wrapped up for christmas, and the hammers ring out. for residents of these south london flats, a white christmas takes the form of protective plastic sheeting, while their cladding panels are stripped and replaced. as first—time buyer sitara sorts out her presents, there's another presence that keeps on giving. talking about workmen stuff straight outside your b

west midlands police recorded 22, up from just one. west yorkshire police recorded a9, up from 29.tish transport police recorded 87 incidents, up from eight in the same month a year before. we have seenjewish people who are worried about sending their children to school, about going to synagogue, about wearing anything that might allow other people to identify them as jewish. the pro—palestinian marches in london saw arrests for suspected anti—semitic offences, with the met reporting last month that 19 people had later been charged with anti—jewish hate crimes. in some places, there has also been an increase in anti—muslim hate incidents. hello, you do takeaways? yes. ok, so i come over and take away your life. bleep, bleep. israel for ever. this palestinian restaurant in london received abusive messages in the days after the hamas attack. the situation in the middle east has increased fear in bothjewish and muslim neighbourhoods in britain, every alleged hate crime adding to those anxieties. however, it appears community relations have since started to improve and overall, hate cr

that will last longest across east anglia for northern england, the midlands, northern ireland and forcotland. but the cloud will start to build towards the south—west of england through the late morning. there'll be outbreaks of heavy rain here by the time we get to the mid afternoon. temperatures starting to slip a little, 5 to 11 degrees celsius. the air milder, of course, where we've got the cloud and the rain and those heavy downpours of rain falling on saturated ground, of course, in many places. starting to drift northwards and eastwards as we head through monday evening, eventually clearing the south coast. but there's more rain just waiting in the wings and we'll be seeing that on tuesday morning. as you can see on the pressure chart here, again, it's tending to move its way northwards and eastward. so some more heavy rain across much of england and wales as we go through the first part of tuesday. that drifts into northern england by the end of the day. another feed of rain, some wintry showers, perhaps over the tops of the hills into parts of aberdeenshire with the brisk sou

for south wales, the south midlands, east anglia and southern areas, it is still going to be windy, just coastal flooding, not just today but also tonight and tomorrow along parts of the coast of east anglia. so, a mild day for northern ireland, england and wales. but a cooler day in scotland, particularly so in the north—east. through this evening and overnight we continue with wintry showers on high ground in scotland, notjust in the highlands but also the northern isles. a weather front pushes northwards, taking its rain with it. so still cold in the far north—east. could be some ice around as well to watch out for the first thing. this is the weather front which is producing all the rain. tomorrow you can see from the isobars it's going to be windy, just not as windy as today. that mild air is trying to push up in through scotland, but not succeeding into the far north—east. we start off with a fair bit of cloud and rain around. some of that, giving way to some brighter skies as we go through the course of the day, and these are our temperatures. one in lerwick, five in aberdeen, but

, the west midlands and midlands, the west midlands and north of england.north and central wales. pretty much everywhere. from 5 pm. this evening. it comes as a major incident, actually. this is horrible declared by is horrible has been declared by a cumbrian police after heavy snowfall with people urged to only travel if necessary . it is only travel if necessary. it is estimated that 2500 homes in the region are without power now joining me is meteorologist john catley. hello so, john, are you there ? yes, you are, john. thank there? yes, you are, john. thank you very much for joining us. indeed, dawn, i've got so many questions i want to ask you, not least what it's like to have a song sung about you. but evidently i have to talk to you about the weather. john so what is going with the weather? i is going on with the weather? i mean, for that, it's mean, for all that, it's basically winter, isn't it ? basically winter, isn't it? >> well, isn't this the bottom line, really? >> we're at the beginning of december. >> we expect some years that we're going to

the west midlands police force area _ young people know.n't want to do is have a waiting _ what we didn't want to do is have a waiting list. — what we didn't want to do is have a waiting list, and we have had to. for more — waiting list, and we have had to. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. the irish president michael d higgins is expected to be among mourners attending the funeral later of the pogues frontman shane macgowan, at a church service in nenagh in county tipperary. the musician died last week at the age of sixty—five. in the past hour, his coffin has been driven in a horse—drawn carriage through the streets of dublin, accompanied by a marching band and a lone piper. #a # a dirty old town, dirty old town... people in the streets of the irish capital broke into impromptu performances of the pogues�* best known songs, including dirty old town, which we're listening to now, and of course, fairytale of new york. at the funeral, the mourners will be led by his widow victoria m

ireland and wales knocking a few holes into the cloud so a bit of sunshine for wales, the south midlandsouthern england, otherwise quite cloudy with rain across north—western areas, cold air across north—western areas, cold air across the far north of the uk and that continues to bring some snow showers into shetland, we seen some in the last hour, temperature struggling to get much of anything above freezing here but otherwise it's a mild day and the mild air flow continues overnight tonight. we've got this weather front that starts to bump into some of the cold air and it starts to bump into some of the cold airand it could starts to bump into some of the cold air and it could start to turn to snow across northern most areas of scotland. meanwhile, western scotland. meanwhile, western scotland you will see outbreaks of rain, flooding concerns with the rain, flooding concerns with the rain given that it will be heavy and persistent. foremost, a mild night but with lower temperatures across the far north of scotland as an additional risk of icy stretches and tomorrow, if you are planning

widespread, sharp frost overnight and there could be mist, fog and low cloud through parts of the midlandsand and north—west england. if you are arriving into wales on the far south—west. another cold day, typical temperature is only 1—3. and this time tomorrow, some wet weather pushing east. that will bring a mixture of rain and snow. snow more likely north of the m4. we could have freezing rain

west midlands police said missiles were thrown at officers.ish side had been told four weeks ago that their ticket allocation would be reduced to just over 1,000 over safety concerns. aston villa said about an hour before kick—off, legia fans engaged in what they described as "planned and systematic violent acts against west midlands police officers". the travelling supporters were subsequently barred from entering the stadium. uefa is now in the process of gathering all official reports from the game before deciding on potential next steps. 0n the pitch, villa had already qualified for the knock out stages, but alex moreno gave them a 2—1 victory to put them top of their group — ahead of last night's opponents. brighton sealed their place in the knockout stages of the europa league, with a 1—0 win over aek athens but their supporters�* joy was short lived after fans were inadvertently affected by tear gas. sussex police said flash bangs and tear gas were used towards the home supporters after the final whistle, which kept fans inside the stad

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a very worthy winner of the award as bbc sports personality of the year unsung hero for the west midlandsop at christmas by a point. we will be back tomorrow evening at 6:30pm and 7:30pm but for now, that is all. good night. thousands of people in the uk won't be able to spend christmas in their own homes this year because of safety issues with the blocks of flats where they live. on average, one block a month has been evacuated this year, because of concerns about fire safety or cladding panels.

it's likely to stay dry through the east midlands, east anglia and south—east england.er story with some wintry showers developing. as the temperatures fall away in scotland, at lower levels we could see further disruptive snow through saturday night into the early hours of new year's eve first thing on sunday morning. so here's that low. it will start to push away during sunday and then leave us in quite a showery regime. perhaps new year's eve will be a slightly quieter story. there will be a rash of showers. there will be some strong, gusty winds down to the south, but those showers will tend to fade away as we go through the day. it certainly will be a slightly quieter story across much of scotland — six or seven degrees here. sunny spells and scattered showers with highs of eight to ten elsewhere. into new year's eve itself, if you are off out and about, it looks likely that it will be a cooler story with a few scattered showers around. the strongest of the winds as you see in the new year down to the south. then on new year's day and into tuesday, it will be a lit

some showers work in across merseyside, greater manchester, and north—west midlands — but otherwise,spells breaking out widely, and those temperatures lifting in places into double figures. make the most of that relatively quiet spell because, on tuesday, we're back to another area of low pressure. this one slowly rolling in off the atlantic, bringing with it some persistent rain in scotland — aberdeen's already had over a month's worth of rain, so we could see some localised flooding impacts. bit of snow over the high scottish mountains but nothing to get excited about, it's really high up. blustery conditions in the southwest with plenty of showers, some of them turning quite heavy, with an odd rumble of thunder. temperatures again quite widely into double figures, but again, scotland seeing temperatures around 6—7. now, that low pressure starts to pull away during wednesday — as it does so, the winds go round to a northeasterly direction, bringing some damp weather to eastern areas of england, but also dropping the temperatures progressively through the day — such that by the time

the next specialist hospital is more than 200 miles away in midland, odessa. going to be moving to midland because of the like where am i going to be delivering? so i might be going over there. wow. so that you're moving completely just to be closer to the hospital? yes. uprooting her life to give birth. carrie gonzalez says she would do the same next time. you had this whole plan for how you wanted your birthing process to be. it didn't work out that way. so how does it make you feel now? i mean, it makes me sad, really. i mean, i feel really lucky that we had a healthy baby, but that should be the minimum when you're having a baby. for matter of fact, i'm leone lakhani in west texas. coming up, his job to accurately recreate dinosaur skeletons as we have the bones. his challenge there may have been buried under two miles of sediment, but how he works to show you what dinosaurs really looked like. plus we're talking about people trying to influence our perceptions and our beliefs. what you can do to be a smarter consumer of social media this upcoming election

it's likely to stay dry through the east midlands, east anglia and south—east england.ry showers developing. as the temperatures fall away in scotland, at lower levels we could see further disruptive snow through saturday night into the early hours of new year's eve first thing on sunday morning. so here's that low. it will start to push away during sunday and then leave us in quite a showery regime. perhaps new year's eve will be a slightly quieter story. there will be a rash of showers. there will be some strong, gusty winds down to the south, but those showers will tend to fade away as we go through the day. it certainly will be a slightly quieter story across much of scotland — six or seven degrees here. sunny spells and scattered showers with highs of eight to ten elsewhere. into new year's eve itself, if you are off out and about, it looks likely that it will be a cooler story with a few scattered showers around. the strongest of the winds as you see in the new year down to the south. then on new year's day and into tuesday will be a little bit quieter and a littl

that will last longest across east anglia for northern england, the midlands, northern ireland and forll start to build towards the south—west of england through the late morning. there'll be outbreaks of heavy rain here by the time we get to the mid afternoon. temperatures starting to slip a little 5 to 11 degrees celsius. the air milder, of course, where we've got the cloud and the rain and those heavy downpours of rain falling on saturated ground, of course, in many places. starting to drift northwards and eastwards as we head through monday evening, eventually clearing the south coast. but there's more rain just waiting in the wings and we'll be seeing that on tuesday morning. as you can see on the pressure chart here, again, it's tending to move its way northwards and eastward. so some more heavy rain across much of england and wales as we go through the first part of tuesday. that drifts into northern england by the end of the day. another feed of rain, some wintry showers, perhaps over the tops of the hills into parts of aberdeenshire with the brisk south(—easterly wind. with th

it will push its way eastwards to bring an area of snow for parts of wales, the midlands, north of thennines, for example. ice will be a significant risk as well. northern areas, another very cold night, particularly in northern scotland, —10, —11 celsius, but less cold across southern britain. but we do start with that wintry mix across eastern england, south east scotland, first thing on sunday. then it's replaced with cloud and outbreaks of rain, slightly less cold weather, but it's still going to be chilly. northern half of the country — another very cold start. here, drier and brighter with some sunshine, less cold across the south, 11 degrees in plymouth. that's because this area of low pressure will throw up some milder airfor a time on monday, but also wetter and windy weather. and it will be pretty atrocious day, i think, across england and wales. cold, wet, windy, the wintry showers also affecting eastern scotland. best of the sunshine across the northwest and we could start to see some winteriness developing on the back edge of that low across the north of england into wales

areas, the midlands, parts some good as well. central areas, the midlands, parts some good dry, wellsome good dry, clear spells throughout the night. that weather then will push that dry weather then will push northwards. respite northwards. so some respite spreading north throughout the night. also some heavy night. but also some very heavy rain arriving into the far southwest with a southerly breeze across the country . breeze across the country. another mild night, but it will be a very wet start to the weekend, particularly across southern areas where there's already a lot of water on the roads as well as northern ireland and parts of scotland, too, where we've had a of too, where we've had a lot of rain already week by the rain already this week by the afternoon and by lunchtime, it does up from the west. and does clear up from the west. and so there will be some sunshine in afternoon, winds in the afternoon, but the winds do up there is a wind do pick up and there is a wind warning we see warning in force. we could see gusts excess of 60mph, gusts in excess of 60mph, particular

areas, the midlands, parts some good as well. central areas, the midlands, parts some good dry, wellr seeing some good dry, clear spells throughout the night. that weather then will push that dry weather then will push northwards. respite northwards. so some respite spreading north throughout the night. also some heavy night. but also some very heavy rain arriving into the far southwest with a southerly breeze across the country . breeze across the country. another mild night, but it will be a very wet start to the weekend, particularly across southern areas where there's already a lot of water on the roads as well as northern ireland and parts of scotland, too, where we've had a of too, where we've had a lot of rain already week by the rain already this week by the afternoon and by lunchtime, it does up from the west. and does clear up from the west. and so there will be some sunshine in afternoon, winds in the afternoon, but the winds do up there is a wind do pick up and there is a wind warning we see warning in force. we could see gusts excess of 60mph, gusts in excess of 60mph, p

but the best chance of seeing some sunshine will be across the midlands, anglia and the midlands, eastst as well as later in the southern scotland. it's the day. southern scotland. it's going colder on going to be a bit colder on friday. highs of 11 degrees, a brighter outlook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on . gb news. sponsors of weather on. gb news. >> still to come, we're going to be previewing what could be a very busy 2024 in british politics. all the details heading your way in just a moment loads of you getting in touch. this morning. thank you for everyone who's got in politics wise, michael says i don't want any of them to get into number 10. i might not vote for any of them. they're all liars. people have mugs if they believe a word they say. no one in number 10, though michael could be chaos. oh goodness . so someone's got to oh goodness. so someone's got to do the job. it is 7:00. it's thursday , the 28th of december. thursday, the 28th of december. today well, it is all about politics because the election speculation is rife as the date has been set for a spring bud

it will push its way eastwards to bring an area of snow for parts of wales, the midlands, north of the will be a significant risk as well. northern areas, another very cold night, particularly in northern scotland, —10, —11 celsius, but less cold across southern britain. but we do start with that wintry mix across eastern england, south east scotland, first thing on sunday. then it's replaced with cloud and outbreaks of rain, slightly less cold weather, but it's still going to be chilly. northern half of the country — another very cold start. here, drierand brighter with some sunshine, less cold across the south, 11 degrees in plymouth. that's because this area of low pressure will throw up some milder airfor a time on monday, but also wetter and windy weather. and it will be pretty atrocious day, i think, across england and wales. cold, wet, windy, the wintry showers also affecting eastern scotland. best of the sunshine across the northwest and we could start to see some winteriness developing on the back edge of that low across the north of england into wales. a cold day to come. eve

the south—west of the country are very quickly from morning onwards, hazy skies for wales in the midlandsn rain expected early in the afternoon across the south—west. and it should reach the south of wales by the latter part of the afternoon, and certainly by the evening hours, moving further northwards. but to the north it should stay clear. now the forecast then, tuesday night into wednesday, shows the weather fronts sweeping across the uk. it's a large area of low pressure, with a broad band of rain, a broad band of gale force winds around southern coasts, west and east and northern coasts too. temporarily some transient snow there, perhaps across the pennines, but most certainly across the highlands. in fact, above 200 metres, we could see ten to 15 centimetres of snow. so a really rough day for some of us on wednesday, and quite a temperature contrast, around freezing also with that wintry weather in the highlands, at least for a time. to the south of that, temperatures are in double figures on wednesday. now the low pressure bringing this unsettled weather will continue into thursda

parts of the midlands and east the east midlands and east anglia well into the afternoon.n for many, though, certainly in the west, is a fine the west, tomorrow is a fine day. a bit a chilly day. yes a bit of a chilly start, but looking much drier and with sunny and brighter with some sunny spells . and many of us, it spells. and for many of us, it looks lot drier from wednesday looks a lot drier from wednesday onwards . onwards. >> w- onwards. >> feeling inside wide >> that warm feeling inside wide from boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news, it's 10 am. good morning. >> on tuesday the 12th of december. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and me, pip tomson in for bev turner so rishi's crunch talks. >> the prime minister is trying to convince wavering tory rebels to convince wavering tory rebels to back the rwanda bill. this evening. we'll have the latest starmer strikes labour leader sir keir starmer has dismissed the rwanda plan as a gimmick and a piece of political performance. >> art and farage takes on the itv bosses. >> nigel farage addressed those

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to the south of art, southern part of england through the midlands, looking drier and brighter with some sunshine and still mild. this is bbc news, the headlines: president putin warns the war with ukraine will continue until russia achieves its aims. he's holding his first major news conference since the war started. the republican—led us house of representatives votes to formally authorise an impeachment inquiry into president biden. and the uk's spy agency gchq reveals its annual brainteaser for schoolchildren. let's ta ke let's take you to belfast. can you tell us what happened today and some of the background? it relates to bloody sunday, 30th january 1970 two, one of the worst incident during the conflict in northern ireland known as the troubles and many people were killed and one of the most significant and have a conflict developed lasting from the late 19605 to the conflict developed la5ting from the late 19605 to the late 19905. 13 people were shot dead by the british army, by members of the parachute regiment at a civil rights demonstration at londonderry, the second biggest

it's likely to stay dry through the east midlands, east anglia and south—east england.peratures fall away in scotland, at lower levels we could see further disruptive snow through saturday night into the early hours of new year's eve first thing on sunday morning. so here's that low. it will start to push away during sunday and then leave us in quite a showery regime. perhaps new year's eve will be a slightly quieter story. there will be a rash of showers. there will be some strong, gusty winds down to the south, but those showers will tend to fade away as we go through the day. it certainly will be a slightly quieter story across much of scotland — six or seven degrees here. sunny spells and scattered showers with highs of eight to ten elsewhere. into new year's eve itself, if you are off out and about, it looks likely that it will be a cooler story with a few scattered showers around. the strongest of the winds as you see in the new year down to the south. then on new year's day and into tuesday, it will be a little bit quieter and a little bit cooler. take care. live

it is likely to stay dry to the east midlands and east anglia in south—east england.night into the early hours of new year's eve first thing on sunday morning. the start to push away during sunday and leave us in quite as showery regime. on new even slightly quieter story. there will be showers and strong gusty winds in the south, but the showers will tend to fade away through the day and it will be a quieter story across much of scotland. six or 7 degrees here. sunny spells and scattered showers with highs of eight to ten elsewhere. into new year's eve itself, it looks like they like it will be a cooler story with a few scattered showers around. strongest of the winds down to the south. on new year's day and into tuesday it will be a little bit quieter and a little bit cooler. take care. today at one... russia has launched one of its biggest aerial attacks on ukraine since the war began. at least 18 people have been killed and dozens wounded in the strikes. dr and dozens wounded in the strikes. patrick bury |si ground dr patrick bury israel expands its ground offensi

you grew up in the midlands. tell me about your family. what did your parents do?y father was an electrical engineer. took his apprenticeship in the mines. the whole family, my father's family were miners from the warwickshire coalfields, and he worked at alfred herbert's machine tool factory all his life. ao—odd years. skilled worker, then? yes, a skilled worker, electrician. and he had a work ethic that was formidable. he worked seven days a week and my mother had been a hairdresser. but like women of that time, it was a matter of pride for my father that she should not have to work. but... ..lovely woman, very kind. what sort of cultural upbringing did you have at home? well, it was a very normal, i guess, suburban house, semidetached, in nuneaton. erm... cinemas nearby? there were cinemas, but we didn't go as a family. i was never very interested in the cinema. i was more interested in theatre. was it that the films didn't appeal, the sort of thing that was being shown? itjust didn't attract me. i mean, i cared passionately about the theatre from having been in

some showers work in across merseyside, greater manchester, and northwest midlands — but otherwise, it's temperatures lifting in places into double figures. make the most of that relatively quiet spell because, on tuesday, we're back to another area of low pressure. this one slowly rolling in off the atlantic, bringing with it some persistent rain in scotland — aberdeen's already had over a month's worth of rain, so we could see some localised flooding impacts. bit of snow over the high scottish mountains, but nothing to get excited about, it's really high up. blustery conditions in the southwest with plenty of showers, some of them turning quite heavy, with an odd rumble of thunder. temperatures again quite widely into double figures, but again, scotland seeing temperatures around 6—7. now, that low pressure starts to pull away during wednesday — as it does so, the winds go round to a northeasterly direction, bringing some damp weather to eastern areas of england, but also dropping the temperatures progressively through the day — such that by the time we get to the afternoon, we're look