but fog, but -8, -9 over the snow and midlands. �* ., , . . midlands.row - midlands. but it does mean a brighter day tomorrow will. midlands. but it does mean a l brighter day tomorrow will beat midlands. but it does mean a - brighter day tomorrow will beat a very cold one, treacherously icy to start, but fewer showers in northern and western not much warmer that the sunshine helps a little. there are numerous warnings and force including a number of flood warnings, details online. this is bbc news. the headlines at five... more than 70 cases of the south african variant of covid are identified in the uk — amid concerns the vaccine may be less effective against it. ministers say numbers are being closely monitored. we have an enhanced contact tracing to do everything we possibly can to stop them from spreading. some enjoy the wintry conditions as snow and ice sweep across the uk, but severe weather warnings are in place for many areas. the number of covid—i9 cases in the united states passes 25 million, with the death toll soaring to nearly 418,000. lea

in the midlands, laura's two children are _ time. _ time. in the midlands, laura's two children are doing their _ time. in the midlands, laura's two children are doing their best - time. in the midlands, laura's two children are doing their best with i children are doing their best with home—schooling. allowing children from two households to mix is too risky at the moment. this from two households to mix is too risky at the moment.— risky at the moment. this is far from over— risky at the moment. this is far from over and _ risky at the moment. this is far from over and as _ risky at the moment. this is far from over and as much - risky at the moment. this is far from over and as much as - risky at the moment. this is far from over and as much as it - risky at the moment. this is far from over and as much as it is. from over and as much as it is uncomfortable and hard, those of us with young people at home, it is a necessary evil and i have resigned myself to it for quite some time to come. . y ., myself to it for quite some time to

some of the highest snow totals today have been in the midlands.ing across southern england, wales, northern ireland, but it stalled here into the midlands, parts of east anglia. this is where it's been snowing for the longest. even reached parts of northern england, but it's all going to clear away southward. the met office amber warning for snow in the midlands expires this evening. of course, it will turn very icy behind it. the last of the snow clearing the far south—east into the early hours, and these wintry showers in northern scotland will pep up as the night goes on. so an ice risk here as well. plus two in stornoway. —7 or —8 could be yours where the snow is deepest in the midlands as monday begins. with all of that ice around, treacherous conditions, road, pavement, if you have to be out in the morning. for many of us, monday will be a drier, brighter day. there are these wintry showers still around in scotland. rain and sleet around the coast. sleet, snow inland, especially into the hills. one or two for northern ireland perhaps feeding

the pitch covered in snow in the west midlands for the match where villa twice came from behind.na silva saved the day for them. rangers look unstoppable in the scottish premiership at the moment. 23 points clear at the top now, after beating ross county 5—0 today. aberdeenjump above hibs, into third, after their 2—0 win over motherwell. and there was a shock in the scottish league cup semifinal, as hibs were knocked out by stjohnstone 3—0 at hampden park. craig conway with the third goal. they will play either livingston or st mirren in the final who play tomorrow. england are still in contention in sri lanka after day two of the second test. six wickets from james anderson — and an unbeaten half century from captainjoe root means england trail by 283 runs, after they finished the day 98—2 in galle. joe wilson reports. another day, another year, and who's grinning? well, england without anderson is still unthinkable. he wasn't sure about this wicket — nobody was. it took a review and replays before the spikes seemed to reveal the faint sound of bat on ball, the batsman trudging

some of the highest snow totals today have been in the midlands.arts of east anglia. this is where it�*s been snowing for the longest. even reached parts of northern england, but it�*s all going to clear away southward. the met office amber warning for snow in the midlands expires this evening. of course, it will turn very icy behind it. the last of the snow clearing the far south—east into the early hours, and these wintry showers in northern scotland will pep up as the night goes on. so an ice risk here as well. plus two in stornoway. —7 or —8 could be yours where the snow is deepest in the midlands as monday begins. with all of that ice around, treacherous conditions, road, pavement, if you have to be out in the morning. for many of us, monday will be a drier, brighter day. there are these wintry showers still around in scotland. rain and sleet around the coast. sleet, snow inland, especially into the hills. one or two for northern ireland perhaps feeding into the far north of northern england. but away from these, much of the uk during monday w

but it is going to be a damp night across wales, and the midlands, east anglia and southern england.e bit of hill snow. similar picture for parts of northern ireland. for northern england and scotland some clear spells, wintry showers for the northern isles, northern and eastern parts of scotland. making it icy in places, but it's where we have clear spells, this is where temperatures will be at their lowest tonight. but even here, not as cold as it was last night. a similar picture going into tomorrow, still a few more of these wintry showers. northern and eastern scotland, a few centimetres in places out of these. a lot of cloud, misty and murky across the southern half of england, for wales and into northern ireland where here we are going to see outbreaks of rain developing again into the afternoon. not quite as cold tomorrow, not sure many of us are going to notice the difference, though. it is still chilly. a bit of rain, sleet and snow from northern ireland pushing into parts of scotland on monday evening, but this is the more substantial system coming in on monday night. more

and after the showers fade away from north—west england, the midlands and east anglia, it could be icy. icy patches still, with the wintry showers towards the north and west of scotland, and a new area of rain, sleet and snow heading to south—west england, wales and southern parts of northern ireland. we'll start sunday with that widespread frost. icy patches, fog around in some spots, too. and a focus will be on this next area of sleet and snow, then, that will push into more of wales, towards the south and west midlands, southern areas of northern ireland, eventually feeding into parts of south—east england as the day goes on. and where you see that snow, you could see a light covering to low levels of a few centimetres, but more to higher ground. so certainly turning difficult on roads and pavements. again, also affecting southern areas of northern ireland. northern counties of northern england into scotland will see the lion's share of sunday's sunshine. but there will be further wintry showers around northern and western scotland. some rain into the afternoon heading into parts of

it could be quite heavy across parts of wales in the midlands. it will turn colder for all areas.h of the country but the cold air across northern scotland will continue to drift southwards over the next few days, low—pressure on saturday, trying to push up from the southwest and will introduce topics of rain it was a pumper to the cold air in turn rain into sleetand pumper to the cold air in turn rain into sleet and snow. some strong winds and disruption the circling around this area. some drifting over the high ground. for the rest of today, the rain and hail snow across scotland will tend to ease down and they should become dry for many and stayed quite mild across the south come heavy showers clearing away from the southeast, legacy a cloud left behind from the showers and also this weather front in the north hykeham a bit patchy rain and a little bit a light snow and equally some good smells of sunshine. northern scotland, central eastern england and very best. 11 or 12 degrees across extreme south, not as mild as yesterday, something colder for the north. cold air across the

there could bea the midlands into wales. there could be a fresh dusting of snow tomorrow morning.tly dry to the south of that, but wherever you are, another cold night. across scotland, we could see lows of —io cold night. across scotland, we could see lows of —10 degrees. watch out for some icy conditions first thing tomorrow morning, certainly a sharp frost. and we will see this weatherfront lingering through tomorrow, pushing further south. weatherfront lingering through tomorrow, pushing furthersouth. it will bring further outbreaks of sleet and snow across parts of northern england, the midlands and wales. one or two flurries to the south of that, but nothing particularly heavy. sunshine returning from the north and perhaps one or two wintry showers across the north of scotland. but generally a drier day for scotland and northern ireland. we have the wintry flurries for england and wales. pretty chilly out there on friday. towards the weekend, things are looking mostly dry on saturday. we have a change as the wind starts to come from more of a westerly direction, said tempera

this can of showers drifting across wales, the south—west coming to the midlands, could give some heavynpours with rain and thunder, and again some wintriness over the hills. temperatures rarely fall on owen to the midlands, could give some heavy downpours with rain and thunder, and again some wintriness over the hills. temperatures really fallen away into the first part of the evening, it a cold night, these heavy showers will drift across east anglia and the south—east, the showers up few centimetres in to be widespread, with temperature down to freezing or below. and at the other end of the uk, some fog patches likely tomorrow morning across parts of southern england. now, tomorrow actually not a bad day for many, some sunny spells, but you can see the stream of showers moving out of northern ireland but running through south—west scotland, northwestern would come into part of the midlands, maybe lincolnshire and east anglia. and again, some of these will bring some snow. but whether you seek showers or something, it is cold out there, two to seven celsius at best. and enforceable fa

ireland but it stalled here into the midlands and parts of east anglia.d once the met office warning for the snow in the midlands expires this evening it will turn very icy in the last of the snow clearing the far southeast into the early hours, the winter shower in northern scotland will pep up as the night goes on so an ice risk here as well. the snow is deepest as monday begins. plus two in stornaway, —7 could be yours for the snow is deepest as monday begins. with all of the ice around, treacherous conditions, road pavements, if you have to be out in the morning, for many of us it will be a brighter and drier day. showers around scotland around the coast, the snow england into the hills, wanted to forward northern ireland, away from these, much of the uk during monday it will be dry and broken cloud and sunny spells and a little less cold. still some winter showers for scotland, northern ireland and northern england going into monday night. the ice risk continues here and where any of that snow has melted during the day and refreezing over night into

and after the showers fade away from north—west england, the midlands and east anglia, it could be icyveloping. icy patches still, with the wintry showers towards the north and west of scotland, and a new area of rain, sleet and snow heading to south—west england, wales and southern parts of northern ireland. we'll start sunday with that widespread frost. icy patches, fog around in some spots, too. and a focus will be on this next area of sleet and snow, then, that will push into more of wales, towards the south and west midlands, southern areas of northern ireland, eventually feeding into parts of south—east england as a day goes on. and where you see at snow, you could see a light covering to low levels of a few centimetres, but more to higher ground. so certainly turning difficult on roads and pavements. again, also affecting southern areas of northern ireland. northern counties of northern england into scotland will see the lion's share of sunday's sunshine. but there will be further wintry showers around northern and western scotland. some rain into the afternoon heading into part

it's and the midlands. all down to this area of cloud which it's all down to this area of cloud whichhe rain pushing into the peaks in the pennines, where we could see something like 150—200 mm of rain. the met office's amber warning is out in effect for these areas. rivers in these areas are already running at elevated levels. that's before the bulk of kristoff�*s reign has even begun to arise. it will start to turn increasingly wet overnight with this zone of heavy rain lining up across northern ireland and northern england. colder airfurther ireland and northern england. colder air further north ireland and northern england. colder airfurther north in ireland and northern england. colder air further north in scotland, ireland and northern england. colder airfurther north in scotland, a ireland and northern england. colder air further north in scotland, a few wintry showers here with frost and the risk of some icy stretches in the risk of some icy stretches in the south. mild with temperatures at 10 celsius in plymouth. through tuesday, this band of rain will be unrelenting across n

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so we have seen the rain turn to snow across parts of wales, we have seen a bit of snow in the midlandssome localised disruption for these areas through the rest of today. some settling snow has already fallen across parts of flintshire, denbighshire and we have also seen snow in the west midlands, but it's across higher parts of wales that we have the greatest risk of transport disruption today. to the north of this, for most of northern england and northern ireland and scotland, the weather is bright, with some sunny spells around this afternoon, a few showers around eastern areas, but it's cold. temperatures at best around five or so. so the main risk of seeing any disruptive snow today is mainly across parts of wales, where we could see 15 centimetres across some higher elevation areas, bringing a significant risk of transport disruption, but there could be snow for a time in the midlands, causing a few problems as well. overnight, that rain and snow mixture clears southwards with clearing skies following, it's going to be a cold night, with a widespread frost around, and the risk o

but it is going to be a damp night across wales, and the midlands, east anglia and southern england.chy rain, sleet, a little bit of hill snow. similar picture for parts of northern ireland. for northern england and scotland some clear spells, wintry showers for the northern isles, northern and eastern parts of scotland. making it icy in places, but it's where we have clear spells, this is where temperatures will be at their lowest tonight. but even here, not as cold as it was last night. a similar picture going into tomorrow, still a few more of these wintry showers. northern and eastern scotland, a few centimetres in places out of these. a lot of cloud, misty and murky across the southern half of england, for wales and into northern ireland where here we are going to see outbreaks of rain developing again into the afternoon. not quite as cold tomorrow, not sure many of us are going to notice the difference, though. it is still chilly. a bit of rain, sleet and snow from northern ireland pushing into parts of scotland on monday evening, but this is the more substantial system coming

northern england and the midlands likely to see flooding, and it could be severe. will start receiving invitations within days. it will be gradual, it will be probably through the tiered system, but you are looking at that sort of period, 2 to 3 weeks after the middle of february, where we have protected those top four cohorts. new travel restrictions: international passengers must now test negative for coronavirus if travelling to the uk and self—isolate for ten days. on shift with a welsh ambulance crew — we go behind the scenes to see how they're coping during the pandemic. under pressure — borisjohnson is urged to give millions of families a "helping hand" and extend benefit increases worth £20 a week. a judge in moscow orders the russian opposition activist alexei navalny to be detained in prison until the 15th february.

but it is going to be a damp night across wales, and the midlands, east anglia and southern england.ill snow. similar picture for parts of northern ireland. for northern england and scotland some clear spells, wintry showers for the northern isles, northern and eastern parts of scotland. making it icy in places, but it's where we have clear spells, this is where temperatures will be at their lowest tonight. but even here, not as cold as it was last night. a similar picture going into tomorrow, still a few more of these wintry showers. northern and eastern scotland, a few centimetres in places out of these. a lot of cloud, misty and murky across the southern half of england, for wales and into northern ireland where here we are going to see outbreaks of rain developing again into the afternoon. not quite as cold tomorrow, not sure many of us are going to notice the difference, though. it is still chilly. a bit of rain, sleet and snow from northern ireland pushing into parts of scotland on monday evening, but this is the more substantial system coming in on monday night. more rain to f

so, where you do see that snow and ice developing, particularly across wales, parts of the midlands anduld be disruption to travel. certainly icy stretches developing is that rain, sleet and snow cleared away towards the south, with lighter winds, it could be a cold night, so any untreated surfaces will be slippery first thing sunday morning. widely getting down a few degrees below freezing for many of us, perhaps as —12 for the sheltered glens of scotland, one of the coldest nights of the winter so far. in sunday morning, a relatively quiet start to the day but the next area of low pressure will move into western parts later on, so cold, bright with some wintry sunshine and that rain as it meets the cold air could bring some fairly heavy snowfall across the likes of dartmoor, the cotswolds and into wales, the mourne mountains as well. down towards the far south—west, it will be falling as heavy rain. for the rest of the uk away from that corner, certainly seeing a lot of dry weather with some sunshine, although a little bit hazy and some wintry flurries across the north of scotland. he

parts of wales, the midlands, into southern _ of wales, the midlands, into southern areas of englandardiff, some areas like the brecon beacons is almost certainly— like the brecon beacons is almost certainly seeing heavy snow. there is a risk— certainly seeing heavy snow. there is a risk of— certainly seeing heavy snow. there is a risk of seeing some of this cold _ is a risk of seeing some of this cold air— is a risk of seeing some of this cold air turn to snow for a time across— cold air turn to snow for a time across parts— cold air turn to snow for a time across parts of england and wales, further— across parts of england and wales, further north the weather is more certain. _ further north the weather is more certain, and more settled as well, another— certain, and more settled as well, another sunny day in scotland after another sunny day in scotland after a cold _ another sunny day in scotland after a cold and — another sunny day in scotland after a cold and frosty start. so there is a lot going — a cold and frosty start. so there is a lot going on when the weather, i would _ a

rain initially and then some snow to wales, south west england, perhaps across into parts of the midlandsh the day. now, there's still some uncertainty but it looks like at this stage we could be looking at some accumulations of snow to parts of central and southern england, 1—5 cm in places likely to cause disruption. further north it will be brighter with further wintry showers across some western areas but it's going to be another really cold day where we have the lying snow across the south. into next week, it starts off cold monday but then through the week, the milder air starts to spread up from the south—west. it will be turning a lot milder across the board but with that mild moisture—laden air, we will see weather systems pushing in, too, with strong winds. this is pretty bad news after all the rain which we've seen across the north and west of the country. this could cause some issues. monday starts off cold, further wintry showers and gradually turns more unsettled, wetter and milder and windier as we move through the week, perhaps the risk of local flooding in places. this is

because hospitals are being run out of to the midlands because hospitals are being run out o— are beingng run out of space. the paper picks _ are being run out of space. the paper picks up _ are being run out of space. the paper picks up and _ are being run out of space. the paper picks up and it's - are being run out of space. the paper picks up and it's not - are being run out of space. the paper picks up and it's not the l paper picks up and it's not the only paper picks up and it's not the only paper that's picking up on this case, know the four and a half million people across england were waiting to start treatment and different forms of hospitals. that is is agonizing for so many people who need treatment desperately for the conditions. whether it is cancer or operations or what have you. fix, or operations or what have you. very significant figure, 4.5 million people on the nhs waiting lists and a small example here, there are 200,000 people who have been left waiting for more than a year for treatment and that figure was only a thousand people not too long ago. edition so much c

it will clear way southwards and wants the met office everyone for the snow in the midlands expires thisst of the snow clearing the far southeast into the early hours this winter shower in northern scotland will pep up shower in northern scotland will pep up as the night goes on so a nice risk here as well. plus two in stornaway, —7 could be yours for the snow is deep us. monday begins. with all of the ice around, treacherous conditions, road pavements, if you have to be out in the morning, for many of us it will be a brighter and drier day. went to shower sell around the scotland to mislead around the scotland to mislead around the scotland to mislead around the coast, the snow england into the hills, wanted to forward northern ireland, away from these, much of the uk during monday it will be dry and broken cloud and sunny spells and a little less cold. still some which are showers for scotland, northern ireland in northern england going into monday night. the ice risk continues here and for any of that snow has melted during the day and refreezing over night into tuesday morning. on tu

flow is down through the midlands and wales.y showers, sleet and snow packing in across eastern scotland. there could be mist and freezing fog patch around and temperatures for most of us will be below freezing, possibly as low as —10 across the sheltered glens of scotland. a cold start on friday, ice and snow around and a sharp frost. slippery surfaces. a dry day for scotland and northern ireland with sunshine, it will still be cold. quite a bit of cloud and that is producing rain, sleet and snow. the snow mainly across higher ground. dry with temperatures one to five celsius across the south—east. towards the weekend, a subtle change in the weather. the wind changes to a westerly direction but still a cold start to saturday. quite a lot of dry, bright weather, temperature is only two to five celsius, rain and hail snow moving on from the north—west. mostly dry for sunday and then things turn milder next week. thank you. that is all from the bbc news at six. for his sports day. first, sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday

this afternoon snow in north—west scotland, parts of the midlands, wales.et and snow arriving into south—west england, parts of wales, may be the far south of northern ireland. another cold night. widespread frost. temperatures across north—east scotland. so we're still very much in the cold air as we head into tomorrow. and then we have this system arriving from the south—west. as it bumps into that cold air, that will bring some snow across part of southern england, where we have not seen any snow at all so far this winter. so, snow through the morning, through parts of south—west england, wales, maybe into the far south of northern ireland, and then gradually pushing its way eastwards, but making slow progress. right along the coast, probablyjust rain, but head a little way inland, we could see a couple of centimetres in places, maybe five or six centimetres over higher ground. as we move further north, it is mostly dry. lots sunshine after that cold, frosty start, but further wintry showers pushing into the north and west of scotland and also into the n

could see some wet snow and sleet into the midlands, the south east of england as well.ere here, just holding onto the dregs of the milder air, but elsewhere cold. but at least brighter across the north and the east of the uk. just one or two wintry showers. now a very cold night to come saturday night. widespread frost, some ice to watch out for certainly for southern england and wales. and then into sunday, a new area of low pressure will start to work its way in from the west. so a cold, dry start for most, and then we'll see the clouds building, outbreaks of rain pushing in with some sleet and snow developing across northern ireland, wales again, into the midlands and southern england again. further accumulations likely over the welsh hills. further north, again brighter and drier, but a cold day for all. now as we move out of sunday into monday, that area of low pressure slips into the near continent. it's weather front breaks into two. 0ne moves southwards, another one lingers across western parts of britain. so it could be a rather wet day again for parts of north

john kay reported from one particular st in the west midlands., it's personal. sarah is on the front line. she is a health care assistant at the birmingham hospital trust that has had more than 600 covid deaths. does it help you get through? 100%. every thursday. it is like a release. it is like a release, yes. when they are all clapping, it is another week coming to an end. it is amazing, just fantastic, i can't believe it. at precisely eight o'clock, for the fifth week in a row, it felt like the whole of the uk erupted. # let it shine, let it shine, let it shine #. 8000 miles from home, members of the british antarctic surveyjoined in. in the middle east, divers from hms ledbury clapped and washed their hands at the same time. in the skies above wiltshire, the pilot of a light aircraft plotted his flight path to spell out his gratitude. while on the ground, the social distancing red arrows. from bin collectors in norfolk, to the royal family. back in the midlands, sarah and her husband, gary, who is a delivery driver, have moved into a caravan

the south—west will bring rain, increasing to snow into parts of northern ireland, the wales, the midlandsleet and snow further inland and some accumulations. across the north of the country, dry and cold with sunshine. it looks like it stays unsettled into the new week but it will be briefly turning milder across the south. a reminder of our top story... a new coronavirus vaccine, novavax, is shown to be 89% effective in trials — and works against the new variant in the uk and in the past few minutes, data shows another covid—i9 vaccine, janssen, that may only require a single dose is 66% is 66% effective overall. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. good morning. the loss of harry kane is a real blow for spurs — he was taken off at half time with injuries to both ankles and jose mourinho says his captain is likely to miss the next few weeks. he was substituted at half—time and has a history of problems with his ankle. it looked to be a knock on his left leg. liverpool took the lead just before the bre

so we have seen the rain turn to snow across parts of wales, we have seen a bit of snow in the midlandsy. some settling snow has already fallen across parts of flintshire, denbighshire and we have also seen snow in the west midlands, but it's across higher parts of wales that we have the greatest risk of transport disruption today. to the north of this, for most of northern england and northern ireland and scotland, the weather is bright, with some sunny spells around this afternoon, a few showers around eastern areas, but it's cold. temperatures at best around five or so. so the main risk of seeing any disruptive snow today is mainly across parts of wales, where we could see 15 centimetres across some higher elevation areas, bringing a significant risk of transport disruption, but there could be snow for a time in the midlands, causing a few problems as well. overnight, that rain and snow mixture clears southwards with clearing skies following, it's going to be a cold night, with a widespread frost around, and the risk of some icy patches then to take things on into sunday. sunday, i t

some flurries of snow for wales into the north midlands. degrees. scotland and northern ireland having a drier day with some sunshine, but again cold with those temperatures just a few degrees above freezing at best. heading on into the weekend and a subtle change as the wind and starts to turn a little bit more westerly. there will be some rain and hail snow pushing into the far northwest of scotland later in the day, but for much of the uk a dry day on saturday. mist and frost and fog of clearing away gradually. a little bit less cold than it has been, about two to 5 degrees, still quite chilly but there's some blue sky and sunshine to compensate. heading into sunday, a little bit more cloud drifting in across many northern and western parts of the uk. brightest in the south and the east as well. but those temperatures just starting to nudge up gradually by a few degrees. so still we are likely to see a frosty morning. temperatures by the afternoon about five to seven celsius. still below average but not as cold as it has been recently. a

we not expecting it to be too heavy but could be a bit significant for parts of the midlands and intoat times, fresh snow showers across parts of scotland and another cold day we'll all see in snow on friday and will be some sunshine as well. moving through the weekend, a subtle change as we start to see milder air here, at least in the northwest, so claudia northern ireland and scotland some sunshine showers wintry over the high ground. england and wales on saturday sting largely dry and still cold so as to bring the chilly air mass and perhaps some icy stretches, three to 5 degrees for most of us. moving into the second half of the weekend, high pressure trying to build in from the west, slightly milder appearance. so, a bit of a change in one direction and is start to see more of an western northwesterly direction the sunday bringing in a fair amount of cloud, perhaps the best of the sunshine towards eastern areas but it will bring some frost and fog patches to linger in for quite a good part of the day. temperatures up a little bit compared to recent days, somewhere between four t

especially for northwest england to the midlands intent wales as well. slow to clear through the day on thursday. should eventually break up. it may linger all day and wanted to places. the sleet and snow will clear from scotland and northern ireland pushing into parts of northern england by the time into the afternoon. that will be followed by sunny spells and further wintry showers heading in from the north. for the south many places staying dry across much of england and wales the freezing fog lingering temperatures won't get much above freezing all day. another cold day as we head through into friday. this weather front as we head through into friday. this weather front is still with us. heading south tending to fizzle out but we are still expecting some snowfall on friday for the code snow anywhere across england and wales to the course of the through the west midlands into wales. further snow showers across parts of scotland. we won't all see the wintry weather they will be some dryer and sunny weather in between. it's another cold day on friday wi

itjust kind of stores across parts of the midlands and wales, thatis parts of the midlands and wales,the middle of the week, some changes in the weather. the atlantic weather system moves in. it does have milder air behind it but it is bumping into cold air, so we have a battle zone set up. on tuesday, a bit of snow on the forward edge of the system as it comes in, but it will turn milder across wales and southern england. if you see a few flakes of snow, it will turn back to rain here. a reservoir of cold air, the snow could hang around bringing significant accumulations. on wednesday, the milder air wins out. temperatures coming up widely, but across the north and east of the uk it remains cold, still the threat of wintry weather as well. it is quarter past eight on sunday morning. thank you for being with us. we've been hearing this morning about the american talk show host, larry king, who's died at the age of 87. one of the best—known talk—show hosts. he had a very clear look, the glasses, the braces, you know what i'm talking about. he was best known for hosting a nightly talk s

that had a case rate of 530 per 100,000 people, midlands.that is three times the normal winter rate you would expect. with hospital admissions we have seen with hospital admissions we have seen increases in all regions of england, and again at london is the highest and the highest hospital admission per age group is the elderly, those who are 85 and over, and it comes down in age. that is why the body advising the government on vaccinations has prioritised elderly groups and you can see the green line there, over 85s and the next line down is 75—84 and it goes down in age and that is why they are the priority groups for the vaccinations, they are at the greatest risk from this virus, and today the medical director at public health england yvonne doyle paid tribute to the staff who she said have been working flat out, caring for patients, and she says this data brings into focus the huge pressure of the health service is under, and sadly we are seeing more deaths every day and the numbers will continue to rise before we see the impact of the

in a line, really, from the south of northern ireland into parts of wales, maybe into the south midlandsmewhat uncertain, but there will be some snow in places across central southern england, and it is another cold day. just two or three celsius in places, even where we have the sunshine further north. and that area of snow just tends to disappear as we head through sunday evening, but further snow showers then pushing into northern ireland and the north and west of scotland. and we'll keep some snow showers around on monday. it is still cold, but as we head into tuesday and wednesday, we start to see things changing from the west, as frontal systems start to push their way eastwards. but it is a cold, frosty and, in places, icy start to the new week. further snow showers across parts of scotland, maybe northern england and into the midlands, but elsewhere, it is mainly dry with some sunshine. but, yes, it is another cold day, although temperatures just starting to recover across the west and south—west of the uk. as we head through tuesday and wednesday, changes are afoot. we start to

a few flakes possible down into the midlands. but still quite wintry of the north—east. it will feel silly temperatures at three or four celsius. furtherwest, brighter temperatures at three or four celsius. further west, brighter with some sunshine. up to 9 degrees, actually pretty mild. we is balance things out come friday. there will be quite a lot of cloud hanging around. the weekend, wet and windy weather swinging in from the atlantic. friday still on the chilly side, especially with all the cloud around. much clearer conditions overall. saturday becomes milder but it is looking wet and windy. sunday will be quieter once again but turning a little cooler. for now, our major concern as we started out is that snow developing to the north of the uk. a reminder that we could see some disruption in parts of scotland and northern england. this is bbc news, i'm simon mccoy. the headlines: anger in the commons over the standard of food parcels for parents in lockdown. labour leader sir keir starmer tells the prime minister he's putti

the midlands has also been particularly hard—hit.to land which was already saturated after torrential rain and flooding. so potentially, some more problems ahead. in terms of the weather, it's not snowing here at the moment, but the warning is in certain areas could see further snow this evening up until around midnight. when we get into tomorrow, we're not out of the woods because there are further warnings from the met office in place for icy conditions, because freezing conditions, because freezing conditions overnight, it's not going to melt so it could be pretty tricky getting around when it comes to conditions tomorrow. on your marks, get set, go! a race to get out into the open air after weeks cooped up inside during lockdown. ijust think it's so important for the soul to get out, enjoy the outdoors when you can. it means literally the world to me because coronavirus has been really hard for people now. these hills in surrey resembled a ski resort as families came out for their permitted daily exercise. that's despite the met

especially northern england, midlands and eastern england. the snow in the hills. good morning, welcome to breakfast with louise minchin and dan walker. our headlines today. on his last full day as president, donald trump orders travel restrictions on the uk and the eu to be lifted. butjoe biden says it's too late and the bans will stay. storm christoph brings danger to life flood warnings with snow also expected. it is rain that will be the main focus over the next few days, a few spots could see over a months worth of rainfall. i will be here to guide you to the forecast. give us the money we're owed. the thousands of pub, restaurant and cafe owners still without the grants promised to keep them afloat. a letter seen by bbc breakfast suggests less than half of local

and after the showers fade away from north—west england, the midlands and east anglia, it could be icyrea of rain, sleet and snow heading to south—west england, wales and southern parts of northern ireland. we'll start sunday with that widespread frost. icy patches, fog around in some spots, too. and a focus will be on this next area of sleet and snow, then, that will push into more of wales, towards the south and west midlands, southern areas of northern ireland, eventually feeding into parts of south—east england as the day goes on. and where you see at snow, you could see a light covering to low levels of a few centimetres, but more to higher ground. so certainly turning difficult on roads and pavements. again, also affecting southern areas of northern ireland. northern counties of northern england into scotland will see the lion's share of sunday's sunshine. but there will be further wintry showers around northern and western scotland. some rain into the afternoon heading into parts of the northern isles. so as we go on deep into the day, then, notice how this area of snow doesn't

the outbreak at the midlands club forced the closure of their training ground on thursday.virus isolated within the first team, with ten players and four staff testing positive, villa will fulfil the fixture by fielding players from their under—23 squad. manager dean smith wont be in attendance. our football reporter simon stone has been following developments. villa have taken the same option that derby county have taken as far as their match with chorley on saturday morning, or saturday lunchtime, is concerned, in the fact that they will use their under—23 and under—18 squads to fulfil these matches. they have been training in a different part of the training ground so they are unaffected by the same covid issues that the first team have been affected by, and that could have an impact on next week's premier league games. for now, those two matches are going ahead. a match that is not is shrewsbury‘s game against southampton tomorrow, which has been called off. that is being investigated or looked at by the fa and they will decide what to do about that. as you say, it is a

snow here, again, some difficult travel conditions, some uncertainty about how far north into the midlandse sunshine around, 2—4 celsius. the outbreaks of snow gradually clearing away during sunday evening. icy conditions following on behind, we've got the showers pushing in towards scotland, perhaps northern ireland and northern england. icy in places going into monday morning. another widespread frost as monday begins, one or two for patches potentially towards south east england. some sunshine on monday, plenty of winter showers towards northern and western scotland. a few for northern ireland, north—west england, north wales. some will push a little further south eastwards during the day, but driest and sunniest towards the south and east of the uk on what will be another cold day. and then it changes. tuesday, weatherfront from the atlantic coming into the cold air. some further rain, sleet and snow pushing northeastwards, then further weather fronts coming our way from midweek, introducing milder atlantic air, but the winds are going to pick up and we will see further spells of rain.

so we have seen the rain turn to snow across parts of wales, we have seen a bit of snow in the midlandsion for these areas through the rest of today. some settling snow has already fallen across parts of flintshire, denbighshire and we have also seen snow in the west midlands, but it's across higher parts of wales that we have the greatest risk of transport disruption today. to the north of this, for most of northern england and northern ireland and scotland, the weather is bright, with some sunny spells around this afternoon, a few showers around eastern areas, but it's cold. temperatures at best around five or so. so the main risk of seeing any disruptive snow today is mainly across parts of wales, where we could see 15 centimetres across some higher elevation areas, bringing a significant risk of transport disruption, but there could be snow for a time in the midlands, causing a few problems as well. overnight, that rain and snow mixture clears southwards with clearing skies following, it's going to be a cold night, with a widespread frost around, and the risk of some icy patches the

heavy rain, lots of flood warnings force and some snow across wales and parts of the midlands.ressure is holding on. it's this area of low pressure that's been a troublemaker, pushing in that mix of rain, sleet and snow, may know that ground. over the next few hours, particularly across parts of central and northern wales, the higher ground, sleet and snow. it will fall as rain the likes of london and kent, and the south—west, expecting some heavy bursts to brain. way snow and ice developing, across the midlands and inserts southern and eastern england, it would be disruption to travel. icy stretches developing and that rain, sleet and snow cleared towards the south, lighter winds it can be a cold night. any untreated surfaces will be slippery sunday morning. temperatures are getting down below a few degrees, perhaps as low as —12 celsius. one of the coldest nights of winter so far. into sunday morning, a relatively quiet start to the day, but the next area of low pressure moving to question parts later on. cold, bright with some venturing sunshine. that could bring some very h

hospitals in the midlands are short—staffed and care homes remain on the front line. vaccine has been certainly the big thing that every provider is now desperate to get into their services and the roll—out, it is happening, but it is not as quick as we would all like. fortress washington — as donald trump spends his last full day in office, america anxiously waits for the inauguration of his successor. scotland's first minister nicola stugeon is to update the scottish parliament on covid—19 restrictions. we'll bring you her statement live later this hour. the government is to set up a new regulator for the construction industry following evidence at the grenfell tower inquiry that manufacturers covered up safety issues. "grave concerns" over the future of the justice system in england and wales as the covid pandemic creates a backlog of crown court cases. the best way to make notes — how the world's musicians are turning to streaming to guarantee a reliable income. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. there may be light at the end of the tunnel, but it's still a v

and with this zone of heavy rain starting to line up across northern ireland, north wales, north midlandstime across southern wales, southwest england, brighterfurther north in scotland, but still with plenty of showers packing into northern areas where we have the cold air. in england and wales, mild, 11—12 c, dry and bright across the southeast for most of the day. then into tuesday evening and overnight come into wednesday, we see further pulses of rain falling on increasingly saturated ground, so hour—by—hour, the risk of flooding and potentially some severe flooding is set to increase. we still have those big temperature contrast is well on wednesday, comical they're becoming more widespread in scotland, still mild further south in england and wales. then as we go through wednesday night, an area of low pressure begins to transfer into the north sea, where it deepens. we start to get stronger northerly winds mixing and wales. then as we go through wednesday night, an area of low pressure begins to transfer into the north sea, where it deepens. we start to get stronger northerly winds

north west midlands, and also part of wales. skies. still windy, still wintry showers. and once again we will see some mist and fog patches forming, some mist and fog patches forming, some of which will be freezing. these are the overnight lows. the risk of ice again tonight. there is going to be some fog. they will be some lying snow. and there will be treacherous conditions if you are driving, particularly so across the trans— pennine driving, particularly so across the tra ns— pennine routes. driving, particularly so across the trans— pennine routes. a lot going on with the weather. i will take you further into the forecast in on with the weather. i will take you further into the forecast in half on with the weather. i will take you further into the forecast in half an hour. thank you very much. see you later on. let's take a look at today's papers. violent protests at the capitol building in washington dominate the front pages. "anarchy in the us" is the headline on the metro. the times reports that protesters stormed the "h

i am snow across parts of wales and into the midlands as well.— the midlands as well.r partner heather stanning. since then she's been keeping busy with her three young children. now she's decided she wants another shot at the record books, and is hoping to get back in her boat for tokyo 2021. helen glover, it is wonderful to see you in your natural habitat by the water. , ., �* , you in your natural habitat by the water. , . �* , ., water. yes, that's dedication, takinu water. yes, that's dedication, taking you — water. yes, that's dedication, taking you to _ water. yes, that's dedication, taking you to the _ water. yes, that's dedication, taking you to the riverside i water. yes, that's dedication, i taking you to the riverside with water. yes, that's dedication, - taking you to the riverside with me. are you trying to tell us something? i am dropping a big hint with the rowing machine behind me and being by the water. i have thought long and hard about a return to rowing, with the goal being to make the tokyo olympics. with the goal being to make the tokyo olympics-

, over into wales, pushing across the south west of england, into the west country, parts of the midlandst, there may well be some more cloud coming in, but it's not preventing the temperatures falling. it's going to be cold tonight and frosty in scotland, northern and eastern areas of england. and into that colder air, there's the risk of some freezing rain and ice tomorrow morning in western scotland and north west england. our main band of rain moves very slowly into scotland and northern england and gets stuck across the midlands, towards the southeast of england. wales, the south west may well turn drier, but still cloudy. there's more rain to come in northern ireland, maybe turning to snow over the hills of scotland later on. certainly going to be cold enough. cold day in scotland, northern and eastern parts of england. milder further south and west, with temperatures here likely in double figures. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is 0utside source. president trump calls moves to impeach him — absolutely ridiculous. asked if he bears any responsibility for the storming of the us capitol

centimetres of snow, particularly where this band of snow becomes slow—moving across parts of the midlandsmaybe central and southern england and across parts of wales, as well, with temperatures struggling to get much above freezing. further northwards, brighter, some sunshine for scotland and northern england, but still some snow showers around. risk of disruption, though, to take us through the rest of today. this is bbc news — the headlines. a dramatic rescue in china — as 11 gold miners who'd been trapped underground for two weeks are brought out alive. a warning from england's deputy chief medical officer that you could still pass on the virus — even if you're fully vaccinated. anger in europe over vaccine delays — italy accuses pfizer and astrazeneca of serious contract violations. new zealand confirms its first coronavirus case in months, which appears to have slipped through the country's rigorous quarantine system. and borisjohnson becomes the first european leader to speak to the new us president, joe biden, since he entered the white house. sport now, and for a full round up fro