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rain into the southwest of england, which will push northwards towards parts of wales, the midlands andia through the day, tending to weaken as it goes. elsewhere, some of the mist and fog and cloud will tends to lift and break and we will see some spells of sunshine in the far north of england, northern ireland and scotland, albeit with some showers in the far north. temperatures ranging from 6 degrees in aberdeen to 12 in plymouth through the afternoon. and then through monday night, a bit more rain potentially down towards the south, another lump of wet weather starting to push into northern ireland, parts of northern england, southern scotland. the winds will start to pick up down towards the south and the west as well. very mild in the south, a little bit chilly up towards the north. and then as we go through tuesday, this area of wet weather will spread out of northern ireland, into southern scotland, northern england, parts of wales, perhaps into the midlands as well. we will see some sunny spells to the far north and to the far south, but it will be really quite windy across par

hill snow through scotland, northern ireland, pushing into more of northern england, wales and the midlands scotland starting to brighten up in the afternoon — just a few showers. the far south of wales and much of southern england, a lot of the day is going to be dry. it's blustery wherever you are — these are average speeds. some stronger gusts around particularly western coasts — 40—45 mph or so, so a risk of gales here — so it will feel colder than these temperatures might suggest, which are already down compared with what we had on friday. saturday evening and night, its central and eastern parts of england with outbreaks of rain. some snow to the higher parts of the pennines and peak district. a few showers in the west but some clear spells, too, and where you have the clear spells, a greater chance of a frost going into sunday morning, especially in the countryside. and on sunday, well, the low pressure�*s here. for many, it's far enough away to allow a drier day but close to that across especially eastern parts of england, there'll be some outbreaks of rain around. they may just fri

between 2010 and 2019, wested midlands police lost 2,221 officers. should receive an additional 120 recruits, that still leaves a shortfall of 1,000 officers. this -- [inaudible] significant pressure with officers actually telling me there are simply insufficient resources to investigate every crime. will prime minister commit to providing west midlands police with a fairer funding deal to insure force can return officer numbers back to 2010 levels? >> prime minister. >> mr. speaker, i thank her for drawing attention, and i think the police officers in the west midlands, i thank her for drawing attention to what we're doing to increase number of police officers because, new york we are on track, no we are on track, the 20,000 that i pledged on steps of downing street two and a half years ago, mr. speaker, we've already recruited another 11,000. and i'm proud to say that our police officer work force can is more representative with more women, more minorities than ever before. >> [inaudible] >> thank you, mr. speaker. last week the first, chief minist

and worcester warriors beat wasps for the first time since the coventry side moved to the midlands asy at sixways. in the united rugby championship, 1a points from stephen myler set up an ospreys victory over high—flying ulster. lions beat stormers in the day's other match. that's all from sportsday. have a lovely evening, bye—bye. good evening to you. it has been a cold start to the weekend and it is going to stay cold into tomorrow as well. we have had a whole mixture of weather, rain, sleet and snow but also some sunshine, good spells of sunshine across the south of the country. earliersnow sunshine across the south of the country. earlier snow across central and southern scotland, you can see it showing very clearly hear of the earlier radar, the blue rain in the white snow, you can see the southern uplands, across the pennines, heavy falls of snow there and there has been whinging this in the showers further north and west as well, the best of the clear spells for the south. as we head through this evening and overnight, the rain in the north will continue, spreading southwards,

rain into the south—west of england which will push northwards towards parts of wales, the midlands andeaken as it goes. elsewhere, some of the mist and fog and cloud will tend to lift and break and we will see some spells of sunshine in the far north of england, northern ireland and scotland, albeit with some showers in the far north. temperatures ranging from 6 degrees in aberdeen to 12 in plymouth through the afternoon. and then through monday night, a bit more rain potentially down towards the south. another lump of wet weather starting to push into northern ireland, parts of northern england, southern scotland. the winds will start to pick up down towards the south and the west as well. very mild in the south. a little bit chilly up towards the north. and then, as we go through tuesday, this area of wet weather will spread out of northern ireland into southern scotland, northern england, parts of wales, perhaps into the midlands as well. we will see some sunny spells to the far north and to the far south but it will be really quite windy across parts of england and wales. some of t

brought up in an industrial town in the west midlands, your parents immigrants from punjab in india, were taught very little about the connections between your family and your new country. yeah, i guess, on paper, i had quite a bad start. my dad, totally illiterate and has schizophrenia. i arrived at school not being able to speak english. i was working in a factory myself throughout my schooling for 50p an hour, but i'm now a bestselling author. and i think i say that not to boast, but because i think my story is typical of many immigrants, and this is what immigrant families do. they arrive, they face adversity and they do well. they enhance the culture and the economy of this country. but the only narrative you hear is that immigrants are a burden. right. but if your contention is that your story is very typical of the immigrant story, then it raises a fundamental question about the sort of overarching theme of much of your work, which is that empire and the legacy of empire maintains a sort of grip on britain which makes britain still a fundamentally racist country. yet yours is

we'll continue with this persistent rain as well for parts of wales, the midlands, into northern englandill be across scotland and northern ireland. a few blustery showers, wintry on the hills, it will be milder, though, across the south. single figures across the north. that weather front for england and wales clears away into tuesday. high pressure begins to build in here. it stays unsettled over the northern half of the country — lots of isobars and weather fronts. so windy for scotland and northern ireland and some rain, particularly for the north and the west of scotland. england and wales, though, closer to that area of high pressure, should be largely dry. some cloud around but also some good spells of sunshine. those temperatures will be around orjust a little above the seasonal norm. so as we head out of tuesday into wednesday, we continue with that area of high pressure across the south of the country so here, settled with light winds. still quite windy across the northern half of the country with further outbreaks of rain, thanks to that weather front. so, some wet weather nor

, into the small hours of sunday, some heavier showers, moving in from the west in wales and the midlandse typical of daytime for this time of year. sunday has wetter weather again on the cards for england and wales and some blustery winds. we could see some intense showers working their way through. the driest and brightest weather for sunday will be for scotland and northern ireland. and then on monday, we fall into a bit of a pincer movement in terms of our weather across the uk. we will see this weather front to the south trying to push some rain into this area of low pressure in the north, trying to turn things increasingly unsettled, between the two, some breezy conditions, but i think the best of any sunny spells are for the midlands, the north of england, but to the very south and very north of the uk, there could be some heavier, more persistent rain. a little cooler as well on monday, but temperature still slightly above average for the time of year. however, for tuesday, it looks like we are going to flip around and pick up a northerly wind and that will bring about a very dram

but there were big rises too in the north—west, yorkshire and the humber and west midlands.ns say infections are twice the level they were this time last winter in england because they're being fuelled by the more infectious omicron variant. across all age groups, we are seeing increases, but particularly driven by those young age groups, we've seen increases among school—age children fairly recently, particularly from nursery through to primary. but we are now seeing infections among older age groups as well, so young adults from the mid—20s to the mid—30s, but spreading right the way up to increases now in the over 70s, although they remain the lowest group to be infected. there's more encouraging news on boosters. new uk data suggests a booster shot is 88% effective at preventing people ending up in hospital due to omicron. after a huge push, all uk nations say they've hit the target of offering all adults a third dose by the end of the year. i would just say to people again, there's 1.5 million slots out there over the next few days. there's plenty of opportunities. ther

initially, south wales, south west england, pushing into the midlands and across in towards the south—eastto come, particularly across scotland and northern england. it will be chilly but it'll be bright with plenty of sunshine. those temperatures struggling to get much above six or seven degrees. but again, double—figure values across the south. and the mild air really wins out as we move through the new week in the run—up to new year. it could turn very mild for a time — those winds coming up from the south or south—west — but low pressure will always be nearby and, in fact, it will be quite wet and windy at times. but it could become balmy mild for a while across southern areas, even into the first part of january. see you later. this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm simon pusey. our top stories: save the children condemns the military in myanmar for the deaths of 38 people found in burnt—out vehicles in kayah state. queen elizabeth speaks about her memories of prince philip, in her first christmas day message since his death. that mischiev

on saturday morning into sunday, some heavier showers sweeping in from the west in wales in the midlands temperature is more typical of daytime for this time of year, even slightly above. sunday, wetter weather again on the cards for england and wales and some blustery winds, some intense showers working their way through, the driest and brightest weather for sunday will be for scotland and northern ireland. on monday we fall into a bit of a pincer movement in terms of our weather across the uk. we will see this weather front to the south trying to push rain and, this area in the north trying to turn things increasingly unsettled between the two some breezy conditions, but the best of any sunny spells for the midlands, the north of england but to the very south and north of the uk there could be heavier and more persistent rain. a little cooler on monday but temperatures still slightly above average for the time of year. however, for tuesday looks like we are going to flip around and pick upa like we are going to flip around and pick up a northerly wind and that will bring about a very d

rain into the south—west of england which will push northwards towards parts of wales, the midlands andere, some of the mist and fog and cloud will tend to lift and break and we will see some spells of sunshine in the far north of england, northern ireland and scotland, albeit with some showers in the far north. temperatures ranging from 6 degrees in aberdeen to 12 in plymouth through the afternoon. and then through monday night, a bit more rain potentially down towards the south. another lump of wet weather starting to push into northern ireland, parts of northern england, southern scotland. the winds will start to pick up down towards the south and the west as well. very mild in the south. a little bit chilly up towards the north. and then, as we go through tuesday, this area of wet weather will spread out of northern ireland into southern scotland, northern england, parts of wales, perhaps into the midlands as well. we will see some sunny spells to the far north and to the far south but it will be really quite windy across parts of england and wales. some of these western coasts coul

some of that mayjust knowledge towards the midlands. maybe fringe into eastern scotland later.g a drier day, sunny�*s spells but still chilly wind. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. american prosecutors charge the parents of a teenager accused of a massacre at a school, saying they share responsibility because they owned the gun which was allegedly used. i will be entering today the gun ownership is our right and with that right comes great responsibility. the first data on the omicron strain of covid suggests vaccines are less effective at stopping it spreading, but they do make the symptoms less serious. scientists say they can now use gene—editing technology to determine the sex of mice, creating female or male—only litters. an ongoing drought in the horn of africa has left millions without enough food to eat.

england and wales, it'll stay cloudy with outbreaks of rain, certainly through wales and into the midlandsvalues here. a little bit cooler further north. and that's how things look into monday. we hold on to the cloud for large parts of england and wales. we'll continue with this persistent rain as well for parts of wales and the midlands, into northern england, some areas pretty wet all day. brightest weather will be across scotland and northern ireland. a few blustery showers, wintry on the hills, will be milder across the south. single figures across the north. that weather front for england and wales clears away into tuesday. high pressure begins to build in here. it stays unsettled over the northern half of the country — lots of isobars and weather fronts. so windy for scotland and northern ireland and some rain, particularly for the north and west of scotland. england and wales, though, closer to that area of high pressure should be largely dry, some cloud around but also some good spells of sunshine. those temperatures will be around orjust a little above the seasonal norm. so as we

some rain pushing in across southern england, wales, the midlands, east anglia.t—hellier. now, through monday night, there is the potentialfor more rain to affect the south and another lump of wet weather spreading into towards northern ireland, southern scotland, parts of northern england and north wales by the end of the night. a little bit chilly in the north. very mild down towards the south. and let's look at the forecast for the rest of the week, because those temperatures are set to climb for all of us, maybe up to 16—17 celsius in places from mid—week onwards. but there will be more wind and rain at times. this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. tributes pour in for archbishop desmond tutu, nobel laureate and veteran of south africa's struggle against apartheid, who has died at the age of 90. at a time when many people are celebrating with family and friends, we have lost one of the most illustrious, courageous and beloved amongst us. israel approves plans for a huge expansion of settlements in the golan heights, w

, into the small hours of sunday, some heavier showers, moving in from the west in wales and the midlandsore typical of daytime for this time of year. sunday has wetter weather again on the cards for england and wales and some blustery winds. we could see some intense showers working their way through. the driest and brightest weather for sunday will be for scotland and northern ireland. and then on monday, we fall into a bit of a pincer movement in terms of our weather across the uk. we will see this weather front to the south trying to push some rain into this area of low pressure in the north, trying to turn things increasingly unsettled, between the two, some breezy conditions, but i think the best of any sunny spells are for the midlands, the north of england, but to the very south and very north of the uk, there could be some heavier, more persistent rain. a little cooler as well on monday, but temperature still slightly above average for the time of year. however, for tuesday, it looks like we are going to flip around and pick up a northerly wind and that will bring about a very dr

be cloudy in southern england and wales and rain through the day and possibly for wales and the midlandslnshire. best of any sunshine for scotland, northern ireland and northern england. a bit cooler here than i will be on sunday as temperatures return to average and still being mild in the south. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... days before a likely backbench rebellion, uk prime minister borisjohson faces fresh questions about christmas gatherings at downing street a year ago — after a photo emerges of him taking part in a quiz. the nhs in england is extending its vaccination programme as it tries to get on top of the omicron variant — 30 to 39 year olds can book a virus booster jab from tomorrow. g7 foreign ministers warn iran that �*time is running out�* to rescue the nuclear deal. emergency teams search for survivors in six us states after more than 70 people die in the largest outbreaks of tornadoes in us history. and the battle for the chequered flag as max verstappen starts on pole position to take on lewis hamilton in the formula one title decider in abu dhabi. now on bbc

where we've been seeing the rain turn to snow initially across the hills of north wales, the north midlandshe pennines and in towards central and southern scotland, some drifting with the strong winds as we head through the course of boxing day morning. into the afternoon, that rain and hill snow becomes confined to the hills of scotland. something a little bit drier further south — a legacy of cloud, mind you. and there will be some brightness for northern ireland, wales, the south—west. winds light here but still strong and gusty further north, close to that weather front. and again, it's going to another cold day across northern areas, particularly where we have any lying snow over the hills, versus again something much milder across the south and south—west. as we move out of boxing day, that weather front in the north begins to fizzle out, taking the rain and the hill snow with it. elsewhere, a lot of dry weather, lighter winds, clear spells — a recipe for some mist and fog — but further south, into the south—west, we've got a new weather front working its way in. so some milder, wette

initially, south wales and south—west england, pushing into the midlands and across to the south—east a bad day, particularly across scotland and northern england. it will be chilly but bright with plenty of sunshine. temperatures are struggling to get much above six or seven. again, double figures across the south. the mild air really wins out as we move through the new week and in the run—up to new year. it could turn very mild for a time with winds coming up from the south or south—west. but low pressure will always be nearby and in fact, it will be quite wet and windy at times. it could become balmy for a while across southern areas, even into the first part of january. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. queen elizabeth speaks about her memories of prince philip in herfirst christmas day message since his death. that mischievous, inquiring twinkle was as bright at the end as when i first set eyes on him. police have arrested a man armed with an offensive weapon in the grounds of windsor castle — where the queen is spending christ

eastern part of the uk, such an arriving but thickening cloud will bring rain across wales, the west midlands eventually the north west of england later in the day. it is bringing with it, milder air all the while the temperatures reaching 16 or 17 celsius. hello this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines: borisjohnson defends the government's decision not to impose further covid restrictions in england before the new year and says as many as 90% of those seriously ill haven't had a third vaccine dose. the overwhelming majority of people who are currently ending up in intensive care in our hospitals are people who are not boosted. but the scottish parliament is being recalled to address the record numbers of covid infections in the country. high demand for covid pcr tests leaves people waiting for days and pharmacists warn of patchy supplies of rapid testing kits following changes to self—isolation rules. we don't know when these are going to be available, so it's very difficult to plan and let our patients and other people know in terms of when to come back and when it's going to be in t

rain into the southwest of england, which will push northwards towards parts of wales, the midlands andand fog and cloud will tends to lift and break and we will see some spells of sunshine in the far north of england, northern ireland and scotland, albeit with some showers in the far north. temperatures ranging from 6 degrees in aberdeen to 12 in plymouth through the afternoon. and then through monday night, a bit more rain potentially down towards the south, another lump of wet weather starting to push into northern ireland, parts of northern england, southern scotland. the winds will start to pick up down towards the south and the west as well. very mild in the south, a little bit chilly up towards the north. and then as we go through tuesday, this area of wet weather will spread out of northern ireland, into southern scotland, northern england, parts of wales, perhaps into the midlands as well. we will see some sunny spells to the far north and to the far south, but it will be really quite windy across parts of england and wales. some of these western coasts could see gusts of a0 to

some of that may nudge towards the midlands.rned that all countries should prepare for an 0micron surge with the number of countries detecting the variant increasing daily. it also said it was too soon to say if 0micron causes more serious illness. british scientists have found that the pfizer and moderna vaccines are the most effective to use as boosterjabs. they also found signs that a third jab protects against the new variant. prosecutors in michigan have charged the parents of the teenager accused of a deadly school shooting with involuntary manslaughter. jennifer and james crumbley bought the handgun allegedly used in the attack last sunday. and pope francis has visited cyprus. at a prayer service, he condemned what he said was slavery and torture being suffered by people fleeing war and poverty.

rain into the southwest of england, which will push northwards towards parts of wales, the midlands andome of the mist and fog and cloud will tend to lift and break and we will see some spells of sunshine in the far north of england, northern ireland and scotland, albeit with some showers in the far north. temperatures ranging from 6 degrees in aberdeen to 12 in plymouth through the afternoon. and then through monday night, a bit more rain potentially down towards the south, another lump of wet weather starting to push into northern ireland, parts of northern england, southern scotland. the winds will start to pick up down towards the south and the west as well. very mild in the south, a little bit chilly up towards the north. and then as we go through tuesday, this area of wet weather will spread out of northern ireland, into southern scotland, northern england, parts of wales, perhaps into the midlands as well. we will see some sunny spells to the far north and to the far south, but it will be really quite windy across parts of england and wales. some of these western coasts could see

initially, south wales, south west england, pushing into the midlands and across in towards the south—eastth it. further north, not a bad day to come, particularly across scotland and northern england. it will be chilly but it'll be bright with plenty of sunshine. those temperatures struggling to get much above six oi’ seven degrees. but again, double—figure values across the south. and the mild air really wins out as we move through the new week in the run—up to new year. it could turn very mild for a time — those winds coming up from the south or south—west — but low pressure will always be nearby and, in fact, it will be quite wet and windy at times. but it could become balmy mild for a while across southern areas, even into the first part of january. see you later. good morning. welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson. our headlines today: police question a suspected armed intruder who was arrested at windsor castle — where the queen was spending christmas day. on her first christmas without prince philip, her majesty paid tribute to her husband in her traditional annual message. his se

initially, south wales, south west england, pushing into the midlands and across in towards the south—east scotland and northern england. it will be chilly but it'll be bright with plenty of sunshine. those temperatures struggling to get much above six oi’ seven degrees. but again, double—figure values across the south. and the mild air really wins out as we move through the new week in the run—up to new year. it could turn very mild for a time — those winds coming up from the south or south—west — but low pressure will always be nearby and, in fact, it will be quite wet and windy at times. but it could become balmy mild for a while across southern areas, even into the first part of january. see you later. this is bbc news, the headlines: the charity, save the children, has condemned what it called an attack by the myanmar military in which it says at least 38 people were killed. several charred bodies were found in burnt—out vehicles in kayah state. the charity says two of its humanitarian staff are missing. the queen has used her christmas day message to pay tribute to her late husband p

some rain for the midlands, parts of northern england, perhaps the north midlands and a link and shareorth of the front to for western scotland, but average temperatures of seven or 8 degrees. at the event will leave the south—east first thing on tuesday it will be drier to the south of the uk, to the north, and other weather front starting division. to the south, thanks to high pressure, we could have some stubborn fog and quite a grey day on tuesday. my winds, a lot of fine weather, but a little cooler than it will be on monday. with us as we pull that wind into northern scotland, we tap into some out there with a south—westerly breeze up to 11 degrees first anime. this plant still messing about the uk tuesday into wednesday, but this high pressure is the one to watch for the rest of the week. it will be building all the time and coming to dominate our weather study. squeezing the life out of that weather front through wednesday, rain rain for scotland, northern ireland very time, but nothing much as it sinks its way into northern england. pretty mild for many of us on wednesday, tem

get driven in by the north—westerly winds across northern wales into north—west england into the midlandsng into southern england as well. temperatures for many similar, around 6—7, but that's the last of the really cool weather because as we get into the weekend we have this big wave of warm air washing over the uk. temperatures will be boosted significantly in this milder air is here to stay for a long time to come. saturday, cloud and rain, yes, some of that will be quite heavy, some of that will be quite heavy, some strengthening south—westerly winds. it might be quite murky over some of the hills, mist patches around but temperatures picking up across western areas, up to 12 degrees into belfast, plymouth and cardiff. cooler in eastern areas but the mild air will work in from the second half of the weekend. sunday could turn quite windy across the north west. some rain in the forecast but a lot of cloud around, is a fog patches particularly over the hills and coast. look at the temperatures, we haven't seen them this month so far, 13—14 pretty widely, even in scotland up to 11 degree

england and wales, it'll stay cloudy with outbreaks of rain certainly through wales and into the midlands we hold onto the cloud for large parts of england and wales. we'll continue with this persistent rain as well for parts of wales in the midlands, into northern england, some areas pretty wet all day. brightest weather will be across scotland and northern ireland. a few blustery showers, wintry on the hills, will be milder across the south, single figures across the north. that weather front for england and wales clears away into tuesday. high pressure begins to build in here. it stays unsettled over the northern half of the country, lots of isobars and weather fronts. windy for scotland and northern ireland and some rain, particularly for the north and west of scotland. england and wales, closer to that area of high pressure, should be largely dry, some cloud around but also some good spells of sunshine. those temperatures will be around orjust a little above the seasonal norm. as we head out of tuesday into wednesday, we continue with that area of high pressure across the south of th

between the two, breezy conditions, but the best of any senate spells for midlands, and the very northill slightly above average. however, for tuesday, it looks like we are going to flip around and pick up a northerly wind, and that will bring about a very dramatic change in the way things go because we will have to add on the effect of the wind—chill. temperatures in edinburghjust 4 degrees, down to eight in london. some big contrast in our weather to come. this is bbc news, the headlines... the governor of the us state of colorado says president biden has declared a disaster after grassfires destroyed entire neighbourhoods in boulder county. more than thirty thousand people were forced to evacuate by the fires. countries around the world are seeing in the new year, with scaled back celebrations — as the 0micron variant continues to drive up covid infections. coronavirus infections in the uk have reached a new record high. estimates suggest1 in 30 people tested positive before christmas. one study suggests the risk of hospitalisation with 0micron is about one—third that of delta. and

initially, south wales and south—west england, pushing into the midlands and across to the south—eastnd and northern england. it will be chilly but bright with plenty of sunshine. temperatures are struggling to get much above six or seven. again, double figures across the south. the mild air really wins out as we move through the new week and in the run—up to new year. it could turn very mild for a time with winds coming up from the south or south—west. but low pressure will always be nearby and in fact, it will be quite wet and windy at times. it could become balmy for a while across southern areas, even into the first part of january. this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. queen elizabeth speaks about her personal grief over the death of her husband, prince philip, in her christmas day message, saying there was "one familiar laugh missing". that mischievous, inquiring twinkle was as bright at the end as when i first set eyes on him. police have arrested a 19—year—old man who entered the grounds of windsor castle this

initially, south wales and south—west england, pushing into the midlands and across to the south—eastoss scotland and northern england. it will be chilly but bright with plenty of sunshine. temperatures are struggling to get much above six or seven. again, double figures across the south. the mild air really wins out as we move through the new week and in the run—up to new year. it could turn very mild for a time with winds coming up from the south or south—west. but low pressure will always be nearby and in fact, it will be quite wet and windy at times. it could become balmy for a while across southern areas, even into the first part of january. this is bbc news, the headlines the queen has used her christmas day message to pay with more than 120,000 new infections. european countries reported record numbers of cases with the increase in spain introducing mandatory face coverings outdoors. but omicron appears to resulted in less serious illnesses than delta. millions are the rolled travel disruption of her christmas as the search in the varied cases see 2000 flights cancelled due to

hill snow through scotland, northern ireland, pushing into more of northern england, wales and the midlandsighten up in the afternoon, just a few showers. the far south of wales and much of southern england, a lot of the day is going to be dry. it's blustery wherever you are. these are average speeds. some stronger gusts around particularly western coasts, 40—115 mph or so, so a risk of gales here. so, it will feel colder than these temperatures might suggest, which are already down compared with what we had on friday. saturday evening and night, it's central and eastern parts of england with outbreaks of rain. some snow to the higher parts of the pennines and peak district. a few showers in the west, but some clear spells, too, and where you have the clear spells, a greater chance of a frost going into sunday morning, especially in the countryside. and on sunday, well, the low pressure's here. for many, it's far enough away to allow a drier day, but close to that across especially eastern parts of england, there'll be some outbreaks of rain around. they may just fringe into eastern scotlan

we'll continue with this persistent rain as well for parts of wales, the midlands, into northern englands, it will be milder, though, across the south. single figures across the north. that weather front for england and wales clears away into tuesday. high pressure begins to build in here. it stays unsettled over the northern half of the country — lots of isobars and weather fronts. so windy for scotland and northern ireland and some rain, particularly for the north and the west of scotland. england and wales, though, closer to that area of high pressure, should be largely dry. some cloud around but also some good spells of sunshine. those temperatures will be around orjust a little above the seasonal norm. so as we head out of tuesday into wednesday, we continue with that area of high pressure across the south of the country so here, settled with light winds. still quite windy across the northern half of the country with further outbreaks of rain, thanks to that weather front. so, some wet weather northern ireland, certainly for northern and western scotland, maybe a little bit of brigh

initially, south wales and south—west england, pushing into the midlands and across to the south—easts scotland and northern england. it will be chilly but bright with plenty of sunshine. temperatures are struggling to get much above six or seven. again, double figures across the south. the mild air really wins out as we move through the new week and the run up to new year. it could turn very mild for a time with wins coming up from the south or south—west. but low pressure will always be nearby and in fact, it will be quite wet and windy at times. it could become barmy for a while across southern areas, even into the first part of january. this is bbc news, the headlines... queen elizabeth speaks about her personal grief over the death of her husband, prince philip, in her christmas day message, saying there was "one familiar laugh missing". police have arrested a 19—year—old man who entered the grounds of windsor castle this morning, armed with a weapon. the queen is spending christmas at the castle this year. in his christmas message, pope francis highlighted the tragedies in yemen

evening and overnight under clear skies we see patchy mist and fog forming especially around the midlands, home counties, the south—east but under clear skies it will be cold, looking at a widespread frost. the exception across northern ireland, because we had thick cloud coming in ahead of some rain. patchy fog lifting, lots of sunshine to start the day, the cloud building ahead of this band of rain coming in. later, it engages with cold air across the north of scotland, we see that falling as snow and it's a cold day, wherever you are, except behind this band of rain. and it will be breezy. now on bbc news... over four days in may the footballing world, with support from across sport, used its voice by staying silent on social media. nesta mcgregor spoke to victims, social media companies and those charged with cleaning up the sport. and a warning, this programme contains references to racist language and content from the start that some may find offensive. they are not fans, they are racists. it makes you feel very dehumanised. you feel like nothing. there is nothing you can do. you ar

we'll continue with this persistent rain as well for parts of wales, the midlands, into northern englandacross the north. that weather front for england and wales clears away into tuesday. high pressure begins to build in here. it stays unsettled over the northern half of the country — lots of isobars and weather fronts. so windy for scotland and northern ireland and some rain, particularly for the north and the west of scotland. england and wales, though, closer to that area of high pressure, should be largely dry. some cloud around but also some good spells of sunshine. those temperatures will be around orjust a little above the seasonal norm. so as we head out of tuesday into wednesday, we continue with that area of high pressure across the south of the country so here, settled with light winds. still quite windy across the northern half of the country with further outbreaks of rain, thanks to that weather front. so, some wet weather northern ireland, certainly for northern and western scotland, maybe a little bit of brightness at times. it stays windy here. lighter winds in the south