nicola upson, author of nine lessons, thank you. thank you.s rather it flip—flopped between the weather of autumn and winter recently. this weekend, some people have recorded their first snow of the season, and we are about to change again. this area of low pressure is still in its frontal systems down and across the british isles tonight. it will be wet, 30 or a0 millimetres in some places, and windy, some seeing gusts of a0 miles an hour. let's see how we are shaping up first thing on monday morning. some of this rain will be quite heavy, a lot of surface and spray around bird has stopped breathing to the north of this rain band, but along this rain ba nter this rain band, but along this rain banter could be some heavy pulses of rain. north of that it is a mixture of sunny spells, particularly to the east of the pennines, but there are plenty of showers to be had. some of those will be wintry. we will gang bent together again across the far north of scotland, the tail end of the front they are taking time to pull away into the north sea. the

nicola upson, author of nine lessons, thank you. thank you. hello.r has ratherflick fla ked hello. our weather has ratherflick flaked between the cases of autumn of late. you remember the floods in the north—west. things have calmed down nicely for some but at the same time others have recorded this weekend, their first snow of the season. weekend, their first snow of the season. and there we are about to change again. over my shoulder an area of low pressure throwing the frontal systems down and across the british isles during the course of the night. quite wet for a time. 30 01’ the night. quite wet for a time. 30 or a0 mill meeters in some places and windy, too. some gusts around a0 miles per hour. really for the most part, within the body of the area of low pressure, the air is relatively mild. let's see how we are shaping up mild. let's see how we are shaping up first thing on monday. some rain heavy. a lot of surface water and spray around, where it stopped be raining, north of the rain band. but along the rain band heavy pulses of rain, a303 t

nike la upson, author of nine lessons, thank you. —— nicola. thank you. hello.sence of sunshine, i suspect you won't have felt warm today. for that you have to thank the low pressure to the north—east of us. high pressure to the south—west. that generates this rather noticeable north—west wind. a really noticeable wind continues through the night across the north—eastern quarter of scotland. the gale force of wind here and a cope yous supply of showers across north and west parts of the british isles. if you are fully exposed, the showers working from there into the north midlands on what is going to bea north midlands on what is going to be a cold night and, as a consequence, if you put together the clearing skies or where you have had showers, the temperatures fall away and then ice made be an issue first up and then ice made be an issue first up on sunday. still the wind to be had in the north—eastern quarter of scotland. a bright start for many. there is still that ribbon of show, running out of the irish sea down through the north—west of england into the n

nicola upson, author of nine lessons, thank you very much.s for the next few days, and further ahead is going to be less on rain, and more on cold. tha nkfully less on rain, and more on cold. thankfully on thursday, a much drier day for areas affected by the heavy rain in cumbria and lancashire. one 01’ rain in cumbria and lancashire. one or two showers around on friday, nothing worse than that. mo chavez wintry across scotland and northern ireland. the odd shower across northern england after some rain overnight. it could be a dull start. most overnight. it could be a dull start. m ost pla ces overnight. it could be a dull start. most places will see sunshine coming through. dry weather, away from the north—west. temperatures lower, a0 —— 40 north—west. temperatures lower, a0 —— a0 degrees. not windy on friday, will he wins will start to pick up overnight into saturday morning. driving showers further south. cold are rare, looking at a frost more widely. almost anywhere, particularly in the countryside. could wake up to a frost early on satu

on the meetp author my guest is nicola upson with her thriller nine lessons.et in 1930s' cambridge and linked to the ghost stories of mr james. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. they have no better offers, so here they are. the political commentator, jane merrick, and the deputy head of sport at the sun, martin lipton. tomorrow's front pages, starting with the i picks up on a story about a the irish border which, the paper claims, could derail brexit plans. also on brexit, the financial times reports on two large pharmaceutical investments into the uk, providing a boost to theresa may's vision for post—brexit britain. the metro reports on the story of a stolen car killing five people, including two schoolboys. the telegraph claims that a security review will recommend prioritising investment in cyber security, rather than the traditional armed forces. the times runs with an investigation into children that are being used by criminal gangs as drugs runners. the guardian leads with a report that patients‘ li

nicola upson is my author this week.lo and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the associate editor of the times, anne ashworth and the playwright and writer in the new european, bonnie greer. the sunday telegraph claims that the prime minister has been has been warned by mps not to retreat from a pledge to "take back control" of british laws from brussels post brexit. the sunday times meanwhile says that a member of the labour party has died after apparently taking his own life amid allegations of sexual misconduct. the mail on sunday alleges that there are links between boris johnson and michael gove‘s bid to persuade theresa may to take a tougher stance on brexit and a russian tycoon. and finally the sunday express reports that meghan markle is being guarded by royal protection officers as the palace prepares to announce her engagement to prince harry. let us begin our review today. the mail on sunday, it's all about michael gove and boris johnson, probably the two le

on meet the author this week my guest is then novelist nicola upson.aracter is set in 1930s cambridge. now on bbc news, sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with me, katherine downes. the headlines this evening: heartbreak for huddersfield — an 8ath minute goal means they are beaten by manchester city, who are once again eight points clear at the top. no surprise in the scottish league cup — celtic beat motherwell for their fourth successive domestic season. trouble brewing for england's cricketers — defeat looms in the first ashes test, while there may have been more bad behaviour off the pitch. for a while it looked like manchester city would slip up for only the second time this season, but a raheem stirling goal in the 8ath minute meant they took all three points against huddersfield and are once again eight points clear at the top of the premier league. alex gulrajani reports. yorkshire versus lancashire is always a battle worth watching, especially in huddersfield this season. david wagner has already masterminded one win over a manchester s

nicola upson, author of nine lessons, thank you. thank you.after dusk with some snow also on the scottish mountains. the system clears to bring heavy rain to the north—west of england and wales and also across southern england by the end of the night. milder than recently, still patchy frost across east of scotland and the early risk of ice. generally, the early risk of ice. generally, the most lively weather first thing on monday will come courtesy of this weather front with heavy bursts of rain embedded in it as it stretches across southern england for the morning rush hour. could be some difficult conditions anywhere south of the m4 but mild temperatures into double figures. some showers for wales and the north—west of england, showers for northern ireland and northern and western scotland and we could see entry showers in the north and we will still have a pretty strong wind. a pretty windy day across the board, that front gets out of the way in the south into the channel by lunchtime and things should brighten up for the afternoon and we

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