—east of scotland, up across the north—east of scotland, up into them friday into new year's eve we will start to see some changes, certainly more breezy conditions across southern areas, that will hift the last of the fog, we think and hopefully temperatures will recover. but across the far north of scotland that wet weather will start to spread southwards. the timing of that was is still uncertain. from new year's eve into new year's day rain will start to head southwards ona rain will start to head southwards on a cold front. because it's a cold front we will see colder air introduced behind it. arctic air eventually and the showers across the north of scotland will turn to snow. that rain heading down across england and wales during the course of new year's day, so fairly wet weather around. now that weather front will clear through and the arctic air will spread southwards. for the first few days of january i am expecting a return to widespread frost. fog probably not too much of an issue initially because the winds will be blustery from the north

of northern scotland. for a few of us, a white christmas. is that the end of things? not quite. that will develop into the next named storm, conor. it will only affect the far northscotland with any intensity, gusts of 90 mph enough to cause disruption. further south, a largely bright and breezy day, a hint that things will eventually settle down later on. 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. time this sport. sam allardyce is travelling to london to meet sam parish crystal palace chairman. they wa nt parish crystal palace chairman. they want sam alla rdyce to parish crystal palace chairman. they want sam allardyce to replace alan pardew. want sam allardyce to replace alan pa rdew. crystal palace want sam allardyce to replace alan pardew. crystal palace are just sitting above the relegation zone. palliser video will be done —— palace hope the deal will be done for their next game on boxing day. chelsea have agreed to sell their player 0skar to a chinese club the seventh most expensive player in history. 0scar has been at stamford bridge forfour and history. 0scar has been at stam

, windy weather for all of us, some to the north of scotlandherfor all of us, some heavy rain. turning wet and windy in the morning in scotland and northern ireland. into the afternoon, at band of heavy rain and squally wind driving into western parts of england and wales, the weather not as bad across east anglia and the south—east, lots of showers after the heavy rain. it's then, into the evening, the wind will ramp up a notch or two, across the north of scotla nd notch or two, across the north of scotland in particular, we could get gusts of 80—90 miles an hour. here we have this amber be prepared wind warning from the met office. the worst of the wind will tend to ease as we head into friday. the centre of the storm moves away, still very windy across northern parts of the uk. into christmas eve morning, blustery showers to come on christmas eve, again, a bit of snow over the hills of scotland, bright and breezy further south, dry, cloud increasing, rain coming into the northwest. this weather front driven by the next area of low pressure,

of the night. north and west, too much wind to stop fog from freezing. by the end of the night, seven, 8 degrees in glasgow and belfast but wetter weather to the north—west of scotlandmperatures close to freezing. some of the fog will be slow to clear. some breaks in the cloud to the east of the high ground and some wetter weather in the west leeds north of scotland. but double figures in much of scotla nd scotland. but double figures in much of scotland —— wetter weather in the north of scotland. this is bbc news. the headlines at 7. the russian president announces a ceasefire deal between the syrian government and opposition groups to come into force at midnight. translation: the documents have been signed. between the syrian government and the armed opposition in syria. there is a document on measures to help control areas covered by this ceasefire and an agreement on the start of peace talks. family doctors warn that patients might have to wait a month before seeing their gp. they say the system is overstretched. devon and cornwall police investigate the discovery of the bodies of two men at a flat in st austell. detectives are treating the deaths as unexplained

of the uk. towards the north and west, war cloud and a bit more of a breeze. eventually some rain showing up in the west and north west of scotlandy the end of the night, the rain more noticeable. fog thickening in the midlands. by the end of the night, patches of fog in the midlands, east anglia and the south—east of england. cold as well, temperatures a degree or so either side of freezing in the south—east. further west, not quite so—called but a lot of cloud. not much rain. could be some low cloud, quite great conditions. fog in east anglia and the south—east could be problematic. the extent that the gold to summarise at the moment. not too much in the way of cloud for northern england, mild in northern ireland, getting into double figures. quite windy, the south—west wind bringing in milderairand quite wet for the north and west. this weather front will be with you for some time. patchy rain and drizzle for the western coasts and hills, but further east breaks in the cloud, sunshine coming through. still chilly in the south—east, fog lingering, with the south—west breeze, in the north and west, double figures. new year's eve

of scotland. further south, bright north and some snow on the health of scotland. oud increasing, some rain arriving in the north—west later. and this is another area of low pressure, not as intense, the wind not as strong on christmas day and between these weather fronts, some very mild air, temperatures into the mid—teens. it will be very gusty wind, a spell of rain moving down from the north—west. as this weather front from the north—west. as this weather fro nt ta kes from the north—west. as this weather front takes the rain away, the air gets colder behind it, possibly cold enough for a late white christmas in scotland. but otherwise, very mild and after christmas, the wind drops, should become dry with some frost. this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at 8.00pm: police say anis amri, the chief suspect in the berlin market truck attack, left finger prints on the vehicle. today the christmas market, scene of so much carnage on monday, has reopened. chancellor angela merkel commended the public for their response to the attack. i must say that i have b

, later on christmas day, so belatedly it may be a white christmas, but probably in the north of scotlandng away the milder, got a focus for the area of low pressure that is to the north of scotland, that of course, by boxing day will be corner, storm corner, and it is on boxing day, it will be closest to the uk, see how itjust spins around a little bit, itjust hit the far north—east of scotland, it is here that we have an amber wind warning for boxing day, 80 mph winds, very gusty winds also for the rest of scotland, wintry showers, further south, much drier, the wind will not be a strong either, as we head into tuesday we are all again in that cold air, but across northern parts of the uk it may not feel quite as cold by tuesday because the wind will not be as strong by then, corner, long gone, and instead we are building a high pressure from the continent, from the south, settling things down, bringing a lot more dry weather, and some sunshine, and the wind will be lighter as well, the position of the high will be crucial, nearer the centre of the high pressure in the south—east of the

meanwhile the wind strengthens further across the far north of scotland. the core of barbara's wind hitting them. be prepared for disruption across this corner of the uk. blowing a gale into the night across these areas, frequent wintry showers with some ice around. a fresh start to christmas eve wherever you are. bright and breezy on christmas eve across many southern parts of the uk. further north, shari, windy and cold with snow in the far north of scotland. —— showery. it's all happening through christmas storm, on its way. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines. berlin officials say terror threat remains high — despite the killing of — the tunisian born failed asylum seeker, the main suspect in the christmas lorry attack. angela merkel spoke about tougher measures to protect germany. anis amri, who'd pledged allegiance to an islamist extremist — was shot dead in milan in the early hours of the morning. amri's fingerprints were found inside the truck that drove into the busy christmas market on monday. it's reported that most of the passengers are being

north. through the day cloudy and rain on and off, a little bit of sunshine too. in the north of scotla nd sunshine too. in the north of scotland however. particularly across the western isles, some will push through northern ireland and into the north—west of england. again look at that, 13, 14. north—west of england. again look at that, 13, 1a. then a change on boxing day. howling gales across the far north of scotland, amber warning from the met office here. further south, just that little bit calmer. beyond christmas, fog could be a problem. this is bbc news. i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at seven: authorities in tunisia arrest three people suspected of being part of a terror cell connected to the berlin christmas market attacker, anis amri. a man and woman have appeared in court in london charged with making preparations for a terrorist attack. israel condemns as shameful a un security council vote calling for an end to settlements on occupied palestinian land. tributes are paid to the status quo guitarist rick pariftt, who has died in hospital in spain at the age of 68. also in the next hour: the prime minister cal

, gusts of 80, 90 miles far north—west of scotland, gusts of 80,90 miles an hour. far north—westat strength of wind. when you say not the storm of the century, it is remarkable here because we are in the run—up to christmas, people are on the move and they have the christmas turkey in the oven. the one thing you don't want to hear about is possible power cuts? no, but you want to hear about snow. there has been talk about the wind and rain and people are assuming there will not be a white christmas. for the vast majority, there won't be. but the next feature comes in from the atlantic. almost identical in terms of its track, not as intense but another dose of wet and windy weather as we go through christmas day. this is the temperature graphic to give a hint of how mild it is going to be on christmas day. t—shirt weather on christmas day. t—shirt weather on christmas afternoon, simon. but there is a sting in the tail. a cold front is working southeast, and temperatures will drop and in no strong winds across scotland, you will see some white. there will be a white christmas for s

it is really again the far north of scotland. ally in the northern isles. windy and lots of showers on boxing day across scotland. further south, the winds will not be as strong. more sunshine. it will not feel as cold. after boxing day, things get quieter. a reminder of the main story. the main suspect in the berlin christmas market attack has been shot dead by police in italy. that's all from the bbc news at six. so it's goodbye from me. and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. studio: the headlines at 6.30pm: the man suspected of the berlin christmas market attack is shot dead in italy. anis amri was stopped by police in milan in the early hours outside a train station. so called islamic state releases footage showing amri pledging allegiance to them. the round the clock work on the railways that will mean no trains on many lines this christmas and storm barbara begins to kick

more disruptive will be the gusts of wind, gales up to 80mph across the northern isles and the north of scotlandis boxing day. another blustery day with some rain in the north and bits and pieces of rain across wales and the south—west. again look at the temperatures, double figures from the southall the way to the north, evenin the southall the way to the north, even in shetland and orkney. then beyond that after all of this windy weather, it's going to calm down. high pressure builds and u nfortu nately down. high pressure builds and unfortunately it looks as though fog could be the problem on tuesday and wednesday, particularly in the morning. some sunshine around but frost and fog could prove to be a hazard. bye. if this is bbc news. i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at eight: authorities in tunisia arrest three people suspected of being part of a terror cell connected to the berlin christmas market attacker, anis amri. a man and woman have appeared in court in london charged with making preparations for a terrorist attack. israel condemns as shameful a un security council vote calling fo

northerly wind bringing wintry flurries across the north of scotla nd wintry flurries across the north of scotlandnorth—east england as well. quite a sharp frost first thing monday morning. a cold start on monday but for the most pa rt start on monday but for the most part a start on monday but for the most parta dry start on monday but for the most part a dry and bright day. a great day if you've got plans to head out for a walk on monday. but breezed bringing a feed of wintry showers to parts of scotland. most places dry, pre—6 degrees. things turning colder and some of us will see rain particular across parts of northern england tonight. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm: fireworks and festivities welcome in 2017. in australia, there was a spectacular display of fireworks over the sydney harbour bridge. this is the scene in dubai. security is stepped up for new year celebrations in major cities around the world. in london, thousands of extra police are deployed. the un security council unanimously endorses the ceasefire in syria brokered by russia and turkey. britain's olympic and paralymp

the day, very important, ahead of it, mild air, behind it, colder air, coming eventually into scotland, later on in the day it could turn into a white christmas in the northy showers around, feeling cold, certainly, further south, wind lighter, and it will be a good deal dryer. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. the man suspected of the berlin christmas market attack is shot dead in italy. at that moment, the man got hold of a pistol and without hesitation fired towards the police officer who had asked for identification documents. i pledge allegiance to the commander of the faithful. so called islamic state releases footage showing amri pledging allegiance to them. the un security council passes a resolution demanding a halt to israeli settlement building on occupied building on occupied palestinian land. round the clock work on the railways — that means no trains on many

the worst of the wind is still to come in the far north of scotland. eak this evening. we still have that amber warning from the met office which expires at midnight. overnight, the winds won't be as strong but it will still be windy across the northern half of the uk. there will be a lot of wintry showers with a bit of snow to come. that will lead to some icy conditions, very poor in the mountains. further south, clearer skies. ourfirst storm barbara is out of the way. still blustery across the northern half of the uk. frequent showers for scotland and northern ireland, wintry in scotland. further south they few showers coming in, but for many and southern and eastern areas it will be dry and breezy. some rain in the north—west later in the day. that rain coming from these weather fronts and our next storm is getting close of the christmas day and is developing into storm conor. the christmas, very mild. it will be windy with really gusty winds particularly over and to the east of the high ground. some rain around particularly on this weather front. it

especially when you can see a bit of brightness, maybe north—east wales, north—east england and eastern parts of scotlandday you have rain and wind. 11 degree temperatures for glasgow but just five celsius in norwich. into friday night you will probably be struck by the fact that this weather system is still hanging around the same parts of northern scotland. as we look further south we see plenty of cloud. it will still be damp and drizzly at times in the west. the west—facing coast and hills. there will still be a few fog patches but not as much as we get friday morning. thatjust easing away from being a majorfeature of our weather. not as cold as well. as new year's eve begins, this is how it looks for the final day of 2016. finally this weather system is getting a move on and taking the rains southwards through scotland and northern ireland. the good news is that if you are out and about and celebrating the arrival of 2017, that should push away from you although cold air behind it with wintry showers. the start of 2017 you can see the band starting to push towards parts of england and wales, especia

this is the far north of scotland, the northern i5land5 far north of scotland, the northern islands onhe south and we get to see a bit of sunshine. it 5tays windy throughout the christmas period. tuesday it turns quieter. that is how it is looking. have a lovely chri5tmas that is how it is looking. have a lovely christmas dinner after doing all that work. you deserve to put your feet up and have a great day. there is some football. rangers and celtic are playing. it's the start of the busiest day of the year for one man in particular and as we speak, santa claus is gearing up to get all those presents delivered to millions of children across the world tonight. but have you ever wondered exactly how he does it? there's one professor who's got his own theory. brea kfa5t‘5 jayne mccubbin has been to meet him. this is a vip, a very important profe55or. why is that? i can scientifically prove santa can deliver all the presents in one night. scientifically prove? yes. scientifically prove. our search for evidence begins here in london zoo. how fast do these guys go? estimates vary, but i rec

—east of scotla nd more in the far north—east of scotland up towardst of scotland, this is bbc world news today broadcasting in the uk and around the world. the headlines: the un security council demands an end to a legal settlement building by israel. the motion passed after the us refused to exercise its veto. israel is describing it as shameful. the settlements must stop and we've been sending that message for five decades. the main suspect in a billion market tack tack is shot dead butjimmy and still in a state of high alert. relief after the men who hijacked a plane to malta surrendered to police. and in sport, this athlete's coaches given a ten year ban for the fences.

but a few showers left behind across the north west of scotla nd left behind across the north west of scotlandalling away very quickly, in fact in the suburbs and more rule areas, quite a widespread frost, a sharp frost across parts of the midlands, but most of us will have a bright, sunny, crisp day with light winds, still a bit of a breeze across northern ireland and the north of scotland, carrying the odd shower. even here there will be some brightness and most places will stay dry. it will be a chilly one, though, there we see a lot of sunshine. temperatures six and seven before those temperatures fall away quite quickly through the evening. fork will become more of an issue as we head towards the middle of the week. particularly for england and wales, we are expecting some disruption over the next few days. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines:

, sunny, crisp day with light winds, still a bit of a breeze across northern ireland and the north of scotlandh, but generally temperatures somewhat higher through northern england, northern ireland and scotland, a bit more cloud around and a few more showers to the west of scotland but not as widespread as today and they will be falling as rain. the vast majority of us will have a dry day with a lot of sunshine the further south you are across the uk. any freezing fog patches should soon disperse and stop it will feel chilly out there. typically around five or 6 degrees, peaking about the early afternoon. they will soon fall away early afternoon. they will soon fall r early afternoon. they will soon fall away very quickly as the sun goes down in the evening, the high pressure remains in control for the most part, keeping the rain bearing weather fronts at bay as we had through the middle of the week. underneath that high area pressure, we will have a problem, which will be folk. i am expecting it to turning creasing we widespread across parts of england and wales through the middle part of th

have been coming in thick and fast and they will be even falling at lower levels across the north of scotlandit wintry, with as few centimetres of snow building up by morning, by daybreak and, of course, as a consequence, a little icy. coldest for all of us first thing, then the rain clears away and it is a much drier and brighter day in the south. further north it's a stormy day, indeed, even for this part of the world. unusually windy and combined with the snow showers, plenty of them. but very few further south. we've replaced the cloud with the sunshine. a bit of a breeze and temperatures won't be the teens we had on christmas day, 6—8 is about average. but, given the sunshine, pleasant enough. further north, however, initially there could be a few wintry showers for the hills of northern ireland and scotland. gale force winds here. then escalating further across the northern half of scotland. then it goes on to batter scandinavia and around the baltic sea. further south, you can see across the mediterranean, still some nasty weather through cyprus and turkey, with heavy snowfall inland,

the core of the strongest winds looked like being across the far north—west of scotland, the north—westthe western and northern isles, gusts of 80, possibly 90 miles an hour, enough to cause significant power disruption —— travel disruption and power outages. be prepared for significant disruption as we had through tomorrow evening. the strongest of the winds relent but a good old gale blowing as we headed to christmas eve across the north, frequent wintry showers, snow down to quite low levels. further south on christmas eve are bright and breezy day, plenty of sunshine. most of the action is further north. more rain arriving by the christmas eve across the far north—west of scotland and into northern ireland as the next system arrives. following a similar track, the low pressure not as intense. the winds will be just as strong but watch this space. within the system and there is relatively warm air, we could get into mid—teens in one or two black —— one places on christmas day. a band of rain on the cold front sweeps southeast with later on on christmas day, a band of rain, following

of england. but the gaels will continue in the north—west of scotland.ng particularly cold here. the winds really strengthen as we head into friday. this of course is our second named storm of the season. storm barbara bringing a speu season. storm barbara bringing a spell of rain, but the biggest concern is the strength of the wind. so, we have this amber wind warning from the met office. the strongest of them developing on the second half of friday, and across the north west of scotland. dust is of 80 to 90 mph. gusts of 60 to 70 elsewhere. in the morning, the winds won't be as strong. still some blustery showers, and a bit of wintry nest over the hills. drier and brighter, but cloud amounts will increase in time for christmas day. another area of low pressure threatening to bring some gusty winds across the whole of the country. we could see however on christmas day ‘s record—breaking temperatures. this is bbc news. i'm clive myrie. the headlines at seven. a manhunt is under way for the suspect of the berlin christmas market attack. he's been named as

disruptive will be the gales up to 80mph across the northern isles and the north of scotla nd northern isles and the north of scotlandt. again look at the temperatures, double figures from the southall the way to the north, even in shetland and 0rkney temperatures around 10 or 11. beyond that, after all of this windy weather it's going to calm down, high pressure builds and u nfortu nately high pressure builds and unfortunately it looks as though fog could be a problem through tuesday and wednesday, particularly in the morning. there will be sunshine around but frost and fog could prove to bea around but frost and fog could prove to be a hazard. bye. this is bbc news. i'm julian woricker. the headlines at six: israel condemns as shameful a un security council vote calling for an end to settlements on occupied palestinian land. authorities in tunisia arrest three people suspected of being part of a terror cell connected to the berlin christmas market attacker, anis amri. tributes are paid to the status quo guitarist rick pariftt, who has died in hospital in spain at the age of 68. also in the next hour: the prime mini

yes, it was forecast to get worse, it is the north of scotland, north of the clyde, that is going to it is not actually that unusual for this weather and it is not actually that unusualfor this time weather and it is not actually that unusual for this time of the year. this was the scene earlier on today in lerwick in the shetland isles, we have had gusts of 70 miles an hour. through this evening we could see the win speaking at 80 or possibly even as high as 90 miles an hour. the camber wind warning expires at midnight. we had some gusty winds here, sweeping away from england and wales and although the wind is strong, across scotland and northern ireland, there will still be gales and wintry showers and icy conditions on the way. quite tricky and let us not forget the snow showers, more of them to come on christmas eve. last re—showers, further south bright and breezy, dry and sunshine, increasing cloud, rain arriving, and that arrives on the next weather system which will bring with it for christmas day some very mild air which will bring with it some gusty winds, some cold air in

if you start off with the fog it could stick around for much of the day. 11 degrees across the north west of scotlandrth west of scotland, much colder further south and east and whether fog sticks around, maybe some places struggling to get above freezing all day long. the fog becomes widespread again on thursday, particularly for england and wales, difficult to nail down exactly who will see the west of the fog but it could be slow to clear again on thursday. some rain across the far north—west of scotland but again hear some of the highest temperatures. ' again hear some of the highest temperatures. ‘we again hear some of the highest temperatures. ' we have again hear some of the highest temperatures. ‘we have some wet weather arriving especially to the north west of scotland. just ahead of that we have some mild error for a time, double figures quite widely for scotland and northern ireland. by for scotland and northern ireland. by the weekend, some wet weather coming down across the country through new year weekend. so expect some rain and then behind that, it turns colder again. this is bbc news

and north—west of scotland, theyld meetings together so that they can come their efforts. and we get a sense of how effective that coordination has been from something that happened in the western isles this afternoon. large parts of the western isles, that is lewis and harris, lost electricity for some this afternoon. some of them have already got power back. we are told that in about half an hour or within the next hour, the rest of them should get their electricity supply back. so the weather has caused problems, but the utilities and travel companies etc have as they can to resolve those problems for their customers. james, thank you. well, today is set to be the busiest food shopping day of the year, with an estimated 10 million people hitting the supermarket aisles. they're calling it frenzied friday. 0ur correspondentjudith moritz reports from east didsbury in greater manchester. merry christmas! two days to christmas, and for the supermarket industry, this is frenzied friday, the day most shoppers go to buy t

association with that the wind will continue, more particularly this evening across the far north of scotlandthe wind will be, gust of 80, 90 mph. the most exposed parts, amberwarning in of 80, 90 mph. the most exposed parts, amber warning in force. of 80, 90 mph. the most exposed parts, amberwarning in force. be prepared for storm barbara. barbara continues to whistle away into scandinavia, still some very strong winds across the north as we head into the night, frequent wintry showers. ice will be a significant risk, particularly on higher—level routes. further south, things settle down, it will turn chilly as we start christmas eve. barbara pushing away north—east, run of westerly wind, cold winds, low levels across scotland, gradually easing a touch, rain piling in. allthe scotland, gradually easing a touch, rain piling in. all the while, further south, relatively quiet, bright and breezy day. not too bad in the sunshine. things will go downhill as we had through christmas eve night, wet and windy weather piling in across northern ireland and scotland in particular, patchy rain through th

the centre of this storm will track to the north of scotland, the closer you are tonight, the strongernow melt, some localised flooding possible, squally rain and showers possible. it will be windy, turning more showery in scotland and northern ireland, later in the day the wind ramping up a notch or two, especially across the north and north—west of scotland, costs of 80 possibly 90 miles an hour. because of that, there is an amber be prepared wind warning from the met office. could be some travel disruption, may well be some damage, the centre of the storm moves away tomorrow night, the wind gradually easing, gales are severe gales in the north of scotland for a good while and we still have blustery winds across northern parts of the uk on christmas eve. showers possibly attached wintry over the hills, further south it is bright and breezy, sunshine at first but tending to cloud over later. christmas day, another area of low pressure, this is not as intense or powerful and severe as the storm we will have tomorrow evening. there will have tomorrow evening. there will be a lot of warm

of wind and some rain. for the far north—west of scotland, thatis for the far north—west of scotland, that is where it will across this part of the world. even for the north of scotland, 90 miles an hour is pretty nasty. an amber warning from the met office. be prepared and expect some disruption. in fact, there could be disruption. in fact, there could be disruption in other parts of the country as well, even further south. the storms up there, way up there, but we are feeling effects as far south as other western of the uk. this is a band of rain that pills into barbara. you can see the really bad gales in the north. regular gale force winds across the western areas, 50 or 60, maybe 70 mph gusts that we get in the winter. the last place to get the wind and rain will be east anglia. if you watch the clock, it is not until after dark when it pushes through. then the sky clears across the south. the wind will die down a little bit. the north will continue to be getting strong wind. then there is colder aircoming in behind strong wind. then there is colder air coming in behind barbara, once it pushes away. s

—east scotland, we we re that, parts of north—east scotland around and in the west of a west facing towns. —— picture at eight a.m.. where we have fog and particularly the south—east of england, temperatures close to freezing. some of those starting with a frost as well. if you stay misty and murky, the temperature will be down into single figures. there will see a bit of brightness in north—east wales, north—east england and eastern parts of scotland. in the north of scotland throughout the day, you have the rain and wind. double—figure temperatures for glasgow and just five celsius in norwich. as you take it through friday night, we will be struck by the fact this weather system is still hanging around the same parts of northern scotland. as we look further south, we keep plenty of cloud. it will be damp and drizzly at times in the west. the west facing coasts and hills. still a few fog patches but not as much as we have full friday morning. that is starting to ease our way from being a major feature of our weather. as well. as new year's ev

swathes of wind with gales being felt as far south as the pennines, raging winds across the north of scotland the north of scotland, and also some wintry showers. one other thing happening is colder air invading the uk right now survive the early hours of boxing day morning but surely there is just about setting in across the midlands and nudging into the south—east, london and the south coast, still around 7 degrees, but foremost, around three or four, coast, still around 7 degrees, but foremost, around three orfour, or around freezing, scotland. the storms across the norwegian sea, quite a big storm tomorrow, sending vicious wind in the direction of scotland, amber warning force, 80 mph gusts of wind, frequent, blustery showers, wintery also, and to the south, a completely different story, you can even pick out any cloud across the south, really beautiful start to the day, beautiful start to the day, beautiful afternoon, then we get around about the north midlands, northern england, the wind starts picking up, it turns windy here across northern ireland, scotland, blowing a gale, a big cont

it will affect the far north of scotland principally. entually things should settle down later on next week. all the latest can be found on the website. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 12:30. a libyan passenger plane with 118 people on board has been forced to land in malta. it's thought two hijackers had threatened to blow up the aircraft. the main suspect in the berlin lorry attack is shot dead in milan after opening fire on police officers during an id check. anis amri, who is a tunisian national, was killed in the early hours of the morning. an italian officer was injured. there is absolutely no doubt that the person who was killed is anis amri. the suspect of the terrorist attack in berlin.

gusts of 90 miles across the north and north—west of scotland. ph. christmas eve morning, not quite as blustery. some wintry showers over the hills and further south it will be breezy, bright and the cloud will increase. christmas day, we will find some more gusty winds with high temperatures but a very mild christmas day. this is bbc news, i‘m clive myrie. the headlines at 11:00pm: the hunt is on for the main suspect in the berlin christmas market attack. he has been named as anis amri, a rejected asylum seeker from tunisia. he had been under surveillance for several months before the lorry attack, but it was stopped due to a lack of evidence. a royal marine serving a life sentence for the murder of an injured afghan fighter has been refused bail, while awaiting an appeal. a millionaire property developer has been sentenced to life for murdering his escort girlfriend, whom he claimed threatened to blackmail him. once i‘d attempted to murder her, i‘d be in a hell of a lot of trouble for that, and she could have still gone on and blackmailed me. al

fabrics of in its report in ireland, scotland, northern england and north wales. nd in the hills again. higher ground in scotland may see a white christmas. 0 nto scotland may see a white christmas. 0nto the next storm coming for boxing day. the northern isles, but in scotland, 80 or 90 mph gusts are possible. and amber warning in force. it will be blustery. the best sunshine will be in the southern areas. the worst cloud and the showers will be across the northern half of the uk. it is windy to the rest of the weekend. it turns quieterfrom rest of the weekend. it turns quieter from tuesday. those temperatures. we are surprised for those for christmas day. let me just bring us back for you and tell you what we were talking about here. that is christmas day morning. the record for christmas day is 15.6 celsius and that was achieved twice backin celsius and that was achieved twice back in 1896 and making 20 in scotla nd back in 1896 and making 20 in scotland and tollerton. it is exceptionally mild for the time of year. it isn't often like this. we mightjust fall shor

a good deal colder and don't forget on boxing day for the north of scotland, storm connor is what we h isles, a little bit breeding places but sunshine around ina much breeding places but sunshine around in a much fresher feel to the day. -- little in a much fresher feel to the day. —— little bit breezy. this is bbc news. i'm christian fraser. the headlines at 1pm: the queen misses the christmas day service at sandringham as she has a heavy cold. the duke of edinburgh and other members of the royal family were at church on the norfolk estate. meanwhile in berkshire, the duke and duchess of cambridge took prince george and princess charlotte to communion. they're spending christmas with kate's family, the middletons. more than 60 members of a celebrated russian military band are among the missing after a plane crashed in the black sea on its way to syria. a search—and—rescue mission is underway in the black sea. president putin announces a day of mourning tomorrow. also in the next hour: the pope uses his christmas mass at the vatican to call for an end to the war in syria. pope franci

around will bring some gusty winds around the western side of england and wales, very big waves as well, some localised flooding in scotland, in the north of scotland, about 80 mph, or so, the amber wind warning from the met office is about to expire but it will remain windy overnight in scotland and northern ireland, frequent showers, there will be more snow in scotland over the hills and mountains, atrocious wedge here, icy conditions as well, much of england and wales will be dry, clear skies, and the chilly side. that is the position of storm barbara as we headed to christmas eve morning, taking away the worst of the wind, there's still some blustery frequent showers coming into scotland and northern ireland on christmas eve, and those showers will be wintery in scotland as well, a few showers for northern england, perhaps wales, further south and east it may well be dry, quite a bit of sunshine, not as windy, temperatures in double figures, feeling called a further north in the wind and the wet weather and some coming across northern areas overnight, taking us into christmas day morning, where it is going to be very mild. temperatu

will be around ten or 11 in the south, seven across the north, and through the course of the day, cloudy with a little rain. in the north of scotlandome of those will push into the north—west of england. 13, 14 celsius. then a change on boxing day, howling gales across the far north of scotland, and amber warning. beyond christmas, fog could bea warning. beyond christmas, fog could be a problem.

of scotland. temperatures around freezing. in the south, still mild tonight, 7 degrees but a lovely day on the way for most of us on boxing day. not the case in the far northnd into the far north of scotland, storm force winds with gusts of 80 mph and warnings from the met office and more blustery, wintry showers but by the time you get to the north of england, into wales and down south, a completely different story, a lovely boxing day with some sunshine, and then the wind rapidly increasing as you get into the pennines, still very gusty in the pennines. very breezy and parts of northern ireland, gales buffeting western coasts with lots of showers and strong wind for 0rkney and shetland. possible gusts of 80 mph. for most of us, boxing day is looking nice and sunny. however, fog could be a problem in the coming days, rather than low—pressure, rapidly big air of high pressure building up, around 1040 millibars 01’ more. building up, around 1040 millibars or more. that means that first thing in the morning on tuesday, particularly when they could be misty and murky with frost in a few areas and temperatures lower on tuesday, leading to a clear night. high p

scotland. further south, across the areas and snow of wales and scotland. furthersouth, bright and scotland. furthersouth, bright and breezy, the cloud will increase with rain arriving in the northe picked up by thejet by yet another area of low pressure picked up by the jet stream and this law is not quite as deep, the wind not as strong but the wind will certainly be mild, a chunk of mild air across the country and temperatures could get injured mid—teens and it will be windy and gusty winds particularly over to the ease of high ground and a band of rain will slip south and behind that we draw down some cold air into the north—west, so belatedly it could turn out to be a white christmas across areas of scotland, chiefly over the hills. after this excitement and the wind and rain and snow come after christmas things turned dry with high pressure coming in and the wind will drop. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. the syrian government says it has reta ken the syrian government says it has retaken aleppo the syrian government says it has reta ken aleppo and the syrian government says it has retaken aleppo and 35,000 people left in the last week. that was achieved wit

quite wet in the north of scotland, and the western isles, and it will stay wet overnight. the rain it creeps further south, bits and pieces of drizzle elsewhere, it will be mild overnight. still cold and for frost in the south and east and possibly some fog, and i will have more on new year's eve late on. hello. this is bbc news with gavin esler. russia's foreign minister sergei lavrov has asked to expel us diplomats in response to president obama's decision to expel 35 russian diplomats. a nationwide ceasefire appears to be holding in syria, although some clashes have been reported. islamic state fighters and militants linked to al-qaeda are not part of the deal. 17 people — including the driver — have been taken to hospital, after a coach overturned in thick fog on the mao in oxfordshire. the vehicle came off the slip road near thame in the early hours. the government is considering plans to allow learners to drive on motorways. they'll be given access for lessons under plans to improve road safety. now on bbc news, victoria derbyshire takes a look back at the interviews

it will be picked up by the jet stream and driven towards the north of scotland for that we have had ground. contrast that with the winter, blue skies we have had elsewhere further south. dudley in the midlands, for example. much of england and wales will be dry overnight. the showers will become fewer further north and less wintry. chile for a while. temperatures recovering as the wind starts to pick up. the winds are starting to pick up. the winds are starting to pick up. the winds are starting to pick up because barbara is approaching. up to the north of scotland, the closer you are to the low predator, the stronger the wins will be. the winds will pick up across scotland through the morning. —— bwins. across scotland through the morning. —— b wins. some really scrawny wins, together with heavy rain. towards the south—east and east anglia, probably wondering what the fuss is about. behind the rain will get a few showers for the plate on into the evening the winds. to pick up. —— afew the evening the winds. to pick up. —— a few showers later on and into the evening. be prepared for

we have had over 100 millimetres in the last 2a hours in the north of scotland, gradually edging awayyou may be spending your evening outdoors, building up to the big midnight hour. if you are in scotland, take some waterproofs, rain in the early evening does clear by the time the bells ring in 2017, only one or two showers, mostly dry, fairly clear but cold. the rain edges into northern england by the time we had midnight, and it will also push into the north—west of wales too. much of central and southern england and wales will be dry as we see in 2017. fairly mild too, but the temperatures at midnight dropping away quite rapidly in scotland and northern ireland. colder air set to work southwards, a slow process during new year‘s day, colder but brighter conditions in the northern half of the country. a slight covering of showers to lower levels in northern scotland. rain initially in northern scotland. rain initially in northern england with some sleet over the hills, a bit of a damp start to the new year in much of wales, the midlands and southern england. some heavy outbreaks of

this is conor at its closest on boxing day, close to the far north of scotland, particularly the northernre than i have been able to mention. you can get all the details on all the warnings, timings and otherwise, on the bbc weather website. the man suspected of the berlin christmas market attack is shot dead in italy. anis amri was stopped by police in milan in the early hours outside a train station. translation: at that moment the man got hold of a pistol and without hesitation fired in the direction of an officer who had asked the documents. i pledge allegiance to the command of the faithful. so—called islamic state releases footage showing amri pledging allegiance to them. more questions about the police investigation as it emerges amri was able to travel from germany to france and then italy after the attack. also tonight. the round the clock work on the railways that will mean no trains on many lines this christmas.

of the atlantic. it is heading towards the north—west scotland. you can see how tightly packed the isobars become. th—west of scotland through friday afternoon. a windy start or northern ireland and scotland. south—westerly winds, temperatures rising. they should not be too many visibility problems but we will have rain and gale force winds on friday morning heading across scotland and northern ireland. we could also get squally winds may be 70 mph gusts. a bright start across eastern counties of england. the band of rain working across towards eastern england through friday evening. it is not the rain causing problems, it is the winds. through the west, the strongest winds. through friday evening also. the met office have issued an amber warning. winds could reach 90 mph which meant they could be damaging and potentially destructive and transport will be affected. through friday night, it was a very windy. colder air seeping m, was a very windy. colder air seeping in, and the return of showers and snow across the high ground in scotland. for christmas eve the england and wales, a decent kind of da

especially when you can see a bit of brightness, maybe north—east wales, north—east england and eastern parts of scotlandt the day you have rain and wind. double—figure temperatures for glasgow but just five celsius in norwich. into friday night you will probably be struck by the fact that this weather system is still hanging around the same parts of northern scotland. as we look further south we keep plenty of cloud. it will still be damp and drizzly at times in the west. the west—facing coast and hills. there will still be a few fog patches but not as much as we get friday morning. thatjust easing away from being a majorfeature of our weather. not as cold as well. as new year's eve begins, this is how it looks for the final day of 2016. finally this weather system is getting a move on and taking the rains southwards through scotland and northern ireland. the good news is that if you are out and about and celebrating the arrival of 2017, that should push away from you although cold air behind it with wintry showers. the start of 2017 you can see the band starting to push towards parts of england and wal

strongest winds in the north west of scotland, western and northern isles, busts of 90 mph. vening. the deep area of low pressure, barbara will pull away. things calm down slowly as we head into christmas eve. morning would be as windy, still some blustery showers in the north, maybe some snow in the north. further south, windy, drier, brighterwith increasing amounts of cloud. that sets us up for christmas day. it will be very mild. if we get temperatures of 15 or 16 it could be a record—breaking mild christmas day. it's not going to come without some rain. this weatherford taking rain from the north—west and at that the winds are mild —— this weather front taking. very strong and gusty, especially close to the area of low pressure, yet another one but not as intense as barbara perhaps. after christmas, all change, high pressure building up from the south west on boxing day and over the next few days after that. stronger winds in the north—west for a while but things really settling down. it could be cold, clear, frosty and probably cloud amounts increasing within that area o

north—west is the first sign of that storm. a deep area of low pressure which will track the centre just to the north of scotland full stops strongcotland and northern ireland with awful weather, and that heavy rain and squally wind drives into western areas of england and wales in the afternoon, south—east and east anglia largely dry but still windy and will find some heavy showers in scotland and northern ireland later in the afternoon after the rain, later in the afternoon into the evening the wind really ramps up in the north of scotland. it is because of the wind we have this amber beads were wind warning from the met office, may be some travel disruption and damage. nothing out of the ordinary for this time of year, but nevertheless, storm barbara moves away in friday night, windy across northern areas and into saturday which is of course christmas eve. by the morning it would be as windy still some blustery showers and snow over scottish hills, bright and breezy further south with cloud amounts increasing and rain arriving in the north—west on that weather front. driven by the next area of low pressure picked up by thejet

we could still have up to 70 mph in the far north of scotland by the end of the afternoon.t would be hard pressed to avoid them in scotland. the cold day. northern ireland has a fuchsia hours into the afternoon and sunshine to end the day. some showers in the far north of england. the rest of england and wales, a great day to get a walk in. the winds easing the rout, even if it is substantially cooler than it was yesterday afternoon. with the cooler day a cooler night will follow. still showers in scotland. dating back to spots of rain in orkney and shetland later, loosely becoming dry. —— feeding back. a widespread frost developing in england and wales. temperatures in the south midlands getting as low as —6 or seven. frost in parts of ireland. isolated in central and eastern parts of scotland. this is where we have sunshine for tuesday. a couple of showers. most have a dry day on tuesday after the crisp and frosty start. another great day for a walk. plenty of sunshine around and temperatures on the fresh side, at about 6—7 degrees. high pressure still in charge into wedn