something like her half of the carbon dioxide storage in the north sea is offshore of scotland. and it's also clear that north sea carbon dioxide storage held jointly between scotland, norway, and her. the offshore east of england, part of the u. k. was a little bit nervously. that's the storage which is needed for all of europe. because many of the nation states in europe, which are a netherlands, germany, france, are poland, cannot access huge carbon storage or in their own domestic territory. so it's very probable and it's been planned for many years. in fact, that ter, shipping of carbon dioxide or pipeline of carbon dioxide from those european states can easily come to the north sea, be accepted by countries like scotland, the u. k. annoy and be stored safely and securely deep beneath the north sea where it is well understood. she logical, safe and secure storage and where it can be monitored and detected for decades and decades to come to make sure that carbon dioxide is staying exactly where it's been put. so this is a, a continental scale opportunity we have here. so jus

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, it will bump into north sea coastal areas and turn wintry.s in scotland. tomorrow, showers end and we will keep some wintry showers running on to the north sea coast and east anglia. they do become fewer in the afternoon and many places are dry. plenty of sunshine but more cloud coming into northern ireland and western parts of scotland. temperatures may be no better than three, four or five degrees despite the sunshine. we are setting up the cold air across the uk but if we look further west, there is milder air coming infrom look further west, there is milder air coming in from the atlantic briefly. where we have the two, where they meet we have a weather front that could bring snow on thursday evening in scotland. over the pennines, welsh hills and east anglia. do it is only a short while because it turns back to rain and that rain is hanging round across southern part of england, threatening to come back into the south—west later on. it should be brighterfurther south—west later on. it should be brighter further north, south—west later on

another area of low pressure moving its way into the north sea at the moment.ts of the uk, this is where we see the best of the weather. but we have got wetter weather coming into another england, and still a mixture of rain and snow across south easterly areas of scotland. these are the late afternoon, end of the day temperatures. a wintry mix through the night across south—eastern parts of scotland. likewise across northern england. some rain moves southwards across other parts of england, out of the west we see breaks in the cloud and the shower is becoming fewer. it stays quite windy overnight. generally speaking, temperatures should be a few degrees above freezing. this note of high pressure improving the weather across northern and western areas during tomorrow, but lower pressure is still across more southern parts of the north beating this cloud, bringing in some showers across more eastern parts of england in particular. perhaps across south—eastern scotland. drier through the day, particularly to the west. best of the sunshine across northern ireland

pushing off to the north sea, eventually clearing, - north sea, eventually clearing, behind it, someindy day across parts of england and wales, especially along the coast. temperatures ranging from five to 12 degrees. this evening and overnight, some cloud and clear skies, temperatures are low enough for a touch of frost across parts of scotland and northern england before the next band of rain sweeps in, milder conditions in the far south—west but cold as we push further north. this is where we'll start off with some brightness as the rain which is north through the course of the day, sharon is behind for a time but turning much milder it has been. this is bbc news — these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the hospitality sector welcomes the decision not to impose further covid restrictions in england before the new year, describing it as a lifeline but ministers say further restrictions hinges on the number of hospitalisations. at the moment, we don't think that the evidence supports any more interventions beyond what we've done but obviously we've got to kee

on the yorkshire coast swimmers have been hopping into the north sea, bravinges in all manner of costumes and fancy dress. ahead of their swim, alison freeman went to meet some of them to find out why they were doing it. they're used to being in the cold and getting wet, but the lads from redcar rugby club's under—14s are still a little nervous aboutjumping in the north sea as part of the annual boxing day dip. freezing! it's going to be horrible. it will be very cold. i know that. but they're doing it for a good cause, thejunction, a charity in the town which helps support the mental health of young people like them and their friends. i have just lost a whole lot of confidence, like not being able to talk to people, just normal general stuff. so you are talking about because of the pandemic, basically? notjust the pandemic, i'm also worried about stuff i needed it in primary because it was bad in there. so they took me into a room and they talked to me and asked how i was and then they tried to help me through it. how did that make you feel? it made me feel be

a few coastal showers, most of these across north sea coasts.her cold day. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. germany announces tough restrictions on the unvaccinated as it battles a fourth wave of covid and says jabs could become mandatory from february. south africa says the omicron variant is driving a sharp increase in covid infections there. officials say vaccinations are vital. the real problem here is not a lack of vaccine is the fact that younger people seem very reluctant to get a job. —jab. days before her successor is appointed, germany's angela merkel is given a ceremonial send—off after 16 years in office.

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a few coastal showers, most of these across north sea coasts.e another cold day. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. the outgoing german chancellor, angela merkel, says the unvaccinated will be excluded from all non—essential shops and recreational venues. the us is looking for 600,000 cybersecurity experts to begin defending the country against a spiralling number of online attacks. a controversial plan to explore the cambo oil field, a prospective new site off the shetland isles, could be in doubt as shell announces it's withdrawing funding from the project. plus, how the pandemic has shaped people's drug—taking habits round the world. we'll go through the findings of a new survey. earlier this week, the man who leads mi6 here in britain told the bbc it was essential for the west to stand up to the "full spectrum" of threats coming from moscow and beijing. it's a view that's been echoed by president biden, who says the two countries are now waging a global cyberespionage campaign. between 2019

coast, in off north sea coasts, noticeably cooler once again for all of us.aders say covid jabs could become mandatory from february and have announced tough restrictions on the unvaccinated. south africa says the omicron variant is driving a sharp increase in covid infections there. officials say vaccinations are vital. the real problem here is not a lack of vaccines, it is the fact that younger people seem very reluctant to get a jab. the governing conservative party, retains the parliamentary seat of old bexley and sidcup — but the uk by—election victory, is with a greatly reduced majority. tech and taxis — as kidnappings in cabs continue to rise in the democratic republic of congo — we investigate

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now this is happening in on the north sea. so i hope it is, it got the list finally to have a common european migration policy because it's already more than 20. yes. that we are talking about the common migration policy. and it never happened because a common migration policy could to avoid the tragedies as we have seen last week, france code for urgent talks to discuss this tragedy. but then it disinvited a british minister because it didn't like one of bars. johnson's tweets, you don't do that if you are serious about finding solutions to you. i don't think that you start to do such talks with, with, with tweets that maybe the way that his policies. but that's not the way we do it inside to the european inside you to be in union. so i think more important is to concentrate ourselves on what could avoid such tragedies. and again, there is a change in the european migration and sign a policy is absolutely key, like there is also a need for you k for united kingdom to understand that they are now out of the european union. and

unique natural landscapes like the vault and see this system into tidal sands and mud flats in the north sea was granted well, natural heritage status in 2009. ah. german tourists also flocked to mecklenburg, western pomeranian germany's northern most state with its capital. shipping ranks of 5th with domestic tourists with the state is home to historically important hands. the attic cities likes 1000 with its magnificent red, brick, gothic buildings, trousers med, evil, old town together with v smells has been listed as a piece of unesco world heritage. since 2002 ah, ah mecklenburg, western pomeranians popularity also has much to do with its abundance of water. it's baltic sea beaches and its proximity to the german capital. even over a century ago, the island of wisdom was nicknamed berlin's bath tub. it's imperial spars, but also favored by the german emperors. ah ah ah ah, with the baltic c resort town of bonder can also be quickie reached from berlin. yet it still retained a bit of the charm of an old fishing village. at least that's the way van amanda presents itself on its promenade.

course of tomorrow what it's going to do is continue its journey, moving off in the direction of the north seay mist and fog in the highlands lifting quite quickly allowing some sunshine to come through. there will be cloud coming in behind the rain, brighter skies out towards the west, but windy, especially in england and wales. hello this is bbc news — the headlines: the prime minister's scientific advisers will brief him today on the spread of coronavirus over christmas — as he decides whether to impose more restrictions in england before the new year. in scotland and northern ireland, further measures come into force today for pubs, bars and cafes. warnings the government isn't doing enough to help people deal with sharp increases in the price of gas and electricity. police apologise to the family of former premier league footballer, dalian atkinson, who died from injuries he suffered while being arrested five years ago. england's hopes of an ashes comeback are fading rapidly, after a dramatic second day of the third test in melbourne. now on bbc news, review 2021, the royal year. our roya

now this is happening in the north sea. so i hope it is. it got the list finally to have a common european migration policy. i because it's already more than 20. yes. that we are talking about the common migration policy. and it never happened because a common migration policy could avoid the tragedies as we have seen last week. france called for urgent talks to discuss this tragedy, but then it disinvited a british minister because it didn't like one of bars. johnson's tweets, you don't do that. if you are serious about finding solutions to you. i don't think that you, you start to do such talks with, with, with tweets and that's maybe the way that is a policy. but that's not the way we do it inside to the european the inside european union. so i think more important is to concentrate ourselves on what could avoid such tragedies. and again, there a change in the european migration and sign a policy is absolutely key like that is also a need for you k for united kingdom to understand that they are now out of the european union. and they nee

course of tomorrow what it's going to do is continue its journey, moving off in the direction of the north seaany mist and fog in the highlands lifting quite quickly allowing some sunshine to come through. there will be cloud coming in behind the rain, brighter skies out towards the west, but windy, especially in england and wales. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the prime minister's scientific advisers will brief him today on the spread of coronavirus over christmas, as he decides whether to impose more restrictions in england before the new year. in scotland and northern ireland, further measures come into force today for pubs, bars and cafes. warnings the government isn't doing enough to help people deal with sharp increases in the price of gas and electricity. police apologise to the family of former premier league footballer dalian atkinson, who died from injuries he suffered while being arrested five years ago. the national trust warn some landscapes in the uk could be altered forever due to extreme weather conditions. and england's hopes of an ashes comeback are fading rapidly

and a bit like arwen, this one is moving southward over the north sea but this one is nowhere nearasp, the wind is nowhere nearas near as deep, the wind is nowhere near as strong. but near that area of low pressure, we have seen the wettest of the weather today, not just rain, some snow, particular in higher parts of scotland and will continue to see this wintry mix in scotland. perhaps in northern england as well, over the hills. and out towards the west, we do see some clearer spells and those showers are becoming fewer but the wind is blowing strong enough, generally speaking, to keep temperaturesjust above freezing. will be a chilly start during tomorrow morning and some clouds across england and wales, especially eastern areas, becoming drier in the day and across western parts, it brightens up, the winds drop, with lighter winds developing in northern ireland, it will feel much better than today, temperatures a little higher. as we head into the beginning of next week, we start to see weather coming in from the atlantic. this first front coming in from the west are bringing rai

we'll keep a few wintry showers running on to some of those north sea coasts and into east anglia.stern parts of scotland. ahead of that, though, temperatures maybe no better than three, four orfive degrees, despite the sunshine, so a colder day than today. so we're setting up that cold air at the moment across the uk. but if we look out further west, there's milder air trying to come in from the atlantic briefly. where we have the two, where the two meet, we have a weather front that could bring some snow during thursday evening to scotland just for a short while over the pennines welsh hills, perhaps some sleetiness down through the midlands and east anglia for a while, but it's only for a short while because it turns back to rain again and that rain is still hanging round, perhaps across more southern parts of england. threatening to go back into the south—west. later on should be a bit brighter. further north, perhaps some sunshine around. it starts to cool off a little bit across northern areas. and we've got a whole rush of showers arriving in the north—west of scotland, late

that will allow cooler air to move down from the north—east off the north sea, particularly into thenext week. friday are pretty similar data today, a lot of grey and gloomy weather around with mistiness and murkiness too. there was temperatures down a notch, seven to 11 degrees. the weekend is looking pretty benign, much like we have had today and will have tomorrow. it will be turning cooler, that will be noticeable on sunday. a largely grey day with light winds on saturday, mainly dry with some brightness around, particularly towards western areas, and in the north—east of scotland perhaps the higher ground poking above the cloud. a similar story on sunday, we start to pick up more of a cold and north—easterly breeze, and that cooler air will be spreading southwards and on sunday we are in single figures across the board, just about 9 degrees across the south—west. it looks like the cooler air at the moment all the colder air i should say will start to win out spreading southwards in the run—up to christmas. some models are thinking some milder air could work in from the south—wes

a bit cooler across north sea coasts.at onshore breeze. so, beyond that point, for much of next week, the run—up to christmas, it looks like we could continue to see some of this cold air pushing in across the uk, perhaps even the chance of some showers, which could be wintry on the hills. and then it could be that low pressure starts to try and push in from the south—west towards the latter part of the week, but there's some uncertainty to this. at the moment, it looks like cold air wins out and then we could become a battleground of something milder in the south, again colder in the north. it looks like it'll stay largely dry in the run—up to christmas, quite a lot of cloud, a little sunshine, too. there could even be some showers, some of which could have a wintry flavour to them, so stay tuned. tonight at ten: the uk records more covid infections in a single day than at any time since the start of the coronavirus pandemic. the fear is the nhs could be overwhelmed, as the new 0micron variant spreads at a "phenomenal pa

on the yorkshire coast swimmers have been hopping into the north sea, bravingwent to meet some of them to find out why they were doing it. they are used to being in the cold and getting wet but the lads from redcar rugby club's and getting wet but the lads from redcar rugby clubs on the fourteens are still a little nervous about jumping in the north sea as part of the annual boxing day dip. freezing! it will be horrible. _ the annual boxing day dip. freezing! it will be horrible. very _ the annual boxing day dip. freezing! it will be horrible. very cold, - the annual boxing day dip. freezing! it will be horrible. very cold, i - it will be horrible. very cold, i know that- — it will be horrible. very cold, i know that. but _ it will be horrible. very cold, i know that. but they _ it will be horrible. very cold, i know that. but they are - it will be horrible. very cold, i know that. but they are doing | it will be horrible. very cold, i i know that. but they are doing it it will be horrible. very cold, i - know that. but they are doing it for a aood know that. b

you can see this area of low pressure slipping into the north sea, bringing in the floodgates of some of showers, northern and western areas through saturday morning. some good spells of sunshine in the south, once the rain clears away. these showers will become more widespread into the afternoon. blown on by a strong north—westerly wind. these are mean wind speeds and gusts could be higher than that. top temperatures will be around five to eight degrees. sunday, probably fewer showers for the north and west thanks to a ridge of high pressure building in. with low pressure over the north sea, it is eastern parts of the country which could see showers are long spells of rain again with a wintry flavour to them. another chilly day despite more sunshine around with temperatures ranging from five to eight celsius. into next week, it stays unsettled with sunshine and showers are longer spells of rain. there is a potential of windy weather around the middle part of the week. this is bbc news. the headlines... the couple who killed and tortured six—year—old arthur labinjo—hughes have been ja

declining north sea oil production and brexit has put a large dent in cargo volumes.ining me now is mike coop, morningstar investment management's chief investment officer for the emea region. when i was looking at this report i was surprised to see to what degree the north sea oil, why should i be surprised when you think about it, is such a huge part of what is coming and going within the uk ports and that has had a significant impact on what is happening at the moment. it is interesting _ happening at the moment. it 3 interesting because this shows a decline over a decade and this has happened at a time when the uk, of course, has sought to decarbonise its energy production particularly for electricity. that has been an ongoing reduction in the amount of oil were used to generate electricity here so that has been a really big factor in the reduction over a long period of time. add to that the effect of brexit in terms of disruption and also the pandemic and it is no wonder you have seen that drop off in the last 18 months. there has been a significant drop—off alth

temperatures holding out around 3—7, where we have the cloud, and it will be breezier along some north seanto monday, maybe some subtle changes. i think for many, we're holding onto the cloud, but we could see clearer skies or sunnier breaks appearing across central and eastern england, parts of southern england haven't the sunshine for a good week or so now, so that will be a welcome change. probably the best of the sunshine again across the north of the uk, and again, whatever you are, it will be chilly whether you have the grey and gloomy skies or even the sunshine. now, as the run—up to christmas has been giving us a headache. at the moment it looks like we could see this area of low pressure push in from the atlantic. that will have some weather fronts, some rain bands and some milder air which will push into the south and west, but colder air will want to continue to dig down from the north—east. so we're in a bit of a battleground between these air masses around the christmas period. it does look like the upcoming week to start with, certainly for the first few days, will be chilly

, but the lads from redcar rugby club's under—1as are still a little nervous aboutjumping in the north sea very cold. i know that. but they're doing it for a good cause, thejunction, a charity in the town which helps support the mental health of young people like them and their friends. i'd just lost a whole lot of confidence, like not being able to talk to people, just normal day—to—day general stuff. i needed it in primary because it was bad in there. so they took me into a room and they talked to me and asked how i was and then they tried to help me through it. how did that make you feel? it made me feel better, a lot better. we've seen, kind of, an increase in numbers accessing our service due to covid, limiting people social activity, the community fund—raisers are a vital part of our funding stream and the money they raise is able to buy resources and materials that we just wouldn't have been able to provide otherwise. adam illingworth is the reason his mum kate will be taking part in the dip for a fourth time. mum kate will be taking part aged five he was diagnosed with a brain tumo

low pressure close to scotland as saturday begins will run south through the north sea as the weekendonger spells of rain and hill snow, especially on saturday, and it's also dragging in another push of chilly air from the north—west. and it's not what those without power or working to restore power after storm arwen want to hear but it is going to be a rather cold weekend ahead with temperatures starting like this for saturday morning. just a few spots close to freezing, just a hint of frost here and there. there'll be early rain across eastern england clearing away to sunny spells, but then this curl of rain and hill snow through scotland, northern ireland, pushing into more of northern england, wales and the midlands as we go on through the day. north—west 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

and a bit like arwen, this one is moving southward over the north sea but this one is nowhere near as but near that area of low pressure, we have seen the wettest of the weather today, notjust rain, some snow, particularly in higher parts of scotland and will continue to see this wintry mix in scotland. perhaps in northern england as well, over the hills. the wetter weather moving southwards into more areas of england and wales. and out towards the west, we do see some clearer spells and those showers are becoming fewer but the wind is blowing strong enough, generally speaking, to keep temperatures just above freezing. it will be a chilly start during tomorrow morning and some clouds across england and wales, especially eastern areas, becoming drier in the day and across western parts, it brightens up, the winds drop, with lighter winds developing in northern ireland, it will feel much better than today, temperatures a little higher. as we head into the beginning of next week, we start to see weather coming in from the atlantic. this first front coming in from the west are bringing ra

a few coastal showers, most of these across north sea coasts. officials in south africa say the new omicron variant of covid has become the dominant strain. infections jumped to 11 and a half thousand on thursday — a four—fold increase in a week. germany has announced tough new measures for people who have not been vaccinated. they are set to be banned from many public facilities and non essential shops. a vote on whether to enforce mandatory vaccinations will also take place. a majority in the us house of representatives have approved a bill to avoid a partial government shutdown. federal agency funding — that would have expired on friday — has been extended through to february 18th. and just days before her successor is appointed, chancellor angela merkel has been given a ceremonial send—off by the german military after 16 years in office. she officially steps down next week.

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around 307 where we have the cloud, it will be brazier along the cloud, it will be brazier along the north seaing onto the cloud, but we could see some clear skies some sunnier breaks appearing across central and eastern england, parts of southern england have not seen the southern sunshine for a good week or so, that will be a welcome change, probably the best of the sunshine again across the north of the uk and again, whatever you are, it is going to be chilly whenever you heavy grey and gloomy skies are evenly sunshine. now, in the run—up to christmas, but has been giving us a headache. at the moment it looks like we could see this area of low pressure trying to push on from the atlantic, that will have some weather fronts in it, atlantic, that will have some weatherfronts in it, some rain bands and slightly mild air pushing to the south and west. cole durant will want to continue to dig down from the north—east, so we are a bit of a battleground between bees and buses around the christmas period. it looks like the upcoming week start with, certainly for the first few days, will be chilly a

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a few coastal showers, most of these across north sea coasts.e mandatory from february. south africa says the omicron variant is driving a sharp increase in covid infections there. officials say vaccinations are vital. the real problem here is not a lack of vaccine is the fact that younger people seem very reluctant to get a jab. days before her successor is appointed, germany's angela merkel is given a ceremonial send—off after 16 years in office. and — norway's annual christmas tree gift to britain looks decidely down in the dumps.

the danes tended to go across the north sea to the british isles particularly along the eastern seaboard of the british isles, which the danes, for example, who carve out their own settlements in northern england centered around the capital of york, i point out in the book at one point in the middle ages two-thirds of the kingdom of england were under danish rule. that's one reason why danish or i should say in other words, had such a huge impact on the english language, over 600 from old norse to english. that is part of that danish legacy. norwegians tended to venture a little bit further out going west towards iceland and greenland and, of course, north america, but also slipping around down on the west side of the british isles to ireland where norwegian vikings did carve up settlements even a principality or two during the height of the viking age and then into the mediterranean. where swedes pushed eastwards and it is of the swedes really are the ones who make their way down through the russian river courses into the black sea and established settlements, the most important being t

this system of inter tidal sands and mud flats in the north sea was granted. well, natural heritage status in 2009. ah, german tourists also flocked to mecklenburg, western pomeranian germany's northernmost state with its capital schilling ranks 5th, with domestic tourists with the state is home to historically important hands. the attic cities like style zoomed with its magnificent red brick, gothic buildings, trousers med, evil, old town together with v smells has been listed as a piece of unesco. well, heritage since 2002 ah, ah mecklenburg, western pomeranians popularity also has much to do with its abundance of water. it's baltic, sea beaches and its proximity to the german capital. even over a century ago, the island of wisdom was nickname, berlin's bath tub. it's imperial spawns, but also favored by the german emperors ah, with the baltic sea resort town of bonder can also be quickly reached from berlin. yet it still retained a bit of the charm of an old fishing village at least that the way van moon to present itself on its promenade. the alto storm wi

natural landscapes, like the vault and see this system of into title sans and mont flats in the north sea was granted well, natural heritage status in 2009. ah. german tourists also flocked to mecklenburg, western pomeranian germany's northern most state with its capital shilling ranks 5th with domestic tourists with the state as home to historically important hands. the attic cities likes to rosalind with its magnificent red, brick, gothic buildings, trousers med, evil, old town together with v smells has been listed as a piece of unesco. well, heritage since 2002 ah ah mecklenburg, western pomeranians popularity also has much to do with its abundance of water. it's baltic, sea beaches and its proximity to the german capital. even over a century ago, the island of wisdom was nicknamed berlin's bath tub. it's imperial spawns, but also favored by the german emperors ah, with the baltic sea resort town of bonder can also be quickly reached from berlin. yet it still retained a bit of the charm of an old fishing village. at least that's the way van moon to present itself on its promenade. the

natural landscapes, like the vault and see this system of inter tidal sands and mount plants in the north sea was granted well, natural heritage status in 2009. ah. german tourists also flocked to mecklenburg, western pomeranian germany's northernmost state with its capital schilling ranks 5th, with domestic tourists with the state as home to historically important hands. the attic cities likes to rosalind with its magnificent red brick gothic buildings, trousers med evil, old town. together with v smells has been listed as a piece of unesco. well heritage since 2002 ah ah mecklenburg, western pomeranians popularity also has much to do with its abundance of water. it's baltic, sea beaches and its proximity to the german capital. even over a century ago, the island of wisdom was nickname, berlin's bath tub. it's imperial spawns, but also favored by the german emperors, ah, with the baltic sea resort town of bonder can also be quickly reached from berlin. yet it still retained a bit of the charm of an old fishing village at least that the way van moon to present itself on its promenade. the alt

sitting towards the east of the country bringing in winds from the country bringing in winds from the north seatinuing although it does stop in the afternoon. further north across scotland and northern ireland the winds tend to ease get more sunshine coming through. more pleasant than it has been feeling today and temperature should be a degree or to hire. as we move our way to the start of the new week we have got this whether frontier that is coming in from the atlantic. moving into it quite a chilly air so we could find no over the higher ground but otherwise mostly rain. that is pushing eastwards and then following in from that. bringing in sunshine and showers. those could be a little bit wintry as well. temperature six degrees in the central belt. eight in london. after that, though, we have this area of low pressure sweeping in from the atlantic. this is going to be deepening rapidly and that means pressure is going to be dropped any in the winds dropping and wet weather coming from the west on tuesday. may be snow over the higher ground but that wind is going to be more of a concern tue

today, what we've got is rain pushing its way into the north sea leaving a lot of cloud in its wake,in or drizzle at times. the clearer skies across the highlands, northern ireland and parts of england and wales means that some of us will see some sunshine. but a windy day, especially with exposure in wales and the english channel. through this evening and overnight, there will be quite a bit of clear sky around, so especially in scotland, parts of northern england, we are looking at a touch of frost before this next system swings in bringing its rain from the south—west. so tomorrow, we start off with all that rain spreading from the south west steadily northwards and eastwards, behind it, there will be some residual cloud, there will still be some dampness in the air, but for some, it should start to brighten up, particularly so for north—east england and also parts of northern ireland. temperatures tomorrow ranging from 7 to 16. this is bbc news — the headlines. the hospitality sector welcomes the decision not to impose further covid restrictions in england before the new year des

this is the area of low pressure, dipping down into the north sea, strong north—westerly winds, coldnd may be sleet and snow, potentially very windy weather by the time we reach tuesday and wednesday next week so stay tuned to the forecast. today at five — the couple who killed six—year—old arthur labinyo—hughes have been jailed. arthur�*s father faces 21 years in prison — his girlfriend life in prison, with a minimum term of 29 years. the judge said the couple�*s actions were �*spiteful and sadistic,�* and that arthur was subjected to the �*most unimaginable suffering�*. child preotection agencies say lessons must be learned. i think were also struggling to come to terms with what author endured. the sentencing marks the end in achieving with just some sort of justice. the euro 2020 final is branded a day of �*national shame�* — after two thousand "ticketless, drunken thugs" got into wembley stadium.

concealer pressure slipping into the north sea, opening the floodgates for some called north westerly

that rain eventually clears off into the north sea, taking the mountain snow with it. l be heavy and frequent across the north—west and turning increasingly wintry once again. it's a blustery day. those are mean wind speeds. gusts will be high, particularly around some irish sea coasts. and it will feel chilly again — temperatures of 3—8 celsius. then we look to the atlantic. the potential of this deep area of low pressure to develop and hurtle in towards ireland, and then the uk as we push through tuesday and wednesday. still some uncertainty to its track but i think we're pretty sure they could bring some wet and very windy weather on tuesday and wednesday, so do stay tuned to the forecast. hello and welcome to bbc news. president biden is due to hold a video call next week with vladimir putin, amid growing fears that russia may be preparing to launch a full scale invasion of ukraine. tensions between russia and ukraine have been building for some time in the wake of russia's annexation of crimea these are ukrainian troops stationed in the donietsk region on the russi

i hope so because this tragedy in the, in the north sea is not the, not the 1st tragedy. and we have so many casual piece tragedies and in the mid to reagan, now this is happening in the north sea. so i hope it is, it got the list finally to have a common european migration policy. i because it's already more than 20. yes. that we are talking about the common migration policy. and it never happened because a common migration policy could to avoid the tragedies, as we have seen last week, from schooled for urgent talks to discuss this tragedy. but then it disinvited a british minister because it didn't like one of bars. johnson's tweets, you don't do that if you're serious about finding solutions to you. i don't think that you, you start to do such talks with, with, with tweets and that's maybe the way that is a policy. but that's not the way we do it inside to the european, the inside european union. so i think more important is to concentrate ourselves on what could avoid such tragedies. and again, there a change in the european migration and sign a policy is absolutely

lots more cloud spinning around an area of low pressure those currently sitting across the southern north seaand, and also across northern ireland, i hope you make the most of the sunshine. sunshine to end the day across western parts of wales and the south—west of england. more cloud across other parts of england, that is where we are seeing the showery bursts of rain. they will continue into the next two hours, gradually fading this evening. some breaks in the cloud arriving for a while, particularly in eastern parts of scotland, before that canvas on the satellite picture comes in from the west and brings some wetter weather as well. end of that, we have the temperature is falling away, as the cloud breaks for a while, temperatures full close to freezing widely, lowest temperatures in eastern scotland. the cold air and the band of wet weather, some snow perhaps over higher parts of scotland, may be the pennines, but otherwise, it is rain, which close a way for western areas in the morning, pushes its way eastwards in the afternoon, to be followed by some sunshine and blustery showers. most

generally a0 or 50 or so but could get windier around some north sea coast in the evening.ednesday, and it will weaken as well. wednesday is still a windy day, just not as windy. the strongest winds are going to be in south wales and the southwest of england. and around that area of low pressure, showers or longer spells of rain rotating with some brief glimpses of sunshine. but it's still cold, temperatures around 5—7 . by the time we get to thursday our storm really is no more. it's continuing to weaken, the winds are continuing to drop. this band of rain from the atlantic will arrive into northern ireland later in the day. but otherwise, it's a much quieter day on thursday. a fair bit of cloud around, many places are going to be dry, some sunshine at times but we're still in cold air, temperatures typically at sixes and sevens. welcome to bbc news. i'm david eades. our top stories: the united states announces a diplomatic boycott of the beijing winter olympics because of china's record on human rights. china calls that boycott a pretentious act and insists it is against