sparkling blue skies at times but the showers will be widespread and really frequent across the north westing a bit of sleet or health know mixed in other showers will get driven in by the north—westerly winds across northern wales into north—west england into the midlands and one or two reaching into southern england as well. temperatures for many similar, around 6—7, but that's the last of the really cool weather because as we get into the weekend we have this big wave of warm air washing over the uk. temperatures will be boosted significantly in this milder air is here to stay for a long time to come. saturday, cloud and rain, yes, some of that will be quite heavy, some of that will be quite heavy, some strengthening south—westerly winds. it might be quite murky over some of the hills, mist patches around but temperatures picking up across western areas, up to 12 degrees into belfast, plymouth and cardiff. cooler in eastern areas but the mild air will work in from the second half of the weekend. sunday could turn quite windy across the north west. some rain in the forecast but a lot of

to the far north—west of scotland. will scoop up very mild error across much of the country, particularly for england and wales. we start sunday on a rather cloudy night. some missed and low cloud, a bit of drizzle as well, some brightness breaking into the afternoon. particularly across eastern areas, we have but rebound pushing across areas of the rsc and eventually pushing up the rsc and eventually pushing up into central parts of scotland by the end of the day. north of here, the far north—east of scotland will be quite cool, but very mild for the time of year further south, could see 1a or 15 degrees. sunday evening of sunday night, we see this deepening load bring a swath of heavy rain and gales to the far north—west of northern ireland and certainly for western scotland, especially the hebrides, that is where we will see the strongest of the winds. it will push into the north of scotland by the end of the night, leaving a legacy of blustery showers and slightly cooler air. england and wales will continue to see t

we've got that rain, more towards scotland, northern ireland, perhaps the north—west of england, northllowing things to brighten up with some showers in the west, some sunshine too — very mild. i think it's going to be a windy day, though, during saturday, but very mild start to the year. now let's look further ahead and into sunday, we've got some more rain around as well. one area of rain from overnight clears through, and then showers and longer spells of rain come back in from the west. but temperatures, while still mild, are not quite as mild on sunday, so around 9 to 13 degrees. we're cutting off that supply of very warmer air from the south and instead we've got an area of low pressure heading down from the north on monday. that will signal something of a more significant change. now, ahead of that low pressure, we've got some sunshine, and blustery showers, but as we see that low moving into scotland, it gets wetter here. the rain starts to turn to snow in the mountains as we get more of a northerly wind pushing in, and that will drop the temperatures through the day. still mil

and another one comes in across the north west.oud around, it will still be breezy, and these are our overnight lows, 8 to 14, maybe 15 degrees. these temperatures would be pretty good as daytime maximums, not night—time minimums. so, on thursday, we have our two bands of rain, the one in eastern scotland peters out, the one in the south—west peps up and brings some heavier rain across wales and north—west england. there will be some brighter skies in eastern scotland, but still a lot of cloud with some drizzle across the far south—east. once again, we've got the temperature range, nine to 16, possibly 17 degrees somewhere in the south—eastern corner. now, into new year's eve, again, it's going to be exceptionally mild. there will still be some patchy rain in the forecast, so as we go through the morning, during new year's eve, we've got some overnight rain to clear, it will be heavy rain as well. eventually it will clear south—east scotland and north—east england. quite a lot of cloud and rain. brighter skies in the south and our

we've got that rain, more towards scotland, northern ireland, perhaps the north—west of england, northe sunshine too — very mild. i think it's going to be a windy day, though, during saturday, but very mild start to the year. now let's look further ahead and into sunday, we've got some more rain around as well. one area of rain from overnight clears through, and then showers and longer spells of rain come back in from the west. but temperatures, while still mild, are not quite as mild on sunday, so around 9 to 13 degrees. we're cutting off that supply of very warmer air from the south and instead we've got an area of low pressure heading down from the north on monday. that will signal something of a more significant change. now, ahead of that low pressure, we've got some sunshine, and blustery showers, but as we see that low moving into scotland, it gets wetter here. the rain starts to turn to snow in the mountains as we get more of a northerly wind pushing in, and that will drop the temperatures through the day. still mild, though, on monday. highs of around 10 or 11 degrees. now, bey

onto sunday night, we see this deepening load bring a swath of heavy rain and gales to the far north—westrn scotland, especially the hebrides, that is where we will see the strongest of the winds. it will push into the north of scotland by the end of the night, leaving a legacy of blustery showers and slightly cooler air. england and wales will continue to see this weather front bringing outbreaks of rain, particularly across wales and in towards the south—west. here it's going to be mild, it's looking a bit cooler further north. for monday, we start the new week off on a bright note across the northern half of the country, here we will have some blustery showers, wintry on the hills, england and wales will be plagued by this weather front so it could be quite cloudy and quite wet in parts of wales and into northern england, i think the south—east quadrant could be a bit drier, perhaps a little bit brighter. very mild here, a bit fresherfurther north. that weather front clears away from england and wales into tuesday, we start to see high pressure building in the south, but you will notic

this time this particular heatwave is occurring in the north—west, thatis occurring in the north—westlia but it is also linked to bushfire risk stop and certainly well forecasting increase bushfire risk part of the country, we recently had some bushfires in perth, the capital of western australia, although that is a lot further south in this current heatwave. what are eo - le current heatwave. what are peeple most _ current heatwave. what are people most concerned - current heatwave. what are l people most concerned about right now, sarah, and what can people do as the weather becomes more volatile over the next few weeks?— becomes more volatile over the next few weeks? absolutely. so what we call _ next few weeks? absolutely. so what we call the _ next few weeks? absolutely. so what we call the black _ next few weeks? absolutely. so what we call the black summer| what we call the black summer here come the 2019—2020 summer, it was terrible. they live through it, was living in sydney at the time, the smoke quality was horrible, no—one could go outside, and it was a real wake—up call,

onto sunday night, we see this deepening load bring a swath of heavy rain and gales to the far north—westcially the hebrides, that is where we will see the strongest of the winds. it will push into the north of scotland by the end of the night, leaving a legacy of blustery showers and slightly cooler air. england and wales will continue to see this weather front bringing outbreaks of rain, particularly across wales and in towards the south—west. here it's going to be mild, it's looking a bit for monday, we start the new week off on a bright note across the northern half of the country, here we will have some blustery showers, wintry on the hills, england and wales will be plagued by this weather front so it could be quite cloudy and quite wet in parts of wales and into northern england, i think the south—east quadrant could be a bit drier, perhaps a little bit brighter. very mild here, a bit fresherfurther north. that weather front clears away from england and wales into tuesday, we start to see high pressure building in the south, but you will notice low pressure to the north of the uk.

onto sunday night, we see this deepening load bring a swath of heavy rain and gales to the far north—westthe hebrides, that is where we will see the strongest of the winds. it will push into the north of scotland by the end of the night, leaving a legacy of blustery showers and slightly cooler air. england and wales will continue to see this weather front bringing outbreaks of rain, particularly across wales and in towards the south—west. here it's going to be mild, it's looking a bit cooler further north. for monday, we start the new week off on a bright note across the northern half of the country, here we will have some blustery showers, wintry on the hills. england and wales will be plagued by this weather front so it could be quite cloudy and quite wet in parts of wales and into northern england. i think the south—east quadrant could be a bit drier, perhaps a little bit brighter. very mild here, a bit fresherfurther north. that weather front clears away from england and wales into tuesday, we start to see high pressure building in the south, but you will notice low pressure to the no

clear spells further north and west.r. into monday, some subtle changes. it looks pretty similar, light winds, a lot of cloud, best of the sunshine across parts of scotland, north—west england, west wales, south west. some brighter weather getting into central and eastern parts of england, some areas of south—east england, some areas of south—east england have not seen sunshine for at least a week. this will probably be a welcome change. a lot of cloud around for many, another chilly day. beyond monday, as we run up to christmas, there is a bit? on the weather. we have got colder air trying to push down from the north, this area of low pressure with the weather fronts trying to swing in from the south—west. the two collide, there could be the chance of some sleet and snow. but it is open to doubt at the moment. at the moment, the gig is a start of the week will be chilly, but a little brighter. we will lose a lot of the gloom. then the run—up to christmas, around the christmas period, starting to turn more unsettled. the

evening, sunday night, we see this deepening load bring a swath of heavy rain and gales to the far north—westwill see the strongest of the winds. it will push into the north of scotland by the end of the night, leaving a legacy of blustery showers and slightly cooler air. england and wales will continue to see this weather front bringing outbreaks of rain, particularly across wales and in towards the south—west. here it's going to be mild, it's looking a bit cooler further north. for monday, we start the new week off on a bright note across the northern half of the country, here we will have some blustery showers, wintry on the hills, england and wales will be plagued by this weather front so it could be quite cloudy and quite wet in parts of wales and into northern england, i think the south—east quadrant could be a bit drier, perhaps a little bit brighter. very mild here, a bit fresherfurther north. that weather front clears away from england and wales into tuesday, we start to see high pressure building in the south, but you will notice low pressure to the north of the uk. that will bring

evening, sunday night, we see this deepening load bring a swath of heavy rain and gales to the far north—west is where we will see the strongest of the winds. it will push into the north of scotland by the end of the night, leaving a legacy of blustery showers and slightly cooler air. england and wales will continue to see this weather front bringing outbreaks of rain, particularly across wales and in towards the south—west. here it's going to be mild, it's looking a bit cooler further north. for monday, we start the new week off on a bright note across the northern half of the country, here we will have some blustery showers, wintry on the hills, england and wales will be plagued by this weather front so it could be quite cloudy and quite wet in parts of wales and into northern england, i think the south—east quadrant could be a bit drier, perhaps a little bit brighter. very mild here, a bit fresherfurther north. that weather front clears away from england and wales into tuesday, we start to see high pressure building in the south, but you will notice low pressure to the north of the uk. tha

yes, it's going to bring some rain into the north and west for the weekend, but it will also bring a the further north and west you are. but in terms of the feel of the things, we'll start to see those temperatures climbing. it will take its time in doing so, and in eastern england, perhaps still only around 6—7 degrees. milder still on sunday, but still the risk of some rain around. that's it, take care. hello, i'm ros atkins. this is 0utside source. the uk government has introduced tougher covid—19 restrictions to combat the new 0micron variant in england. most worryingly, there is evidence that the doubling time of the cron in the uk could currently be between two and three days. mask rules are changing. covid passes will be mandatory at night clubs, and people have been told to work from home if they can. scientists fear covid—19 hospitalisations could reach 1000 a day by the new year. another big story at downing street: borisjohnson's former press secretary resigns over this video. in it, shejokes about a christmas party during lockdown. to all of you who lost loved ones, who e

a really deep area of low pressure likely to pass the far north—west of the uk. g strong winds to northern ireland, but the potentialfor some really stormy conditions across the far west and far north of scotland, particularly the western and the northern isles. we will be keeping an eye on that over the weekend and we will keep you up to day. thank you. 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. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm lizzie greenwood—hughes. here's what's coming up on a busy day of sport. out of the ashes, malan and root lead the england fightback on day three of the first test. it's the �*decider in the desert�*. we look ahead to max v lewis and who will be crowned this year's f1 world champion. and �*happy to be unpopular' — liverpool legend steven gerrard hoping for a villa win at anfield. we've got the chance to compete against a good team, with the opportunity to win the game, and that's my only main focus. also coming up in the programme... soccer sacrifices. we

some further showers feeding in on that wind generally to north west of the mainland.ld night to the south of the front, though, temperatures ten or 11, our overnight lows. monday daytime, we will see the front bringing further rain into wales for a time, parts of the midlands, perhaps up into a lincolnshire, but the south of the front, maybe a little bit of brightness, certainly again a mild 12 or 13. to the north of the front, temperatures return closer to average values but actually only briefly because of monday into tuesday, we start to bring our next frontal system into play and that will actually pull milder air into the north of the uk for tuesday. quite breezy for northern ireland and scotland, quite a lot of cloud at times, some rain for the far north of scotland and actually, possibly our warmest spot in the uk to the far north of the scotland on tuesday, temperatures 11 or maybe even 12 here. it is a shade cooler further south across england and wales on tuesday. for wednesday, our weather story focuses on further south, really, with this area of high press

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

so, we start the new year with low pressure up to the north west of the uk, and a lot of white lines,ot of isobars squeezing together. so, that shows that it will continue to be quite windy through new year's day. lots of dry weather and sunny spells, but this band of cloud will bring some rain eastwards out of wales and across england. the rain not particularly widespread, but it could be heavy at times, and some more heavy bursts of rain likely to develop into northern ireland and western scotland through the afternoon. but in between, many places dry, still quite windy and still extraordinarily mild, 13—16 degrees quite widely. now, it stays unsettled on sunday. a mix of sunny spells and showers or longer spells of rain, but a slight shift in the wind direction, now coming in from more of a westerly direction, so it won't be quite as mild. temperatures still above the average, butjust a little down on where they are at the moment. and as we move deeper into the new week, well, there is a bigger change on the way. it will still be unsettled, that's not going to change very much, low

households still without power. 15,500 of those are in the north—east of england, 7,000 in the north—west7,500 in different regions of scotland. power has now been restored to almost every home in wales — as our correspondent fiona trott reports. another day and another problem. if we can move all this here... engineers from across england trying to restore power in northumberland. we've been without power since about, oh, seven o'clock on friday night, and we've coped, but boy am i glad to see these people, and apparently they're from bedford as well. in neighbouring county durham, a visit from the energy

sunday night into monday, could be very windy to the north—west of the uk has this is the north—west this is the centre of this area of low pressure pushing through. gales for the north and west aisles. we will see the low pulling away through monday, staying breezy and some frequent showers, some wintry of the high ground. cooler air sinking to northern ireland and bringing temperatures back down to average around here. the mild air to the south. some rain for england and wales on monday. wet and windy to the far north of the uk but from wednesday onwards, it is all about this area of high pressure building from the south and as it does so, it will lock up anything colder. through the week ahead, our focus is very much on things being pretty mild with no sign of ice. the high builds and the weather becomes petite settled but it could be quite grey and gloomy. this is bbc news. the headlines at six: u nless unless the government puts further restrictions in place, the uk faces a substantial wave of omicron infections in esk month that might overwhelm the nhs, that's the new stark war

as we head across the evening, the rain clears and a new band arrives in north—west scotland and another as well. seven in lerwick and 13 in cardiff. a mild start to the day with the rain pushing eastwards, clearing eastern scotland, leaving sunny spells behind it, petering out across eastern england but the tail end will bring heavier rain across parts of wales and north—west england. temperatures ranging from nine in the north to potentially 16 or 17 once again in the south—east. this is bbc news. these are the latest headlines in the uk and around the world. the us and several european countries including france, italy and portugal record their highest daily rises in covid infections since the pandemic began. the scottish parliament is recalled amid record numbers of covid infections. one of the last pro—democracy media outlets in hong kong is shutting down and dismissing all its staff after it was raided by the police. england and manchester city footballer raheem sterling says society must never let its guard down over racism in the game.

now, we look to the north—west through this evening and overnight.em but very vigorous, passing to the north—west of the uk — will bring a spell of gales to northern ireland and in towards scotland as well. stormy conditions for the hebrides and the northern isles, perhaps severe gales for a time, some blustery showers. it will turn a bit drier here by the end of the night but for england and wales, it'll stay cloudy with outbreaks of rain, certainly through wales and into the midlands. mild in the south — double figure values here. a little bit cooler further north. and that's how things look into monday. we hold on to the cloud for large parts of england and wales. we'll continue with this persistent rain as well for parts of wales, the midlands, into northern england. some areas pretty wet all day. brightest weather will be across scotland and northern ireland. a few blustery showers, wintry on the hills, it will be milder, though, across the south. single figures across the north. that weather front for england and wales clears away into tuesday.

now, we look to the north—west through this evening and overnight.e — small system but very vigorous, passing to the north—west of the uk — will bring a spell of gales to northern ireland and in towards scotland as well. stormy conditions for the hebrides and the northern isles, perhaps severe gales for a time, some blustery showers. it will turn a bit drier here by the end of the night but for england and wales, it'll stay cloudy with outbreaks of rain, certainly through wales and into the midlands. mild in the south — double figure values here. a little bit cooler further north. and that's how things look into monday. we hold on to the cloud for large parts of england and wales. we'll continue with this persistent rain as well for parts of wales and the midlands, into northern england, some areas pretty wet all day. brightest weather will be across scotland and northern ireland. a few blustery showers, wintry on the hills, will be milder across the south. single figures across the north. that weather front for england and wales clears away into tue

we'll look at that, and it's going to turn milder as well for the north west. if we look to britain, an island, we will have some showers, but we'll also have some spells of dry weather with sunshine. and if we have a look at the 3 day for london, we are going to see the temperature pick up. touching 13 degrees on sunday, rather cloudy through to monday, but it will be dry. that should weather update. ah aah! from the al jazeera london broadcast center to people in thoughtful conversation with no host and no limitation of the artist by nature. they are person who are most part to of i way way and denise control. society is not interested in the individuality. the freedom, the spirit dog, the young person, studio b. unspent dates on al jazeera, co pay to culture of knowledge, openness and pluralism, world wide eyed to reward, merit and excellence, and encourage creativity. the shape, tomato, ward for translation and international understanding was found to promote translation and owner translators, and acknowledged that road and strengthening the bonds of friend

ismail khan was a mujahideen commander in the north—west of afghanistan.esident ronald reagan decided to expand us aid to the afghan guerrillas. the mujahideen were to be given a sophisticated new weapon — the stinger, a portable land to air missile. meanwhile, in moscow, the soviet union had a new leader — mikhail gorbachev prepared to embark on a programme of reforms he hoped would revitalise the soviet union. one of his main aims was to get soviet troops out of afghanistan. gorbachev first replaced karmal with a new leader, mohammad najibullah, the former head of the hated secret police. he also agreed to peace talks. united nations peace talks in geneva began in 1986, aiming to end the war. americans wanted mujahideen involvement. the soviets insisted the communist afghan government remain. the soviets insisted on supporting the afghan communists, which was then president najibullah, and they said they would continue supporting with food and weapons. so the americans had turned around and said, if you're going to do that, we're going to continue suppor

some further showers feeding in on that wind generally to the north west of the mainland.uth down into england and wales, a very mild night to the south of the front, though, temperatures 10—11, as our overnight lows. monday daytime, we will see the front bringing further rain into wales for a time, parts of the midlands, perhaps up into lincolnshire. to the south of the front, maybe a little bit of brightness, certainly again a mild 12 or 13 degrees. to the north of the front, temperatures return closer to average values, but actually only briefly because monday into tuesday, we start to bring our next frontal system into play, and that will actually pull milder air into the north of the uk for tuesday. quite breezy for northern ireland and scotland, quite a lot of cloud at times, some rain for the far north of scotland but actually, possibly our warmest spots in the uk to the far north of the scotland on tuesday, temperatures 11 or maybe even 12 degrees here. it is a shade cooler further south across england and wales on tuesday. for wednesday, our weather story focuses

lead to some fog across parts of northern england, some wetter, windier weather arrives into the north—westland, lifting temperatures later but, for many, it will be a chillier night than last night, that damp and cloudy weather still across parts of southern england and wales. changes tomorrow across the north, this weather system will sit across northern parts of scotland bringing stronger wind from the atlantic and milder airfor stronger wind from the atlantic and milder air for scotland and northern ireland, but a lot of cloud. rain mainly for the highlands and islands, rain may be for western scotland, some sunshine for aberdeenshire. for england and wales, a lot of cloud, damp and drizzly for southern parts and where the fog is, perhaps in north wales in the and is slow to lift, it will feel chilly here, six or 7 degrees. as we head our way into the middle part of the week, we have this weather front draped across northern parts of scotland, it will briefly work its way further south for wednesday but more of a breeze for wednesday but more of a breeze for wednesday morning, not as mu

west later on. it should be brighter further north, south—west later on. scotland later. these could be heavy and potentially thundery. a windy started the weekend in the north and on saturday we see most of the showers. sunday looks much drier with some sunshine but still chilly. this is bbc news. i'm jane hill. the headlines... there's no need to cancel your christmas arrangements, says the health secretary — though he urges caution as cases of the omicron variant rise. i don't think people need to change their plan, i think these are the right measures and there is no need to put any more in place at this point in time. it comes as leaked documents from scientists who advise the government say the impact of the omicron variant on the uk is "highly uncertain", but officials should prepare now for "a potentially signficant wave" of infections, while they find out more. the prime minister says all guidance was followed when asked whether a christmas party was held at downing street during lockdown last year. was a christmas party thrown in downing street fo

sometimes just the north—west, bringing colder air. as mild as we've been seeing over this new year period. this is the forecast for the four capital cities as we head through next week. showers or longer spells of rain, some sunshine in between and temperatures closer to where they should be at this time of year. that's all from me.

as we start january the 1st, low pressure is in charge, moving to the north—west of the uk.of white lines and isobars are squeezing together showing we will still have brisk wind to take us through new year's day. one weatherfront, a band of cloud and rain working east out of wales into england, not necessarily widespread rain but it could be heavy elsewhere some spells of sunshine. it stays windy and extraordinarily mild. and for sunday still unsettled with stronger spells of rain. a shift in the wind direction, coming in from the west and still very mild but not quite as mild as it is right now. a bigger change as we get deeper into next week. low pressure still close by so it will still be quite unsettled as the slow moves eastwards as we get into tuesday, it opens the door to this northerly wind with single digit temperatures. these temperatures stay low through the week and it stays unsettled. when we get there, happy new year's eve. 0urtop when we get there, happy new year's eve. our top story this lunchtime, the number of nhs staff off work in england because of covid

around so far today, and into the afternoon, the heaviest will be in this zone across parts of north and west62 corridor. to the south of it, staying cloudy, patchy rain or drizzle. to the north of it, some sunny spells, but weather you're north or south of that dividing line, it is going to be exceptionally mild for this stage in december. we could hit 16 or 17 degrees across parts of east anglia and the south—east. that area of cloud and more persistent rain edges a bit further north tonight. patch of heavy, maybe thundery showers, working eastwards through england and wales. another very mild night for the most part, although the far north of scotland will be a bit full of. here, we've got some sunshine to start new year's eve. southern scotland, northern ireland, far north of england, fairly cloudy, outbreaks of rain, heaviest in the morning. lighter in the afternoon. better chance of some sunshine across the rest of england and wales, and that bit of sunshine will lift temperatures again close to 16-17, lift temperatures again close to 16—17, potentially making it the warmest new year's

yes, it's going to bring some rain into the north and west for the weekend, but it will also bring a breaks of rain the further north and west you are. but in terms of the feel of the things, we'll start to see those temperatures climbing. it will take its time in doing so, and in eastern england, perhaps still only around 6—7 degrees. milder still on sunday, but still the risk of some rain around. that's it, take care. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. covid restrictions are being tightened in england, with home working encouraged and mask wearing extended as the government faces criticism over a party held at downing street during last year's lockdown. what can the uk learn from the omicron outbreaks in other countries? we'll head to south africa and norway to hear what scientist make of the new variant. the former boyfriend of one of the women accusing ghislaine maxwell off six trafficking, takes the stand in manhatten. and will this structure the are building on a granite outcrop in tasmania provide the answers that future gener

sunday night into monday, this low pressure centre will roll through to the far north—west of the uk,ening at a sunday night and then for the northern isles as we go into the early part of monday. the wins ease through the day and we will have showers for the north west of scotland, the cooler air across the northern half of the uk, seven, eightand nine by air across the northern half of the uk, seven, eight and nine by the highs here, mild to the south, some rain, but temperatures, 12 or 13 degrees and here goes that battle through the week ahead and from tuesday onwards it looks like it will be the milder airfrom tuesday onwards it looks like it will be the milder air from the south that will continue to be the dominant feature across the uk and, as it pushes its way north, we will see an area of high pressure building and quite a quiet weather picture, nothing very dramatic at all through the week ahead. quite a lot of cloud around, at times nothing different in the way of roast before anyone asks me, no sign of it being a white christmas or anything wintry in the days ahead. hello

we still have that weakening weather front in the north west here, so dribs and drabs of rain.weather around merseyside, parts of the midlands, lincolnshire, also northern and eastern parts of scotland. in the south, we have thicker cloud because it's drifting in from the southern climes here. now, this high pressure really will be in place across the uk by thursday. you can see the weather fronts have been pushed to the north, so that means it's drying out right across the uk. still a little bit of rain maybe early in the morning flirting with the very far north west of scotland and the northern isles, but you can see the bulk of the country is dry on thursday. and again, a lot of variation in the cloud cover, but wherever you will be on thursday, i think the temperature will be more or less the same, around 10—12 degrees celsius. now, this is what we call a blocking high, and this happens when the jet stream sort of wraps around it in the shape of the greek letter omega. so, you can just about make out that omega shape. when that happens in the atmosphere, things don't tend t

so some sunshine for, north—west england and wales as well. ight, then, largely cloudy, mostly dry. the odd spot of drizzle coming out of that cloud at times for today and tonight. it won't be quite as cold as it was last night, still a bit of frost across parts of scotland in particular. one or two misty patches monday morning. another largely dry, cloudy day but more sunshine breaking through the cloud for central and eastern england where we haven't seen the sun for a few days. top temperatures around two to nine degrees. hello this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines... in the uk, the health secretary says it is time to be cautious

tonight, a whole rush of showers pushed down from the north—west across many parts, in fact. e north. the weekend is looking colder for all areas and with low pressure nearby, we will see a mixture of sunshine and showers, which may have a wintry element to them. you can see this area of low pressure slipping into the north sea, bringing in the floodgates of some cold westerly winds and it will be quite strong as well, which will accentuate the cold feel. lots 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 ch

the very far north west of the uk, wet and windy first thing.hannel coast. so, this is the weather map for tuesday. we have high pressure to the south, which will continue to build through the course of the week, but weather fronts are grazing the north west of the uk. so, for ourfriends in the western isles, it's going to be wet and windy at times. we are expecting some rain or so in orkney and shetland. perhaps a little bit of rain around the lowlands and south—western areas of scotland, but i think eastern areas, in fact all along the east of the country, i think there will be some brightness around. and temperatures typically around 7—9 degrees, but southern areas, london, cardiff, plymouth with the cloud and the murk hanging around, that mild air from the south, it will be around 12 degrees in one or two spots. here's the weather map for wednesday. so, again, high pressure in the south, weather fronts grazing the north, but increasingly these weather fronts will bring less rain as we go through the course of the week. so, more than anything

now, we look to the north—west through this evening and overnight. to northern ireland and in towards scotland as well. stormy conditions for the hebrides and the northern isles, perhaps severe gales for a time, some blustery showers. it will turn a bit drier here by the end of the night but for england and wales, it'll stay cloudy with outbreaks of rain, certainly through wales and into the midlands. mild in the south — double figure values here. a little bit cooler further north. and that's how things look into monday. we hold on to the cloud for large parts of england and wales. we'll continue with this persistent rain as well for parts of wales, the midlands, into northern england. some areas pretty wet all day. brightest weather will be across scotland and northern ireland. a few blustery showers, wintry on the hills, it will be milder, though, across the south. single figures across the north. that weather front for england and wales clears away into tuesday. high pressure begins to build in here. it stays unsettled over the northern half of th

north—west of the uk as we see the centre of this area of low pressure pushing through.e will be some fairly frequent showers, could be wintry on the highest ground, cooler air is sinking in to northern ireland, scotland and northern england, so temperatures back down closer to average here, but the mild air is still to the south, daytime highs of 12 or 13. there will be some rain for england and wales to monday, that pulls away on tuesday, again, wet and windy to the far north of the uk to the other part of the week, but on wednesday onwards, it's all about this area of high pressure building from the south end as it does so, it looks like it really locks out anything colder to bring its way into the uk, so through the week ahead, our focus is very much on things being pretty mild, no sign of any significant frost and as the week pans out in that high bills, the weather becomes fairly settled. it could be quite grey and gloomy, however. now the profile of samoa's first female leader. also the first co—prime minister. leaders of the g20, we are drowning, and our only hop

i his constituents i know are facing. -- electricity north west.- -- electricity north west.he is doing up the committee indeed he has contacted several local businesses on my behalf. there are a couple of things i would like to race with the minister, first, one of my rural surgeries has lost £10,000 for the vaccines for flu jabs surgeries has lost £10,000 for the vaccines forflu jabs and surgeries has lost £10,000 for the vaccines for flu jabs and that will impact on the roll—out. could easily to the department of health for me and ensure they get that supply robust as quickly as possible due to electricity going down under fridges going north? secondly, there are some very isolated communities who are told it may be a very long time before they get full electricity. can he do everything possible to make sure they are reconnected well before christmas? and finally, can he ensure that the government response positively to any request from the local resilience forum, including sending in the army if necessary, at the request? this one o'clock news is coming up soon. time for

driving those showers, a bit of fleet will slow in those northern areas, showers pushed across north—westnd, temperatures still around six or 7 degrees. as we head into the weekend, we get the winds changing to a south—westerly direction, increasingly dragging up very mild air and increasingly dragging up very mild airand pushing it increasingly dragging up very mild air and pushing it north and east across the uk, so saturday probably starting off on the murky note with mist and fog patches around hills across the south—west and probably around the coast as well. some rain around, heavy across western areas, but not really amounting to much cost eastern areas. we are still getting that mother air coming in with temperatures 12 in belfast, cardiff and in the south of england, still quite chilly around easter northern areas, but as we get into sunday those south—westerly winds extend further and it could be quite strong winds across parts of the far north—west of the uk with rain never far away here. a lot of cloud around, but those temperatures continuing to climb, highs of 1a degrees in

because low pressure will be pushing to the north—west of the uk. brisk winds and also a weather front pushing its way eastwards. it may be this rain isn't particularly widespread but in places it could be quite heavy as it works its way eastwards. some spells of sunshine, too. more showery rain into northern ireland and western scotland later. again, some of that could be on the heavy side. it stays fairly windy through the day and it stays exceptionally mild. 13 degrees in aberdeen and 15 for cardiff. somewhere we're likely get to 16 or 17 degrees through the afternoon. for sunday, things look quite unsettled. we'll see showers or longer spells of rain, some sunny spells as well. a subtle change in wind direction — winds coming in from the west. still mld — still very mild, really, but not quite as mild as it is at the moment. and then a bigger change as we head through next week. initially it looks unsettled, low pressure always close by — we'll see showers on longer spells of rain — but as that area of low pressure works its way eastwards it wil

the very far north—west of the uk, wet and windy first thing.tarting temperatures — 10 degrees along the channel coast. so, this is the weather map for tuesday. we have high pressure to the south, which will continue to build through the course of the week, but weather fronts are grazing the north—west of the uk. so, for ourfriends in the western isles, it's going to be wet and windy at times. we are expecting some rain or so in orkney and shetland. perhaps a little bit of rain around the lowlands and south—western areas of scotland, but i think eastern areas, in fact all along the east of the country, i think there will be some brightness around. and temperatures typically around 7—9 degrees, but southern areas, london, cardiff, plymouth with the cloud and the murk hanging around, that mild air from the south, it will be around 12 degrees in one or two spots. here's the weather map for wednesday. so, again, high pressure in the south, weather fronts grazing the north, but increasingly these weather fronts will bring less rain as we go through t

west. so what we're really going to see as we head through towards the festive weekend is that battleground, cold air spilling in from the north next few days. bye— bye. hello this is bbc news with joanna gosling. the headlines... in the uk, the health security says it is time to be cautious about social interactions and refuses to rule out tighter covid restrictions before christmas, in response to the rapid spread of the omicron variant. there are no guarantees in this pandemic. i think at this point we have to keep everything under review. germany bans british travellers, and the netherlands goes into full lockdown, as europe ramps up its fight against the spread of omicron. the uk's brexit minister lord frost resigns, citing concerns about what he called the government's "direction of travel". in the first election since china tightened its control, people in hong kong are voting in a poll where every candidate has been vetted for their loyalty to beijing. now on bbc news, it's time for dateline london. hello and welcome to the programme which brings together some of the best known columnists on uk newspapers, bbc speciali

northolt in north—west london, about a half a month's worth of rain has fallen in that period, plentyot more rain to come in the week ahead. this area of low pressure running close to the southern parts of the uk will bring some more rain into wales and england as we go on through monday. whilst much of scotland and northern ireland will be staying dry, we'll also see some patchy rain and showers around the northern and western isles. a lot of low cloud, mist and fog to begin the day, and this area of rain as it does move further north and east through england, it is going to turn lighter as it does so, but quite breezy particularly across south wales and southern england, where we have the mildest air, round about six or seven degrees in scotland. now, as we go from monday into tuesday, that system heads away. we'll see another one racing in from the atlantic, and that's going to bring some more rain. it looks like the central swathe of the uk will see the heaviest rain on tuesday, from northern ireland through southern scotland, northern england, north wales, and the midlands, befor

because low pressure will be pushing to the north—west of the uk.o there will be some brisk winds and also a weather front pushing its way eastwards. it may be this rain isn't particularly widespread but in places, it could be quite heavy as it works its way eastwards. some spells of sunshine, too. more showery rain into northern ireland and western scotland later. again, some of that could be on the heavy side. it stays fairly windy through the day and it stays exceptionally mild. 13 degrees in aberdeen and 15 for cardiff. somewhere we're likely get to 16 or 17 degrees through the afternoon. for sunday, things look quite unsettled. we'll see showers or longer spells of rain, some sunny spells as well. a subtle change in wind direction — winds coming in from the west. still mild — still very mild, really, but not quite as mild as it is at the moment. and then a bigger change as we head through next week. initially it looks unsettled, low pressure always close by — we'll see showers on longer spells of rain — but as that area of low pressure works it

especially in the north—west. uite a cloudy and damp day. in the south—west it should brighten up in the south—west it should brighten up later, temperatures here are still ten or 11 degrees. heading into monday, there is a chance we could see some rain bumping into the south, rain in the north, still mild. this is bbc news, the headlines... getjabbed for christmas — thousands of nhs staff and volunteers will keep vaccination clinics open in england over the festive period. uk prime minister borisjohnson encourages people to have a vaccine in his annual christmas message, saying it's a wonderful thing to do for our families. at least 37 people are killed in a ferry fire in southern bangladesh. a former minnesota police officer who claimed she confused her handgun for a taser has been found guilty of manslaughter for fatally shooting 20—year—old daunte wright. and the little town of bethlehem marks christmas eve in a year where tourism has been blighted by covid. now on bbc news, it's time for weather world. sarah k

we still have that weakening weather front in the north west here, so dribs and drabs of rain.y weather around merseyside, parts of the midlands, lincolnshire, also northern and eastern parts of scotland. in the south, we have thicker cloud because it's drifting in from the southern climes here. now, this high pressure really will be in place across the uk by thursday. you can see the weather fronts have been pushed to the north, so that means it's drying out right across the uk. still a little bit of rain maybe early in the morning, flirting with the very far north—west of scotland and the northern isles, but you can see the bulk of the country is dry on thursday. and again, a lot of variation in the cloud cover, but wherever you will be on thursday, i think the temperature will be more or less the same, around 10—12 degrees celsius. now, this is what we call a blocking high, and this happens when the jet stream sort of wraps around it in the shape of the greek letter omega. so, you can just about make out that omega shape. when that happens in the atmosphere, things don't ten