but not bad for some in northern ireland. cloudy for some in northern ireland., east of england. but to the west, sunnier spells to be looking for most. not everybody going to get blue skies, later, lighter winds. should the feeling more pleasant. some scattered showers to the south west, gradually fading away through the night. light winds. clear skies, these are the city centre temperatures. and not just widespread frost for the morning on thursday and friday, but for patches becoming more extensive. and when you get that to start with it is going to be a struggle to shift. going to stay with that, it is difficult to say at this moment, but central and southern england probably favourites. elsewhere, the missing as will clear. sunshine and another pleasant day. still feeling chilly. winds light. sunny spells. but finishing with three now across ireland, and some gusty winds. the weather front going to try to come in this weekend, slow process, rain heavy at first then patchy later. this is beyond 100 days, with me katty kay in washington and christian fraser's

broadly speaking the nationalist more so called republicans northern ireland to be unified with the republic of ireland while the unionists wanted to remain part of the united kingdom along with england wales and. i think. it was. for people who thought of my community and i think of taking the problems to the theatre as you can achieve nothing ever said by people civil rights and human rights people that are in marched on the streets and were beaten off the streets and then the british army came in. there catholics and isis here actually had no basic human rights the had no for the rights the had all those traits taken away from. us in nineteen ninety eight all the political parties signed up to the good friday agreement breaking three decades of deadlock it established a power sharing assembly and paved the way for the withdrawal of british troops on the disbanding of our a military group. after many false starts the assembly assumed its full power in may two thousand and seven the sworn enemies of yesterday unionist leader ian paisley and the republican leader martin mcguinness became fir

a heart—warming sight for northern ireland — a 100 tonne transport aircraft. achieve the expected demand, it means a lot of employment in ulster. big aviation projects always promise plenty of good jobs, but they often require plenty of government support. bombardier‘s c series 7 a 21st century airplane designed for 21st—century airlines. a brand new plane with the wings designed and made in belfast. i want to congratulate the workforce on everything that they have achieved. it has made it possible for us to give the grants and help. this help for the c series wings was £113 million from the government. a repayable loan or a subsidy? it's that government money which is now at the heart of this dispute. and here's what that money helped build. swiss, one of the few airlines with c series already in service. so, the head height is good. even for someone tall like me. ladies and gentlemen... those belfast—built wings help make the plane more fuel efficient, saving money for airlines. this plane can fly transatlantic, but it may never reach the us. unexpected turb

snow showers in scotland and northern ireland and even northern england.. sunshine from the word go. showers in the south, mostly rain. heavy ones could be he ill and sleet. windy, but not as windy. a lot of sunshine further south. feeling nice. temperatures, nothing to write home about. in the wind, generally cold. the next area of low pressure coming our way. it is deepening across the atlantic, bringing a combination of rain, snow, and strong winds, gales, in fa ct. snow, and strong winds, gales, in fact. through the evening, here it comes, pushing in towards the west. it starts at 8pm. snow in northern ireland. most in the hills. most in the north. not all of northern ireland will see snow. hill snow in wales. with the graphics you can see the heavy snow pushing across northern england and southern scotland, possibly as far north as the central lowlands. we could be looking at it falling to blackpool. heavy rain falling quickly. don't forget, strong winds. perhaps 50 miles per hour inland. more than that around exposed coasts. tomorrow morning, again,

plenty of snow showers continuing across scotland, northern ireland and into northern england that accumulateerludes in fact, particularly the south—east, but wherever you are it's going to be a chilly start to wednesday. wednesday looks like to be another cold and a windy one, wintry showers again but also some good spells of sunshine and increasing amounts of sunshine as we head on into the afternoon. plenty of wintry showers, snow showers across scotland and northern ireland to begin the day. strong winds too so there'll be some drifting of snow, blizzard conditions, take extra care on the roads, watch out for icy stretches as well. the same too for parts of northern england but the further south that we head, fewer showers through the morning period. a few running through the cheshire gap there in towards the pennines and the odd wintry showers across the higher ground, the moors of south—west england. but elsewhere it should be dry, chilly and bright with some sunshine through the morning. those showers continue across many northern and western areas, but through the afternoon, like i me

still winter reefer northern ireland and scotland. rthern half of the british isles. here is our next challenge, this area of low pressure. still quite a bit of uncertainty about it at the moment, but it could bring severe gales to hit the british isles in the early hours of thursday, some heavy rain causing localised flooding, and some snow on the northern edge of it. it is worth staying tuned to the forecast as there is still some uncertainty with that, but there is to morning to be very challenging. there could be surface water and some branches down after overnight guilds. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2: laying off staff and facing shutdown after its collapse — firms working for carillion on private sector deals have one day left before they lose government support. the carillion debt is about £1 million and we are not really a business of a size that can trade through that without some form of support from the government. shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks — a california couple hav

showers in the west of scotland and northern ireland.he best of the weather to the north—east of the mainland of scotland. the driest and calmest conditions. showers elsewhere coming and going in the breeze. some will see more than others. northern ireland, they will become frequent. the wind will pick up. not the levels overnight. the average temperature is. cooler than yesterday, especially in the breeze. showers will fade away in the north. frost could form. the south—west, after a clear start almost southern england, the midlands, wales, northern ireland, wet by first light on monday morning. there could be minor flooding. on monday morning. there could be minorflooding. wet on monday morning. there could be minor flooding. wet and windy on monday morning. there could be minorflooding. wet and windy in on monday morning. there could be minor flooding. wet and windy in the south. strong and gusty winds in the english channel. it will brighten up

plenty of snow showers continuing across scotland, northern ireland and into northern england that accumulaten fact, particularly across the south—east, but wherever you are it's going to be a chilly start to wednesday. wednesday itself looks like to be another cold and a windy one, there will be wintry showers again but also some good spells of sunshine and increasing amounts of sunshine as we head on into the afternoon. but plenty of wintry showers, snow showers across scotland and northern ireland to begin the day. strong winds too so there'll be some drifting of snow, blizzard conditions, take extra care on the roads, watch out for icy stretches as well. the same too for parts of northern england but the further south that we head, fewer showers through the morning period. a few running through the cheshire gap there in towards the pennines and the odd wintry showers across the higher ground, the moors of south—west england. but elsewhere it should be dry, chilly and bright with some sunshine through the morning. those showers continue across many northern and western areas, but through t

rain lingers across northern ireland, southern scotland, northern ireland, southern scotland, northernis better prepared "than ever before". six people have been arrested across the uk on suspicion of being members of the banned far—right group national action. and the first polar bear cub born in the uk for 25 years is being monitored at a scottish wildlife park. and services local authorities have been clearing up after storm eller, eleanor. i have been talking to the president of the aa about the situation on the roads. key set it up situation on the roads. key set it up in situation on the roads. key set it upina situation on the roads. key set it up in a very busy morning. calls up about 30—a0%. before nine o‘clock, about 30—a0%. before nine o‘clock, about 2600 breakdowns. wet engines. years and being damaged by debris on the road, falling trees, smashing windscreens. we have been busy in terms of breakdowns, and hazardous driving conditions. what is the advice to drivers in these conditions? gales, hail? the wind can be deceptive, if you are driving and then you have an opening b

it will for northern ireland on friday. the potential for some northern ireland on friday.n ireland on friday. the potentialfor some rain coming in. the weather front will die a death and we have to wait until the beginning of next week to get a strong winds to blow the fog away. it will not happen on this weather front as it fizzles out. just to remind you, fog is the big problem as we go through tonight and tomorrow morning. hello, you're watching afternoon live — i'm simon mccoy. today at 2. a race against time — as rescue workers in southern california search for survivors after mudslides and flooding which have left 13 people dead. we got down and found a little baby ina we got down and found a little baby in a cave. we got it out, got the mud out of its mouth. riding high — uk manufacturing output expands at its fastest rate for 10 years. a man whose body was found buried in a garden was allegedly killed by his daughter several years ago. a woman has been arrested after confessing to police. i told them things i wouldn't even tell my own family. there's always someone

also because of the question marks about the relationship between northern ireland and ireland and thehope to achieve with this reshuffle by way of convincing the country that brexit is in hand but also that she has a tea m is in hand but also that she has a team with fresh ideas to deal with everything else as well.” team with fresh ideas to deal with everything else as well. i don't think there is much she can do to convince the country in that sort of way because most reshuffle is past people by unless they involve some big name like horacejohnson. —— borisjohnson. the big name like horacejohnson. —— boris johnson. the significance big name like horacejohnson. —— borisjohnson. the significance is almost more in party management terms and party profile. in terms of party profile trying to bring on people who just give a more modern feel to the conservative party like more women, younger, more mps from ethnic minorities to try and give the break to those mps who have gone in in 2015 or 2017 who are regarded as bright and ambitious to try and create space for them for a new generation

further sleet and snow tonight across scotland, northern ireland and north—west england.o see a significant risk of icy conditions on friday morning so take care on the roads. there will be some ice and accumulating snow fall, even on lower levels with temperatures subzero starting friday morning. similar to today, temperatures subzero starting friday morning. similarto today, friday will be mostly dry and clear. chill and eastern england and the far east of scotland. some heavy snow for a time pushing across northern ireland into the western half of scotland and north—west england. we could see several centimetres more of snow accumulating. temperatures between two and 7 degrees. a different feeling in the weather north to south across the country. as we look from friday night and into the weekend, a bit of a change with a front approaching from the south—west. before that, a ridge of higher pressure and a quieter day on the cards for saturday. many of us staying dry with some sunshine. still fairly chilly, 3—7 degrees. rain possible in the south and some showers in scot

but the rain moving into the west of northern ireland. for scotla nd the west of northern ireland.murky night for many of us, those temperatures staying primarily above freezing, 3—5d. into wednesday, this area of rain will be slow—moving, for scotland it may not clear a ll slow—moving, for scotland it may not clear all day. there will be snow across the higher ground. there will be sunshine developing as the rain clears through, and with temperatures up to 7—10d, not quite as cold tomorrow afternoon. the wednesday, the pressure when trouble has, it moves to france. this ridge of high pressure their white lines are spaced out, winds and two thursday morning could bring a risk of fog. a bit of frost in there as well. the fog should clear up, and clear as well. there should be brighter skies in northern and eastern areas on thursday but on the whole, it will be a drier day and a cloudy day. friday is similar, a bit of fog, some rain in the western pa rt of fog, some rain in the western part and temperatures just down a little bit. goodbye. this is bbc news and these are the top stori

and this is how you explained the value of the european union when it comes to peace between northern ireland and ireland. today there is a peace bridge crossing the river foyle bringing together the divided communities in john's native city of derry in northern ireland a great ship the european union helped to build. defriended hard to imagine the good friday agreement being made with as i shared membership of the european union and it's single market and in our land we are now having to contemplate our future but that foundation which underpinned it and made it possible. so this is a very tangible thing this is a very tangible example of why in the eyes of the irish prime minister it's extremely important to continue supporting the european union even if it is at a crossroads at the moment so varadkar very much a proponent of the value of a european partnership this at a time when britain is leaving the european young union what do you have to say about brags that. well again here a very specific role for the irish prime minister because the only hard border you have between the united king

the afternoon, some of them heavy with hail or thunder, and some snow in parts of scotland and northern ireland four. snow showers more abundant through monday night into tuesday and turning increasingly wintry in northern england and northern ireland. some icy conditions, and that'll be the story for much of the week, as we continue with a general north westerly airflow. into tuesday, a risk of ice, sleet and snow across northern england, scotland and northern ireland, at lower levels at times. he was further south is mainly on the hills. in between, we will see a bit of sunshine, but when the shells come your way, you will notice the wind chill more than anything, especially with wind chill values well below freezing. cold on tuesday, cold nights to come for wednesday. isobars tuesday, cold nights to come for wednesday. isoba rs pack tuesday, cold nights to come for wednesday. isobars pack in on the chart coming from the north—west, a noticeable wind—chill on wednesday, sunshine and showers the name of the game, and the snow melts continuing to tot up in the hills of scotland and northern ire

for northern scotla nd day northern ireland. northern scotland once the foston frock clears we should have the lines share of the sunshine. we have a bit more breeze hopefully the clyde will be about high and it won't be so gloomy and the faugheen will lift more readily but again not expecting an abundance of sunshine. cabbage is ona par an abundance of sunshine. cabbage is on a par with recent days. as we go through tomorrow evening and tomorrow night little rain left by the time they get to sunday morning and by that time we might have the fog returning to northern ireland. againa bit fog returning to northern ireland. again a bit chilly, by and large a lot of cloud, we have got the re m na nts of lot of cloud, we have got the rem na nts of two lot of cloud, we have got the remnants of two week weather fronts, drizzly rain, this is the main player late in the day, the next weather front sweeping up the week weather front sweeping up the week weather front sweeping up the week weather front and moving south during sunday night.

will sit there all day long —— some parts of northern ireland.i mild afternoon on the way. temperatures around 13 degrees. into friday, but the zone of cloud, sleet and snow will edge its way in. still windy across the south, turning colder across the north and as we finish the week and go into the weekend, there is some bitterly cold airon the way weekend, there is some bitterly cold air on the way with strong winds as well. winter is still with us. by for now. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 10am: storm eleanor sweeps across the uk causing power cuts, flooding and damage to homes following gusts of up to 100mph. more than 50,000 non—urgent nhs operations and procedures in england may be delayed until the end ofjanuary, due to winter pressures. patients who spend many hours on a trolley, and these are often elderly patients, they are the sickest patients in our department do much worse in the long—term. they're much more likely to have a poor outcome and even die as a result of their experience in the emergency department. dona

also more rain coming back to northern ireland and into scotland and if anything temperatures will risee cloud fills in. cloudy day on sunday, rain in central and southern parts of scotland, baby some sunshine in northern scotland —— may be. improving for northern ireland, but the most part it will be dry elsewhere with cloudy skies, very mild, 12—13 temperatures could be even higher, but colder weather in the far northern scotland and the lower temperatures will push south across uk on monday. behind the rain, moving south across england and wales, sunshine to the north but wintry showers to the west. minding this is bbc news, our latest headlines: two of the three teenage boys killed after they were hit by a car in hayes in west london have been named locally as harry rice and george wilkinson. a 28—year old man who was in the vehicle has been arrested. the attorney general has acknowledged that very serious mistakes over the disclosure of evidence by prosecutors have led to the collapse of recent trials in england and wales. a bomb hidden by the taliban in an ambulance in the afghan

a few fog patches into northern ireland to begin the day will take a few hours to clear.ral and eastern parts of england. very hit and miss. by no means for everybody will catch one, but be aware that is a possibility first thing in the morning. we are more likely to be seeing some sunny spells once the sun is up into wales and south—west england. some spots will be around four or five degrees for 8 o'clock in the morning. not going to get too much higher during the day, but as you can see there's a fair amount of sunshine around. though, even though the showers are going to clear away from central and eastern england, some of us will have more cloud compared with thursday. even here, a few sunny spells coming through into the afternoon. fairly light winds, and as you see, temperatures top around 4—5 degrees in scotland. 7—9 in northern ireland, england and wales. going into the evening, the breeze picks up. we get outbreaks of rain into northern ireland scotland, and that pushes further east as we go through friday and into sunday morning. the lowest temperatures will be

perhaps northern ireland as well.s likely to be rather thicker. there could be occasional brighter spells. but on the whole, quite a cloudy day. it could even be thick enough for the occasional spot of drizzle from time to time. heading through friday night, little overall change, cloud in central and eastern areas. to the west, there is a change. this atlantic front begins to slowly move through bringing rain towards the end of the night towards northern ireland. that takes us to saturday. the start of the weekend. this is a slow—moving weather front. stuck underneath this band of rain, it could rain most of the day. some coming and going. further east, cloud. bright and sunny spells. perhaps more of these in east anglia in south—east england thatn we have seen. sunday, another pretty cloudy affair. this band of rain eventually will its way swing south and eastwards as we go on through sunday night and into monday, clearing out of the way. then, the weather gets more exciting next week, you will be pleased to hear, a

ireland even more important this whole the european union flanking the peace process between northern ireland and ireland than for any other country so a lot at stake for the irish prime minister in strasbourg so we think there's no alternative to the european union we heard him in that sound by touching on the thing the market what did he have to say that about greg that. you have to give in mind that really and again here a lot at stake for island because nowhere is of course the trade relation and also a cultural connection between the u.k. and the european union more tangible and more important than between ireland and the united kingdom and that what's at stake here really for ireland is the introduction of a hard border between northern ireland that's part of the united kingdom and ireland and something they don't have at the moment and if it were reintroduced then the worry is that it would not only have economic upheaval but possibly also political upheaval it's the only land border between the united kingdom and ireland and so they want to avoid at all costs having this hard border r

on the line is the shadow northern ireland secretary, labour's owen smith.ing us this evening. what is your reaction to the news tonight that the boat went the news tonight that the boat went the way of bombardier and not bowling? i have just arrived back from belfast were the people are delighted. we were worried about this decision. but the workforce and the unions have been resolute in their determination to defend this. they have been completely vindicated this evening with the ruling from the ipc. it is great news for us and for, frankly, the industry and manufacturing across the whole of the uk, great britain, and northern ireland. they kept the faith, certainly. how would that have helped them, ultimately the decision was down, as you say, to the itc. they made an incredibly strong united case, the workforce, the unions, the canadian and british government. it was worrying at one point, british ministers seemed a week all so ago to say that this was lost. but i think the workforce remained absolutely resolute. the reason i think they were right to rem

cold conditions in southern scotland and northern ireland. sleet and snow on the high ground. ink. music is! many different means of getting it. good morning, everyone. whether we streamed it, downloaded it, or bought a cd, we consumed more music in 2017 than the year before according to industry stats out today. downloading music, even vinyls, we consumed 10% more music than last year. of this is being driven by the huge increase in streaming music, with half being downloaded. even vinyl with half being downloaded. even vi nyl sales have with half being downloaded. even vinyl sales have picked up in the last ten years. up 26% on last year. in terms of value, all of this music added up to £1.2 billion worth of sales last year. vanessa higgins is the chief executive of the independent record label, regent street, and she's on the bpi council. they did this research. can you explain to us how you make money from music? it is obvious if you buy the cd, that is how the artist gets the cd, that is how the artist gets the money. what about otherwise? the cd, that is how the artist ge

that will bring gales in places with heavy rain and also more snow, particularly for northern ireland, potentially disruptive snow across parts of northern england. coupled with that, strong winds widely gusting to 40 to 70 mph, and also an ice risk as temperatures get close to if not below freezing. 0nce temperatures get close to if not below freezing. once again, the greatest ice risk across northern ireland and scotland. multiple things to considerfor ireland and scotland. multiple things to consider for travelling overnight abu the early hours of tomorrow. severe gales, heavy rain, snow and also further eyes so disruption is possible. keep an eye out on your bbc local radio. behind that once again will be wintry showers for northern ireland, scotland, stretching down into parts of northern england. a bit of sunshine further south. temperatures generally between three and nine celsius, 11 in the channel islands. we do it all again on friday. showers still wintry across northern ireland and scotland, not quite so many, but still on the cold side for sure. bye—bye. hello it's wednesd

decent evidence it will be right across northern ireland and if that happens it will fall as snow. and —— in northern ireland and the hills of wales. elsewhere within this band of wet weather it is just cold rain that will fall. a little sweet mixed in over the high ground. through the rest of the day the bright skies that we had in scotland will slowly filled southwards to be fewer showers here than over recent days and will to brighter in northern ireland. a slow process and a band of rain that we can. rain gets a little lighter and a little more patchy. temperatures for many between two and 10 degrees —— five celsius. temperatures take a dive overnight across the north—east of the uk, particularly snow in scotland. would be one of the cold est scotland. would be one of the coldest nights we have seen this year, temperatures dropping —10 or thereabouts. another band of rain coming in is tied in with the second area of low pressure but i showed you on side live a few moments ago. that rain is brought in again and is likely to turn to snow. on sunday we may see significant transpor

he has decided to stay with the ifa and with northern ireland.ause many believe that michael o'neill, after a successful spell in charge of northern ireland, was perhaps looking for a new challenge. if there is to be a new challenge, it is not to be here. my mother who is next for the sfa and other possible candidates? that is a very good question. as soon as my colonial turn down thejob question. as soon as my colonial turn down the job everyone was asking that very question. alex mcleish is the new favourite. he has been here and done the job mcleish is the new favourite. he has been here and done thejob before. the aberdeen manager has also been mentioned as well. no big rash. scotla nd mentioned as well. no big rash. scotland do not have a competitive match until september. —— rush. even after the rainbow laces campaign aimed at raining awareness of homophobia in the sport, there are still no openly gay footballers playing in england or scotland's top leagues. richie anderson is a sunday league player in the west midlands. tonight on the one

they could be some ice around into the morning, particularly in northern ireland and also some dense where it's a cold start, but some brighter weather. much of scotland, northern and eastern england grey, damp and drizzly to begin with. it will stay that way across northern scotland and eastern counties of england right throughout wednesday. to the far west of scotland, things will bright not once again later on. we could see a few sunny spells to end the day, and some lingering patches of fog. i think others will have a fine day after a chilly start. where the fog lingers, two or three degrees the high. for the others it will feel a bit warmer than it has done through recent days. it may take all day long before the patchy rain and drizzle clears those eastern counties of england, but elsewhere england and wales will see some sunny spells into the afternoon, temperatures may be peaking at around 6—10 degrees. to take us wednesday night into thursday, a few showers very close to the south—west. they will gradually fade away. it stays damp in the far north—east of scotland, and maybe

to start with, negotiators would only talk about three subjects — the border between northern irelandizens living in britain and vice versa, and how much britain owed the eu, the so—called divorce bill. only when sufficient progress was made in those areas could talks move on to the nitty—gritty of trade deals. we all want a close and strong future relationship with the uk. there's absolutely no question about it. but before discussing the future, we have to sort out our past. the very next day, a german newspaper published details of a meeting between the eu commission president jean—claude juncker and the pm. it alleged the meeting had been frosty and mrjuncker had left 10 times more sceptical. theresa may dismissed the report as gossip. byjune, it was time to get on with it. i'm here in brussels today, like michel, to begin the next phase of our work to build a new deep and special partnership with the european union. but that obviously wouldn't be easy. translation: the uk decided to leave the eu, not the other way round, and the consequences are substantial. we come bearing gifts

pretty clear there was a risk to life last night when storm eleanor barrelled through northern ireland southern counties we re ireland. mainly southern counties were affected, (333! down, ireland. mainly southern counties were afi ggasfzzifag di meant g ireland. mainly southern counties were afi ggasfzzifag di meant there 5 too "1-51? people out and were not too many people out and about. thankfully there were not any injuries as a result. as you can see, still pretty pleasant. still wet and windy and that is going to continue through the afternoon. the worst of storm eleanor has passed. thank you. president trump has said that his nuclear button is "much bigger and more powerful" than that of the north korean leader. his comments, on twitter, were the latest in an increasingly personal feud with kim jong—un. they came as south korea said the north had restored a hotline between the two governments, after a silence of nearly two years. 0ur correspondent in seoul, sophie long reports. this morning, in a broadcast on its state—run television, north korea announced it would reopen an inter—

the referee who awarded a controversial penalty which eventually cost northern ireland their world cupy—off against switzerland last year — well, he has now admitted he made a mistake. ovidiu hategan ruled that corry evans blocked a shot, with his arm during the first leg, despite replays showing the ball struck the player's shoulder. nial foster reports. perhaps it will come as little comfort to northern ireland supporters but the referee ovidiu hategan has admitted that he got it wrong back in november. translation:

showers developing, heavy and boundary in the west, and as cold air seeps into scotland and northern irelandrning increasingly wintry as well. join us for a full outlook in the next half hour. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. thejustice secretary david gauke is considering a judicial review into the decision to release serial sex attackerjohn worboys. the former black cab driver was jailed indefinitely in 2009 for sexually assaulting 12 women. police say a man who died after an attack at his home in east yorkshire may have been shot with a crossbow. a woman also suffered serious injuries in the incident. a passenger plane carrying more than 168 people skidded off a runway while landing at a coastal airport in turkey last night. the airline says no—one was hurt. ukip has suspended the girlfriend of its party leader henry bolton after she reportedly made racist remarks about prince harry's fiance, meghan markle. jo marney apologised for the comments. this week on the travel show, we catch up with our blind backpacker tony giles as he arrives in bethlehem. this is the place wherejesus wa

plenty of snow showers continuing across scotland, northern ireland and into northern england that accumulatecularly across the south—east, but wherever you are it's going to be a chilly start to wednesday. wednesday itself looks like to be another cold and a windy one, there will be wintry showers again but also some good spells of sunshine and increasing amounts of sunshine as we head on into the afternoon. but plenty of wintry showers, snow showers across scotland and northern ireland to begin the day. strong winds too so there'll be some drifting of snow, blizzard conditions, take extra care on the roads, watch out for icy stretches as well. the same too for parts of northern england but the further south that we head, fewer showers through the morning period. a few running through the cheshire gap there in towards the pennines and the odd wintry showers across the higher ground, the moors of south—west england. but elsewhere it should be dry, chilly and bright with some sunshine through the morning. those showers continue across many northern and western areas, but through the afternoon,

iran and still no government northern ireland's political troubles. hello sometimes the satellite can follow the heaviest rains it moves across an area this is a case important massive war as it left been to was fifty nine degrees of rain has been heading straight towards the other side of the peninsula and here in just six hours it's left. even more like sixty five millimeters so this skinny more to come into that if anywhere is the area where rain will likely be a feature in the next day or so it includes columba singapore and that circulation may turn into something of a proper circulation of tropical depression heavy rain is lucky from that it does string up through work sub out towards the southern philippines but you can see where the concentration is equally south of that and is the wet time the if a northern territory of australia we've had some pretty heavy rain like nineteen beaches in twenty four hours or around your territory but this kind of cloud he could in the next two or three days maybe set into a circulation again provides a lot of

but plenty of wintry showers, snow showers across scotland and northern ireland to begin the day.tions, take extra care on the roads, watch out for icy stretches as well. the same too for parts of northern england but the further south that we head, fewer showers through the morning period. a few running through the cheshire gap there in towards the pennines and the odd wintry showers across the higher ground, the moors of south—west england. but elsewhere it should be dry, chilly and bright with some sunshine through the morning. those showers continue across many northern and western areas, but through the afternoon, like i mentioned, increasing amounts of sunshine for england and wales with most of the showers confined to scotland and northern ireland, the far north of england with snow amounts continuing to tot up here. it will be cold if you factor in the wind, subzero feeling temperatures in the north. but to the south with the sunshine, it shouldn't be too bad. now, onto wednesday night, this is the area of low pressure will the next hazard to our shores. it's going to brin

later that front will start to weaken and narrower northern ireland.ratures on a par with what we are seeing at the moment, 56. with the fog, only two oi’ moment, 56. with the fog, only two or three but hopefully not as much of that over the weekend with the breeze but that doesn't stop it being rather closely. that is then swamped by this next front coming in late on the day on sunday, which signifies quite a big change. a speu signifies quite a big change. a spell of heavy rain, and gale force winds sweeping eastwards sunday night into monday and behind that, you may have heard, we are in for a blast of cold air again and it will feel better actually because the wind strengthening at times to gales, was with that cold here, going with the risk of some snow. just to reiterate, the main issue will be the fog through this evening and overnight once again. helen, thank you. i —— a reminder of our main story. the nhs a&e doctors warn that patients are dying in corridors because conditions are at him intolerable. —— at times intolerable. —— at times intole

as we head into northern ireland, some dry weather for you this morning, but there still are some showersgoing to change. as we head through the course of the day, what you will find is increasingly the snow showers will come down to lower levels across scotland, and later on in the day into northern ireland. the rain pushes away from the south—east, with its strongest winds, but high but there will be a lot of blustery showers around. already we are in the colder in the north of the country, hence the snow getting into lower levels, but in

some northern ireland, northern england, they‘ re of scotland.e going to gradually fade as well. stays icy on untreated surfaces, a widespread frost. another area of wet weather coming in from the south—west later in the night. a lot of uncertainty about how far north this is going to get. but at least southern parts of northern ireland will see some of that cloudy, damp weather, a bit of rain, drierand that cloudy, damp weather, a bit of rain, drier and brighter further north. look how few showers in scotland. just rain, sleet, hail towards the west coast. more in the way of sunshine for saturday into much of scotland, far north of england. into this area of cloud, rain, sleet, wet, snow, mainly to hills. wales, higher midlands, southern pennines as well. maybe in the chilterns. the far south—west should start to come out of that, cornwall and devon and brighten into the afternoon, whereas notice how this area of cloud, rain, sleet, wet snow doesn't really move very much once it's in. far north of england into scotland holding onto sunny spells,

in scotland and northern ireland, there were more joining. and northern ireland, there were morejoiningwere more joining. filling vacancies and northern ireland, there were morejoining. filling vacancies i5 certainly a challenge, but for the nhs, what such as important is retaining existing staff at a time for concern about pressure on the service and what future paid eels might be, it's important for employers to do everything they can to persuade people to stick with their careers. i'm ok at the moment... berizzo a mentoring scheme at this hospital in romford. megan was encouraged to date thanks to support from bev. in my other trust that i work in, you didn't have somebody to turn to to make sure that you were in the right environment. she's been amazing. nhs england wants to see that approach adopted more widely. we want to work with front line staff to understand what matters to them and to listen and try and do something about that. clearly it's difficult at the moment. the government says there are more new nurse training places in the pipeline. but in the short term, the pressur

northern ireland as well., but the midlands eastwards should stay dry with sunny spells, a fair breeze from the west but on the mild side, temperatures eight to ten. tuesday, we pick up the winds from the more south, south—westerly direction, so a warm direction, whatever time of the year, but it will come with a lot of cloud. 0utbreaks the year, but it will come with a lot of cloud. outbreaks of rain in southern and western hills in particular but we really will notice is how mild it will be with temperatures in double figures celsius for most of us. as we head to wednesday, like i mentioned things turning unsettled. it looks like this secondary low will run in towards our shores and bring a spell of wet and windy weather through wednesday, we could see gales in fa ct a cross wednesday, we could see gales in fact across the north and west. this band of rain expected to be heavy will spread eastwards, another mild day for england and wales but for scotla nd day for england and wales but for scotland and northe

from insult to injury for michael o'neill's northern ireland — the referee at the heart of their worldfeat now says he got it wrong. can the fed express get on track for yet another grand slam title? we'll have all the news from the draw for the australian open... and it's liam livingstone ipresume the lancashire batsman is the new face in england's latest test squad... coming up in the programme, i'm holly hamilton live from the nba in london where the boston celtics are due to take on the philadelphia 76ers in what is set to be the most exciting uk nba match today... —— to date. hello and welcome along. the referee who awarded a controversial penalty which eventually cost northern ireland their world cup play—off against switzerland last year — well, he has now admitted he made a mistake. ovidiu hategan ruled that corry evans blocked a shot, with his arm during the first leg, despite replays showing the ball struck the player's shoulder. nial foster reports. perhaps it will come as little comfort to northern ireland supporters but the referee ovidiu hategan has admitted that he got i

the only land border between the united kingdom and northern ireland and the republic of ireland.h government has said they want that border to remain open. how will we do that, if we are going to leave the customs union and the single market? that is the big challenge now, what type of relationship will we have with the rest of the european union in order to be able to keep that frictionless trade going, which is what theresa may has said she wants? what businesses want to see as soon as possible in 2018 is a time—limited transition agreement, and being clear around what our final relationship will be with the eu, getting a good agreement on our trading relationship that works across all sectors and all regions of the uk. and then it is certainly about people and having clear guarantees for eu citizens who are here and contributing to our economy, but also to uk citizens who are working abroad, we have made good progress on that in 2017, but we need to go a lot further on that. brexit and the general election made a pretty eventful 2017 here in the uk, and across the atlantic in

that will be bringing a band of rain across northern ireland.nights of this year so far in scotland. temperatures could be dipping down well, well below freezing, perhaps —8, —10 degrees, something like that. and then into sunday, what happens is this band of rain will be working into this colder air, and for a time, it could turn to snow. and that snow could be very heavy across the high ground of scotland, and across the peaks and the pennines, as well, perhaps as much as 10—15 centimetres of snow. whereas if we get snow at lower levels, it won't last long, because it will transition back to rain as mild air works in from the west. there will be quite a range in temperatures, then, for the second half of the weekend. quite chilly underneath this band of rain, and still with a bit of snow mixed in across the north—east. milder air pushing in across parts of england, wales and northern ireland, boosting, for some, the temperatures to double figures. and that's really the story of the weather next week. mild air will swing right the way across th

more rain heading into scotland and northern ireland. wet prospects for much of scotland and the north of northern ireland on sunday. further south, generally drier but still an awful lot of cloud. it will be a mild day. temperatures of 12 or 13 degrees. this is bbc news — our latest headlines. every current rape case in england and wales is to be reviewed "as a matter of urgency". it follows the collapse of several trials because crucial evidence wasn't disclosed. a0 people have been killed and more than 100 injured as an explosion rocks the afghan capital kabul. it comes a week after a major taliban attack on a high—profile hotel in which more than 20 people died. there is relief for a thousand workers at aerospace firm bombardier as massive tariffs will not now be imposed by the us authorities. the prime minister has welcomed the landmark ruling. the release of serial sex attacker, john worboys, has been put on hold. it comes after two of his victims won the first stage of a legal challenge. paris is on high alert for flooding. record

plenty of snow showers continuing across scotland, northern ireland and into northern england that accumulatees in fact, particularly across the south—east, but wherever you are it's going to be a chilly start to wednesday. wednesday itself looks like to be another cold and a windy one, there will be wintry showers again but also some good spells of sunshine and increasing amounts of sunshine as we head on into the afternoon. but plenty of wintry showers, snow showers across scotland and northern ireland to begin the day. strong winds too so there'll be some drifting of snow, blizzard conditions, take extra care on the roads, watch out for icy stretches as well. the same too for parts of northern england but the further south that we head, fewer showers through the morning period. a few running through the cheshire gap there in towards the pennines and the odd wintry showers across the higher ground, the moors of south—west england. but elsewhere it should be dry, chilly and bright with some sunshine through the morning. those showers continue across many northern and western areas, but throu

and a cold night to come, away and a cold night to come, especially across northern england, northern ireland and scotland, some freezing fog patches as well but then here is the big complication. some rain pushing in from the west. eventually bringing milder air but as the rain and it will bring snow and ice for a time for northern ireland and wales through the night, and that area of rain, sleet, snow and that area of rain, sleet, snow and ice will spread further north and ice will spread further north and eastwards during tomorrow. bear that in mind if your travel plans. this is the wet weather, sliding across wales, the midlands, northern england and up into scotland. anywhere from the midlands northwards, especially over high ground, we can see snow for a time, turning back to rain by the end of the day. it will be rain in the south—west because it will be very mild, 12 degrees in plymouth, and windy day as well. those milder conditions will wind out into the week ahead, but with that we see some spells of wind rain at times. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. the us government grin

plenty of snow showers continuing across scotland, northern ireland and into northern england that accumulateome dry interludes in fact, particularly across the south—east, but wherever you are it's going to be a chilly start to wednesday. wednesday itself looks like to be another cold and a windy one, there will be wintry showers again but also some good spells of sunshine and increasing amounts of sunshine as we head on into the afternoon. but plenty of wintry showers, snow showers across scotland and northern ireland to begin the day. strong winds too so there'll be some drifting of snow, blizzard conditions, take extra care on the roads, watch out for icy stretches as well. the same too for parts of northern england but the further south that we head, fewer showers through the morning period. a few running through the cheshire gap there in towards the pennines and the odd wintry showers across the higher ground, the moors of south—west england. but elsewhere it should be dry, chilly and bright with some sunshine through the morning. those showers continue across many northern and western