, which day for scotla nd and northern ireland, which day for scotland and into northern irelandot of light rain and drizzle, mostly dry with a better chance of sunny brea ks dry with a better chance of sunny breaks every now and again and again, it'll stay mild. christmas day, a mild, breezy day across england and wales, turning wet from the west. heavy rain across wales and west england during the afternoon but after overnight rain in scotland and northern ireland, things brighten up and it will be wintry flurries on the mountains. hello and a warm welcome to dateline london. i'm jane hill. today we're taking time to reflect on 2017 as it draws to a close — the highs and lows in europe, america and the middle east. let's find out what my guests have made of a turbulent year. with me, the british political commentator and columnist steve richards, the american writer and broadcasterjef mcallister, marc roche from france's le point magazine and also belgium's le soir, and the arab affairs qriter abdel bari atwan. welcome to you all. what a year in british politics. an election th

rain is affecting parts of northern ireland, scotland, northern england.east of that, cloudy, windy and certainly mild and frost free. we will see colder air moving in. this is how christmas day is looking. a fairly slow—moving weather front will continue to bring rain across northern ireland, southern scotland and into england and later in the day it will push into wales. this is three o'clock in the afternoon. if you are heading on a walk, a good deal of dry weather but it is pretty windy. we could see gusts of 60 miles an houron windy. we could see gusts of 60 miles an hour on the south coast. the rain is moving in from the north and the west. rain across most of the day for northern ireland and southern scotland. some sleet and snow. the colder air heads in from the north later ron. this is calling, heavy rain pushes eastwards through christmas night and into boxing day clearing the east coast, and then we have clear and colder conditions and a few sleet and snow showers only over the hills and the pennines for instance. could be quite an icy start to

issued an amber warning for the strength of the wind in northern scotland and a lesser yellow warning in central and southern scotland and northern irelandther south we have the rain to clear away which will take a while and as it does, the skies will brighten and some spells of sunshine for all of us through the afternoon. things will turn colder and these wintry showers become increasingly widespread in northern ireland, scotland and north west england and these drift further south and east through the night and could be snow showers cropping up just about anywhere and where the snow does for it could accumulate and that could give some issues with ice as well. on friday, a bright day with sunshine but a very cold date with sunshine but a very cold date with snow showers began cropping up anywhere. most likely in areas exposed to be north—westerly wind and when we consider the strength of it it will feel subzero in many places. it will turn briefly a bit quieter at the start of the weekend but on sunday we are concerned about this system pushing invoked the atla ntic this system pushing invoked the atlantic which is likely to bring rai

it will bring stormy winds to northern ireland and scotland, that is where the met office has issued or strong winds. gusts of wind could get up to 70 mph. a band of rain in northern ireland, pushing through scotla nd northern ireland, pushing through scotland and in the mountains. wet and windy night for england and wales but milderfurther and windy night for england and wales but milder further south as well, with temperatures no lower than 10 degrees in london and plymouth. strong winds with us for new year's eve morning. window heading from northern ireland into scotla nd heading from northern ireland into scotland as we go through the morning. gusts this strong could bring down trees, disrupt transport and drink power cuts as well as power lines are brought down as well. sunshine in the afternoon and through the rest of the day, it will bea through the rest of the day, it will be a blustery day. strongest winds head out into the north sea as storm dyla n head out into the north sea as storm dylan gradually fades into the afternoon but we will have fairly blustery conditions natio

northern ireland as storm dylan sta rts northern ireland as storm dylan starts to roll its way in. into tomorrow morning. the start of new year's eve with travel is disruption, severe gales affecting northern ireland, southern scotland england and north wales. the strongest wind will be in the morning. rain and mountain snow. brief showers will see is all the way to the end of 2017. this is bbc news. our latest headlines: more than 1100 people are recognised in the new year honours, with knighthoods for the beatles drummer, ringo starr, bee gees singer, barry gibb, and strictly come dancing judge, darcey bussell, is made a dame. the labour peer, lord adonis, says attempts to silence his criticism of the government forced him to step down as its infrastructure adviser. he quit yesterday suggesting whitehall had been "infected" by brexit. thousands of iranian government supporters are attend officially—sponsored rallies across the country, after two days of anti—establishment protests. millennials will enjoy the biggest inheritance boom of any post—war generation — but not until they're into their 60s, a report says. more for you at the top of the hour. now on bbc news — the travel show. india. a vast country, home to

but widely southern scotland northern ireland and into northern england gust over 60 miles an hour andin, sleet and hill snow to content with and it will be cloudy, wind picking up into the afternoon. also, it will ease. showers in northern ireland but not a huge amount of wood weather a rounded northern england, a dry start to many, wild conditions there but the rain is lingering by 9am to south and east of london whereas further west brighter conditions developing for a while. the sunshine for a time, wales and south—west, but we will see some showers developing, heavy and thundery later on. winds will ease across scotland, northern ireland and northern england into the afternoon but remaining tostaree for many and it will bring showers and to many western areas of the second half of new year's eve. eastern areas a little bit more dry and bright with some sunshine but a call today than yesterday, temperatures down a few degrees, leading us into a call evening, take a warm jacket and some of you, waterproof. showers across england and wales, some dry this evening, edinburgh, newcastle

northern ireland. we made the case la st northern ireland. we made the case last year that scotlandeople are already feeling poorer as a result of a crash in the pound. if we are dragged out of the single market and the customs union, that will have a major impact on jobs and businesses, and on people's salaries and their living standards. we are making the case strongly and clearly, we think the whole of the uk should stay in the customs union and the single market. if there will be special case is made for northern ireland, scotland has a strong case for staying in the single market. labour not being much clearer either. we don't know if you will end up supporting continued membership of the single market, or stick with the likes ofjohn mcdonnell who say no?” stick with the likes ofjohn mcdonnell who say no? i would like to see us stay in the customs union and the single market. that is how we avoid a hard border with ireland. how we hold the united kingdom together. and how we protectjobs and people's livelihoods. that is the simple solution. and theresa may just needs to take on

wet across scotland and northern ireland and eventually that rain reaches northern england. to the day in scotland but temperatures widely into double figures. 0n christmas day, turning drier and brighter and northern ireland and scotla nd brighter and northern ireland and scotland and the scottish mountains could see some wintry flurries. goodbye for now. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: the london fire brigade says a blaze at london zoo which broke out early this morning has been brought under control — a number of zoo staff have been treated for smoke inhalation and shock. fresh sanctions against pyongyang, the united nations security council votes unanimously to limit north korea's imports of petrol and oil by as much as 90%. now on bbc news — the travel show. wow! that's just a taste of what's coming up in the next half—hour, as we take a look back at some of the best bits on what has been a truly memorable year. it's taken us to all four corners of the world, we've met some amazing people with some fantastic stories. but first, let's kick off with these ones. in

scotland, quite breezy and wet here, especially in the northern isles. elsewhere, a speckling of showers for northern scotland and northern ireland but that's the exceptionth—eastern quarter. there may be more low cloud than i'm showing here, giving a rather grey aspect to the day. that prospect gradually drifting from west to east. if yourfog lingers, six degrees could be your high, elsewhere, eight, nine, ten. not a great deal happening during the evening, perhaps just freshening up the wind, that's a sign of things to come, especially for northern scotland, wet and windy fare here as we get on during the day on tuesday but elsewhere not a bad day, quite a quiet start to the week. notice monday and tuesday. however, we begin to change things quite markedly as we get on into wednesday. here across northern and western parts it's either wet and windy orjust for some windy, but at least it's coming from the south, that's your mildest day of the week by some degree. notice how we've got a lot of isobars here, hence that windy nature to wednesday, it becomes more widespread and crucially through thursday the wind begins to change direction. i'm just about t

scotland, quite breezy, quite wet here, especially in the northern isles. elsewhere, a speckling of showers for northern scotland and northern ireland.i say, some of the fog may take time to get away from that south—eastern quarter. and there may well be a little bit more low cloud than i'm showing here, giving a rather grey aspect to the day, that gradually drifting, that prospect, from west to east. if yourfog lingers, six degrees could be your high, but elsewhere, eight, nine, ten. not a great deal happening during the course of the evening, perhaps just freshening up the wind. and that's a sign of things to come, especially for northern scotland, wet and windy here as we get on during the day on tuesday. but elsewhere not a bad day, quite a quiet start to the week. notice monday and tuesday. however, we begin to change things quite markedly as we get on into wednesday. here, across northern and western parts, it's either wet and windy, orjust, for some, windy. but at least it's coming in from the south. that's your mildest day of the week by some degree. notice how we've got a lot of isobars here, hence that windy nature to wedne

similar in northern ireland and on top of that lying snow we don't need any more snow showers, and there will be further snow showers across northern and western scotlandry conditions with the strongest winds. the wind will start to fall light through the night, and the snow showers start to ease back towards west facing coasts. some rain showers as well and it's going to be cold and frosty. first thing in the morning, there could be some ice where we've got showers. a cold and frosty start but lovely spells of sunshine to look out for. lighter winds, but it's not going to be of any warmer. a disappointing feel out there. to the north, we're going to see zero to 2 degrees. further south, four or five. we see zero to 2 degrees. further south, four orfive. we are see zero to 2 degrees. further south, four or five. we are stuck underan south, four or five. we are stuck under an arctic blow at the moment, but if we look out towards the south—west into the atlantic, something milder and moist are trying to come in, and this weather front is the dividing line between that mild airand front is the dividing line between that mild air and the cold air. as it pu

the damaging gusts of wind, those with disruptive winds really anywhere across northern 0lins, southern scotland and irelandead across the paths of scotla nd widespread across the paths of scotland into mid—morning. snow over the grampians, the southern highlands. the winds will be picking up highlands. the winds will be picking up in northern england but a bright start here, heavy rain at the moment across east anglia, southern england at 9am it for become confined to the south and east of london. strong winds through the english channel but quickly brightening over the next few hours once the clown and rain cleared in the south—west and wales. for showers get going into the afternoon, some becoming heavy, thundery and widespread, the strongest of the winds will ease into the afternoon, still blustery for many areas into the afternoon but actually calmer conditions compared to yesterday, rain, sleet and telstra in scotland, scuttling showers into the west, sunshine elsewhere. temperatures down on yesterday ‘s recall feeling into the evening, take a warm jacket if you are out to celebrate, hopefully waterpr

rainy and quite windy is basically the summer of christmas eve for scotland, northern ireland and infactland, you can see the wet weather. pretty wet 24—hour period here, it may get brighter towards the far north of scotland later but for most it is mild and again quite cloudy. there are a christmas eve evening, have a weather front approaching, itjoins evening, have a weather front approaching, it joins forces evening, have a weather front approaching, itjoins forces with the first one which is why i said it will be a sodhi 2a hours, argyll northwards 80— 100 millimetres of rain on the hills and the wind is strengthening ahead of the weather front as well. through christmas day at the weather front slowly starts to make its way into the north—west of england into wales as well, it is accompanied by squally winds, so great and cloudy and strife of the most out of the date until the rain comes in. and then behind the rain will feature the north on snow, the colder air. as it digs in through the afternoon and evening we could have snow across southern and eastern scotland, possibly norther

on christmas day itself, we are more likely to get rain across scotland, northern ireland and some heavier some strong winds for england and wales drawing in this mild cloudy air. things turn cooler in this scotland and northern ireland with a threat of snow, perhaps over the scottish mountains as we had to boxing day, most places dry while we're in between where weather systems. things will be interchangeable. this is bbc news. i'm reeta chakrabarti. the headlines at 8pm. the first visit by a british foreign minister to moscow for five years ends in public disagreement — as russia accuses the uk of fabricating allegations of election tampering. you should recognise that russian attempts to interfere in our elections and our referendums — whatever they may have been — have not been successful. translation: i think you've made all this up in your western community and you're hostage to this subject. it's very difficult for you to climb down from the fence now. after catalan separatist parties win a majority in snap elections — spain's prime minister says he will talk to whoever takes over t

regardless, they will bring stormy winds to northern ireland and scotland, where the met office have maging strength. wet weather is pushing across northern ireland and scotland, with snow in the mountains above 200 metres. a wet and windy night for england and wales, milder further south. strong winds are with us for the morning of new year's eve. the strongest winds are heading from northern ireland into scotland through the morning. gusts this strong could bring down trees, cause disruption to transport and also bring power cuts. we will have a band of rain across east anglia and south—east england, clearing away through the morning. through the rest of the day, it will be blustery. they have —— the strongest winds will make their way into the north sea. pretty blustery nationwide, dragging in heavy and sometimes thundery showers. there will still be snow in the mountains of scotland, and temperatures will range from 6—12dc. as we count down to midnight, we can see how the showers begin to rattle in on those brisk winds. temperatures at midnight will be 4—7dc, not as cold as recent

then sunshine, but winds in northern ireland and scotland keep showers going for a while here. we will see showers pushing into northern england, wales and the north midlands. temperature is about average for the time of year. it will be colder overnight as the showers fade away and winds dropped. a touch of frost in rural areas, but the very unsettled, changeable week ahead. deals are quite likely and there will be rain at times. as we continue to celebrate new year around the world... let's go live to the north korean capital pyongyang, which is just about to celebrate the beginning of 2018. just before this took place, a bell was rung at the central square where the huge celebration is taking place. i say huge, it's not the same scale as sydney, hong kong, dubai and london, but certainly huge for those in korea. this square is where you normally see those massive military parades taking place, opening in 195a. also taking part in these new year celebrations is an ice sculpture festival that is expected to take place. this is one of three new year celebrations in north korea.

the strong winds are targeting northern ireland and scotland as well. up to 80 mph into tomorrow morning. overnight tonight, a band of rain northwards and eastwards, snow over scotland, south—westerly wind bringing mild airfora number of south—westerly wind bringing mild air for a number of places. south—westerly wind bringing mild airfora number of places. it south—westerly wind bringing mild airfor a number of places. it is the strong wind that will be with us first thing in the morning that will ta ke ce ntre first thing in the morning that will take centre stage. 70— 80 mph wind travelling from northern ireland to scotland. wind gust like this will ring down trees, so disruption quite likely and power cuts as well. for times as strong winds could funnel through the central belt of scotland, that is something we need to be very carefully watching. otherwise we will have a bit of early rain to clear out england but following sunshine, generally to the rest of the day it is a blustery day tomorrow with a number of bands of showers crossing the uk and w

approaching, the met office have issued an amber weather warning for strong wind targeting northern ireland and scotlandgusts could reach up to 80 mph and they will be their first thing in the morning in northern ireland. if these winds get to a westerly direction through the central belt, that is where we could see some of the strongest winds and they would be very damaging winds if that were to happen. power cuts would be possible, and some disruption to transport will be likely bringing down trees. through the rest of the day, the strongest winds will edge added to the north sea leaving us with a blustery day, heavy and thundery showers, temperatures between six and i2 degrees but those words could cause real problems for northern ireland and scotland through the morning. that is your weather. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. beatles drummer ringo starr and bee gees singer barry gibb receive knighthoods, while strictly judge darcey bussell, is made a dame, in the new year honours. firefighters in manchester say a fire at an apartment block in the city centre is under control. crews had been ta

northern england, half of scotland, a fine and crisp and cold sunny afternoon. showers in northern scotland. showers in northern scotland. showers filtering into northern irelandll. sunny spells in between. temperatures, for degrees in plymouth. a cold and fairly breezy date wherever you are. wednesday night, staying cold. temperatures dipping below freezing. again, that will lead to icy stretches. one or two showers in northern fringes. temperatures close to freezing, perhaps below in some spots. thursday, this bump in the isobars, the ridge of high pressure, drummersing a isobars, the ridge of high pressure, drummer sing a decent day for many. a cold and frosty start. —— promising. some wintry showers in the north. then a change to the south—west. clouding over. outbreaks of rain temporarily. snow on the leading edge, especially on the high ground. calls at this stage, six degrees at best. —— cold out. a breezy day. look at the south—west. temperatures just beginning to climb. 10 degrees in plymouth. taking that that trend with us as we go to the weekend. temperatures climbing into double digits in places. a lot of cloud. often windy. outbreaks of rain at ti

tomorrow morning, the start of new year's eve, travel disruption from the gales affecting northern ireland, southern scotlandnd mounting snow across scotla nd rain and mounting snow across scotland in the morning. rain in eastern england will clear. then it is sunshine and showers for the rest of the day. that will take us to the end of 2017. bye for now. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley. the headlines. more than 1100 people are recognised in the new year honours list. ringo starr and barry gibb are knighted in the new year honours — strictlyjudge darcey bussell is made a dame. labour peer lord adonis, who's quit as the government's infrastructure adviser, claims brexit is infecting the entire conduct of government. thousands of iranian government supporters are attending officially sponsored rallies across the country after two days of anti—establishment protests. sport now and good news in the honours list for people like sam warburton but a more mixed picture out at the ashes. a couple of the women's cricketer is recognised in the new year honours list but we start in melbourne where action has been taking

this is the weather system pushing in from northern ireland, scotland and the northern ireland, scotlandring from northern ireland from nine or ten o'clock. further east, really cold. the rain and dampness arrives here in the next hour or so. sub zero values. closer to eight or nine further west. the rain will spill eastwards through the course of the day. an unpleasant afternoon. much of england and wales, the rain will be persistent and it will be breezy. temperatures lifting. double figures in the south. cooler but brighter across scotland and northern ireland behind the rained band. —— rain band. a rich of high pressure builds and that is light winds and clear skies. a recipe for a chilly night. not quite as cold but at touch of frost in rural places with mist and fog. at least we have the sunshine to start off the working week with the reach of high pressure. it will be —— bring sunshine but a cold start in western areas. a cold but bright start in eastern areas. the cloud thickening up in parts of scotla nd cloud thickening up in parts of scotland and northern ireland. a bit on the

northern ireland, scotland, patchy cloud, especially in the north—west.land. much of the country looking fine and dry. as the mist and fog clears, sunshine on offer. things turning more mild from the west for the next few days to the west for the next few days to the temperatures, 7— io the west for the next few days to the temperatures, 7— 10 in western pa rt the temperatures, 7— 10 in western part of the country. chilly towards the east so before— six degrees. as the east so before— six degrees. as the sun sets on monday, mist and fog forming quite quickly. some of it will be quite dense and stubborn in the early hours of tuesday morning, especially in southern and eastern england, where it will be freezing fog. temperatures staying at freezing, perhaps the low. further west, low cloud. the dense fog in central southern and eastern england could cause a disruption to road and travel and perhaps air travel. airports affected by fog. slow to clear. hill fog and drizzle as well. temperatures on the rise in central part. glasgow, can —12. chilly in the sout

sunshine coming from the north—west in the afternoon and showers, increasing the wintry in scotland and northern irelands but let's keep an eye on the snow, falling in lower levels in scotland and northern england and wales before it pushes through as we head into thursday and the winds pick up, that will blow a mixture of sunshine and showers, those will be quite wintry with snow likely on the hills, temperatures dropping away, highs of seven or so across southern areas of england and wales and it gets colder on friday, fuller isobars all the way up to the arctic, colder air to arrive again on friday, not as cold as we saw in the past day but it will continue the past day but it will continue the risk of wintry showers and icy patches. hello, you're watching afternoon live. i am martine croxall. today at 2pm. squeeze on households, inflation climbs to 3.1%, its highest level in nearly six years. hundreds of schools remain closed because of the snow and ice across much of the uk. five people are questioned by police over the suspected murder of three children who died in a house fire in salford. coming

morkel arthropods of more than going into western scotland, will clog up to the northern ireland scotland will take the time before we see the back of the rain. here we are into the afternoon, many arias with a bit of brightness and decent spells of sunshine, the temperatures range, 5—6d as a low but elsewhere, still double—figure. here we are on tuesday, not a great deal of difference. a little more in the way of crowd, the breeze coming in from the south—west and the temperature is not too bad, around 7-10 temperature is not too bad, around 7—10 or ii temperature is not too bad, around 7—10 or 11 degrees. big change from northern or west in part into wednesday. the wind really picking up, and some of the rain especially in western scotland, later flirting on the west of wales. into the south—west of england, that is a taste very - and taste very and night, taste—very'wet and'windy night and then into the day cloud, wind cloud,‘§:g the ' (et " ~ cloud, $3 the east. " ~ 339/3 ls; 5525; i—ll/e ;, 9—532??? ,, , . m 7 ,, . fl 339/3 lé-s’ 5525; i—lile ;, 9—532??? ,, , . m 7 ,, . fl the egg-l3 !

further north and west, especially, northern england, northern ireland, scotland, potential for icy stretchesn ireland, western areas of england and wales, that will have the best of the sunshine. towards the south and east, struggling to improve through the day. skies improving for the likes of oxfordshire and berkshire. but the london area will stay pretty cloudy. across kent, up into east anglia, here, outbreaks of rain sleet and snow mixed in right through the afternoon, coupled with a strong northerly wind. that combination could actually cause a little bit of disruption. but across northern england, half of scotland, a fine and crisp and cold sunny afternoon. some wintry showers filtering down into northern scotland. showers filtering into northern ireland. three degrees in belfast. a scattering of showers in wales. the west midlands and parts of the south—west as well. sunny spells in between. temperatures, four degrees in plymouth. a cold and fairly breezy day wherever you are. wednesday night, staying cold. temperatures widely dipping below freezing. again, that will lead to some icy

further north and west, especially, northern england, northern ireland, scotland, potential for icy stretchesough the day, scotland, northern ireland, western areas of england and wales, that will have the best of the sunshine. towards the south and east, struggling to improve through the day. skies improving for the likes of oxfordshire and berkshire. but the london area will stay pretty cloudy. across kent, up into east anglia, here, outbreaks of rain sleet and snow mixed in right through the afternoon, coupled with a strong northerly wind. that combination could actually cause a little bit of disruption. but across northern england, and the heart of scotland, a fine and crisp and cold sunny afternoon. some wintry showers filtering down into northern scotland. showers filtering into northern ireland. three degrees in belfast. a scattering of showers in wales. the west midlands and parts of the south—west as well. sunny spells in between. temperatures, four degrees in plymouth. a cold and fairly breezy day wherever you are. wednesday night, staying cold. temperatures widely dipping below fre

90 mph as it crosses the northern isles. 70 mph in western scotla nd northern isles. 70 mph in western scotland and northern ireland water and spray this morning. lots of rain moving across the midlands to the south. —— surface water. behind it a bit of a gap but the one thing you will notice is the temperatures, 11 and 12, those temperatures, 11 and 12, those temperatures are at their height now, they are going down during the day as they will do in the north of england. through the day this rain will rattle south with the wind is attached. snow progressively goes down to lower levels in the north of scotland. ashwin is attached. blizzard conditions, some atrocious conditions —— winds attached. it will feel better. as well as that, as temperatures struck and the showers continue, the showers will be wintry across northern ireland —— temperatures drop. for the south we should see a return to dry conditions but note how the temperatures have gone down, 11 and 12 this morning, by mid—afternoon, close to seven or eight but only three orfour in close to seven or eight but only three or four in the north, feeling much c

it is moving across southern scotland which is why the winds easing in northern ireland. cross parts of southern scotla nd of 80 mph across parts of southern scotland to take us into late morning. widespread gusts of 50 mph in northern england as well. the winds lighter in the north of scotla nd winds lighter in the north of scotland but outbreaks of rain extensive scotland but outbreaks of rain exte ns ive a cross scotland but outbreaks of rain extensive across scotland. snow in the hills. showers for northern ireland by mid—morning. largely dry across the north of england, the winds becoming strong. east anglia and the south—east will be largely clear by mid—morning. lots of cloud around to the south east of london but sunshine developing elsewhere. not as blustery as it was first thing this morning but it will feel cooler in the south—west. sunny spells for the rest of the morning across england and wales, and in the afternoon, showers develop widely across the west. some of those heavy and thundery. we will still see hells no across parts of scotland. some of the brigh

further north and west, especially, northern england, northern ireland, scotland, potential for icy stretchess of england and wales, that will have the best of the sunshine. towards the south and east, struggling to improve through the day. skies improving for the likes of 0xfordshire and berkshire. but the london area will stay pretty cloudy. across kent, up into east anglia, here, outbreaks of rain sleet and snow mixed in right through the afternoon, coupled with a strong northerly wind. that combination could actually cause a little bit of disruption. but across northern england, and the heart of scotland, a fine and crisp and cold sunny afternoon. some wintry showers filtering down into northern scotland. showers filtering into northern ireland. three degrees in belfast. a scattering of showers in wales. the west midlands and parts of the south—west as well. sunny spells in between. temperatures, four degrees in plymouth. a cold and fairly breezy day wherever you are. wednesday night, staying cold. temperatures widely dipping below freezing. again, that will lead to some icy stretches. st

further north and west, especially, northern england, northern ireland, scotland, potential for icy stretchesngland and wales, that will have the best of the sunshine. towards the south and east, struggling to improve through the day. some areas improving. but the london area will stay pretty cloudy. across kent, up into east anglia, here, outbreaks of rain sleet and snow mixed in right through the afternoon, coupled with a strong northerly wind. that combination could actually cause a little bit of disruption. but across northern england, half of scotland, a fine and crisp and cold sunny afternoon. some wintry showers filtering down into northern scotland. showers filtering into northern ireland. three degrees in belfast. a scattering of showers in wales. the west midlands and parts of the south—west as well. sunny spells in between. temperatures, four degrees in plymouth. a cold and fairly breezy day wherever you are. wednesday night, staying cold. temperatures widely dipping below freezing. again, that will lead to some icy stretches. still one or two showers in northern fringes particular

further north and west, especially, northern england, northern ireland, scotland, potential for icy stretcheshrough the day, scotland, northern ireland, western areas of england and wales, that will have the best of the sunshine. towards the south and east, struggling to improve through the day. some areas improving. but the london area will stay pretty cloudy. across kent, up into east anglia, here, outbreaks of rain sleet and snow mixed in right through the afternoon, coupled with a strong northerly wind. that combination could actually cause a little bit of disruption. but across northern england, half of scotland, a fine and crisp and cold sunny afternoon. some wintry showers filtering down into northern scotland. showers filtering into northern ireland. three degrees in belfast. a scattering of showers in wales. the west midlands and parts of the south—west as well. sunny spells in between. temperatures, four degrees in plymouth. a cold and fairly breezy date wherever you are. a cold and fairly breezy day wherever you are. wednesday night, staying cold. temperatures widely dipping below

northern ireland. for northern ireland and scotland, far fewer breaks in the cloud than today. for scotland and into cumbria. one ofa on for scotland and into cumbria. one of a further for there side and it could be more cloud for cheshire, the midlands, east of the pennines but it is mild at 11 or 12 celsius except for the far north. through the evening tomorrow, rain to come and strengthening wind so be aware. by and strengthening wind so be aware. by christmas day, possibly a little bit further south and it is behind that we have cold air so it looks rather grey and mild for many on christmas day. quite wet potentially. the cold in 11 starts to again so hence the chance of something a little bit more winter alike through the christmas period. into boxing day, the cold a syncs across into boxing day, the cold a syncs a cross m ost into boxing day, the cold a syncs across most of the uk which means it will turn to snow round the back of this here of rain. we could see snow over higher ground of northern england and scotland for a time and it is brighter on boxing day but cold u

up into the midlands, into northern england, scotland, and to some extrent northern ireland, a very coldt with plenty of sunshine. it's going to be a glorious day. in fact, light winds, lots of sunshine, albeit very cold. you'll start to see a change, though, across the west, a weather front pushing into northern ireland, western scotland and across the far south—west lifting temperatures slowly, outbreaks of rain bumping into that cold air so we'll start to see some outbreaks of snow across the higher ground. you can see the temperatures rising in the south—west, but a very cold day in central and eastern areas. there's the change taking place on tuesday. this is the first of a succession of weather fronts which will move through, and then we'll see another one moving on wednesday, behind it colder air once again. that first weather front will eventually clear away from the south—east wednesday morning. a frost—free start for most places, a little bit of sunshine too, before that next weather system moves in. it looks like it'll bring heavy bursts of rain to england and wales. behind it

scotland but it is the winds that takes centre stage. initially, the strong wind was with us in northern ireland before swinging across into scotland.own trees, cause transport disruption and any trees falling down could bring powerlines down as well. power cuts a possibility as well. the strong winds filtering and funnelling through the central belt of scotland. we could have some very rough weatherfor the morning. elsewhere across england and wales, many areas starting on a bright note, with some sunshine with a bit of rain left over in the south—west, —— south—east, clearing really quite quickly. those strong winds very slow to ease down across central belt of scotland, only slowly easing during the second half of the afternoon. blustery showers continuing to be blown right across the uk with these gusty winds with us across all areas and in the showers they will be heavy, some thunder and quite a range of temperatures between 6 and 12 degrees. overnight, as we count down to midnight celebrations, we will see further showers being blown in on those strong winds. not as cold as it might have been, though. temperatures around 4 and

up into the midlands northern england, scotland and to some extrent northern ireland, a very cold andwith plenty of sunshine. it's going to be a glorious day. in fact, light winds, lots of sunshine albeit very cold. a change across the west, a weather front pushing into northern ireland, western scotland and across the far south—west lifting temperatures slowly, outbreaks of rain bumping into that cold air so we'll start to see some outbreaks of snow across the higher ground. temperatures rising in the south—west but a very cold day in central and eastern areas. there's the change taking place on tuesday, the first of a succession of weather fronts which will move through and then we'll see another one moving on wednesday, behind it colder air once again. that first weather front will eventually clear away from the south—east wednesday morning. a frost—free start on most places, a little bit of sunshine before the next weather system moves in, looks like it'll bring heavy bursts of rain to england and wales. behind it turns brighter but colder with some wintry showers moving in, certa

and then some sunshine before those gusty winds blow more showers in the northern ireland, across scotlandely dry. those temperatures fairly typical for the time of year. but the showers fade away and the winds drop overnight, so it will get colder. we are more likely to get a touch of frost in some rural areas. but in the south west, it will be milder towards the end of the night. a spell of rain will push it away across the whole of the country on tuesday. it may give us some snow over the pennines, the higher ground in scotland. it will be replaced by sunshine and showers, and a very gusty westerly wind. but some milder winds. so, 11—12d towards the south west. in the north east, temperatures struggling to get above four or five. now, put the jet stream on to show you what's happening over the coming few days. it's quite a strong jet, and it picks up areas of low pressure. and runs them towards the uk. so, it's a very changeable outlook for the first week of the new year. we'll likely to find some gales, even severe gales. there will be some showers, and even some longer spells of rain

we will continue to see some rain, sleet and snow showers across northern ireland and northern parts of scotlandhe rain clears from the south—east and again, very cold into the early hours of tuesday morning. we could see those temperatures as low as —12 degrees, particularly where you have got the lying snow around and the clear skies too. some freezing fog patches likely on tuesday. they could be quite stubborn to clear through the day. but if you don't see the fog, you will see the wintry sunshine from the word go. another cold day, particularly, for central and eastern parts of the country, just one or two degrees here. slightly milder weather moving in from the west with the arrival of some cloud and some rain. that is all courtesy of this weather front through tuesday night into wednesday. that shifts its way eastwards across the country, so it will bring a spell of rain and wind during wednesday, but things will turn a little bit milder through the middle part of the week with the return to some heavy showers and perhaps some hail around as well, but temperatures around 3—11 degrees. bye

the winds tomorrow morning, scotland and ireland will see the strongest of them, especially northern . gusts like this through the day, some in northern scotland near 80 miles an hour. the book cause travel disruption, the risk of destructive winds elsewhere through scotland and parts of northern ireland. that is why the met office has an amber, be prepared warning in. northern scotla nd prepared warning in. northern scotland that threaten gusts in excess of 80 mph, and a yellow beer where warning for the rest of scotla nd where warning for the rest of scotland and parts of northern ireland with gusts of around 60 or 70 miles an hour again having an impact on travel. it will be windy across the uk during thursday, outbreaks of rain clear south—east england in the afternoon, then actually a lot of sunshine, but the shallows that follow in the cold air pushing south, look how temperatures trail off. we will see them turning increasingly to snow going into thursday evening, blizzards and highland scotland, risk of snow showers, going into friday northern and western parts more frequent,

we will continue to see some rain, sleet and snow showers across northern ireland and northern parts of scotlands in the far north, west and east. the bulk of the rain clears from the south—east and again, very cold into the early hours of tuesday morning. we could see those temperatures as low as —12, degrees, particularly where you have got the lying snow around and the clear skies too. some freezing fog patches likely on tuesday. they could be quite stubborn to clear through the day. but if you don't see the fog, you will see the wintry sunshine from the word go. another cold day, particularly, for central and eastern parts of the country, just one or two degrees here. slightly milder weather moving in from the west with the arrival of some cloud and some rain. that is all courtesy of this weather front through tuesday night into wednesday. that shifts its way eastwards across the country, so it will bring a spell of rain and wind during wednesday, but things will turn a little bit milder through the middle part of the week with the return to some heavy showers and perhaps some hail around as

scotland but it is the wind that takes centre stage. initially the strong wind was with us in northern ireland before swinging a cross into scotland.0 mph, enough to blow down trees, cause transport disruption and any trees falling down could bring power lines down as well. power cuts a possibility. the strong winds filtering and funnelling through the central belt of scotland. we could have some very rough weatherfor the morning. elsewhere across england and wales, many areas starting on a bright note, with sunshine with a bit of rain left over in the south—west, clearing really quite quickly. those strong winds very slow to ease down across central belt of scotland, slowly easing from the second half of the afternoon. blustery showers continuing to be blown across the uk with these gusty winds with us across all areas and in the showers they will be heavy, some thunder and quite a range of temperatures between 6 and 12 degrees. overnight, as we count down to midnight celebrations, we will see further showers blown in on those strong winds. not as cold as it might have been though. temperatures around four and seven degrees. on ne

the rain coming into northern areas on this front which is yet to arrive in scotland and northern irelandminates most areas and around the top of the high pressure we are drawing in atlantic winds and clout, low cloud again, quite murky out there especially over the hills and a lot of dry weather of might as well. it will be a bit colder in scotla nd well. it will be a bit colder in scotland and the east river clyde is then, otherwise a mild night, this temperature is not falling that, eight or 9 degrees typically. a lot of cloud around, we may see sunshine here or there, we could see sunshine with stronger winds helping to break up with stronger winds helping to break up the cloud ahead of the rain. lighter winds for the south, still great, misty and gloomy around these hills, across wales and west of england, hint of sunshine at times, particularly through the midlands, and perhaps for while across the north—east of england, even across northern ireland, southern and eastern scotland there may be sunshine ahead of this rain which is moving from the north, that rain becoming heavier acro

we will continue to see some rain, sleet and snow showers across northern ireland and northern parts of scotland from the south—east and again, very cold into the early hours of tuesday morning. we could see those temperatures as low as —12, degrees, particularly where you have got the lying snow around and the clear skies too. some freezing fog patches likely on tuesday. they could be quite stubborn to clear through the day. but if you don't see the fog, you will see the wintry sunshine from the word go. another cold day, particularly, for central and eastern parts of the country, just one or two degrees here. slightly milder weather moving in from the west with the arrival of some cloud and some rain. that is all courtesy of this weather front through tuesday night into wednesday. that shifts its way eastwards across the country, so it will bring a spell of rain and wind during wednesday, but things will turn a little bit milder through the middle part of the week with the return to some heavy showers and perhaps some hail around as well, but temperatures around 3—11 degrees. bye for now. i'm

it'll bring rain, some heavy, for a time, into northern ireland, scotland, eventually western fringesa south—westerly wind, mild air starts to push on, double—digit in cloud and rain. that'll sweep through overnight, sunday, into monday, then the high pressure will build. this is quite important because it looks likely to set the trend for next week. the high—pressure stays under the influence to the south. a south—westerly wind will continue to drive ina south—westerly wind will continue to drive in a few more showers. 8—12d. eventually we'll see a weather front starting to squeeze in from the north—west. the isobars squeezing together. the wind strengthening. all the time central and southern areas will be under the influence of this high—pressure. it could lead to some frost and potentialfog this high—pressure. it could lead to some frost and potential fog which could be slow to lift. mild for, double—digit widely for all on tuesday. potential for showers which could turn into rain as the frontal system pushes in through web. highs of 9-12d. system pushes in through web. highs of 9

wales, northern ireland, parts of scotland.us a completely dry, clear sort of day, seems like this. very cold of course, above freezing in many areas. “— course, above freezing in many areas. —— barely above. snow continues to fall over wales, northern ireland, north of scotland, where the wind is blowing hard. for many of us, clear skies. city centre temperatures right in the middle of town, outside town in rural areas, as low as minus eight degrees. tomorrow i think maybe one or two areas that haven't seen the snow may get a bit of snow. i suspect around merseyside, maybe liverpool, manchester could get snow. snow showers will continue across northern part of scotland. for many of usa northern part of scotland. for many of us a cold sort of day. saturday night into sunday, temperatures dropped like a stone, a fresh weather front comes off the atlantic, happens. snow, snow, loads of snow falling across parts of the midlands. i say loads... of snow falling across parts of the midlands. isay loads... it of snow falling across pa

the reigning western scotland inches towards northern ireland. maybe northern england tonight. tern scotland, but notice temperatures again to take us into christmas eve. we shouldn't be seen into christmas eve. we shouldn't be seen values like this by day, never mind by night. a weatherfront seen values like this by day, never mind by night. a weather front is wriggling around across scotland and northern ireland as we go through christmas eve. here we are likely to have wet weather if you are on the move. windy at times in the north, but always dry for england and wales and with more of a breeze tomorrow we have the cloud breaking up. sunshine the east of high ground. a few spots of rain on the welsh hills. again another mild state christmas eve. cabbages in double figures quite widely. a couple of spots getting up to 13— 1a celsius. what of the big day? rain still there in southern scotland, initially south—eastern island. turns wet in the north of england and into wales through christmas day, but cold air pushes into scotla nd day, but cold air pushes into scotland and north

scotland, quite breezy and wet here, especially in the northern isles. elsewhere, a speckling of showers for northern scotland and northern ireland but that‘s the exceptionest to east. if yourfog lingers, six degrees could be your high, elsewhere, eight, nine, ten. not a great deal happening during the evening, perhaps just freshening up the wind, that‘s a sign of things to come, especially for northern scotland, wet and windy fare here as we get on during the day on tuesday but elsewhere not a bad day, quite a quiet start to the week. notice monday and tuesday. however, we begin to change things quite markedly as we get on into wednesday. here across northern and western parts it‘s either wet and windy orjust for some windy, but at least it‘s coming from the south, that‘s your mildest day of the week by some degree. notice how we‘ve got a lot of isobars here, hence that windy nature to wednesday, it becomes more widespread and crucially through thursday the wind begins to change direction. i‘m just about to show you how extensive that change becomes in the latter part of the week, looked at that, cold air right down and across all parts of the british i