of scotland. 60-70 the northern isles of scotland. 60—70 mph in the far north.south and slightly cloudier than monday. temperature is not as high. largely dry on wednesday with high. largely dry on wednesday with high pressure in charge and variable amounts of cloud but decent spells of sunshine. breezy in the far north—west. you can find more details on the weather through the week ahead when you live on the website. this is bbc news. the headlines at 7:00pm. the brexit secretary urges mps to back the bill for exiting the eu, to pave the way for the triggering of article 50. what we can't have is either house of parliament reversing the decision of the british people. the iraqi army continues to make gains against so—called islamic state. we've heard three car bombs going on in the distance, we've also had a lot incoming mortar fire, you can hear now the sounds of battle. following a night of violence in rotterdam, turkey's president warns the netherlands it will "pay the price" for expelling his foreign minister. at least 48 people have been killed in a landsl

a date 01’ towards the northern isles. a date or at towards the northern isles.e for many. a little bit higher, ten or 11 degrees for glasgow belfast. dobell13 again for cardiff and london. i pressure remains in charge of our weather through this weekend. that will bring a lot of fine and dry weather widget more on the way of cloud developing as he reached sunday. saturday looks a decent day across large parts of the uk, italy star but regular sunshine through day and it should reach 1a or 15 degrees in the south—east and 13 degrees also for belfast and edinburgh. there is a lwa ys for belfast and edinburgh. there is always a bit of a breeze blowing across the southern half of the uk through this weekend. a lot cloud around on sunday but many places will be fine and dry and some spells of sunshine to be had. again, clings to be had north you are. dry through the weekend if you get sunshine it will be warm but gradually by night. you are watching bbc news. i am babita sharma. the headlines. four people have died after a man drove a car into pedestrians on westmins

around the country at 8am, heavy showers for the northern and western isles with the odd rumble of thundernds and some big waves too. but for much of scotland and northern ireland, a bright start for most. some isolated showers. cloudy at times for northern england down to wales and the south—west. a bit of mist and hill fog. perhaps the odd spot of drizzle. for much of england and central eastern parts in particular, relatively bright. some sunny spells breaking through that could. but in general a cloudier day than we saw during monday. most places, dry. strong winds as you can see, gusts up to 70mph developing across the northern isles of scotland with some heavy showers too. certainly less breezy elsewhere, still mild for this time of year. in the sunnier spells we're likely to see 15 or 16 degrees. could be a degree or so higher in one or two spots. as for the first day of the cheltenham festival, a decent looking day. quite a bit of cloud but some brightness around. mild, 13 or 1a degrees with a gentle south—westerly breeze. heading through the latter part of tuesday evening and over

around the country at eight o'clock, heavy showers for the northern and western isles with the odd rumblemuch of scotland and northern ireland, a bright start for most. some isolated showers. cloudy for northern england. down to wales and the south—west. a bit of hill fog. for much of england and central eastern parts, relatively bright. some sunny spells breaking through. a cloudier day than we saw during monday. most places, dry. strong winds, gusts up to 70 miles per hour developing across the northern isles of scotland. heavy showers too. less breezy elsewhere, still mild for this time of year. in the sunnier spells, 15 or 16 degrees. a degree or so higher in one or two spots. the first day of the cheltenham festival, decent day. cloud but quite bright. mild, 13 or 1a degrees with a gentle south—westerly breeze. through the latter part of tuesday evening and overnight, a few spots of light patchy rain moving south across england and wales. cloudy with some mist and hill fog. further north, clearer skies. particularly northern england and scotland and northern ireland. temperatures fre

around the country at eight o'clock, heavy showers to the northern and western isles with the odd rumble isolated showers. glad if a northern england. a bit of hill fog. for much of england and central eastern parts, relatively right. sunny spells breaking through. a cloudy day then we saw during monday. most places, dried. gusts up to 70 miles per hour developing across the northern ireland —— the northern isles of scotland. less breezy elsewhere, still mild for this time of year. sunny spells, 15 or 16 degrees. a degree also higher. in one or two spots. the first day the cheltenham festival, decent. cloud but quite bright. 13 or 14 degrees with a gentle south—westerly breeze. through the latter part of tuesday and overnight, a few spots of light patchy rain moving south across england and wales. some mist and hill fog. further north, clearer skies. particularly northern england and scotland. pressure first thing. wednesday is looking like a decent day to many of us. high pressure on the chart. variable cloud. cloudy towards the south and south—west. the best of the sunshine towards nor

more cloud in the northern isles, especially towards shapland. kies across the rest of scotla nd shapland. blue skies across the rest of scotland and northern ireland. —— towards shetland. temperatures could get up to 17—19. towards shetland. temperatures could get up to 17—19 . cooler towards the north sea coast of england. across the north and west of wales, 17 degrees, bit like today. a bit of cloud wandering up to the tip of cornwall, still a keen wind across southern parts of england, perhaps southern parts of england, perhaps south wales as well. for the football in the evening it looks like fine and dry. again the temperatures will fall away very quickly once the sun goes down. it warms up on quickly once the sun goes down. it warms up on monday with some sunshine but a few areas of cloud wandering up from the english channel. more particularly across north is being wind and heading into scotland. for the eastern side of scotla nd scotland. for the eastern side of scotland it will not be as warm as today. sunshine further south, the wind is

scattered showers will continue in the north of scotland, particularly in the northern and western isless. a lot of cloud for northern england, parts of wales and the south—west. some hill fog and possibly the odd spot of drizzle. a murky start. for central and eastern parts of england, the cloud is thin so the sunshine will break through. sunny spells developing through the day. slightly cloudy further north—west across england and wales. sunshine and showers for scotland, but 70 mph gusts of wind combined with big waves for the northern isles. the winds and waves could cause disruption here. northern ireland, not a bad day. mostly dry with sunshine. temperatures getting up to mainly 13 or 15 degrees, so still mild for this time of year. as we end the day on tuesday, most places dry, light patchy rain pushing a bit further south across england and wales. clearer skies heading into the northern half of the country. temperatures getting up to mainly 13 or 15 degrees, so still mild for this time of year. as we end the day on tuesday, most places dry, light patchy rain pushing a bit further

around the country at 8am, heavy showers for the northern and western isles with the odd rumble of thunderof scotland and northern ireland, a bright start for most. some isolated showers. cloudy at times for northern england down to wales and the south—west. a bit of hill fog. perhaps the odd spot of drizzle. for much of england and central eastern parts, relatively bright. some sunny spells breaking through. a cloudier day than we saw during monday. most places, dry. strong winds, gusts up to 70mph developing across the northern isles of scotland. heavy showers too. less breezy elsewhere, still mild for this time of year. in the sunnier spells, we're likely to see 15 or 16 degrees. a degree or so higher in one or two spots. the first day of the cheltenham festival, a decent day. cloud but quite bright. mild, 13 or 1a degrees with a gentle south—westerly breeze. heading through the latter part of tuesday evening and overnight, a few spots of light patchy rain moving south across england and wales. quite cloudy with some mist and hill fog in the west. further north, clearer skies moving in,

rain towards the northern isles but in between fine and dry with clear skies and light winds. be had on friday with the weather front drifting away towards the south. high pressure is firmly in charge all the way to the end of the week and into the weekend. friday again a cold start for some particular southern scotland and northern england we have light winds but here will be a lovely day with plenty of sunshine in light wind. breeze top and tail of the country, a little bit of rain in the south—west and maybe a little bit of rain towards the northern isles. decent day temperature wise for many. a little bit higher, ten or 11 degrees for glasgow and belfast. 13 again for cardiff and london. high pressure remains in charge of our weather through this weekend. that will bring a lot of fine and dry weather, more in the way of cloud developing as we reach sunday. saturday, a decent day across large parts of the uk, chilly start but sunshine through the day and it should reach 1a or 15 in the south—east and 13 also for belfast and edinburgh. always a bit of a breeze blowing across

it could still just about the northern isles later on.enough for some patches of rain. the south—west heading across into the midlands féééhfififéefiéirif-eiim see the best of the féééhfififéefiéirif-eiim see the be and the best of the temperatures, and the best of the sunshine. this evening and overnight, the rain picks up across southern and western areas. there will be quite a soggy night here. very windy with gales developing a whole rash of - developing and whole rash of showers developing and emerging into longer spells of rain. some snow on the high ground. another mild night to come across southern and eastern areas. monday isa southern and eastern areas. monday is a messy picture. low pressure bringing further gales to scotland through the morning, and this weather front a really weather front bringing a really 5°99y weather front bringing a really soggy gauge weather front bringing a really soggy gauge of much of england and wales. it slowly will move its way south—eastwards but never really clears away summer south—eastwards but ne

for the northern isles in scotland, the cloud thickenerfor some northern isles in scotland, the clouds. that is the exception. for the rest of scotla nd the exception. for the rest of scotland and northern ireland, plenty of sunshine, with temperatures up to 17. 18 celsius and around manchester, perhaps 19 for western wales. 18 celsius for the warmest spot in south—west england. dusty winds around the south coast, making it feel a bit cooler will stop especially around east anglia and kent. the wind keeps the frost at bay over southern england tonight. again temperatures will take a tumble tonight, with lows of “i! or —5 in the countryside. they could be some fog patches first thing in the morning. essentially, another gorgeous day with lots of spring sunshine. cool, easterly winds continuing to make their presence felt in the south, but otherwise a similar day with temperatures a degree down across england, but still warm for the time of year. next week, a decent start to the week ahead, but it will turn cloudy across western areas from midweek onwards, with the threat of rain and br

around the country at eight o'clock, heavy showers for the northern and western isles with the odd rumblend and northern ireland, a bright start for most. some isolated showers. cloudy for northern england. down to wales and the south—west. a bit of hill fog. for much of england and central eastern parts, relatively bright. some sunny spells breaking through. a cloudier day than we saw during monday. most places, dry. strong winds, gusts up to 70 miles per hour developing across the northern isles of scotland. heavy showers too. less breezy elsewhere, still mild for this time of year. in the sunnier spells, 15 or 16 degrees. a degree or so higher in one or two spots. the first day of the cheltenham festival, decent day. cloud but quite bright. mild, 13 or 14 degrees with a gentle south—westerly breeze. through the latter part of tuesday evening and overnight, a few spots of light patchy rain moving south across england and wales. cloudy with some mist and hill fog. further north, clearer skies. particularly northern england and scotland and northern ireland. temperatures fresher first thi

a few showers across western scotland will fizzle out, show become confined to the northern isles. s like a north south split. for scotla nd looks like a north south split. for scotland and northern ireland, windy with blustery showers, the weather front will trail for the bulk of england and wales, rather damp, spills of rain, mist and smirk at times but very mild, temperatures in double figures for most up to the mid—teens celsius for parts of central, southern and eastern england. for thursday, the weather front slowly clears away from scotland, the winds begin to ease but we have another weather front bringing in figure clouds, maybe some spots of rain to the extreme south. some showers across western scotland but a good slice of the country will see brightness and a very mild day, temperatures of ten to 14 degrees. staying miles into the end of the week and the weekend, there will be outbreaks of rain at times. —— staying mild. this is business live from bbc news with rachel home and sally bundock. va va voom — the press are at the geneva motor show taking in the latest models,

around the country at eight o'clock, heavy showers for the northern and western isles with the odd rumble those strong winds and some big waves. much of scotland and northern ireland, a bright start for most. some isolated showers. cloudy for northern england. down to wales and the south—west. a bit of hill fog. for much of england and central eastern parts, relatively bright. some sunny spells breaking through. a cloudier day than we saw during monday. most places, dry. strong winds, gusts up to 70 miles per hour developing across the northern isles of scotland. heavy showers too. less breezy elsewhere, still mild for this time of year. in the sunnier spells, 15 or 16 degrees. a degree or so higher in one or two spots. the first day the cheltenham festival, decent day. cloud but quite bright. mild, 13 or 1a degrees with a gentle south—westerly breeze. through the latter part of tuesday and overnight, a few spots of light patchy rain moving south across england and wales. cloudy with some mist and hill fog. further north, clearer skies. particularly northern england and scotland and north

around the country at 8am, heavy showers for the northern and western isles with the odd rumble of thunderd and northern ireland, a bright start for most. some isolated showers. cloudy at times for northern england down to wales and the south—west. a bit of mist and hill fog. perhaps the odd spot of drizzle. for much of england and central eastern parts in particular, relatively bright. some sunny spells breaking through. a cloudier day than we saw during monday. most places, dry. strong winds as you can see, gusts up to 70mph developing across the northern isles of scotland with some heavy showers too. less breezy elsewhere, still mild for this time of year. in the sunnier spells we're likely to see 15 or 16 degrees. could be a degree or so higher in one or two spots. as for the first day of the cheltenham festival, a decent looking day. mild, 13 or 14 degrees with a gentle south—westerly breeze. heading through the latter part of tuesday evening and overnight, a few spots ofjust light patchy rain moving south across england and wales. quite cloudy with some mist and hill fog in the west.

not as cold to the south due to the wind, but across the northern isles, where we have a touch of frostthern ireland. it will warm up quickly in the sunshine. a lot of sunshine, almost wall—to—wall. still some cloud in shetland, perhaps orkney, a little bit of lighter cloud across the english channel. strong winds still blowing in southern parts of england and wales. light winds further north. lots of sunshine across the bulk of scotland, away from the northern isles. this time the highest temperatures further west, in scotland. in western scotland, we could get up to 18 degrees in parts. 18 possible in the north and west of wales. generally about the mid—teens. the edge taken off the sunshine by the stronger winds in southern england. it could be a touch cooler than saturday in devon and cornwall and those temperatures pegged back right on the coast with the onshore breeze. a lovely evening if you are heading to wembley for the football on sunday. but once the sun goes down we will find those temperatures falling very quickly. perhaps not quite so low, because on monday there will be a

not as cold to the south due to the wind not blowing, but across the northern isles, we have a touch d too. it will warm up quickly in the sunshine. a lot of sunshine, almost wall—to—wall sunshine. still some cloud in shetland, perhaps orkney, a little bit of lighter cloud across the english channel and some stronger winds still blowing in southern parts of england and wales. lighter winds further north. lots of sunshine across the bulk of scotland, away from the northern isles. this time the highest temperatures in scotland more likely to be further west in western scotland. across counties fermanagh and tyrone we could get up to 18. 18 possible in the north and west of wales. generally about the mid—teens. the edge taken off the sunshine by the stronger winds in southern england. it could be a touch cooler than saturday in devon and cornwall and those temperatures pegged back right on the coast with the onshore breeze. a lovely evening if you're heading to wembley for the football on sunday. but once the sun goes down we will find those temperatures falling very quickly. perhaps not

northern area seeing sunshine and showers, heavy showers across the northern isles of scotland. rgely dry but cloudy and windy. a band of heavy rain for a time for northern ireland, northern england but that rain tending to fizzle away as it staggersi rain tending to fizzle away as it sta g e s lowly rain tending to fizzle away as it staggers lowly southend east. mild weather in the south—east if things brighten up particularly through the afternoon. this evening and tonight, the rain band gets stuck across the south that it will turn heavier. strong winds, gales into western scotla nd strong winds, gales into western scotland and northern ireland by the end of the night and cooler weather in the north. tomorrow, scotland, northern ireland, northern england, northern irelandvnarthern'englandfi day. northern irelandvnerthern'englendfi day. lost three. mix of chilly day. lost three. mix of sunshine and showers. winds not exclusively over high ground. south, cloud, with rain dragging its heels. 14 in london thatjust eight involves go. ahead in the week it will turn cooler for all of u

not as cold to the south due to the wind not blowing, but across the northern isles, we have a touch e cloud in shetland, perhaps 0rkney, a little bit of lighter cloud across the english channel and some stronger winds still blowing in southern parts of england and wales. lighter winds further north. lots of sunshine across the bulk of scotland, away from the northern isles. this time the highest temperatures in scotland more likely to be further west in western scotland. across counties fermanagh and tyrone we could get up to 18. 18 possible in the north and west of wales. generally about the mid—teens. the edge taken off the sunshine by the stronger winds in southern england. it could be a touch cooler than saturday in devon and cornwall and those temperatures pegged back right on the coast with the onshore breeze. a lovely evening if you're heading to wembley for the football on sunday. but once the sun goes down we will find those temperatures falling very quickly. perhaps not quite so low, because on monday there will be a bit more cloud around, especially moving northwards into

more cloud in the northern isles, especially towards shetland. nd and northern ireland, where temperatures in the manner and tyrone and the highlands of scotland could get up to 17—19 or so —— in the manner. cooler around the north sea coast of england. west of wales, 70 degrees, a bit like today. a little cloud wandering up the tunnel isles, still a clean wind blowing —— the channel islands. for the football, as we head into the evening, it looks like it is going to be fine and dry. temperatures will fall away very quickly once the sun goes down. warms up again on monday with some sunshine. a few areas of cloud wandering up again from the english channel. more particularly across north—east england and heading into scotland. the eastern side of scotland in particular will not be as warm as today. some social and further not as strong in the southern parts of england. gradually the high pressure is going to be broken down early next week. this weather front pushing up from the south threatens to bring with it some showers that could be heavy and t

of frost § the northern isles, and a grey!e and not much reaches the eastern side. still relatively mild, 15 degrees, on the eastern corner. it is still in single figures in scotland and a similar day on sunday, cloudy and windy with da‘sfi—lfiflfiy on aunaay, coucy an, wun,y w|., of rain, mainly in the outbreaks of rain, mainly in the west. hello. the headlines: the white house has assured the british government allegations that british intelligence agency gchq spied on donald trump will not be repeated. president trump is holding his first meeting with german chancellor angela merkel at the white house this afternoon. a mother who admitted covering up the death of her child for more than a decade has been sentenced to 21 months in prison. there's been criticism of george osborne after he said he would stay on as an mp, despite taking up a new appointment as editor of the london evening standard. there are plenty of examples of politicians who have edited newspapers, and i intend to play a big part in public life. now, the sport.

skies are clear for all but the northern isles of scotland. here, it shouldn't get so cold. ezing orjust people. with lots of sunshine on the week tomorrow, it will warm up quickly. the northern isles, particularly shetland, will see cloud, still quite windy across southern part of england. generally, temperatures in the mid teens, were around the coast. —— couloir around the coast. more cloud on the way, on monday, a touch cooler in scotland. not as windy in the south, with some sunshine and temperatures in the mid—teens.

at 3pm, still blustery winds and showers across the northern isles but much mainland scotla nd northernst a bit patchy cloud. through the midlands, east anglia and the south—east, we will see sunshine lifting temperatures to 15-16. a see sunshine lifting temperatures to 15—16. a decent day for wales and much of the south—west of england. west devon into cornwall along the south coast into the channel islands, some spots of drizzle and the cloud with murky conditions at times. through the evening and tonight, that cloudy, damp and murky weather will begin to move north and east. ahead of that quite a cold night for eastern areas with clear spells. down to the south—west much milder conditions, 10 degrees the minimum temperature in plymouth. tomorrow, the best of the sunshine will be earlier on in eastern england, for a time eastern scotland. this cloud will be toppling in bringing mist, murk and spots of drizzle. most of the rain will be light and patchy with a fair amount of dry weather. with southerly winds it will be mild. into the weekend, we will see a mixed story. spells of sunshin

but the low pressure will gradually drift through the northern isles.nd. perhaps a header that will see some clear skies and a chilly start. but the clear air will not last as the wet and windy weather pushes its way across england and wales during the morning between the hours of 9am and midday it will be wet and windy. further north it is a different story, a contrasting day in comparison to today. there is the rain still across the northern isles but elsewhere sunny spells and scattered showers. the showers fairly isolated. not a bad start in northern ireland, some lovely sunshine coming through, and the best of the weather will be in cumbria through the day. the cloud and rain will suit with a midlands into the south—east of the england, behind a trail of showers being driven along by the strong south—west winds as we go through the morning. and blustery affair, and through the afternoon despite the rain easing will be plenty of showers. some merging into longer spells of rain. if you're unlucky to get caught in those it could be quite nasty but loo

gusts up to 70 mph across the northern isles of scotland, with some heavy showers, too.y spells, we are likely to see temperatures of about 1560 degrees. could be a degree at 2— some spots. at each of the festival, a decent day. abbottabad, but some brightness. mild, 13 or1a abbottabad, but some brightness. mild, 13 or 1a degrees. a gentle breeze. heading through the latter pa rt breeze. heading through the latter part of evening and overnight, if you sponsor just part of evening and overnight, if you sponsorjust light part of evening and overnight, if you sponsor just light patchy part of evening and overnight, if you sponsorjust light patchy rain moving south across england and wales, quite hardy here with mr health of any worse. further north, clearer skies moving on, the go for northern england, scotland, northern ireland. cambridges fresh here on wednesday. but wednesday is looking to get it a day for many of us. high pressure in charge. the estimates of clouds. this the sunshine towards north—eastern parts of the country. some rain in the far north—west, but elsewh

it is not a noticeable feature in northern scotland on the northern isles.till a bit more cloud and two southern coastal counties of england and south wales compared with elsewhere, borrowers are swayed you get some lovely sunshine coming through, temperatures widely in double figures. feeling really pleasant, it might get to 16 celsius in south—east england. with clear skies down the eastern side of the uk through thursday night, a touch of frost around, mild in the west, cloud and outbreaks of rain and hail fog around. quite a contrast is friday begins, the cloud and drizzly rain will win out. on friday things look very different, with plenty of cloud around, but it will feel very similar because it will still be mild. more unsettled at the weekend, we will bring these weather fronts across the uk but there are gaps in between and if you find yourself in a gap it will be drier and brighter for a time. the weekend starts mild but we will change the direction of bit. from the west of the uk, it will bring temperatures down by a couple of degrees by sunday. n

across the northern isles, the showers continue on the breeze.south, the wind strengthens and this evening and overnight it may touch gale or severe gale force across the south coast of devon and cornwall. it encourages more rain and cloud to come in here, perhaps east anglia. generally speaking skies will be clearer. these are towns and cities. it will be frosty in the countryside. given we've had a bit of rain and sleet there could be icy patches, even a little freezing fog first thing friday. the rain is more limited in the south tomorrow. the breeze does start to ease off and we'll see brighter skies materialising. eventually. we still have that keen breeze and the showers for the lawlor isles but for many parts friday as drier, brighter there will be more sunshine around. the winds start ease. it will not feel so chilly. temperatures are little higher. as i hinted earlier with the high withers for the weekend, we should see similar conditions through saturday and sunday. we keep a clean breeze near the south coast. it will make it feel a lit

for the northern isles of scotla nd weekend?onal light rain and drizzle. that is really the exception. for the rest of scotland and northern ireland, and you sunshine. temperatures in the warmest areas up sunshine. temperatures in the warmest areas up to 17. in greater manchester, merseyside and cheshire. 18 for the warmest spots in south—west england. gusty winds will continue to blow around the south coast, making it feel a little bit cooler. temperatures pegged back around the coast of east anglia and kent by brisk wind. we must keep the bay overnight. —— wind keep defroster bay. we will see temperatures taking a tumble. in the countryside, widespread frost with lows potentially done to “11 celsius once again. they could be one or two mist and fog patches first thing, but essentially another gorgeous day. lots of spring sunshine on the cards. again with cool easterly winds making their presence felt in the south. but otherwise a similar day with temperatures may be a degree down across england, but still pretty warm. we shoul

rain towards the northern isles but in between fine and dry with clear skies and light winds.once again on friday. decent rain to be had on friday with the weather front drifting away towards the south. high pressure is firmly in charge all the way to the end of the week and into the weekend. friday again a cold start for some particular southern scotland and northern england we have light winds but here will be a lovely day with plenty of sunshine in light wind. breeze top and tail of the country, a little bit of rain in the south—west and maybe a little bit of rain towards the northern isles. decent day temperature wise for many. a little bit higher, ten or ii degrees for glasgow and belfast. 13 again for cardiff and london. high pressure remains in charge of our weather through this weekend. that will bring a lot of fine and dry weather, more on the way of cloud developing as we reach sunday. saturday looks a decent day across large parts of the uk, chilly start but regular sunshine through the day and it should reach 11! or 15 degrees in the south—east and 13 degrees also

a bright start in scotland and the northern isles. further west, cloudy with light rain. . also the case for north—west england and the south—west of england. the east of the pennines and east anglia, it will be a chilly start. at least bright with sunshine. notice the temperature difference. 6—7 degrees in the east, 10—11 in the west. the cloud in western areas will creep eastwards as the day goes on. not reaching the far south—east and east anglia really until after dark. here you should see the sunshine. maybe a high of 13—14 degrees. in the west, mild but rather cloudy with some rain. the six nations rugby. wales against ireland in cardiff. the odd spit of rain in the air. the weekend, a tale of two halves. saturday looking dry into sunday. a weather front bringing cooler and fresher air mainly across northern and western areas. saturday, skies brightening up in northern ireland and scotland behind this weather front which will bring some dreary weather to central parts of the uk. the south—east, a little bit of brightness. very mild indeed. 15, 16, 17. sunday is a mes

of scotland, good brea ks the northern isles of scotland, good breaks in the cloud, most likelynd sunshine, sunshine tomorrow, some of those showers may be heavy and possibly thundery, white slow—moving, nowhere particularly immune from a shower. should not arrive until the afternoon across east anglia and the south—west where we will see the highest temperatures. those numbers lower than today. after a chilly start, fine day, good spells of sunshine, wind will be light and in the sunshine it will feel pleasant, temperatures generally 13 or 14, a touch higher in the south—east. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: the president of the european council, donald tusk, has suggested a phased strategy for brexit negotiations. he says any discussions on future trade deals can only begin once the terms of the uk's departure are finalised. starting parallel talks around different issues at the same time, as suggested by some, will not happen. we really are moving forward now, and there is a lot of goodwill, a lot of willingness to achieve what the prime minister has said she wants to

still a brisk wind blowing across southern parts of england, and more cloud into the northern isles ofskies across the northern half of the uk, temperatures are tumbling away rapidly. like last night, we will find a frost in the countryside. cold in particular from find a frost in the countryside. cold in particularfrom northern ireland and in the grounds of scotland. warming up in the sunshine, on the whole another blue sky day, except the shuttle, orkney and a little cloud across the english channel. we still have keen easterly winds. —— except for shetland. cooler around some of the north sea coasts, i9 shetland. cooler around some of the north sea coasts, 19 degrees is possible in the highlands, not far behind north and west wales, fermanagh and tyrone. lower temperatures for scotland and north east england on monday. otherwise dry with some sunshine. this is bbc news. the headlines at 11:00: ukip loses its only mp after douglas carswell quits to sit as an independent, saying ukip has achieved its objective. we can be absolutely certain that brexit is in good hands. we are going to

it will also be a bit of a bright, dry start across the north—east of scotland and the northern islesits and spots of light rain, particularly acrosswestern up slopes, some too for northern ireland with a bit of mist and murk, and some hill fog. that's also the case for north—west england, wales, the south—west of england. but for east of the pennines, in towards east anglia, and maybe the south—east for a while, it will be a chilly start but at least bright with some sunshine. notice the temperature difference — 6—7 degrees in the east, 10—11 in the west. as the day wears on though, the cloud across western areas will slowly creep eastwards. i don't think reaching the far south—east and east anglia really until after dark. here you should see the sunshine. maybe a high of 13—14 degrees. further west though, it will be very mild but rather cloudy with some spots of light rain. so it means for the six nations rugby, wales v ireland, in cardiff, during the evening it looks like it will be a fairly mild one, rather cloudy and there could be the odd spit of rain in the air. now, as we hea

in the northern isles, we could see gusts up to 70 mph.d, up to about 15, possibly 16, but a blustery day. wednesday, high pressure and a largely dry day. not as windy as tuesday. this is bbc news. the headlines at 8pm. the brexit secretary urges mps to back the bill for exiting the eu to pave the way for the triggering of article 50. what we can't have is either house of parliament reversing the decision of the british people. the iraqi army continues to make gains against so—called islamic state. we've heard three car bombs going on in the distance, we've also had a lot of incoming mortarfire, you can hear now the sounds of battle. following a night of violence in rotterdam, turkey's president warns the netherlands it will "pay the price" for expelling for expelling his foreign minister. at least 48 people have been killed in a landslide at a vast rubbish dump in ethiopia.

low pressure continues to move that rain across the northern isles and be replaced by another weatherthe south—west bringing wet and windy weather. sandwiched in between some clear sky, a light frost possible but you should start the day with decent spells of sunshine. it is not expected to last, gale force gusts and rain across the south—west pushing away steadily north and east through the morning. the best of the sunshine is likely to beat in the extreme north, a scattering of showers in scotland but in comparison to today, batter. but in comparison to today, better. decent in northern ireland and the north of england, the rain sitting down into the south—east by 9am accompanied by squally winds. following on behind, scattered showers though some showers across the south—west and west wales will merge for longer spells of rain and the wind will remain quite a feature. for some, not a pleasant afternoon, clusters of showers driven along further inland with westerly winds and in the north we keep sunshine, a better day. in terms of the feel of things, not as warm as today, seven to 1

maybe a little but a friend to go with it and a little better range was the northern isles.. a little bit higher, ten or 11 degrees the glasgow belfast, 13 again for cardiff degrees the glasgow belfast, 13 againfor cardiff and degrees the glasgow belfast, 13 again for cardiff and london. high pressure remains in charge of our weather through the weekend. it will bring a lot of fine and dry weather with it. will more on the way of cloud as you get towards sunday. saturday looks like a decent day across large parts of the uk. maybe chilly but a great deal of sunshine through the day and we should reach about 1k through the day and we should reach about 1a or 15 degrees in the south—east. 13 also the belfast and edinburgh. there is always a little bit of a breeze blowing across the southern half of the uk through this weekend. a little bit more cloud around on sunday the many places will be fine and dry with spells of sunshine to be had. all in all through the weekend it is dry. if you get sunshine it will be wall warm but quite chilly by night. hello, this is breakfast, with c

most of the day, mainland scotland will be dry, but we will keep some showers going across the northern isles cloud increasing in scotland, ahead of this rain that arrives in northern ireland through the afternoon. it is mostly light and patchy. ahead of it, still dry across many central, northern and eastern parts of england. a decent enough day. the sunshine turning increasingly hazy as the cloud increases. and we will see some patchy rain coming into wales and the south—west of england as well. no great amounts during daylight hours. through the evening, the rain turns a bit heavier, and briefly we could see a bit of snow in the scottish mountains. but the rain across northern parts of the country doesn't last too long. it is further south across england and wales where the rain grinds to a halt a bit overnight. that wil keep the temperatures up, leading to some misty weather and some hill fog. clearer skies to the north, and it will be turning a touch chilly. some stronger winds in the far north—west of scotland, perhaps, and a milder wind blowing across southern parts of england and wale

most of the day, mainland scotland will be dry, but we will keep some showers going across the northern islescular. and we will see the cloud increasing in scotland, ahead of this rain that arrives in northern ireland through the afternoon. it is mostly light and patchy. ahead of it, still dry across many central, northern and eastern parts of england. a decent enough day, the sunshine turning increasingly hazy as the cloud increases. and we will see some patchy rain coming into wales and the south—west of england as well. no great amounts during daylight hours. through the evening, the rain turns a bit heavier, and briefly we could see a bit of snow in the scottish mountains. but the rain across northern parts of the country doesn't last too long. it is further south across england and wales where the rain grinds to a halt a bit overnight. that wil keep the temperatures up, leading to some misty weather and some hill fog. clearer skies to the north, and it will be turning a touch chilly. some stronger winds in the far north—west of scotland, perhaps, and a milder wind blowing across southern

an exception to the settled weather will be in the northern isles.etlands. outbreaks of rain at times, mostly on the light side. as day breaks you can see the extent of the sunshine to begin with, but hints of either mist fog patches, or low cloud, to begin with, through parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire, the midlands and into wales. it should not last too long. by mid—morning that should be gone. look at the strength of the wind in east anglia, south—east england and along the south coast. if anything that may be a notch up compared to what we had on friday. quite a windy picture for some of us. you will need to shelter from the easterly wind to get the best of the warmth from the sunshine. the blue sky continues for the majority of the afternoon. that warmth will be felt, especially where the wind is right down the western side of the uk, 15 or 16 celsius. saturday, a fine evening, but a chilly night. a touch of frost, especially in the north. remember, on saturday night the clocks go forward an hour, the beginning of british summer time. nothing to

showers in scotland become confined to the northern isles.ty of glad. tomorrow, cloud will thicken from the west. damp and drizzly early on in the west, outbreaks of rain into western scotland. early sunshine in eastern scotla nd scotland. early sunshine in eastern scotland and cloud increasing. elsewhere in england and wales, a few brighter breaks, some glimmers of sunshine, and the longer lasting sunny spells will make it feel quite warm again, 16—17dc possible. a cloudy story at cheltenham as the festival continues, particularly on thursday with a stronger breeze and the temperature being down a few did greece. —— a few degrees. the weather becomes more active to what we. a weather front moves through scotla nd we. a weather front moves through scotland and northern ireland with heavy showers and a strong wind. cloudy weather ahead of that into much of england and wales. by friday, a stronger weather system coming our way, and that will take rain from north—west to south—east, with the wind picking up on the tepid is coming down as well. s

rain to be had in the north and west and into the northern isles as well, where it will be breezy.n the south—west of england. rain will fragment in the latter part of the morning. a few showers but they will be few and far between. we will see a scattering of showers developing. sunshine and showers into the afternoon but lengthy spells of sunshine for many especially to the west. things quieten down to monday evening and overnight as this ridge of high pressure building. we are looking towards the west for this next spell of wind and rain to move in. it'll be a chilly start for many but brighter on tuesday. clouds and the rain moving into northern ireland and things going downhill here and it will be windy and it makes its way across the irish sea in the afternoon. then to the evening, it looks like the rain will ci’oss evening, it looks like the rain will cross pretty much all parts. i think we will all see rain on tuesday. but it is on the move heading towards the near continent. by the middle of the near continent. by the middle of the week, it that is out of the way but still