i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much.orable sporting year. the bbc sports personality of the year 2024 is... ..keely hodgkinson! cheering and applause. this year has been absolutely incredible for me. i've achieved everything i set out to do on the outdoor track, which is kind of rare, so i'm so grateful to be in this position. i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much. hello there. the weather for christmas week has been pretty benign. high pressure has brought light winds, a lot of cloud, some mist and fog and also some drizzle. subtle changes as we head into the weekend. we start to lose the influence of this area of high pressure and begin to pick up more of an atlantic influence, which should mean there should be more breeze and see a bit more sunshine. but we've still got this weather front straddling the north and west of scotland. that'll bring further rain through this evening and overnight. elsewhere, again, there's a lot of cloud around, some mist and fog, som

i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much.the snow now confined to scotland. cold air originating all the way from greenland to iceland. this is polar maritime air, it usually comes with a lot of showers and that's certainly what we have seen today. certainly feels colder as well, temperatures, six or 7 degrees but feeling colder than that given these really strong winds that we have. the wind is picking up in eastern england but the strongest winds are further west and north wear around coastal areas the wins could be gusting 60 or 70 mph. those are stronger gusts come where we have seen the showers, but those showers this evening are going to start to fade away. they will last for a bit longer in northern scotland but even these should move away, the winds becoming lighter overnight, and with clear skies it's going to be quite chilly. i think the lowest temperatures will be across scotland and north—east of england where we could get a touch of frost, and given the earlier showers, some icy patches as well. the area of low p

i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much.orse, though, as we head into the new year. the weather, then, very different from what we had over christmas, where we were dominated more by high pressure, mist and some fog — that's getting squeezed away, mind you. that weather front, though, continuing to bring some rain into scotland, and as we head further into the night, that rain is going to turn more widespread across the northern half of the country and bring with it some heavier rain and some snow for caithness and sutherland as we hit the colder air. elsewhere, looking dry, variable cloud, minimum temperatures 5—6 degrees. but the focus of the bad weather through monday and tuesday is going to be in scotland from the bringing more heavy rain to scotland. another wet start to the day on tuesday. the worst of the rain does move through, and we see a band of rain sweeping across northern ireland, into england and wales this time, with some stronger winds. particularly windy across this part of the country, and we may well find

i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much.her is looking a little bit quieter now in the run up to christmas. so for christmas week then a change to the weather. things are turning milder, less windy than they have been and things looking mostly dry for many of us towards christmas. but we're going to be starting off with that cold air still in the east. milder air is going to be working in through the day on monday. still a few wintry showers, a little bit of ice first thing monday, i think across parts of north east scotland in particular. but this system is a warm front so it's bringing the milder air. it's also bringing some patchy outbreaks of rain on monday to western areas. these are the sort of temperatures we'll start the day with, two to four degrees for northern and eastern areas, five or six towards the south and west, a little bit colder than that for the more rural spots, particularly where we had the wintry showers. could be some icy stretches in the far north east. we'll keep the sunshine longest across parts o

i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. us. on the mild side for the time of year. but it has been drier everywhere. around this area of high pressure which has brought the drier weather. we have had this weather front bringing outbreaks of rain, mainly to northern scotland. never too far away here, you can see the extent of this milder air across the country. as we head through this evening into tonight it says blustery across the far north of scotland with showers here. remaining chilly. this weather front bringing further rain and scotland and northern ireland. the rest of the country will say largely drier with light winds. if you clear spells which could give low cloud and mist and fog. five to 10 degrees. into boxing day we hold on to this by the front bringing further outbreaks of rain in the north of the uk. most of the rain west and north scotland, maybe some brightness for the northern isles but the vast majority of england and wales will be largely drier, light winds, again a lot of grey weather around, winds, ag

i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much.and fog around this morning, most of it across central southern england. east anglia, the midlands, parts of south wales too. but the good news is it's not as extensive as it was yesterday, and it should lift and clear much more readily as the westerly wind picks up. so sunny spells developing. for most of us it's dry, but it's windy. it's really quite wet across parts of northwest scotland, with rainjust feeding in from the atlantic here. some of it pushing further eastwards into parts of aberdeenshire as we head through the afternoon. further south for northern ireland, central southern scotland and down into northern england, it's dry. here's that brightness across england and wales developing as the westerly wind picks up. and of course it's a lot milder here than it was yesterday underneath all of that mist and fog. now overnight tonight, the rain for northwest scotland is going to push further eastwards again. it will be heavy and persistent, turning to snow over the hills. furth

i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it.e tone for the rest of the weekend. tomorrow is looking a lot brighter, although there will be some more rain across the far north of the uk. and you can see already some rain across northern ireland and scotland this morning. high pressure still dominant further south, so the mist and the fog just likely to linger on for many. we could start to see some breaks in it. a little bit of clearance across the north midlands and into north wales perhaps as we head through the afternoon, but further south, staying very murky. some sunny spells and some showers across northern scotland as we head through the afternoon. and of course, any low cloud here likely to break up because of the strength of that westerly wind. but the winds remain very light further south. and of course, that is part of the problem. top temperatures between generally 7 and ii celius, although where the fog lingers on, we probably won't get much past 4 or 5 degrees again. now, overnight tonight, then, our very weak cold

i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much.isruptive weather. not fog this time, but strengthening winds for the next three days to take us into wednesday — new year's day, of course. also heavy rain and even a little bit of snow for some, before things turn quieter, sunnier, but also much colder later in the week. it is this stripe of cloud which extends to the mid—atlantic which will continue to pile in, in pulses. the first pulse of persistent rain earlier today has cleared through. further outbreaks of rain for southern scotland, northern ireland and the far north of england, where we will see some very strong and gusty winds on the tops of the pennines, maybe up to around 60mph. cold air in place in the far north of scotland, generally mild elsewhere. plenty of cloud, but at least dry with some brightness across many parts of england and wales. the cold air in place for scotland, more snow on the mountains tonight. more heavy rain for many, though, giving rise to the risk of yet further flooding. turning wet again too in n

i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much.been fading, and today is a day of transition to much milder weather. less windy, yes, and still mostly dry, but there will be much more cloud for the week ahead. and the reason is that we are losing that chilly north—westerly wind and instead we are picking up this milder south—westerly, which has come right the way over the atlantic. so, as it does so, it picks up a lot of moisture, a lot of cloud, and with it these weak weather fronts. even though we've got high pressure to the south, we've still got some weak weather fronts. so the rain will always be heaviest towards the north and the west. so, the brightness continues in the east, the sunshine fading but remaining bright, the showers easing, too, but instead we got all this cloud rolling in, misty and murky over the hills, patchy rain or drizzle, but temperatures will be lifting, 10s, 11s by the end of play. but further east, still feeling chilly, particularly with the cloud overhead and the breeze still hanging on for east angli

i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much.er is set to continue through today and for many of us through the weekend. we have mist and fog and for some of us, the fog will linger all day especially over higher ground. high pressure keeping things largely dry and settled. this system causing problems over the north of scotland and with the pressure there from the atlantic, not much of a breeze to lift the cloud so it is pretty murky in central and southern areas, in particular some bright or sunny skies. parts of northern ireland and was,... of blue sky as well. the rain sitting across the far north—west of scotland, temperatures 7 or 8 degrees. tonight, rain will extend across the north west of scotland, mist and fog forming especially in england and wales so saturday morning is murky for many. temperatures between 4 and 9 degrees. this you are not looking at a cold or frosty night. on saturday, another similar day for england and wales, some breaks in the cloud over higher ground. this waving front sits across central scotlan

i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much.met office reports that it was the mildest since 2016 overall, looking across the uk, and the highest temperature was recorded in aberdeen 14.2 celsius, with similar values elsewhere across the country. how about boxing day? well, not quite as mild, but the temperatures will remain above the average for the rest of the year, and also a little bit of rain in the forecast. the satellite picture hasn't really changed much since yesterday. we still have this conveyor belt of cloud to the west of us, and ahead of this conveyor belt of cloud, a tongue, a stream of mild air all the way from the azores, spreading across the uk, western europe and into the baltic and also much of scandinavia. so we start the day with temperatures hovering between 5—10 celsius, so a little fresher compared to the last couple of nights. so here's the forecast then for boxing day, a weather front sneaks into northern ireland and scotland, so expect a little bit of rain here on and off, perhaps in glasgow into edin

i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much.t above this misty low cloud today. it's quite gloomy and murky and a little damp in other parts of england and wales. the fog, though, probably not quite as extensive as it has been. and through the rest of the weekend, the breeze picks up a little, that mist and patchy fog will be lifting, promising some brighter skies more widely tomorrow, although there will be some rain still in scotland. the mist and fog is closer to this area of low pressure which is affecting other parts of europe as well, that weather front weakening as it moves south, and another band of rain heading into northern scotland by the end of the day. but temperatures in scotland and northern ireland in double figures. where it's grey and gloomy through the midlands, south—east england, it's going to be a chilly 5 or 6 degrees here, again. and still some extensive low cloud, some patches of mist and fog into the night, tending to lift from the north, as the breeze picks up, and we see some rain arriving across more

i hope you all loved watching parisjust as much as i loved competing in it. thank you so much.r. if you have plans on new year's eve, keep listening to this forecast because it's going to be dominated by this area of low pressure, particularly across the far north of the country. it's bringing increasingly wet and windy weather across scotland in particular. there will be some snow, as well, to the far north and east. the met office has issued an amber warning for the intensity of the rain from inverness down to fort william, so there's potential of some localised flooding and some travel disruption on what is a very busy day. so heavy rain moving its way south out of scotland, but a rash of showers tucking in behind — the rain will tend to sit across northern england and north wales by the middle part of the afternoon. that means central and south—eastern england windy to end the day, but largely fine and dry. the rain across wales, across northern england, and then to the north and west of that, it's a case of sunny spells and scattered showers to close out the day. still dou