here in penzance, they are trying to be britain's first plastic—free town.inesses like this cafe have signed up, and it's backed by the council. well, there's plastic on that, and the apples. but at the local supermarket, the challenge is clear. apples, wrapped in plastic. sausages in a carton and in plastic. frozen stuff in plastic, apples — plastic, leeks — plastic. you just can't get away from it. most shoppers told us they would try plastic—free aisles, but some, like roxy, worried it might not be practical. it wouldn't necessarily be the most hygienic route to go down, maybe? having the meat next to the eggs, or the cheese, for example. well, this is why people around here are so concerned about the long—term impact of plastic. look, found on a local beach recently, a lollipop stick from when i was growing up in the 19705. it hasn't broken down at all. and a packet of peanuts, best before 1983. we've got some takeaway cutlery in the bottom here. rachel was behind the penzance campaign, and she says all communities can do the same. litter is all over the

the very mild air across the south, 11 celsius in penzance at the moment, but —13 degrees in the northhe country which means once the weather front encounters the blue frost, the freezing air, it will turn to snow. so there will be problems on roads today are mostly central and northern areas but it could fall as far south as the ma but only for a short period. let's look at the weather for 9am. just about starting to turn to snow across south—western scotland, stopping turning to snow in the north—western parts of england, freezing rain could fall first of all which is even worse because that causes black ice on the roads. some snow on the heels of wales. not in the south and south—west where it is far too mild. this pattern is likely to continue, mild in the south, cold in the north. you get a trail of snow which will last for the few hours and that could be quite a bit of it in some areas, some towns and cities keeping mostly rain, some of us who do want the snow will be disappointed but suffice to say it will be a tricky day on the roads. through this evening and overnight, the mil

they tried to do that in penzance, cornwall, asjohn kay has been finding out...ay wants to reach out to the young with her green strategy, these kids would be 30 yea rs old strategy, these kids would be 30 years old at the end of her 25 year plan... here in penzance, they are trying to be britain's first plastic freetown. —— free town. they are making some progress. businesses like this cafe have signed up and it is backed by the council... but at the local supermarket, the challenge is clear. some apples wrapped in plastic... john likes the government's new strategy but wonders if it will make much difference. plastic, plastic, plastic... you can't get away from it. most shoppers told us that they would try plastic free aisles, but some, like roxanne, worried that it may not be practical. it might not be the most hygienic route to go down, maybe? having the meat next to the eggs or the cheese, for example? this is why people around here are so this is why people around here are so concerned about the long—term impact of plastic. found on a local beach, recently,

-13 winning in scotland, dipping down to —13 degrees, and at the same time it was 11 degrees in penzanceow and the forecast. this is what it looks like around 3pm. snow across the highlands and there could bea across the highlands and there could be a fresh covering of ten or 15 centimetres across upland areas there. snow throughout yorkshire and at this stage i think snow will have moved across parts of the midlands east, so just because you can see rain here doesn't necessarily mean it will be raining. it might be more sleety with snow across the ground. we think the possibility of encountering some sleet and a little store is about as far south as the mfor, but through this evening very quickly the atlantic winds will start pitching in milder air —— the m4, but through this evening. it will take time for that snow to thaw away but temperatures climbing through the course of the night into this evening. as we go through the night itself, you can see there is still rain around in the south. these are the temperatures we will have first thing monday morning, around 9 degrees in the south

at the same time it was 11 degrees in penzance.e cold air in the north and the east, hence we have some snow. this is what it looks like around 3pm. snow across the highlands. there could be 1015 centimetres across the plans. snow falling throughout yorkshire. at this stage i think snow will have moved across parts of the midlands towards the east. it may be sleety rather than raining. a different story in the south. mostly rain. we think the possibility of encountering some sleet, maybe some snow, is about as far south as the children's. through this evening the atla ntic children's. through this evening the atlantic winds will push in. there will be low—grade cloud. fog. some of that snow will lie around. it will take time to move away. temperatures will time through the night. —— climb. there is still some rain around the south overnight. these are the temperatures we will have first thing on monday. above freezing in the north. tomorrow it is an entirely different day. no snow. sunshine around. some cloud. 7 degrees in newcastl

at the same time, it was 11 degrees in penzance.weather front is encountering the cold air across the north and east and so a period of snow in the forecast. this is what it looks like around 3pm. snow across the highlands and there could be a fresh covering of 10—15 centimetres across the upland areas. snow falling throughout yorkshire. at this stage, i think snow will have moved across parts of the midlands towards the east. just because you can see rain doesn't necessarily mean it will be rain, it might be sleet or snow lying on the ground. different story across the south. here it will be mostly rain. we think the possibility of encountering some sleet or maybe a bit of snow is just about as far south as the m4. through this evening, the atlantic winds will start pushing in the much milder air. there will be a lot of low grey cloud, hill fog. some of that snow will still lie round, time for it to thaw but those temperatures will be climbing through the course of the night into this evening. as we go through the night itself, you

this is what it is like in penzance right now. to the north of the uk, a totally different story.lands. it is about —3. that is because of weather front is approaching the uk and when we have this battle of mild and extremely cold, it means a weather front is moving through and inevitably, this time of year, we get some snow as well. it's been snowing in northern ireland but most of the snow today or later on will fall in parts of wales and more southern areas of the uk. this is a snapshot in the next... what is it? injust about an hour, it is starting to snow across the parts of the hills in wales. a cold, grey day. the two bridges will struggle through most of the day. the snow is going to get more extensive so initially it is raine and then we have this reservoir, this pool of cold air. you see the snow from the highlands to yorkshire and parts of the midlands. maybe as far south as the chilterns, the ma corridor. tropical cornwall, all the while. 0n corridor. tropical cornwall, all the while. on top of that, in some parts of the country, gale force. the strong winds will help