be back to hear your thoughts next week when we'll be interviewing the editor of breakfast, richard frediania mild, wet, and windy start to 2023 — and that theme continues this weekend. one area of low pressure moves away, and this next really deep and powerful low replaces it for the weekend. so more rain, and that rain piles up, particularly through tonight and the start of saturday, showers follow. you see the wettest weather is expected in the west, perhaps as much as 40mm through some parts of wales and the southwest, but all of us will see some rain. so it's a good job that we had a brief window of respite on friday for many — but as you can see, that rain is marching in during the course of the night across northern ireland, scotland, western parts of england and wales. there is a met office yellow warning across wales and the southwest because there's a concern, with the grounds saturated in the rain lasting for quite a long time, we could have some further flood issues. ahead of that, temperatures will temporarily dip away — a chilly start to the night, but they will lift then later

be back to hear your thoughts next week when we'll be interviewing the editor of breakfast, richard fredianicalm and settled day, thanks to a ridge of high pressure. fine end to the working week, however. into the weekend, low pressure firmly in control. it's going to be windy with gales, certainly around the coast, and there will be some rain followed by bands of heavy showers. that's the early rain that will move through today, and that will be followed for the rest of saturday and sunday with blustery showers, strong winds and some sunny spells in between. most of the showers in the south and west. you can see the rainfall accumulations over the next couple of days, where most of those showers will be falling. a very wet start for saturday across more central and western areas. that rain band gradually pushing eastwards, affecting eastern england during the latter part of the morning. by around lunchtime, it should clear out into the north sea. all areas are brighter with sunny spells, scattered showers, some heavy ones across southern and western areas, and it will be windy with gales ar

be back to hear your thoughts next week, when we'll be interviewing the editor of breakfast, richard fredianito try to tackle the huge challenges facing the nhs. senior doctors say the health service is on a knife edge, with many a&e units struggling to cope with record demand. our health correspondent jim reed reports. the nhs is under record pressure this winter, with queues of ambulances delayed outside hospitals, rising waiting lists and more front line strikes planned in the coming weeks. sue spent 16 hours in her local a&e, after turning up recently with chest pain. to be honest with you, i was just, i wanted to get out. ijust wanted to get out, because i felt i was safer at home than in the hospital. i didn't feel confident — not that they didn't know what they were doing, there just wasn't enough people to do what was necessary. today's meeting, called the nhs recovery forum, will involve ministers from both the health and treasury departments along with nhs bosses, council leaders and medical experts. downing street said it has been called to discuss four key issues — gp services, em

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