sarah campbell, bbc news. time for a look at the weather, here's matt taylor.impactful weather into this weekend, a very active jet strea m into this weekend, a very active jet stream overhead in the north atla ntic stream overhead in the north atlantic will fire up an area of low pressure, already named as storm ciara, could bring widespread gales to the uk, transport disruption is certainly possible. all the latest weather warnings are on the website and on the bbc weather map. for the time being, relatively quiet, high pressure around this area, there will be frost around into the morning, and a greater chance that england and wales, southern scotland will see dense fog patches, temperatures only around five or 6 degrees. still fairly cloudy in some areas, isolated showers, mostly dry, sunny spells through the afternoon, temperatures around where they should be. as we go into friday, a frosty start, a lot more sunshine around as the breeze picks up, particularly through the eastern half of the uk. in the west, the cloud increasing, one or two showers at this

sarah campbell, bbc news.on all the news, national and international, any time there. and you can get in touch with me and most of the team on twitter, i'm @bbc mike embley. hello there. our weather is expected to morph into something very wild this weekend. but in the meantime, we still have high pressure to bring us fine and settled weather. in fact, you could call the next few days the calm before the storm. here is our area of high pressure, slowly retreating back towards the continent as we head through thursday and friday, but it's still going to be strong enough to influence our weather. light winds across central and southern areas means we could start this morning with some mist and fog patches, some of which could be quite dense and could be stubborn to clear. some areas might hold onto it all day. but for most it should clear eventually. and we should see variable amounts of cloud but also some sunny spells, most of the cloud across western scotland and into northern ireland. these temperatures gene

sarah campbell reports.cades started very differently today, with phillip schofield's words read by his co—host and friend, holly willoughby. "with the strength and support of my wife and my daughters, i have been coming to terms with the fact that i am gay. this is something that has caused many heartbreaking conversations at home. i have been married to steph for nearly 27 years, and we have two beautiful grown—up daughters, molly and ruby. this will probably all come as something of a surprise, and i understand. but only by facing this, being honest, can i hope to find peace in my mind and a way forward. please be kind, especially to my family, phillip." so... wow. i think we just should take a breath... yup. ..at that point. i mean, reading that i can hear your voice, i can hear the pain and i can hear how difficult that is for you. phillip schofield has been a familiar face to viewers since his beginnings on children's bbc in the 80s alongside gordon the gopher. he starred on the west end stage asjoseph

sarah campbell, bbc news. sarah campbell is here.ing all day since that announcement. piers morgan, he said it takes a lot of guts to do this. john barrowman, who appears with him on dancing on ice said the nation love you for who you are. that lucas said on twitter, i am not surprised on philip schofield, i remember presenting gordon the gopher and being in that closet. joking aside, well done, philip. there has been reaction from the lgbt community as well, it shows you‘re never too old or too young, no rule book for coming out and eve ryo ne no rule book for coming out and everyone does it in their own town. in his lengthy statement, philip schofield repeatedly mentioned his wife of 26 years and his two daughters and the hurt this will be causing them. this is a very private issue, but because of his profile, has been played very publicly and people in that community hoping the fa ct people in that community hoping the fact that he has been able to do this, might encourage others who are struggling with their own sexuality, to hav

on childhood last month, as our royal correspondent sarah campbell reports. do they like brussels sprouts, too? i never knew that. the last few weeks have seen the duchess of cambridge interact with children, their parents and carers, across the uk. from a children's centre in cardiff... a women's prison in surrey... a farm in belfast... and a cafe in aberdeen. hello, everybody. catherine, who spent eight years exploring issues around young children and their development, wants to spark a national conversation about the importance of the early years. but it's rare for her to speak about her own views. at this nursery in south london, she was joined by giovanna fletcher, the host of the happy mum, happy ba by podcast. on its latest edition, catherine talks about her childhood and the experiences she hopes to pass on to her own three children. i had an amazing granny, who devoted a lot of time for playing with us. doing arts and craft and going to her greenhouse to do gardening stuff and cooking with us. i try and incorporate a lot of the experiences that she g

was speaking after lauching a major survey on childhood last month, as our royal correspondent, sarah campbelle last few weeks have seen the duchess of cambridge interact with children, their parents and carers across the uk, from a children's centre in cardiff, a women's prison in surrey, a farm in belfast, and a cafe in aberdeen. hello, everybody. catherine, who has spent eight years exploring issues around children and their development, wants to spark a national conversation about the importance of the early years. but it is rare for her to speak about her own views. at this nursery in south london, she was joined by giovanna fletcher, who hosts the happy mum, happy ba by podcast. on its latest edition, catherine talks about her childhood, and experiences she hopes to pass on to her own three children. i had an amazing granny who devoted a lot of time to playing with us, doing arts and crafts and cooking with us, and i try and incorporate a lot of the experiences that she gave us at the time into the experiences that i give my children now. catherine also talked about her passion for the o

sarah campbell reports.s started very differently today, with phillip schofield's words read by his co—host and friend, holly willoughby. "with the strength and support of my wife and my daughters, i have been coming to terms with the fact that i am gay. this is something that has caused many heartbreaking conversations at home. i have been married to steph for nearly 27 years, and we have two beautiful grown—up daughters, molly and ruby. this will probably all come as something of a surprise, and i understand. but only by facing this and being honest can i hope to find peace in my mind and a way forward. please be kind, especially to my family. phillip." so... wow. i think we just should take a breath of that point. i mean, reading that i can hear your voice, i can hear the pain and i can hear how difficult that is for you. phillip schofield has been a familiar face to viewers since his beginnings on children's bbc in the 80s alongside gordon the gopher. he starred on the west end stage asjoseph, and more r

i'm joined by our royal correspondent, sarah campbell. . .what has the canadian government saidhas therethe statement last month, one of the most contentious issues was going to be this one up security and it's been very difficult to drill down because when you speak to the palace where they met police it's a security read —— reasons, we can discuss this in any way but the canadian government have and this is what they said today. a statement issued by the office of the minister of public safety. a path about the fa ct of public safety. a path about the fact that when they relocate that there it was a unique and unprecedented set of circumstances and accept that at the request of the met police the royal canadian mounted police service has been provided assistance intermittently since november 2019 but that assistance will cease in the coming weeks in keeping with the change in status. the fact that they are stepping back as working whales. it's clear that those concerns about security and about who is going to pay for it are very correct in canada as they are here. that was my next ques

was speaking after lauching a major survey on childhood last month, as our royal correspondent sarah campbellrey, a farm in belfast, and a cafe in aberdeen. hello, everybody. catherine, who has spent eight years exploring issues around children and their development, wants to spark a national conversation about the importance of the early years. but it is rare for her to speak about her own views. at this nursery in south london, she wasjoined by giovanni fletcher, who hosts the happy mum, happy baby podcast. 0n its latest edition, catherine talks about her childhood and experiences she hopes to pass on to her own three children. i had an amazing granny who devoted a lot of time to playing with us, doing arts and crafts and cooking with us, and i try and incorporate a lot of the experiences that she gave us at the time into the experiences that i give my children now. catherine also talked about her passion for the outdoors, where she spent much of her time as a child. that passion was clear from the child—centred garden she helped to design at last yea r‘s garden she helped to design at last

thank you, sarah campbell.ore days in space than this over multiple missions but this is the longest single mission. untested achievement. what big issues will she do with back on earth? we saw her clambering out of the spacecraft, gravity is an issue. yes! astronauts often feel unwell when they come back. there can be dizziness, nausea, weakness and their muscles as they return, they are the more common symptoms. we have seen in men —— men in space, but is there a physiological difference which makes this tougher for women? there are a few differences between men and women astronauts scientists have observed, then more susceptible to hearing and eyesight damage. women, it is believed they are more susceptible to radiation —related cancers. radiation is a huge hazard of the space environment. the issue is that there are not many data points here. we have not had you are not isolated in space as such because you are in close confinement to several other people all of the time? that is true, so you go up with a t

sarah campbell is here. sarah, it is a very emotional statement.h television. he has been on this morning for a number of years, but way back in the 80s when he started on children's television, people will remember him in the broom cupboard, also presenting dancing on ice, this is a person who resonates with a lotta people. he is in their living rooms effectively every morning for a couple of hours and, as you can imagine, of course this is trending on social media and there are lots of comments. they are overwhelmingly supportive of phillip schofield's decision to come out as 93v schofield's decision to come out as gay this morning. stonewall, the lg bt gay this morning. stonewall, the lgbt equality charity tweeted incredibly brave and moving announcement from phillip schofield, it takes a lot of courage and is a lwa ys it takes a lot of courage and is always a hugely personal decision to be open about who you are. congratulations. the actor david valium said i'm sending all my love to phillip schofield today, i have a lwa ys to phillip schofield