here, in schipluiden, they couldn't wait to get their skates on. scenes like these are replicated right across the netherlands, generations of skaters making the most of what they've got before it's gone. anna holligan, bbc news, schipluiden. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. 0ur weather is going to turn increasingly mild over the next 2a hours, but as it does so, we've got some rain and some strong winds to come from this area of low pressure. this hook of cloud just going past northern ireland will bring some particularly strong winds, i think, to the hebrides in western scotland, where gusts of wind will probably reach about 75 mph, so there is the risk of some disruption here from the strong winds. outbreaks of rain and fairly windy conditions, though, with us for most areas of the uk as we go into this evening, and indeed overnight, those winds will very slowly ease down. there will be further showers later in the night for northern ireland and western scotland. and it's going to be a mild night — i've not

here, in schipluiden, they couldn't wait to get their skates on.ers making the most of what they've got before it's gone. here, in schipluiden, they couldn't wait to get their skates on. and scenes like these are replicated right across the netherlands, generations of skaters making the most of what they've got before it's gone. anna holligan, bbc news, schipluiden. some news here on the vaccination roll—out. in the last few minutes were just heard from the vaccines minister that the target set for tomorrow has just been met. get more from a health correspondent, laura foster. the figure is back so it nadhim zahawi in the last few minutes has tweeted, 15 million! amazing team. we will not rest until we offer the vaccine to the whole of phase one, the 1—9 categories, of the most vulnerable and all of the 50s by the end of april and then all adults. so we are due to get the figures on how many people have been vaccinated in the next hour, but what this tweet seems to indicate is they have jumped over the threshold of 15 million. what does that mean?

here, in schipluiden, they couldn't wait to get their skates on., generations of skaters making the most of what they've got before it's gone. anna holligan, bbc news, schipluiden. now it's time for a look at the weather with sarah. hello. still a fair bit of lying snow around and icy conditions today. it is turning windier and milder. there is the threat of freezing rain. rain falling across northern england and scotland into sub zero air could bring some icy conditions here. winds gusting 60 to 70 mph, big waves around the irish sea coasts, the western isles for instance as well. 12 degrees in belfast. contrast that with further east still, very chilly, up to about 3 celsius in norwich. windy wherever you are through the day. east anglia and the south—east remaining dry for a good part of the day. this evening and tonight, rain sweeping across england and wales, followed by clearer spells and scattered showers in the far north—west. 0vernight lows, 5 to 10 degrees, significantly warmer than we had during the daytime over the past week or so. mond

here, in schipluiden, they couldn�*t wait to get their skates on.e. anna holligan, bbc news, schipluiden. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. hello there. last week was characterised by extreme cold weather across parts of the uk. a reminder that braemar got down to —23 celsius, the lowest february temperature for over 60 years in the uk. meanwhile, earlierthis morning we had some pretty nasty freezing rain. look at all this ice plastered over this sheet of glass. and earlier today, still digging out the roads in scotland, some massive snowdrifts still causing problems out on some of the lanes. makes it all the more surprising that as we head into next weekend, some of us will be looking at temperatures as high as 17 celsius. yes, the weather is going to be turning much milder and the process of the mild air arriving is happening right behind this weather front. meanwhile, this hook of cloud just going past northern ireland will bring some very strong winds into western scotland, where i reckon the hebrides will see gusts of