every some parts of scotla nd that time.be very few showers throughout the day. some of you will save not largely dry, completely dry. in southern counties of england and in the west that's where ray will be the west that's where ray will be the heaviest, but expect there will be some bigger gaps between showers throughout the afternoon. strongest winds in the west of scotland. that will make it rather cool at around seven or eight celsius. into this evening and overnight, showers will fade for a time, over scotland and northern ireland that is. temperatures can dip down to two or three celsius. particularly in the south there will be more persistent rain moving in. brands could be saturated and river levels high at the moment. notice here is where the mildest air will be wrapped around this area of low pressure, and strongest winds to the east and south of that. they could be some cooler conditions here denoted by the blue colours. they're going to try and fight their way back as it pushes eastwards. in england and wales th

were also asking police scotla nd permitted. asking police scotland and other transport operators to consider how this can be strengthened in the period ahead, although how that is done is an operational matter for the chief co nsta ble. operational matter for the chief constable. will also be urgently reviewing the position on international travel and i will update on that early next week. but in the meantime, my strong advice continues to be against nonessential foreign travel. thirdly, we have already advised that, where possible, people should celebrate christmas at home, in their own household and meet with others outdoors only. the five—day flexibility from the 23rd to the 27th was planned to recognise the impact of loneliness and the difficulty i know we all feel about leaving loved ones alone over christmas. however, earlierweek this week we advise people should meet indoors with other households if at all on no more than one takes over the five—day period. given the new information, we now intend to change the law so th

are there areas of scotla nd restrictions. one and two where life is more or less normal? the highlands and islands, they are having a much more normal pace of life than we are in tier 3 you're in glasgow, for example. no areas are in tier 4 at the moment, which is very close to lockdown. but, the 26th of december, boxing day, all of mainland scotland will be moving in to tier 4, which is pretty much lockdown. and that will involve or include some areas in a lower tier at the moment, so life will become more difficult and some areas will move from level one into level four as well, the highlands, for example. alexandra with the latest. thank you very much. the headlines on bbc news... millions in england and wales are told to stay at home on the first day of new coronavirus restrictions — similar measures are to be imposed in scotland from boxing day. the health secretary labels crowded scenes at london stations last night as "irresponsible" — the transport secretary says extra police officers will be deployed to enforce the r

showers will fade from us in scotla nd showers will fade from us in scotland and temperatures can dipore persistent rain moves in. grounds are still saturated and river levels high so keep up—to—date with the flood warnings on the bbc weather website. but this is where the mildest air will be around this low pressure. the strongest of winds to the south and east of that. further north, still stuck in cooler conditions, denoted by the blue colours. the air of low pressure pushes eastwards bringing early rain across parts of england and wales. some of that will be heavy at times and turning drier through the afternoon. wet for a while in northern ireland and eventually across southern and eastern parts of scotla nd across southern and eastern parts of scotland but showers frequently west of scotla nd scotland but showers frequently west of scotland throughout and wintry over the high ground because this is where the coldest of the air will be. compared to 15 of the southernmost counties. in the evening there could beat clear skies in the north. north south split on tuesday with rain in

‘ground in end of the week to higher ground in scotla nd end of the week to higher ground in scotlandhere temperatures will struggle to climb above freezing, and yes, there will be some snow. for the next few hours, the coolest weather will be across east anglia and south—east england with temperatures close to freezing but the weather front keeps the cloud and temperatures above freezing here, but it is going to be the story that makes the change to the weather. as the front sinks south and east it allows this colder air to arrive from the arctic and the wind to strengthen as well. so any early—morning wind to strengthen as well. so any ea rly—morning brightness quickly clouds over as the front pushes into england and across south wales, and behind it, sunny spells, a scattering of sharp showers driven by the cold wind and temperatures in scotla nd by the cold wind and temperatures in scotland really struggling through wednesday afternoon, as you can see. temperatures generally down across the country. thursday unfortunately isa the country. thursday unfortunately is a real mess. we

it is a messy night, patchy frost for england and wales, more widespread frost and ice for scotla ndidespread frost and ice for scotland and northern ireland. there is no could bring some travel disruption early tomorrow in scotland, particularly the high level route. some snow at lower levels for a while but through the morning it will fairly quickly turn back to rain and it will turn to rain across much of scotland but the rate will keep going all day and that could bring some flooding as well. strengthening whence will push wet weather down into northern ireland. by this time, the rain will have cleared the eastern parts of england, south—east england and east anglia but heading into northern england, again a bit sleety with a bit of snow over the hills. drying off in wales, the midlands, southern england and in the south, could be some sunshine in the afternoon but cold and it will feel cold with stronger wind. heading cold and it will feel cold with strongerwind. heading into cold and it will feel cold with stronger wind. heading into the weekend, things gradually calm down a bi

rain pushing across the south into wales and later in the night for northern ireland for south—west scotlad northern ireland for south—west scotland as well and early showers clearing away from scotland and eastern england and mostly dry through the course of the night and hear temperatures are falling into the low single figures, mild underneath the rain in the west and the wind will be a feature in the next 2a hours or so. through the day tomorrow low pressure dominates, moving its way eastwards moving from west to east, but the wind picking up west to east, but the wind picking up as well. that rain edging across most of england and wales for the afternoon, not reaching east anglia and the south—east till the middle pa rt and the south—east till the middle part of the afternoon and then for scotla nd part of the afternoon and then for scotland and northern ireland after the morning rain there will be sunshine and showers later on in the afternoon. gusts of wind are likely to reach about 60 miles an hour through some of these exposed irish sea coast and elsewhere about 30 mph, so certain

some drier weather in scotla nd pennines.e drier weather in scotland and northern ireland but temperatures are not far from freezing to. more rain in england and wales which will continue this evening, moving away from most areas overnight as the wetter weather works northward into northern england with sleet and snow over the hills and into scotland as it runs to the colder air and the snow will develop more widely. some wetter weather threatening the south—east of england and east anglia. a messy night, patchy frost in england and wales, more widespread with some ice in scotland and northern ireland. there could be some travel disruption early tomorrow in scotland, particularly the higher levels because of snow put it we might see some snow at lower levels but it will turn to rain and that process will continue on friday. the snow turning to rain across much of scotla nd snow turning to rain across much of scotland and the strengthening winds pushing wetter weather into northern ireland. prying off quickly in the south—east

showers continue across northeast scotla nd showers continue across northeast scotland northeast englandnt for sunday. this weather front may generate one or two showers across north england in northeast scotland. for most should be largely drive atop the winds much lighter on sunday. starts chilly for a mistand lighter on sunday. starts chilly for a mist and fog around which could lift into low clouds. some areas could be cold and grey through the day. other areas could see sunshine. one or two showers across the far northeast throughout the uk closer to that weather front. another cold day. temperatures generally three to 8c. as day. temperatures generally three to 8 c. as we head into next week you'll see the uk and between these weather features. this could you'll see the uk and between these weatherfeatures. this could go southwest this will push on the north sea. i think for most on monday that should be largely drive. again another morning of mist and fog light winds. which could lead to a rather great day for many. could see one or two showers in the far south as i think most pla

scotla nd cancelled for all the christmas day.tland reduces the five—day festive window from mixing with other households and towards to christmas day itself, and imposes a strict travel ban between itself and the rest of the uk. now on bbc news, for thousands of years, the inuit people lived off the land. now that weather panels in the arctic have shifted, and you went women are trying to hold their families together through it all. life on thin ice follows three generations of inuit women to see the impact that climate change has had on their community. vocalizing climate change came along and changed everything. due to the ice melting, we have seen all of these changes. it's affecting us up here in the arctic circle. i am worried about the future. we don't have any room to give. we don't know what's going to happen. we have been here for thousands of years but now my children really have no idea what's ahead of them and it's scary. kotzebue's population is about 3000 people. it's a nice place, very isolated, no roads. the only

showers across scotla nd sunshine coming out.nd northern ireland could bring longer outbreaks of rain, may some dry weatherfor bring longer outbreaks of rain, may some dry weather for wales and south—west england later in the afternoon. next week, another area of low pressure moving in, a week with a front pushing into scotland. it means more wet weather on the way. given the ground is saturated, the extra rain could cause problems in terms of localised flooding. the rain tends to progress eastwards through the day, with brighter skies following. technically still mild in southern areas, i2—i3 following. technically still mild in southern areas, 12—13 in places, but monday is much colder further north. northern ireland, scotland and northern england, temperatures about six celsius. tuesday and wednesday, more rain on the area of low pressure, again england and wales will have the most, which could cause flooding. and then colder air across the north of the country sweeps to the south for christmas eve and christmas day. into the

rain from the north and scotla nd a time. brightening up and the weather slowly brightening up from the west as we head into monday afternoon. still mild across southern areas, temperatures could reach around 13 degrees in london but across northern areas, it's going to be getting colder with temperatures dropping around six celsius the afternoon. tuesday, we see this weatherfront lurking across southern counties into england as a southern counties into england as a southern wales, the midlands and east anglia. with that will probably come a lot of cloud. mist and fog patches are possible and as well as that, more rain to come across the southern areas that, more rain to come across the southern areas as that, more rain to come across the southern areas as well. further north, a few showers for the far north, a few showers for the far north of scotland. still chilly across northern areas of the uk, milderair hanging on across northern areas of the uk, milder air hanging on a cross the far south of england. into wednesday, low

northern ireland, scotla nd the south west.ine but quite cold, temperature six or seven, showers in the north of scotland and further showers for scotland on wednesday but they will turn to snow on wednesday. across a swathe of the north of england, wales and the midlands, a bit of low cloud, mist and fog patches of the high ground, further south across much of wales, the south midlands and england it is cloudy and wet. that is the last of the ring that we have to come through on wednesday, heading into thursday and friday, for most of the country are looking a cold and frosty conditions to start, sunshine for most of us through the afternoon, but there will be showers running down affecting some of the north sea coast and northern scotla nd north sea coast and northern scotland at times as well. that is your weather for now. this is bbc news with the latest headlines... 18 million people in england are told to stay at home on the first day of new tier 4 coronavirus restrictions. the new variant is out of control and we need to

for scotla nd wintriness on the hills. 3rd of december. our top story. the first doses of the pfizer—biontech coronavirus vaccine could arrive in britain within hours. a mass vaccination programme will begin next week, after the uk became the first country in the world to approve the jab yesterday. andy moore has the details. the uk has become the first country in the western world to authorise the use of a vaccine. at a press conference, vaccine development was once again compared to a train coming down the track. the train has now slowed down safely. it has now stopped in the station, and the doors have opened. that was the authorisation by the mhra. what we need now is for people to get on that train and travel safely to their destinations. the prime minister called it a huge moment, but he also urged caution. it's all the more vital that, as we celebrate this scientific achievement, we're not carried away with over optimism, or fall into the naive belief that the struggle is over. it's not. we've got to stick to our wi

fresh winds around coastal areas and the temperature still light, around 7—8 across much of scotla ndy making 14 in the south—west. the wetter weather continues to push eastwards during sunday evening, some heavier rain for a while across these in parts of england and then we see those showers following on behind. the weather system moves away on sunday night into monday morning, stays very mild, feeding in those brisk south to south—westerly winds. essentially sunshine in the balance of showers and wetter weather across more western areas pushing northwards into scotland, quite a few showers running through the english channel, so drier weather, not completely dry, across the midlands and eastern england. very mild, the temperature 11—12 for much of the country. they were very mixed through much of the week, the one is not as strong on thursday, wet and windy weather on thursday and probably returning on friday as well. thursday looks like it should bea well. thursday looks like it should be a bit drier and brighter with some sunshine.

brightest guides for northern scotla nd brightest guides for northern scotland with sunny spells butof 14 one further south with highs of 1a or 15 degrees. through monday night, further rain physically across the south, clear skies further north with a scattering of showers. under those clear skies it will get quite chilly, two degrees for edinburgh, glasgow, newcastle, more like for london and plymouth stopping more rain in the southern tuesday and wednesday, dry air but cooler for all of us by the end of the week. welcome to bbc news. i'm rich preston. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the world. our top stories: dozens of countries ban travel to and from britain as a new coronavirus strain leads to a record in daily confirmed cases. the variant‘s said to be even more infectious. we'll explain how the virus has mutated. a $900 billion shot against coronavirus: republicans and democrats end months of wrangling to agree on a financial relief package for americans. make no mistake about it, this agreement is far from perfect. but it will deliver emergency relief to a

the cold air and we will see some of the rain turning to snow for a time over the high ground of scotla nd snow for a time over the high ground of scotland and northern england as well. in the middle of the week this low pressure will centre over the top of the uk. it will be chilly and cloudy with further outbreaks of rain. the rain will turn lighter and patchy as the week goes by. perhaps turning brighter as well. more cold weather over the next few days. that is the forecast. this is bbc news. the headlines: brexit talks are to resume after last night's phone call between borisjohnson and ursula von der leyen. sources tell the bbc it's a "final throw of the dice". donald trump holds his first rally since losing the us presidential election, urging crowds in georgia to vote republican in crucial senate run—off elections. hospitals will receive their first deliveries of the new coronavirus vaccine tomorrow. the firstjabs are expected to be administered on tuesday. england's first one—day international in south africa is abandoned after two members of hotel staff test positive for coron

some showers across scotla nd above—average.s across scotland this evening, many places dry before the next area of rain arrives from the west overnight. turning wet and windy biped thing tomorrow, particularly for the south—west of england, wales, north—west england, south—west scotla nd north—west england, south—west scotland and northern ireland. starting wet and windy down to this area of low pressure, that tracks slowly eastwards tomorrow, bringing the wind and rain gradually eastwards a cross the wind and rain gradually eastwards across the uk. for east anglia and the south—east you should stay mostly try eight is part of the day, turning breezy, a retentive sunshine for the west and blustery showers —— for east anglia and the south—east, you should stay mostly dry. when the other to 60 mph unexposed i wish the coasts, further east, gusts of around 30 mph. —— unexposed irish coasts. with outbreaks of rain and wind—chill it will feel cool about those temperatures look. sunshine around on thursday, some scattered showers, th

it will move out of northern ireland this afternoon are moving to scotla nd this afternoon are movingday. behind we have a real cluster of showers sandwiched into the south, but the real story todayis into the south, but the real story today is the milder pushing up front towards the south in comparison to some colder air that is just starting to nudge into the far north of scotland. the remainder of the afternoon sees that wet weather and the scottish borders and stays overcast drab and dreary accompanied by some brisk winds in the south. look at the temperatures. 13 to 15 degrees quite widely across england and wales. by contrast, in scotland and wales. by contrast, in scotland and northern ireland maximum of seven or 8 degrees. that cold air pushing on. a few showers through the night will turn wintry to higher ground as we keep those clearer skies in scotland and northern ireland. we keep quite a lot of cloud in wales than england. temperatures in the north hovering close to freezing. we will start the death was in sparkling sunshine here. a few scattered showers set to continue t

they really escalate this evening across scotla nd escalate this evening across scotland and northernng on other areas. another potential inch. and those winds gusting could easily bring down trees or power lines. very gusty in land as well. some storm forced winds around. but the combination of the winds and the rain making for some treacherous conditions on the roads. but there is -- conditions on the roads. but there is —— some disruption likely. a wild night and is —— some disruption likely. a wild nightand a is —— some disruption likely. a wild night and a wild start to our sunday. but behind the cold air there are some icy patches in the north, and eventually that wintry weather, that cold air will move southwards throughout the day. most of the wintry showers will be across central and northern areas, but by the time we get to monday we could have a taste of winter here as well. not that we haven't seen snow already in some areas, but we could have snow also to lower areas as we move to monday across southern and eastern areas as well. by that stage, the winds are starting to e

into eastern reaches of england today, and later in the day the westerly winds will pick up across scotlaup across scotland and northern ireland, so more cloud arriving here and there will be some rain for western scotla nd will be some rain for western scotland and parts of northern ireland come the afternoon. as the cloud comes in, we will see temperatures coming up so perhaps our warmer spots up to 7 degrees, just four or five further south. into boxing day we see a weather front sliding south across the uk, an early frost in the south—east before the cloud descends. not much in the way of rain on the front as it gets into the south of the uk, but then another spell of heavy rain approaching western scotland by the end of the night. all of the cloud will make for a mild start to boxing day. the wind picking up all the while, some high totals here as it sinks southwards. england and wales dry for the majority but heavier showers are possible for northern england and down towards the south coast, but a much milder day with temperatures in double figures. take a look at this for boxing da

and the relaxation of the christmas rose in scotla nd relaxation of the christmas rose in scotland willchools, the holiday period will be extended until the 11th of january, but there will be online learning until the 18th of january apart from children of key workers as we saw in the first lockdown in march. let's speak to our correspondent, james cook. the first thing i would like to bring up is the fact that nicola sturgeon was keen, she said not to let the figures run out of control as they have done in england and she said the country is still in the phase where we can take preventative action, described to us where scotla nd action, described to us where scotland is and what she means by preventative action. where scotland is in terms of this new variant of the virus, which scientists are telling the government, both governments, is considerably more transmissible. nicola sturgeon repeating the prime minister's statement that it may be up to 70% more transmissible than the old variant. she said there are only 17 confirmed cases of that new variant in scotland but since we heard th

the best in west and central scotla nd the best in west and central scotland and northern ireland.et colder. a widespread frost on the way. we will have to watch out for icy surfaces. there will be barely any wind around on monday and the weather will be very slow to change. there will be some very dense and widespread mist and fog patches to start the day. some of that will linger into the afternoon, perhaps all day in places. where that happens temperatures won't get much above freezing. the weather will tend to cloud ever in the ease as we head into the afternoon. the temperatures three, up to six celsius. monday will be another cold day. they rain from this next area of low pressure moves in and some of the rain will turn to snow for a time ever the high ground of scotla nd time ever the high ground of scotland and northern england as well. this low pressure becomes centred right over the top of the uk. it means

the guidance in scotla nd flexibility.and is already a bit tighter than elsewhere, but we hope we can come to a four nations agreement on a clear and united message to the public. let me be clear, not all of what i'm about to say right now is yet agreed with other nations and i cannot and would not try to speak for them. i wanted to set out to you the key elements of the advice that the key elements of the advice that the scottish government has been and will continue to give over the period ahead. firstly and unequivocally, the safest way to spend christmas this year for you and for those you love, is to stay within your own household and within your own home. my strong recommendation is that this is what you should do, if at all possible. any interaction you do have with another household should if possible be outdoors, but if you do consider it essential to meet indoors with someone it essential to meet indoors with someone from another household, you should limit both the duration and the numbers as much as possible. t

of care home visitors will mean more people can be reunited over christmas. 14 care homes across scotlatland are taking part in the trial of rapid, or lateral flow, tests for visitors. they don't need to go to the lab for analysis and it ta kes to go to the lab for analysis and it takes about half an hour for the results to come back. but the scottish government has said that it doesn't replace the additional layers of protection against coronavirus such as ppe. but the medicaljournal said a reviewing a community pilot in liverpool showed the tests only picked up half of the cases detected by the current pcr test, raising concerns about safety. others have defended its use. test, raising concerns about safety. others have defended its usem test, raising concerns about safety. others have defended its use. it can find this virus in some people, what it doesn't do is find all of the virus in all of the people. but it is better than not testing, and the technology is improving all the time, so we are going to test it just ina time, so we are going to test it just in a small number of homes

for northern england it could be brightened with wintry showers, and scotla nd brightened with wintryturning dry and sunny but a cold day, temperatures just many turning dry and sunny but a cold day, temperaturesjust above freezing, highest temperatures along the south coast of england. for all of us at will be feeling cold and the weather turning more unsettled. for many it means rain, could be some sleet and be unlikely to have some sleet and be unlikely to have some snow over the hell especially in the north. this is bbc news. i'm simon mccoy. the headlines — the uk becomes the first country in the world to approve the pfizer coronavirus vaccine, and immunisation will start next week. it is the protection of vaccines that will ultimately allow us to reclaim our lives, and get our economy moving again. the medicines regulator says checks have been thorough, no corners have been cut, as pfizer says shipping will happen very, very quickly. it's an incredible moment for society, and i really think this is now a turning point in the fight against this pandemic, both here in the uk, and

overnight, one or two showers on coastal areas of north—east scotla nd on coastal areas of north—eastas well. it is going to be dry for much of us with clear spells. sam frost, fog and ice will form by the end of the night. in between weather systems for monday with barely any wins, and others like airflow for much of the country. where we get the fog through the morning, particularly the midlands into the south—east, the midlands into the south—east, the central belt of scotland and northern ireland, it could hang around all day. some are low cloud around. limited spells of brightness. low pressure moving and of the north sea to easter in scotla nd of the north sea to easter in scotland and england, the wind is picking up. a cold day for all, even colder than the values where it suggests the fog lingers. monday night, the area of low pressure moving into scotland, some snow on the hills. the winds will pick up as well. more isobars on the chart. it is going to affect the northern half of the country on tuesday. cloudy skies, windy conditions. heavy across scotland, some sleet on the

rain pushing across the south into wales and later in the night for northern ireland for south—west scotlang away from scotland and eastern england and mostly dry through the course of the night and hear temperatures are falling into the low single figures, mild underneath the rain in the west and the wind will be a feature in the next 2a hours or so. through the day tomorrow low pressure dominates, moving its way eastwards moving from west to east, but the wind picking up west to east, but the wind picking up as well. that rain edging across most of england and wales for the afternoon, not reaching east anglia and the south—east till the middle pa rt and the south—east till the middle part of the afternoon and then for scotla nd part of the afternoon and then for scotland and northern ireland after the morning rain there will

a ban of scotla nd 28 days —— three deaths.rgen donaldson lives in in south london, which is of course now in tier 4. he planned to travel to scotland to see his motherfor christmas but of course now can't do that. just explain what your situation is. thinking for having me. i went blind 18 months ago. i had a brain tumour on the front of my brain pressing on the optic nerve and lost my eyesight, sadly, and came back to london at the start of the year to sort of restart my life, i guess. obviously, we have all gone through the various lockdowns now and have been very much looking forward to having a little bit of normality and heading home for christmas. your mother lives in kirkcaldy. what had you planned for christmas?m mother lives in kirkcaldy. what had you planned for christmas? it was meant to be this morning. my social bubble, my good friends live in a nearby town called crieff back home, we we re nearby town called crieff back home, we were going to drive back together and my mother and i began to spend christmas back h

perhaps a few breaks in the cloud in scotla nd perhaps a few breaks in the cloud in scotland allowingemperature 7—8 but elsewhere a very mild, breezy start on friday but a lot of cloud. we have more rain to come in from the west, heavy rain into the south—west of england and wales, could bring some more flooding. the wetter weather moves into northern ireland, northern england and through the day it will turn wetter in scotland. for east anglia and the south—east missing out on the wet weather for the time being. south—east missing out on the wet weatherfor the time being. it should be largely dry. windy everywhere, gales in south—west wales but because it's a southerly wind and we have them i'll start it will be a very mild day tomorrow, temperatures could reach 13—14 degrees. but of course there will be some rain around and that wetter weather on that weather front will push its way eastwards overnight, eventually clearing away from eastern areas on saturday morning and then this is the main feature of the weather over the weekend, low— pressure the weather over the weekend, low—pre

head through the afternoon, some of the heaviest of the rhine will be across central and southern scotlae north of england and some snow on the hills for a while as it moves into the cold air but there will be drier interludes as well developing through the afternoon in central and southern areas. it will be a windy day, 30 mph plus inland, 40—50 around southern and western coasts but it will be dragon in the milder air, 11 or 13 degrees in the south, is still quite chilly in the central and north of scotland. heavier rain across much of scotland this evening and overnight stays blustery, quite and overnight stays blustery, quite a bit of cloud around, clear spells and also heavy on blustery showers as well, particularly in the west. a much milder night to come, 5—10. low pressure still with us as we head into the start of the new working week and to the royalist of the uk, lots of isobars on the charts, coming infrom the uk, lots of isobars on the charts, coming in from the south west, blustery for all areas, particularly around the southern and western coast and it will feed on showers

more substantially in scotla nd from the west., with rain into the highlands, islands and the rest of northern ireland. damaged were left to rue the day. elsewhere staying chilly, in mid—single figures. a largely dry day for many. at the time boxing day, winds a switch to a westerly direction. increasing amounts of cloud and showers through the day, turning wet. wet is the bulb will be scotla nd turning wet. wet is the bulb will be scotland and northern ireland, as the winds really start to ramp up. those winds will make it feel cooler. the winds are a slight concern as we go through saturday night, particularly across england and wales. may be severe gales for some as we go into sunday morning. low pressure is actually dominating, and it will bring more rain southwards. we will have to watch river levels again, and the risk of flooding. that persistent rain does get away as we go through to sunday, most get away as we go through to sunday, m ost pla ces get away as we go through to sunday, most places will be seeing some sunshine

temperatures in scotla nd it feel even colder.cotland, northern ireland, northern england and northern wales may see some snow to quite low levels bringing a few centimetres in places, turning it icy on sunday night into monday morning. on monday, low—pressure right across us and we expect from that some areas of rain, sleet and cold enough for some snow, notjust the hills. uncertainty about where it's going to be sitting on monday, so keep checking the forecast. certainly cold on monday. starting a cold week. back to storm bella, impact from the wind, rain, snow and ice to follow. flood and weather warnings are in force. check out the details on our website. this is bbc news, the headlines... millions of people in the uk face tougher covid restrictions as rule changes come into force. as the uk grapples with the new strain of coronavirus, there are now confirmed cases in france, spain and sweden. the former mi6 officer and soviet spy george blake has died at the age of 98 in moscow. now on bbc news, join the travel show team on t

wintry across the top of the hills, probably some snow showers in the north of scotla nd snow showers to come further south across southern wales, south midlands, east anglia, southern counties of england. 0nce the rain is out of the way, for thursday and friday, christmas eve and christmas day, we are looking at and christmas day, we are looking at a lot of dry weather. frosty starts, sunshine. not right for everyone, though. particularly christmas eve, there is showers will be brought in bya there is showers will be brought in by a strong and cold northerly wind. we might even see some wintriness mixed in. this is bbc news with the latest headlines... 18 million people in england are told to stay at home on the first day of new tier 4 coronavirus restrictions. the new variant is out of control and we need to bring it under control, and this news about the new variant has been an incredibly difficult end to, frankly, an awful year. similar restrictions are introduced across the whole of wales — and a three—week lockdown will be imposed in mainland scotland from boxing day. the health

snow moving in through the northwest of scotla nd moving in through the northwest of scotland for top us christmas day for that but a lot of dry weather get for getting out and enjoying a christmas walk. boxing day, things are all changing. we've got milder air moving in from the west. quite a windy spell could be gales in the west end rain in the hills. snow moving in through the northwest of scotla nd moving in through the northwest of scotland was up a few showers for hello, i'm maryam moshiri. this is outside source. a brexit deal could be imminent. agreement on trade appears to be within reach. we'll bring you any signs of movement. millions more people in the south east of england enter the highest level of covid—19 restrictions, due to the pace at which the virus is spreading. another variant of covid—19 is detected in the uk. this time, it's from south africa. the un has repeated a call to investigate possible war crimes in ethiopia's tigray region. and president trump refuses to sign a $900 billion coronavirus relief package agreed by both sides in congress, calling it ‘a dis

further snow showers bagging and across the northern half of scotla nd bagging and across the northernrns to this area of rain and sleet increasingly turning to snow as it moves and sleet increasingly turning to snow 3s it moves across and sleet increasingly turning to snow as it moves across the higher ground of the south—west of england into south wales. eastern england bright and dry, temperatures only about three to 6 degrees. into thursday, this area of rain moves along the south coast, is to it, could bring sleet and snow for the likes of london. thursday morning sta rts likes of london. thursday morning starts with low pressure towards the south—east. that slowly clears but it could leave a legacy of sleet and snow. for parts of east anglia and the south—east. further north, still some snow showers packing and across parts of scotland, perhaps northern ireland seeing sleet and snow and also into northern england, some snow showers. call today for all temperature about two to 6 degrees for most of on thursday. here's how it looks for the next five days. pretty chilly. if you slee

we are good for that for scotla nd for it.cotland as a compromise position, we have been ignored, scotland has been ignored. 0ur votes do not count and it makes the point, the message i would give to the people of scotland, increasingly numbers of people want to protect their eu identity, their eu citizenship. we now have a choice in front of us because westminster is locking us out of europe, taking us out of this historic tie, taking us out of iran and the switch was very much the brainchild when she was chair of the european committee and we can escape this madness. —— this is by regaining our destiny as european members... the referendum was a one in a generation vote and that has not passed yet. that is not the case. the edinburgh agreement established the right for the referendum and then we had a sniff commission at the end of it and the edinburgh agreement was —— smith agreement. it expresses said it did not rule out a further referendum and if you take the situation in northern ireland, the good friday agreement allow

from monday, england, scotla nd simplified.nd will follow wales in reducing the period to ten days. the tail end of infectiousness if you like is the one where you are least likely to transmit infection. allowing somebody out of self—isolation a short time earlier than that is a reasonable balance between managing the risk to the public, but allowing us not to intrude on their lives. there is still a question over whether london and essex will be moved into tier 3 when measures are reviewed next week. some hospitals are already under significant pressure and another surge may need tougher restrictions are needed. health leaders say a third wave is not inevitable but what we do now will shape how the pandemic plays out. katharine da costa, bbc news. in the last half—hour, the first minister of wales mark drakeford has said he can't rule out a post—christmas lockdown. our wales correspondent hywel griffith is in cardiff. what more has he been saying? mark drakeford what more has he been saying? mark dra keford reflecting what mor

all change as we go to the end of the week to higher ground in scotla nd end of the week to higher groundthe coolest weather will be across east anglia and south—east england with temperatures close to freezing but the weather front keeps the cloud and temperatures above freezing here, but it is going to be the story that makes the change to the weather. as the front sinks south and east it allows this colder air to arrive from the arctic and the wind to strengthen as well. so any early—morning wind to strengthen as well. so any ea rly—morning brightness quickly clouds over as the front pushes into england and across south wales, and behind it, sunny spells, a scattering of sharp showers driven by the cold wind and temperatures in scotla nd by the cold wind and temperatures in scotland really struggling through wednesday afternoon, as you can see. temperatures generally down across the country. thursday unfortunately isa the country. thursday unfortunately is a real mess. we will see showers of rain, sleet and snow, primarily snow to higher ground in scotland but further south we have a w

the ones in scotla nd far north of scotland.ly to rain around the coast. it would be a cold day. temperatures are best after that very cold start around two to three degrees in scotland. some are staying under zero. wintry showers are easing in northern ireland this afternoon. some continue to run through the isle of man into wales. much of england and wales dry and bright. workload cloud to south wales, south—west england. a covering of snow over the high ground of the moors, maybe also the downs and the southern part of england. that will lead an ice risk for many into tomorrow morning. more significant snow in the eastern half of scotla nd significant snow in the eastern half of scotland as we go into new year's eve. another cold and icy start tomorrow. another cold day ahead. more detailed in half an hour. thank you. in the past few minutes, the oxford/astrazeneca coronavirus vaccine has been approved for use in the uk by the regulator, the mhra. the government has ordered 100 million doses of the vaccine which means that im

scotla nd why it has got to that stage.entical, regulations with a far greater degree of cross—party and intra party greater degree of cross—party and intraparty consensus greater degree of cross—party and intra party consensus than greater degree of cross—party and intraparty consensus than seems to have been managed here in westminster. perhaps that is because the first minister and her cabinet secretaries and the senior public health officials have always taken a commendably frank and honest approach with the people of scotland about the challenges of the virus and the difficulty of the decisions that have to be made. in the summertime, the first minister initiated a national dialogue with people across scotland on what a road map out of the initial lockdown should and could look like. instead of promising moon shots and world beating systems and that it would all be over by christmas, the scottish government and the other devolved governments have worked to ta ke devolved governments have worked to take people with them

reaching to the eastern side of england and not many to the east of england and not many to the east of scotla and not many to the east of scotland either. showers, rain, sleet, snow and hail and a prolonged speu sleet, snow and hail and a prolonged spell of snow pushing into north—west scotland later in the afternoon. not as windy as it will be overnight but still gusty wind making it feel even colder than this. temperatures in scotland hovering close to freezing during the day. scotland, northern ireland, northern england and north wales could see snow to quite low levels giving a few centimetres in places, turning icy again as we go through sunday night and into monday morning. 0n sunday night and into monday morning. on monday, low—pressure right across us, and we expect from that some areas of rain, sleet and cold running up for some snow, not just on hills. some uncertainty about exactly where that will sit on monday so keep checking the forecast and latest information but certainly cold on monday and the start of a cold on monday and the start of a cold week. back to storm bella, impact

rain through the end of the night will be persistent throughout boxing day really across western scotlad boxing day really across western scotland accompanied by some strong gusts of wind, localised flooding possible here. showers for southern areas of england but milder day nationwide, temperatures at the highest up to ten or 11 celsius. then storm bella through saturday night and into sunday will cause problems. heavy rain could bring localised flooding. southern wales looks critically vulnerable. as well as the rain there will be wind. there you are, come on in i hope you're doing 0k. normally we would be getting around the table and having a laugh and cheering and having a laugh and cheering and having a laugh and cheering and having a good time. just because we can't all be together doesn't mean we can't all be together. hello, everyone. look at you all, it's the fan. chris, loving the jumper! candles are a go atjen‘s place. lj, that must be a musical rainbow, i'm guessing. omar, christmas furby, i see. and paul with his christmas duck, of course the well—known symbol of the festiv

he has voted to give governments in wales, scotla nd give governments in wales, scotland and northernd sent the bill back to the commons. this is absolutely critical in the kind of country we wa nt critical in the kind of country we want to build post— brexit. we wa nt we want to build post— brexit. we want a functioning uk internal market. but we believe this can be achieved in a way that upholds high standards, and allows devolved governments to both have a voice in setting those standards and make choices in devolved areas appropriate for each nation. scotland's parliament, the voice of the democratically elected voice of scotland's people, has voted against this bill by a margin of 90 — 28 msps. so whatl bill by a margin of 90 — 28 msps. so what i say to the minister is we are sick to the back teeth of your disingenuous work, saying you listen to the scottish government. listening is not enough. you have to have respect for the democratic voice of scotland! and he says wales will be consulted, what we hear is content. we have and continue to be reasonable in discussions on this bi

north—west england, northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland havingt of sunshine for these areas, but wherever you are, it will be quite chilly with temperatures below average for the time of year. 0vernight, more for eastern scotland. some icy surfaces as temperatures dip below freezing once again, so it is going to be another cold start to the day on monday and as well as that there are likely to be a few mist and fog patches. 0n likely to be a few mist and fog patches. on monday the uk finds itself sandwiched between two different areas of low pressure. both just about staying away. the winds will be like on monday and it could be a murky start with mist and fog patches around, some of it quite dense, and some of the fog could linger all day as well. temperatures will not get much about reasoning at all. for many, lots of dry weather with some sunshine the crowd building across eastern scotland and england where coastal areas could cut some spots of rain in the afternoon, temperatures around five celsius. through monday night, we will see this area

this was a frosty one when asked directly, "do you think that kate and will should've come up to scotlawell i wasn't going to tell them they could not come in my mind anyway. " to tell them they could not come in my mind anyway." and i don't think thatis my mind anyway." and i don't think that is a welcome but i think nicola sturgeon is working first and foremost on her independence agenda, she is a success regard was of what you think of her or the snp, she continues to make strides. jackknifing you are right in saying she has some idea knowing what she is doing, —— jack, she has some idea knowing what she is doing, ——jack, i think you are right... this is not a glamourous rail trip. kate and will have come to think essential workers in edinburgh and are going across the uk to thank people for their services, people who have been working in hospitals, train stations. that is a nice thing to do. iam stations. that is a nice thing to do. i am not sure as i would chalk it up to being essential but it is simply in the christmas spirit, joyful, and something that people feel they would need

across much of scotla nd around 8—13 c.eland, top temperature in the afternoon will be 5-7. on temperature in the afternoon will be 5—7. on wednesday we will see another low pressure coming into the south—west, which will bring a spell of wet weather. the wind direction still coming from the south—west, a warm sauce, so that is the northerly when still producing the colder feel across scotland. further showers here, but in northern areas, still largely dry and fine. in the south—west, we could have some heavier rain, which may lead to a speu heavier rain, which may lead to a spell of localised flooding. weather warnings have been issued. the low pressure will start to drift away and has we head towards christmas eve, high pressure is set to build in from the atlantic and that will quieten things down. the isobars are almost coming from a vertical, a northerly wind descending across the country. christmas eve, largely fine, some sunshine coming through and quieter, but colder, than of late. that will continue to be the theme

temperatures have been rising in scotla nd temperatures have been rising in scotland and the northeastland, prep some longer spells of rain. lots of showers speak feeding into the western side of the uk. some will get blown in land, but there will get blown in land, but there will be sunny spells too, probably not many showers for northern ireland come in the showers easing in scotland. we will have a blustery self— south—westerly wind. that's, of course, is a mild wind, and it will be a mild day on monday. temperatures higher in scotland and parts of northern england and they wear on sunday. the highest temperature across the southeast of england and east anglia at 13 degrees, but there could be some heavy showers here later on in the day. fewer showers, more heavy showers here later on in the day. fewershowers, more sunshine and lighter winds, i think, tuesday, but then it gets windy again, especially in the west on wednesday, and there is more rain on the way. this is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. i'm ben bland. talks about a post—br

scotla nd anglia. maybe a rumble of thunder. scotland and northern ireland that bit brighter. wind will make it feel chilli later on across parts of northern england and wales. as the area of low pressure pulls a way we could see gales in the west for a time. that low pressure system will continue to go as we had was christmas eve and christmas day but it does open the door to northerly winds. there is northerly winds will bring colder airfor winds. there is northerly winds will bring colder air for christmas eve and christmas day. maybe wintry showers on christmas eve are plenty of sunshine for many. frosty start for christmas day but rain will arrive later. we are getting news between some partial agreement between the uk and france. we will bring you more at ten o'clock. but hello and welcome to sportsday, i'mjane dougall. coming up on the programme. the premier league will ramp up covid testing with efl clubs reviewing their protocols, but does football need a circuit breaker? action continues on the pitch — we'll be at the emirates ahead of arsenal's league cup quarter fi

very strong feeling that scotla nd shoot it.nd must make interests are to remains close its also the evening we see how that plays out in the yea rs we see how that plays out in the years to come. but i don't think anyone can rule out another independence referendum. and in ireland, the fact that norma ireland will now be closer to the eu than the rest of the uk must over time have an influence there as well. so the longer term prospects for a united kingdom and probably have been set back by this deal. you are former national security adviser. what about security? arbela really insecure now than we were 30 minutes ago? i think we will be less safe over time as a result of leaving the eu. and i'm glad you raised it because everyone talks about the trade deal but actually security cooperation with the eu is usually important as well. having this deal is much better than not having a deal at all. and the negotiators have done well and getting quite a lot of detail into this deal. however we a re lot of detail into this deal. howev