rain in the south—east of england, it's quite patchy, but staying quite cloudy in the south—east. d, more for northern ireland, here, some fairly gusty conditions. maximum temperatures today getting to about 6 to 9 degrees. through tonight, we'll continue with some cloud, still some patchy rain in the south—east of england, but for wales, the midlands, northern england, southern scotland, there'll be some fog developing into tomorrow morning. still a few showers further north across scotland and northern ireland. and temperatures, well, they're not going to fall too far in the south—east, but elsewhere, there could be some patchy frost into tuesday morning, temperatures close to if not below freezing. throughout tuesday, we'll continue with some outbreaks of rain in the south—east of england. elsewhere, though, looking largely dry and bright, the best of the sunshine will be the further north and west you go. one or two showers dotted around, but for most of us, it's dry and those temperatures, again, in the mid to high single figures. through tuesday night, that area in the south—

a little thinner this afternoon with some dry air from the continent mixing in across the south—east of england sunshine for northern england as well but i think it will be northern ireland and scotland that wins out with the most extensive of the blue skies and the top temperatures. off to a flying start, you will agree, but in the afternoon with a south—westerly wind direction, that favours some warming around the moray firth, and we could get up to 16 here. some rain for the north west of scotland even as we head through the evening and overnight. that's thanks to this weather front. further south, a dry story. with clearer skies, some chillier spots in east anglia and the south—east of england. this front in the north is proving pretty slow moving at the moment. through monday and into tuesday, new year's eve, as if you needed reminding, that weather front will make good progress from north to south. monday daytime still pretty slow as it sinks into scotland but by the afternoon some dry weather for the highlands through the day. central scotland having a wet afternoon along with parts of n

some drier air from the continent mixing in across the south east of england and east anglia, allowinglly some sunshine for northern england also, but i think it will be northern ireland and scotland that wins out the most extensive of the blue skies and the top temperatures. off to a flying start, you will agree, but then come the afternoon with the south—westerly wind direction as well, thatjust favours a little bit of warming around the moray firth, we could even get up to 16 degrees here. still some rain in the north west of scotland, however, even as we head through the evening and overnight. that is thanks to a weather front. further south, a dry story. clearer skies, potentially some chillier spots across east anglia and the south east of england. a front in the north is proving pretty slow moving at the moment but through monday and onto tuesday, which is new year's eve as if you needed reminding, that front will make quite good progress from north to south. monday daytime, still pretty slow as it sinks into scotland but eventually come the afternoon some drier weather for the

and frosty start first thing in the morning, where we could see some freezing fog across the south—east of englanddio station for travel and traffic updates first thing tuesday morning. the fog will be slow to left. elsewhere, a great day but a mild affair. 10 degrees on the far north—west is the high. cooler at seven or eight in the south—east corner. the milder air will continue to push on from the west. still a wea k to push on from the west. still a weak weather front on wednesday, bringing outbreaks of rain to scotla nd bringing outbreaks of rain to scotland and into north—west england. folk could be an issue across eastern and south—eastern england during wednesday. top temperatures on wednesday six or 7 degrees in the south—east, double digits out of the west. the real milderair digits out of the west. the real milder air will arrive as we move into thursday. you can see a few scattered showers into the north—west, but ahead this significant weather fronts. that will bring gales in scotland and northern ireland for thursday and some relentless rain for a time which could cause some issues.

cloud acro55 showers, and we keep quite a bit of cloud across wales, the midlands into the south—east of englandunshine will be acro55 the north and east. it will be a pitch earlier here computer today. temperatures down to a—7d. further south will get temperatures in double figures. if you're heading out into about, lots of dry weather to be expected, there will be a parameter cloud, particularly in the west, as we approach midnight there may be 12 fog patches starting to develop but nothing to spoil any fireworks di5plays you may be going to planning. going into 2020, the new decade, an area of high pressure towards the south—east, extending its influence acro55 towards the south—east, extending its influence across the uk. another breeze towards the far north—west, in the early morning or fog will clear away and there will be a lot of cloud around on new year's day but there will be some holes developing. some 5un5hine breaking through that cloud, temperatures around about average for the time of year. 5—9, 10 degrees. a5 around about average for the time of year. 5—9, 10 degrees. as we start

south—east corner as well. the beginning of next week, they winds will fall into. an increasing risk of some frosted run. increasing cloud coming towards the south—east of englandng the north—west of scotland. you can see how cold it is. temperatures again typically five to 7 degrees. that low pressure is weakening, but not moving anywhere. this weather front wheel second. it will possibly put a cloud further north into england and wales, and maybe bring rain and to the south. some uncertainty about that. so got some showers clipping the north—west of scotland, northern ireland looks larger dry with sunshine. again, quite cold. looking ahead, low pressure is going to dominate. this one and the atlantic is a big one. it will sit very close to the uk from may to beat onwards. another area of processor rotating around it, which means bands of rain heading our way, and we are going to replace that calls on potentially frosty air with something much milder, and of course much more uncertain. we have still got that change in weather type as we head further into next week. and it looks like it will happen wednesday or thursday. you can see how temperatures in many pla

would shortages of staff which have been reported on recently and are still occurring in the south—east of englandppen again? the chief inspector of probation who has looked at south—east of england, the area that covers an area where he was, says at the time he was looking and reported, september this year, there were over 100 staff short, 16% of the total. officers have too high a caseload to manage safely and there was a risk of further service 01’ there was a risk of further service or service failures. there was a risk of further service orservice failures. independently, the chief inspector has said there remains a problem in that area caused by a lack of staff and two high caseloads of dangerous offenders, because that is what the national probation service look after. they take dangerous offenders. do you know how many pairs of eyes would look at one case like this, in terms of the recall not happening, and when you say too much casework, does it mean they did not look at the notes properly? how can these errors happen on an individual basis? to me it is incomprehensible. i am used to work

of england and wales. here there mayjust be enough moisture and light winds to give us mist and fog returning overnight and into tuesday. particularly across parts of east wales and the southa while. should be a dry day by tuesday across scotland, some sunshine here, and across northern ireland. sunny spells for england and wales outside of the mist and fog. temperatures again, temperatures 6—8 degrees. as we head to the middle part of the week, a weakening weather front heads into the north—east from the atlantic. the centre of the high drifts further in to continental europe but still light winds and clearer skies overnight to bring a pinch of frost for england and wales and probably mist and fog and low cloud, quite a dull day for some. not a great deal of rain on the weather front as it pushes across scotland towards cumbria. quite milder here but cold where it stays grey across central parts of england. by the time we get into thursday, the winds should be pushing away that mistiness and greyness and fog and instead, an active weather front will bring heavy rain into the hills of western scotland. some patchy rain elsewhere and dribs and drabs into northern ireland, t

some drier air from the continent mixing in across the south east of england and east anglia, allowingnd also, but i think it will be northern ireland and scotland that wins out the most extensive of the blue skies and the top temperatures. off to a flying start, you will agree, but then come the afternoon with the south—westerly wind direction as well, thatjust favours a little bit of warming around the moray firth, we could even get up to 16 degrees here. still some rain in the north west of scotland, however, even as we head through the evening and overnight. that is thanks to a weather front. further south, a dry story. clearer skies, potentially some chillier spots across east anglia and the south east of england. a front in the north is proving pretty slow moving at the moment but through monday and onto tuesday, which is new year's eve as if you needed reminding, that front will make quite good progress from north to south. monday daytime, still pretty slow as it sinks into scotland but eventually come the afternoon some drier weather for the northern and western isles and parti

south, a dry story. with clearer skies, some chillier spots in east anglia and the south—east of england., as if you needed reminding, that weather front will make good progress from north to south. monday daytime still pretty slow as it sinks into scotland but by the afternoon some dry weather and the highlands getting drier through the day. central scotland having a wet afternoon along with parts of northern ireland. england and wales dry with temperatures in double figures. to the north of that fresh air, it will spread to all parts of the uk by new year's eve. some cloud in england and south wales and maybe some drizzle. a lot of dry weather for new year's eve overall. temperatures back to where they should be for this time of year. into the evening and the night, if you are heading out, the forecast is offering up dry weather as it stands. we could see dense patches of fog forming and some of them could stick around a good while into new year's day as well and that could be hazardous and disruptive if you plan on travelling. this is bbc news i'm ben brown. the headlines at ten. calls

we have a lot of showers around that lower area pressure, the weather front flirting with the south—east corner of englande of the evening and overnight, more of the thick cloud coming into the south—east of england and east anglia, that will bring some rain. showers will push away from northern ireland, continuing to scotland and again wintry over the highest ground. there will be a touch of frost or the way from wales, northern england, northwards, there may be some patches of fog across northern england, southern scotland and particularly northern ireland. there is not much to live that in actual fact there is not much to live that in actualfact and there is not much to live that in actual fact and some parts of northern ireland in particular may stay grey and murky all day. some sunshine across many parts of the country, the showers fewer in scotla nd country, the showers fewer in scotland and the rain across east anglia and the south—east tend to peter out through the day but stays quite cloudy for stop here temperatures could get to seven or 8 degrees, elsewhere five or six i think we'll be nearer t

of england and wales. here there mayjust be enough moisture and light winds to give us mist and fog returning overnight and into tuesday. particularly across parts of east wales and the south by tuesday across scotland, some sunshine here, and across northern ireland. sunny spells for england and wales outside of the mist and fog. temperatures again, temperatures 6—8 degrees. as we head to the middle part of the week, a weakening weather front heads into the north—east from the atlantic. the centre of the high drifts further in to continental europe but still light winds and clearer skies overnight to bring a pinch of frost for england and wales and probably mist and fog and low cloud, quite a dull day for some. not a great deal of rain on the weather front as it pushes across scotland towards cumbria. quite milder here but cold where it stays grey across central parts of england. by the time we get into thursday, the winds should be pushing away that mistiness and greyness and fog and instead, an active weather front will bring heavy rain into the hills of western scotland. some patchy rain elsewhere and dribs and drabs into northern ireland, the far north of england stil

recently been reported on by the probation chief inspector and are still occurring in the south—east of englandld happen again? well, the chief inspector of probation recently looked at the south—east of england and how it is operating and that covers the area that mccann was and says that the town he was —— the time he was looking at they were over 100 staff short, that is 16% of the total. 0fficers over 100 staff short, that is 16% of the total. officers had far too high caseloads to manage safely and there was a risk of further service failures. so independently, the chief inspector of probation has said there remains a problem in that area, caused by lack of staff. and to high caseloads of dangerous offenders, because that is who the national probation service look after. they take dangerous offenders. do you know how many pairs of eyes would look over one case like this in terms of this recall not happening? and when you say casework, does that mean that they didn't look at the notes properly? how can the sort of errors happen on an individual basis? as i say it is incomprehensible. i am u

of anger but the heavier showers further south but across cambridgeshire, generally through east anglia we have mist most of the showers, earlier on there were some thundery ones across south wales and south west englandwers are putting towards the south—east of england. further north, still some showers, a bit more cloud around, it is quite chilly as we head into the early evening across north—east of scotland. still very mild thoughts southern parts of england and wales as we have a strong more cloud around, it is quite chilly as we head into the early evening across north—east of scotland. still very mild for southern parts of england and wales as we have this august winds which should blow changes. even these i think will fade away overnight. skies were clear, winds will drop, temperatures will drop, at least we are looking at —— the list were looking at is ground frost. a sparkling start to christmas day as it is a day of blue skies and lots of sunshine. one or two early showers to clear away from northern scotland, otherwise it is going to be a dry day. you can see the extent of the sunshine. light winds for most of the day, probably sing a bit more cloud arriving up to northern ireland later on

weather system, bringing some showers down towards the south—west of england, the isles of scilly, cornwall, perhaps west devon. cloud for wales, the south—eastbit chilly here today than today, temperatures for — 7 degrees but further south temperatures in double figures. if you're heading out during new year's eve it's looking largely dry, some cloud and western areas, maybe one 01’ cloud and western areas, maybe one or two patches of fog as we approach the midnight hour but if you are out watching fireworks, it's looking dry, no real hazards out there at all. some fog as i mentioned starting to develop. for the first day of 2020, as i mentioned, quite quiet, a ridge of high pressure extending across much of the uk, the breeze picking up a little bit over the north of scotland but you see it's going to be dry, a fair amount of cloud around, any fog will clear away, some bright or sunny spells developing into the afternoon. maximum temperature is fairly typicalfor maximum temperature is fairly typical for the maximum temperature is fairly typicalfor the time of maximum temperature is fairly typical for the time of year, at about 6—8 or 9 degr

of northern, western england, into the midlands and parts of northern ireland. this is in between those dry and cold weather systems. this feature across the south—eastht a really wet night to parts of south—east england and east anglia. we are looking at further rain moving on, as you can see across central and southern income. showers with snow on the hills across scotland easing through the afternoon and becoming more confined to the north—east mainland and the northern isles, one or two showers across the irish sea coast, wales and west in england. a largely dry day away from the south east corner budget will once again be chilly. into tonight, with light winds, clear skies. turning quite cold, perhaps one or two showers. sub zero values for many central and northern areas with a return to some extent fog but not so cold across the south—west because we have rain and wind arriving. a drier picture for the south—east of england, some sunshine, a cold and bright day with mist and fog sending to lift into low cloud as the wind picks up but it will be cold, especially when you add the breeze later in the day. wet and windy in the south—west with gust

rain and the south—east of england. still quite cloudy in the south—east. with some cloud and act with patchy rain in the south—east of england back for wales, the midlands, northern england, southern scotland, fog developing into tomorrow morning with a few showers further north across scotland and northern ireland. temperatures will not fall too far in the south—east but elsewhere, there could be some parsley —— patchy forced into tuesday morning with temperatures around freezing. 0n tuesday morning with temperatures around freezing. on tuesday we could continue it with rain and the south—east of england. elsewhere, looking largely dry and bright. the best of the sunshine, the further north and west you go. 0ne best of the sunshine, the further north and west you go. one or two showers dotted around but for most, dry, and temperatures again in the mid—to high single figures. three tuesday night, that area over the south—east will tend to clear away. then a ridge of high pressure developing, so it could be a cold night, then we see this area of low pressur

it's been revealed that a loud bang, heard by people living in parts of south east england overnight,oons — which had launched from coningsby in lincolnshire — as they intercepted an unresponsive aircraft which later re—established contact. let's have a listen to recordings viewers have sent in. boom. let us find out how the weather is going. it is rather nippy out there, darren? you could say that. last night was probably colder than tonight. in highland scotland, it was down to -10 highland scotland, it was down to —10 celsius. it is the coldest it has been in the uk since early february. at the moment the temperature in tollett bridge is 1.1 degrees above freezing. we are seeing a change in the weather for northern parts of the uk, a bit more cloud coming in. a bit more rain coming into the north and north—west of scotla nd coming into the north and north—west of scotland but it is across england and wales where we have a clearest quys and wales where we have a clearest guys that we will find a more widespread frost. these are the temperatures come the end of the night. nowhere nea

of england which will take a while to clear. this was the scene in somerset. further south and easte fog will lift and there will be brighter skies. showers across scotland but moving northwards. hill snow expected. top temperatures of eight. tonight, the rain will clear away. some clear skies and fog reforming across the midlands, merseyside, greater manchester. temperatures below freezing but not as cold in the west because of cloud moving in and the breeze will pick up. with that, rain spreading in. the fog will lift. some bright skies. temperatures up to eight. further west, there is temperatures into double figures. a big area of low pressure means more weather systems moving in bringing further outbreaks of rain. gradually moving northwards. a southerly wind for many. bringing milder conditions. temperatures on thursday into double figures, 13 degrees. rain at times on thursday. at the end of the week, further outbreaks of rain. spreading northwards, quite heavy at times. on friday, that will clear before the next batch of rain moves in. a quite complex area of low pressure an

ireland, western scotland and perhaps the north—west of england. 7 degrees our high for scotland and northern ireland, 13 possible towards the south—easthose strong and gusty winds. the strongest wind is likely to arrive with the storm during sunday evening, sunday night, especially across wales and the south—west of england. gusts of 70mph. gradually the wind eases down a bit on monday with the strongest wind in the showers for a while down the east coast of england. for many places, it will be a dry day, on the chilly side, but a windy day but it does gradually becomes less windy. good morning. welcome to breakfast with babita sharma and rogerjohnson. 0ur headlines today: redemption for anthonyjoshua, as the british boxer regains his three heavyweight titles with a tense victory over andy ruinunior in saudi arabia. borisjohnson and jeremy corbyn make a direct appeal to voters as the election campaign enters its final few days. the manchester derby is overshadowed by claims of racism. city say they are working with the police to identify individuals after united players claim they were racially abused. plus: shining a spotlight on hom

of england and wales today. it comes well ahead of that weather front there, which is bringing rain into there, which is bringing rain into the south—east though, we pick up a mixture of rain and snow, particularly some snow across northern scott, that will lead to easy conditions, those showers will continue across scotland overnight. wintry in the hills, showers in northern ireland, the wetter weather sitting in across the south—east of england and east anglia. that should keep the temperatures up to four to seven, but elsewhere it will be cold enough for a touch of toro rosso and there —— frost and there may be fog round, particularly in northern england, the north—west midlands, east wales and northern ireland, some of that fog could linger into the day, away from the fog, some sunshine, fewer showers inlet scotland. 0ne sunshine, fewer showers inlet scotland. one or two round the western coasts, and a lot that rain and drizzle petering out slowly from the south—east and east anglia. it stays great all day. temperatures probably seven or eight. elsewhere with sunshine it will be chillier, five degrees or so. but really as we head on

south wales, south—west england, some thunderstorms also. those heavy showers continuing to get blown towards the south—east of england.ld as we head into the early evening in the north—east of scotland. still mild and blustery across southern parts of england and wales. the wind direction will change overnight. more of a north—westerly. it will push the showers down through the argosy into north—west england, part of the midlands and north wales for a while. a lot of those showers will by the way to stop the winds will drop. skies were clear. it will get colder overnight. these are the temperatures in towns and cities. at the very least a touch of ground frost. sparkling start to the day christmas day. it looks like we will have lots of blue skies and sunshine. one or two early mist and fog patches first thing. and a few showers stuck to clear away from the far north of scotland. otherwise a dry day, sunny for the most part, northern ireland perhaps crowding over a little bit later on. the winds will be quite late for the northern half of the uk. temperatures again six or seven. further south a little bit cooler thani

south—west of england. the isles of scilly, cornwall, west devon. a bit more cloud rebels, the midlands, the south—eastthern england, eastern and across scotland, it's a bit chilly here tomorrow, temperatures li—6d, double figures in the south. if you're heading out on new year's eve, lots of fine weather to greet us as we go into 2020 stops and cloud across western areas, perhaps some fog are starting to develop as we approach the midnight hour but if you are going to watch fireworks, it is going to be dry really across the country, with just a bit of cloud around. so, new year's day, what does it bring us? high pressure to the south—east, that will bring a ridge of high pressure towards the uk, that will mean again it will be largely fine and settled. there will be some mist and settled. there will be some mist and fog in the morning, tending to clear away, some cloud around but there will be holes developing in there will be holes developing in the cloud so some bright and sunny spells into the afternoon, maximum temperature is about 5—9d. as we go into 2020, the weather looks fairly quiet, there wi

of england and wales. here there mayjust be enough moisture and light winds to give us mist and fog returning overnight and into tuesday. particularly across parts of east wales and the southngerfor a while. should be a dry day by tuesday across scotland, some sunshine here, and across northern ireland. sunny spells for england and wales outside of the mist and fog. temperatures again, temperatures 6—8 degrees. as we head to the middle part of the week, a weakening weather front heads into the north—east from the atlantic. the centre of the high drifts further in to continental europe but still light winds and clearer skies overnight to bring a pinch of frost for england and wales and probably mist and fog and low cloud, quite a dull day for some. not a great deal of rain on the weather front as it pushes across scotland towards cumbria. quite milder here but cold where it stays grey across central parts of england. by the time we get into thursday, the winds should be pushing away that mistiness and greyness and fog and instead, an active weather front will bring heavy rain into the hills of western scotland. some patchy rain elsewhere and dribs and drabs into northern ir

of england. also across south—east of england. also across parts of wales, east wales. r scotland, a dry day this time and we will have sunshine as we will for northern ireland. and for most of england and wales as well. temperatures still 6—8d. it is just around the edges where we have things a little bit milder. head towards the middle part of the week and a weakening weather front arrives into the north—west. high pressure still sort of hanging on across england and wales and still some mist and fog and low cloud, probably a bit more of that around for england and wales on wednesday. it could stay a bit grey all day and quite cold, too. a bit of rain coming away for northern ireland and scotla nd coming away for northern ireland and scotland towards the north—west of england was up showers following. damages here around nine or 10 degrees but where we keep that grey, misty, murky weather, it may only be four or five degrees. that should blow away, though, i think, as we head into the day. instead, stronger winds coming in from the atlantic and that weather front arriv

east anglia at the far south—east of england may hang on to please size for much of the night, and here in the west, accompanied by rain which will tone heavy and persistent as we head towards dawn. temperatures close to freezing in east anglia, 10 celsius in the fast north—west. tuesday, when dad ray will dominate the scene. some rain heavy, the wind will be gale force in some areas, likely to cause disruption. western facing coast, heels of the northern half of the uk, the rate as well will be persistent and heavy particular for the western half of the uk and the wind turning squally little later in the day. capture wise, temperatures back up into double figures, ousting the strength of the wind added will be irrelevant. they milder a wee having placed to tuesday get squeezed overnight. low pressure in charge but cooler conditions follow on behind. wednesday, closer to that area of low pressure, still expecting to see gales area of low pressure, still expecting to see gates for northern scotland, elsewhere they went was not be as strong as tuesday, it will be noticeably breezy, but st

particularly towards the south—east of england, parts of wales, and that could linger through the morning the rain away from scotland, sunny spells in scotland and northern ireland, england and wales. temperatures looked similar on tuesday. as we head into the middle part of the week, the high pressure tends to retreat towards continental europe, a weakening weather front toppling in from the atlantic, but ahead of that, still enough moisture to give more fog around. more widely on wednesday lingering into the afternoon, that weak weather front topples rain down towards cumbria and then it brightens up the scotland and northern ireland with one brightens up for scotland and northern ireland with one or two showers. mild, but cold weather, mist and fog lingers. that should get blown away by the time we get into thursday. another weather front streaks in from the atlantic turning wet and windy in western scotland. this is what is to come. after a cold start it turns milderfrom the north. ahead of that, frost and fog patches before it turns wet and windy later on. hello. this is bbc news. we

particularly towards the south—east of england, parts of wales, and that could linger to the morning. rain away from scotland, sunny spells in scotla nd away from scotland, sunny spells in scotland and northern ireland, england and wales. temperatures looked similar on tuesday. as we head into the middle part of the week, the high pressure tends to retreat towards continental europe, a weakening weather front toppling in from the atlantic, but ahead of that, still enough moisture to give more fog around. more widely on wednesday lingering into the afternoon, that weak weather front topples rain down towards cumbria and then it brightens up the scotla nd and then it brightens up the scotland and northern ireland with one 01’ scotland and northern ireland with one or two scotland and northern ireland with one 01’ two showers. scotland and northern ireland with one or two showers. mild hip but cold weather mist and fog lingers. that should get blown away by the time we get into thursday. another weather front streaks in from the atla ntic weather front streaks in from the atlantic turnin

for the south—east of england, perhaps across north wales and parts of northern england, too. monday, we keep our eyes on this weather front for the uk. it has not been doing much through the weekend. monday into tuesday, that front will drift southwards. through the course of monday, becoming drier for the highlands. the rain getting into the central belt of scotland and northern ireland. england and wales is dry again. a mixture of sunny spells. intervals as well. by tuesday, the front is a way south from the uk. it gets rid of a lot of the cloud but also fresher air. the temperatures on tuesday will be closer to where they should be for this time of year. the tail end of the cloud could give a little bit of drizzle. in light of dry weather as we head into the evening. if we plan to head out on new year‘s eve. patches of fog farming that will persist into new year‘s day. the risk of that causing hazards if you are planning on travelling. this is bbc news. i‘m ben brown. the headlines at 9am... calls for an independent inquiry after the new years‘ honours data leak — in which

of england and wales. here there mayjust be enough moisture and light winds to give us mist and fog returning overnight and into tuesday. particularly across parts of east wales and the southand, some sunshine here, and across northern ireland. sunny spells for england and wales outside of the mist and fog. temperatures again, temperatures 6—8 degrees. as we head to the middle part of the week, a weakening weather front heads into the north—east from the atlantic. the centre of the high drifts further in to continental europe but still light winds and clearer skies overnight to bring a pinch of frost for england and wales and probably mist and fog and low cloud, quite a dull day for some. not a great deal of rain on the weather front as it pushes across scotland towards cumbria. quite milder here but cold where it stays grey across central parts of england. by the time we get into thursday, the winds should be pushing away that mistiness and greyness and fog and instead, an active weather front will bring heavy rain into the hills of western scotland. some patchy rain elsewhere and dribs and drabs into northern ireland, the far north of england still dry and bright further

of england and wales. here there mayjust be enough moisture and light winds to give us mist and fog returning overnight and into tuesday. particularly across parts of east wales and the southrees. as we head to the middle part of the week, a weakening weather front heads into the north—east from the atlantic. the centre of the high drifts further in to continental europe but still light winds and clearer skies overnight to bring a pinch of frost for england and wales and probably mist and fog and low cloud, quite a dull day for some. not a great deal of rain on the weather front as it pushes across scotland towards cumbria. quite milder here but cold where it stays grey across central parts of england. by the time we get into thursday, the winds should be pushing away that mistiness and greyness and fog and instead, an active weather front will bring heavy rain into the hills of western scotland. some patchy rain elsewhere and dribs and drabs into northern ireland, the far north of england still dry and bright further south with sunshine but windy weather together with that rain in the north—west. keeping the temperatures up and blowing milder air across the whole of the c

east anglia and the far south—east of england may hang on to clear skies for much of the night, and we here, but the winds will strengthen out to the west, accompanied by rain, turning heavy and persistent as we head towards dawn. temperatures close to freezing in east anglia, more like 10 celsius in the far south—west. tuesday, wind and rain will dominate the scene. some of the rain would be happy, the winds will be gale force in some areas, likely to cause some disruption. the strongest winds will be for western facing coasts the hills over the northern half of the uk and up into the northern aisles. the rain will be persistent and heavy, especially for the western half of the uk, and the wind turning squally a little later in the day. temperature wise, we are seeing those temperatures back up into double figures but, adding in the strength of the wind, it will be irrelevant. the milder air we have in place through tuesday gets squeezed away overnight. still low pressure in charge, but cooler conditions follow on behind. through wednesday, closer to that area of low pressure, we stil

it will stay cloudy for wales, the midlands, the south—east of england and the south—west, best of thether said. if you are going out tonight, looking largely dry, cloud spreading north and east, clear skies in north—east scotland and north—east england. some fog developing as we approach midnight but as for new year's day, it will be dry with a lot of cloud around. goodbye. this is bbc news — i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 10am: thousands of people seek refuge on the beach and in boats to escape bush fires in australia — military helicopters and the navy are deployed to help them. nothing prepares you for that bearing down of a fire front, charging at a community. i mean, we're talking massive walls of fire, coming straight at you. former nissan boss carlos ghosn flees to lebanon, despite being under house arrest in tokyo on financial misconduct charges. the national living wage is to rise in april by 6.2% — four times the rate of inflation. heterosexual couples in england and wales will be able to enter into civil partnerships from today, giving them similar rights to people who a

of brightness further east. it should be essentially dry for england and wales, the best of the sunshine to the south and east.g, that keeps our overnight temperatures up. and also they feed in a lot of showers to the north and west. and through sunday daytime, it‘s this low that drives our weather. those winds will continue to increase in the showers willjust get carried further eastwards. some of them, as you can see, tending to be wintry too across the high ground of scotland and northern england. some making it through to the east of the pennines, some getting carried across the midlands, perhaps towards the south—east even. but always the focused towards the north—west of the uk with the heaviest rain. temperatures still in double figures to the south, a cooler day for north. and then sunday night into monday is when the low does its worst as we get a band of rain digging down on the southern flank of the low, the winds become particularly squally around the irish sea. gusting 70, 70 five miles an hour, difficult sea conditions, potentially damaging winds. it does look like there could be some disruption,

of land. pushing east into northern england, wales and the south—west of england. temperatures 9—13. nd we are looking at clear skies, a touch of frost across scotland, temperatures overnight generally about 3—6. throughout wednesday it'll feel chilly air. behind that rain and cold front the air is coming in from the north—west so you'll notice a difference to how it feels tomorrow and that could well bring some wintry showers, many over the high ground of scotland, the hills of northern england with gales affecting the far north of scotland. elsewhere the wind is not as strong, with showers and between there is an sunny spells. temperatures, you'll notice the difference in how it feels tomorrow. 6—7. going into thursday, we've got another weather system spreading in from the west, that'll bring a strengthening wind across southern that'll bring a strengthening wind across southern areas that'll bring a strengthening wind across southern areas of the uk particularly and heavy rain. that rain could bump into colder air, some snow over the hills of the pennines and across scotland, furt

temperatures of five celsius in the north—east of scotland, double figures towards the south—west of englandtuesday and tuesday night. possibly gales and severe gales and that may lead to some impacts. this is bbc news. the headlines. the online forum reddit says it believes leaked government documents, detailing uk—us trade talks, and posted on its site are linked to russia. the really big question is how did the leaks get there in the first place? how did they end up online, being amplified by what reddit certainly says is part of a known foreign influence operation? oceans are running out of oxygen — warn scientists — as global temperature rises put many species of fish at risk of extinction. a chinese american researcher is freed by iran in a prisoner exchange with the us — but president trump says he won't rest until they release all wrongfully detained us citizens. 12 people are swept to their deaths by floods in uganda,

of england. maybe a touch wintry over the higher hills. temperatures — seven degrees, scotland, northern ireland. still 13 perhaps in east anglia and the southreally picking up in ireland. and we are going to find storm atiyah really strengthening those winds during the evening and overnight, pushing them into wales and the south—west, where here we're looking at gusts of 70 miles an hour, possibly even a touch more than that, together with some squally bursts of rain. moving into monday, though, things slowly calm down from the west as this ridge of high pressure moves in. for most of the day, the strongest of the winds will be down those eastern coasts of england and scotland, together with a fair number of showers first thing. those become fewer. most places become dry. still going to be a windy day, but the wind will gradually lessen throughout the day. we'll see our first spots of rain perhaps arriving in northern ireland by the end of the afternoon. out of that, temperatures only five, six degrees in eastern scotland, north—east england. 12 celsius in the south—west. so the winds easing slowly on monday but then picking up again on mon

of england. maybe a touch wintry over the higher hills. temperatures — seven degrees, scotland, northern ireland. still 13 perhaps in east anglia and the southind, really picking up in ireland. and we are going to find storm atiyah really strengthening those winds during the evening and overnight, pushing them into wales and the south—west, where here we're looking at gusts of 70 miles an hour, possibly even a touch more than that, together with some squally bursts of rain. moving into monday, though, things slowly calm down from the west as this ridge of high pressure moves in. for most of the day, the strongest of the winds will be down those eastern coasts of england and scotland, together with a fair number of showers first thing. those become fewer. most places become dry. still going to be a windy day, but the wind will gradually lessen throughout the day. we'll see our first spots of rain perhaps arriving in northern ireland by the end of the afternoon. out of that, temperatures only five, six degrees in eastern scotland, north—east england. 12 celsius in the south—west. so the winds easing slowly on monday but then picking up again o

won't necessarily work in scotland or wales, they won't necessarily work really outside of the south—east of englandly outside of the south-east of england. i am going to put back to nicola sturgeon. would it be less divisive for us to come up with a way where it significantly more powers were devolved to the scottish government, but not full independence?” devolved to the scottish government, but not full independence? i favour independence, but equally, i will a lwa ys independence, but equally, i will always be in favour of more power coming to the scottish parliament. sometimes you hear different parties talking about federalism, but they have never really defined what that is. or have they set out how they intend to deliver that vernacular there doesn't seem to be the support for it in england, orfrom the westminster government. it is for these other parties to come forward with alternatives. i agree, the current westminster system is broken. can i just current westminster system is broken. can ijust pick up on two points, i have spent the day campaigning with waspi women, so i absolutely agree

of england. seven degrees is the high for scotla nd seven degrees is the high for scotland and northern ireland, 13 as possible towards the south—east is likely to arrive with the storm during sunday evening, sunday night, especially across wales in the south—west of england. gusts of 70 mile an hour. gradually the wind eases down a bit on monday with the strongest wind in the showers for a while down the east coast of england. for many places it will be a dry day, on the chilly side but a windy day gradually becomes less windy. welcome to bbc news, i'm maryam moshiri. our top stories: the us and iran carry out a prisoner swap, in a rare sign of cooperation between the two countries. a saudi man who shot dead three people in florida is reported to have posted online comments praising osama bin laden. fears of interference in the uk general election after claims documents detailing uk—us trade talks were leaked by russia. anthonyjoshua regains his world heavyweight titles, beating andy ruiz, the man who took them from him six months ago. tonight wasjust tonight was just about winning, and trusting my process. i know maybe i could hav

and a bit of cloud for wales, the midlands and the south—east of england. chilly here than today. if you are heading out on new year's eve, it's looking largely dry. there is some cloud around western areas. there could be patchy fog developing into the midnight hour. but for most of us, it is dry, with no issues watching the fireworks to take us into 2020. for the first day of the year, high pressure towards the near continent. that is extending across the uk, so lots of giant fine weather. we could start the morning with some mist and fog. there will be brighter skies and a break in the cloud from time to time. so the weather looks fairly quiet for the rest of the week. certainly as we start the new year, it is looking quiet, although it will turn wet and windy on thursday. hello, this is bbc news with simon mccoy. the headlines... a british teenager is convicted by a cyprus court of falsely claiming she was raped by a group of israeli tourists six months ago. her lawyer is planning an appeal. the supporting evidence we say which goes to show that she was

south of that, some bright disguise, i think. we will pull in a bit of dry airfrom the i think. we will pull in a bit of dry air from the continent for the south—east of england hopefully some sunshine across northern england are some of the early drizzle clears. overall, a brighter day in prospect, with sunshine to the north of northern ireland and around the moray firth. a south—westerly wind direction, quite notable for scotla nd direction, quite notable for scotland and northern ireland. temperatures could get up to 15 or 16, unseasonably mild. this evening and overnight, largely mild but not as mild as the nightjust gone. some clear skies towards the south—east. our temperatures could slide down into single figures, perhaps as low as two degrees in norwich. still mild across the northern half of the uk because that weather front is still looming here. through monday, very slowly, it will start to work its way south. to the north, some slightly chillier hour. not especially cold but taking us back to more average temperatures for this time of year. to the north—west of scotland, again, a wet start on monday. a greyer day to the north—east as that front sl

particularly across parts of east wales and the south—east of england, where it might lingerfor a whileshine here and across northern ireland and sunny spells for england and wales outside of that mist and fog. temperatures again 6—8. as we move into the middle part of the week, this waterfront arrives in the north—west from the atlantic. the centre of the high drift further into continental europe, still sufficient moisture, light winds and clear skies overnight to bring a frost for england and wales. probably more of this mist and fog and low cloud. could be a dull day for some. not a great deal of rain on that when a front as it pushes across scotland towards cumbria which i was following behind. quite mild here but cold where it stays grey across central parts of england. by the time we get into thursday the winds should be pushing away, but missed nissan rain and fog, instead an active weather fronts should bring heavy rain into the hills of western scotland. some patchy rain elsewhere in scotland, dribs and drabs for northern ireland and the far north of england, still dry and bri

heavy rain has led to many parts of southern england being inundated, with roads and railways affected. 0ur correspondent tolu adeoye reports. across the south—eastvernight. flooded roads causing disruption for drivers on one of the busiest travel days of the year. in buckstead, in east sussex, one couple told us how they were unable to leave their home because of the water. it was quite forceful, and it got up to the height of the brickwork there. you can see it. it got — it was about 18 inches, two feet deep, and when i was wandering around the garden trying to rescue things, obviously it was up over my knees, and quite strong. we are raised above ground, and we have three steps, but it was actually lapping the top, almost going over the top steps. so it was about three inches from the kitchen door. much of the disruption involved routes heading for gatwick, the country's second—busiest airport. in west sussex, the m23 was partially closed after a nearby river burst its banks. and this is what the rain led to in surrey — a landslip near to guilford, causing major disruption along the main railway line. what i would like to do is to take the opp

of england. maybe a touch wintry over the higher hills. temperatures seven degrees, scotland, northern ireland. still 13 perhaps in east anglia and the southrong and gusty wind, really picking up in ireland. and we are going to find storm atiya really strengthening those winds during the evening and overnight, pushing them into wales and the south—west, where here we're looking at gusts of 70 miles an hour, possibly even a touch more than that, together with some squally bursts of rain. moving into monday though, things slowly calm down from the west as this ridge of high pressure moves in. for most of the day the strongest of the winds will be down those eastern coasts of england and scotland. together with a fair number of showers first thing. those become fewer. most places become dry. still going to be a windy day but the wind will gradually lessen, throughout the day. we'll see our first spots of rain perhaps arriving in northern ireland by the end of the afternoon. out of that, temperatures only five, six degrees in eastern scotland, north—east england. 12 celsius in the south—west. so the winds easing slowly on monday but then picki

scotland, and elsewhere, some clear spells, perhaps in pockets of frost again down towards the south—east of englandibly sing above freezing, about 3—6d. on thursday, it will turn quite windy for all of us, but especially towards northern areas. with that, this weather system areas. with that, this weather syste m m oves areas. with that, this weather system moves on, and it will bring some particularly heavy rain across northern ireland and scotland. some of that also edging its way into northern areas of england, notice the greens across the west of scotland. during thursday and into friday, we can see a lot of room for falling, maybe 70—80 millimetres. 0ver higher ground, persistent and heavy rain. areas which have not received too much rainfall so far during the autumn. further south and east, dry with more sunny spells in the south—east. temperatures 8—10d, but remarkably, throughout thursday night, temperatures will rise through the uk. temperatures in double figures in most areas, 11—12. we start friday morning with a lot of cloud, outbreaks of rain, rain at times for much of the day, the mor