and as a result, you see both in virginia and new south wales, you see a growing economy. virginia was just pleased to announce that amazon would move their headquarters to the arlington, alexandra, area in part because of investments they made. new south wales enjoys the lowest unemployment rate in australia and the highest rate of their citizens in jobs. that's the kind of outcome that can be obtained when policymakers stop debating. we stop trying to pick a team, and instead provide as many options as possible and use them to be able to -- as a comprehensive and diverse approach to be able to meet transportation needs. >> all right. thanks, jen. melanie? >> i want to start off talking about two things that you need to know about me. one, first, i'm an urban planner who ran for office. and i've been on city council for ten years. i love what i do, and i ran to better -- you know, make improvements in my community but also get better at development, the profession professional. the second is i work in the city of detroit helping a neighborhood nonprofit on detroit's east

new south wales did a fantastic job of maximizing the benefits of that program.urrently delivering a massive upgrade of their metro system as a result. but i think where we've missed -- what we've missed in this conversation is -- and let's move it to the u.s. context for a minute. yes, that was a successful program in australia. there are lessons to learn from that. but i don't think anyone here in the market in the u.s. is suggesting we duplicate it. i think what we're talking about is there exists assets in the u.s. that have a tremendous amount of trap value. and we look at the whole host of options available. we are so far behind in the u.s. we can't leave an option off the table. so if you look at the existing assets in the context of the u.s., let's just take my sector by itself. if you took the top ten largest public toll road facilities in the u.s., we think the value would be about $260 billion. and if you take care of the debt, you're looking at generating about $150 billion of funding to be able to support the construction and upgrading of the u.s. in

heavy snow has swept across south wales across south wales and southern england, leaving motorists strandedngs for snow and ice covering southern, eastern and north—eastern england, as well as parts of wales and scotland. the three main health screening programmes in england — for bowel, breast and cervical cancer — have all failed to meet government targets. and in sport. jonny bairstow believes the pitch in antigua that saw england's batsmen dismissed forjust 187 in the second test against the west indies could hold the answer for their bowlers, going into day 2. last season's super league man of steel ben barba has been sacked by his new club north queensland cowboys after a serious breach of his contract. barba joined st helens in may 2017, having left australia the previous year following a positive test for cocaine. and wales head coach warren gatland is focused on his defence as they look to earn an opening six nations win against france in paris tonight. i'll be back with more on those stories after half—past. the comedianjeremy hardy has died of cancer at the age of 57. he won the

heavy snow has swept across south wales and southern england, leaving motorists stranded and causing and ice covering southern, eastern and north—eastern england, as well as parts of wales and scotland. the three main health screening programmes in england, for bowel, breast and cervical cancer, have all failed to meet government targets. i'm jamie robertson in the business news: the tsb bank has revealed how much its computer meltdown cost last year, £330 million which pushed the bank into a loss in 2018 of over 100 million. it made a profit in 2017. uk manufacturers are preparing for brexit by stockpiling raw materials at the fastest pace on record. the research, by ihs markit reported two other findings: employment in the sector has dropped and: export orders are "near—stagnant". oddbins, the off—licence chain, has gone into administration, putting hundreds ofjobs at risk. an administrator has been appointed to run the business while they attempt to find a buyer. one in four uk households do not have insurance cover for their possessions, according to the association of british ins

heavy snow has swept across south wales and southern england, leaving motorists stranded and causing arnings covering southern, eastern and north—eastern england, as well as parts of wales and scotland. police appeal for a mother to come forward after a baby girl was found abandoned in a park in east london. tsb records losses of over 100 million as it counts the cost of last year's it meltdown, which caused chaos for thousands of customers. time now for the morning briefing, where we bring you up to speed on the stories people are watching, reading and sharing. one thing that's got everyone talking this morning is the freezing weather, as we've been hearing, snow has swept across a swathe of wales and southern england, causing problems on the roads, and disrupting rail services and air travel. steve was stuck for several hours on the a30 in cornwall. he's been talking to bbc radio 5 live. i finally made it home at 4.30 this morning. so, it was a long old drive. talk us through yourjourney. i left poole in dorset, looking at the weather forecast, and decided to leave quite early becau

and after 60 years of south wales. and after 60 years of laying dormant...at the moment, this is the only way down. it is a 60 foot abseil down into the heart of the tunnel. hello? hello. mr mchugh. steve mackey has grown up with this lying on his doorstep. i started coming in here when i was ten and! started coming in here when i was ten and i would set their marvelling at the work and the workmanship and the craftsmanship of the tunnel. opened in 189a almost 80 years, trains ferried coal and also passengers through the hills to the port of swansea. after a temporary closure in the late 60s on safety grounds, it never reopened. its rebirth of the cycling footpath has become the rhondda tunnel society ‘s full—time goal. become the rhondda tunnel society ‘s full-time goal. i don't care how long it takes to open the tunnel, it needs to be opened because it a magnificent struck. at just over two miles long, this would be the longest cycling tunnel in europe and the second longest in the world. it we re the second longest in the world. it were to reopen. but the

the main focus is the zone, say, from south wales across east anglia and anywhere south of here.stays close by as we go into friday. now, whilst the earlier amber warning from the met office has expired, we still have yellow warnings in place for both snow and ice. so, slippery surfaces, tricky travelling conditions. stay up—to—date with the latest travel news on your bbc local radio station. by friday morning, we are likely to see perhaps 5—10 centimetres of snow across parts of wales, south—west england, particularly over the higher ground, up towards the chilterns and the cotswolds. at least a couple of centimetres elsewhere. and we will start to see further sleet and snow showers piling into north—east england. some of those may well get further south and westwards, perhaps down towards the midlands. should be a fine start to the day across northern ireland, but cold and frosty. and a really cold start again across scotland, although not quite as cold as the nightjust gone. and, once again, frequent snow showers piling into north scotland, the highlands and also the northern

the main focus is a zone, say, from south wales across east anglia and anywhere south of here.n by this area of low pressure, which stays close by as we go into friday. now, whilst the earlier amber warning from the met office has expired, we still have yellow warnings in place for both snow and ice. so, slippery surfaces, tricky travelling conditions. stay up—to—date with the latest travel news on your bbc local radio station. by friday morning, we are likely to see perhaps 5—10 centimetres of snow across parts of wales, south—west england, particularly over the higher ground, up towards the chilterns and the cotswolds. at least a couple of centimetres elsewhere. and we will start to see further sleet and snow showers piling into north—east england. some of those may well get further south and westwards, perhaps down towards the midlands. should be a fine start to the day across northern ireland, but cold and frosty. and a really cold start again across scotland, although not quite as cold as the nightjust gone. and, once again, frequent snow showers piling into north scotland

the main focus is the zone, say, from south wales across east anglia and anywhere south of here. as we go into friday. now, whilst the earlier amber warning from the met office has expired, we still have yellow warnings in place for both snow and ice. so, slippery surfaces, tricky travelling conditions. stay up—to—date with the latest travel news on your bbc local radio station. by friday morning, we are likely to see perhaps 5—10 centimetres of snow across parts of wales, south—west england, particularly over the higher ground, up towards the chilterns and the cotswolds. at least a couple of centimetres elsewhere. and we will start to see further sleet and snow showers piling into north—east england. some of those may well get further south and westwards, perhaps down towards the midlands. should be a fine start to the day across northern ireland, but cold and frosty. and a really cold start again across scotland, although not quite as cold as the nightjust gone. and, once again, frequent snow showers piling into north scotland, the highlands and also the northern ireland. so, a

the main focus is the zone, say, from south wales across east anglia and anywhere south of here.e met office has expired, we still have yellow warnings in place for both snow and ice. so, slippery surfaces, tricky travelling conditions. stay up—to—date with the latest travel news on your bbc local radio station. by friday morning, we are likely to see perhaps 5—10 centimetres of snow across parts of wales, south—west england, particularly over the higher ground, up towards the chilterns and the cotswolds. at least a couple of centimetres elsewhere. and we will start to see further sleet and snow showers piling into north—east england. some of those may well get further south and westwards, perhaps down towards the midlands. should be a fine start to the day across northern ireland, but cold and frosty. and a really cold start again across scotland, although not quite as cold as the nightjust gone. and, once again, frequent snow showers piling into north scotland, the highlands and also the northern ireland. so, as the day wears on on friday, we will keep our zone of snow showers

this is in new south wales -- this is in south wales, the humble home of newport county.e set to face manchester city. it is the pitch here that creates a fascinating -- the club shares this pitch with two rugby teams, which means around 60 games have been played here already, and it is not in the kind of condition the premier league teams expect. >> this is probably the most utilized pitch in the country given that there are three teams playing on it. we play in on it weekend, week out. our boys are used to the nooks and crannies, et cetera. formed in 1912, in 1999 the club was so full of debt that it was liquidated. but the fans came together and launch date new club which rose to nonleague football, regain status, and now has games like this to make a city proud. >> i think it is the biggest game in the club's history. you have people camping out for tickets. there's lots of people who didn't manage to get tickets. i think if we had a bigger stadium, we would have sold double the amount. 80 leakre are more than places between newport and premier league leader city. cit

south—east. further north, sunshine or northern england and wales. breeze, quite cold. 3— 6 degrees celsius. with the wind, it will feel colder than that. some of the snow showers lingering across parts of eastern scotland, north—east england. clearer skies further west. again, sub 0 temperatures so bitterly cold start to your weekend. likely to be some ice and snow lying around 1st thing saturday morning. through the day on saturday, quieter than today with a breach of high pressure building in. dry weather for many western parts of the uk. in the east snow flurries for north—east england, north scotla nd for north—east england, north scotland as well. rain and sleet across the east anglia and the south—east. skies further west. top temperatures and be reaching 3— 7d. only the 2nd half of the weekend, a return of the sunshine for sunday. more rain and hill snow for the west later on in the day. those temperatures will not be quite as cold by sunday. a— 9d on sunday. generally cold with lying snow through the weekend. sunshine and further wintry showe

we had a lot of snow across southern parts of england and south wales. ten or 15 centimetres in places. today, with all of that lying snow and ice, travel disruption is likely under the snow is still falling. there is a met 0ffice amber warning and force around parts of 0xfordshire, berkshire and north hampshire, in that area and additional five centimetres of snow is expected through the rush—hour. that is going to cause additional problems. the snow is coming from this little weather front across southern areas. it will gradually weaken through today, just some flurries continuing into the afternoon across southern areas. around the coasts of kent, essex, norfolk and suffolk, mainly rain as it moves its way in. still flurries elsewhere, and we have snow showers moving into the pennines. north—eastern parts of england as well. snow showers in the far north of scotland. elsewhere, across scotla nd of scotland. elsewhere, across scotland and northern ireland there is going to be some sunshine. widely below freezing, —15 degrees in rural parts of scotland,

an old rail track that once connected the coal towns of the valleys and the ports of south wales.ycle path. but at the moment, this is the only way down. it is a 60—foot abseil down into the heart of the tunnel. hello? hello. nice to meet you. i'm hugh. steve mackey has grown up with this lying on his doorstep. i started coming in here when i was ten and i would sit there marvelling at the work and the workmanship and the craftsmanship of the tunnel. opened in 1890, for almost 80 years, trains ferried coal and also passengers through the hills to the port of swansea. after a temporary closure in the late ‘60s on safety grounds, it never reopened. its rebirth as a cycling footpath has become the rhondda tunnel society's full—time goal. i don't care how long it takes to open the tunnel, it needs to be opened because it is a magnificent structure. atjust over two miles long, this would be the longest cycling tunnel in europe and the second longest in the world. if it were to reopen. but the project is still in its infancy. although a recent survey concluded that most of the structure

time but on a short break when we come back i'm a whiling is that the ground mind me provided in south wales home of newport county football club and they're about supply billionaires manchester city in the f.a. cup they're not from secret weapon is that page. or. the latest news as it breaks out of vishal free vaccination rates here are dropped significantly with detailed coverage match her on to the streets celebrating our country for twenty five dogs in a tournament. from around the world there's growing resentment toward this current view not just here in philly go throughout your phone west africa. put them on top of the sport his summer thank you very much former n.f.l. quarterback calling topper nick has reached an out of court settlement with the league cup win it had claimed he was being treated unfairly because of his political views in two thousand and seventeen kaepernick and another player recreated the alleged that team owners that were colluding against them the pair made headlines a full protesting against racial injustice by kneeling during the playing of the national anthem

from eastern scotland and north—east england but mainly double figures across southern england south walescotland and more cloud coming into scotland and northern ireland. a very weak weather fun producing more and northern ireland. a very weak weatherfun producing more rain and drizzle that will topple down into the north west of england. spreading up the north west of england. spreading upfor the north west of england. spreading up for the north as well. temperatures back up to ten or 11 and maybe even 12 celsius. that feed of northerly doesn't last very long. we will feed out here all the way from the south in high—pressure setting to the south—east of the uk which are significant. join our area are from a long way so this is mild there. quite greasy across northern and western parts of the uk the weekend and these temperatures ten or 11 weekend and these temperatures ten or11 and weekend and these temperatures ten or 11 and maybe 12 degrees. not much rain around at toll and some sunshine at times. —— at all. good afternoon. company bosses could face stricter sentences of up to seven ye

the very first thing the south wales police raised with me when i first elected in 2001 was the problemn from other police forces in europe so that they could tackle paedophilia in the south wales valleys. we have managed to achieve that over the years, as i'm sure the premise that knows from her time as home secretary. but if we leave without a deal, we will not have a deal on security. and that means the police from the day afterwards will not have access to that information. how will we make sure that we are safe if we proceed down a no—deal path?” sure that we are safe if we proceed down a no-deal path? i do indeed recognise the issue raised by the right honourable gentleman. it is one of the other things i did when i became home secretary, to agree that the uk should be part of the european union investigation order. i stood at the dispatch box with his right honourable friend is trying to stop me to ensure that we are keeping like the european arrest warrant. i believe that leaving with the deal is the right thing to be done for this country for a variety of reasons. most people f

fashion designer, jayne pierson joins us via webcam from south wales.d karl lagerfeld was something of an inspiration to you. 100%, he was such an innovator, he made, he relaunched chanel, 30 years of ha rd graft made, he relaunched chanel, 30 years of hard graft and now it is an amazing brand. he will be so much missed. and what is it about him that was so special, how did he manage to reignite that brand? that was so special, how did he manage to reignite that brand7m was during the time of the 1980s and if you remember, the era of the supermodel and he made these wonderful supermodels wearing chanel, dancing down the catwalk, they wore scuba diving suits, sunglasses, handbags, he just relocated and redesigned the chanel label and he also started to use that logo and make it to print and that logo and make it to print and that was something that had not been done before. so he was incredible, and leaves an incredible legacy behind him. we'rejust looking at images of him without trademark white hair in a ponytail, the shades, that starched collar and b

the main focus is the zone from south wales to east anglia and anywhere south of here, all driven bylow warnings in place for both snow and ice, slippery services and travel —— tricky travelling conditions. stay up—to—date with the latest travelling use in your bbc radio station. friday morning, we are likely to see 5—10 centimetres of snow across wales, south—western england, especially the high ground towards the chilterns and cotswolds. a couple of centimetres elsewhere. further sleet and snow showers piling into north—east england, which may well get further south and west, perhaps towards the midlands. a fine start the day across northern ireland but cold and frosty and a really cold start across northern scotland, but not as cold as the knightsjust gone, scotland, but not as cold as the knights just gone, with frequent snow showers piling into northern scotland, the highlands and also the northern islands. as the day wears on friday we will keep our snow of —— our zone on friday we will keep our snow of —— ourzone of on friday we will keep our snow of —— our zone of snow shower

fast through the bail of york and southern england and south east wales as well. england. the cloud rolling in from the west ahead of the arrival of wet weather. rainfall in northern ireland, the south—west of england. pushing eastwards through the day. east of scotland and eastern england staying mostly dry. sky is clouding over. we will keep all the cloud and the out ranks of patchy rain overnight tuesday into wednesday. still quite a breeze as well. a reasonably mild night but when we do see those skies are clear, they could be a touch of frost but generally frost free and i'll start to wednesday. showers from the word go on wednesday for the west of the country. some rain in the south—east to eventually. clearing its way off towards the south—east and then we are left with a westerly flow of air. a showery thing for northern ireland, western scotla nd thing for northern ireland, western scotland and through the day some of the rain in the south pushing back soa the rain in the south pushing back so a little bit of a soggy afternoon for south—east england, east

it could be said the game of the day was in south wales as swansea beat brentford.t two goals in four minutes after the interval swung the match in swansea's favour. danieljames with the second of them. brentford were reduced to ten men before bersent celina made it 3—1. and they sealed the win late on, george byers picking his spot for swansea's fourth to reach the last eight two years in a row. they were the better team first off. we had to respond to half—time because the atmosphere in the environment was not so positive. we have to lift up ourselves with a lot of young players, players starting their careers. but i thought their application and attitude and performance and quality was somebody proud of. in the women's fa cup, chelsea are a step closer to succesfully defending their title. they're through to the quarter—finals after beating arsenal 3—0 in a repeat of last year's final. beth england scored twice for chelsea, but it wasjonna andersson with the best goal of the game with a long—range effort. elsehwere, super league—leaders manchester city won 3—0 at

the cardiff city striker was being flown to south wales from nantes in france by 59—year—old david ibbotsonane lost radar contact. two weeks later, underwater cameras have identified that a body is onboard. the wreckage was found 30 miles north of guernsey, following a search which covered an area of four square nautical miles. two ships, the fpv morven, the vessel paid for by the sala family, and the geo ocean iii, hired by the air accidents investigation branch, both combed this position. sonar underwater detection equipment carried onboard the fpv morven located the aircraft in 63 metres of water. the morven has now completed its part in the operation and will soon be returning to southampton. ross taylor was one of the team onboard during the search. the weather is very challenging, it's — to identify something on the sea bed is not as straightforward as perhaps you might understand, so you do need experienced personnel to interpret that data, to develop a strategy to know what to do next. so even though we are obviously very pleased the plane's been found, but we're also very surprised

that has become part of the history of the labour movement in the south wales valleys and he has nevericularly highly there. while i admire john mcdonnell for most of the time speaking his mind roughing it is really refreshing that he does not shy away from sharing his opinions, you would think that someone might churchill, you might have been able to have come up with a more balanced answer. ido come up with a more balanced answer. i do not think anybody would criticise him for saying he is a bit of both. there was deliberately —— gallipoli and suggestions he knew about them bombing raids beforehand. these views now are clearly incredibly outdated and wrong. nevertheless he has some unpopular and divisive views. he was also the marl and divisive views. he was also the man who stood up to appeasing hitler and two goes through, as a country, through the war. we know how the brits feel about the second world war. he led us. there is a great deal of national affection for him as well as recognising it is a bit ofa as well as recognising it is a bit of a mixed as well as recognising it is

the main focus is the zone, say, from south wales across east anglia and anywhere south of here., whilst the earlier amber warning from the met office has expired, we still have yellow warnings in place for both snow and ice. so, slippery surfaces, tricky travelling conditions. stay up—to—date with the latest travel news on your bbc local radio station. by friday morning, we are likely to see perhaps 5—10 centimetres of snow across parts of wales, south—west england, particularly over the higher ground, up towards the chilterns and the cotswolds. at least a couple of centimetres elsewhere. and we will start to see further sleet and snow showers piling into north—east england. some of those may well get further south and westwards, perhaps down towards the midlands. should be a fine start to the day across northern ireland, but cold and frosty. and a really cold start again across scotland, although not quite as cold as the nightjust gone. and, once again, frequent snow showers piling into north scotland, the highlands and also the northern ireland. so, as the day wears on on frid

the main focus is a zone from south wales across to east anglia and south of here or driven by this areaocal radio for updates. 3— seven centimetres on friday across central and southern england, ten centimetres across higher south england and wales. increasingly patchy. further snow showers feeding in north—east england across the north york moors to the midlands through the day. still this frequent snow across the highlands of scotla nd snow across the highlands of scotland and northern isles. another couple of centimetres on top of what we‘ve seen. a cold feeling day or us. we‘ve seen. a cold feeling day or us. not as cold as thursday. highlands starting as low as —10. sunshine across northern ireland and southern scotland away from these wintry showers, sunshine and snow turning increasingly like sleet across southern turning increasingly like sleet across southern areas. turning increasingly like sleet across southern areas. quite windy at times, brisk northerly winds exacerbating cold. temperatures four, five celsius but they should be above freezing across northern england and sco

there was an amber weather warning in place across the south west and south wales, with wider yellow our correspondentjon kay reports from devon. when it came down, it really came down. a treacherous rush hour in devon tonight. main roads blocked. back lanes impassible. vehicles abandoned across dartmoor. i can't move my car, i came off the a30 and was just slipping and ijust couldn't move my car from about here. so i thought it was safer to not try and drive it. in cornwall, 100 drivers have been stuck on bodmin moor. police say they have been making intensive efforts to reach them. with traffic, that stands as far as the eye can see up the hill and as far as the eye can see in the distance. if these vehicles don't get moved, this could be a major incident, depending on how long we are stuck here, really. parts of mid—wales have had a pasting and, with more heavy snow due tonight, some rural communities are at risk of being cut off. on snowdonia, a warning for climbers and walkers. the wind chill factor at the top, you're talking about —20 degrees. so we are trying to emphasise the

the main focus is a zone say from south wales across east anglia and anywhere south of here, all drivens expired, we still have yellow warnings in place for both snow and ice, so slippery surfaces, tricky travelling conditions. stay up—to—date with the latest travel news on your bbc local radio station. by friday morning we are likely to see perhaps five to ten centimetres of snow across parts of wales, south—west england, particular it over high ground up to the chilterns and the cotswolds, at least a couple of centimetres elsewhere. and we will see further sleet and snow showers piling into north—east england. some of those may get further south and west was perhaps down towards the midlands. should be a fine start to the day across northern ireland, but cold and frosty and a really cold start at roscommon, although not as cold as the nightjust gone, and once again frequent so shall apply the internet or that scotland, highlands and also the northern ireland. so as the day wears on on friday week it our zone of snow showers across central and southern england. it will become more frag

the main focus is the zone, say, from south wales across east anglia and anywhere south of here.. now, whilst the earlier amber warning from the met office has expired, we still have yellow warnings in place for both snow and ice. so, slippery surfaces, tricky travelling conditions. stay up—to—date with the latest travel news on your bbc local radio station. by friday morning, we are likely to see perhaps 5—10 centimetres of snow across parts of wales, south—west england, particularly over the higher ground, up towards the chilterns and the cotswolds. at least a couple of centimetres elsewhere. and we will start to see further sleet and snow showers piling into north—east england. some of those may well get further south and westwards, perhaps down towards the midlands. should be a fine start to the day across northern ireland, but cold and frosty. and a really cold start again across scotland, although not quite as cold as the nightjust gone. and, once again, frequent snow showers piling into north scotland, the highlands and also the northern ireland. so, as the day wears on on

lengthy spells of sunshine, quite breezy and some showers which could be heavy in south wales in the thunder possible, and it might not be quite as mild as on wednesday. there will be times during the week when it is cooler but we are never far away from the next weather system bringing in milder conditions again. that is the case as we head 35 —— three friday. the rain will start to make inroads. many areas seeing temperatures above average for the time of year. into the weekend, not much changes. low pressure towards the north and west, and we will see something cooler work its way and for a time as we head through sunday into monday, but it looks like high pressure starts to build from the south. if that happens, it will be drier in the south and the wet and windy weather will be in the north. for many areas, temperatures will recover so it should remain fairly mild. hello. welcome to look add to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me arejohn rentoul, chief political commentator at the independent, and rachel cunliffe, comment and features editor at city am. welcome

rather grey and gloomy skies with the good part of the day across parts of southern england and south walesunshine and temperatures. it is been sunny in scarborough. you can see the difference on the satellite pictures over the past few hours. you can see the breaks in northern england and the breaks in northern england and the cloud is pushing its way further north. it is scotland is seeing some sunshine but not much point northern scotland. not much sunshine for northern ireland but a mild day. they went picking up in northern ireland and well fresh and everywhere. some rain coming into northern ireland at times and western scotland, elsewhere dry. the low cloud will get pushed northwards out of the way by the end of the night. skies will be clearing for many places but it should not get cold because of that breeze. we have got ragged rain coming in from the west, not much of it for western parts of wales and the fire south—west of england. eastern england and northern england as well. little bit of rain to begin the date for northern ireland and perhaps something a bit more substantial o

so later in the morning, there'll be some rain for northern ireland, wales, the south—west of englandgland should stay mostly dry. although skies will cloud over and temperature will range between around 6—12 degrees, on tuesday afternoon. now, we'll keep all the cloud and the outbreaks of patchy rain overnight tuesday into wednesday. still quite a breeze too. so for many of us it will be a reasonably mild night but where we do see those skies clear, particularly in the north, could just be a touch of frost, but generally a frost—free and a mild start to your wednesday. now, through the day on wednesday, showers from the word go across the north—west of the country. initially some rain in the south—east too and that's down to this weather front that you can see on the map here. it is clearing its way off towards the south—east and then we're all left with this westerly flow of air. so quite a showery scene for northern ireland, western scotland too. and through the day, we'll see some of that rain in the south just pushing back in, so a bit of a soggy afternoon, i think, for south—eas

south wales affected over the last 24 to 48 hours.inds associated with thunderstorms starting to pull away now. warming up across parts of victoria and southern australia come cool conditions recently. meanwhile a deep area of low pressure, this tropical cyclone, bringing strong winds and heavy rain to some places and new caledonia over the next few days. then rain working northwards across new zealand, bringing some respite to the wildfires in the nelson region. behind the cold front, as the name implies, temperatures dipping dramatically by ten or 12 celsius across the south island, and heaviest rain will be here. across north—eastern states of india over the next days, red and amber warnings. snow across kashmir and some really torrential thunderstorm is potentially bringing big hill across some north—eastern states. further south and west are com pletely states. further south and west are completely different story, dry as you might expect. blue colours developing with indications of some heavy and thundery showers. across to euro

hundreds of schools and colleges across wales and the south—west are closed, and all flights from bristolave been cancelled while the runways are cleared. really heavy rain, washing the roads, that suddenly froze and turned to snow, and within 20 minutes there must have been 2—3 inches of snow, and within a further half hour it was six inches. and everything ground to halt almost immediately.” six inches. and everything ground to halt almost immediately. i consider myself one of the ones, to get home at1:30am in the myself one of the ones, to get home at 1:30am in the morning. the last five miles of the journey, i could see the carnage on the eastbound carriageway, and where all the blue light response was under all the craters were. forecasters are warning the bad weather is not over yet, there are yellow and amber warnings, yellow meaning the possibility of travel disruption in place for much of southern england. northern scotland and the wk as well. forecasts show further snowfall is expected in northern scotland, northern england and the south—west. a newborn baby girl has been found

still quite cold air here but as you head further south, we're looking at 12 degrees in south wales andinto wednesday, we've still got one sitting towards the uk. it looks like having cleared away, the rain will return across central southern england, eventually into east anglia. away from here, perhaps some sunshine but there will be a few blustery showers coming into northern ireland and western scotla nd northern ireland and western scotland where the badgers will be a little lower at seven or 8 degrees. always milder across the southern half of the uk. you can feel for thirsty, we got westerly winds at this stage that south—westerly winds return during friday and milder air returns as well. but there's the, its sunshine and showers but those temperatures are near normal time of year. it's increasingly windy as we head into friday. a body is seen in the wreckage of the plane carrying the footballer emiliano sala and his pilot. an underwater search reveals the plane fuselage at the bottom of the channel. we wanted to go out there and find the plane. we're pleased that that happened. i

some mist and fog patches on wednesday morning, especially across south wales and southern england, thatcloud perhaps around irish seacoast into the north—west of scotland. temperatures are run 13-17d, of scotland. temperatures are run 13—17d, not quite as high as today, not likely to reach 19—20d. as we go through the rest of the week we open up through the rest of the week we open up the door to the atlantic, the wind switching to a westerly direction, you can see these weather fronts moving on, during thursday much more cloud across the uk, some rain moving through northern ireland, the isle of man, wales and the midlands and the south of england. further north and east remaining dry, some bright spells, temperatures have ta ken remaining dry, some bright spells, temperatures have taken a dip, 10-12d. that is temperatures have taken a dip, 10—12d. that is still above the average for this time of year. as we continue into the weekend, the jet strea m continue into the weekend, the jet stream driving the weather, you can see it's more of a westerly position right across the weekend. tha

still dry across south wales and england. temperatures back up wales and england.3 degrees. over the weekend, the rain will be over northern parts of the uk, but late in the week it turns milder once again. —— over mid week, the rain will be over northern parts of the uk. a similar pattern to last week, high pressure over the southern part of the uk, chilly mornings, some mist and fog, but warm by day. sake this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley. the headlines: the family of shemima begum — the british teenager who ran away to syria to join the islamic state group — say she has given birth to a boy. president trump warns the us will have to release hundreds of islamic state fighters unless the uk and other allies can take reponsibility for those jihadists who came from europe. hundreds of passengers are left with plane tickets they can't use, and hundreds ofjobs are at risk as flybmi collapses. millions of workers could see their take—home pay fall in six weeks' time when the amount they have to pay into their pension pot increases. theresa may writes to every conservativ

has brought the champions of english football to grounds that rather avoid this is the parade in south wales the modest home of newport county it's about to host the last sixteen match against one of world football's richest clubs manchester city and it's the pitch that provides a fascinating ingredient in this match between the big guys and small guys the cops share this pitch with. which means around sixty games are being played on it already this season and it's not in the kind of condition that premier league football as would expect but great stuff you know they do a terrific job this probably pitches the most utilized pitch in the country given that there are three changed playing playing on it but of course we play on it we can we are used to the nooks and crannies except. you know hopefully that will help on the day the existence of this card is never taken for granted formed in nineteen twelve in one thousand nine hundred nine the card was so full of debt it was liquidated but the fans came together and launched a new car that rose through non-league football regain their league sta

some sunshine for eastern scotland and north—east england, milder elsewhere, 12 degrees across south walesth west of england. the milder air comes with a good deal of cloud, stronger when and weather fronts that were pushed eastwards overnight. this one looks like it will stall. behind that, a few showers coming in on wednesday across northern ireland, especially developing across western parts of scotland. sunshine elsewhere, you can see the rain returning to parts of southern england, especially the south east and later into east anglia. but it is here we will find the highest temperatures. always across the southern half of the uk, still a bit chilly at times further north. it will be a bit cooler on friday but still we have westerly winds on thursday and into friday, more of a south—westerly wind pushing in the milder air. bringing with it some rain. as we look to thursday, temperatures are near normal. some sunshine and some showers, then we get stronger winds, milderairand showers, then we get stronger winds, milder air and some showers, then we get stronger winds, milderairand some

patchy rain for northern england and north wales but still dry in southern england, the midlands and south waleswards the end of the week, the next system comes in with this looks like it will be kept to the west of us because that high pressure is dominant and it is starting to build in across the uk. light winds in england and wales, a chilly start, mist and fog patches and some sunshine. a bit more cloud in the breeze for scotland and northern ireland but all it was on thursday should have a dry day and the temperatures are rising everywhere. 13—15d. they are climbing later in the week as well and continue to climb on friday. a week with the front in the far north—west should get blown away by the strong winds, a dry day for the most, spells of sunshine and some morning mist and fog where the winds are light but the temperatures are up are light but the temperatures are up to 15 or even 16. into the weekend, temperatures might reach 18 degrees in the sunshine but equally, there might be some more mist and fog around. that is because the position of the high pressure, at the centre of it, that

think cloud will be a bigger feature of the forecast of the next few days, southern england in south walesount of cloud as well. northeast england in northeast scotla nd well. northeast england in northeast scotland seeing the best of the sunshine and what will be quite a breezy day, but again, even if you stick with the cloud, you're looking at highs from 11 to 1a degrees and may be up to around 15 and the sunnier parts of eastern england. as we move out of saturday and into sunday, the set up looks like this. high pressure across a big part of europe, blocking weather systems trying to push and from the west. so these fronts moving into western areas will not sweep through neatly and they get stuck running against that block of high pressure so they just drift across and that is where we will see some patches of rain in those temperatures again after and 15 degrees. low pressure in church as we head to the start of the new working week, this weather front is giving us a little bit of a headache at the moment, it may be a ripple i’u ns at the moment, it may be a ripple runs up this and br