thank you, stav.f edinburgh. it's good to have you with us again this morning, linger. we have so much to go through, haven't we? so we start with the 67 local authorities using these enhanced tests in a bid to cut these cases and ease restrictions as to mark how quickly will we know if they are making a difference? well, they are very rapid tests stop there is a bit ofa very rapid tests stop there is a bit of a debate about their accuracy. in fa ct, of a debate about their accuracy. in fact, some results were released from the liverpool pilot just earlier this week and you can see these tests are good at picking up positive cases, people with a higher viral load, but actually, they are not that good at being absolutely certain that somebody who tests negative really is negative. so let's be cautious about them. but they are very quick. it's places like slovakia where they have tested a very significant majority of the population, they discovered thousands of cases in the population they didn't know a

time for a look at the weather with stav da naos. hello, there. it's been a cold day today with very light winds, and we've seen some mist and fog which has been stubborn to clear. the reason for the light winds is, as you can see on the pressure chart, barely any isobars and that stagnant air continues into the start of next week as well. now, we start to see those showers fading away and becoming confined to coastal areas. most places will be dry tonight and we'll start to see a return to some dense fog around, some frost and also a risk of some ice in places as temperatures for many of us hover around freezing, and a few places below freezing. so it's a cold start to monday, rather grey with some dense fog around which could be slow to clear, and where the fog lingers it's going to stay pretty cold. start to see some showers and stronger winds moving into the east coast of scotland and north—east england, a few showers also affecting the channel area. otherwise it's a dry and a chilly day with limited brightness, temperatures three to six degre

here's stav da naos.s mixture of rain, sleet and snow, and also strong winds, will ease down this we can. it will be cold but dry, a little quieterfor many of us, and even a little sunshine around. we still have low pressure spinning around on top of us, bringing rain, some hillsnow gci’oss us, bringing rain, some hillsnow across central and northern areas, and strong winds, particularly down the irish sea coast. things will dry up the irish sea coast. things will dry up across eastern the irish sea coast. things will dry up across eastern england, clear skies here with a touch of frost and ice. heavy showers on the east coast in east anglia and the far south—east. the low pressure will pull south as we head into the weekend, so it looks like it will affect wales and the south west of england with stronger wind and bands of rain, a little hill snow in places. it will ease down through the day. in north and eastern scotland, perhaps eastern england, one or two showers, wintering us on high ground. there co

here's stav with a look at the weather.oler around the christmas period but nothing, i do not think it will be cold enough for any snow if that's what people are expecting, atypical british christmastime weather. for the next few days it is looking unsettled and mild. low pressure pushing on of the atla ntic mild. low pressure pushing on of the atlantic and it will introduce outbreaks of rain, turning windier as well and you can see here showing up as well and you can see here showing up on the pressure chart very clearly, slowly moving in from the west end it has been dry, clear and quite chilly across northern and eastern areas overnight. the milder airwill eastern areas overnight. the milder air will start to push up from the south into much of the southern half of the country for this afternoon so we start off dry across northern eastern scotland, east anglia, the of england, and in the cloud and rain will reach here and some of it heavy, as you can see some green colours mixed in and some drier interludes at times so i

now it's time for a look at the weather with stav.efore the weather, sorry, i'm going to show you some pictures that have just come in to us, about the delivery of the vaccine. a hospital in croydon, the first hospital in the uk to receive the vaccine. of course, the vaccine is going to be arriving over the weekend, but these are the first pictures we have got about that, and they are due to be administered on tuesday, top priority given to vaccinating the over 80s, front line care front line health care workers, care home staff. it needs to be stored at extremely low temperatures. i think that box said —25, but initial reports said it has to be stored at -70. reports said it has to be stored at —70. maybe this isjust reports said it has to be stored at —70. maybe this is just the reports said it has to be stored at —70. maybe this isjust the holding package for it. emergency use approvalfor the vaccine package for it. emergency use approval for the vaccine developed by pfizer jumping ahead approval for the vaccine developed by pfizer

now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello there.the scene, and even today we are going to see some windy weather at times with some heavy rain which is slowly spreading northwards and eastwards. this afternoon it looks like central and southern scotland and northern england could see some of the heaviest rain as it moves northwards. there will be some drier interludes following on behind across the south but it is going to be a windy day, gusts of 30mph inland, up to 50mph on southern and western coasts, but it will be mild. still quite chilly, though, across scotland. on sunday night it will stay mild and breezy. on monday, low pressure sticks close by so it will be another windy day with sunshine and showers, most heavy and frequent across southern and western areas. it will be another mild day, including scotland.

now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello there.quiet, sunshine across western areas in workload for the east and feeling wet and windy for part two of the weekend. some cloud holding on across much of scotland, particularly eastern scotland and eastern england, lots of sunshine out west, may be the odd shower here in temperatures reaching highs of 9-10 c, 7-8 c in the in temperatures reaching highs of 9—10 c, 7—8 c in the north and east. as we head through the night, this area of low pressure sweeps in and we have some wind and rain, too much of the rest of the uk, this could start dry and bright across the north and east with rain and wind spreading as well, so when quite heavy across the western hills and it could be windy for all, particularly across southern and western coast where we could see gusts in excess of 45 mph inland. milder, particularly across the southern half of the

now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello, there.ight winds, as you can see on the pressure chart, barely any isobars and that stagnant air continues into the start of next week as well. now, we start to see those showers fading away and becoming confined to coastal areas. most places will be dry tonight and we'll start to see a return to some dense fog around, some frost and also a risk of some ice in places as temperatures for many of us hover around freezing, and a few places below freezing. so it's a cold start to monday, rather grey with some dense fog around which could be slow to clear, and where the fog lingers it going to stay pretty cold. start to see some showers and stronger winds moving into the east coast of scotland and north—east england, a few showers also affecting the channel area. otherwise it's a dry and a chilly day with limited brightness, temperatures three to six degrees. looks like we start to see some unsettled weather across the north of the uk as we move into tuesday, but for most of us, though, it's stay

now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. far. heavy snow across scotland, northern and eastern england. tied in with this pressure system, cold air wrapped around it and lots of weather fronts bringing rain, sleet and snow. through the evening and overnight, looks like the snow will become more confined to the high ground of central northern areas but some areas could stay wet overnight. some rain getting into wales and south—west of england. skies clearing over the eastern side of england. that means it will turn very cold with a touch of frost and also some ice. generally a cold night. for the weekend, also some ice. generally a cold night. forthe weekend, it'll stay cold, it'll gradually become drier as the low pressure slips away. the strong winds will also ease down by saturday and on sunday we have a slack airflow with fewer weather fronts around so it should be drier for all areas on sunday. it could stay cold with mist and fog around. it stays quite cold and generally settled into next week. hello this is bbc news. t

now, it's time for a look at the weather with stav.ing the scene. today we will see windy weather spreading northwards and eastwards. as we move through the afternoon, it looks like central, southern scotland and northern england could see the heaviest of the rain. winteriness over the higher ground. it will be a windy day with gusts in excess of 30 miles an hour in land, 40 or 50 on the southern coast. it will be my other england, wales and northern ireland. still chilly across scotland. on sunday night, it will stay mild and breezy with further showers but monday, low—pressure sticks close by, so another windy day the sunshine and showers. the most heaviest and frequent in southern areas. another mild day, including scott temperatures foremost in double figures. —— scotla nd foremost in double figures. —— scotland with temperatures for most. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. brexit talks will now continue as both sides agree to carry on with negotations after being unable to come t

now it's time for a look at the weather with stav hello.e cloud and outbreaks of rain, some of which is quite heavy across the west at the moment. through the afternoon it will transfer to the north and east and we will see some milder air being dragged on with it, from the south west. lots of isobars on the charts indicating the strong winds and is whether france will be pretty active bringing heavy rain at times. as we head through the afternoon, some of the heaviest of the rhine will be across central and southern scotla nd will be across central and southern scotland on the north of england and some snow on the hills for a while as it moves into the cold air but there will be drier interludes as well developing through the afternoon in central and southern areas. it will be a windy day, 30 mph plus inland, 40—50 around southern and western coasts but it will be dragon in the milder air, 11 or 13 degrees in the south, is still quite chilly in the central and north of scotland. heavier rain across much of scotland this evening and overnig

now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. cold, good for looking at the sky and the stars! hello, there. it's been a cold day today with a very light winds, and we've seen some mist and fog which has been stubborn to clear. the reason for the light winds, as you can see on the pressure chart, barely any isobars and that stagnant air continues into the start of next week as well. now, we start to see those showers fading away and becoming confined to coastal areas. most places will be dry tonight and we'll start to see a return to some dense fog around, some frost and also a risk of some ice in places as temperatures for many of us hover around freezing, and a few places below freezing. so it's a cold start on monday, rather grey with some dense fog around which could be slow to clear, and where the fog lingers it culd be pretty cold. start to see some showers and stronger winds moving into the east coast of scotland and north—east england, a few showers also affecting the channel area. otherwise it's a dry and a chilly day wi

debate and all the day's headlines in a few moments, but first let's catch up with the weather, with stavof this week, further wintry showers in places, and in the short term it looks like much of scotland, northern ireland and western coast of england and wales see most of these wintry showers. they will be an issue with ice as well for the next few nights, likely to cause disruptions. cold air very much with us, the weather fronts accentuating the rain, sleet and snow showers, this one bringing wintry showers to scotla nd this one bringing wintry showers to scotland on this one an area of rain to the south—west. it could turn to snow as it moves a little further east for the rest of the day, certainly in land and over higher ground, plenty of wintry showers across central and northern scotland, and they will be further wintry showers for northern ireland, probably the best of the dry and bright weather will be central and eastern england but it is going to be cold wherever you are. we continue with the wintry showers, central and eastern areas seeing the lengthy is clear skies, so here

now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello, there.in the charts is there is a very low isobars in the passage out. there she was fading away and becoming confined to coastal areas. most places will be dry tonight will start to see a return to some dense fog around and also viscous mice in places as temperatures for many of us places as temperatures for many of us hover around freezing and in a few places below freezing so it is a cold start on monday, rather grey with some dense fog around which stood car to linger. such to see some showers and longer, stronger winds moving into the north—east of scotla nd winds moving into the north—east of scotland and north—east england, heavy showers also affecting the channel area, unless it is a dry on a chilly day with limited brightness, temperatures three to 6 degrees. we start to see some u nsettled degrees. we start to see some unsettled weather across the north of the uk as we move into tuesday, but for most was that on hold. —— but for most was that on hold. —— but for most of us it is st

here's stav da naos. little quieterfor many of us, and even a little sunshine around. we still have low pressure spinning around on top of us, bringing rain, some hillsnow across central and northern areas, and strong winds, particularly down the irish sea coast. things will dry up the irish sea coast. things will dry up across eastern england, clear skies here with a touch of frost and ice. heavy showers on the east coast

now it's time for a look at the weather with stav. hello. turning more unsettled this weekend. bit of sunshine across the western half of the country, still a bit of clarence and some showery bursts of rain across the east courtesy of that area of low pressure. this ridge of high pressure will bring sunnier weather to the west, and this low behind me is sunday's wet and windy weather. it has been bright through the morning across parts of northern ireland, wales, the southwest. sunshine encroaching eastwards, but it stays cloudy and damp across northern and eastern scotland, much of eastern england. temperature wise, and the cool side across eastern areas, 7—8 , closer to nine or ten further west. this evening and overnight, clearer skies encroaching eastwards, so it will turn a bit more dry here for the eastern half of the country, but thenit eastern half of the country, but then it is wet and windy weather sweeping into the west and south—west by the end of the night. here, temperatures will rise 7—10, turning chili under the skies in central and eastern areas. this low press

now it's time for a look at the weather with stav.st few days and sleet and snow. most significant snowfall of the season so far. that is moving away and for the next few days things will turn settled, drier, remaining cold but also the chance of frost, ice. fog could be an issue on sunday morning across the south—east quadrant of the country. bit of low cloud. any rain across the south coast will clear away and showery rain for eastern scotla nd away and showery rain for eastern scotland and north—east england will fizzle out. many places will be dry by the afternoon with variable cloud and some areas are staying grey. will feel cool but temperatures around the seasonal norm. through sunday night it stays dry under clear skies and it is going to turn cold with some frost, fog and some ice developing. into the new week for monday, it looks like we are in between two weather systems but the system over the north sea will impact the weather for tuesday onwards, so it will turn unsettled, thanks to this. certainly for monday it looks lik

now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. low— pressure low—pressure sticking around will gradually become more confined towards the west and the south west soulfully easing down through the night. it will stay joined the easing down through the night. it will stayjoined the south—east, clear and cold, but for the north and west, longer spells of rain, snow for the pennines and for the higher ground of scotland. those temperatures range from around —1 or minus two celsius in the east to four or five. minus two celsius in the east to four orfive. we minus two celsius in the east to four or five. we could see a touch of frost in south and eastern areas. it will stay cold but turned jar as this low—pressure slips southwards and takes the showers and hill snow with so we will have much later winds on sunday with miss in fog perhaps some sunshine. it stays chilly and mainly settled as we head on into the start of next week too. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the government says the talks about a post—brexit trade deal are at a "very difficult stage". the eu's chie

here's stav with the weather. hello there.ight, it stays very wet, very unsettled across central, northern and western parts of the uk as this area of low pressure continues to spiral across the country. it's going to bring further snow, mainly over the pennines and across the hills of scotland, but it generally should be rain, maybe sleet, down to lower levels. some clear spells across eastern england. here, it will turn cold, a touch of frost and ice. now, into the weekend, it's remaining cold, but there were signs of it beginning to turn drier, as our area of low pressure begins to slip away southwards. so the pressure chart for saturday shows the centre of the lowjust to the south of the uk, towards the southwest quadrant. that's going to bring stronger winds here, showers or longer spells of rain, which will slowly spiral away southwards through the day. so, an improvement here gradually. further north and east, there will also be a couple of showers. a bit of wintriness again over the mountains of scotland, but in betwee