from midweek, storm caroline bringing wet and windy weather.something colder towards the end of the week. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime... the prime minister scrambles to find a solution after failing to reach a deal at the brexit talks in brussels. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me. and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon, now time for a look at the day's sports news with me with me jessica creighton. cricket first, and england have had a good day in the ashes. they've given themselves a chance at least in the second test. james anderson finished with five wickets as australia were bowled out for 138 in their second innings. an unbeaten 67 from from captainjoe root helped his side to 176 for four at the end of day four — so they need 178 more runs to win and level the series. england bowler, toby roland—jones, who would have been out in australia playing had it not been for injury, says going down 2—0 would leave a mountain to climb. i wouldn't say impossible, but c

storm caroline likely to bring gusts of 80mph and strongest winds to the north of scotland. out there at the minute. lots of cloud up—and—down the country. the cloud producing rain for the north—west of scotland elsewhere the odd patches of drizzle. it will be mild tonight, temperatures not far off what they have been this afternoon. across england and wales tomorrow we should see breaks in the cloud. a little bit of brightness breaking through. a few spots of drizzle to the west and persistent rain for scotland and northern ireland and pushing into the north—west of england. mild but windy day on wednesday. the winds will pick up on wednesday night when we will see gales or severe gales particularly around these irish sea coasts aged cross scotland too and also pretty heavy bursts of rain working in and heading south—eastwards across the country. thursday the strongest of the winds in association with storm caroline, 80mph possible across the north of scotla nd 80mph possible across the north of scotland and through the central lowla nds scotland and through the central low

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storm caroline passes to the north.cross northern scotland, where we will probably see gusts around 80 mph. some pretty strong gusts can be felt elsewhere in scotland, parts of northern ireland and northern england. we will keep you updated. all the while, we will see it turning colderfrom you updated. all the while, we will see it turning colder from the north, with a band of school e—rain pushing its way through, showers turning increasingly wintry in the cold air, all the way from the arctic as storm caroline moves away. cold air plunging south across the uk, thursday night, into friday, we will see some snow showers around, particularly across northern and western parts of the uk. i see in places as friday begins. blizzards into highland scotland. —— icy places. sunshine to come, will not do much for the temperature. —— with a band of squally rain. we have storm caroline on the way, wet and windy weather around. particularly in scotland. snow and ice there in the week. this is beyond one hundred days, with me katty

so, wet and windy weather with storm caroline. then turning colder. ice. hello. good morning. this is breakfast, with dan walker and louise minchin. two men are due in court accused of a plot to kill the prime minister. the alleged plan was to target theresa may while she was at downing street, bombing the security gates before launching a knife attack in the confusion that would follow. good morning. it's wednesday the sixth of december. also this morning: president trump breaks with decades of american policy on israel. the white house says he will formally recognisejerusalem as its capital, and will move the us embassy there from tel aviv.

look into the atlantic, this big swirl of cloud, storm caroline is on way to the uk.and will bear the brunt on thursday, but winds will pick up across the board thanks to storm caroline. as it moves away, it will turn colder and at the end of the week some of us will be dealing with snow showers, frosty and icy nights. before that, straight to wednesday's weather and one last mild day. the flow of air from the south south west. northern ireland and elsewhere in scotland will see rain moving in and temperatures topping out at 13 or 11! celsius. by the end of wednesday, gales are developing in western areas. caroline passes to the north of scotland, and scotland will see the strongest gusts on thursday. but there is a risk of gusts elsewhere in scotland, northern ireland and perhaps northern england. showers follow to the north—west. as the colder air moves south across the uk, this is how temperatures will look at the end of the afternoon. we are likely to see blizzards developing of northern scotland going through thursday night and into friday. by friday, caroline is

it will be through the day, storm caroline will be showing her hand in the north of scotland. ally with strongest winds where we have the storm. wet, rain clearing, and turning colder so for many maximum temperatures likely at the moment. look at the isobars, across—the—board, quite the moment. look at the isobars, across—the—boa rd, quite tightly packed, so windy, but the big squeeze is packed, so windy, but the big squeeze is across packed, so windy, but the big squeeze is across the north of scotland, still pretty tightly packed in northern ireland and also the rest of scotland. the met office has warnings. an and the be prepared warning for the far north, 80 mph gusts, maybe 90, maybe even more possible. —— amber. in northern ireland, 70 mph gusts so bear that in mind if you're travelling. a wet start in scotland and northern ireland, showers falling as snow in lower levels in scotland. cooler behind the rain in northern england where it has been wet overnight and the rain in western england, wales and the south—east but look at the temperatures, still on the mild side, 11

storm. we are with caroline now. we have had brine. this latest storm as caroline. ork? it is beautiful on the satellite image. it is a deepening storm. it has got strong winds associated with the storm. when it reaches as late on wednesday night and into thursday, we could see some disruptive weather. we will see things associated with the storm, with gusts of 80 mph, particularly across the north of scotland, that will be enough to cause travel disruption and downed power lines as well. in the meantime? it is really quite. the weather is looking pretty cloudy and pretty grave. still pretty mild with those temperatures around eight — 10 degrees. some rain across through today across the north west of scotland, could be persistent. a few spots of drizzly rain elsewhere. as we move through tonight, we keep the cloud and the breeze. enough to keep things frost free, temperatures during the overnight period dissimilar to what we are seeing this afternoon. through the day tomorrow, a similar date through england and wales. further north west, more rain rattling in across

now the next name is stored is on the horizon, storm caroline. to that in a moment. 0vernight tonight there is a strong wind, a bit of light rain and drizzle across wales and the west of england. many places dry overnight and quite mild tomorrow. still the odd spot of rain and drizzle to the coast and hills of west of england and wales. much of west of england and wales. much of england and wales staying dry. northern ireland turning right through the morning. and temperatures around ten, 13 degrees. gail is developing through western parts of the uk on wednesday and more rain moving in. and then on thursday storm caroline bringing winds of up to 80 miles an hour to parts of northern scotland. we will see some travel disruption. you are watching beyond 100 days, donald trump tells israelis and arrow partners that he's planning to move the us embassy tojerusalem, the decision altering years of american foreign policy and setting back efforts to broker the middle east peace deal. there could be dangerous consequences for making good on his campaign

the arrival of storm caroline will bring with it winds of around about 80 mph.l scotland and northern ireland. through this afternoon it is breezy. rain in northern and western parts of the country. drier in the south—east. this evening and tonight the winds starting to pick up. we could see gales or severe gales. then it is looking mild to start thursday. heavy rain on this front. it is the winds that will be the main feature. 80 mph, perhaps more than that in northern scotland. disruption to travel. and perhaps to power networks across the region. when the strongest winds ease, wintry showers were moving across scotland, northern ireland, north—west england. when the rain clears from the south—east, it will be drier and brighter. cold to end the week. hello, you're watching afternoon live. today at 2pm: after three days of uncertainty, theresa may insists brexit is still on course. jeremy corbyn disagrees. nothing is agreed until everything is agreed so the final settlement won't be agreed until we've actually got the hole of the deal agreed. a man appears in

here is storm caroline.now for parts of scotland and northern ireland, north and the north—west. northern wales and into the midlands. the south—west as well. but here a mix of rain and sleet. cold air and some areas below freezing. screaming cold winds through the course of the day in the north. gales blowing out in the northern isles. drifting with the snow in scotland. 10 to 20cms in some areas. the midlands up to 5 and 10cms. cold there, minus five in newcastle tomorrow. cold there, minus five in newcastle tomorrow. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: a government spokesperson says brexit talks are ongoing, after theresa may spoke to the irish prime minister and the president of the european commission. and the president of the european commission. foreign secretary borisjohnson says he will go to iran "very shortly" — and urge the release of british citizen, nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe. a report into last year's tram crash in croydon that killed several passenger, concluded that the driver probably fe

storm caroline pushing into the uk.ng in parts of scotland. here we could have winds of 80 miles an hour, or even more, enough to cause disruption to travel and power networks. a yellow further south, where we could have winds of 70 miles an hour. it's a very windy speu 70 miles an hour. it's a very windy spell of weather on the way, we have seen those winds picking up from a south—westerly direction, rain coming in south eastwards across the country. cloud and rain is moving south—eastwards and winds are strong by the time we get to thursday morning. it will be mild and frost free with the strength of the wind and with cloud and rain. it will be across northern parts of scotland where we have tight isobars here, the strongest of those winds will be there in association with storm caroline. through tomorrow morning rush hour, 70—80 miles an hour gusts through the central lowlands and further north, haps even higher than that. stronger winds across northern ireland. wherever you are, it's a windy story. the rain clears f

we need to talk about storm caroline. we have got storm caroline on the way.ly to bring an amber warning. so a be prepared warning. it is developing in the atlantic. it is not really storm caroline yet. it is a developing system. so it is moving in from the atlantic towards northern parts of the uk and you we re northern parts of the uk and you were mentioning the warnings there. we have got warnings out. an amber warning for northern parts of scotland. that‘s where we will see the strongest of the winds. a yellow warning further south as well. travel disruption. perhaps power cuts associated with that storm. and then some cold weather on the way. that‘s right. we have got the snow on the way too. if we look at the forecast for the next 2a hours. it is quiet out there. we have got a lot of cloud across the country and that cloud is producing outbreaks of rain that‘s pushing in from northern and western parts too. the breeze is picking up across the country as well. a few sunnier spells to be seen well. a few sunnier spells to be seenin well. a few sunnier spel

so storm caroline is on the way, scotla nd storm caroline is on the way, scotland bearing the brunt ofmerica is moving towards recognising jerusalem as israel's capital. president trump called regional leaders today to say he'll move the us embassy there. that totally destroys any chance he will play a role as an honest broker. until now america's policy was that jerusalem's status should be negotiated by the israelis and the palestinians. that's changing — we'll report from washington and jerusalem. we'll be live in lausanne — russia's been banned from the 2018 winter olympics for state—sponsored doping. these were the extraordinary scenes in ukraine. that's the former georgian president mikheil saakashvili being detained. but then... freed.

so, wet and windy weather with storm caroline. then turning colder.is bbc news. our top story — russia has been banned from next year's winter olympics in south korea. it follows an investigation into state sponsored doping. but the international olympic committee says individual russian athletes who pass a vetting process will be allowed to compete. a number of middle east leaders have told president trump that any plan to move america's embassy in israel tojerusalem will have dangerous repercussions. mr trump will make an announcement later on wednesday. and this video is trending on bbc.com. astronauts on the international space station have been enjoying a pizza party. the ingredients were sent up into space by nasa, after an italian astronaut told mission hq that he was missing his favourite food. that's all from me for now. stay with bbc news. and the top story here in the uk: theresa may has been discussing brexit with her spanish counterpart. she says the uk is close to a deal to move on to trade talks.

so, wet and windy weather with storm caroline. then turning colder.rs and some ice. this is newsday on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. the headlines: russia is banned from next year's winter olympics in south korea after allegations of state—sponsored doping. the terrorist threat in britain. an official report asks whether the manchester bombing could have been prevented. also in the programme: president trump tells israeli and arab leaders he plans to move america's embassy in israel tojerusalem. decades after japan's kamikaze pilots attacked warships in the pacific, we hearfrom a rare survivor of those suicidal missions. live from our studios in singapore and london. this is bbc world news. it's newsday.

so, wet and windy weather with storm caroline. then turning colder.d some ice. welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in north america and around the globe. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: president trump is expected to recognisejerusalem as the capital of israel later. arab leaders warn it could fuel violence. russia is banned from next year's winter olympics, in south korea, after allegations of state—sponsored doping. the terror threat in britain. an official report asks whether the manchester bombing could have been prevented. and tens of thousands of californians flee wildfires north of los angeles.

storm caroline will go east across scotla nd storm caroline will go east across scotland and it wille the rain and strong winds careering quickly out of the south—east and behind it it will still be windy, a lot of dry weather and sunshine but feeling colder. first thing on friday we will start with snow showers in northern ireland, southern scotland, north—west england, around manchester and some of those will blow inland as we go through the day. outside of those, a lot of dry weather and some sunshine and it will feel cold. for friday, a similar story, still windy, colder is anything and there will be the windchill to factor into that as well and still some snow showers as well. on the weekend, we're not done with the snow just well. on the weekend, we're not done with the snowjust yet, snow well. on the weekend, we're not done with the snow just yet, snow showers on saturday and on sunday, i want to highlight this, this could change, from the midlands north there's the risk of snow. also there's the risk of sleet. we could see someone snow in the highlands of the pennines, but so

this cloud here is storm caroline and it is giving us some very strong is storm caroline and it is giving0 miles an hour in the far north of scotland. those wins are likely to cause damage and destruction. there is an amber warning to be prepared. it goes across scotland and into northern ireland and there is potential for disruption. we have got heavy rain moving its way southwards and eastwards into the afternoon and there are strong winds with that. but the really strong winds in the far north of scotland will continue through the evening. despite the sunshine coming out it will be much colder this afternoon with increasing snow at low levels in northern scotland, northern ireland and parts of northern england. temperatures falling away. this evening and overnight that snow risk will continue, the winds gradually easing. increasingly it is northern ireland into wales and the midlands and snow settling. ice is a big risk. not so much snow in the south. let's focus on the snow tomorrow morning across northern ireland and into wales and the west midlands. 2-5 into wales and the west midla

so, wet and windy weather with storm caroline. then turning colder. say president trump will recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel later. mr trump is expected to spell out his plans to move the american embassy in israel from tel aviv. arab leaders have warned there could be dangerous repercussions. the international olympic committee has announced that it is banning russia from competing in the 2018 winter olympics. it follows an investigation into allegations of state—sponsored doping at the 2014 games, hosted by russia in sochi. the bomber who attacked the manchester arena, killing 22 people, had been a subject of interest to the british security services, and opportunities to stop him were missed. that is the conclusion of an official review. it says it is conceivable the attack by salman abedi could have been avoided. now on bbc news, panorama. on panorama tonight, a scandal involving british aid money. the idea the british taxpayers' money was associated with that would of course be wholly abhorrent. we discover how a police force in syri

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this is storm caroline which is on its way towards us. i prefer it now that they name them.will bear the brunt as always. it is not generally until it comes down south that it reaches the front pages normally. —10 is chilly enough... even for you scots? i think so! it is a bizarre front page to be honest. you think so? yes. look at the times, a terrific picture ofjudi dench, on the telegraph that is an interesting combination of stories, we have brexit, we have not seen the sun, but i am sure two thirds of the front page is not taken up by predictions of what might happen with a storm that might or might not hit us in a couple of days. people do love the weather stories. they do. thank you very much indeed. that is it for tonight, don't forget you can see the front pages on the papers online on the bbc new ways about —— at the bbc news website. it's all there for you seven days a week at bbc.co.uk/papers, and if you miss the programme any evening you can watch it later on bbc iplayer thank you to pauljohnson and lynn davidson. goodbye. there is some rough weather on the way

so, wet and windy weather with storm caroline. then turning colder.y bundock. our top stories: the white house says president trump will recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. arab leaders warn it could provoke violence. russia is banned from next year's winter olympics in south korea, after a report uncovered systematic state—sponsored doping. and france's king of rock ‘n rolljohnny hallyday has died aged 74. retail revolution: luxury goods firms get set for a landmark european ruling on whether they can control how their goods are sold online. in business briefing, i'll be getting an expert view

quite quiet at the moment and mild but waiting out in the atlantic is this system, storm caroline. bring gusts of wind of perhaps 80 miles an hour. botica across northern parts of scotland and even through the central belt. and likely to cause some travel disruption across many parts of the country phytophthora we're keeping a close eye on that but back to the here and now, it is quiet, most places dry, some persistent rain across the north west of scotland tonight. but a lot of cloud around and breeze and that keeps things mild and frost free. so through wednesday england and wales have another cloudy day, some brighter spells though humming through the crowd especially towards the east. the wind really strengthening across scotland and northern ireland with the arrival of some rain during the course of the day, moving south and east. so through wednesday night we start to see the wind strengthening, gales or severe gales in the irish sea and through parts of scotland, transferring south—east across the country with some spells of heavy rain. not pleasant conditions thursday morni

some storm force winds here, storm caroline for the first pa rt here, storm caroline for the first partline close away, snow and ice later on. the wind containing to pick up, some rain moving through northern ireland, west wales, the south—west of england, drier and brighter towards the east. through the night, gail is developing around the night, gail is developing around the east, northern and western areas, spreads down towards the east of england. an amber warning from the met office and the far north of scotland, gusts of 80, 90 mph. heavy rain, strong winds clear to the south. many of us into thursday, turning much colder with the risk of this is bbc news. our latest headlines: the prime minister has spoken on the phone to dup leader arlene foster, as the british government try to salvage a brexit deal. brexit secretary david davis has admitted to a select committee of mps that the government has not carried out any formal assessment of the impact of leaving the eu on the different sectors of the economy. britain has expressed concern about reports that president trump will recogn

storm caroline has been named by the met office.ver many places, drizzly rain in the north and west, persistence and north—west scotland, where it also turns windy overnight. breezy and cloudy enough elsewhere to keep temperatures at 6—8d. a freeze on wednesday morning, pretty similar to what we have this morning. perhaps if you brighter spells, rain rolling in across northern ireland and the west of scotland later in the day. the also pick up here. another mile day, 10—12, that things turned pretty windy. midweek, we see the arrival of storm caroline, bringing wet and very windy weather potentially, before colder more wintry weather returns towards the end of the week. wednesday evening, winds strengthened across the country. we could see gales or severe gales around expose irish sea coast, and we also see the rain rolling southwards and eastwards. heavy at times across many parts of the country. during thursday, the strength of the winds dominate the forecast. we could have cost of 80 miles an hour in association with storm caroli

heavy rain pushing in courtesy of storm caroline.sday. look at the tightly squeezed isobars on thursday. very strong winds. especially in scotland. 80 miles per hour. possibly stronger. rain clearing from southern areas of the country. rain almost everywhere. then sunshine. and then showers. turning wintry in the high ground in the north. thursday and friday, more cold air down through the country. the potential of snow showers, even a fairly low levels to be a mixture of rain sleet and hill snow in the south—east for friday. then showers in western areas and northern areas in particular. any showers that fall even at low levels are likely to contain snow. the thermometer, 2— five degrees. feeling sub—zero with the strength of the northerly wind. storm caroline bringing wind and rain. then much colder. then snow showers with the risk of some ice. this is news day on the bbc. i'm rico hizon in singapore. our top story: russia is banned from next yea r‘s story: russia is banned from next year's winter olympics in south korea after alle

storm caroline swings across the north of the british isles.day. scotland, 80 miles per hour. perhaps even stronger. very strong winds elsewhere as well. rain clearing away from the south—east. brighter skies. then some showers. turning wintry over high ground in the north. things will be turning colder. as we move out of thursday into friday, this is a really wintry looking weather chart. the wind is whistling down from the arctic bringing cold air which will plunge across the country. dry weather and sunshine at times. there will also be showers. most of the showers will be showers. most of the showers will be snow showers. they could crop up anywhere. most likely in the west, but also the far north. snow down to low levels. when you add on the strength of the wind, it will fuel sub—zero across many parts of the country. —— feel. wet and windy weather. storm caroline. and snow showers and possible ice. i'm karin giannone with bbc world news. our top story: russia has been banned from next year's winter olympics in south korea. it follows an i

storm caroline, a deep area of low pressure is drifting to the north of the british isles.nd eastwards but look at all the white lines, the isobars on the chart, very, very windy, storm force winds are possible in northern areas and then we opened the floodgates to this very cold air plunging all the way in from the arctic. we're starting thursday on a fairly mild note, a wet note for some and a windy night for all of us. the mild weather will not last, though, because ours are bands of rain clearing south and east and we will all get into cold air, wintry showers in northern ireland and scotland but the real concern here is the strength of the wind. as you can see, we're expecting wind gusts in excess of 80mph across northern scotland particularly, and it could well be enough to cause some disruption, yes, but also some damage. so the met office has issued an amber be prepared warning for the strength of the wind, and even further south across central parts of scotland, just fringing into northern ireland, there's a yellow warning in force, gusts of 70mph possible here. el

another area of low pressure moving, storm caroline which will bring disruptive winds to the northernrs as the weather front clears southwards, unlike away from the south east winter showers, single figure values across the north and the west, double—figure values until the end of the day. blue colour is taking over as the storm moves away and be open the floodgates to the arctic so it looks very cold as we head towards friday and the weekend, bitterly cold if you add only wind, significant snow showers but good spells of sunshine, 3—6dc, add only wind and it will feel cold. storm caroline could bring disruption then it turns much colder to end the week with the risk of snow and ice. hello, i'm ros atkins, this is outside source. america has become the first country to recognise jerusalem as the capital of israel. israel is a sovereign nation with the right, like every other sovereign nation, to determine its own capital. as you'd expect, israel has welcomed this. arab countries haven't, nor have the palestinians. translation: these actions are a destruction of all efforts to achieve

the snowy weather comes after storm caroline brought winds gusting more than 90 miles per hour on thursdaybut, of course, for some, it's been an opportunity for wintry frolics, with people making the most of the early white christmas. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. more snow to come on sunday. before that, we have had a real east—west divide and some beautiful pictures of heavy snow showers across the north and west, and they have been piling in through the night and all morning and they will continue all afternoon. scotland, northern ireland, down through the irish sea to the north midlands and wales. we've already seen as much as 11 centimetres of snow across parts of northern ireland, and we will add to these totals through the day but, further east, you will be wondering what the fuss is about. it's cold but there is a beautiful blue sky and sunshine. that's how it will stay this afternoon. what you've got at the moment is what you keep. the dryer, sunny weather to the east and the snow showers in the west with blustery north—west winds, and feeling quite cold acro

storm caroline, passing through the northern scotland, closest to it, northern scotland, closest to itrthern scotland, closest to it, northern scotland now have the most winds but all will be windy. as it moves away, this much colder air drags itself with snow showers through thursday night and into friday morning. that's what's happening the next couple of days, this is the picture through the night. we have already noticed winds picking up, dale night. we have already noticed winds picking up, date is in the west. —— gales developing in the west. one last mile night. the winds tomorrow morning, scotland and ireland will see the strongest of them, especially northern scotland. gusts like this through the day, some in northern scotland near 80 miles an hour. the book cause travel disruption, the risk of destructive winds elsewhere through scotland and parts of northern ireland. that is why the met office has an amber, be prepared warning in. northern scotla nd prepared warning in. northern scotland that threaten gusts in excess of 80 mph, and a yellow beer where warning for the rest of

as storm caroline arrived? yes, and she is influencing the weather story, but not you would think, because we have storm force winds across the north of scotland and an amber weather warning in force but, once this frontal system plays away, it's going to open floodgates for bitterly cold arctic airto push floodgates for bitterly cold arctic air to push right across the country. it will feel pretty miserable out there for the next couple of days, a really wintry flavour to the weather. for now, we've still got some rain in the far south—east to tearaway. behind it, some brightness and sunshine coming through before a cluster shells develops, some of them heavy and sundry with some hail and eventually smoke as we go through the end of the day. it will be a miserable end to the day across scotland, blizzard like conditions here with the snow and feeling bitterly cold. we've seen the warmest of the weather, believe it or not, across england and wales this morning, but the cold air starting to filter down from the n

a while on thursday we had a gust of 90mph in the far north of scotland, all due of course to storm carolineg away from scotland and over towards scandinavia. but around that deep area of low pressure we've still got some very windy weather right now. very quickly we're drawing down some much colder air rapidly down across the whole of the country. so we've had some snow already. there will be more of that and some icy conditions continuing into friday. keep up to date with any travel disruption on bbc local radio. now, snow not unusual across northern scotland at this time of year and there'll be more snow piling up. blizzards in the hills as well. probably largely dry and sunny and frosty across lothian borders into much of the central belt too, but more snow showers for northern ireland, getting blown over the irish see into north—west england, into the north—west midlands and wales, and it's here we could see most of the disruption into the morning, as well as northern ireland. rain right along the coast. a wintry mix in the south—west of england. but for many eastern parts of england, f

storm caroline still blowing hard in the far north of the country, but the winds are coming down.wn. we have had costs of an excess winds are coming down. we have had costs of an excess 90s —— in excess of 90 mph. in the lowlands of scotla nd of 90 mph. in the lowlands of scotland it has been closer to 50, 60. here is that swirl. it is moving into the norwegian sea. the problem is with the wind swirling around like so, on the backside of caroline, we are going dizzy winds coming out of the arctic. very cold air. with that comes the threat of snow. we have been talking about snow. we have been talking about snow showers all day and over the next few days we will be dealing with snow almost anywhere across the uk. through this evening, already snow increasing across scotland. also in northern ireland, the north west of england, into wales, part of the midlands. it could be a problem first thing in the morning. some areas closer to the coast are likely to see rain. it could cause problems. just take it steady first thing. particularly across northern and some western parts of the uk.

a while on thursday we had a gust of 90mph in the far north of scotland, all due of course to storm carolineaway from scotland and over towards scandinavia. but around that area of low pressure we've still got very windy weather right now. very quickly we're drawing down some much colder air, rapidly down across the whole of the country. so we've had some snow already. there will be more of that and some icy conditions continuing into friday. keep up to date with any travel disruption on bbc local radio. snow not unusual across northern scotland at this time of year. there will be more snow piling up. blizzards in the hills as well. probably largely dry and sunny and frosty into the central belt. more snow showers for northern ireland getting blown over the irish sea into north—west england and the north—west midland and wales. it's here we could see most of the disruption into the morning. a wintry mix in the south—west of england. but for many eastern parts of england, friday could be largely dry and quite sunny as well. those wintry showers, mostly of snow inland, continuing in roughly in

tell us why it is happening, storm caroline?torm caroline has moved away, this is another weather system pushing him from the atlantic. very cold air in places. storm caroline opened the floodgates to arctic northerly winds. caldaire has been getting colder overnight, wintry showers —— called air. this weather system has been moving in from the atlantic with mild moist airand the rain from the atlantic with mild moist air and the rain has been bumping into debt —— into the cold air. some snow depths, probably a bit more snow depths, probably a bit more snow in sennybridge now because this was a reading from about half an hour ago. probably looking at 15 centimetres. this is that area with the amber warnings in force, most of central and northern wales, central wales in particular, we are seeing 15 centimetres. the west midlands, birmingham. the extent further south, generally north of the m4 corridor, but we could see what snow in heavy bursts across southern areas too and pushing into the east midlands. there is the snowfall th

storm caroline brought storm force winds across the northern isles. and you can see rough seas.e of freezing across the country. but the snow showers could cause issues first thing on friday morning. so the potential force no and first thing on friday morning. so the potentialforce no and ice on the potentialforce no and ice on the roads. so you need to tune into your abc local radio station for traffic disruption. at eight a:m., showers across northern and western scotla nd showers across northern and western scotland and northern ireland. so that will gather. in north west england and into the north of the midlands and wales, snow showers. and with the wind from the north west, it continues to filter down through the irish sea for some time. we will see showers and a wintry mix, some rain, sleetand we will see showers and a wintry mix, some rain, sleet and snow into the south—west. through the day, some showers could push towards london. to the east, a little more shelter and a little drier. it is going to be cold, but you should have sunshine. with the strength of the wind, i

storm caroline, a deep area of low pressure drifting to the north of the british isles, a band of rainobars on the chart, very windy. storm force winds are possible in northern areas and we open the floodgates to this tree cold air plunging all the way in from the art. starting thursday on a fairly mild note, a wet note. a windy note for all of us, the mild weather will not last because as the rain clears the south we will get into cold air. some wintry showers across northern ireland and scotland but real concern is the of the wind. expecting to win justs in excess of 80 mph. —— gusts. it could cause disruption and damage so the met office has issued an amber be prepared at warning, even further south there is a yellow warning enforced. elsewhere, it sta rts warning enforced. elsewhere, it starts wet and windy across the south—east, that will take a while to clear away and the skies will brighten and we will get into the wintry showers brought in on this strong north—westerly wind. easily blizzard conditions and it is the bridge is coming down as the afternoon goes on. into thursday n

storm caroline, a deep area of low pressure is drifting to the north of the british isles.ines, the isobars on the chart, very, very windy, storm force winds are possible in northern areas and then we opened the floodgates to this very cold air plunging all the way in from the arctic. we're starting thursday on a fairly mild note, a wet note for some and a windy night for all of us. the mild weather will not last, though, because ours are bands of rain clearing south and east and we will all get into cold air, wintry showers in northern ireland and scotland but the real concern here is the strength of the wind. as you can see, we're expecting wind gusts in excess of 80mph across northern scotland particularly, and it could well be enough to cause some disruption, yes, but also some damage. so the met office has issued an amber be prepared warning for the strength of the wind, and even further south across central parts of scotland, just fringing into northern ireland, there's a yellow warning in force, gusts of 70mph possible here. elsewhere it starts wet and windy across t

this is storm caroline. still making its presence felt in the far north of scotland.ts of scanned knava. lots of isobars. still strong winds. but we are focussing on the snow showers through the course of friday. northern scotland, northern ireland, and the north—west of england, wales, possibly into the midlands, maybe into the south—west of england too. in some areas, seeing five or ten centimetres but hit and miss, not all towns and cities, and even up not all towns and cities, and even up to 20 centimetres there. through the course of the night, the snow showers are falling in the same place. maybe some of them reaching london. in london a few flakes. notice how many parts of the country, not getting snow at all so. this period that we are going through will be very hit and miss as far as the snow showers are concerned. but it will be cold everywhere. on saturday, two to three celsius. on the thermometer, there and five celsius in aberdeen. a colder front there, that means that there is a potential for snow. look at the snow is falling. here into the northern irel

in the uk, storm caroline arrived.o 90 kilometres per hour, but cold air that follows is felt across the uk, blanketing large areas of snow. the most in seven years. large areas of snow. the most in seven years. not everyone is a fan of snow. but if it is the very first time you've seen it we can't help but be excited, even if you are a dog. truffle, the yorkshire cocker spaniel puppy, trying to get to grips with the white stuff. and that's it for this time from our weather world winter wonderland. the highlights from our previous programmes, go to our website. there's one thing i want to know about fake and real snow. which is the best for a snowball fight? let's find out! bring it on! 0k. they are quite hard! yours are harder! come on! you aren't even trying! that's right in my ear! i got you back! you deserved that one. sorry, that must have hurt. fake snow is the only chance of seeing snow fake snow is the only chance of seeing snow over fake snow is the only chance of seeing snow over the next few days. the weathe

here is storm caroline, barrelling into the norwegian sea heading to norway. winds. that is where the core of the strong winds are. it is a large storm. behind it, we have colder air coming large storm. behind it, we have colderaircoming in large storm. behind it, we have colder air coming in from the north and over the hills of scotland is a blizzard in some areas. there are snow showers falling in northern ireland, the north—west of ng.land, northern wales and some into the midlands and by the end of the night i suspect that there could be wintry weather in the far south—west. probably more likely to be sleet. the coastal areas will have generally sleet. snow and some ice as the temperatures are dipping below freezing during the course of the night. in the north, this is where we see the most amount of snow. unsurprisingly. strong winds here, blowing over new york any, shetlands, so blizzards. freezing at 8.00am above glasgow. you can see where the snow showers. now remember, the snow showers, the individual ones are 20 mile, 10 miles across. they are moving

turned away from pharmacies and the daily express is concerned about the imminent arrival of storm carolines trump declared jerusalem as israel's capital. this was a story widely anticipated but there has been shocked nonetheless. there has been because it is an extraordinary story. who on the globe could unite the pope, the un, china, russia, france, germany, britain, egypt, turkey, iran and saudi arabia? only one person and that is what donald trump did today. one of our commentators called it an act of diplomatic arson and the ksr he is potentially going to create, he has fumbled his way into what is a geopolitical hotspot —— the chaos. there is an agreement on one side about this needs to be approached and done and he has driven a bulldozer through it which is extraordinary. any nuance to the story? if there is it is hard to see it. we need to look at the immediate reaction from world leaders that came and it did not take our own prime minister

storm caroline brought snow overnight and up to eight inches is expected to have fallen in some areashe weekend beginning early for children here and elsewhere. in fact on the isle of man, every school closed today. the bad weather brought by storm caroline cancelled all but emergency outpatient care at the island‘s main hospital. this video filmed yesterday shows the force of the storm as it hit the orkney islands in the very north of scotland. the wind reaching speeds of around 90 mph. hundreds of homes left without power. this was the scene in belfast. the advice here and in the northern and western parts of the country — only travel if you really need to. many have some clearing up to do but of course there‘s fun to be hard too. —— to be had. let‘s speak to our correspondent phil mackie, who‘s in bromsgrove, worcestershire. it's it‘s the kind of scene that looks fun for children but probably not anyone else. and for dogs as well, they are having a great time! a lot of dogs probably haven‘t seen this much smokes before because it‘s six or seven yea rs much smokes before because it‘

snow, ice and windy conditions are set to sweep across large parts of the uk today, as storm carolineia. severe gales have already caused disruption to air, rail and ferry services. yellow "be aware" weather warnings have been issued across much of scotland, northern ireland, wales and north—west england, with up to eight inches of snow expected in some areas. of course carol will bring us the latest on that and tell us which areas are likely to be worst hit later in the programme. two of the country's biggest discount retailers, primark and sports direct, have been forced to pay back thousands of staff who were paid less than the minimum wage. overall, 260 companies have been fined for failing to pay their staff the right amount. victoria's here. good morning. how widespread is this problem? it really is quite widespread. this is the 13th time the government has had to come out with this list and they've found 16,000 workers, more than any other time they've done this list, are being underpaid. the biggest culprits were primark and sports direct. primark had about 10,000 workers and

storm caroline brings strong winds to scotland, causing transport disruption. dozens of schools have been closed. marcus beale, one of britain's most senior counter terrorism officers, has been fined £3,500 after confidential documents were stolen from his car. in a moment it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we'll be live injerusalem and washington for reaction to donald trump's decision to recognise jerusalem as israel's capital. that's in beyond 100 days at seven o'clock. the uk's city of culture 2021 will be announced shortly. join us at 8:20 for reaction. as forbes reveals the richest you tuber in the world is a 26 year—old british man, we'll explore the phenomenon. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm mike bushell. on a day when the premier league has been the envy of europe. for the first time in champions league history, there are five english teams through to the knockout phase, and liverpool's magnificent seven underlin

a while on thursday we had gusts of 90mph in the far north of scotland, all due of course to storm carolineing away from scotland and over towards scandinavia. around that area of low pressure we have very windy weather right now. very quickly we are drawing down some much colder air, rapidly down across the whole of the country. so we've had some snow already. there will be more of that and icy conditions continuing into friday. keep up today with any travel disruption on bbc local radio. snow not unusual across northern scotland at this time of year. there will be more snow piling up. blizzards in the hills as well. probably largely dry and sunny and frosty. more snow showers for northern ireland getting blown over the irish sea into north—west england and the north—west midland and wales. it's here we could see most of the disruption. rain right along the coast. a wintry mix in the south—west of england. but for many eastern parts of england, friday could be largely dry and quite sunny as well. those wintry showers, mostly of snow inland, continuing in roughly in the same sort of area th