some of which will be slow to clear particularly across the vale of york. down eastern parts of england generally towards east anglia, essex, kent, we will hang on to the dry conditions as we will across many parts of the midlands. but as we reach hampshire, the cloud thickens and we start to see rain arrive and the rain continues over to cornwall. some of that will be heavy. the closer you are to the west coast, the stronger the wind will be. so across wales, a lot of rain this afternoon. very windy with exposure in the west and also the north and for northern ireland, you've got heavy rain coming your way accompanied by very strong winds. again, this afternoon, gusting to severe gales. some nasty conditions for the rush hour. the cairngorms, again, here we're looking at gusts of 100 knots as we head on through the later part of the afternoon and into the evening. now, overnight, the rain makes it into the east. in the west, it dries up into the east. in the west, it dries up and clears up. temperatures will drop and there will be the risk of ice around. so

some mist and fog for east anglia up towards the vale of york. as cold here and across scotland it is cold and dry. but there are a few showers across parts of northern isles, quite lost three as well. heading through the day, after the dry and frosty start the rain moves into western areas with strengthening winds. for northern ireland, wales, the south—west of england, turning milder with outbreaks of rain. some wintry sunshine to compensate and through monday evening and overnight that rain increasingly will turn to snow as it falls across the pennines and highland scotland as well. that frontal system is fairly slow to clear on tuesday as it bumps into high—pressure situated across scandinavia. through tuesday this band of rain continues to sit around eastern parts of the uk. further rain in the south—west of the country, but for many areas quite a good deal of sunshine between those two weather systems and temperatures between six and 10 degrees. the middle part of the week is largely dry, the remnants of that front in the east bringing outb

there could be one or two stubborn fog patches through the vale of york that will linger all day. eastwards across all areas. we will see snow across all areas. we will see snow across the high ground of scotland and down into the pennines as well. as the rain clears from western areas, temperatures could well drop low enough to give us icy stretches on untreated surfaces across the south—west tomorrow morning. but that weather front is reluctant to clear the east coast of england and really tomorrow it will hang around all day long. so some cloud and increasingly patchy rain. further west, brighter skies and sunshine and hefty showers towards the south—west which could contain hail and thunder. now, rememberthat south—west which could contain hail and thunder. now, remember that band of rain that weather front in the east. 0n of rain that weather front in the east. on wednesday, it starts to sly westwards again. not much rain on it at this stage, but as the front comes westwards we start to introduce an easterly wind, it will turn cold in eastern areas and that ta kes turn cold i

one or two stubborn fog patches through the vale of york could linger all afternoon.er front is reluctant to clear eastern scotland and england. tomorrow it will hang about all day long. increasingly patchy cloud. elsewhere tomorrow, some brightness but hefty showers in the south—west, containing some hail and under. remember the band of rain in the east. 0n under. remember the band of rain in the east. on wednesday it moves eastwards again. then we start to have easterly wind so it will turn increasingly cold in eastern areas, and that takes us to the end of the week. it looked cold for all of us, rather cloudy and the increasing chance of some snow flurries particularly in the east. the nhs under pressure. the number of patients on most hospital wards in england has been at levels deemed unsafe this winter. figures from nhs trusts show that nine out of ten hospitals were close to being full with discharging elderly patients proving to be a major issue. also this lunchtime: donald trump versus the courts. the legal battle continues to reinstate the ban on travel from