reporter: adele williams grew up in the town of haverfordwest, on wales's west coast.n. in case of an oil spill here in future, her mats could be used. that's because hair is a good natural absorbent of grease and oil. the hair mats can soak up to nine times their own weight in oil. according to environmental organizations, they are already being used in the usa as an eco-friendly alternative to plastic mats. lisa: hair is cut by hundreds of thousands of salons in the united states, about 900,000 salons that are licensed to cut up to a pound or two a week. and we all know that we shampoo because hair collects oil. so, we started working with a hairstylist who came up with the idea of making oil spill mats. reporter: to prepare in case an oil spill hits europe, adele williams is cooperating with the american ngo. she is optimistic because even the oil industry is now showing interest. adele: at the moment, i have a few companies trialing mats. hopefully they will soon order the mats and start pushing out those polypropylene mats that they're using at the moment. reporte

reporter: adele williams grew up in the town of haverfordwest, on wales's west coast.n. in case of an oil spill here in future, her mats could be used. that's because hair is a good natural absorbent of grease and oil. the hair mats can soak up to nine times their own weight in oil. according to environmental organizations, they are already being used in the usa as an eco-friendly alternative to plastic mats. lisa: hair is cut by hundreds of thousands of salons in the united states, about 900,000 salons that are licensed to cut up to a pound or two a week. and we all know that we shampoo because hair collects oil. so, we started working with a hairstylist who came up with the idea of making oil spill mats. reporter: to prepare in case an oil spill hits europe, adele williams is cooperating with the american ngo. she is optimistic because even the oil industry is now showing interest. adele: at the moment, i have a few companies trialing mats. hopefully they will soon order the mats and start pushing out those polypropylene mats that they're using at the moment. reporte

reporter: adele williams grew up in the town of haverfordwest, on wales's west coast.n. in case of an oil spill here in future, her mats could be used. that's because hair is a good natural absorbent of grease and oil. the hair mats can soak up to nine times their own weight in oil. according to environmental organizations, they are already being used in the usa as an eco-friendly alternative to plastic mats. lisa: hair is cut by hundreds of thousands of salons in the united states, about 900,000 salons that are licensed to cut up to a pound or two a week. and we all know that we shampoo because hair collects oil. so, we started working with a hairstylist who came up with the idea of making oil spill mats. reporter: to prepare in case an oil spill hits europe, adele williams is cooperating with the american ngo. she is optimistic because even the oil industry is now showing interest. adele: at the moment, i have a few companies trialing mats. hopefully they will soon order the mats and start pushing out those polypropylene mats that they're using at the moment. reporte

reporter: adele williams grew up in the town of haverfordwest, on wales's west coast.n. in case of an oil spill here in future, her mats could be used. that's because hair is a good natural absorbent of grease and oil. the hair mats can soak up to nine times their own weight in oil. according to environmental organizations, they are already being used in the usa as an eco-friendly alternative to plastic mats. lisa: hair is cut by hundreds of thousands of salons in the united states, about 900,000 salons that are licensed to cut up to a pound or two a week. and we all know that we shampoo because hair collects oil. so, we started working with a hairstylist who came up with the idea of making oil spill mats. reporter: to prepare in case an oil spill hits europe, adele williams is cooperating with the american ngo. she is optimistic because even the oil industry is now showing interest. adele: at the moment, i have a few companies trialing mats. hopefully they will soon order the mats and start pushing out those polypropylene mats that they're using at the moment. reporte

inch thick fredy and then it's a hammer. adel williams grew up in the town of have a food west wales west coast. she loves the beach and to see her home town. in case of an oil spill here and future, her mats could be used that's because hair is a good natural absorbant of grease and oil. the hair maps come so cut to 9 times the own weight and oil. according to environmental organizations, they already being used in the usa as an eco friendly alternative to plastic maps. there is cut by hundreds of thousands of salons in the united states about 900000 salons, that are licensed cat about a pound or 2 a week. i and we all know that we shampoo because hair collects oil. so we started working with a hair stylist who came up with the idea of making oil spill math. to prepare, encased an oil spill hits europe, adel williams was cooperating with the american angio. she is optimistic because even the oil industry is now showing interest. at the moment, i have a few companies, trialing mats, hopefully they will soon order the mats and stop pushing out those polypropylene mats. are they using at the mome

showers of rain into northern ireland, north—west england, western facing coasts of wales and south—west, you should see some glimpses of sunshine, and a little milder here, ten degrees. but factor in the strength and direction of the wind further north and west, it's going to feel noticeably colder, i suspect. now, as we say goodbye to boxing day, the weather story is set to change out to the west, with something milder and wetter gradually pushing in. once again, the wind direction swings back to a south—westerly so it means a milder start here. we still keep the cold air in scotland, though, first thing on tuesday morning. and so that means on the leading edge, there could be a spell of snow for a time but it will change quite quickly back to rain as the milder air floods back in across the uk. some wet and windy weather pushing in across wales, particularly west—facing coasts. so it is going to be a mild but wet tuesday for many and rather windy with it. that frontal system will start to ease away, to be replaced by yet another on wednesday. this area of low pressure sees plenty of i

showers of rain into northern ireland, north—west england, western—facing coasts of wales and south—westhine, and a little milder here, ten degrees. but factor in the strength and direction of the wind further north and west, it's going to feel noticeably colder, i suspect. now, as we say goodbye to boxing day, the weather story is set to change out to the west, with something milder and wetter gradually pushing in. once again, the wind direction swings back to a south—westerly so it means a milder start here. we still keep the cold air in scotland, though, first thing on tuesday morning. and so that means on the leading edge, there could be a spell of snow for a time but it will change quite quickly back to rain as the milder air floods back in across the uk. some wet and windy weather pushing in across wales, particularly west—facing coasts. so it is going to be a mild but wet tuesday for many and rather windy with it. that frontal system will start to ease away, to be replaced by yet another on wednesday. this area of low pressure sees plenty of isobars tucked in behind the southern f

showers of rain into northern ireland, north—west england, western facing coasts of wales and south—westsome glimpses of sunshine, and a little milder here, ten degrees. but factor in the strength and direction of the wind further north and west, it's going to feel noticeably colder, i suspect. now, as we say goodbye to boxing day, the weather story is set to change out to the west, with something milder and wetter gradually pushing in. once again, the wind direction swings back to a south—westerly so it means a milder start here. we still keep the cold air in scotland, though, first thing on tuesday morning. and so that means on the leading edge, there could be a spell of snow for a time but it will change quite quickly back to rain as the milder air floods back in across the uk. some wet and windy weather pushing in across wales, particularly west—facing coasts. so it is going to be a mild but wet tuesday for many and rather windy with it. that frontal system will start to ease away, to be replaced by yet another on wednesday. this area of low pressure sees plenty of isobars tucked in

wet and windy weather pushing in across wales, particularly west facing coast so it will be a mild buto be replaced by another on wednesday. this area of low pressure sees plenty of isobars tucked in behind the southern flank of that low and we will see the strongest of the wins. a spell of heavy rain is likely to push its way settle eastwards as we go through the day and that will clear way to sunny spells and pellistri showers. wind gusts in excess of 40—50 mph zone expose close, widely 30 mph inland. in terms of the field whether double figures for england and wales just a little bit cooler but not by much across much of scotland and northern ireland. the mild theme set to continue. as we move into their state we keep those strong winds and the risk of blustery showers so as one frontal system pushes away a trail of showers toxin from the west and continues particularly along west facing coast but these will have a wintry flavour to the far north—west with any innovation we will see from the snow showers 6 degrees as the high here ten into the far south east. further had, the jet st

into boxing day, showers of rain into northern ireland and generally along west facing coasts of england and walesland, away from the strength of that wind, we will see a little more shelter, a little more sunshine and a little more warmth, with temperatures peaking at 10 degrees, but feeling noticeably cooler in the cloud with the showers around. wet and windy weather for all of us on tuesday, but on the whole, staying mild. this is bbc world news, the headlines king charles pays tribute to his late mother, queen elizabeth — and reflects on the cost of living crisis — in his first christmas message. at least 2a people have died in the united states as a severe arctic freeze continues to grip much of north america. the scope of the storm has been unprecendented, stretching from canada as far south as the rio grande. police in liverpool, in the north of england,

frail —— shows most of frequent through north—west england as we go through the day. simon cross was facing coast of walesn england. sheltered eastern england seeing fewer showers but with the strength of their winds quite widely 30—110 mph, maybe 50 mph gusts on exposed in the worst publishing michelle through quite quickly. top temperatures, 5— 10 celsius. as we move out of thursday into the early hours of friday, wet and windy weather to come, for a time as it bumps into cold air during the early hours of friday morning there will be further snow to the tops of higher ground in scotland. that area of low pressure will through quite quickly, leaving a trail ofjobs to come on friday. sunny spells are more scattered showers to close out the year for new year's eve. good morning. welcome to breakfast with charlie stayt and nina warhurst. 0ur headlines today. the usa has become the latest country to impose tighter restrictions on chinese tourists amid covid concerns, but the uk government says it has no plans to follow suit. police get more time to question two people in connection with the murder of ellie

showers for parts of northern and eastern scotland, also around some of these irish sea coasts, north—west england, waless well. fog patches further east across england and temperatures first thing to start sunday morning at around about minus six degrees for many of us, even in the more urban spots. colder than that in some rural spots. so sunday, then, quite a cold day for the bulk of england and wales. we've got quite a lot of cloud around with the odd snow flurry coming out of this cloud for perhaps the midlands, central southern england. towards the east, we've got some lingering freezing fog for parts of norfolk up towards the vale of york as well. further north, these snow showers tending to ease across parts of scotland. but look at those temperatures. most of us between about freezing to plus two degrees. and then during sunday evening and overnight, our attention turns to the far south—east. now, there is a chance we'll see a low pressure system just pushing in some snowfall potentially to parts of kent and east sussex — essex, suffolk could be at risk, so we are expecting some icy stretches to

some showers for northern ireland, briefly for west wales and also for the east coast of england.for many other places it is going to be a dry day. with plenty of sunshine not helping the temperatures much though. one to 5 degrees at best. through thursday nights, once against those temperatures will drop like a stone. there'll be further wintery showers, some further icy stretches and widely we are looking at lows of —4 or minus five degrees. some places will get colder than that. so, fog is likely to affect some southeastern parts of england through the first part of friday. the other feature of friday's weather is this weather system. which is likely to bring a mixture of rain, sleet and snow. across central parts of scotland. that could cause some disruption. it could certainly give rise to some ice. it's another cold day but maybe not quite as cold. that is a sign of things to come. by saturday, we start to shift the wind direction. we start to pick up these south—westerly winds. still some showers around, especially in the west and orthwest. the west and northwest. some of t

but there will be some across west—facing coasts of wales.mperatures as we go through the day on thursday ranging from 6 to 10 degrees, so just a degree or so down on what we've seen just recently, but still not too bad for the time of year. there's more wet weather to come, though, as we move towards the end of the week. as you can see, these weatherfronts pushing in. they will for a time on the leading edge bring some snow, but that moves away quite quickly and turns to rain across scotland as that frontal system moves through. and then it will leave a trail of showers through friday afternoon for many. 4 to 7 degrees in scotland, highest values of 13, perhaps, in the southeast. as we head towards the new year's eve and the weekend, well, we're going to see this milder air clinging on across england and wales, the cold air sitting in place in scotland. that's in some ways where the driest and the brightest of the weather, any showers here to higher ground still wintry, but these frontal systems still open to uncertainty as to exactly where

also around some of the irish sea coast, north—west wales and the far south—west as well, fog patcheslder than that some rural spots. sunday, spots, colder than that some ruralspots. sunday, quite a cold day for the bulk of england and wales. the odd snow flurry coming out of perhaps the midlands, central and southern england. towards the east we have lingering freezing fog for parts of norfolk up towards the vale of york. the north, snow showers tending to ease across parts of scotland. most temperatures between freezing to plus two. sunday evening and overnight our attention turns to the far south—east. there is a chance we could see a low pressure system just pushing some snowfall potentially to parts of kent and east sussex, essex, suffolk could be at risk. we are expecting some icy stretches to develop, and again, some freezing fog patches. sunday night very cold with a widespread hard frost. temperatures could be as low as -12 temperatures could be as low as —12 as we start monday morning. so an icy and very cold early monday commute. again, lots of low cloud and freezing fog ac

but there will be some across west—facing coasts of wales.50 miles an hour in exposed coasts, it's going to push those showers through at quite a pace. top temperatures as we go through the day on thursday ranging from 6 to 10 degrees, so just a degree or so down on what we've seen just recently, but still not too bad for the time of year. there's more wet weather to come, though, as we move towards the end of the week. as you can see, these weatherfronts pushing in. they will for a time on the leading edge bring some snow, but that moves away quite quickly and turns to rain across scotland as that frontal system moves through. and then it will leave a trail of showers through friday afternoon for many. it to 7 degrees in scotland, highest values of 13, perhaps, in the southeast. as we head towards the new year's eve and the weekend, well, we're going to see this milder air clinging on across england and wales, the cold air sitting in place in scotland. that's in some ways where the driest and the brightest of the weather, any showers here to

but there will be some across west—facing coasts of wales.a0 to maybe 50mph in exposed coasts, it's going to push those showers through at quite a pace. top temperatures as we go through the day on thursday ranging from 6 to 10 degrees, so just a degree or so down on what we've seen just recently, but still not too bad for the time of year. there's more wet weather to come, though, as we move towards the end of the week. as you can see, these weatherfronts pushing in. they will for a time on the leading edge bring some snow, but that moves away quite quickly and turns to rain across scotland as that frontal system moves through. and then it will leave a trail of showers through friday afternoon for many. 4 to 7 degrees in scotland, highest values of 13 perhaps in the southeast. as we head towards the new year's eve and the weekend, well, we're going to see this milder air clinging on across england and wales, the cold air sitting in place in scotland. that's in some ways where the driest and the brightest of the weather, any showers here to h

showers for parts of northern and eastern scotland, also around some of these irish sea coasts, north west england, walesgland and temperatures first thing to start sunday morning at around about minus six degrees for many of us, even in the more urban spots. colder than that in some rural spots. so, sunday, then — quite a cold day for the bulk of england and wales. we've got quite a lot of cloud around with the odd snow flurry coming out of this cloud for perhaps the midlands, central southern england. towards the east, we've got some lingering freezing fog for parts of norfolk up towards the vale of york as well. further north, these snow showers tending to ease across parts of scotland but look at those temperatures — most of us between about freezing to plus two degrees. and then, during sunday evening and overnight, our attention turns to the far south—east. now, there is a chance we'll see a low pressure system just pushing in some snowfall potentially to parts of kent and east sussex — essex, suffolk could be at risk — so we are expecting some icy stretches to develop and, again, some freezing fog

but there will be some across west—facing coasts of wales.h in exposed coasts, it's going to push those showers through at quite a pace. top temperatures as we go through the day on thursday ranging from 6 to 10 degrees, so just a degree or so down on what we've seen just recently, but still not too bad for the time of year. there's more wet weather to come, though, as we move towards the end of the week. as you can see, these weatherfronts pushing in. they will for a time on the leading edge bring some snow, but that moves away quite quickly and turns to rain across scotland as that frontal system moves through. and then it will leave a trail of showers through friday afternoon for many. 4 to 7 degrees in scotland, highest values of 13 perhaps in the southeast. as we head towards the new year's eve and the weekend, well, we're going to see this milder air clinging on across england and wales, the cold air sitting in place in scotland. that's in some ways where the driest and the brightest of the weather, any showers here to higher ground sti

and to boxing day, showers of rain into northern ireland and generally along west facing coasts of england and waleshat wind. we will see a little more shelter, a little more sunshine and a little more warmth with temperatures peaking at ten degrees, but feeling noticeably cooler in the cloud with the showers around. wet and windy weather for all of us on tuesday, but on the whole, staying mild. this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lukwesa burak. our top stories... king charles pays tribute to his late mother, queen elizabeth — and reflects on the cost of living crisis — in his first christmas message. at this time of great anxiety and hardship, be it for those around the world facing conflict, famine or natural disaster, or for those at home finding ways to pay their bills and keep their families fed and warm. at least 20 people have died in extreme winter storms in the us and canada — more than one million people are without power. police in liverpool are hunting a gunman after a 26—year—old woman died — and four were injured in a pub shooting on chr

some showers for northern ireland, briefly for west wales, and also for the east coast of england.w. but for many other places, it is going to be a dry day, with plenty of sunshine, not helping the temperatures much, though — one to five degrees at best. through thursday night, once against those temperatures will drop like a stone. there'll be further wintry showers, some further icy stretches, and, widely, we are looking at lows of “4 or —5 degrees. some places will get colder than that, and some fog is likely to affect some southeastern parts of england through the first part of friday. the other feature of friday's weather is this weather system, which is likely to bring a mixture of rain, sleet and snow across some central parts of scotland. that could cause some disruption. it could certainly give rise to some ice. it's another cold day, but maybe not quite as cold, and that is a sign of things to come, because, by saturday, we start to shift the wind direction. we start to pick up these south—westerly winds. still some showers around, especially in the west and the northwest

rather chilly evening, then further across to the west in wales with across to the west in wales with a scattering of showers and breezy along the coast temperatures . 4 to particularly. temperatures. 4 to 6 celsius. plenty of dry boxing day evening for the midlands but the risk to some showers rather cold again. temperatures down to three or four degrees wednesday saying light though rather breezy this evening . and across breezy this evening. and across northern parts of england and further blustery showers coming . the showers indeed falling asleep or snow over the higher ground at times. so on the cold and, icy side for many , a and, icy side for many, a blustery boxing day evening for scotland , further sleet and scotland, further sleet and snow, i'm afraid some travelling conditions as a result developing at times with the ice on untreated surfaces, particularly temperatures around freezing an icy evening to come too for northern ireland, sleet and snow showers add to the mix turning cold with temperatures tumbling towards freezing and the winds. blustery around the coast. so and frosty night for many. ice in north mild wet wind

coast, northern ireland, isle of man into north wales. they will continue for the rest of the day, particularly into the west pennines.ry weather, cloud in the south breaking up and feeling cold with temperatures typically three or four above freezing. this evening and overnight clear skies for many areas, freezing fog develops towards the east, icy conditions in the west where showers fall on very low ground, —— very cold ground. it could be ten or 15 centimetres over higher ground. temperatures down to about —6, bitterly cold, it will be about —6, bitterly cold, it will be a very cold start to the weekend with a sharp frost, icy stretches and lingering freezing fog for some others, particularly towards these. a foggy start for east anglia towards the vale of york, some of that slow to clear. showers still continue around some irish sea coast, exmoorand bodmin continue around some irish sea coast, exmoor and bodmin could see some centimetres of snow, temperatures will struggle again between freezing to perhaps six or seven in the mildest spots. rain for the coast of eastern scotland but more snow inland. through the

showers for parts of northern and eastern scotland, also around some of these irish sea coasts, north west england, walesirst thing to start sunday morning at around about minus six degrees for many of us, even in the more urban spots. colder than that in some rural spots. so, sunday, then — quite a cold day for the bulk of england and wales. we've got quite a lot of cloud around with the odd snow flurry coming out of this cloud for perhaps the midlands, central southern england. towards the east, we've got some lingering freezing fog for parts of norfolk up towards the vale of york as well. further north, these snow showers tending to ease across parts of scotland but look at those temperatures — most of us between about freezing to plus two degrees. and then, during sunday evening and overnight, our attention turns to the far south—east. now, there is a chance we'll see a low pressure system just pushing in some snowfall potentially to parts of kent and east sussex — essex, suffolk could be at risk — so we are expecting some icy stretches to develop and, again, some freezing fog patches. but sunday nig

some showers for northern ireland, briefly for west wales and also for the east coast of england.it is going to be a dry day. with plenty of sunshine not helping the temperatures much though. one to 5 degrees at best. through thursday nights, once against those temperatures will drop like a stone. there'll be further wintery showers, some further icy stretches and widely we are looking at lows of “4 or —5 degrees. some places will get colder than that. so, fog is likely to affect some southeastern parts of england through the first part of friday. the other feature of friday's weather is this weather system. which is likely to bring a mixture of rain, sleet and snow. across central parts of scotland. that could cause some disruption. it could certainly give rise to some ice. it's another cold day but maybe not quite as cold. that is a sign of things to come. by saturday, we start to shift the wind direction. we start to pick up these south—westerly winds. still some showers around, especially in the west and northwest. some of those will still be wintry but those temperatures begi

showers for parts of northern and eastern scotland, also around some of these irish sea coasts, north west england, walesbout minus six degrees for many of us, even in the more urban spots. colder than that in some rural spots. so, sunday, then — quite a cold day for the bulk of england and wales. we've got quite a lot of cloud around with the odd snow flurry coming out of this cloud for perhaps the midlands, central southern england. towards the east, we've got some lingering freezing fog for parts of norfolk up towards the vale of york as well. further north, these snow showers tending to ease across parts of scotland but look at those temperatures — most of us between about freezing to plus two degrees. and then, during sunday evening and overnight, our attention turns to the far south—east. now, there is a chance we'll see a low pressure system just pushing in some snowfall potentially to parts of kent and east sussex — essex, suffolk could be at risk — so we are expecting some icy stretches to develop and, again, some freezing fog patches. but sunday night, very cold with a widespread hard frost. te

some showers for northern ireland, briefly for west wales, and also for the east coast of england.aces, it is going to be a dry day, with plenty of sunshine, not helping the temperatures much, though — one to five degrees at best. through thursday night, once against those temperatures will drop like a stone. there'll be further wintry showers, some further icy stretches, and, widely, we are looking at lows of “4 or —5 degrees. some places will get colder than that, and some fog is likely to affect some southeastern parts of england through the first part of friday. the other feature of friday's weather is this weather system, which is likely to bring a mixture of rain, sleet and snow across some central parts of scotland. that could cause some disruption. it could certainly give rise to some ice. it's another cold day, but maybe not quite as cold, and that is a sign of things to come, because, by saturday, we start to shift the wind direction. we start to pick up these south—westerly winds. still some showers around, especially in the west and the northwest. some of those will sti

showers for parts of northern and eastern scotland, also around some of these irish sea coasts, north west england, wales to start sunday morning at around about minus six degrees for many of us, even in the more urban spots. colder than that in some rural spots. so, sunday, then — quite a cold day for the bulk of england and wales. we've got quite a lot of cloud around with the odd snow flurry coming out of this cloud for perhaps the midlands, central southern england. towards the east, we've got some lingering freezing fog for parts of norfolk up towards the vale of york as well. further north, these snow showers tending to ease across parts of scotland but look at those temperatures — most of us between about freezing to plus two degrees. and then, during sunday evening and overnight, our attention turns to the far south—east. now, there is a chance we'll see a low pressure system just pushing in some snowfall potentially to parts of kent and east sussex — essex, suffolk could be at risk — so we are expecting some icy stretches to develop and, again, some freezing fog patches. but sunday night, very c

some showers for northern ireland, briefly for west wales and also for the east coast of england.e of those showers will fall as snow. but for many other places it is going to be a dry day. with plenty of sunshine not helping the temperatures much though. one to 5 degrees at best. through thursday nights, once against those temperatures will drop like a stone. there'll be further wintery showers, some further icy stretches and widely we are looking at lows of “4 or minus five degrees. some places will get colder than that. so, fog is likely to affect some southeastern parts of england through the first part of friday. the other feature of friday's weather is this weather system. which is likely to bring a mixture of rain, sleet and snow. across central parts of scotland. that could cause some disruption. it could certainly give rise to some ice. it's another cold day but maybe not quite as cold. that is a sign of things to come. by saturday, we start to shift the wind direction. we start to pick up these south—westerly winds. still some showers around, especially in the west and n

showers in parts of scotland, rain, sleet and snow in northern ireland at the far west of wales and down some north sea coasthere, looking at a crisp winter sunshine. but elsewhere, looking at a crisp wintersunshine. it but elsewhere, looking at a crisp winter sunshine. it will not help the temperatures much, after the frosty start, after new highs of 1-5 . on frosty start, after new highs of 1—5. on friday, this system could cause some headaches in parts of scotland, particular in central scotland, particular in central scotland with a mix of rain, sleet and snow giving rise to ice and some about wintry weather might come into northern ireland could do elsewhere, spells of sunshine and signed over the temperatures nudging upwards, just a little. on saturday, some showers, some wintry but on sunday, here comes the big change with this band of rain, it may be some snow on its leading edge for a time but as its leading edge for a time but as it works its way in, it will turn much milder, at least for the start of next week. thanks, ben. and that's bbc news at ten on wednesday the 14th of december. there's more