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tuesday looking mainly dry, rain moving in scotland and northern ireland on wednesday, sweeping south on wednesday night, weakening as it does so. what that weather front does do is sweep away a lot of the cloud that surrounds at the moment. not much rain moving south, but brighter skies following that system across much of the uk. a bit of breeze on thursday. this is bbc news. the headlines: britain is accusing russia of planning to install a pro—kremlin leader in ukraine, as fears of an invasion grow. the foreign office in london says a former ukrainian mp is being considered as a potential candidate — along with four others who it says have links to russian intelligence services. islamic state fighters have continued one of their biggest attacks in syria since the group's self—declared caliphate was defeated nearly three years ago. a british—based monitoring group said more than 75 people — most of them jihadists — had been killed in three days of fighting with kurdish—led forces in the northern city of hasakeh. now, on bbc news, it's time for dateline london.

more of a breeze for the final for scotland, today. more of a breeze for the finalfor scotland, one today. more of a breeze for the final for scotland, one or two spots of rain but elsewhere a lovely sunny day, some wintry sunshine continuing for most of us. away from the fog patches, whetherfog patches linger thenit patches, whetherfog patches linger then it will be colder than these temperatures suggest but very mild across the north—east of scotland, 12 degrees into moray firth. patchy rain across northern scotland and quite a breakthrough tonight, fog becomes extensive across parts of england and wales and it will be cold, quite a hard frost across central and southern areas, a little bit cold for northern ireland where we could see clearer skies towards the end of the night. high pressure still with us across the south of the uk for friday. this weather front continues to bring some thick cloud and patchy rain to the north and north—east of scotland. elsewhere it's a sunny, cold start. we'll have the fog risk across central an

the driest and brightest weather for sunday will be for scotland and northern ireland. and then on monday, we fall into a bit of a pincer movement in terms of our weather across the uk. we will see this weather front to the south trying to push some rain into this area of low pressure in the north, trying to turn things increasingly unsettled, between the two, some breezy conditions, but i think the best of any sunny spells are for the midlands, the north of england, but to the very south and very north of the uk, there could be some heavier, more persistent rain. a little cooler as well on monday, but temperature still slightly above average for the time of year. however, for tuesday, it looks like we are going to flip around and pick up a northerly wind and that will bring about a very dramatic change in the way things feel. you will have to add on the effect of the wind—chill, but temperatures in edinburgh just 4 degrees on tuesday, down to 8 degrees in london. so, is a big contrast in our weather to come over the next few days ahead. this is bbc news, the headline

scotland through the afternoon. overnight tonight things turn icy with showers frequently moving into scotland. some of those will be of snow. the band of rain continues southwards across england and wales. still mild across the far south — 7 degrees. but otherwise a frost is going to be quite widespread, particularly in the countryside. so a cold start to the day on tuesday. we will have frequent snow showers, accumulations maybe around 2—5cm here. more on the highest ground. and the winds could get very strong for a time towards the middle part of the day, particularly in orkney where we could get gusts of 60, maybe 70 mph for a time, so, very blustery. temporary blizzard conditions over the higher ground in scotland as well. wintry showers moving down the irish sea into the north of wales, north—west england. could see a little bit of sleet or snow mixed in with some of those but the lion's share of the snow showers will be across scotland, that's where we will see most of the accumulations. for wednesday t

cloud starts to build across northern ireland and scotland as storm corrie begins to race in, bringing in gales and rain, and some mountain snow. it will be a chilly day right across the board. storm corrie spends right across the north of the uk during sunday night, the early hours of monday, a met office blanket yellow warning for northern britain, 50 to 60 miles an hour, and an amber warning for northern scotland with gusts in excess of 80 miles an hour. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... in the united states, warnings of historic blizzards as a fierce winter storm bringing heavy snowfall hits the east coast. as the ukraine border crisis continues, borisjohnson is to travel to eastern europe, and will telephone the russian president in the coming days. a more detailed study is under way after initial research finds some people with long covid may have hidden damage to their lungs. and — one of the biggest stars in world sport, quarterback tom brady is retiring from the nfl after 22 seasons and seven superbowl titles. the seven—time winner of the superbowl, who is 44, is c

there has been plenty of it for eastern scotland and parts of eastern scotland and parts of eastern england, we look to the west, there's been a lot of cloud around. as we look at the satellite picture, you can see what has been going on. the cloud has been spelling and across western areas into southern england as well, more thanis into southern england as well, more than is expected today, eastern scotland and eastern england has had the lion's share of the blue sky. what's he going to be over the weekend? what's going to in the sunshine or the cloud. this area of high pressure getting a lot of settled weather. we are bringing the cloud into more areas from the atlantic, and that is a process that will continue on through tonight. so you are likely to see some cloud increasing. of course, the cloud means that the extent and severity of frost is going to be limited compared from the last few nights. 290 scotland, a few spots in wales as well. nowhere near as cold as it was last night. of course, that means with the cloud that we are going to be struggling to see some sunshine tomorrow. the

into scotland. some of those will be of snow. still mild across the far south — seven degrees. but otherwise a frost is going to be quite widespread, particularly in the countryside. so a cold start to the day on tuesday. we will have frequent snow showers, accumulations maybe around two to five centimetres here. more on the highest ground. and the winds could get very strong for a time towards the middle part of the day, particularly in 0rkney where we could get gusts of 60, maybe 70 mph for a time, so very blustery. temporary blizzard conditions over the higher ground in scotland as well. wintry showers moving down the irish sea to the north of wales, north—west england. could see a little bit of sleet or snow mixed in with some of those but the lion's share of the snow showers will be across scotland, that's where we will see most of the accumulations. for wednesday there will be further showers coming down the eastern coasts of scotland and england, a few of those could be wintry and there w

scotland. these northerly winds will continue to dive southwards across the whole of the uk, reaching the south by tuesday. so this afternoon is where the colder air is. across scotland rain moving into the far north of england and northern ireland, too. south of this, a lot of dry weather, the last of the mild days with temperatures still reaching double figures. through the afternoon those temperatures dropping in scotland, highs of around 2 degrees for a time in scotland through the afternoon. 0vernight tonight things turn icy with showers frequently moving into scotland. some of those will be of snow. the band of rain continues southwards across england and wales. still mild across the far south — 7 degrees. but otherwise a frost is going to be quite widespread, particularly in the countryside. so a cold start to the day on tuesday. we will have frequent snow showers, accumulations maybe around 2—5cm here. more on the highest ground. and the winds could get very strong for a time toward

some mountain snow for scotland and gales developing once again, particularly across the west of scotland and then pushing into northern ireland, the rest of scotland, then northern england later in the day. those winds always little bit lighter further south, but it will be a chillier day compared to saturday, with temperatures of 4—9 degrees. and then that area of low pressure moves across the north of scotland. so, two storms this weekend for the north of britain, which could bring some damaging gusts. we're likely to see some disruption in places, so stay tuned to the forecast. see you later. this is bbc news. i'm simon pusey. our top stories: the us warns the russian troop build—up near ukraine is the largest since the cold war as attempts to find a diplomatic solution continue. after days of confusion the downing street lockdown parties report is now expected to be delivered without waiting for the police inquiry. tens of thousands displaced and over 80 killed as tropical storm ana sweeps across countries in south—eastern africa. more doubts emerge about novak djokovic�*s co

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some mountain snow for scotland and gales developing once again, particularly across the west of scotland and then pushing into northern ireland, the rest of scotland, then northern england later in the day. those winds always little bit lighter further south but it will be a chillier day compared to saturday with temperatures of 4—9 degrees. and then, that area of low pressure moves across the north of scotland. we'll see a real squeeze in the isobars. gales or severe gales affecting northern ireland, much of scotland, perhaps the north of england. again, gusts of 70—80 mph for a time, so this could cause some disruption. so, two storms this weekend for the north of britain which could bring some damaging gusts. we're likely to see some disruption in places, so stay tuned to the forecast. see you later. this is bbc world news, i'm simon pusey. our top stories: the us warns the russian troop build—up near ukraine is the largest since the cold war, as attempts to find a diplomatic solution continue. after days of confusion the downing street lockdown parties report is now expected to

there is a weather front close to northern scotland. ready from that, we have seen a little rain in north west scotland. that is moving east and does replace the sunshine we have had so far in north—east scotland. it will brighten up a bit in northern ireland this afternoon, may be holes in the cloud in north—east wales and north—east england. overall, a lot of that cloud around and particularly in central and eastern parts of england, temperatures struggling around two celsius this afternoon. maybe a hint of drizzle in the air, too. overnight, a little patchy rain pushes further south through scotland, notice more clear spells developing more widely through the night across northern areas in the breeze picks up. lower temperatures will be across mainly eastern parts of the uk, so maybe a touch of frost. tomorrow is looking like a brighter day, with the exception perhaps of the far south and south east of england, some sunny spells coming through. initial patchy rain in north west scotland, look how much heavier that turns across

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england take on scotland in two weeks' time. the other big line involves scotland's women, who've made it into the world cup play—off final after two of their rivals withdrew. they'll take on kazakhstan or colombia in a one—off match in dubai on 25th february, with hong kong and samoa unable to play due to covid travel restrictions. and the winners willjoin the group including australia, wales and hosts new zealand for delayed tournament, which starts on the 8th of october. we could have the biggest game of the weekend in the premier league tonight, when you consider how much hinges on it for both sides. it's watford against norwich and if either are to stand any hope of escaping relegation, this is a match they need to win. the hosts just outside the bottom three, one point ahead of tonight's opponents. jonathan pierce will be commentating for bbc radio 5 live tonight. hello. and isaac in here, the stewards just getting the seat ready for the sake like a cop. their 100th meeting between the two. in recent years are most imp

cold and wintry showers spreading into the north of scotland. the dividing line between that cold air, though, by the end of the day will be lying somewhere across northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england. outbreaks of rain and that, a wet end to the day for those in around the english channel. that low will clear through and as it does so, monday night into tuesday, the cold air floods its way southwards and it will be a much chillier day. in fact, we could see some pretty frequent snow showers in the north of scotland and strengthening winds which could cause problems later on tuesday and into wednesday. but the upshot is for all of us, temperatures much lower next week. as you can see here, from a selection of towns and cities from the four nations, temperatures in single figures and, as i said, a bit of snow for some of you. welcome to bbc news — i'm simon pusey. our top stories: south africa's president leads funeral tributes to archbishop desmond tutu — calling him the nation's moral compass. archbishop desmond tutu was, w

a bit milderfurther north — 9 or 10 for parts of scotland. now, that weather front will tend to get the life squeezed out of it through monday night into tuesday as our area of high pressure builds back into the picture. so, really, we're back to square one on tuesday — there could be some fog patches around as well. this westerly flow will feed some spots of light rain and drizzle into some western parts of scotland. temperatures at 4 degrees for birmingham, maybe 8 or 9 in parts of western scotland. now, as we head through tuesday night into wednesday, we will see another weather system approaching, and this one is likely to have a bit more life about it. so, the potentialfor some heavier rain, but really only affecting parts of scotland. some of that perhaps into northern ireland and the far north of england, but further south, it is largely dry. still quite a lot of cloud, some spells of sunshine, but temperatures a little higher by this stage. it will feel milder — 9—ii degrees in many places. and we will see some milder weather as

were he that it really is time for about democracy that it comes to scotland. and for us to go for the independence, i'm sure he supported a with a debt, so we saw back in the 7090. so i think these are important a commemorations that we should remember about buns for today. and finally, about of many buttons suffer from many locations. do you have a favorite quotation on a favorite instance that you'd like to tailor international audience about of only the world's point? well, i recall i spent a, you traveling around the world and day one of them is bizarre. gonzagos was in a malia in the island of canine. in a fisherman's hot. we're map allan, i from coma, half of all over a moke whiskey that we brought to play in willis, scotland. and we drawn back, and i recited thomas on that and he so ye, for in case, and we had an australian victim. we just saw in australian in the corner and gave him our a button. so call me for your saliva. but coming back to our minds of mine for that, you just kind of get back up with the final best of the minds of mind for that. the

the colder air has already arrived in scotland as these northerly winds have pushed in. that colder air will reach all parts of the uk through tuesday. i say all parts but, actually, just ahead of the cold front as we start off tuesday morning, it'll still be relatively mild across the far south of england and wales, 6—7 celsius, but otherwise cold with a frost. now, across northern scotland there will be some significant snow accumulations, with 2—5cm, more than that over the highest mountains, mind you, and some very strong winds, particularly affecting orkney, where we could see gusts of 70—80mph towards the middle part of the day. so the risk of some icy stretches here. showers will be driven down the irish sea coasts to affect northern parts of wales, north—west midlands, north—west england, and there will be some showers as well coming down north sea coastal areas. a cold wind. temperatures down across the board, 11—5 celsius pretty typically, and remember, we will be seeing some heavy accumulations of snow as well for northern scotland. now, for wednes

and we could actually see some gales later in the day across parts of western scotland. temperatures three in the north to nine in the south. this is bbc news broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. i�*m ben brown, our top stories: prince andrew�*s lawyers prepare to ask a us court to dismiss a civil sexual assault case brought by virginia giuffre. pupils across the uk head back to school amid concerns about staff shortages. covid is causing problems around the world with schooling. we�*ll hear from the head of a teacher�*s union in the us. a second chinese city is locked down and the winter olympic bubble sealed, as officials rush to contain outbreaks, a month before the opening ceremony. after questions about his covid vaccination status, novak djokovic gets a medical exemption and says he will travel to australia to defend his open title.

in scotland, new laws are giving siblings more control over their relationships. karen morrison is a veteran foster carer instrumental in these changes. our family are foster carers and it didn't take long for us to realise, you know, that these children are going into the care system and they're not going to the same place together. in fact, they don't even know when they're going to see each other again. just imagine that trauma, it must be awful. karen also runs siblings reunited, a charity providing a safe space for split—up siblings in care to meet every few months. how excited have you guys been to meet today? good. ten out of ten. ten out of ten! just because i know it's halloween. 9,000. 9,000?! an independent review of the england care system is currently under way, with findings and recommendations expected to be published later this year. in scotland, new laws are giving siblings more control over their relationships. for these brothers, however, it's time to say goodbye for now. ashleyjohn—baptiste, bbc news. more on that on the website as well. no

of scotland, a little bit damp, as well. still those temperature contrast really north—south across the uk. where that fog is slow to lift, it will be quite a cold day. all that cold air is stuck underneath this area of high pressure. stagnant air, really, so fog is tending to become more widespread. and it may well drift its way up into parts of northern ireland and southern scotland. most of the fog, though, on friday will be across england and wales, and it could linger into the afternoon. some sunshine away from that fog and low cloud. and again, it'll always be milder across more northern parts of scotland. welcome to newsday. reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... the us once again breaks the world record for daily covid cases — and record numbers are in hospital with covid, too. a downing street drinks party when large gatherings were banned. anger from families who were unable to be with loved ones when they died. people died sticking to the rules, and they broke those rules to have

cold and wintry showers spreading into the north of scotland. the dividing line between the cold air somewhere across northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england, outbreaks of rain and a wet end to the day around the english channel. that will clear through and monday night into tuesday the cold air floods its way southwards and it will be a much chillier day. we could see some fairly frequent snow showers in the north of scotland and strengthening winds which could cause problems later on tuesday and into wednesday. the upshot is for all of us temperature is much lower next week. you can see a selection of towns and cities in the four nations, temperatures in single figures and a bit of snow. despite the boosterjab campaign, hospital admissions in england are at their highest level for a year. if the evidence shows that we are getting very significant numbers of people coming into hospital with covid, then the government needs to be ready to introduce further restrictions at pace. the health secretary says any new restrictions "must b

central and southern scotland. you can see the winds coming in from the north which is a sign of the colder air. in the south it is still a southwesterly sew across england and wales in a mild day but not quite so mild for scotland and northern ireland. this is bbc news — the headlines: face masks are to be required to be worn by secondary school pupils in england, as coronavirus cases continue to surge across europe. fears that a quarter of uk public sector workers could be off due to covid — as firms are warned to make contingency plans. minsiters say there's nothing in the current covid data to suggest more restrictions are required in england. the widespread use of testing is an illustration of the fact that the british public are taking sensible steps to keep themselves safe, to keep their friends and family safe. a us judge throws out prince andrew's attempt to halt proceedings in a civil lawsuit against him. fans will be allowed to stand to watch chelsea play liverpool for the first time in 28 years as a

the rules apply to england, scotland and wales. until yesterday, vehicles had priority when turning atjunctions, pedestrians had to wait to cross the road if a vehicle was already turning. but now at a junction, motorists should give way to pedestrians crossing the road and even wait for those waiting to cross a road. there is also updated guidance for cyclists. 0n quiet roads, and in slower—moving traffic, cyclists are now advised to ride in the centre of their lane. the adjustments mean a driver is now more likely to be penalised for putting other road users in harm's way. a complete guide to the new rules can be found on the bbc news website. with all the sport now, here's karthi gnanasegaram at the bbc sport centre. thanks, reeta. good evening. ashleigh barty has won tennis' australian open women's title ending a alt—year wait for a home singles champion in melbourne. the world number one and wimbledon champion beat danielle collins of america with another impressive straight sets performance. barty has now won three out of

for the northerly wind following the band of wet weather, and scotland and northern ireland and scotland and northern ireland and the far north of england, for the south is more mild air to come with temperatures in double figures. as we had to tuesday, we find colder air pushing into scotland in northern england, with a frost, frequent snow showers coming into northern parts of scotland was some blizzards drifting over high—level roofs. in east anglia, that moves through and rolling in the sunshine on a court northerly wind on tuesday and a few more winter showers in the west and temperatures of only five to eight celsius. this is bbc news — i'm geeta guru—murthy with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. a huge fire has completely destroyed the south african national assembly — a man has been arrested on suspicion of arson. thousands protest against the military regime in sudan — the prime minister resigns urging coup leaders to move back towards democracy. a surge in covid infections affects travel — forcing the cancellation of over four thousand

a breezier day, especially into the northwest of scotland. it'll be another mild day, though temperature is not as high, lowertemperature is around four or 5 degrees. overnight and into monday, rain turning heavier is that weather front moves into northern scotland in the wind will be easing, it'll be dry elsewhere. a lot of cloud around. in any breaks, a touch of frost possible. weather front will take some outbreaks of rain so the further south through parts of northern and western scotland. any rain to register in, and of that, there may be sunny spells around. south of that, good deal of cloud. temperature is around 6—9 c. by monday evening, patchy rain. tuesday looking me dry with rain moving into scotland on wednesday, and sweeping south. what that weather front does do is sweep away a lot of the cloud around at the moment. not much rain moving south, but brighter skies following that system across much of the uk with the breeze on thursday. a lot of cloud around, north—east scotland's parts of wales and eastern counties of northern

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a mixture of bright spells and showers for scotland. a lot of dry weather in between for northern ireland, northern england and north wales as well. you'll notice the cooler air starting to move back in from the north and west, with temperatures here around 7—8, the mildest air in the south. now, beyond that, high pressure is going to build into the south of the uk. and that means, increasingly, in the week ahead, the weather will become fine and dry with some sunny spells. this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. more than 150,000 people in the uk have now died, within 28 days of a positive covid test since the pandemic began. a serenade to novak djokovic who says he had a vaccine exemption to enter australia because he had covid last month. at least 21 people have died in north eastern pakistan, after heavy snowfall traps thousands in their vehicles. time to shine — the james webb telescope — the biggest observatory sent into orbit, successfully unfolds its mirrore

even faster rate of increase in scotland. band rate of increase in scotland. and . iven rate of increase in scotland. and given those _ rate of increase in scotland. and given those figures and given the prevalence of covid, there are all sorts of pressures on hospitals. there are. in england, we know at least ten trust have declared critical incidents since christmas. this was really an internal warning to the local system. they're on the brink of struggling to provide priority sources like emergency care. it's a warning that they need staff to be redeployed and to help out. we know and greater manchester, they started cancelling non—urgent surgery, although they are prioritising cancer and cardiac care. it's interesting listening to the mayor andy burnham, who highlighted wanted to problems, that care homes are really full staff absences. it's affecting their ability to take patients from hospital. he says half of care homes cannot take any patients from hospital, and i think this is a problem we will find out more about tomorrow will be get some new figur

and it's mild in scotland and northern ireland. and temperatures elsewhere are a bit higher than they've been over the past few days. very limited frost on saturday night. parts of wales and england most favoured for a touch of it. maybe a few mist and fog patches slow to clear on sunday morning. it is across southern areas the winds are quite light. it'll freshen on sunday in northern ireland. especially in northwest scotland and the western isles, some gales developing. there will still be a bit of patchy rain here, but here's a weather front moving in for sunday night, so turning wetter in scotland then. elsewhere on sunday, a lot of dry weather, a lot of cloud. that's your forecast. this is bbc news, i'm shaun ley with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. with russian troops massed near ukraine's borders — the us and russia hold �*frank�* talks about moscow's intentions. washington warns of �*massive consequences'. aid agencies say an air strike by the saudi—led coalition on a prison in yem

you'll notice that most in northern ireland and scotland, especially in northern scotland. so what's going on? high pressure close by, that is why we are having a lot of dry weather. around it, bringing in a lot of cloud from the atlantic. it does limit the extent and severity of frost as saturday starts. a touch of it in north—east scotland, patchy in wales and england, where we had any clear spells overnight. and a chance for some early mist and fog patches. you can see the extent of the cloud across the uk for saturday. just a few brighter breaks here and there. they are most likely across eastern parts of scotland and england, whereas towards north—west scotland, we are going to see some outbreaks of rain. and it is breezier here, compared with elsewhere, but it is also milder — 11 degrees in stornoway, 10 in belfast and glasgow. temperatures elsewhere a little higher than they were on friday. 0vernight and into sunday, quite a bit of cloud around, a few breaks in that cloud here and there, where they occur, the chance of seeing a touch of frost. parts of wales an

a bit milderfurther north — 9 or 10 for parts of scotland. now, that weather front will tend to get the life squeezed out of it through monday night into tuesday as our area of high pressure builds back into the picture. so, really, we're back to square one on tuesday — lots of dry weather, but lots of cloud. there could be some fog patches around as well. this westerly flow will feed some spots of light rain and drizzle into some western parts of scotland. temperatures at 4 degrees for birmingham, maybe 8 or 9 in parts of western scotland. now, as we head through tuesday night into wednesday, we will see another weather system approaching, and this one is likely to have a bit more life about it. so, the potentialfor some heavier rain, but really only affecting parts of scotland. some of that perhaps into northern ireland and the far north of england, but further south, it is largely dry. still quite a lot of cloud, some spells of sunshine, but temperatures a little higher by this stage. it will feel milder — 9—11 degrees in many places

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a lot of cloud around, north—east scotland�*s parts of wales and eastern counties of northern ireland will save it, elsewhere if you break your breaks. a breezy day in northern england and northern ireland, especially scotland and north—west, keele is developing in the western isles. another mild day here, temperatures not as high as they have been. probably the lower temperatures are in for cloud hangs around all day through parts of central and southern england. 0vernight and into monday, rain turning heavier is that with different routes into northern scotland where the wind will be using. try elsewhere, a lot of cloud around. with any breaks in the cloud through wales and england a touch of frost possible. 0utbreaks through wales and england a touch of frost possible. outbreaks of rain, further south and into northern ireland as we go into monday. barely any rain to register in northern ireland. ahead of that there may be a few sunny spells around, parts of northern england and north wales and the midlands, south of that a good deal of cloud, temperatures around 6-9 c. deal of c

they're bred by beta bugs, which is a start—up based in scotland. i know in certain parts of the world eating bugs is commonplace, but i still can't imagine them being on my shopping list. well, 0k. how about. . .these? ok, that actually looks borderline appetising. mm—hm. do you want to try? i think i may be asking you again. yeah, right, ok. just behind here, you will find that. all right. just have a taste of that. there we go, any time you are ready, and i will tell you that these are — drum roll — spicy crickets. yes, these dishes are made from insect packed by a british firm called bug — who love bugs, obviously — and they say that bugs use less water, they use less land than animals, they need less feed than animals and, in fact, they can be fed on the things that we throw away. but are they delicious? clears throat 0k. a bit of a kick! right, i do not think you're impressed by any of this! i think it's like _ sweet—and—sour chicken. ok — again, that's not bad. you'll eat anything! chickpeas and sweet—and—sour chicken! i t

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of scotland, a little bit damp, as well. still those temperature contrasts really north—south across the uk. where that fog is slow to lift, it will be quite a cold day. all that cold air is stuck underneath this area of high pressure. stagnant air, really, so fog is tending to become more widespread. and it may well drift its way up into parts of northern ireland and southern scotland. most of the fog, though, on friday will be across england and wales, and it could linger into the afternoon. some sunshine away from that fog and low cloud. and again, it'll always be milder across more northern parts of scotland. welcome to bbc news. i'm david eades. our top stories: president biden makes a passionate plea for reform of voting rights describing it as a defining moment for us democracy. us covid infections reach an all—time high with hospitalisations doubling in just two weeks — a stark warning is issued to the unvaccinated. about a 20 times likelihood that you would be dead if you were unvaccinated. the british prime m

the north—east of scotland took a battering. in bradford lee warner and his friend richard had been packing up their gear after a bike ride. we were sat between the two back seats, just crouching down, really. pushed me further down. i lay down on the my floor. my friend pulled me out of the back. an almighty crash. to be honest, i thought my friend were dead, i think he has been really lucky. northern powergrid says tens of thousands of customers are still without power, mostly in northumberland and county durham. tonight, county durham county council has declared a major incident following the impact of the storm. this is just day one, storm arwen lasted more than a week, ten days for some people. so we are not in the same position now as we were then, thankfully. the numbers we are dealing with are much smaller this time but, of course, for anyone affected by it, it is a significant disruption. this afternoon in staffordshire police were called after a tree fell in winnothdale near stoke—on—trent. a nine—year—old boy

could cause some disruption with the wind gusts in excess of 80 mph across the northeast of scotland. the later finds will sink south and bring a band of cloud but behind it the skies will brighten up and it will be mild in the south but turning colder across the north and the west with sunshine and showers moving in as the area of low pressure sleeps across the north of the uk and it will clear with high pressure on sunday but a new area of pressure on sunday but a new area of pressure will push into scotland later on sunday it's a cold day with a nice quiet start with a touch of frost in rural places but some good spells of sunshine and turn cloudy and wet and windy across the northwest of scotland later in the day and they will be snow over the high grounds with wind gusts even higher than that later in the day across the northwest of scotland with a breezy day to come across the south with what the morning starts off with the temperatures around 79 degrees for sunday. the low pressure will sweep across scotland bringing in a style of gales with gusts of 60 or 70 mild power which

when george younger state for scotland, conservative or i, conan and scotland, and yourself as a firebrand labeled member of parliament. that when did you have any political tussles about bottles, you know was where you flee? quotations each other. just go on with the business of, of making sure that our cottage was being properly a preserve the presented. good. some people seem very strange, but not tories and scotland can embrace bottoms as well as social. it's like me. no number of source was friends who think this is a great puzzle, but of course one who is a minor many parents as well. and it's definitely possible if you're a tory not to buy into some of the things that he said, but not always by and you all are things that you said. and also of course, leaving a say just from the 2nd is political philosophy. when the man was a genius, as our poet and in so writing and in storytelling such as dumber shanta. so it's quite easy for a tory to my auntie barnes the same as for somebody on the. so that takes us right into buttons, his political impact and scotland over the last 2 centuries

of scotland, a little bit damp, as well. still, those temperature contrasts really north—south across the uk. where that fog is slow to lift, it will be quite a cold day. all that cold air is stuck underneath this area of high pressure. stagnant air, really, so fog is tending to become more widespread. and it may well drift its way up into parts of northern ireland and southern scotland. most of the fog, though, on friday will be across england and wales, and it could linger into the afternoon. some sunshine away from that fog and low cloud. and again, it'll always be milder across more northern parts of scotland. welcome to bbc news. i'm david eades. our top stories: us covid infections reach an all—time high with hospitalisations doubling in just two weeks. a stark warning is issued to the unvaccinated. about a 20 times likelihood that you would be dead if you were unvaccinated. new revelations in australia as novak djokovic releases a new statement saying that his team did tick an incorrect box about where he'd visite

colder weather has arrived in scotland. we've seen some snow across northern areas today, but that colder air is pushing its way southwards. now, a real turnaround in fortunes when you think about saturday's temperatures and how they were up at around 15 or 16 degrees, including in the highlands of scotland. well, tomorrow's temperatures more typically around 4 or 5 celsius. it is going to feel a lot colder. now, the colder air is going to be arriving on these northerly winds, and those winds push the cold air right the way into the south. however, this is our cold front. and ahead of it, overnight, we'll stilljust be about into the milder air across the far south of england and wales, so temperatures, cardiff and london, about 6 or 7 degrees. 0therwise, further north, frost pretty widespread and there's a risk of icy stretches in scotland, where we'll continue to see frequent snow showers with some significant accumulations building up. could be some localised disruption. and for 0rkney, some very strong winds towards the

through the day with placed scotland not in ireland with placed scotland not in ireland with cloud through northwest england and wales and into the west midlands as the day goes on. after the cold start it will feel chilly but not as chilly without the wind along the north sea coast. the crowd will continue to feeding even a bit of rain in northwest scotland as to friday night into saturday morning mimicking the extent of the frost and they will be some across eastern parts of england in particular as saturday begins. we know it is cold now with this hints of blue temperatures below average for the time of year and at the moment as i run this through the weekend you will notice in scotland temperatures are going to be heading higher and above average especially the further north you are rest to white southern areas he will not notice too much change. the air is not moving very much with a chance of frost overnight rest elsewhere into scotland some less cold air moving in with mother air moving in and the strong breeze with outbreaks of rain at times on saturday towards the north and northw

of rain to scotland, b t toi to lift and ie are some shower reverse of rain to scotland, b t toi to li the d ie are that is likely to bring the increasing chance of showers. 0ur area of high pressure begins to pull away to the near continent, allow these frontal systems to pull into western areas, but again the winds will be lightened for england and wales on saturday to allow for mist and fog to form once again and some low cloud stuff further west, we will start ceasing weather fronts, and the winds pick up. milder across the southwest. elsewhere, quite chilly for some that weather front on sunday begins to move south across the country. notice, or isobars generally across the uk, so he breezy day, in so 50 we so we - not have the north, so we should not have many problems with mist and fog for sunday morning. some good spells of sunshine. a breezy her day to come for all. sunshine. a breezy her day to come forall. quite sunshine. a breezy her day to come for all. quite windy across scotland, a few showers here, little bit of sunshine. gusts could be higher. temperatures, single f

indeed, blows for hospitality in scotland as there i for hospitality in scotland as there was across the uk and the world. what you can basically say today is that the omicron restrictions in scotland have now eased, scotland is now essentially back to where it was a month ago before these additional restrictions were imposed. let�*s look at what actually changes. first of all, nightclubs can now reopen again, they had been closed since december the 27th. the additional rules on social distancing and hospitality have gone so for example, you can now go to the bar and buy a drink example, you can now go to the bar and buya drink again, it is no and buy a drink again, it is no longer about table service in pubs and the rules which had limited the number of customers and some bars and restaurants have now gone. lastly, the rules on indoor events or now eased again so there is no limit to the number of people you can have at indoor events, that�*s got a big implication for concerts, theatres, cinemas, indeed, one of theatres, cinemas, indeed, one of the big events to benefit from thi

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some mountain snow for scotland and gales developing once again, particularly across the west of scotland and then pushing into northern ireland, the rest of scotland, then northern england later in the day. those winds always little bit lighter further south but it will be a chillier day compared to saturday with temperatures of 4—9 degrees. and then, that area of low pressure moves across the north of scotland. we'll see a real squeeze in the isobars. gales or severe gales affecting northern ireland, much of scotland, perhaps the north of england. again, gusts of 70—80 mph fora time, so this could cause some disruption. so, two storms this weekend for the north of britain which could bring some damaging gusts. we're likely to see some disruption in places, so stay tuned to the forecast. see you later. peter bowes, bbc news. this is bbc news, the headlines: the us has warned that the build—up of russian troops on the ukraine border is the largest since the cold war. earlier, the russian president, vladimir putin, told french president, emmanuel macron, that he had no plans for an o