, breaking up and could give a few fla kes wales, breaking up and could give a few flakes of snow here and there on friday for england and wales put into the weekend many will be dry, frosty by night, and turning milder and wetter into western scotland. that's all from the bbc news at six and wejoin that's all from the bbc news at six and we join news teams where you are. hello i'm olly foster, here's what's coming up on sportsday tonight: as amateur sports shut down again, what imapct will another lockdown have at grassroots level. we will head to tottenham with the covid—i9 curve rising in the polarity and another career cut short by a concussion. the captain says more has to be done. the intricate symptoms of aids, the difference is that it can cause in day—to—day life is needed to be known. hello and welcome to sportsday. good evening, we're into another national lockdown, thankfully elite sport carries on behind closed doors, but from midnight last night we saw restrictions come into force, decimating amateur and recreational sport, gyms, swimming pools and tennis courts are

this can of showers drifting across wales, the south—west coming to the midlands, could give some heavy downpours with rain and thunder, and again some wintriness over the hills. temperatures rarely fall on owen to the midlands, could give some heavy downpours with rain and thunder, and again some wintriness over the hills. temperatures really fallen away into the first part of the evening, it a cold night, these heavy showers will drift across east anglia and the south—east, the showers up few centimetres in to be widespread, with temperature down to freezing or below. and at the other end of the uk, some fog patches likely tomorrow morning across parts of southern england. now, tomorrow actually not a bad day for many, some sunny spells, but you can see the stream of showers moving out of northern ireland but running through south—west scotland, northwestern would come into part of the midlands, maybe lincolnshire and east anglia. and again, some of these will bring some snow. but whether you seek showers or something, it is cold out there, two to seven celsius at best. and enforc

the numbers of people falling ill with coronavirus in wales are still too high. numbers in some parts of wales are rising where the new variant has taken hold. and the number of people in our hospitals continues to be beyond the levels that we saw earlier in 2020. so for all those reasons, we need to continue the regime we've had here in wales since before christmas, and where we can, to intensify it even further. our correspondent mark hutchings is in cardiff for us. i can't ican‘t imagine i can't imagine anyone in wales is surprised by the news. no, i think it's a conclusion that had foregone written all over it, really. the first minister referring their to the hospital figures and also a concern, particularly in north—east wales where this new variant seems to have been transmitting rather sharply. there is no real surprise, either, i don't think, about the decision on schools, as unwelcome as it might be for many pupils and families. only on monday we were told that schools would be staying close to most pupils until at least january 18. it's now until a

of england and wales. the odd rumble of thunder possible, brightening up later. some mist and fog around the midlands, northern england to begin with, brightening up but then clouding over as rain and eventually a little bit of hill sleet pushes in. brightening up, too, to parts of the northern half of scotland, compared with what we've seen. patchy rain and sleet into southern areas as we finish the day and that north—south contrast, as far as temperatures. the colder air on the move further southwards, then, as we go through friday night into saturday, and as this weather front approaches off the atlantic, initially, rain, and quite a bit of rain could cause some minorflooding towards the south—west and across some southern counties. temperatures here holding up, but a greater chance of some frost. —7 to start the weekend in northern scotland. but as that rain pushes into the cold air, the potential for not only some heavy snow, but with strong winds, blizzards over the welsh hills. at the moment,

that is how we've had 162,000 people vaccinated already here in wales. that is why the pace of vaccination will accelerate again this week. plaid cymru asked about the different vaccination rate compared to england or northern ireland. my own elderly parents ask me — because they're in the _ position, they haven't| had a date at all, both are in their80s. my father, an 85—year—old ex—miner, has copd, he'sj in a clinically vulnerable - group — and yet he's had no communication yet to explain to him when he's going - to get a vaccination. because it's important for us to know, because if there's i a problem there, - then we can solve it! the figures of what happens elsewhere in the united kingdom, what happens in wales will, as i say, change week by week. what we are focused on is making the fastest and most efficient use of every drop of vaccine that comes here in wales. mark drakeford. those exchanges came just before the news that a group of politicians, including the conservative leader, paul davies, drank alcohol on welsh parliament premises

my utmost length that wales. 11, i2 or five here. my utmost length that wales. 11, 12 or 13 with the view brighter spells across south—east england. then we go into the forecast through tuesday night and into wednesday, more rain is on the way and that will get increasingly heavy. all this rain falling on increasingly saturated ground. northern scotland again in the colder air, northern scotland again in the colderair, brighterweather northern scotland again in the colder air, brighter weather here and a few wintry showers, two or three celsius for some. south of england and wales, 11 or 12. we are worried about the rain. wednesday night and thursday, there is no pressure works into the north sea and deepens, the winds get stronger and deepens, the winds get stronger and attract some of the colder end, and attract some of the colder end, a zone of snow across scotland, even down to sea levels, but across the southern uplands there is the potential for some particularly nasty snowfall or cumulation is to build in here. this week, pe

wales's first minister has said 70% of the over—80s, care home residents, and care home staff in wales will have received a covid—19 vaccine by the end of this week. it comes after mark drakeford was forced to deny claims earlier this week that supply was deliberately being held back. mr drakeford said today, at first minister's questions in the welsh parliament, the senedd, that delivering vaccinations was his top priority. we can get more now from our wales correspondent, hywel griffith. a lot of criticism at the west government over the vaccinations. yes. it goes back to a comment mark raiford make himself suggesting that supplies at the pfizer vaccine which is a much more difficult to store which be staggered. —— mark drakeford. and that was partly the stop vaccinated standing around for the rest of the month, with not much to do. yesterday there was a lot of serious paddling amongst members, trying to recast his comments to stop wastage rather than away staff time and mark drakeford went back then on twitter last night to assure people in wales that are the vaccine system ca

our wales correspondent hywel griffith reports. after weeks of silence, these corridors may soon come bustling back to life. only a few vulnerable and key worker children come to this primary at the moment. after half term, if the covid numbers keep following the school numbers keep falling, the school can bring back all three to seven—year—olds, who struggled most with learning at home, but do they feel ready? there are fears about the new variants of coronavirus and how quickly that spreads amongst staff. the first minister has told us younger children do not transmit the virus as much as older children but there are still a risk and we have to make sure our staff have confidence. when the vast majority of older pupils return hasn't been spelt out. the first minister is keeping to his customary caution. i wish i could tell you when i thought all children would be back in school but, as you know, even three weeks is a very long time with this virus. things that we do not know about today could emerge even before half term. for

mark - drakeford, first minister of wales, thank you. so that's the situation in wales. let's take a look at when pupils could be returning to school across the uk. schools in england will not fully re—open to all pupils until long after the february half—term. the prime minister said the process will start from monday 8th march at the earliest. the same goes for northern ireland, where the executive has said that pupils will not return to school until the 8th of march at the earliest. as we've just heard, there could be a phased return for some pupils in wales from the 22nd of february, as long as covid cases continue to fall. and it's likely that schools in scotland will remain closed to the majority of pupils until at least the middle of february. there will be a review on the decision early next week. let's speak to a couple of teachers now. jacqueline gray works at a secondary school in belfast, and rachel antoniazzi is the deputy head of a primary school in cardiff. rachel, let's start with you, we have just spoken to be first minister of wales, outlining the r

owe i’ over wales. ever wales. quite a developing over wales. quite a temperature contrast as we start saturday. a few wintry showers, frost in the north, to the site is very well attended with increasing amounts of snow to all levels for wales, perhaps some snow for the midlands into the south—east of england, wet snow down to lower levels. drifting snow for wales as the winds will be strong. cold but bright in the north. the last of the bright in the north. the last of the bright hair will be moving away from the far south—west. the clip clears on saturday night, some ice around. a new area of low pressure will arrive into the west. a bit of a repeat performance after a dry start, rain, sleet and snow into northern ireland, wales, the midlands, southern england, mainly rain close to the coast but significant falls of snow for parts of wales, stay tuned to the forecast. a reminder of our top story... another new vaccine has been shown to be effective, the second and 2a hours. if approved the uk has millions of doses on order. that's all fro

further snow showers in scotland and then this area rising to south—west england, wales, the far south of northern ireland. another cold night, widespread frost and ice a risk again, temperatures down as low as minus eight celsius at least in scotland. this area of rain, sleet and snow continues eastwards through the morning. further north, mostly dry with the sunshine pick the wintry showers piling in to the north and west of scotland and another cold day, temperatures at best two or three celsius in places, five or six along the south—west coast. looking ahead on monday another cold day with a few wintry showers but most will be dry and it turns wetter, windier and milderfor the west as we had to next week. goodbye. —— head through. good afternoon. senior doctors have called for the maximum 12—week gap between administering the first and second doses of the pfizer coronavirus vaccination to be halved. in a private letter to england's chief medical officer — which has been seen by the bbc — the doctors union, the bma, called the time delay, which the government had decided

more snow across parts of scotland, turning drierfor some of us in england and wales. that's your forecast, bye—bye. this is bbc news. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: the world health organization says any eu export controls on coronavirus vaccines risks prolonging the pandemic. the uk will try to join a trans—pacific trade agreement with 11 countries as part of its post—brexit plan. police clash with protesters in france as demonstrations continue against a controversial new security law. and up for the cup: fans celebrate in brazil after palmeiras win the copa libertadores.

to other parts of wales and england. we are expecting a very cold night. the sharp frost, ics, a lot of dry weather for many of us on sunday, some areas across the far north, less promising a vein moving across the south—west increasingly turning to snow across south—west england, wales and northern ireland. find out further east with images around two to 8 degrees. the european union is facing mounting criticism. the world health organization has criticised the's announcement of export controls on vaccines saying such measures risk prolonging the pandemic. the ”lannin prolonging the pandemic. the planning of — prolonging the pandemic. the planning of the publishes an open letter to parents, saying he is in all of the failure coping with home—schooling. now, on the busy time for like. this week, new ways to measure your vital signs in intensive care — orjust to save you a trip to the doctor? hey, welcome to click. hope you're well, hope you're coping ok with the not going out, the not seeing people, the home schooling, and that long wait for th

i was born in northern ireland, now living in wales. can i getan ireland, now living in wales. can i get an irish passport and will it help me travel into europe? nice, simple answer to this. almost certainly, yes. and yes it will help you travel. passport rules on the island of ireland are done on an ireland basis, so if you were born in northern ireland, you're almost certainly entitled to an irish passport. the rules changed slightly into thousand five. if you were born after then, you need an irish parent. most people will still be able to apply in northern ireland. so you should be able to get one and it will give you benefits. the key one being that uk passport holders are now treated as third country arrivals into the eu. it is not a big problem at the moment because there are so few flights, but when we do get back to a more normal situation, there are lots and lots of arrivals. if you have an eu passport, you will be able to use the eu queue to get in. if you have got a the eu queue to get in. if you have gota uk the eu queue to get in. if you have got a uk passport, y

the first minister of wales has warned it will take five years for the nhs in wales to recover from the impact of the pandemic. twice as many patients have been admitted in this second wave and doctors said they've seen more deaths than ever in intensive care. but hospital admissions are now starting to stabilise. 0ur wales correspondent, hywel griffith, has been speaking to staff at swansea's morriston hospital. don't be deceived by the calm, the composure. this is a covid front line suffering staggering loss. normally the intensive care unit here would witness around a death a day. now it's up to five a shift. nhs staff filmed these pictures for us as no visitors are allowed, not even for a patient�*s final moments. the biggest thing that's bowled us over is the absence of family, particularly at end of life. when a nurse steps in and becomes that next of kin, almost, the person that sits there and holds their hand. new treatments have kept more patients out of intensive care, but the consultant here says it means people on his unit are now far sicker than those he treated in the fi

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. —— in wales you cannot meet any change. a meeting might change things about northern ireland. " will motor vehicle mot centres remain open?"m looks like they will remain open across the uk, yes. thank you, sophie. and the prime minister will hold a press conference in downing street this afternoon — there'll be live coverage on bbc one from ii.30pm. and the leader of the opposition, sir keir starmer, will respond to news of the new lockdown in england, with a statement on bbc1 at 7pm. time for a look at the weather — here's matt taylor. high, for those of you not enjoying your outdoor time with the winter chill at the moment, i might not be able to offer you something drastically warmer in the days ahead but i can show you where temperatures will rise. we switch when the band into a more westerly direction, bringing in less cold air off the atlantic. the plume of cold air continues at the moment, added wind—chill for england's answer when she showers. eastern scotland into eastern england, a slight dusting of snow ove

last night was the coldest night across england and wales since february 2019. and we're going to continue with things feeling cold for the rest of the day, some sleet and some snow in the forecast, but we won't all see it. we've also had some freezing fog around, just slowly clearing away. this is the picture in staffordshire, from a little bit earlier on, mistiness clearing away, some beautiful blue skies and wintry scenes around there. we are still in the cold air at the moment and we've got this weatherfront which is pushing slowly south, it's a fairly weak feature but it is bringing some snowfall through the rest of day through parts of northern england in particular, there could be up to ten centimetres on top of the pennines. a couple of centimetres even down at lower levels. further wintry showers returning from the north and we've got some rain and sleet showers down towards the south—west. temperatures struggling to get very much above freezing for some of us, particularly where that freezing fog is lingering through the day. into this evening and ov

wales first minister mark drakeford is providing an update on the coronavirus situation in wales. let's listen in... this is a real step forward in our vaccination programme. this slide shows you just how quickly the programme is picking up speed across wales, as supplies of the vaccine increase. two weeks ago, i set out plans for increasing the number of mass vaccination centres and gp practices offering vaccination. since then, we have exceeded all those plans. we have more clinics than ever, providing vaccinations, more gp practices offering the oxford astrazeneca jab, and almost 1000 care home residents a day are being vaccinated in wales. that is because vaccination is our number one priority. we are on target to hit ourfirst milestone one priority. we are on target to hit our first milestone of offering vaccination to the first four priority groups by the middle of february. and there is, as you can imagine, a massive amount of work going on in wales to make this happen. and of course, i understand that everyone is eager to have their jab and not everybody will be vaccinated

we start to get stronger northerly winds mixing and wales. then as we go through wednesday night, an area of low pressure begins to transfer into the north sea, where it deepens. we start to get stronger northerly winds mixing in that cold scottish air, and the rain turns to snow. heavy snow, even down to sea level, but with the snow combined with strong winds, particularly for the southern uplands, we are talking about blizzards and drifting. there may be some snow pushing into parts of northern england and north wales as well. so we do have disruptive weather on the way this week with the risk of heavy rain and flooding, may be severe flooding across parts of northern england and the midlands. as that clears through, the rain turns to heavy snow into parts of scotland wednesday night and into thursday causing issues. hello, i'm maryam moshiri, this is 0utside source. in the uk, the rate of covid infections continues to drop, but the number of people being admitted to hospital is stil increasing. -- still —— still increasing. we'll bring

some of that rain also affecting western wales, the far south west. but the further north and east that you are, away from this weather front, it should be drier again and keeping the brightness, but a cold day, single figure values. as we move out of monday into tuesday, a more significant area of low pressure will start to move up from the south—west, and that will once again introduce some milder air. but as that milder air bumps into the colder air with this weather front, we're likely to see, yes, further more sleet and snow. so across central and northern parts of the country, could see some widespread snow for a time on tuesday, even down to lower levels. and then it becomes confined to the hills as that milder air begins to move its way northwards. double figure values in the south, stays cold, though, across much of scotland. from tuesday into wednesday, low pressure sits to the west of the uk, bringing bands of rain, sleet and snow moving northwards. we could see a few showers, some sunshine across the south of the country, where it'll be

it's sad that we're a little bit behind in wales. it could be due to...the more rural settings within wales, perhaps. there appears to have been a little bit of a slow uptake on the resident side of things, certainly. residents and staff at a care home run by mha — the largest charity provider in the adult care sector. the majority of residents have had their firstjab, but there is now an uncomfortable wait for the second dose. i'm concerned that this is a lengthy gap now before the second vaccination takes place, and we are leaving people vulnerable in that space, and clearly the virus is not going away. we are seeing outbreaks in quite a number of our homes, and those vary from just a few cases to, actually, quite a number of cases. and obviously, we are still, at times, seeing people losing their lives as a result of covid. the government in westminster says it will meet its target to give every care home resident in england their first dose by the end of the month. but as death rates continue to rise, there are now calls in the

some in south wales in the southwest may get to double figures. that weather feature�*s going to cause all sorts of problems through the heart of continental europe through sunday. but closer to home, we'll see a little build of high pressure just getting in across a good part of england and wales. settling things nicely here. not too much in the way a breeze. —— not too much in the way of breeze. further the north, a blustery day. some showers, if not longer spells of rain for scotland and northern ireland. temperatures into single figures and come the middle part of the forthcoming week things will turn a little wetter, milder and windier. take care. welcome to bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories: 100 days, 100 million shots: joe biden sets out his coronavirus vaccination plan, warning things will get worse before they get better. truthfully, we remain in a very dark winter. infection rates are up 34%. more people are being hospitalised because of covid—19 than ever before. the number of people around the world who have di

larger centres are also open in wales and northern ireland. there are some early signs that lockdown measures might be working, and infections are starting to fall back in some places. it is more positive news, but will take time to be reflected in hospital admissions, meaning the pressure on nhs services is likely to continue for weeks to come. jim reed, bbc news. twitter has temporarily suspended the account of a us republican congresswoman. marjorie taylor greene, an ardent supporter of president trump, had repeatedly made false claims about election fraud in georgia. let's get the latest from our north america correspondent peter bowes. welcome to you of course. president trump banned from twitter and now we see some of his supporters having the same punishment handed out to them, although this might be just temporary. but what does it tell us about how his fellow politicians are going to be treated? i politicians are going to be treated? ~ , , treated? i think it tells us that there _ treated? i think it tells us that there is _ treated?

sleet and snow to the hills, more especially in wales. to tends to fizzle out as we go on through monday morning, though, a good deal of cloud across southern parts on a cold—feeling, damp day. there will be some sunny spells the further north you are you may catch an isolated shower and easier monday temperatures. then we're looking into the atlantic. well, first sign of it here and the more vigorous weather system coming our way going into tuesday, more rain where it's not needed. a freshening wind, as it meets the colder air pushing north some disruptive snow around during tuesday, lingering in parts of scotland into wednesday, too. so for some of us it will be turning briefly milder and then colder again later in the week. that's your latest forecast, bye—bye. hello. the government calls for a reset in relations with the eu — following a row over the supply of vaccines and the now—abandoned attempt to override part of the brexit agreement. i think the european union recognise that they made a mistake in triggering article 16,

of wales. county down and county tyrone are likely to see snow with a few centimetres building in here. the rain is very likely to push into south—east england this afternoon. maybe a little bit of sleet across the salisbury plain as it does so and we may well see some snow across even across the cotswolds and the chilterns as we head into the evening but probably not too dramatic though. 0vernight, it�*s going to be cold and frosty across the northern half of the uk but the area starting to turn a little bit less cold across the far south of england and the far south of wales with the frost a little bit more limited in nature here. monday�*s charts shows fragments of weather fronts across the uk, really. the most significant across northern ireland, probably with the rain and hill snow threatening to return here later on in the day. in scotland, a few showers across the northern eastern areas. so, a frosty and somewhat icy start to the day but with lots of dry weather and sunshine here.

to the course of the through the west midlands into wales. further snow showers across parts of scotland. we won't all see the wintry weather they will be some dryer and sunny weather in between. it's another cold day on friday with temperatures just two to 4 degrees. as we look ahead towards the weekend there is a subtle change in weather as the winds are up to turn more of a westerly direction. those chapters will pick up a little bit particular he has we head into next week for the still quite unsettled at times but trickling in the north. the driest by the further south. bye— bye. this is bbc news with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. shocking scenes in america's capital. pro—trump supporters storm the capitol building, as lawmakers try to confirm joe biden‘s election as president. officials say the buiding has now been secured. astonishing pictures from the senate floor — a striking moment here when a protestor speaks directly from the pulpit. another abseiled down to the floor of congress. ealier

bbc wales political editor felicity evans is in central cardiff. what more do we know about this, felicity? what more do we know about this, felici ? , . , , what more do we know about this, felici ? , ., ,, felicity? this happened back in december. _ felicity? this happened back in december, just _ felicity? this happened back in december, just days _ felicity? this happened back in december, just days after - felicity? this happened back in december, just days after the l felicity? this happened back in - december, just days after the welsh government imposed what was at the time a very controversial ban on alcohol in pubs and restaurants. these politicians met in the senate, licensed premises and drank wine during what they say was a work—related meeting. this has provoked outrage across the political spectrum and the conservative politicians involved are all frontbenchers and full davies is the group leader in the senedd who wants to put himself forward as a possible first minister in the forthcoming welsh parliament elections in may. labour'

one in ten in wales. 0ne antibodies to coronavirus. one in ten in wales. one in 11 in scotland and one in 13 in northern ireland. around double the levels in october. that is just a snapshot, a point in time and many who had coronaviruses in the first wave, nearly a year ago, they mill staff —— may still have some immunity but there antibodies won't show up any more. one positive, in the weeks and 0ne positive, in the weeks and months ahead, we will see a rise in antibody levels in the population from people who have had a vaccine. 0k, from people who have had a vaccine. ok, thanks again, fergus. fergus walsh, our medical editor. let's move on to the dave's are main story. donald trump is spending his last full day as president of the united states, beforejoe biden is sworn in tomorrow as the nation's 46th president. but in a break with tradition, mr trump will not be attending his successor�*s inauguration, as he's decided to fly to his resort in florida in the morning. thousands of soldiers have been deployed around washington dc in the biggest sec

wales and north—west england. scotland will see heavier rain, particularly in the afternoon when showers merge into longer spells of rain. still some snow over the highest ground. temperatures where they should be for the time of year. heading into the coming week, heavy rain at times, and that will bring with it the risk of flooding. hello this is bbc news, the headlines. there's been calls for more support for the uk's travel and tourism sector — after the government imposes tougher restrictions on arrivals to keep out new strains of coronavirus. a further 1,295 people have died in the uk — according to the latest covid figures. but the number of new infections has dropped to its lowest level so far this year. stricter covid restrictions come into force in scotland — with changes to takeaway and click—and—collect services. india launches one of the world's biggest covid vaccination programmes — the government hopes to inoculate three hundred million people in the coming months. president—electjoe b

he was - praising the resolve and efforts of the people of wales. if we go back to just before the 19th of december when the lockdown was introduced here, the rates in wales were the worst of anywhere across the uk. now we are in a position where rates are coming down, the number of people testing positive, is also coming down, the strain on the nhs is starting to ease and also now it appears as though wales seems to be leading the way in some vaccination statistics for the uk nations. this has meant the first minister and welsh government have made the decision that schools will be able to reopen, phase three opening, after half term. the youngest pupils first, those pupils with the spread of infection is lowest, and where the actual virus is the lowest threat to them, there will be a consideration in the coming weeks of when to introduce those on exam grades and vocational courses but the first minister said this will be caveat it with the trend is still going in the same direction. if infections continue to fall we want to see _ infections contin

we've got rain developing at the moment across much of england and wales. keeping it mild as the wind picks up. further north, though, it's much colder. frost and some icy patches in northern scotland. but the rain is still around during tuesday, and it will rain all day, pretty much, across northern england and northern ireland. further south across england and wales, after the overnight rain it should be drier for a while but we will see more rain coming in, especially across wales and the south west. some of that rain pushing into southern scotland bringing the threat of sleet and snow in the southern uplands. it is certainly colder across scotland with a few showers and some sunshine in the north. much milderfor much of england and wales. 11 or 12 degrees with some wind and, of course, some rain. that rain continues, actually, on tuesday evening, tuesday night and into wednesday as well. particularly across england and wales. it should dry off a bit across northern ireland. more wet weather coming into some southern and south eastern parts of scotland t

eastern counties of england holding onto some brightness, but further west across england and wales as well, we'll see thickening clouds, some mist and hill fog and some outbreaks of rain through the afternoon. and as we go through monday night into the early hours of tuesday, that rain will spread across england and wales, becoming really heavy and persistent over high ground in north wales, northern england, some of that rain getting into northern ireland as well. very mild by the end of the night down towards the south, staying colder further north across scotland, but we'll also remain drier with just a few showers. but for tuesday, this procession of weather fronts is going to be working its way across the british isles, bringing some heavy and persistent rain. you can see where we're expecting the wettest of the weather. for a time across northern ireland, maybe into southern scotland, but certainly across northern england, wales. pretty wet across the south west as well, where it will also be pretty windy. further north, lighter winds across the northern half of scotland, some s

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but monday promises to be a much sunnier day across england and wales. a lot of dry weather here, although there will be showers in north—west england, again some of these will be falling as snow and a few showers as well for northern ireland and scotland. again, there's more than likely going to be some snow. temperatures on the cold side — five, maybe six degrees celsius. but there are signs of a change towards the middle part of the week as this atlantic weather system moves in. now, this eventually will bring milder air, but it's moving into colder air as we head towards tuesday. so something of a battle zone set up across the country. now, we may well see a little bit of snow on the forward edge of this band of precipitation. if we do see any snow across wales and southern england, it will turn back to rain as that milder air works in. but with a reservoir of colder air across the northeast, well, the snow could last longer here, bringing some significant accumulations, but ultimately it will turn milder for just about everyone as the week goes

england and wales on saturday sting largely dry and still cold so as to bring the chilly air mass and perhaps some icy stretches, three to 5 degrees for most of us. moving into the second half of the weekend, high pressure trying to build in from the west, slightly milder appearance. so, a bit of a change in one direction and is start to see more of an western northwesterly direction the sunday bringing in a fair amount of cloud, perhaps the best of the sunshine towards eastern areas but it will bring some frost and fog patches to linger in for quite a good part of the day. temperatures up a little bit compared to recent days, somewhere between four to 7 degrees with wet weather across the north of scotland all thanks to this front here. moving on into monday, we're going to see the influence of that front in the far north of the scotland, but elsewhere, largely dry. i think we are still in the relatively cool air. but things are starting to gradually change and it will take a few days but those winters are starting to come more of a westerly direction on monday. so, a little bit of d

so the main risk of seeing any disruptive snow today is mainly across parts of wales, where we could see 15 centimetres across some higher elevation areas, bringing a significant risk of transport disruption, but there could be snow for a time in the midlands, causing a few problems as well. overnight, that rain and snow mixture clears southwards with clearing skies following, it's going to be a cold night, with a widespread frost around, and the risk of some icy patches then to take things on into sunday. sunday, i think broadly speaking, many areas of the uk will have a bright day, with spells of sunshine. but we do have this weather system trying to push in off the atlantic and that will tend to threaten thicker cloud and some rain across parts of wales and south—west england, perhaps some of that turning to snow for a time as well as the day progresses. the rain band not far away from northern ireland, might just about stay dry until later in the day and most of scotland, for much of england, it's bright with some sunshine, but after that, colder start, those temperatures are m

much milderfor much of england and wales. ii or 12 degrees with some wind and, of course, some rain. that rain continues, actually, on tuesday evening, tuesday night and into wednesday as well. particularly across england and wales. it should dry off a bit across northern ireland. more wet weather coming into some southern and south eastern parts of scotland threatening some more snow over the high ground as well. again, it's quite cold across scotland and northern ireland, much milderfor england and wales with more rain on the way. that rain coming from storm christoph, that's the centre of the storm there. it is actually going to strengthen during wednesday night. the winds are really going to pick up as it moves northwards into the colder air there will be more snow falling overnight and into thursday morning. especially in scotland, could be 40 cm of snow and perhaps as much as that over the high ground, some snow over other hills of scotland and the northern pennines. drier further south, but it will be colder, and it wi

for any parts of england wales it will be dry and sunny. not my showers at the north—west but more cloud coming into scotland and is renowned, some showers here. the bulk of the towers and weather scotland replaced by longer spells of rain in the afternoon. temperatures around six, seven or eight, near the time of year. next week the weather turns warm settled. the winds will be struggling especially for england and wales. summer rain, heavy at times, and that unfortunately brings the risk of some further flooding. hello, this is bbc news with reeta chakrabarti. the headlines... calls for more support for the uk's travel and tourism sector — after the government imposes tougher restrictions on arrivals to keep out new strains of coronavirus. stricter covid restrictions come into force in scotland — with changes to takeaway and click—and—collect services. india launches one of the world's biggest covid vaccination programmes — the government hopes to inoculate 300 million people in the coming months. president—electjoe biden se

so, a frosty, and in places, icy start for england and wales. lots of sunshine, though, to get the weekend under way. just one or two isolated showers in the east, but as that high pressure sinks southwards, a bit more of a breeze developing across parts of scotland and northern ireland, introducing more rain, a few spots of rain in the north and west, more cloud and temperatures starting to rise. and as that high pressure continues to sink a little bit further southwards, we've got more of a westerly wind pushing in as we head into sunday, and that will start to lift the temperatures for many. still cold across the south. frosty start for the vast majority on sunday, but plenty of sunshine here. always a bit more cloud further north. sunny spells, wettest weather in parts of scotland, but temperatures by this stage around 5—7 celsius, getting closerto where we should be for the time of year. then as we go into next week, it looks that atlantic influence will continue even more, pushing rain at times to the north and west, but high pressure al

a few showers for north west england, north west wales. northern ireland and scotland will see more in the way of cloud at times, particularly into the afternoon, where showers will start to merge into slightly longer spells of rain for some parts of scotland particularly. still some snow over the very highest ground. temperatures about where they should be for the time of year, 6—9 degrees. as we head into the coming week we will see some heavy rain at times and that will bring with it the risk of flooding. hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines... a further 1,295 people have died in the uk, according to the latest covid figures. but the number of new infections has dropped to its lowest level so far this year. stricter covid restrictions come into force in scotland, with changes to takeaway and click—and—collect services. india launches one of the world's biggest covid vaccination programmes. the government hopes to inoculate 300 million people in the coming months. president—electjoe biden sets out plans to

just a quick question on vaccinations in wales. wales - forward. just a quick question on vaccinations in wales. wales is i forward. just a quick question on i vaccinations in wales. wales is not progressing as quickly as other nations on the roll—out, what are your thoughts on why that is on the impact of that? it is your thoughts on why that is on the impact of that?— impact of that? it is deeply frustrating _ impact of that? it is deeply frustrating and _ impact of that? it is deeply frustrating and i've - impact of that? it is deeply frustrating and i've had - impact of that? it is deeply frustrating and i've had a i impact of that? it is deeply i frustrating and i've had a wall impact of that? it is deeply - frustrating and i've had a wall of e—mails coming in every day over the last week from constituents, either elderly or family members, expressing frustration about when they are likely to hear, when they can get their vaccinations. they hear the uk media that around 50% of over 80s now been vaccinated in england. we are nowhere near

our wales correspondent, hywel griffith, reports. after weeks of silence, these corridors may soon come bustling back to life. only a few vulnerable and key worker children come roath park primary at the moment. after half—term, if the covid numbers keep falling, the school can bring back all three to seven—year—olds, who struggle most with learning at home, but do they feel ready? there are fears about the new variants of coronavirus and how quickly that spreads among staff. the first minister has told us that younger children do not transmit the virus as much as older children, but there is still a risk there and we have to make sure as school leaders that our staff have confidence in the safety to bring them back into school. when the vast majority of older pupils return hasn't been spelt out. the first minister is keeping to his customary caution. i wish i could tell you when i thought all children would be back in school but, as you know, even three weeks is a very long time with this virus. things that we don't know about

a four—year—girl has discovered a rare dinosaur footprint on a beach in south wales. lily wilder and her family made the discovery at bendricks bay in barry in january. the footprint is 220 million years old and had been preserved in mud. palaeontologists say it's one of the best examples from anywhere in the uk and will help them to establish more about how early dinosaurs walked. now it's time for a look at the weather, with chris fawkes. hello there. we have got a big mixture of weather to come through the rest of today. conditions varying a lot from place to place. satellite pictures there shows an area of low pressure, this cloud pushing slowly northwards, and these weather fronts, as they move their way northwards, are starting to bump into colder air. so we have seen the rain turn to snow across parts of wales, we have seen a bit of snow in the midlands, as well for a time, so we could see some localised disruption for these areas through the rest of today. some settling snow has already fallen across parts of flintshire, denbighshire and we have also seen snow