across scotland england and will through the day. we ended the day in northern ireland with high clouds moving in with this halo you can see here in this weather watcher picture, the high cloud associated with the next weather system. that would bring cloudy and damp weather for northern ireland and rain into england and wales region southern areas of scotland. i co—ordinate, frost free for most of us with clear skies in northern scotland, you might see patches of frost in the highlands. tomorrow morning, i cloudy and damp start to the date with mist and fog patches in western clothes and help with light rain and juicy easing off through the day with skies trying to brighten through the afternoon. i don�*t think there�*ll be that much in the way of sunshine, compared to what we had today. temperatures, despite the cloudy skies, on the my side with ten to 14 degrees. for the end of the week we are looking at windy weather with the area of low pressure bring in tightly packed isobars with strong winds wrecked on its way across so

it's scotland and scotland just is kind of white because it's scotland. is because it's scotland. it is very white. what about go? sorry sorry. he also fell off a scooter . yeah, sorry. he also fell off a scooter. yeah, yeah. so you can't really have a leader. he does that kind of thing. do you need a leader with balance. yeah i think is very important indeed. thatcher had poise . what indeed. thatcher had poise. what about kate forbes? very about this kate forbes? very young yeah, young. and young. yeah, very young. and i think young she's a gaelic think to young she's a gaelic speaken think to young she's a gaelic speaker, which i mean. yeah. why not have somebody whose focussed on keeping extinct alive on on you keeping extinct alive for no reason . you're so anti for no reason. you're so anti scotland aren't you . that's not, scotland aren't you. that's not, that's not skull scotland isn't that's not skull scotland isn't that scotland is the military billy connolly and stuff is nice you know flowers in the mist and you know flowers in the mist and you know, dance and ring swor

weather fronts have thick cloud heading into scotland. weatherfronts bringing scotland. weather fronts bringing heavy scotland. weatherfronts bringing heavy and persistent rain and it will get quite windy through the afternoon, gusts reaching 50 miles an hour. in the south there is cloud across england and wales, bigger gaps in the cloud so more sunshine to go round and it will be a mild day, temperatures 11—13 . overnight it will be windy again, in northern scotland gusts reaching as much as 70 miles an hour, strong enough to bring localised disruption and a band of rain edging into scotland associated with the strong winds. in the south the wind picks up ringing some cloudy weather into western portions of england and wales with some patches of drizzle and a very mild night and temperatures will stay into double figures for some of us. looking into tomorrow we have these weather fronts stretched across scotland bringing outbreaks of rain. cooler air across the north of rain. cooler air across the north of scotland and you see some bright orsunny of scotland and you s

across the north of scotland, where you will start with the frost. rain into thursday night, strengthening winds, deepening low pressure firing its way eastwards, bringing a little bit of rain, but the big story for friday will be the strength of the wind, topping 80 mph for some. strength of the wind, topping 80 mph forsome. back strength of the wind, topping 80 mph for some. back to cardiff with huw. thanks, matt. and that's bbc news at ten from me and all the team here in cardiff. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it's time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. good night. good evening i'm tulsen tollet and this is your sports news where we start with football and tottenham were beaten 1—0 in the first leg of their champions league round of 16 tie against ac milan tonight. brahim diaz scored the only goal of the game at the san siro, as the spaniard reacted quickest following an excellent save from fraser forster in the tottenham goal. spurs�* best chance came when son heung min was put thro

we will see the back of the rain in eastern scotland in the morning and then for scotland and northern ireland we'll get some sunshine, a scattering of showers, cold enough for wintriness over the hills in scotland. we keep some showers and longer spells of rain across england and wales, particularly cloudy across eastern england. temperatures as a result will be lower. highs of around eight or nine across some parts of the country. essentially changing the wind direction, starting with 17 degrees and a south—westerly wind at the start of the week. but tomorrow we have more of a north—westerly wind, still northerly for england and wales as we move into thursday with weather fronts bringing wetter weather across the far north. rain to clear across the far north. rain to clear across southern england overnight and it could stay cloudy all day. other parts of england and wales are seeing some sunshine with the cloud coming into scotland, northern ireland. wetter and windier weather coming into northern scotland in the afternoon. it might make double figures in scotland and northern ir

the west of scotland and northern ireland seeing heavy rain. temperatures 11 to 13. turning windy, particularly in the north of the uk. especially gusty conditions overnight. this band of patchy rain sinking south before beginning its journey north—east again. the band of cloud and patchy rain will move north—east across scotland, affecting the north of england for a time. it will brighten up a little through the afternoon. northern ireland, wales, the midlands, the south of england seeing spells of sunshine. temperature 7 degrees in lerwick, 1a for whole. unseasonably mild. another mile day to come on saturday. 0n mild. another mile day to come on saturday. on sunday it will feel colder but much brighter. this is bbc news. the headlines: the bank of england announces its interest rate increase from 3.5 to 4% — in a bid to tackle soaring prices. the uk government confims an independent statutory inquiry into the 1998 0magh bombing — the biggest single atrocity in northern ireland's troubles. the northern ireland secretary made a statement in the house of comm

colder air pushing into scotland. more rain on the way moving through northern ireland, starting off as rain in scotland, could be snow on the mountains. maybe at lower levels for a time as well. that will ease eastwards and a blanket of cloud and rain across central and southern parts of england keeping things incredibly mild through the night. these temperatures are higher than the daytime maximums should be at this time of year. we have a horseshoe of weather fronts to start off the weekend unfortunately. saturday will be a bit of a messy picture, cloudy and drizzly weather frontal system is in southern scotland and northern ingrid and the same along the south coast. either side of the fronts, sunny spells coming through. a blustery afternoon, mild once again. looking up afternoon, mild once again. looking up highs of 7—15. we should be getting temperatures across southern england of seven or eight through the middle of february. a brief ridge of high pressure building on sunday, quietening things down for most.

finn russell over and scotland were just four behind. next would win it, but then france scored, 32—21. to push the match to the final seconds was itself a sign of scotland's progress. exeter moved up to fit any gallagher premiership narrow beating their opponents. man of the match performance from judge hodge saw exeter to victory. they went 10—0 up in the game, hodge's second try, helped them to the victory. saint helens began their bid for a fifth consecutive super league title. it we got to be going well champions. saints were tested by castleford, paul inside got the cabin of the ground with 24.76. thursday the second test between new zealand and england, started with a follow—on and ended with something of a fright back. finishing behind after being asked to bat again in wellington. cricket in new zealand is a relaxed experience, but there is a feeling things are becoming a bit too passive. the stage has been vacated for england, this was the day something snapped. maybe the patients. that was 54 the kiwi skipper. a batteries

good for scotland . sturgeon? good for scotland. we'll be debating that with none other than ann widdecombe. see you . in three. listen, we have a relationship and we talk every night and you agree with me on some things you don't agree on others. a lot of you are not having rishi sunak and you're not having any potential compromise when it comes the northern ireland comes to the northern ireland protocol was topic of protocol. that was the topic of my opinion . so let's to my big opinion. so let's get to your straightaway . john your feedback straightaway. john says mark, as someone who voted tory for 13 years and has been betrayed by the tories ousting boris, i'm telling you from a red wall voter, the tories are out at the next election . it out at the next election. it doesn't matter what rishi does now. people are giving up on brexit. immigration out of brexit. immigration is out of control and it's the working class suffer the most class that suffer the most because children and because their children and grandchildren can't ge

scotland had one in 2014 where people voted note independence. although there will be many who look back very from the on her time as first minister, there will be quite glad to see her go as there will be those who wil be quite glad to see her go, and the fallen will be her view on scottish independence. geeta: will the opposition parties think it is going to be quite hard to find such a charismatic leader, whether you agree with her or not, and therefore they might fancy their chances of winning more seats? >> i don't have any doubt that oppotion parties in scotland will see nicola sturgeon's departure as an opportunity for them to do well. like i say, she has dominated scottish politics in the last 10 years or so, and she has taken the snp to levels of success it could only have dreamt of not that long o. that being said, speaking to one scottish liberal politician today, pointed out that although some people do vote for nicola sturgeon because they are a fan of her as first minister, there is a lot of snp voters who voted that way because the

other parts of scotland have seen some cloud and some rain. that will pull away this evening and overnight. and many other parts of the country will become dry as well. a few breaks in the cloud, perhaps the best of those probably in northeast scotland. so the risk of some icy patches here with temperatures close to freezing. 0therwise, those numbers are more comfortably sitting at around seven or eight degrees. tomorrow will be a windy day in scotland. we'll see the cloud thickening. some rain at times, very different day in northern scotland. that rain will be heavy at times. we've got a cloudier picture across northern ireland, northern england. it may well stay dry. further south brighter, more in the way of sunshine than we've had today across southern parts of england and south wales. another mild day temperatures. 11 to 13 degrees. so those temperatures are a little bit higher than they were today in scotland, despite that stronger west to south—westerly wind which will be touching gale force in the far northwest of scotland later on.

showers for scotland. well, they'll be falling as snow in the mountains above about a00m elevation, so quite high up. but for shetland, some of the showers here will be wintry — you'll probably see a bit of sleet or hail mixed in with those — and temperatures down on recent days, but actually closer to average for the time of year, around 7—8 celsius. that relatively cooler site of weather doesn't last long. we get a warm front moving in across the north of the uk, bringing thicker cloud, outbreaks of rain, quite windy conditions to scotland, but that warm front will also be bringing much milder air back in quickly, so temperatures will be rising by the time we get to friday, back into double figures in many cases. 11 degrees for stornoway and aberdeen, some of the toastier spots in the uk, a 12 there for belfast. what about the weekend weather prospects? well, high pressure is going to dominate the weather picture, particularly towards southern areas, and the closer you are to the south, the more li

this first one, particularly across parts of scotland it be fairly slow scotland, it will be fairly slow moving throughout the day. the second one, bringing more patchy outbreaks of drizzle for northern northwest northern ireland. northwest england also possible england and some also possible for areas wales there for areas wales as well. there might be a few breaks in that cloud across central south eastern of england, but eastern areas of england, but most us are going to pretty most of us are going to pretty much see cloudy skies throughout the temperatures in the day. temperatures though, in that wind flow are that southwesterly wind flow are particularly time particularly mild for the time of generally ranging of year, generally ranging between 1214 degrees celsius. some spots might even reach 15. we will hold onto that cloud as we move into the overnight period. again, some bits of drizzle are possible of germany across western locations. meanwhile, about a frontal feature will gradually push its way to the north across the highlands before the second area begins to move in across

i was born in scotland. forget. yeah, scotland. don't forget. yeah, yep' scotland. don't forget. yeah, yep, even accent. yep, yeah, yep. even accent. i got to . well, you know, i'm not got to. well, you know, i'm not a supporter of nicola sturgeon. i mean i think and i think nicola sturgeon was for all of all her fault was the greatest asset the snp had. i mean she she was a great communicator and she was a great communicator and she could really sell this message . but there are single message. but there are single issue party. we've been in power for a long time two thousand and seven that the snp took power and they've got same malaise and so they've got same malaise that's affecting the tory party they're just tired and haven't been able to sell this message. know the scottish people, i mean independence is a very it's a very very saleable message to the people who, you know, might not follow politics too closely or be too concerned about the minutiae of the technocrat ism running a country. but but it hasn't it hasn't delivered. but people are now to see you just need to dri

this is going to be a party for scotland. this is going to he a tight— party for scotland. this is going to be a tight match, a really tight match — be a tight match, a really tight match. the quality of the six nations _ match. the quality of the six nations is— match. the quality of the six nations is so good. i think this will he — nations is so good. i think this will be tight today. you announce that this is _ will be tight today. you announce that this is going _ will be tight today. you announce that this is going to _ will be tight today. you announce that this is going to be _ will be tight today. you announce that this is going to be your- will be tight today. you announce that this is going to be your last i that this is going to be your last match commentating for the bbc, after 20 years, so how good will it be to go out with a scottish victory question mark in that 20 years i have never seen scotland win the first two games. 50 have never seen scotland win the first two games.— first two games. so it would be ureat if first two games. so it would be gre

., , ,, scotland? i think it leaves the snp at a real crossroads _ scotland? i think it leaves the snp at a real crossroads as _ scotland? i think it leaves the snp at a real crossroads as they - scotland? i think it leaves the snp at a real crossroads as they try - scotland? i think it leaves the snp at a real crossroads as they try to | at a real crossroads as they try to find a new leader. and asjim was saying there isn't an obvious front runner who rivals perhaps the star quality but also the name recognition and profile that nicola sturgeon had achieved. one thing i would add is that i think nicola sturgeon is a great example of a politician who got better. she shows you can improve in terms of communication. you don't have to start out at an absolutely amazing level. but of course the other big crossroads the snp is left out is the strategy that they pursue for independence. they've got the special conference coming up next month to decide whether to go ahead with the strategy that nicola sturgeon was pressing to use the next general election as a defect

scotland repeatedly rejecting it. in that context, the independence movement reinvented itself, the snp talking the language of social democracy and greater equality. this appealed to old labour voters and enthused the young. that realignment of loyalties happened under alex salmond's leadership. no—one embodied it more fully than nicola sturgeon. but under her, there's been no further surge in support for independence. even the unpopularity of brexit here and the toppling of four conservative prime ministers have moved the dial a few points, at most. but drill down into the opinion polls that consistently show the country roughly divided 50—50 on independence. the young remain overwhelmingly in favour, and there's even strong support among the middle—aged. many nationalists believe time is on their side, that the fruit of independence is ripening on the tree of age demographics, and it will eventually fall into their laps. the union has been strongest over the ages when it's been built on shared values and a co

two conventional vertical rocket launch facilities are being built in scotland. the prize of getting a satellite into orbit from uk soil is still up for grabs. while on our recent us travels i got hands on with some of the latest kit to make your house a smart home. for some of us wanting to smarten up our homes we do not want to add a lot more devices. certainly not ones that look obvious. so the mui board here is based around the idea of calm technology, something that has functionality without being in your face. when it is launched later this year it will be based on the matter platform that can be connected to different smart home devices and then you have the choice of which ones you want listed when you bring it to life. you could have a weather forecast, if you want to set a timer for your lights to go off you can do that by drawing a line here and you can see the time going up and then watching the line disappear as the lights go out. i don't know about you but i cannot start my day without coffee. so this is of particular interest to me. it may look lik

he was travelling to scotland, he had been briefly - to scotland, he had been briefly backin to scotland, he had been briefly back in london having in the exclusion crisis been sent first to europe and then to scotland by his brother, king charles ii, because as a catholic in a protestant nation, there was a lot of turmoil about whether he was a fit heir to the throne. so he had been resident in scotland for a couple of years but by 1682, that political turmoil is starting to die down and he had been invited, briefly, back to the court, it had all gone very well, so now, in may 1682, he is travelling back up in may 1682, he is travelling back up to scotland to collect his pregnant wife, mary of modena, and his daughterfrom his pregnant wife, mary of modena, and his daughter from his first marriage, and, later queen anne, and bring them all back in the gloucester, it was hoped, to reside permanently in the court in london. but i'm right that the sinking of the ship sealed his unpopularity? i think post—1688, after the glorious revolution, when william and mary become monarchs, james's r

from scotland. gloucester hartpury maintained their 100% record in the women's premier 15s. they beat bristol bears by 19 points to 17, to make it ten wins out of ten so far this season. they sit three points clear of the exeter chiefs. gloucester hartpury have a 100% record in the league this season, but exeter have only had one defeat in their ten games. they cruised to victory against darlington mowden park sharks, who are bottom. there were also wins for saracens and sale. time now for some of today's other sport stories. perth scorchers won their fifth big bash title with a thrilling win over brisbane heat. the scorchers won by five wickets on home territory, reaching their target of 176 with four balls to spare. india's aditi ashok has a six shot lead going into the final round of the kenya open on the ladies european tour. england's cara gainer is in third on four under but a massive nine shots behind ashok. and is ali carter is through to the final of the german masters. he beat robert milki

scotland face wales in their final game on tuesday. and wales have not long kicked off against iceland — jess fishlock starts for wales, laura o'sullivan also returns in goal. iceland make eight changes from their win over scotland. can wales make it two in a row, after beating the philipines in their opener. action over on the bbc sport website. burnley have taken a big step to making an immediate return to the premier league, after beating luton 1—0 to stretch their lead at the top of the championship to eleven points. it was a day to forget for sheffield united, who fell further adrift and saw their hopes of automatic promotion dented by a 3—2 defeat at play—off chasing millwall. tom bradshaw's hat—trick sealed the points for the home side at the den. the starting gun on the future ownership of manchester united has been fired. there's confirmation now from ineos founder sirjim ratcliffe — who says he wants be there long—term as well as an offer from qatar. andy swiss reports. it is one of the biggest clubs in rural fo

_ of scotland. and who is your money on for the next leader? if _ of scotland. and who is your money on for the next leader? if chance i on for the next leader? if chance state, it is _ on for the next leader? if chance state, it is his, _ on for the next leader? if chance state, it is his, he _ on for the next leader? if chance state, it is his, he was _ on for the next leader? if chance state, it is his, he was formally i state, it is his, he was formally let out the party during a very difficult period in operation —— very difficult period, but i'm not sure he will want it in which case cupcake forbes, the rising star as finance secretary and angus robertson, but extremely talented, but very different characters and approaches. the dilemma is will face is the snp are looking for an alternative strategy to drive forward independence because the uk government is saying no to holding a referendum in the immediate future, they say now is not the time to focus on that, that points at the quandary that confronts the snp, they want a referendum, they say they wa

scotland first thing. central and eastern parts of england, i think, will struggle to break up the cloud because the winds here are set to stay light. but with more of a breeze around some of these western and northern parts, we will see a bit more in the way of sunshine. and it's going to be another mild day with temperatures north to south between nine and 12 degrees. now, as you move out of sunday into monday, we've got the high pressure to the east of us, this frontal system trying to push in from the west, but it is going to take its time to do so. so things are going to change very slowly as we head through the first couple of days of the week. monday, though, should bring a bit more in the way of sunshine. this southerly breeze should break up a bit more of the clouds. so a slightly brighter day. although parts of eastern england may stay quite grey throughout, temperatures between nine and 12 degrees. so still mild for the time of year. now, as we head towards the middle of the week, this weather f

in scotland than it is today, despite the wind and some rain in the north. we start the new week with this run of very mild west to south—westerly winds. there is a weather front stuck in scotland, and for a while that area of low pressure will bring some windy weather overnight and first thing in the morning into the north of scotland, perhaps gales for a while. a breezy day really come on monday. we have that weather front bringing rain stuck across scotland, but otherwise a lot of cloud around, maybe the best of the breaks across eastern parts of england, east wales, those temperatures still look pretty good for the time of year, 11 to 13 degrees. later in the week we start with this mild air and in the middle part of the week it may turn wetter. the wind direction changes, and that would tend to drop the temperature is just a little later on in the week. that is the story, really, over the weekend. there may be some sleet and snow over northern hills, but not much, and temperatures will be a bit lower from thursday onwards. this is bbc news. the headli

the late try ensuring scotland snatched the win, 29-23. ensuring scotland snatched the win, 29—23. sports correspondent was watching. 29-23. sports correspondent was watchinu. ., , 29-23. sports correspondent was watchinu. , . ., , , watching. the scottish victory feels different from _ watching. the scottish victory feels different from one _ watching. the scottish victory feels different from one they _ watching. the scottish victory feels different from one they achieved i watching. the scottish victory feels different from one they achieved at twickenham a couple of years back, during covid. that is why you can hear it. this was a proper twickenham with a proper home crowd, and yet it is scotland who go home with another famous victory. why did they do it because macau did they do it? the incredible try in the first half, getting the ball in his own half, getting the ball in his own half, shrugging off half the england team, that kept scotland in the match, and when they were behind, with still five minutes to go, and they got the ball out to van der merwe, he was impossible fo

40 north of scotland, with gusts close to a0 or 50 mph, north of scotland, with gusts close to a0 or50 mph, so north of scotland, with gusts close to a0 or 50 mph, so some showers quite potent at times. temperatures generally across the country between seven and nine celsius. we have had high pressure controlling things recently. it's still with us in fact on friday, but some subtle differences to the weather story, as the wind direction swings round the more the westerly, different topping cross that high pressure and that westerly will drive in slightly milder air, temperature slightly above where they should be for the time of year. as we go into friday and saturday, we will see double figures returning the best of the sunshine for england and wales and always the risk of more cloud and showers further north and west. you might have to watch out for early morning mist and fog again. thanks, louise. and that's bbc news at ten on wednesday 8th february. there's more analysis of the day's main stories on newsnight, which isjust getting under way on bbc two. the news continues here on b

now, on to friday — nasty low pressure will be sweeping across scotland. that is going to bring severe gales. exactly where the worst of the winds will be, still a little uncertain, but it does look as though it's northern scotland that will get the worst of the winds, but not only northern scotland, it's also going to get very windy through the lowlands and particularly to the northeast of england, so the east of the pennines — in fact, the apps are already indicating gusts of over 70 miles an hour, for example, in newcastle. so, these winds will cause problems, disruption, possibly blow some trees down as well. so, really keep track of the forecast. the details may change, but it does look as though it's the northern half of the uk that will be very blustery and quite possibly stormy for a time. later on friday, the winds will die down and then in the south, actually, it shouldn't be too bad. breezy, yes, but we're not going to get the gales, and it will stay mild — up to around 1a celsius. now, here's a daisy chain of weather systems as we go throug

. exposed parts of scotland. already pushing this evening already pushing in this evening , scotland, northern ireland, cloudy england and wales cloudy across england and wales and patchy rain over the higher ground to the increasing during the early hours 50, 60, 70 miles an hour, perhaps even locally as we towards . but a mild we head towards. but a mild night due to cloud in the night due to the cloud in the wind temperatures starting friday. double figures well above where they should be for the year. a and windy the time of year. a and windy start some disruption possible that's obvious warnings in force across wales during the across england wales during the day patchy sinking south. day patchy rain sinking south. but brightening up across the north uk . blustery north of the uk. blustery showers. witness eventually showers. the witness eventually later on but take care if travelling through the course of the day exceptionally mild temperatures 50 and 16 celsius despite the cloud and the wind across many pa

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our scotland editorjames cook has the latest. stepping into the spotlight, ash regan�*s campaign are calling her the under dog. she is calling on campaigners for scottish independence to unite. the truth is that our movement has been divided for far too long by petty differences and personal agendas. instead, she promised a relentless focus on independence, insisting an election victory at holyrood or westminster would provide a mandate. you have said that you will explicitly declare in your manifesto... line one. line one that should you achieve a majority of seats and votes that on day one... yeah. ..of being in power you would open negotiations. absolutely right. with whom? with the uk government. on day one? yeah. and if they don't come? listen, we have got to move away from this point where we are asking permission from the uk, this is about scotland and it's about scotland expressing its views on how it wants to be governed. so we are going to get away from that and this is my attempt to move us forward, move that convers

it's scotland and scotland just is kind of white because it's scotland. is because it's scotland. it is very white. what about go? sorry sorry. he also fell off a scooter . yeah, sorry. he also fell off a scooter. yeah, yeah. so you can't really have a leader. he does that kind of thing. do you need a leader with balance. yeah i think is very important indeed. thatcher had poise . what indeed. thatcher had poise. what about kate forbes? very about this kate forbes? very young yeah, young. and young. yeah, very young. and i think young she's a gaelic think to young she's a gaelic speaken think to young she's a gaelic speaker, which i mean. yeah. why not have somebody whose focussed on keeping extinct alive on on you keeping extinct alive for no reason . you're so anti for no reason. you're so anti scotland aren't you . that's not, scotland aren't you. that's not, that's not skull scotland isn't that's not skull scotland isn't that scotland is the military billy connolly and stuff is nice you know flowers in the mist and you know flowers in the mist and you know, dance and ring swor

a wet evening in northern scotland. i had to search long and hard for a weather watcher picture showing sunshine today. in kent there was some blue sky for a time today. it is all set to change. we are staying cloudy and mild as we see out the rest of the week. on sunday the blue means colder air coming in. rest of the week. on sunday the blue means colderair coming in. however, we will be tipping the balance in favour of blue skies by then. back to this evening along with wet weather in scotland, gusts around 60 mph or so, the rain eases as it moves south into parts of england and northern ireland later in the night where it will be particularly mild night as temperatures stay around 10 celsius. a lot of cloud again tomorrow, and that cloud delivering patchy rain early and then spreading north across scotland where any early sunshine will be short lived. for england and wales, expect a lot of cloud. again, we may see brightness coming through at times but also damp and drizzly in the hills in the west. northern ireland

. exposed parts of scotland. already pushing this evening already pushing in this evening , scotland, northern ireland, cloudy england and wales cloudy across england and wales and patchy rain over the higher ground to the increasing during the early hours 50, 60, 70 miles an hour, perhaps even locally as we towards . but a mild we head towards. but a mild night due to cloud in the night due to the cloud in the wind temperatures starting friday. double figures well above where they should be for the year. a and windy the time of year. a and windy start some disruption possible that's obvious warnings in force across wales during the across england wales during the day patchy sinking south. day patchy rain sinking south. but brightening up across the north uk . blustery north of the uk. blustery showers. witness eventually showers. the witness eventually later on but take care if travelling through the course of the day exceptionally mild temperatures 50 and 16 celsius despite the cloud and the wind across many pa

. 0ther cross northern part of scotland. other parts of seeing cloud and rain, that will pull away this evening and overnight to many other parts of the country, becomes dry as well. a few breaks in the clouds perhaps, best in northeast scotland so the risk of icy patches here with temperatures close to freezing. 0therwise those numbers are more comfortably sitting at around seven or 8 degrees. tomorrow will be a windier day and scotland and we see cloud thickening, rate at times, very different day in northern scotland put up that rain will be heavy at times. a cloudier picture across northern island, northern island, northern england, it may well stay dry, further south a little brighter more in the way of sunshine we had today across other parts of england in the way of sunshine without today across other parts of england and south wales. temperatures 11 to 13 degrees was up those temperatures are a bit higher than they were today in scotland. despite that, stronger west to south westerly wind which will be touching gale

scotland, will be the leader scotland, who will be the leader of scotland forbes, has put of scotland kate forbes, has put her hat into the ring for the leadership. but now leadership. but is there now a stop? kate we'll be getting the latest from scotland get an update the weather for you update on the weather for you now. hello, i'm alex deakin. this is your latest weather update from met office. update from the met office. gusty much of the gusty winds across much of the north they'll be steadily north today. they'll be steadily easing day, but easing through the day, but a rain scotland most places rain across scotland most places dry for and most of us pretty mild . we've got low to the mild. we've got low to the north, a high to the south. and in between this weather front, that's where we're seeing the thickest bit of thickest and a little bit of rain, but i suppose fairly tightly it is quite tightly as well. it is quite gusty particular over north—east england and northern scotland, staying through the staying fairly damp through the central over the central, but a drizzle o

in scotland's challenge topics. it still looks _ remember. in scotland's challenge topics. it still looks like _ remember. in scotland's challenge topics. it still looks like a - remember. in scotland's challenge topics. it still looks like a dream i topics. it still looks like a dream sequence and english tacklers jaws on the floor. a third calcutta cup when in a row belongs to the history from the scottish head coach it is also a thing of the past. they have been working on wales.— been working on wales. there has been working on wales. there has been an edge _ been working on wales. there has been an edge to _ been working on wales. there has been an edge to training _ been working on wales. there has been an edge to training like - been working on wales. there has been an edge to training like last. been an edge to training like last week, we have had physical sessions. meetings and how players are talking to each other. and it all seems like their focus is on to each other. and it all seems like theirfocus is on improving this week which is all you can ask for. but w

notice the skies across scotland and northern england. plenty of sunshine here. just a few show is coming in off the north sea. some cold north—easterly winds affecting north—eastern parts of scotland, and eastern areas of england. on the face of that temperature is quite close to average and feeling quite chilly across eastern areas. i think that is due to the strength of wind. heading into the weekend, high pressure builds across the uk and it strengthens. we will get the strong winds continued to blow down the north sea, bringing a few isolated showers in certain eastern areas having the thickest of any cloud. the rest of the sunshine in the west but i think the winds again will make it feel quite chilly across the north and east of scotland and into eastern parts of england as well. temperatures not changing too much. highs of between around seven and nine celsius. the second half of the weekend again, high pressure stays with us. another lives in a dry day on sunday. went a little bit lighter with high—pressure dominating well into next week. the weath

temperatures easing off in the far north of scotland. some mist and fog patches across england and wales to start the day, another frosty start for some, start the day, another frosty start forsome, but start the day, another frosty start for some, but the winds will pick up across western areas and it will be across western areas and it will be a blustery afternoon for northern ireland and scotland with a band of rain is starting to edge closer. as we go through wednesday night, the winds are set to pick up even further across the north—west where we could see gusts of wind reaching around 75 mph, potentially bringing localised disruption here. the strongest winds from this weather system will be ahead of this cold front, and by the time we get to thursday that cold front will be easing southwards and eastwards across the uk, introducing fresher air. and across scotland you will notice the change, there will be some showers here. falling wintry, some showers here. falling wintry, so some sleet mixed in in shetland and orkney. there wi

, some quite heavy rain over high ground in the northwest of scotland. some patchy rain perhaps for northern ireland and the far north of england. further south, though, some spells of sunshine, a breezy day, in fact, a windy day up towards the north of scotland, although not as windy as it has been today, and temperatures between ten and 1a degrees. so it is going to be another very mild feeling day and it stays mild as we head into the start of the new week. frontal systems up to the north. so some rain at times in the north of scotland, but to the south of that will be in a wedge of mild air. so temperatures to start the new week widely into double digits. it does look like turning a little more unsettled and perhaps a little chillier later in the week.

that's ri . ht. purely for scotland, hugh. that's right- this _ purely for scotland, hugh. that's right- this is _ purely for scotland, hugh. that's right. this is the _ purely for scotland, hugh. that's right. this is the scottish - right. this is the scottish government coming up with an offer for the next financial year, beginning in april, that is 6.5% backdated on top of the 7.5% already awarded. and the indications from a couple of unions are certainly reasonably positive. unison has said it is a decent offer and they will certainly consider it very, very carefully. the royal college of nursing has said it will consider the offer. 0n the scottish government has said this will make nhs staff in scotland the highest paid in the uk. now, of course, in england the government at westminster has stuck to its line that the award for the current financial year of around 4.5% for nhs staff is out there and has already been paid and they are not prepared to talk about any increase of that in this current year. they are prepared to start talks on the next financial year and that

this is the first contesting of the cup between scotland and wales. doddie weir cup — named of course after the socttish rugby legend, who sadly passed away last year with motor nuerone disease. significant moments accordingly and emotionally as well. much more coming up over the cost of the next few hours of course. that�*s all from sportsday. goodbye for now. there was a bit of sunshine across northeast england and scotland but fold tonight we will have large areas of cloud floating around. if there are breaks in the clouds they are crossed wales and especially in northeast scotland. most of us will stay for a 5 degrees above freezing. into tomorrow, a lot of clout again to start off with but with more of a breeze developing around these western and northern part of the uk. there is more chance of seeing some sunshine across wales, northern island and across the north of scotland. parts of england are likely to stay gray throughout the day with lighter winds, nothing much, temperatures ten to 12 degrees. it�*s another mild day. it stays mild i

other parts of scotland have seen some cloud and some rain. that will pull away this evening and overnight. and many other parts of the country will become dry as well. a few breaks in the cloud, perhaps the best of those probably in northeast scotland. so the risk of some icy patches here with temperatures close to freezing. otherwise those numbers are more comfortably sitting at around seven or eight degrees. tomorrow will be a windy day in scotland. we'll see the cloud thickening. some rain at times, very different day in northern scotland. that rain will be heavy at times. we've got a cloudier picture across northern ireland, northern england. it may well stay dry. further south brighter, more in the way of sunshine that we've had today across southern parts of england and south wales. another mild day, temperatures 11 to 13 degrees. so those temperatures are a little bit higher than they were today in scotland, despite that stronger west to south—westerly wind which will be touching gale force in the far north—west of scotland later o

let's get more on this with our scotland correspondent lorna gordon. why to make some big names not in the running. who might be? yes. why to make some big names not in the running. who might be? yes, we know some — the running. who might be? yes, we know some of _ the running. who might be? yes, we know some of those _ the running. who might be? yes, we know some of those who _ the running. who might be? yes, we know some of those who are - the running. who might be? yes, we know some of those who are not - the running. who might be? yes, we i know some of those who are not going to go forward. nominations are open and it closes next friday. it's interesting looking at the reasons thatjoanna cherry and john swinney are giving. john swinney saying, calling for an open debate about the party's direction and a fresh perspective, as he puts it, that anchors the snp in the mainstream. joanna cherry saying the new leadership must adopt a more collegiate approach. whilst not standing they certainly have strong views about what they would like to see going

, some quite heavy rain over high ground in the northwest of scotland. some patchy rain perhaps for northern ireland and the far north of england. further south, though, some spells of sunshine, a breezy day, in fact, a windy day up towards the north of scotland, although not as windy as it has been today, and temperatures between ten 31111111 degrees. so it is going to be another very mild feeling day and it stays mild as we head into the start of the new week. frontal systems up to the north. so some rain at times in the north of scotland, but to the south of that will be in a wedge of mild air. so temperatures to start the new week widely into double digits. it does look like turning a little more unsettled and perhaps a little chillier later in the week. this is bbc news, the headlines... five former memphis police officers charged with murder over the death of tyre nichols have pleaded not guilty in their first court appearance. mr nichols�* death sparked protests against police brutality in the us. authorities in the pakistani city of karachi say

which is known — the church of scotland which is known for _ the church of scotland which is known for conservative views and that could — known for conservative views and that could be a problem in the modern — that could be a problem in the modern snp only talk about angus robertson and people like john swinney, the deputy first minister. ithink— swinney, the deputy first minister. i think he _ swinney, the deputy first minister. i think he has ruled himself out. just a quick thought, any names that spring to your mind? t just a quick thought, any names that spring to your mind?— spring to your mind? i know alistair's — spring to your mind? i know alistair's thoughts - spring to your mind? i know alistair's thoughts on i spring to your mind? i know alistair's thoughts on this i spring to your mind? i know. alistair's thoughts on this and spring to your mind? i know- alistair's thoughts on this and it alistair�*s thoughts on this and it is a wide open field and the names you mention are the names i would mention. john swinney has done a job as leader before in the alley to

the lowest temperatures, west scotland get down to about minus five degrees. so it will be a cold start, but extensive cloud will continue to feed in across northern england, the north midlands, north wales with some light showers coming in from the north sea, whereas across east anglia, the south midlands, probably southern wales and definitely most of southern england you should have more in the way of sunshine compared with yesterday. the other place that will do quite well for sunshine, west scotland and maybe northern ireland, because here we�*re close to the centre of high pressure and that high pressure continues to build in on monday. so again, it�*s probably west scotland and northern ireland will have the best of the day�*s sunshine, otherwise probably a little bit more in the way of cloud filtering down the north sea. so it could well be a cloudier picture across england, wales and eastern scotland through monday. tuesday, well, the high pressure is still there. however, this is a troughjust coming in from europe. and what that will do is it w