the night and we see more rain coming in, mainly for the western side of the uk. the winds are from the south or south—west which is why it is so mild, much milder than last night in the north—east of scotland as well. we start tomorrow with some cloud and rain. it will push eastwards, there won't be much rain for the eastern part of the uk, such an arriving but thickening cloud will bring rain across wales, the west midlands and eventually the north west of england later in the day. it is bringing with it, milder air all the while the temperatures reaching 16 or 17 celsius. hello this is bbc news with ben brown. the headlines: borisjohnson defends the government's decision not to impose further covid restrictions in england before the new year and says as many as 90% of those seriously ill haven't had a third vaccine dose. the overwhelming majority of people who are currently ending up in