newscast. newscast from the bbc. hello, there. things are set to turn even colder as we move towards the second part this weekend and into the start of next week as we open the floodgates to arctic northerlies. and that will drive plenty of snow showers into northern scotland, starting on sunday. and the blue colours, the dark blue colours will be reaching pretty much all areas by the time we reach sunday night into the first part of monday. for the rest of today, though, it's not looking too bad across the northern half of the country — bright with some sunshine, some rain showers across northern areas, some snow to the hills. variable cloud, though, for large parts of england and wales. the odd spots of light rain here, too. but there will be a bit of sunshine around. but those temperatures again range from around 5 to 8 degrees. so not quite as cold as what we're expecting by the second half of the weekend. through tonight, under clear skies, it will turn cold and frosty