it s a blow to rishi sunak in his first by election test as prime minister. the contest was triggered by the resignation of christian matheson. samantha dixon, a local councillor in the city, increased labour s majority to nearly ii thousand, and secured labour s best ever result in the seat. i think it s very decisive, i think it shows that voters in chester really are fed up with the government. i think they have turned to labour values and put crosses next to my name in significant numbers. joining us now from glasgow, john curtice, professor of politics at strathclyde university. welcome, what do you read into this result? ~ , ., ., result? well, the broad headline, of course, is result? well, the broad headline, of course. is that result? well, the broad headline, of course, is that we result? well, the broad headline, of course, is that we shouldn t - result? well, the broad headline, of course, is that we shouldn t be - course, is that we shouldn t be surprised that the oppo
very much indeed, thank you. - the fog may linger for some the fog may lingerfor some into the fog may linger for some into the afternoon, but we should cease guys writing a little bit compared to this morning full stop eastern counties of england will see sunny spells, although a few showers through east anglia, the south east on the channel islands. the sunniest parts are devon and cornwall, south west wales. lots more cloud elsewhere. thick enough for light rain and drizzle in scotland. the mildest conditions into the west of scotland and northern ireland. where fog goes across south west wales, south east midlands, we could see temperatures of three former four mega degrees. fog for a time this evening will clearfor mega degrees. fog for a time this evening will clear for many tonight, and with some partly clear skies, it could be a cold and than recent nights more widely. a touch of frost possible just about everywhere, the exception being north and west scotland. northern ireland
coming through in the flow, and where they are over the hills there could be sweet and wet snow mixed in with the rain. you will notice from the chart a lot more cloud on the scene on sunday. not quite as bright as saturday. the best of the study moments will be in western scotland and may be the western fringes of wales. temperatures, five or 7 degrees. it feels colder and colder still next week. wind going into more of a northerly direction, and with the cold flow of air it means we could start to see a little bit of sleet and snow. as the temperature and city forecasts show, temperatures dropping next week as things turn more wintry.
11 or 12 celsius. six or 9 degrees where england and wales. colder than that where the fog lingers. it will still be there for east wales and parts of the southwest. it should shift, and for more of you it will be a clearer night. cloud coming and going, clearerspells be a clearer night. cloud coming and going, clearer spells will bring a greater amount of frost. some drizzle across scotland and northern ireland. it is linked into a weather system which is being nudged away as high pressure builds across scandinavia. with that, and easterly wind will become more dominant this weekend. it means for tomorrow we don t have the fog problems, we should have more sunshine around for the vast majority. a bit of a more cheery day by march. always the chance of a few showers down the eastern districts, towards the channel islands. notice the highlands and islands, the far west and northern ireland will stay cloudy through the day with further rain and drizzle at times. still double figure tempe
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