pressure is set to pass to the north of the uk and lots of isobars on the chart, strong winds and a cold front slipping south. a band of cloud and rain and to the sunny spells and showers, some of them are wintry over the high ground in scotland but it is the wind that will cause issues on thursday, widely a windy day with gales in places and we could see 80 mph gusts and some really rough seas around some eastern coasts and some coastal flooding, so some real disruption to travel on thursday and it stays quite windy in the run up to christmas but broadly speaking on the milder side and if you do want some snow on christmas day, i think it is really only likely over hills in the north of the uk. and that s bbc news at six. now its time to join our colleagues for the news where you are. hello there, i m 0lly foster. here s what s coming up on sportsday. farewell to forest, with the team sliding on the stable. steve cooper has been sacked. we ll be at all the quarterfinals incl
here s louise lear. hi there. we quite literally have had everything bar the kitsch sink so far this march. it is often nope as the transition from winter into spring and it can be turbulent so i want to start off with a snapshot of newcastle throughout the week, this could be any city across the country, and look at this roller coaster ride. today mild wet and windyer tomorrow the cold air is set to return, we could see further wintry showers and then mild wet and windy by the time we head towards the weekend. what an earth is going off? well, at the moment this is frontal system is the dividing line between very mild and very windy weather down to the south and some what colder with a northerly component returning and pushing down from scotland, that is going to move steadily southwards as we go through the remendser of day. yes it is rain and snow, across scotland, at the moment, it is a showery mix, some of the showers sharp, across england and wales, and northern ireland
We will get the latest on wimbledon a little later throughout the morning. How will the weather be . Helen has got the details. A little more clout in the south. It looks at a decent day. I will have all the weekend detailfor you if you can join me in around 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Low Water Pressure and insufficient equipment are among a set of reported failings the bbc has uncovered which may have hampered firefighters efforts to tackle the Grenfell Tower blaze. A Newsnight Investigation has found London Fire Brigade has now changed its procedures after a tall ladder did not arrive on site for more than half an hour. John sweeney reports. Firefighters say they experienced problems with Water Pressure and equipment that was either lacking or did not arrive on scene before the fire got out of control. They also described weak radio reception inside the tower and that they lacked enough of the extended duration Breathing Apparatus they needed, especially when re