Rain and winds of more than 80mph to the uk. The met office has issued warnings for parts of england, wales, Northern Ireland, and southern scotland, with coastal areas expected to be worst hit. More than a thousand people in bedfordshire have already been advised to leave their homes due to flooding, as anisa kadri reports. A rise in the river levels here caused rising anxiety. 1,300 households were told to evacuate. Police said the flooding situation overrides the requirement to stay in your own home, according to tier 4 coronavirus restrictions. Weve ended up doing what weve kind of done in the past few years anyway, so oddly enough, it has ended up being a more sociable christmas than we were planning on. Debbie ward had police turn up at the door late on Christmas Eve telling her she should evacuate, but she chose not to. You worry, you panic, you know, it was rising quite fast and has come up but luckily, it has not reached the top of our step and coming in the house. Bedford Int
Not as windy, but temperatures will fall to freezing or below, so where we have had all the rain, surfaces are damp, it could be quite treacherous. The same area of low pressure, the remnants of storm bella drifting south on monday, dragging the colder air south, which means there could be snow, if you centimetres in the showers over the hills. It is cold air. The showers rushing into northern and eastern areas, a colder day throughout, 4 5. Some sunshine between the showers, it is just the devil is in the detail. But for the rest of the year, the start of 2021, it remains chilly, a bit drier with fewer showers. A bit of sunshine as well. Snow and ice risk, the warnings are online. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. Borisjohnson promises big changes following his brexit trade deal, as his chancellor rishi sunak says the deal brings reassurance to those who were worried about the impact on businesses. The rollout of the Pfizer Biontech Covid Vaccine begins for millions of people acr
Upper parts of sheffield, manchester, leeds, bradford, could see a covering of snow into tomorrow morning. Away from that i see with temperatures widely below freezing. Away from that, icy with temperatures widely below freezing. Another in store. Peak district, staffordshire, towards parts of wales in the south west so another coating of snow possible for some of you. Through the afternoon mainly around coastal districts, some of you will be dry all day long but it will stay cold because we have low pressure to the east dragging down that air from the north but watch what happens tuesday into wednesday. We see this weather feature push its way in. To the south of that, milder air but the Northern Edge of it well push into colder air so a greater likelihood of some snow which could in itself cause disruption, uncertainty is where that snow will track. It could fringe into northern ireland, wales, towards east anglia, rain across southern counties but if thats further south it will be s
56 technology, and more accessible self driving cars are just some of whats in store. Now on bbc news, Philippa Thomas hears from people around the world about their extraordinary experiences during the pandemic and how covid 19 has changed their lives. Welcome. On coronavirus your stories, this year, we have been hearing from people around the world about some of the extraordinary ways in which covid 19 has changed our lives. On the programme, we have heard from more than 50 guests across 25 countries. Like rachel, a british Palliative Care doctor, spending her days talking to the dying. There have been times where i have had to pull over on the side of the road and actually stop driving on the way home and sit there and cry to myself in silence, inside my car because i have felt so shocked by the speed of the pandemic and the relentlessness of it, the sheer numbers of people who are dying too quickly and too often. It is like nothing any of us have ever experienced. It is like a batt
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