weather. things now look and feel very different. beautiful blue skies overhead here in county antrim but some strong wind feeding in wintry showers. we continue to bring wind down all the way from the arctic. cold air stays with us through the next few days. the picture shows this mesh rash of wintry showers along the coast and parts of scotland, those showers still mostly falling at low levels even as snow. elsewhere a mixture of sleet and snow and some showers feeding into some north sea coasts. windy for all of us especially around the coasts, up of us especially around the coasts, up to 50 miles an hour in places. temperatures reading between three and 7 degrees but factoring in the strength of the wind it feels colder than that. during this evening and tonight the wind using a little, we keep some showers going in western and northern parts where there is the risk of some ice. and temperatures dropping away widely below freezing, perhaps down to 8 in parts of the highl
are we ready, talia? in the cost of living crisis, these families say making savings is not an option. life and death decisions, which they say need to be addressed. phil connell, bbc look north, hartlepool. last summer the bbc reported on claims that windermere in the lake district was experiencing blue green algal blooms because of high levels of pollutants. in response, a number of agencies and local volunteers set up a project to monitor pollution levels. they ve now published their latest report, asjuliet phillips reports. it s easy to see why tourists flock to windermere, but beautiful as it is, there are concerns over the water quality here. new data found four fifths of the shoreline contained raised levels of phosphorus. this supports the growth of toxic algal blooms, like this one seen in the lake last summer. as a scientist, as somebody who uses and is in the lake district