Being out of school is having on children and parents. Three Premier League defeats in a row forjose mourinho and spurs. They lose at home to chelsea, who continue their good start under new boss thomas tuchel. Today, snow only really Northern Scotland but over the next few days we are going to see is no more widely and all of us will feel the bitter chill of an easterly wind seeing snow more widely. Its friday, february 5th. Our top story. From the 15th Of February uk residents returning from Coronavirus Hotspots abroad will have to quarantine in hotels for ten nights. Theres been mounting pressure for ministers to set out details of the scheme, which was first announced last week. The government has been accused of being too slow to act. Simonjones reports. A new destination for new arrivals from the most high risk countries. British nationals returning home from more than 30 covid hot spots will have to check into designated hotels at their own expense for ten days. It is to try to
Which leads on an investigation into Safety Standards at britains meat plants. The paper says that more than half of all audited plants have had at least one major breach in a three year period. Moving on to the daily telegraph, which reports on comments from the former head of mi6. Sir Richard Dearlove says labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has questions to answer over his contact with a communist spy back in the eighties. Billionaire whos lost a legal battle to maintain his anonymity amidst a dispute with his ex wife. Under eu sanctions. The daily mail says that hospital consultants have fought off a bid to strip them of bonuses worth up to £77,000 a year. The scheme costs the nhs around £320 million a year. A smiling stephen fry appears on the front cover of the independent. The writer and broadcaster has announced that hes recovering from prostate cancer. And finally the daily mirror reports on the vote in the commons over a new law that could see people opt out rather than opt in to a
Look out for unusual green and yellow markings. Who will want to know. There is a wonderful, magical place on exmoor known as snowdrop valley, when the snowdrops are out it is sensational. Though im not sure its particularly a place i would want to go over the next few days you mentioned it. Spring will be on hold next week. I urge you, if you wa nt to hold next week. I urge you, if you want to admire snowdrops, do it in the short term the system is the short term while the system is benign. A settled weekend in prospect. The temperatures for today, four, five, 6 degrees. Fine and dry weather. Under the clear skies the temperatures will dip away overnight, a chilly start. A benign weekend in store for most parts, a bit of cloud of the north sea for the eastern coastal counties across the eastern coastal counties across the northern half of the british isles. Maybe losing a degree in those temperatures on sunday, you will lose a lot more than that on monday. It doesnt look that differen
Snow covered mountain in scotland. So weve been digging for a couple of hours now and the camera is finally starting to completely freeze over, and i am also freezing. Theres tips on the best place to honeymoon. And im enjoying my own company at a new Korean Restaurant for solo diners here in seoul. That was really bad chopstick etiquette first up this week, were in the Cairngorms National park in the heart of the scottish highlands. The frozen landscape is beautiful at this time of year, but conditions can be brutal. And recently, a number of hikers have found themselves in trouble there after reaching higher terrain. The advice is never to attempt this on your own in bad weather conditions without an experienced mountaineer, so we sentjo whalley on an overnight tour with a guided group to learn some winter survival skills. This is the snowiest place in the uk. Over 1700 square miles of glistening icecapped peaks. The snow makes it a popular spot for winter sports, but at this time of
So you can see how deep and cold that air is. So for the middle of next week onwards, the wind chill becomes quite severe, we could have disruptive snow, of course, before then. Bitter winds. Yes, there will be sunshine, still best in the west, but the warnings are there are on our website. This is bbc news. The headlines the Un Security Council has unanimously passed a resolution calling for a 30 day humanitarian ceasefire across syria. It follows a week of intense bombardment of the rebel held enclave of Eastern Ghouta in the suburbs of damascus. The truce would allow for aid and medical evacuations. Parents who fear their daughters have been abducted by boko haram jihadists in nigeria have released a list of more than a hundred names. Up to now, it hadnt been clear how many girls were missing following the attack on a boarding school. President Muhammadu Buhari has called it a national disaster. Democrats in the Us House Intelligence Committee have released a memo that counters prev