I was at home when i got a phone call from the director of news at the bbc saying thats the queen was gravely ill. He didnt stand on ceremony or offer any small talk clive, how are you . He simply said the queen is gravely ill and can you come in . And i was preparing to fly to italy on a filming trip the next day and i thought. I should go in. I was in the newsnight office because wed had wind, obviously with a note being passed through the house of commons, that something was happening. I know i speak on behalf of the entire house when i say that we send our best wishes to her majesty the queen and that she and the royal family are in our thoughts and prayers at this moment. And of course theres this big protocol, obviously, if the queen had passed away then newsnight wouldnt be going on. But simultaneously i was getting calls, as we were waiting to see if this event was going to unfold, i got a call from don macinnes who was running the events coverage and he said look, would you be
the weekend, the temperatures fall away a little bit, and as we head into sunday this is where we have the drier weather and there will be more in the way of sunshine. for saturday, still a lot of cloud coming in. some rain, especially across northern ireland, wales and southern england. this cloud coming in from the north sea could have drizzle in there and it will be called in eastern scotland and the north of england with temperatures north of england with temperatures no higher than seven or 8 degrees. elsewhere ten or ii. the second half of the weekend, we have drier air this time coming in from the north sea, the winds will be lighter and there will be more sunshine around across western areas, but we still have temperatures on the low side. typically ten or ii celsius. have temperatures on the low side. typically ten or 11 celsius. typically ten or 11 celsius. darren, thank you. typically ten or 11 celsius. darren, thank you. and typically ten or 11 celsius. darre
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A few bit of cloud to eastern scotland and eastern parts of england. the odd patch of drizzle at times, too. the breeze is still a feature along north sea coast. where we have the clear skies, it s going to be a cold one. a little less cold. temperatures may be up a degree, but it certainly won t feel like that. as we move through thursday night, we see plenty of cloud feeding into england and wales. it s here where we will see the lowest of the temperatures.
The northwest territory of canada, they live so far north that though weeks on end as they see no sunlight at all but up until now. have a look at all but up until now. have a look at that. isn t that incredible. these spectacular sunrise was the first they ve seen in 30 days. the people they are have held a sunrise festival to celebrate. that is just about it from today s verified live. thank you for watching. hopefully, i will see you at the same time tomorrow. hello there. it s been another very cold day wherever you are, whether you ve had sunshine and whether you ve had clouds and it looks pretty similar for the next few days, could see a bit more cloud around. generally, it will stay dry thanks to high pressure. and there will be some sunshine around, particularly towards southern and western areas. this area of high pressure has been feeding in quite a bit of cloud to eastern scotland,