more will watch on television. there will be those, though, demanding that this annual spectacle comes to a finish. john maguire, bbc news, liverpool. time for a look at the weather. here s ben rich. hello, thank you, good afternoon. much, than it was this time yesterday on the south bank of england, the wind is much lighter, beautiful scene from a weather watcher on the coast in dorset. but that s not the whole story. while we do have some sunshine will also have some showers and some of those are on the heavy aside, and if you haven t seen one today there may still be one and it could even contain some hail and thunder. the shower is widespread across parts of scotland and into northern england. a little breezy for some of us but not as windy as it was yesterday. still feeling really rather cool for this time of year at a 9 13 c. it will get quite chilly overnight tonight with clearing skies and light winds. still some showers around particularly across scotland, northern i
and triangle of sadness s dolly dillion. this is really, really bad. lizo mzimba, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here s ben rich. some wintry scenes in the north of england, there was some disruption at manchester airport, some of the travel problems too but over the next few days the snow will ease and gradually, it will be a gradual process, things are set to turn milder. we had this stream of snow showers affecting northern ireland, south west scotland, north west england, wales, parts of the midlands, this morning and now we have this area of sleet and snow that s pushing southwards across scotland, some of that getting into north east england as we go through the afternoon but the broad theme is for the wintry showers to become fewer and further between. many others seeing crisp blue skies and sunshine overhead. temperatures 3 7, for most not quite as windy as yesterday but it does stay blustery through northern scotland and parts of north east england where w
showers today or snow melt, there could be icy stretches first thing. in towns and city centres we are looking at below freezing, even colder where we had lying snow. early fog could be slow to lift across northern ireland, elsewhere a brief ridge of high pressure will build. some crisp winter sunshine to look out for on friday. a few scattered showers and a brisk breeze across the east coast, but generally speaking temperatures between four and 6 degrees, milder out of the south west. there is a change on its way but it will be painfully slow for some. way but it will be painfully slow forsome. it way but it will be painfully slow for some. it will bring milder air into northern ireland and scotland so we could have a rapid snowmelt for the start of the weekend, but the cold air clings on across england and wales, particularly on saturday. another chilly start. outbreaks of patchy rain and poor visibility to the west, top temperatures generally around five to 7 degrees. it w