Too so still treacherous on untreated roads, pavements, again if you have to be out in the morning. But many of us tomorrow will have a drier and brighter day. There will still be these showers in scotland. Rain, sleet on the coast. Inland, sleet. Some snow into the hills. Maybe one or two for Northern Ireland and the far north of england but many of us will stay dry with broken cloud and sunny spells. Itll be a little less cold. It does get milder for a time for many of us with the exception of some of us in scotland as we go through the week ahead. With that it will be turning wetter. It does mean more rain before it turns colder again next weekend. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. More than 70 cases of the South African variant of covid are identified in the uk amid concerns the vaccine may be less effective against it. Ministers say numbers are being closely monitored. We have enhanced Contact Tracing to do everything we possibly can to stop them from spreading. The number o
Of the worlds most famous people. Now on bbc news. New orleans was getting ready to celebrate mardi gras. But among the crowds was a virus which before long would stop the music and kill thousands in the state of louisiana. Last year, new orleans was celebrating. There was no sense in new orleans that there was anything serious. But in the crowds, there was a virus which before long would stop the music. Here we are in this great tourist city and now weve come to a screeching halt. This was like being on a movie set that everybody had left. Now this famous music city faces an uncertain future. 0ur government, they didnt tell us until it was too late. And its musicians face life without the crowds they live for. Its a cultural extinction, cultural genocide. February in new orleans is supposed to be mardi gras season, everybodys in a good mood, partying. The bars are open, a great place to have a good time. Mardi gras is like an everyday party, and its free. Its the greatest free party o
The IUP basketball teams both beat UPJ at the KCAC last night, and both games featured some outstanding individual milestones. Jack Benedict has the s.