wetter. we could well see a bit of snow developing towards snowdonia and the peak district later in the day. now it is mild in the far southwest, it s rather chilly elsewhere in a freshening breeze, it s coldest in scotland despite the sunshine. so on through saturday night, christmas day night into boxing day, this wet weather pushes north and meets cold air, and particularly in northern england and southern scotland, and especially the higher ground. we get some snow out of that, it may start blowing around in strong winds as well, because this is where we ve clearly got the coldest weather going into boxing day. now, that snow may be relatively low as we start off on boxing day, what s left of this system delivering some mostly hill snow as it pushes further north across scotland during boxing day. behind it, plenty of cloud around, a few showers, the brightest skies in the far southwest, where it is still mild. elsewhere, it s still on the chilly side. now as we go through the week
and as we look to england, wales, and northern ireland, it s cloud, mist, fog, outbreaks of rain but this is where temperatures will be staying above freezing, maybe a few spots in the far north of england could see temperatures getting close to freezing with a touch of frost. so for christmas day, then, scotland, after that cold frost, starts to see some sunshine. northern ireland, england, wales here with cloud and optics of rain edging further north and east, turning what are certainly in northern ireland during the afternoon. we could well see a bit of snow developing towards snowdonia and the peak district later in the day. now it is mild in the far southwest, but it s rather chilly elsewhere and a freshening breeze it s coldest in scotland despite the sunshine. so on through saturday night, christmas day night into boxing day, this wet weather pushes north and meets cold air and particularly in northern england and southern scotland, and especially the higher ground. we get
communities here in an asian restaurant in bradford. we are creating access where our communities are, so a resturant is the best place for the time of year to come and bring the vaccines to make it as easy and as accessible as we can. boosters will be available on christmas day and boxing day in england, though not in the rest of the uk, and in basingstoke today, there was no shortage of takers for a christmas eve jab. it s an interesting one, but i want to get it done because i want to see family. it sjust easy peasy, it s around the corner. it s good, yeah, it made sense to do it, it for the community and everybody else. but as people enjoy christmas attractions, the prospects for new year and beyond remain highly uncertain. hugh pym, bbc news. and earlier, hugh explained whether england would follow the other uk nations into tighter restrictions after the festive period. there are two directions of travel
were hoping that christmas 2021 would not be the same as christmas 2020. millions had plans to travel not just by plane, but also by car and that s now been all upended because of this variant. and, as you heard that, some people are trying to be cautious about it, and there are lots of restrictions now back in place but it does look like this christmas will be a repeat of last christmas. absolutely, nomia, disappointing for many people who thought, well, we got past the disruption caused by restrictions and travel bans, now we are allowed to travel again, but then we have got this spanner in the works. do we have a sense of how much longer this disruption will continue, and when people can feel that it is safe to travel without being at risk of their travel plans being upended? it s really one of those situations which is hard to really guess at. because many people thought, well, 0k, we got vaccinated, we ve got our second vaccination,
throughout the weekend that the further southwest you are, the milder the weather will be. the further northeast you are, even though you may well see some sunshine, it ll feel cold is here. as we get on into tonight, it s a clear skies which become more widespread across scotland which will deliver the lowest temperatures, but a hard frost setting and in the highlands. as we look to england, wales and northern ireland, it clouds, mist and fog and outbreaks of rain. there may be of spots that could see temperatures getting close to freezing. progress as they, scotland seeing some sunshine. we could well see a bit of snow developing towards the peak district later in the day. it is mild in the far southwest and rather chilly elsewhere in the freshening breeze. cold is in the bottle and