U nsu btle towards it looks like it will turn more unsubtle towards the end of the week but this will bring a change, certainly to the temperatures. Snow on the hills in the north, with blustery showers and further south it looks like we will see a bit of sunshine before turning wetter by the end of the week with milder air moving up from the continent. We have top and tail weather systems today. In between, a slice of dry and fine weather with some sunshine, albeit a little hazy. Lots of showers spiralling around that area of low pressure. In scotland snow to the high ground, and even to the lower ground. A chilly day for most with temperatures in single figures, barely above two or three in fact for scotland and Northern Ireland. Tonight the showers continue, easing down a little bit. We will see the rain moving in, so a wet night to come. Further north and west under clear skies it will turn cold with frost, and mist and fog patches which could become dense in central areas. This ra
Christmas is nearly here and theres still a bit of time left to get last minute gifts before the holiday begins. But how much are we spending on it all . Lets take a look. Research by the bank of england has found that during the christmas period, a typical uk household spends around £800 on top of its usual spending. So thats around 1050. That figure also happens to be about the same amount spent per person in the us according to the National Retail federation. Taken together, americans are expected to spend around 730 billion over the Holiday Season this year, which is an increase on previous years. In the us, more than half of shoppers 56 say they prefer to shop online, with amazon and walmart looking to benefit. Meanwhile, there is a similar figure in the uk 54 who say they prefer to shop in bricks and mortar stores. Toymakers in particular have been looking forward to the festive season. But many firms are wary of what Impact Global trade tensions could have on their businesses.
In other news at least 43 people have been killed in the indian capital delhi after a huge blaze broke out in a factory. Police arrest a 13 year old boy and a 27 year old man on suspicion of murder, after the death of a woman in northamptonshire. And coming up at 3. 30 the Victoria Derbyshire programme looks back at the stories that have made the headlines this week. Good afternoon. In the final days of the election campaign, Boris Johnson and Jeremy Corbyn are telling voters that thursdays poll is an historic chance to move the country forward. The conservatives say a points based immigration system would reduce low skilled migration. Labour is using the day to set out its plans for social care. Our political correspondent, Susana Mendonca, reports. Not long left until voters make their call, and borisjohnson is hoping theyll give him a ringing endorsement. Hello, mr walker, hi. This is borisjohnson. At a call centre in london today, he focused on conservative plans for a points based
I especially need you. The people in our countries need us. I hope that all the hard work that we have been doing during these two whole weeks is worth it, only if we have an ambitious result. The Climate Summit also saw arguments over Carbon Markets and compensation for poorer countries. Our environment correspondent matt mcgrath is there. Almost every country in the world signed the paris climate agreement in the french capital about four years ago. One of the terms of that particular pact was that every country should update their National Plans on cutting carbon by the end of 2020, the end of next year. All those countries have come to this particular cop, a conference of the parties, here in madrid to actually work out the wrinkles in that plan, to work out the timetable, when theyre going to submit their plans, and to whom. But theyve run into major difficulties here, because a lot of the countries, the European Union and small island states and many others, feel that whats on th
Today, this group has morphed into a hotbed of silverware this season of political activity the Scottish League cup. Some of it is horrible. As you might expect with an Old Firm Derby but you went in thinking it had all the drama you could want. It was one thing and actually, its turned out to be a red card, a penalty something very different. And a winning goal that maybe it wasnt what i looked for. Shouldnt have stood. I was looking for Chris Mclaughlin a lovely local group. Was at hampden park. Is it hostile to a soggy derby day in glasgow, people that dont. 7 it is hostile. But for this fixture, ive just found it disgusting. It never dampens the enthusiasm. Really disgusting. Do you think some people might be surprised that actually its the celtic end over here, become so political . Yes, but there are 5000 people, the rangers end over here, and this divided city, and so what we all do, i think, is we block people that annoy us. This matchup is always big, but this game in particul