Turning colder. We can see the first size through the night tonight, snow showers in scotland, temperatures dipping close to freezing. Icy stretches first thing. Showers further south, windy for all to start. Those strong winds will continue, they will dry plenty of showers in from the atlantic along swiss facing coast and push further inland. Noticeably colder as well. The blue toes descend. Certainly looks as though mindy will be a windy, showery story, showers of snow to scotland, Northern Ireland and northern england, showers further south heavy with some hail and thunder. Noticeably colder for all with temperatures ranging between four and eight celsius. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines. Storm ciara hits the uk with winds of more than 90 miles an hour causing severe travel disruption across the country. There is widespread flooding and two severe warnings, meaning a danger to life, are in place in north wales. A persons being treated at the Royal Free Hospital in london afte
Time for a look at the weather, heres ben rich. Thank you, and unwanted dose of rain in the last 2a hours for many parts of the uk and one or two places in cumbria have had over 100 millimetres in the last 2a hours and it has been training in the flood affected parts of wales and the welsh marches and on the radar you can see that rain which is now on the move eastwards. Some heavy and intense downpours mixed in with some gusty winds but behind it, tied in with a cold front, things are turning colder and it is one of those days where it will be a colder end than first thing. Through this afternoon, still some heavy rain in parts of east anglia and the south east, gusty winds on that band. Further west in parts of wales and the midlands where flooding has been a problem, it is drier and sunnier but with some showers. Similar in northern england, sunshine and wintry showers, and in Northern Ireland but in scotland, the showers contain some snow over a high ground but even at low levels w
Flooding also a concern. Those gusts of wind could course roof tiles and branches and trees to come down so there is a real risk of injury, even damage as well to life, potentially with those sort of winds, it looks nasty indeed. Large winds, tides and potential power cuts. If you have plans, all the details on the warnings are on the website. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines 20 people are reported to have been shot dead and several others wounded in a mass shooting in north east thailand. Jakraphanth thomma is a junior army officer, who killed his Commanding Officer before stealing weapons from a military camp. He is still at large. Five british people, including a child, have tested positive for the coronavirus at a ski resort in france. Six senior conservatives write to tory mps to raise concerns about the governments decision to allow huawei to help build the uks 5g network. Gusts of 63 Miles Per Hour in stornoway as the met Office Issues Severe Weather warnings for tomorrow
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Course they are in league but they will take this game seriously tonight. Chelsea have not had, they have had an up and down season with frank lampard. They dont have much hopein frank lampard. They dont have much hope in the Champions League after that defeat at bayern munich. How important is this game for them . What will really thinking about . Similarto what will really thinking about . Similar to liverpool, overnight it has become a massive game. They had a big reality check against bayern munich. That level is clearly not where they are that at the moment. At night is a perfect opportunity for them to bounce back and put a solid performance. With liverpools fixtures as we have just mentioned it has become a big game. This has been our grudge match in the premier league and Champions League. Does it still had the same appeal . Certainly. It means a lot to the fa ns certainly. It means a lot to the fans and the players, so it is huge clu bs fans and the players, so it is huge club