From scotland, the winds dropping and with clear skies this evening and overnight, we have a frost pretty widely, even in towns and cities, 2 3 possible. The exceptions the highlands and islands, here we have a milder stronger breeze coming in from the atlantic around the top of High Pressure. Follow the lines round and into the north sea and they could be one or two showers here early on sunday morning. They should say offshore. Apart from that, more cloud and more breeze in the north west of scotland, we have more winds, frosty start, a cold winters day. Again, seven or 8 degrees, probably milder in the cloud towards the north west. Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. The chancellor warns Business Leaders that there will not be alignment with eu rules in any post brexit trade agreement and that some businesses will benefit while some wont. A clock projected on the walls of downing street one of a series of events announced to mark the moment the uk leaves the eu. British Scientist
Businesses are warning of price rises, after the chancellor sajid javid said the uk would not align with eu regulations after brexit. In an interview with the financial times, mrjavid said some firms would lose out, but added that theyd had three years to prepare for changes. Our Business Correspondent katy austin reports. What doing business between the uk and the eu will look like in the future is still unknown. The food and drink, chemicals, medicines, vehicles and Aerospace Industries have said they want to remain in step with the eus regulations from 2021 to stay competitive. Now the chancellor has said they will not have alignment. He also said there will be an impact on business one way or another. Some will benefit, some will not. What sajid javid has said here was not entirely new. Borisjohnsons government has since autumn indicated it will not seek to remain aligned with eu rules after brexit. What is more new is the chancellor getting a message to businesses that they need t
It is 3 30am in the morning, you up to date on the headlines. This week on the travel show the swamp that is becoming a tinderbox. Lets rehydrate this peat. Same time, ready . Three, two, one. Whoo. Where the amish go on their holidays. I think we have been very blessed to have a place to go like this. People accept us and it is quite unique. Plus, what will the 20s bring for travellers . Our global guru runs up his highlights for the coming decade. Theme music plays this week we begin the swamp. This area is home to dark swarms of mosquitoes, blood sucking ticks, poisonous copperheads and rattlesnakes and even the occasional black bear. Back in the 18th century, this place was considered so bleak and inhospitable, it was given a name that was just as unwelcoming, the Great Dismal Swamp. It is right on the border between virginia and north carolina. Back when the us was formed, it was around 1 million acres. Today it is much smaller, about an eighth of his original size and it looks ve
living there are stunned. an elderly woman is the victim. police have been camped out there all day collecting evidence and trying to figure out who is responsible for a homicide in this neighborhood. we re alarmed and concerned for the community. reporter: murder on q street in georgetown. neighbors are stunned, as detectives search the home of 91-year-old viola drath. officers found her already dead on friday. drath made an impression on her neighbors. she was elegant. elegant older woman who was often dressed in the most pristine way, and beautifully turned out. i most often saw she and her husband together walking arm in arm. i guess they were an old fashioned couple. reporter: drath was an author, playwright, journalist and actist. she was a member of the national committee on american foreign policy. outside her home, along the 3200 block of q street, lots of police activity. two days after officers discovered her body. our camera captured detectives removing ev
with a look at flash flooding concerns we have, right, kim? aaron, you bet. the heavens have opened up. after a dry week, the pendulum has swung the other way. all this area is a flash flood watch until 8:00 tonight. right at this moment we have flash flood warnings, one for a rundell and one for prince george s county. that will go until 6:30 this morning. this area has received so much rain. i have put down some estimations from doppler radar for you. southern a rundell, 3.3 inches in the last 12 hours. parts of prince george s county, 4.4 inches. waldorf, three inches. that s not bad. we will have more in the afternoon. gainesville, culpepper county, your doppler rainfall estimate is 5.3 inches. so these storms are super soakers. and because the ground has been so dry we re getting a lot of runoff. so that s why we have a concern for flash flooding as we get more heavy rain and we head into the afternoon. region by region, the heaviest cell has a little bit of lightning