north yorkshire, clear skies overhead, mist and fog around but that should be quick to clear through the morning. it will be a mixed day, son turnaround, dry and warm weather on the cards but there is an area of rain moving in from the west courtesy of this where front that you can see here. it is heading into the atlantic but it is bumping into high pressure across europe so that will be quite a slow moving, notjust today but over the next couple of days. rain this morning in northern ireland and western scotland, fairly patchy in nature but one or two heavy bursts at times for the west of scotland for instance. a few spots a patchy rain into the far west of england and wales later on this afternoon. for much of central and eastern england, as well as eastern scotland, largely dry. light southerly winds. brighter in northern ireland this afternoon into the afternoon and evening hours. we have a zone of drizzly rain which
with some suggestion there will be a more simplified traffic light system. we can get more on this with the independent s travel editor, simon calder at newcastle airport. good morning. there is a slightly curious position, we know there is an announcement later on and there is a lot of speculation about what it might be. in amongst the speculation, this idea that the green and amber countries could be amalgamated, that is the major change, explain that a little bit for us. ., change, explain that a little bit for us. . ., for us. 0k, at the moment, the uk has notjust for us. 0k, at the moment, the uk has notjust the for us. 0k, at the moment, the uk has not just the highest for us. 0k, at the moment, the uk| has notjust the highest coronavirus infection rate of any major country infection rate of any major country in europe, it also has the most complicated regime of travel restrictions. so when you come into the uk they are five traffic like categories ranging from ireland, whic
this was christmas for pat, in bristol. a virtual choir of family members who could not be at her care home in person. today, her son tim can visit. but he s still more than happy to visit behind a screen. i much prefer to have my mother alive and kicking, rather than risk exposure to a disease that we know preys on the elderly. while i have every sympathy for those with elderly relatives, parents who want to be able to have that access, if they are living in a nursing home, it s notjust them, it s the wider nursing home community. sadly, i don t think we will see normality for a good few years yet. the people who visit care homes, they are getting hit the hardest. no doubt about it. the government say they are doing all they can to facilitate safe visits, but the sector told us that with infections rising
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