Stretches and fog developing as well. Saturday rain showers for parts of northern and eastern england, South East Scotland seeing a bit of rain, but this snow will fall to lower levels and there will be some snow over the Higher Ground of Northern England later in the day. The driest of the weather to be found further south and west during saturday afternoon. Saturday night and into sunday those temperatures are going to be dropping like a stone. Code mac Easterly Winds pushing a close and heavy persistent snowfall across east anglia, the South East Of England and snow flurries further north. An Amber Warning in force for that potentially disruptive snow. There could be more than ten centimetres in places. Thats all from the Bbc News At Six so its goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday with me, katherine downes. Coming with me, katherine downes. Up this friday evening a century on his century joe root passes 100 on h
scotland and england with narrow wins in the six nations yesterday. it isa it is a cloudy but mild day and blush it is a cloudy but mild day and blush day it is a cloudy but mild day and blush day for many. wetter especially in western scotland. news of things especially in western scotland. news of things turning colder this week. right of things turning colder this week. right here of things turning colder this week. right here on breakfast. it s sunday, the 4th of february. our top story: the uk hasjoined the us in striking houthi targets in yemen for a third time. last night, british and american forces launched strikes on 36 targets across 13 locations, in response to attacks on ships in the red sea. the uk s defence secretary, grant shapps, claimed the action was needed to protect innocent lives and preserve freedom of navigation but said it did not mark an escalation in the uk s involvement in the conflict. louisa pilbeam reports. british fighterjets taking off
mercenary army claims his fighters have captured a village on the outskirts of bakhmut, a city they ve been assaulting for months. and coming up in the sport later in the hour, it has been a very good weekend for manchester city. the premier league champions are now just three points behind arsenal at the top of the table. hello, and welcome to bbc news. the number of dead from the earthquakes in turkey and syria, is now more than 30,000 but remarkably, almost a week on, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. united nations aid vehicles have now begun arriving in syria, but the head of the un s relief mission, says many people have a right to feel abandoned. part of the problem is that rebel groups still control parts of the north west, following years of civil war. 0ur middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, and cameraman robbie wright, have managed to gain access, and sent us their first report from inside, the rebel held area. from inside the rebel held
story is the chancellor to launch capital gains arrayed, he has to plug the £50 billion hole in public finances, the savers, landlords and entrepreneurs face that hit. why is that? i entrepreneurs face that hit. why is that? ., 4 entrepreneurs face that hit. why is that? ., ~ ., , . that? i don t think he has too much choice, to that? i don t think he has too much choice. to be that? i don t think he has too much choice, to be honest. that? i don t think he has too much choice, to be honest. you ll- that? i don t think he has too much choice, to be honest. you ll hear. choice, to be honest. you ll hear the pro minister talk a lot about the pro minister talk a lot about the 2019 manifesto and trying to stick to that partially in an attempt to keep mps at bay so they don t do anything too radical, like with liz truss. we have a mandate, we will stick to the manifesto that one us that mandate in that manifesto, it says no rises on national insurance, vat or income ta
the prime minister and scotland s first minister meet for the first time in inverness. one of the things they discussed was a law passed in scotland last month to make it easier to change gender. what i m concerned about is the impact of the bill across the united kingdom, and as is entirely standard, the uk government would take advice on that. millions more people in england will be prescribed cholesterol lowering drugs to cut their risk of heart attacks and strokes. good morning and welcome to bbc news. the latest gdp figures show the uk economy unexpectedly grew in november, helped by a boost from the world cup. the uk s gross domestic product rose by 0.1%. gdp is a key measure of all the activity of companies, governments and individuals in an economy. it also helps government decide how much it can spend on public services and how much it needs to raise in taxes. the services sector was the biggest driver of growth in november as people went out to watch world cup games