into northern and western scotland. under clearskies, quite into northern and western scotland. under clear skies, quite cool, single figures in some rural spots. where we have the cloud, 10 13. this ridge of high pressure continues to bring fairly dry weather as we head into tomorrow. tomorrow doesn t look too bad to start with. there will be some early sunshine, some cloud in spots of rain across eastern england. that should tend to clear away. there will be some showers pushing into scotland, northern ireland, perhaps north west england in the afternoon. england and wales, the book should stay dry, variable cloud commerce may be sunshine. 16-20 cloud commerce may be sunshine. 16 20 again, below par. tomorrow, better chance of staying dry, could see some bright spells. wednesday looks more unsettled with low pressure pushing in. i think there could be more disruption to play on wednesday. here it is, a rather cloudy picture, outbreaks of rain pushing into northern and weste
A latte levy or a flat white tax . Mps says drinkers using disposable cups should be charged an extra 25p to encourage them to switch to reusable versions. Bringing strong winds and blizzards. Its the tenth day of record breaking low temperatures, which have already claimed several lives. Good morning, welcome to bbc news. Theres mounting criticism this morning of the parole boards decision to release the serial sex attackerjohn worboys. The black cab driver was jailed in 2009 for offences against 12 women, but detectives believe he carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults. The chair of the house of Commons Home Affairs committee, yvette cooper, said she was really shocked that he was being freed, and she called on the board to set out the reasons for its decision. The chairman of the board, nick hardwick, says he recognises theres a lack of transparency in the system, and will be launching a public consultation. Our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, has more. For
To encourage them to switch to reusable versions. And a severe winter storm hits the eastern United States, with record breaking low temperatures that have already claimed several lives. Good morning, welcome to bbc news. Theres mounting criticism this morning of the parole boards decision to release the serial sex attackerjohn worboys. The black cab driver was jailed in 2009 for offences against 12 women, but detectives believe he carried out more than 100 rapes and sexual assaults. The chair of the house of Commons Home Affairs committee, yvette cooper, said she was really shocked that he was being freed, and she called on the board to set out the reasons for its decision. The chairman of the board, nick hardwick, says he recognises theres a lack of transparency in the system, and will be launching a public consultation. Our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, has more. For six years, john worboys cruised smart areas of london in his black cab, looking for women to drug and
The eastern United States, with record breaking low temperatures that have already claimed several lives. Good morning. Its friday 5th january. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Chairman of the parole board has apologised unreservedly for not telling of the release ofjohn worboys. He was jailed in 2009. The black cab driver was jailed in 2009 for offences against 12 women, but detectives believe he carried out more than a hundred rapes and sexual assaults. This morning a Cross Party Group of mps has written to thejustice secretary to call for an investigation as to whether the voices of victims were heard in the decision to release him on parole. The parole Board Chairman said he recognised there was a lack of transparency and would hold a Public Consultation. Our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford, has more. For six years, john worboys cruised smart areas of london in his black cab, looking for women to drug and rape. When he was finally caught, thejudge said h
I hope its not going to be as cold as in new no, thankfully not. That isa as in new no, thankfully not. That is a tremendous temperature, isnt it . It is going to turn colder, drier, with quite a frost on saturday night. Increasing amount of sunshine of the weekend goes on. This picture was taken today on the somerset levels in between the showers across this part of the uk. Further north and higher up, we have seen snow falling in the Peak District and then the staffordshire hills for a while. That weather is moving away, heading towards lincolnshire and the wash and should be mostly rain. A bit of sunshine now with a brighter day for Northern Ireland. Colder across the board. Damp weather in scotland, a mixture of rain, sleet and some hill snow. It will sink its way southwards overnight, mostly ending up in northern england. Colder air beginning to arrive across scotland later in the night. A chilly night. Temperatures went to be far of freezing. Fog patches, which will lift in the m