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out to the atlantic again, various weather fronts moving through. look at the squeeze on the isobars it s going to turn really very windy. most of us will wake up to temperatures above freezing as we head through saturday morning. there will be outbreaks of rain again possibly heavy at times just drifting in from the west, so some wet weather but look at these temperatures rising back up into double figures for western spots as we head through saturday. warnings in place on sunday for strong winds for much of the uk and for heavy rain, too. it turns even milder into the start of next week. bye bye. pakistan carries out overnight strikes on what it calls terrorist hideouts in iran s border province two days after iranian attacks on pakistan. hamas says hundreds and people have been killed. tata steel is to push ahead with plans to close both blast furnaces at port talbot works in south wales. the move is expected to lead to the loss of up to 3000 jobs. rishi suna
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