this is bbc news, i mjane hill, the headlines. five former memphis police officers charged with murder over the death of black motorist tyre nichols, plead not guilty in their first court appearance. a man who spied for russia while working as a security guard at the british embassy in berlin is sentenced to 13 years in prison. the prime minister has held talks with northern ireland s main political parties to discuss post brexit trading, amid speculation that a deal could be reached with the eu. around 30 thousand homes are without power and dozens of schools closed, after storm 0tto causes disruption across scotland and northern england. the family of the hollywood actor bruce willis say the die hard and pulp fiction star is now
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across the northern half of the country. so it s best if we start off with where the winds are through the afternoon. they are starting to ease as storm 0tto pushes off into scandinavia. but we are likely to see gusts of wind of 50 to 60mph in places. a scattering of showers in the far north west, but for the bulk of scotland and northern england there will be some sunny spells. a weak weather front producing some cloud and drizzle further south and an incredibly mild afternoon to come here. as we go through friday evening into the early hours of saturday, more wet weather, snow across the mountains, drifting its way steadily eastwards. cloudy and very mild across england. clearer skies and lower temperatures to the far north of scotland. so we have some light drizzly rain easing away from southern scotland and northern england and also anywhere south of the m4 corridor, but after that into the afternoon, sunny spells and a few scattered showers. top temperatures of 7 to 14 celsius.
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