Area of low pressure linked with the low pressure area of low pressure linked with the low pressure across area of low pressure linked with the low pressure across iceland, giving some exceptional weather, potentially two metres of snow and hurricane full swings. It is very wet and windy, severe gales are probably the top for us. You can see a band of rain, a cold weatherfront which will enhance the rain through the rest of the afternoon. Winds gusting widely to a0 or 50 mph, a steady gale, another to bring down some trees and affect high sided vehicles. Those gusty winds along the weather fronts combine, making some pretty atrocious conditions through the rest of the afternoon and evening. A consolation prize is it is relatively mild, but a brief relatively mild period, because this cold weather front has colder air behind it, so the rain plays this evening and overnight, showers into the north and west in particular, the north and west in particular, the winter enough to prevent a fi
welcome back to bbc news. we are keeping an eye on the health statement in the house of commons. sport now and a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. over from the bbc sport centre. to paul scott. we are starting with football and the premier league because liverpool manager jurgen klopp says his side have nothing to lose as they fight for a european spot in the final weeks of the season. this time last year the reds were pursuing an unprecedented quadruple, but by comparison this season has been a major disappointment with klopp s men 12 points off a champions league place, as they play leeds united later. we have nothing to lose, really, and we are in a position that we don t want to be in the table. that means we have to act a little bit like this, we have to try new things, we have to fight for things, that s how it is. the things we have tried so far this season didn t work out properly, especially not consistently, and that s what we have to do. all the things are
hello and welcome before we to those headline, the very latest, we were expecting the figures regarding the junior doctors strike in easter, the industrial action we were talking earlier to jim reed, he said we were going to get updated with the figures of operations and procedures and appointments that had to be cancelled. those have just appointments that had to be cancelled. those havejust come in. nearly 200,000 hospital appointments and procedures in england had to be rescheduled due to the strike by doctors between april 11 and 15. thatjust doctors between april 11 and 15. that just come to doctors between april 11 and 15. thatjust come to us from nhs england, so almost 200,000, 195,000 cancellations is the exact figure and at the peak of the action there were 27,361 staff not at work due to the industrial action. there s been a response from the nhs, national medical director, who said today s figure lay bare the collapse of the impact of industrial action unplanned ca