the iran revolutionary guard arresting seven people today, including dual nationals linked to the united kingdom. that s the only detail coming in from that user so far but we will bring you more as it comes to us. now on bbc news the weather with louise lear. hello there. merry christmas, one and all. if you haven t stepped outside yet, you re not missing much. it s a rather grey story for christmas day. it s mild for most of us, but there are some nuisance showers around as well. some clearing the far southeast. but this weather front here, well, that s going to enhance the showers into the far northwest, and gradually, as the day continues, drag in some cold air tucking in behind, but most of us staying under the yellow hues, that means it s mild for the time of year. this is the latest radar. the rain easing from the southeast. plenty of sharp showers pushing in along west facing coasts and yes, even some wintriness to the tops of higher ground in scotland. that means that this chr
# from the bottom of my heart.# hello there. merry christmas, one and all. if you haven t stepped outside yet, you re not missing much. it s a rather grey story for christmas day. it s mild for most of us, but there are some nuisance showers around as well. some clearing the far southeast. but this weather front here, well, that s going to enhance the showers into the far northwest, and gradually, as the day continues, drag in some cold air tucking in behind, but most of us staying under the yellow hues, that means it s mild for the time of year. this is the latest radar. the rain easing from the southeast. plenty of sharp showers pushing in along west facing coasts and yes, even some wintriness to the tops of higher ground in scotland. that means that this christmas day is probably likely to be classed as a white christmas. we just need one snowflake falling on christmas day, and we ll see further snow showers
that s going to enhance the showers into the far northwest, and gradually, as the day continues, drag in some cold air tucking in behind, but most of us staying under the yellow hues, that means it s mild for the time of year. this is the latest radar. the rain easing from the southeast. plenty of sharp showers pushing in along west facing coasts and yes, even some wintriness to the tops of higher ground in scotland. that means that this christmas day is probably likely to be classed as a white christmas. we just need one snowflake falling on christmas day, and we ll see further snow showers as we go into the evening and overnight to close out christmas day. we will start to see some accumulations developing in scotland, maybe as much as 5 to 10 centimetres to higher ground. so that s certainly worth bearing in mind. elsewhere some showers, which will mean some icy stretches into northern ireland, but largely fine and quiet, and a little bit milder to start boxing day across england an
for the time of year. this is the latest radar. the rain easing from the southeast. plenty of sharp showers pushing in along west facing coasts and yes, even some wintriness to the tops of higher ground in scotland. that means that this christmas day is probably likely to be classed as a white christmas. we just need one snowflake falling on christmas day, and we ll see further snow showers as we go into the evening and overnight to close out christmas day. we will start to see some accumulations developing in scotland, maybe as much as 5 to 10 centimetres to higher ground. so that s certainly worth bearing in mind. elsewhere some showers, which will mean some icy stretches into northern ireland, but largely fine and quiet, and a little bit milder to start boxing day across england and wales. so first thing on boxing day, some ice to watch out for through northern ireland and into scotland. further snow showers, further accumulations into the far northwest are likely here. but elsewher
time in northern england. it is also going to be rather windy in the north and west. temperature wise, as we go through the afternoon, we are looking at roughly seven to 12. as we head through the evening and overnight, we have got this next band of rain coming in from the south west. it s going to be producing rain across southern counties, murky conditions mixed in as well. as the low pressure tracks across the north of scotland, the showers with ease, as will the wind. in between, we are looking at some clear skies. tomorrow, we start on a fine note across the north of the country. there will be some sunshine, but you can see quite a cloudy picture across england and wales, with the rain easing. we have got another band of rain coming in later in the day, bringing more rain into southern counties. if we pick up into southern counties. if we pick up this band of rain as we move from