weather front at the moment and that s how it s going to stay, broadly speaking, across most of the uk. for many of us it s going to be chilly actually, that s not entirely true because in one or two spots across the country it has turned very mild, even warm, despite most of the uk being shrouded with cloud. what s happening is high pressure is located just to the west of ireland. it is influencing our weather. the winds are coming in from the north but the clouds have been breaking up across parts of eastern and south eastern scotland, so this is where we ve had the highest temperatures. in fact, around perth at the moment, it s around 17.8 celsius, making it the warmest day of the year so far for scotland. elsewhere you can see much thicker cloud, colder, temperaturesjust cloud, colder, temperatures just about cloud, colder, temperaturesjust about into double figures this afternoon and this evening the cloud will thicken and produce some rain, just like in the last 2a hour
of its programme making out of london, over the next six years. a remarkable collection of handwritten letters from diana princess of wales to a friend are being sold at auction to raise money for arts charities. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. ministers have sought to reassure people about the rollout of the coronavirus vaccine, amid a reduction in supply which means most people in their 40s will now have to wait till may for a jab. the government insists it will still offer all adults their first dose by the end ofjuly but in the commons earlier today the health secretary confirmed supplies would become tighter in the weeks ahead. the bbc understands a delay in the delivery of 5 million doses of the oxford astrazeneca jab from india is one factor. but matt hancock said no vaccine appointments booked would be cancelled and people would still get their second dose as planned. katharine da costa reports. this vaccination centre in south west london is one of hundreds
from a free suchi deal. hello i m christian fraser in london, laura trevelyan is in washington. in america the optimism is returning. this week the fed upgraded forecasts for growth, the economy is gaining new momentum, and joe biden says the us will cross 100 million vaccinations tomorrow, well ahead of schedule. contrast that with the picture here in europe. while president biden tries to reignite american exceptionalism, europe is floudering in a third wave of the virus; the vaccine rollout anything but exceptional. tonight the french prime minister announced paris and 16 french regions will return to lockdown for a month, from midnight tomorrow. rome and half of italy s regions are already in lockdown, germany is in the grip of a third wave the number of new cases growing 20 per cent in the past week. the who says 20 thousand people are dying every week across europe, with the virus now sweeping east. we have now seen three consecutive weeks of growth in covid 19 cases.
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