meeting volunteers working with refugees, and a localfoodbank. crowds waited to greet her majesty and passed on get well cards for the princess of wales and the king, both of whom have recentlry shared the cancer diagnosis they ve had. time for a look at the weather. here s darren bett. we have seen mixed weather today. here in eastern parts of england we saw sunshine. temperatures have reached 12 degrees but there is some rain to move in here and further north in scotland, it has been raining much of the day and it is also pretty cold. 5 degrees earlier in dundee. it is unsettled as we head into the easter weekend because weather is dominated by low pressure and around it weather fronts focus the rain. we have had a bit of snow in the scottish mountains. the wet weather moving northwards across scotland and this is the rain moving into eastern england with showers behind. showers will push northwards this evening. it allows another speu this evening. it allows another spell
and one of the biggest creatures ever to walk the earth. a patagotitan dinosaur is about to go on show at the natural history museum in london. hello and welcome to bbc news. the vatican says pope francis has spent a good night in hospital after being admitted with a respiratory infection. a spokesman said he had been experiencing breathing difficulties, but they also confirmed he was not suffering from covid. i m joined now by the bbc s davide ghiglione in rome. what is the very latest on the pope was my condition first of all? i am was my condition first of all? i am here at the was my condition first of all? i am here at the hospital, was my condition first of all? i am here at the hospital, just - was my condition first of all? i h here at the hospital, just outside the hospital, where the pope has spent the night. as you said, a spokesperson informed journalists that he spent a peaceful night at the hospital. his condition remained stable at the moment and the vatica
showers go through quite quickly on a brisk, south westerly wind. we could see lines forming from dartmoor all the way up to north london and if you are underneath them, you will certainly know about it. elsewhere, sunny spells. dry with fewer showers in scotland. temperatures on the mild side. 17 degrees is always possible out towards east anglia. if we look towards east anglia. if we look towards the south west overnight, a deepening area of low pressure brings stormy conditions to south england in particular. it is mild beneath the cloud and the rain but it is cooler further north. temperatures dipping to low single figures here. here is our area of low pressure. it is gradually swinging its way northwards and eastwards. the wins will start to ease, but tomorrow morning there could be some gusts of wind towards devon and cornwall especially, 50 to 60 miles an hour, 70 miles an hour for exposed headlands, also in the channel islands to strong winds transfer further east is
make 60 degrees in aberdeen. across central and eastern england, if you mist those showers, temperatures could reach 16 or 17 degrees. but we have an area of low pressure bringing wet and windy weather after dark overnight and into friday. strongest winds across northern parts of france, but through the channel and along the south coast of england and south wales, winds up to 50 or 60 mph overnight and into the early part of friday morning before they ease. wet weather overnight, that becomes more patchy and showery. further north, some sunshine perhaps. but also a few showers. still very unsettled. temperatures are going to be lower, typically 11 to 30 degrees by friday. heading into the weekend, those temperatures continue to just drop away a little bit, but it should be turning much drier. thanks, darren. from the six team, it s goodbye. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m laura mcghie. coming up on wednesday s programme. both scotland and wales top their european champion
creatures grew so big or how they came to die out, but their size and their success for millions of years puts our own existence into sharp perspective. rebecca morelle, bbc news. now it s the weather with darren bett. we had more rain today but at least it is a little bit warmer. temperatures in northern ireland reached 16 degrees today and it s actually a bit warmer than normal for the time of year across many western parts of europe. in south west france temperatures were topping 30 degrees. of course it will not last and as we change month we will change the weather. it will turn cooler across many western parts of europe but it should also be turning drier at the same time. looking at the rain we had over the past few hours, this is continuing to push across scotland. heavy rain developing across england and wales. a bit further north now. that rain will tend to slide away into the north sea but we will keep some patchy rain going across northern england. 0therwise turni