In braemar, minus 10. 2 celsius. In the west, we have watched rain gathering, moving across Northern England and coming out of Northern Ireland as we go through the rest of the day. You can see extending through wales and into scotland. Driest conditions in the far south east, but here, too, the cloud will build. It will be mailed across the west of the country today, but pulling in a mild breeze, coming out from the south. Through the evening and overnight, we hang onto that breeze in the west. A rain band continuing to migrate northwards and heath was producing Transient Snow across Northern Scotland with the risk of ice here. Another cold night, away from the west. Tomorrow, rain continues to come in from the west pushing northwards and eastwards. Behind it, it will brighten up a little bit, but tomorrow, it is the temperatures we will be talking about, especially across Northern Ireland, england and wales, where it will be very mild. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines opening u
Now on bbc news. At a key point in the pandemic, the government signed a £107 million deal to buy ppe from a Northern Ireland Sweet Company. Lyndsey telford investigates what happened next. It might not look like much, but last year, this box was worth an awful lot of money. During the global scramble for ppe in the early stages of the pandemic, the cost of protective gear shot up astronomically. This box is part of a Ppe Deal Worth over £100 million. This involved a Northern Irish Sweet Company. People were dying. It was almostjust buy as much as you can. It may not be worth its weight in gold any more, but today this box gives us a window into the pandemonium that surrounded Ppe Purchasing Last year, because it arrived in the uk at such great expense, Health Officials could not even agree what these items were or how they could be used in hospitals. Government thought it was buying a rolls royce but it was getting a ford fiesta. Perhaps that is why a box from the very same shipment
in place across the uk as a powerful storm sweeps towards the country. winds have already reached 90mph in snowdonia, in wales and storm isha is still hundreds of miles away. scotrail has announced that all rail services will be suspended from 7pm that sjust under two hours from now. planes are still landing at heathrow airport, in london, but some have faced difficulty. at least one british airways flight had to take off again just as it was coming in. you can see itjust managed to get one wheel down there. some flights due to arrive at cardiff airport have been cancelled. we re keeping a watch on several different locations across the uk this afternoon these are pictures from shetland. you can see the webcam is pause there, possibly due to the winds coming. this is porthleven harbour, in cornwall. again, you can see the swell crashing up against the town s seawall. and this is a webcam on berneray island, which is also off the scottish coast and storm isha is alread
israel of trying to ignite conflict across the middle east, after a senior hamas leader was killed by a drone strike in southern beirut. saleh al arouri and at least five others died in the blast on tuesday. he was considered one of the founders of hamas military wing, the al qassam brigades. israel has been blamed for the attack but has not claimed responsibility. meanwhile, hamas have condemned the strike calling it an act of terrorism and the armed group hezbollah said it was an assault on lebanese sovereignty. the strike marks the first targeted killing of a hamas official outside the palestinian territories. at least 20,000 palestinians in gaza have been reported killed since israel began bombing the territory in the wake of hamas s 7th october attacks. let s go live tojerusalem and our middle east correspondent yolande knell for more on the latest. yolande, we know that israel has not claimed responsibility for the attack, which is very much in keeping with its polic
lebanon s government has accused israel of trying to ignite conflict across the middle east after a senior hamas leader was killed by a drone strike in southern beirut. saleh al arouri and at least five others died in the blast on tuesday. he was considered one of the founders of hamas military wing, the al qassam brigades. israel has been blamed for the attack but has not claimed responsibility. meanwhile hamas have condemned the strike calling it an act of terrorism and the armed group hezbollah said it was an assault on lebanese sovereignty. the strike marks the first targeted killing of a hamas official outside the palestinian territories. at least 20,000 palestinians in gaza have been reported killed since israel began bombing the territory in the wake of hamas s 7th october attacks. i spoke to our middle east correspondent yolande knell injerusalem for more on the latest. well, this is really reigniting the fears of a wider escalation in israel s war with hamas. saleh