Afternoon is pretty fast. There is the Tail End of a better front to the Tail End of a better front to the east that could give us a few showers this afternoon, another front trying to come into the North West, which will bring some transient showers into western scotland. Overall, a lot of dry weather, a lot of brightness, and thanks to the sunshine, actually some pleasant warmth, temperatures up some pleasant warmth, temperatures up to 22 celsius in cardiff, a little above where we would anticipate for the time of year. This evening, perhaps a few showers grazing the far South East before clearing. This front moves south, but the rain associated with It Fizzles away. A dry night, temperatures in double figures, perhaps Mist And Fog returning to southern areas in the morning. On tuesday, we push that front away to the east. It is breezy towards the far North West, but that should mean we break up the cloud a little more here and see more sunshine across scotland and Northern Ireland t
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A five day lockdown is being imposed in the australian state of victoria, barring spectators for the next few days of the Australian Open tennis tournament. More problems for the Tokyo Olympics as the head of the Organising Committee resigns after making a series of sexist remarks about women. And coming up on bbc news, serena williams bid for a 24th Grand Slam title is still on, as the american moves through to the fourth round of the Australian Open. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The uk economy shrank last year by the largest amount ever recorded, due to the coronavirus pandemic. The office for National Statistics said gross domestic product, which measures the value of goods and services produced by the economy, dropped by 9. 9 last year. The economy did grow slightly in december by1. 2 , as some restrictions were eased in the run up to christmas, avoiding the uks first double dip recession since the 1970s. The chancellor, rishi sunak, has told the bbc the econo
The head of the nhs in england says the target of offering a vaccine to all four Priority Groups by monday will be met in wales, its already happened. Lawyers for donald trump say its a Monstrous Lie that he incited his supporters to storm the Capitol Building. After weeks of protests across russia, we report on the crackdown on president putins critics in the countrys far east. Hello and some end of term cheerfor the pupils of this primary school, after weeks of lockdown schooling. And coming up in sport, on bbc news. A big derby win for Manchester City in the womens superleague, as luzy bronze helps them narrow the gap on the leaders chelsea to two points. Good evening. The impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the countrys finances was laid bare today as official figures show the economy saw its biggest drop since extreme weather wrecked Economic Activity 300 years ago. The office for National Statistics said that in 2020 the total value of goods and services produced in the uk, kno
Chanting fight for trump fight for trump much of this Impeachment Trial has turned on one section of Donald Trumps speech before an angry Crowd Onjanuary 6. We fight like hell. And if you dont fight like hell, youre not going to have a country any more. Begin the presentation of the case for the former president. The Trump Defence Team, though, arent in the least bit defensive. Good afternoon, senators. This is ordinary political knock about, they say, and produced their own Campaign Style video to highlight how Democrats Use the exact same language. Does one of us have to come out alive . Fight that fight we have been fighting. I was fighting very hard. Time is of the essence, both in terms of the fight. I think we should be fighting. Fighting for a policy, though, isnt quite the same as urging your supporters to go and march on the capitol, with the consequences that followed. And over the course of this week, weve seen new and disturbing video the then Vice President mike pence bein