many parts of the country today, sunshine has been hard to find, the best of it across northern parts of scotland. this morning it was very windy comedy wins have eased significantly but, for a while, cooler air across scotland and northern ireland, still mild air coming from the tropics across england and where is andy between those two different air mass, a belt of cloud that has not really moved very much today and that is continuing to bring some outbreaks of rain. most of the rain has been affecting northern parts of england, north wales, damp and drizzly to the south of that in the very mild air. chilly conditions across scotland and northern ireland, some sunshine perhaps, a few showers in the north west, those are the temperatures as we head towards the end of the afternoon. that band of rain not moving much for a while, we ll start to move southwards overnight, becomes light and patchy as it moves down to more southern parts of england and wales, showers fade away, t
hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are rachel cunliffe, deputy online editor at the new statesman and katy balls, deputy political editor at the spectator. just to bring you at home at the date on the front pages. another tough day for borisjohnson on the front of tomorrow s papers. a yougov poll for the times suggests the conservatives have slumped to their worst rating in 11 months. another day another lie is the headline on the front of the mirror. the paper says the pm is accused of being untruthful over how refurb costs of his downing street flat was paid for. staying with that story and the telegraph is reporting that the pm s standards adviser, lord geidt, is on the verge of quitting, after accusations borisjohnson misled him over the refurbishment of his flat. about 50 tory mps are prepared to vote against new restrictions, reports the daily mail. the mps describe the plan b measures as draconian, unjusti
because of a rise in cases of the omicron variant. in other headlines. guilty of faking a hate crime, american actor jussie smollett is conivcted by a jury in chicago. the un calls for urgent aid for madagascar after a prolonged drought has left more than a million on the brink of starvation. we have a special report. the chancellor warns of bumps in the road as official figures show the uk economy grew byjust 0.1% in october. hello, good morning. borisjohnson is facing yet more questions about the party held at downing street last december in apparent breach of coronavirus restrictions after it emerged the man running the government s communications team was one of the guests. it s understood that jack doyle made a speech at the chriistmas event and handed out awards to press office staff. number 10 has repeatedly denied the party took place or that any covid rules were broken despite a video emerging on tuesday which showed downing street officials joking about
parties, to stop the spread of the omicron variant. good morning. england dig in down under as captainjoe root stands up to the australian bowlers, even if his side still have a mountain to climb, in the first test in brisbane. and weather wise, whilst it might be a bit on the chilly side today with one or two showers in the west, this weekend it gets milder but be prepared for some of you a good deal wetter. all the details here on breakfast. it s friday, the 10th of december. face masks are now compulsory in most indoor public venues in england under stricter measures to slow the spread of the omicron variant. theatres, cinemas and places of worship will require people to wear face coverings as part of the government s so called plan b restrictions, along with shops and public transport, as leboo diseko reports. a night out in london s west end. at this theatre, covid measures are already familiar. but from this morning, one more is back. anyone wanting to come and see a sh
for dragging in the milder air. as the wind direction changes to a southerly or a south westerly, the milder air pushes steadily north through the weekend but it means on saturday a cloudy, grey and damp start. outbreaks of rain moving steadily eastwards. sheltered areas clinging the best of any brightness, so temperatures here not quite as promising, but double figures to the west. the west. the real mild air arrives for all for the second half of the weekend, but again cloudy and damp at times. i prefer the cold and crisp. damp at times. i prefer the cold and cris. ., , ., ~ ,, that s all from the bbc news at six so it s goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday i m jane dougall. despondent down under. england flop again, as a travis ton helps australia rack up the runs in brisbane. covid checks at your club. fans will have to prove they ve been double jabbed, or test negative, following new government gu