again we have a different she asian by day and night and the temperatures between the rest of the country on the south eastern quarter. we begin to smooth that i somewhat into thursday, we lose some of the flow from the continent, still a lot of cloud. temperature is just beginning to even up a touch, seven 01’ just beginning to even up a touch, seven or 8 degrees pretty much covers it. still a lot of cloud towards the weekend, not much breeze for many of us but temperatures beginning to settle in the middle of that wide disparity, around about seven will cover it. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. the prime minister says the uk cannot remain a member of the single market after it has left the eu. the united kingdom is leaving the european union, and myjob is to get the right deal for britain as we do. mixed reaction to the speech. labour leaderjeremy corbyn has called on the premised to be clearer about her long term objectives on the uk s withdrawal from the eu
But a chilly night in the north of scotland with a touch of frost and some ice around. that takes it into a sunny saturday here. still lots of clouds for southern scotland, northern ireland and northern england, patchy rain, lots of cloud for the south of england, where it will be a breezy day, particularly around the english channel, but many will see the sun break through and still seeing temperatures well above normal. this is bbc news. i m frankie mccamley. the headlines: a former security guard at the uk embassy in berlin is sentenced to 13 years and two months in prison for spying for russia. the prime minister holds talks with northern ireland s political parties, with hopes that a deal between the uk and the eu on post brexit trade arrangements could soon be agreed. the royal college of nursing warns there will be a significant impact on the nhs when members in england stage a 48 hour strike on 1st march.
Street and in the dublin government, the feeling is that a deal was not on the table yet, there is at least some way to go with this. meanwhile, the uk foreign secretary james cleverly is due to meet with the european commission today our correspondent jess parker gave us the latest from brussels. we are waiting for confirmation whetherjames cleverly has arrived yet for his talks with a counterpart in the eu. this is something quite hastily arranged, we had at the team and would meet for an early lunch. and after that what seems to have arranged is that the eu s chief negotiator on the northern ireland protocol with pop across the road here in brussels i m going to speak to eu ambassadors about the latest two. where are we in the moment in terms of a potential deal? it
Are not going to get that any back soon. and some parts are looking forward to april to the 25th anniversary of the good friday agreement. i think we re way to go yet and when it comes to northern ireland deals, it s always very clear that you re never sure if something is a sure thing or its going to happen until it s actually signed. when a little bit of limbo and i think the prime minister still has to work out some further issues and consult with the unionist parties and other local parties and crucially that business community, about whether there proposing the eu to wrap this up is going to work with four people in this particular jurisdiction. it with four people in this particular jurisdiction- jurisdiction. it really has affected businesses jurisdiction. it really has affected businesses over jurisdiction. it really has affected businesses over there, jurisdiction. it really has affected businesses over there, they - jurisdiction. it really has affected businesses over
Sarah ferguson speaking to me there. amanda ferguson, sorry. thanks forjoining us, give us your reaction to these talks. tt certainly looks as though the uk and the uk government and the european union have managed to come to what they both think is a satisfactory agreement. they keep a rishi sunak isn t so much get in the eu to agree, there is always a deal to be done with the eu. the key is whether in northern ireland you can get the dup to sign up to it and commit to getting back into a power sharing executive because there is no executive because there is no executive northern ireland at the moment. equally, whether or not rishi sunak can persuade members of his own parliamentary party whether they should back this. there are a number of people, whether it is arch eurosceptics, there are people like liz strauss or borisjohnson on the