look with a red and green scarf. and who could ignore this cheeky little elf? this is ld, striking a pose earlier. i always wanted a sausage dog just so i could name it toulouse lautrec. think about it. coming up, the weather. hello, again. a stunning weather watcher picture to start off with. it shows sunny weather across the hills of cumbria. low down, though, we ve got low cloud and some mixed nest. that s exactly how the weather has been across the uk today. lowerareas, cloudy, misty. western and high areas have seen more clear weather and sunshine through the day. overnight tonight, we keep clear skies through parts of scotland. it turns cold. lowest temperatures here could be 8 in some of the deeper glens. the low cloud, though, keeping it frost free elsewhere but there will be some mist and fog patches as we head into monday morning. for some it could be quite murky. through the day this area of cloud across eastern scotland and eastern england should be more prone to
exploring why so many children are being left in the care system. if that s it from us for the moment. shall we go to the park? adoption changes children s lives. just gets funnier, cuter. she s a proper little person. oh, yeah. it rewrites their futures. our role is really important in getting those children theirforeverfamily. but adoption numbers have fallen dramatically. we need to be doing much, much more to find homes for these children. but why are more and more kids waiting to be adopted? we re going to be catching up with three families who ve all taken on so called hard to place children. and they re all stories of love and of hope. when adoption goes well, it can look like this. it looks like a family because it is. getting brothers and sisters, sibling groups adopted into the same family is one of the problems. but cara and gordon were up for it. we decided we wanted to adopt siblings. yes. so we knew that straight away. they d already agreed to adopt their two bo
the week. hello this is bbc news with me, lukwesa burak. the headlines: britain s foreign secretary liz truss will become the uk s lead negotiator with the european union on the northern ireland protocol following the resignation of lord frost. the netherlands goes into a tough new lockdown over christmas amid concerns over the omicron variant. the uk health secretary refuses to rule out tighter covid restrictions before christmas in response to the rapid spread of the omicron variant. he says it is time to be cautious about social interactions. votes are being tallied in hong kong, in an election where candidates could only stand if they proved their loyalty to the chinese communist party. coming up in a moment on bbc news, it s sportsday. but first, here s the film review with jane hill and mark kermode. hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. to take us through this week s cinema releases is mark kermode. hi, mark. what have you been watching? very mi
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the uk foreign secretary, liz truss, is to become the chief uk negotiator in talks with the european union. it comes after the former brexit minister, lord frost, resigned over the introduction of further covid restrictions. ms truss has the task of finding a solution to the trade status of northern ireland. the current arrangement called the northern ireland protocol, avoids a hard border with the irish republic, which is the eu. but it has disrupted commerce between mainland britain and northern ireland. why does this matter? our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, is here. hello. let us just first start off with why lord frost resigned. hello. let usjust first start off with why lord frost resigned. well, he said in his with why lord frost resigned. well, he said in his resignation with why lord frost resigned. -ii he said in his resignation letter that was made public yesterday, that this w
But across the hills of cumbria. low cloud and mistiness, exactly how the weather has been across the uk. lower areas, cloudy, weather has been across the uk. lowerareas, cloudy, misty and western and higher areas we have seen clear weather and sunshine through the whole day. overnight tonight, parts of scotland will turn cold and lowest temperatures could get down to 8 in some of the deeper glens. low cloud keeping frost free elsewhere but some mist and fog patches as we head into monday morning. it could be quite murky. this area of cloud coming into eastern scotland and eastern areas of england and it should be prone to more thinning and breaking. overall through the afternoon, you might find it more bright. around 6 or 7. this quiet weather will last into the middle part of the week but as we get close to christmas, more interesting, colder from we get close to christmas, more interesting, colderfrom the north and some of you might even see a bit of snow later the week. later i