bright weather with sunshine, just some showers towards the north and north west of the country. further south, 1a degrees or so should feel fairly pleasant. it remains cool through the rest of the easter weekend with a mix of sunny spells. for some of us a bit of rain too. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines: the commander of american forces in afghanistan says dropping his country s most powerful non nuclear bomb on islamic state was the right thing to do. this was the right weapon against the right target. we will not relent in our mission to fight alongside oui’ in our mission to fight alongside our afghan comrades to destroy isis in 2017. a british tourist, thought to be aged in her 20s, has been stabbed to death on a tram in jerusalem s old town. a man was arrested at the scene. an operation to move up to 30,000 people from four besieged towns in syria has begun. it comes ahead of talks in russia between the syrian regime and its backers. unions representing half a
At windy conditions across the far north east. always that bit more cloud in some western areas. in south west and wales it could be picking up. the patchy light rain and drizzle. temperature starting to rise. 24 in london, 23 in birmingham, 20 north east. the new weather front coming into birmingham, 20 north east. the new weatherfront coming into northern ireland to introduce thicker cloud. by ireland to introduce thicker cloud. by the end of the night some spot of rain. the same across parts of wales and the south west. he will be cloudy and quite murky with patchy light rain and drizzle. temperatures tonight nine to 12, 15 in the channel islands. starting to feel humid again in the far south west. that leads us into tomorrow. a lot of dry weather. rachel will have her sunglasses out again. we are looking at windy conditions across the far north east. always that bit more cloud in some western areas. in south west and wales it could be picking up. the patchy light rain and drizzle.
Little relaxation in the sanctuary, we are trying to find some sunshine. there was a bit around yesterday. 0ver over the next few days it will turn warmer but fairly short lived. what we have today and for some of us tomorrow is a little bit of rain, nothing particularly heavy, light and patchy, drizzle, and also some mist and fog, particularly around the coasts and hills across south west england and also wales. today also the english channel. after a bright start, the cloud comes in from the west and pushes across the midlands and into east anglia. it will brighten up across northern england. northern england, northern ireland and scotland, largely dry, a few showers in the
It is very briefly improving. mixed fortunes today. a north south split. in the north, dry, bright, a few showers in the very far north of scotland. but in the south the cloud builds through the day producing patchy rain. we have that combination already in south west england. you can see where we have the rain, showers in north west england, some in argyll and bute, and the north east scotland. not a lot of cloud generally this morning. through the day, all this cloud moves from the west to east across england and wales. hill fog and coastal fog, england and wales. hill fog and coastalfog, extensive england and wales. hill fog and coastal fog, extensive as well. brightening in northern england. for northern ireland and scotland, sunny spells, and a few showers in the
Moving in from the west, there will also be some showery outbreaks of rain, perhaps on and off through the day, particularly through the afternoon, but also the chance that we could see a few breaks in the cloud. so some brighter spells coming through, and the wind will pick up at times, too. temperatures yesterday got to nearly 22 degrees celsius, but today we re looking more at 18 or 19 celsius. so feeling cooler, of course, underneath all of that cloud. but, as we head through this evening and overnight, then the cloud starts to retreat and we will see some clear spells. this is how we re going to start off wednesday morning. now, on wednesday, it looks as if we re going to see quite a bit of sunshine. temperatures will start to pick up maybe as high as 24 degrees celsius. and then by thursday, we could be up as high as 26 or 27 degrees. so feeling warmer and staying dry through the middle of the week. that s all from us here for now. we ll be back in half an hour.