heavy, some rumbles of thunder, some winteriness and it will turn windy across the north and west of scotland. single figure values for much of scotland and northern ireland, ten to 12 degrees for england and wales. around midnight towards iam we are likely to see a squeeze in the isobars, the north highlands towards shetland are likely to see gusts of 70 or 80 mph, pretty ferocious winds likely to cause disruption through the early part of wednesday. showers affecting the northern half of the country, much of the south will be quite quiet, clearspells, much of the south will be quite quiet, clear spells, winds quite not so strong, some concerns with the strong winds across the far north of scotland, severe gales likely through the middle part of tonight lasting through the early hours, some disruption to ferry services early on wednesday. you can see that disruption pulling away through wednesday, the weather front draped across northern ireland, southern scotland, northern
eurovision song contest. we have kids on the way, ukrainians on the way, superfans on kids on the way, ukrainians on the way, super fans on the way and there is no bigger superfan dan rylan and aj. is the british transfer record set to be broken twice with chelsea bidding £105 million for world cup winner enzo fernandez as arsenal make a world record move for lioness alessia russo? we have a band of cloud and rain clearing the south of england. then most will have a day of sunshine and some showers, most of which in the north. the wind is also going to strengthen with gales later, especially in the north. all the details through the programme. it s tuesday, january the 31st. the world s most important financial institution, the international monetary fund, expects the uk to be the only major advanced economy to shrink this year. it predicts the economy will contract by 0.6%, as the cost of living continues to hit households. nina is here and can tell us more. it is pretty st
ever marathon. i am sure he will get a big sendoff. still no messages about transfers. have you spotted lionel messi at an airport yet? not yet. did you know there is gold in scotland? a lot of gold. nearly 60 kilos worth more than £3 million every single month. that s how much it s hoped will be extracted from scotland s only gold mine by the end of this year. and the firm that runs it says it could soon expand to other sites across the highlands. david henderson has this report. there s ear defenders for your ears. this long, dark tunnel runs deep underground. it s scotland s only gold mine, and it s nowjust starting to give up its treasure. it s taken years to reach this point, to drive a tunnel more than a kilometre into the heart of this mountain, following a gold bearing vein of quartz. what lies ahead are years
what lies ahead are years of mining that gold. but geologists think there could be far more gold still to be discovered, perhaps even under my feet. how many miles of tunnels have you got here? so we have 1.2 kilometres. a hundred people work here. among them, mine geologist rachel paul, whosejob it is to chart that seam of gold right through these rocks. so the vein itself. so it s a quartz vein, which runs through the mountain and it s been here for 408 million years. and you can almost see it above our heads right now. so it s a quartz vein and it has sulfides in it. you can see it a little bit closer in my hand. so we re looking for quartz vein, we re looking for different types of mottling and different shear structures. in a long soundproofed shed just below the mine, machines crush the quartz and rock to get at the gold. before the end of the year, the goal is to bring out 2,000 ounces of gold every month, worth millions of pounds. but they ve been prospecting