this time on weather world, i m in scotland, the country that hosted the 2021 cop climate summit. and even though i ve come to one of the coldest and snowiest parts of the country, the cairngorms ski area, it faces its own challenges as the world warms. i ll be talking to the people whose livelihoods depend on winter snow here, even if sometimes they have to make it themselves. the factory produces four tonnes an hour, so in just under a month that s about 3000 tonnes. and i m in london, where, like many major cities around the world, mass transport systems are facing up to the threat of flash flooding. and i ll be asking what can be done to keep travellers safe in extreme rainfall. also on weather world, sudden and savage disaster in the usa, hit by one of its largest tornado outbreaks in history. how one canadian province found itself at the epicentre of 2021 s climate change fuelled extremes. it is the effects of these extreme events that can be devastating and lead to l
and staff sickness causes disruption on the railways. in her first christmas broadcast since the death of prince philip, the queen is expected to give a very personal address tomorrow. and coming up, i can t say my name a revealing look at what it s like to live with a stammer. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a glimmer of christmas hope may be on offer from new cononavirus data, suggesting that the omicron variant may be less likely to lead to serious illness than the delta variant. that s according to a uk senior health official. but drjenny harries from the uk health security agency warned it definitely isn t yet at the point where we could downgrade the serious threat of omicron and that more data is needed, particularly about the impact on elderly and more vulnerable patients. it comes as 200,000 first, second or booster appointments are being made available over the festive period across england as people are urged to getjabbed.
of rain comes in behind it. under clear skies in scotland, temperatures could fall away in sheltered glens to 6 or 7, so for you, there is the risk of ice on untreated surfaces first thing. tomorrow, though, there will be lengthy sunny spells as there will be across northern england. one or two isolated showers. the rain coming in across the south west could well fall as snow on the tops of the hills in north west wales. mild in the south but still cold in the north and windy wherever you are. now, the bbc s felicity baker who has a stammer reveals what it is like to live with the condition. 0k. i ve worked for bbc news for ten years as a producer, always behind the scenes, finding guests, setting up stories. i wondered if you had someone that might be available for an interview? but recently, during a chance conversation with the presenter sophie raworth, i revealed my secret. i have a stammer. hello. i m calling from the bbc. i ve spent my whole life trying to hide it
20 year old daunte wright. as people head home for christmas, industrial action and staff sickness causes disruption on the railways. and coming up the student with cerebral palsy who gets his very own voice for christmas. hello and welcome. a glimmer of christmas hope may be on offer from new cononavirus data, suggesting that the omicron variant may be less likely to lead to serious illness than the delta variant. that s according to a uk senior health official. but drjenny harries from the uk health security agency warned it definitely isn t yet at the point where we could downgrade the serious threat of omicron and that more data is needed, particularly about the impact on elderly and more vulnerable patients. it comes as 200,000 first, second or booster appointments are being made available over the festive period across england as people are urged to getjabbed. in his christmas message, borisjohnson describes the jab as a wonderful gift that people can give to ke
This is bbc news: a senior uk health official says promising 0micron data offers a glimmer of christmas hope, but warns we still don t know the impact on the elderly. 0nlyjust now the cases are starting to tip into the older population and particularly the 60 and 70 plus year olds and there are a number of different reasons we need to continue to look at this data further. thousands of nhs staff and volunteers will keep vaccination centres open over the festive period as the pm uses his christmas message to urge people to getjabbed. get thatjab, whether it is your first or your second or your booster, so that next year s festivities are even better than this year s. as people head home for christmas, industrial action