series we can be sure of. patrick gearey, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here s matt taylor. we saw a page of storm barra earlier, how bad will it be? we saw a bit of thankfully not as bad as storm arwen, but conditions deteriorate, as we have seen in blackpool. forsome deteriorate, as we have seen in blackpool. for some we could see snow and even pollutants on the hills. let me show you the satellite imagery of storm barra, this massive hook of cloud is quite impressive from space but it is the tell tale sign of a potent storm, bringing some of the worst conditions into the south west of ireland. the northern portion of the irish sea into eastern scotland could have impact. widespread gales developing through the rest of today, it extends into the north east of scotland later. we could see some snow, the north pennines across the hills of scotland looking miserable on the 7a and the upper reaches. on the 7a and the upper reaches. on the 7a and the upper r
labour calls the latest revelations shameful. they are treating the public with contempt. the prime minister needs to step up, accept what happened, and apologized. unfortunately we have but a prime minister who is socially distanced from the truth. the government defends itself after a whistle blower claims its evacuation of people from afghanistan was chaotic and dysfunctional. of course, sometimes decisions took hours longer than we wanted to, but you know you have to be careful about how you do it. but it was still an astonishing thing to get 15,000 people good evening and welcome. itv news has obtained footage tonight of senior downing street aides apparentlyjoking about the christmas gathering at the centre of a row over whether downing street staff broke lockdown rules last year. the footage was reportedly filmed as part of preparations for televised briefings which were subsequently abandoned. the labour leader kier starmer this evening called the latest development
scotland to move towards staying at home for people who can as we move into the christmas period. and predictions that we could be seeing about 80,000 cases of both delta and omicron as we go into the christmas period. there is definitely a sense that we all desperately hope that the pandemic is behind us, that it s definitely not. i think the big question, the big unknown is we know cases are rising, we know that infection rates are going to be high, looks like omicron is far more infection than delta. but we still don t have a sense of what its impact will be on serious disease, hospitalisation and death. i think thatis hospitalisation and death. i think that is the key thing and that will be the thing that moves and drives the government. i do think they probably need to be taking some precautionary measures. and potentially asking people to work from home again. it should be something that s on the table but i think all of our hearts are sinking. on the front of the teleg