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spells and temperatures slowly creeping up after that cold start. the lighter wind away from scotland may not feel quite as cold. by friday the showers are going at a north sea coastal areas. all of the snow has been in the north and west, but it will be a dry and clear and sunny day once the fog clears away. into the weekend, that is when the temperatures will be edging up in the north and west. fort william on sunday, warmer than it will be in buckinghamshire. increasingly foggy y fogg . ly |ng e increas hir . s ham king buc by buckinghamshire. increasingly foggy by sunday as well. that s the bbc news on the 18th of january. more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight which is just getting under way right now on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc two. the news continues here on bbc one and it is time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. good night. thank you, sophie, and welcome to bbc london. the latest on another
wards fell silent. emergency care is still being provided hospital bosses say they re hugely concerned. my message and that of many chief executives around the country is that this needs resolution. we cannot continue to go through periods of industrial action and the disruption it s causing to patients and to our staff. the thing is, there is no sign of a resolution tonight. i actually detect resolution tonight. i actually detect a resolution tonight. i actually detect a souring of the mood between health detect a souring of the mood between health unions and the government. also on the programme. one of the ukrainian government s most senior ministers has died in a helicopter crash in kyiv at least 1a people were killed. another slight fall in inflation but food prices continue to soar. the united nations sends its most senior woman to afghanistan for talks with the taliban, who ve stopped women working for aid agencies there. a major incident has been declared i
weather fronts from off the atlantic, and that s going to bring more rain to northern and western areas of the uk. more cloud coming in to england and wales but the south east still looks dry and here temperatures will be up to around 23 degrees or so but, again, we re going to be struggling at around 18 in the rain, in the central belt of scotland. now, it s worth looking at the rainfall accumulation over the next few days because whilst it s going to be unsettled and there is rain in the forecast, as you can see, where we ve got hosepipe bans in the south east, there really isn t going to be any rain to speak of at all. it will be much wetter for the north and west. and that story is likely to continue as we look further ahead for the outlook. again, a low pressure to the north, high pressure to the south, but that low pressure isn t really going to go anywhere it s just going to spiral around in the same sort of spot. it ll be accompanied by some brisk winds at times and it ll kee
aren t to be confused with colours aren t to be confused with sunshine. east anglia and the south east still in the blue in the cold air until next week. we have had those snow showers peppering northern and western areas for a few days. this is the past few hours. they are continuing through the night. it means a fresh covering of snow in places especially to higher ground and icy conditions on untreated surfaces. there are met office warnings, do check the situation near you before you head out in the morning. a sharp frost once again, could be close to 10 in some parts of scotland. wintry showers still around. rain sleet and inland snow across northern scotland inland snow across northern scotland in the morning. more the highlands and grampians. stronger winds for a time. elsewhere the wintry showers will fade and for most places all day and into the afternoon sunny