earlier. we are going to bring you another story. we will come back to events in nottingham shortly. you are watching bbc news. the other story we are following here in the uk today is the first day of a new phase of the covid inquiry. this inquiry is looking into how the government handled the covid pandemic. today marks the first day of public hearings, but they are expected to last for several years. today the inquiry has heard opening statements from counsel for the core participants, and that is what you are seeing on screen right now. let s hear from the bbc s ali are seeing on screen right now. let s hearfrom the bbc s ali price, and her report starts with some of the video testimonies from bereaved families that were played to the inquiry. families that were played to the in . ui . ~ families that were played to the inuui .~ families that were played to the in.ui . ., families that were played to the inuui . ~ ., ., inquiry. when we looked down at work, i inquiry. w
touching 80 mph in the northern isles. widely 60, 70 mph touching 80 mph in the northern isles. widely 60,70 mph in touching 80 mph in the northern isles. widely 60, 70 mph in scotland in the morning, and this is where we have the peak of the winds tomorrow morning. to the east of the pennines, some gusty winds reaching 70 mph. the winds gradually ease through the day and at the same time we have this band of cloud not bringing much rain but heading into southern england. away from here it will brighten up. the showers in scotland become fewer as the winds dropped. another mild one, perhaps 14 or 15 degrees in east anglia. there is rain coming into northern ireland by tomorrow evening, that area of low pressure will come in and the weather front will slide away. it will bring some snow tomorrow night over the scottish mountains, then with the weather front over northern ireland, the north of england and southern scotland, here we will find some rain on saturday. to the north
perhaps the midlands heading through the afternoon. and there is confirmation of a cold at the link, three degrees in aberdeen, nine or ten in the south but there will be places in the blue colours that struggle to get above freezing. through tomorrow night we will see wintry showers particularly in shetland, snow could really accumulate and it will be when the. on wednesday, we start to change things, this rain comes in from the west, may be some snow briefly on the leading edge but notice to produce starting to climb again. let s take a look at that fight between the cold air and the milder air. heading to the end of the week, it is the mile there that is set to win out, a bit of uncertainty, some of the cold air could cling on in the far north of scotland but for most of us, for the end of the week, temperatures will be climbing up to around 1a or 15 degrees. but no snow in the forecast for the end of the week, it will be rain falling instead. . , , ~ instead. that is
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