Three times the average february rainfall. The general situation as we head into the start of march is it will stay unsettled, so wet and windy again at times but what you will notice is how much colder it will notice is how much colder it will feel for the rest of the week. Frosty nights and some of that rain will turn to snow, particularly above 200 metres and tomorrow that will include the Higher Ground of northern ireland, the mountains of wales, some of that could move to the Southern Uplands by the end of the Southern Uplands by the end of the day. Overnight tonight the rain clears away from east anglia, this deep area of low pressure will push northwards and eastwards, some of the rain likely to turn to snow over the rain likely to turn to snow over the hills and some heavy downpours of rain across wales and south west england. Blustery through the channel and its cold. Towards the east we see clear skies and a frost into tomorrow morning, may be some mist and fog too. The rain
hello and welcome to bbc news. a russian air base hundreds of kilometres from ukraine has come under attack for the second time in less than a month. the russian defence ministry says the engels base in the southern saratov region was targeted by ukrainian drones during the night. russia says it shot down the drones, but that three of its servicemen were killed by falling debris. the base is host to long range russian strategic bombers, the type of which have launched numerous missiles strikes on ukraine. from moscow, our russia editor, steve rosenberg, reports. caught on cctv. an explosion at a russian airbase. russia says it shot down a ukrainian drone but that three russian soldiers were killed. engels airbase is deep inside russian territory, hundreds of miles from the ukrainian border. the base hosts long range bombers which are believed to have launched missile attacks against ukraine. state tv reacted to the news with a familiar warning to kyiv. russia, she says, will
to mark the 40th day of mourning since a nine year old boy was killed during anti government protests. you re watching bbc news. now it s time for sportsday. hello. thanks forjoining us for this boxing day sportsday. i m ben croucher. these are your headlines. welcome back, premier league. well, maybe not the return that spurs wanted, but they salvage a point at brentford. no stopping newcastle powering past leicester and up to second the news from today s seven games on the way. and boxing day horse racing is a brave man s game as the 11 4 shot battles to victory in the king george. it s been 43 days, but the wait is over. the premier league is back. seven games on boxing day, a new team in second, and at the bottom. it all kicked off at lunchtime at the brentford community stadium. a cracking game it was, too. brentford were on course for a fine victory against tottenham, only for the visitors to salvage a point, on a poignant day for english football. patrick gearey re
mayor of london sadiq khan and suella braverman, the home secretary, who have quite an awesome responsibility over the next two or three days with over 500 due in london from 200 different countries, 20 royal is here. security at most. it may be one of the biggest security operation is the met police has overseen in many, many years. operations. queen elizabeth had a strong attachment to france, a country she visited many times and whose language she spoke fluently. france reciprocated the feeling. president macron said the french were grateful for president macron said the french were gratefulfor her president macron said the french were grateful for her majesty s deep affection for their country. she mastered our language, he said, she loved their culture and she touched our hearts . hugh schofield reports from paris. in 1948 from paris. “11948 aged just 22 her majesty fell for paris and paris fell for her. on an official visit representing herfather, the newly marrie
as crowds of mourners continue to file past the coffin of queen elizabeth at st giles cathedral. thousands of people have been queueing for several hours at a time to pay their respects and today is the day that the queen s coffin will leave scotland. her coffin will remain in st giles cathedral until this afternoon when it will be flown to london to raf northolt. the queen s coffin will be companied as it has been since it left balmoral by princess anne. king charles and the queen consort will spend most of the day in northern ireland, as they continue their tour of all four nations of the united kingdom. they ll hear a message of condolence on behalf of the people of northern ireland from the speaker of the stormont assembly, alex maskey, and meet representatives of political parties, and faith leaders as well. it will be charles 40th visit to northern ireland but his very first as king. that is what is to come. we have been talking to some of the people who have b