cool breeze blowing down the eastern coast to keep things distinctly chilly. lighterwinds, more chilly. lighter winds, more sunshine, chilly. lighterwinds, more sunshine, and temperatures creeping up sunshine, and temperatures creeping up to about 16 or 18 degrees. we finished the day with a few showers and thunderstorms across southern england, and then a ridge of high pressure builds across the country and that means, believe it or not, most places will be dry. there will be the odd, isolated shower and later in the day the rain creeps into northern ireland but with most places dry and varying amounts of cloud and sunny spells, temperatures continue to creep up. the rain will creep into western areas on friday, and some patchy rain and won t be completely dry all weekend but most places will see sunshine and it s much warmer than it has been. goad much warmer than it has been. good news. that s all from the bbc news at six. so it s goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoi
every week on energy. some companies sayjob losses could come soon. wales keep their world cup dreams alive. a scrappy win in estonia keeps their hopes of at least a play off place in their own hands. good morning. some of us were lucky enough last night to see the northern lights, more especially across northern scotland and also the northern isles. this morning where we had clear skies it would be a chilly start. today will be mostly cloudy with spots of light rain and drizzle. the best of the sunshine in the west. the details later in the programme. it s tuesday 12th october. the government s early response to coronavirus has been described as one of the uk s worst public health failures by a cross party group of mps. the study by two commons committees found that both ministers and scientists waited too long to bring in lockdowns, costing many lives. but they did praise the speed of the vaccine rollout. 0ur health correspondent, jim reed, reports. we are still living thre
olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom s entry for next year s eurovision song contest. hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. we start with the latest on the israel gaza war. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. last week, both countries abstained on a united nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. but in a change of tone which echoes a shift in the us, the foreign ministers of both countries say too many civilians have been killed in israel s war against hamas and the sooner a truce comes, the better. israel s prime minister benjamin netanyahu has strongly reiterated his opposition to a ceasefire. speaking before a cabinet meeting, he insisted they will fight till the end to eliminate hamas which many countries consider a terror group. israel stepped up its bombardment of gaza overnight and into sunday, reportedly killing at least a0 people. and these pictures, filmed on sunday morning from israel, looki
welcome to the programme. we start with the latest on the israel gaza war. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. last week, both countries abstained on a un resolution demanding an immediate ceasefire. in a change of language, the foreign ministers of both countries say too many civilians have been killed in israel s war against hamas and the sooner a truce comes, the better. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has indicated that new negotiations are under way families of israeli hostages held a rally in tel aviv on saturday night. they said the current policy of using military force isn t working and demanded more action on the government to bring the hostages home. but mr netanyahu insists the military campaign will continue. with all the terrible sadness, let me clarify that the military pressure is necessary both for bringing back the hostages and to achieve victory. without the military operation, we would not have been
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