i understand health officials in the south-east of. officials in the south—east of england are now working very hard contacting all those households that they have identified and they are hoping to identify the person very quickly. hoping to identify the person very cuickl . . ~' ,, a congregation in herefordshire have been shocked to discover a fairly ordinary—looking painting of the last supper in their church is actually a long—lost masterpiece. sian lloyd has been to see it. an imposing painting of the last supper. it has hung in this parish church since the beginning of the last century. gifted by a localfamily, who brought it back from a visit to italy. never had it been supposed that the 12.5 foot artwork would be an original. but it had not always looked like this. two years ago, extensive renovation work was commissioned, and more of the picture was revealed. it had, over the centuries, got very dark. it was brown and sludgy, and didn't look at all inspiring. and then it was restored and we see what we have now. and it is a joy and a delight. the restoration was carried out by

still dry in the south east for a while. after that band of patchy rain, we get some sunshine and then the weather turns wetter in the north west, especially into western scotland. the winds are bit stronger here. elsewhere, the winds should be fairly light which is why that band of cloud and rain isn't moving very far. temperatures not changing very much, again, on wednesday. the winds continue to pick up though, i think, during thursday and we start to see some mixture, really, of sunshine and showers. some wetter weather, though, a band of rain coming into northern ireland, into western scotland through the day. and temperatures of 12, 13, maybe 1a celsius — near normal for this time of the year. but as we head towards the end of the week, we've got low pressure in charge. that's coming down from greenland, settling between iceland and scotland and that's going to bring colder air across the uk together with some much stronger wind. and we're looking at some bands of rain or showers and it's cold enough for those shower

those areas include london, | the south-east and the midlands. it the south—east and the midlands. it is based on just the south—east and the midlands. it is based onjust a the south—east and the midlands. it is based on just a few days' data, but worth keeping an eye on, especially as it looks like this is happening before we come out of lockdown. catherine burns, bbc news. there have been heated exchanges at holyrood, with opposition msps continuing to press nicola sturgeon at first minister's questions about the scottish government's handling of harassment complaints against her predecessor alex salmond. our political correspondent nick eardley is at holyrood. bring is up—to—date, nick. bring is up-to-date, nick. yes, that mammoth session _ bring is up-to-date, nick. yes, that mammoth session nicola _ bring is up-to-date, nick. yes, that mammoth session nicola sturgeon l bring is up-to-date, nick. yes, that i mammoth session nicola sturgeon had in parliament yesterday, her team seem to be pretty happy. they don't think there was a knockout blow, a moment that could have

, but more rain will arrive across eastern england, east anglia on the south—east through the afternoon. probably the best of the sunshine will be through the central belt of scotland where we could see 15 celsius. some sunshine for south wales, south—west england, highs of 1a celsius. but elsewhere, 10—11 celsius and cooler along north sea coast of england where we have that area of rain it will stay damp through thursday night. elsewhere, generally dry, a few spots of drizzle here and there, but because of the cloud cover, it won't to be so into friday, similar story, high pressure dominating the scene. but we will start to tap into some colder air across the near continent in the south—east, so here, with that cooler air, it will actually be drier air, so we should see the clouds breaking up to allow some sunshine here. but elsewhere, another rather cloudy day, some spots of light rain or drizzle, particularly into northern england through the midlands, up towards the south—west. and it will feel cooler as well across the south—east, despite the sunshine, that onshore north

wales, and then into the midlands, the south—east of england into the afternoon. ahead of the showers in the southeast, if it does brighten up a bit, those temperatures will get a boost, but across eastern scotland and the north—east of england with the low cloud, going to be four or five degrees. the showers that do develop will continue into the evening. some of them heavy and possibly with the odd rumble of thunder before becoming confined to the south—east and east anglia by the end of the night. and as we head into thursday we see another area of high pressure. this one is moving down from iceland, and bringing with it colder air and a north—easterly breeze. there will still be some showers towards the south—east early on thursday. those will move away. that we have got this line of mostly light rain or drizzle. early snow over higher parts of scotland, and then next behind that, the colder north—easterly wind comes in. as you can see, a lot of cloud around on thursday, so it's going to be a cold day with temperatures typically five to eight degrees

still dry in the south east for a while. after that band of patchy rain, we get some sunshine and then the weather turns wetter in the north west, especially into western scotland. the winds are bit stronger here. elsewhere, the winds should be fairly light which is why that band of cloud and rain isn't moving very far. temperatures not changing very much, again, on wednesday. the winds continue to pick up though, i think, during thursday and we start to see some mixture, really, of sunshine and showers. some wetter weather, though, a band of rain coming into northern ireland, into western scotland through the day. and temperatures of 12, 13, maybe 14 celsius — near normal for this time of the year. but as we head towards the end of the week, we've got low pressure in charge. that's coming down from greenland, settling between iceland and scotland, and that'll bring colder air across the uk together with some much stronger wind. and we're looking at some bands of rain or showers and it's cold enough for those showers to be

still dry in the south east for a while. after that band of patchy rain, we get some sunshine and then the weather turns wetter in the north west, especially into western scotland. the winds are bit stronger here. elsewhere, the winds should be fairly light which is why that band of cloud and rain isn't moving very far. temperatures not changing very much, again, on wednesday. the winds continue to pick up though, i think, during thursday and we start to see some mixture, really, of sunshine and showers. some wetter weather, though, a band of rain coming into northern ireland, into western scotland through the day. and temperatures of 12, 13, maybe 14 celsius — near normal for this time of the year. but as we head towards the end of the week, we've got low pressure in charge. that's coming down from greenland, settling between iceland and scotland and that's going to bring colder air across the uk together with some much stronger wind. and we're looking at some bands of rain or showers and it's cold enough for those shower

still dry in the south east for a while. after that band of patchy rain, we get some sunshine and then the weather turns wetter in the north west, especially into western scotland. the winds are bit stronger here. elsewhere, the winds should be fairly light which is why that band of cloud and rain isn't moving very far. temperatures not changing very much, again, on wednesday. the winds continue to pick up though, i think, during thursday and we start to see some mixture, really, of sunshine and showers. some wetter weather, though, a band of rain coming into northern ireland, into western scotland through the day. and temperatures of 12, 13, maybe 14 celsius — near normal for this time of the year. but as we head towards the end of the week, we've got low pressure in charge. that's coming down from greenland, settling between iceland and scotland and that's going to bring colder air across the uk together with some much stronger wind. and we're looking at some bands of rain or showers and it's cold enough for those shower

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but there's some showers to clear away from the south east and east anglia in the morning. we've got on that weather front in the north some light rain or drizzle. and in scotland, perhaps even a bit of snow over the highest ground. that damp weather moves down into northern england in the afternoon allowing something a bit brighter in scotland, some sunshine in the west. for many parts of the uk, it's going to be cloudy again, particularly dull towards the south west. temperature's not quite as high here on thursday. and generally, those temperatures will be around 6—7 degrees. as we head into the evening, a little bit of drizzle for a while for northern ireland moving into wales, the midlands, down towards the south east. as that moves through, so the cloud will tend to break up a little bit more overnight. we've got high pressure moving down — this time, coming down from iceland bringing with it that colder air but bringing with it a lot of dry weather and the winds will be lighter on friday, as well. could start a bit chilly, though, with some clearer skies overnigh

wales, and then into the midlands, the south east of england into the afternoon. ahead of the showers in the south east, if it does brighten up a bit, those temperatures will get a boost, but across eastern scotland and the north east of england with the low cloud, going to be four or five degrees. the showers that do develop will continue into the evening. some of them heavy and possibly with the odd rumble of thunder before becoming confined to the south east and east anglia by the end of the night. and as we head into thursday we see another area of high pressure. this one is moving down from iceland, and it's bringing with it colder air and a north—easterly breeze. there will still be some showers towards the south—east early on thursday. those will move away. that we have got this line of mostly light rain or drizzle. early snow over higher parts of scotland, and it's behind that that the colder northeasterly wind comes in. as you can see, a lot of cloud around on thursday, so it's going to be a cold day with temperatures typically 5—8 degrees. let's lo

wales, and then into the midlands, the south east of england in the afternoon. ahead of the showers in the south east, if it does brighten up a bit, those temperatures will get a boost, but across eastern scotland and the north east of england with the low cloud, going to be four or five degrees. the showers that do develop will continue into the evening. some of them heavy and possibly with the odd rumble of thunder before becoming confined to the south east and east anglia by the end of the night. and as we head into thursday we see another area of high pressure. this one is moving down from iceland, and it's bringing with it colder air and a north—easterly breeze. there will still be some showers towards the south—east early on thursday. those will move away. then we have got this line of mostly light rain or drizzle. early snow over higher parts of scotland, and it's behind that that the colder north—easterly wind comes in. as you can see, a lot of cloud around on thursday, so it's going to be a cold day with temperatures typically 5—8 degrees. let's

still dry in the south east for a while. after that band of patchy rain, we get some sunshine and then the weather turns wetter in the north west, especially into western scotland. the winds are bit stronger here. elsewhere, the winds should be fairly light which is why that band of cloud and rain isn't moving very far. temperatures not changing very much, again, on wednesday. the winds continue to pick up though, i think, during thursday and we start to see some mixture, really, of sunshine and showers. some wetter weather, though, a band of rain coming into northern ireland, into western scotland through the day. and temperatures of 12, 13, maybe 1a celsius — near normal for this time of the year. but as we head towards the end of the week, we've got low pressure in charge. that's coming down from greenland, settling between iceland and scotland and that's going to bring colder air across the uk together with some much stronger wind. and we're looking at some bands of rain or showers and it's cold enough for those shower

anglia and the south—east through the afternoon. probably the best of the sunshine will be through the central belt of scotland, where we could see 15 celsius. some sunshine for south wales, south—west england, highs of 1a celsius. but elsewhere, 10—11 celsius, and cooler along north sea coast of england, where we have that area of rain and onshore breeze. it will stay damp through thursday night. elsewhere, generally dry. a few spots of drizzle here and there but because of the cloud cover, it won't to be too cold anywhere. lows of 4 to around 7 or 8 celsius. so into friday, similar story — high pressure dominating the scene. but we will start to tap into some colder air across the near continent in the south—east, so here, with that cooler air, it will actually be drier air, so we should see the clouds breaking up to allow some sunshine here. but elsewhere, another rather cloudy day. some spots of light rain or drizzle, particularly into northern england and it will feel cooler as well across the south—east, despite the

anglia and the south—east through the afternoon. probably the best of the sunshine will be through the central belt of scotland, where we could see 15 celsius. some sunshine for south wales, south—west england, highs of 14 celsius. but elsewhere, 10—11 celsius, and cooler along north sea coast of england, where we have that area of rain and onshore breeze. it will stay damp through thursday night. elsewhere, generally dry. a few spots of drizzle here and there but because of the cloud cover, it won't to be too cold anywhere. lows of 4 to around 7 or 8 celsius. so into friday, similar story — high pressure dominating the scene. but we will start to tap into some colder air across the near continent in the south—east, so here, with that cooler air, it will actually be drier air, so we should see the clouds breaking up to allow some sunshine here. but elsewhere, another rather cloudy day. some spots of light rain or drizzle, particularly into northern england through the midlands, up towards the south—west. and it will feel c

but under clearer skies, lower than that, particularly in the south—east. so, this is saturday's picture, then. starts off mostly cloudy, again, but through the day, we will start to see some cloud break, some sunshine, eastern scotland, north—east england, and this weather front will move into the northern isles and northern scotland to bring stronger winds here and outbreaks of rain. so a little bit cooler here because of the wind, but where we have the sunshine for eastern scotland, north—east england, we could see 13—14 celsius, but for most, 10—12 celsius. 0n into sunday, our area of high pressure�*s still with us, so winds for most will be light away from the north and east, a bit of an onshore breeze here, and then signs of the cloud tending to break up more on sunday. so we could see increasing amounts of sunny spells here and there, but some areas may stay grey all day. again, those temperatures 10—12 celsius, maybe 13 celsius in any brighter spots, but chillier along north sea coasts. then into next week, our area of high pressure even

anglia and the south—east through the afternoon. probably the best of the sunshine will be through the central belt of scotland, where we could see 15 celsius. some sunshine for south wales, south—west england, highs of 1a celsius. but elsewhere, 10—11 celsius, and cooler along north sea coast of england, where we have that area of rain and onshore breeze. it will stay damp through thursday night. elsewhere, generally dry. a few spots of drizzle here and there but because of the cloud cover, it won�*t to be too cold anywhere. lows of 4 to around 7 or 8 celsius. so into friday, similar story — high pressure dominating the scene. but we will start to tap into some colder air across the near continent in the south—east, so here, with that cooler air, it will actually be drier air, so we should see the clouds breaking up to allow some sunshine here. but elsewhere, another rather cloudy day. some spots of light rain or drizzle, particularly into northern england through the midlands, up towards the south—west. and it will fee

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anglia and the south—east through the afternoon. probably the best of the sunshine will be through the central belt of scotland, where we could see 15 celsius. some sunshine for south wales, south—west england, highs of 14 celsius. but elsewhere, 10—11 celsius, and cooler along north sea coast of england, where we have that area of rain and onshore breeze. a few spots of drizzle here and there but because of the cloud cover, it won't to be too cold anywhere. lows of 4 to around 7 or 8 celsius. so into friday, similar story — high pressure dominating the scene. but we will start to tap into some colder air across the near continent in the south—east, so here, with that cooler air, it will actually be drier air, so we should see the clouds breaking up to allow some sunshine here. but elsewhere, another rather cloudy day. some spots of light rain or drizzle, particularly into northern england through the midlands, up towards the south—west. and it will feel cooler as well across the south—east, despite the sunshine. that on

, but more rain will arrive across eastern england, east anglia on the south—east through the afternoon. probably the best of the sunshine will be through the central belt of scotland where we could see 15 celsius. some sunshine for south wales, south—west england, highs of 1a celsius. but elsewhere, 10—11 celsius and cooler along north sea coast of england where we have that area of rain and onshore breeze. it will stay damp through thursday night. elsewhere, generally dry, a few spots of drizzle here and there, but because of the cloud cover, it won't to be too cold anywhere. lows of 4—8 celsius. so into friday, similar story, high pressure dominating the scene. but we will start to tap into some colder air across the near continent in the south—east, so here, with that cooler air, it will actually be drier air, so we should see the clouds breaking up to allow some sunshine here. but elsewhere, another rather cloudy day, some spots of light rain or drizzle, particularly into northern england through the midlands, up towards the south—west. and it will feel cooler as well acr

but there�*s some showers to clear away from the south east and east anglia in the morning. we�*ve got on that weather front in the north some light rain or drizzle. and in scotland, perhaps even a bit of snow over the highest ground. that damp weather moves down into northern england in the afternoon allowing something a bit brighter in scotland, some sunshine in the west. for many parts of the uk, it�*s going to be cloudy again, particularly dull towards the south west. temperature�*s not quite as high here on thursday. and generally, those temperatures will be around as we head into the evening, a little bit of drizzle for a while for northern ireland moving into wales, the midlands, down towards the south east. as that moves through, so the cloud will tend to break up a little bit more overnight. we�*ve got high pressure moving down — this time, coming down from iceland bringing with it that colder air but bringing with it a lot of dry weather and the winds will be lighter on friday, as well. could start a bit chilly, though, with some clearer skies overnight.

moving to the south-east — cloud and patchy rain. moving to the south—east. then we have a packet of showers _ south—east. then we have a packet of showers across the north and west. temperatures, very similar to the days— temperatures, very similar to the days when— temperatures, very similar to the days when the sunshine it will feel pleasant — days when the sunshine it will feel pleasant. a high of 40 degrees in hult _ pleasant. a high of 40 degrees in hult then— pleasant. a high of 40 degrees in hull. then changes. we have a cold front— hull. then changes. we have a cold front slipping south—eastwards and behind _ front slipping south—eastwards and behind that the air will turn much colder— behind that the air will turn much colder and — behind that the air will turn much colder and that is represented by the blues — colder and that is represented by the blues on this chart right the way across— the blues on this chart right the way across the uk. it may well start off a mile _ way across the uk. it may well start off a mile across

in the south, widely reaching the 20s. 23 possible in the south east corner. the warmest march day since 2012 on the cards. warmth disappears into wednesday but with high pressure building from the north, the weather front pushes south through wednesday. rain, snow and sleet through time. day for scotland. brightening up in the north. temperatures in single figures. contrast that with further south where the sunshine continues, 23 again is possible. the colder air winds out, high—pressure slips westwards allowing a north—easterly flow to develop for many others. with this ease cold, especially chilly down the eastern coast. a lot of sunshine which —— thursday, showers will disappear. for amounts of cloud, 15 or 16 possible towards the south—west but even there the architecture will be felt. high—pressure nudging further away towards good friday. increasing chance of a few showers down the east coast. further west will see the sunshine, temperatures around 12-13. the the sunshine, temperatures around 12—13. the days of temperatures in the 20s and

anglia and the south—east through the afternoon. probably the best of the sunshine will be through the central belt of scotland, where we could see 15 celsius. some sunshine for south wales, south—west england, highs of 1a celsius. but elsewhere, 10—11 celsius, and cooler along north sea coast of england, where we have that area of rain and onshore breeze. it will stay damp through thursday night. elsewhere, generally dry. a few spots of drizzle here and there but because of the cloud cover, it won't to be too cold anywhere. lows of 4 to around 7 or 8 celsius. so into friday, similar story — high pressure dominating the scene. but we will start to tap into some colder air across the near continent in the south—east, so here, with that cooler air, it will actually be drier air, so we should see the clouds breaking up to allow some sunshine here. but elsewhere, another rather cloudy day. some spots of light rain or drizzle, particularly into northern england through the midlands, up towards the south—west. and it will feel c

perhaps staying loudly in the south—east, with that front easing away. thursday should start off dry with the chance of some early morning sunshine, before the cloud develops. the showers will be more frequent and widespread the further north and west you are during the day on thursday. eastern areas may well see some sunshine continuing. all change again on friday. this weather front continues to push steadily south and east, introducing the risk of some cooler air generally. so, friday is the day you are going to notice the difference, a blustery, cooler day with some showers. the showers will be turning increasingly wintry above 200 metres. the snowman well settled. you will need an extra layer, particularly when you factor in the strength of the wind. it will not last, because another area of high pressure looks likely to build in to the weekend. across southern areas in particular it will be dry and sunny and a bit warmer. some wet weather in the far north—west on sunday. that's all from the bbc news at one, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one

but there's some showers to clear away from the south east and east anglia in the morning. we've got on that weather front in the north some light rain or drizzle. and in scotland, perhaps even a bit of snow over the highest ground. that damp weather moves down into northern england in the afternoon allowing something a bit brighter in scotland, some sunshine in the west. for many parts of the uk, it's going to be cloudy again, particularly dull towards the south west. temperature's not quite as high here on thursday. and generally, those temperatures will be around 6—7 celsius. as we head into the evening, a little bit of drizzle for a while for northern ireland moving into wales, the midlands, down towards the south east. as that moves through, so the cloud will tend to break up a little bit more overnight. we've got high pressure moving down — this time, coming down from iceland bringing with it that colder air but bringing with it a lot of dry weather and the winds will be lighter on friday, as well. could start a bit chilly, though, with some clearer so, a risk of

still dry in the south east for a while. after that band of patchy rain, we get some sunshine and then the weather turns wetter in the north west, especially into western scotland. the winds are bit stronger here. elsewhere, the winds should be fairly light which is why that band of cloud and rain isn't moving very far. temperatures not changing very much, again, on wednesday. the winds continue to pick up though, i think, during thursday and we start to see some mixture, really, of sunshine and showers. some wetter weather, though, a band of rain coming into northern ireland, into western scotland through the day. and temperatures of 12, 13, maybe 1a celsius — near normal for this time of the year. but as we head towards the end of the week, we've got low pressure in charge. that's coming down from greenland, settling between iceland and scotland and that's going to bring colder air across the uk together with some much stronger wind. and we're looking at some bands of rain or showers and it's cold enough for those shower

and the south—east too. so, these areas could see just a touch of frost first thing thursday morning. a bit of a chilly start to the day, a day of sunny spells and scattered showers. the bulk of the showers will be for northern ireland, scotland, perhaps north west england as well but particularly later in the day we will start to see more for southern and south east england as well, they'll be fairly hit and miss. in between these two areas, for central england and for wales, a lot of dry weather with some sunshine. temperatures in the warmest parts up to about 1k celsius or so, a little bit cooler than that across parts of scotland particularly where you've got the blustery showers. now moving through thursday night into friday, it is all change as an active cold front pushes its way eastwards. as it does so, that's going to open the doors for this cold air mass whose winds are coming in from the north—west. so, a different feeling day on friday, we start the day with cloud and rain across england and wa

anglia and the south—east through the afternoon. probably the best of the sunshine will be through the central belt of scotland, where we could see 15 celsius. some sunshine for south wales, south—west england, highs of 1a celsius. but elsewhere, 10—11 celsius, and cooler along north sea coast of england, where we have that area of rain and onshore breeze. it will stay damp through thursday night. elsewhere, generally dry. a few spots of drizzle here and there but because of the cloud cover, it won't to be too cold anywhere. lows of 4 to around 7 or 8 celsius. so into friday, similar story — high pressure dominating the scene. but we will start to tap into some colder air across the near continent in the south—east, so here, with that cooler air, it will actually be drier air, so we should see the clouds breaking up to allow some sunshine here. but elsewhere, another rather cloudy day. some spots of light rain or drizzle, particularly into northern england through the midlands, up towards the south—west. and it will feel c

but there's some showers to clear away from the south east and east anglia in the morning. we've got on that weather front in the north some light rain or drizzle. and in scotland, perhaps even a bit of snow over the highest ground. that damp weather moves down into northern england in the afternoon allowing something a bit brighter in scotland, some sunshine in the west. for many parts of the uk, it's going to be cloudy again, particularly dull towards the south west. temperature's not quite as high here on thursday. and generally, those temperatures will be around 6—7 celsius. as we head into the evening, a little bit of drizzle for a while for northern ireland moving into wales, the midlands, down towards the south east. as that moves through, so the cloud will tend to break up a little bit more overnight. we've got high pressure moving down — this time, coming down from iceland bringing with it that colder air but bringing with it a lot of dry weather and the winds will be lighter on friday, as well. could start a bit chilly, though, with some clearer skies overnigh

but there's some showers to clear away from the south east and east anglia in the morning. we've got on that weather front in the north some light rain or drizzle. and in scotland, perhaps even a bit of snow over the highest ground. that damp weather moves down into northern england in the afternoon allowing something a bit brighter in scotland, some sunshine in the west. for many parts of the uk, it's going to be cloudy again, particularly dull towards the south west. temperature�*s not quite as high here on thursday. and generally, those temperatures will be around 6—7 degrees. as we head into the evening, a little bit of drizzle for a while for northern ireland moving into wales, the midlands, down towards the south east. as that moves through, so the cloud will tend to break up a little bit more overnight. we've got high pressure moving down — this time, coming down from iceland bringing with it that colder air but bringing with it a lot of dry weather and the winds will be lighter on friday, as well. could start a bit chilly, though, with some clearer skies overn

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but there's some showers to clear away from the south east and east anglia in the morning. we've got on that weather front in the north some light rain or drizzle. and in scotland, perhaps even a bit of snow over the highest ground. that damp weather moves down into northern england in the afternoon allowing something a bit brighter in scotland, some sunshine in the west. for many parts of the uk, it's going to be cloudy again, particularly dull towards the south west. temperature�*s not quite as high here on thursday. and generally, those temperatures will be around 6—7 celsius. as we head into the evening, a little bit of drizzle for a while for northern ireland moving into wales, the midlands, down towards the south east. as that moves through, so the cloud will tend to break up a little bit more overnight. we've got high pressure moving down — this time, coming down from iceland bringing with it that colder air but bringing with it a lot of dry weather and the winds will be lighter on friday, as well. could start a bit chilly, though, with some clearer skies overn

still in the 20s further south and east. toward the end of the week and easter weekend, this frontal system will eventually journey south allowing cold air to spill south reaching all parts of the uk by good friday. so for the easter weekend, spring warmth will be gone, it will be much colder and there could even be some wintry showers. hello, this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines: more than 30 million people in the uk have now received their first covid vaccine dose, according to the latest government figures. ahead of restrictions easing in england, the nhs warns not to squander the progress made against covid — as the culture secretary says plans to lift lockdown are on target. at the moment, we are on track. so thanks to the work of the british people and the excellent vaccine roll—out, we are confident both in going ahead with the easings from tomorrow, and the next stages. police are to investigate allegations of sexual harassment, abuse and rape in schools and universities — setting up a dedicated h

again mainly a cost east anglia and south east england particularly during the afternoon. drier west were some breaks the cloud particularly across the central belt of scotland and across the south of wales, west midlands, south—west england seeing some sunny spells and miles as well. for friday again pretty cloudy, some breaks in the cloud and the best of those are cost east anglia and south—east england but here we have some particularly chilly north easterly wind and those running across the north sea where sea temperatures are just six of the moments of feeling cold around the eastern coasts factoring in the wind. a lot of cloud but some bright or sunny spells coming through. temperatures around 13, 1a celsius are best for the continues there is pretty settled and quiet spell of weather and it stays that way into next week as well. a reminder of our top story... an independent report into child sex abuse in football accuses the fa of "significant institutional failings", and says it "did not do enough to keep children safe" following high profile convictions in 199

but there's some showers to clear away from the south east and east anglia in the morning. we've got on that weather front in the north some light rain or drizzle. and in scotland, perhaps even a bit of snow over the highest ground. that damp weather moves down into northern england in the afternoon allowing something a bit brighter in scotland, some sunshine in the west. for many parts of the uk, it's going to be cloudy again, particularly dull towards the south west. temperature's not quite as high here on thursday. and generally, those temperatures will be around 6—7 degrees. as we head into the evening, a little bit of drizzle for a while for northern ireland moving into wales, the midlands, down towards the south east. as that moves through, so the cloud will tend to break up a little bit more overnight. we've got high pressure moving down — this time, coming down from iceland bringing with it that colder air but bringing with it a lot of dry weather and the winds will be lighter on friday, as well. could start a bit chilly, though, with some clearer skies overnigh

, about 10 celsius in the far south—east. still very blustery with wind gusts of up to 50 mph. overnight it will remain quite windy although i think the wind will gradually ease. these heavy showers will continue to feed in on the north—westerly wind, turning to sleet or snow on the hills, and we might hear the odd rumble of thunder. lows of around 1—2. tomorrow a dry start and then we see this feature pushing in from the west, introducing heavy spells of rain, sleet or snow on hills. top temperatures 11 celsius, and more settled next week. hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: a serving metropolitan police officer is charged with the kidnap and murder of sarah everard. 48—year—old wayne couzens appeared in court this morning. a vigil in sarah's memory has been cancelled — the police say the event would breach covid rules. the organisers will now fundraise for women's causes. more pressure on the governor of new york to resign over allegations of sexual misconduct — but andrew cuomo refuses to ste

it turns a bit more unsettled, most of the rain towards the north—west of the uk, much drier in the south—east. this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at 7. reaching a milestone — half of all adults in the uk have now had a first dose of a coronavirus vaccine — the health secretary hails �*a phenomenal achievement�*. the vaccination programme is our route out of the pandemic. it will help us to protect people and we know that these vaccines protect you and we also know that they protect those around you. europe braces itself for a third wave of coronavirus infections — with fresh lockdowns in france and poland. government science advisors warn that summer holidays overseas are "extremely unlikely" this year because of the risk of travellers bringing coronavirus variants back to the uk. protesters opposed to the coronavirus lockdown march through central london. police have made several arrests.

anglia and the south—east through the afternoon. probably the best of the sunshine will be through the central belt of scotland, where we could see 15 celsius. some sunshine for south wales, south—west england, highs of ia celsius. but elsewhere, 10—11 celsius, and cooler along north sea coast of england, where we have that area of rain and onshore breeze. it will stay damp through thursday night. a few spots of drizzle here and there but because of the cloud cover, it won't to be too cold anywhere. lows of a to around 7 or 8 celsius. so into friday, similar story — high pressure dominating the scene. but we will start to tap into some colder air across the near continent in the south—east, so here, with that cooler air, it will actually be drier air, so we should see the clouds breaking up to allow some sunshine here. but elsewhere, another rather cloudy day. some spots of light rain or drizzle, particularly into northern england through the midlands, up towards the south—west. and it will feel cooler as well across the s

but there's some showers to clear away from the south east and east anglia in the morning. we've got on that weather front in the north some light rain or drizzle. and in scotland, perhaps even a bit of snow over the highest ground. that damp weather moves down into northern england in the afternoon allowing something a bit brighter in scotland, some sunshine in the west. for many parts of the uk, it's going to be cloudy again, particularly dull towards the south west. temperature�*s not quite as high here on thursday. and generally, those temperatures will be around 6—7 degrees. as we head into the evening, a little bit of drizzle for a while for northern ireland moving into wales, the midlands, down towards the south east. as that moves through, so the cloud will tend to break up a little bit more overnight. we've got high pressure moving down — this time, coming down from iceland bringing with it that colder air but bringing with it a lot of dry weather and the winds will be lighter on friday, as well. could start a bit chilly, though, with some clearer skies overn

england, east anglia and the south—east are slow to brighten up too. take a cloud on the way into scotland a0 so make the best of the sunshine today. the winds are coming from a north—westerly direction for the most part, onshore wind keeping northern scotland a little cool, 17 in cardiff, the warmest day of the year so far in wales. overnight, clear skies initially, temperatures dropping quite quickly, colder than last night, there could be some main stand pulpits staying mostly clear and patches of frost in the coldest areas. high scale to the west on thursday but we have a weather front coming the north—east which could threaten a passing shower, just about anywhere, to be honest. as potatoes by a warm front will move into the north—west scotland, bringing thicker cloud and potentially drizzle. it will be noticeably colder because the winds are coming in from the cold north sea, the sea temperature is about 6 degrees. some coolerfeeling sea, the sea temperature is about 6 degrees. some cooler feeling air working across central and eastern engl

we leave yerevan and head south east towards the mountains of nagorno—karabakh. defeat and the army's withdrawal has brought a crisis of national confidence. armenia was once this region's security guarantor. now russia has taken on that role. this road is the only link between armenia, the outside world and what's left of the ethnic armenian enclave in nagorno—karabakh. it is just over there, those hills there. now, since the war, the armenians have not had control over who and what uses this road. that's down to the russians. the russian military have a checkpointjust down there. they decide, they call the shots around here now. we're denied permission to enter and are told privately that the russians are blocking almost all foreigners. it is a real pain that we have to talk like this rather than in person. that evening, we speak to a nagorno—karabakh official on a whatsapp call. has nagorno—karabakh become another one of these little states that we see in this part of the world which are occupied by russia? we drive along a road that is effectively a new

south—east and temperatures up to 12 degrees. and then on wednesday, a powerfuljet stream making a beeline for us. it's going to spawn a nasty area of low pressure, in fact we can see one moving to the north and this much bigger one, much stronger one sweeping in our direction and that is going to bring increasing winds and heavy rain during the course of wednesday. on wednesday evening, really nasty weather sweeps in across ireland and reaches western parts of the uk. gales will develop out towards the west and then wednesday night into thursday, that's when we will see the much nastier conditions spreading inland. so by the time we get to, i think thursday afternoon, many of us will have had some quite stormy weather. this is bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines at seven... hopes for nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, as she's released from house arrest in iran. but a new court case against her is scheduled for next week. it's not the release we wanted. it is not _ it's not the release we wanted. it is not that— it's not the

still dry in the south east for a while. after that band of patchy rain, we get some sunshine and then the weather turns wetter in the north west, especially into western scotland. the winds are bit stronger here. elsewhere, the winds should be fairly light which is why that band of cloud and rain isn't moving very far. temperatures not changing very much, again, on wednesday. the winds continue to pick up though, i think, during thursday and we start to see some mixture, really, of sunshine and showers. some wetter weather, though, a band of rain coming into northern ireland, into western scotland through the day. and temperatures of 12, 13, maybe 1a celsius — near normal for this time of the year. but as we head towards the end of the week, we've got low pressure in charge. that's coming down from greenland, settling between iceland and scotland and that's going to bring colder air across the uk together with some much stronger wind. and we're looking at some bands of rain or showers and it's cold enough for those shower

home tests in question and a search has narrowed from the whole country down to 379 households in the south—east of england and we are contacting each of them. tomorrow in the budget we'll hear that furlough will be extended, and a £400 million boost for the culture sector. in less than half an hour nicola sturgeon will be talking about her plans for reopening schools in scotland — we'll bring you that live. scotland's top lawyer faces questions about the scottish government's handling of complaints against former first minister alex salmond. and coming up this hour... a congregation in herefordshire are shocked to discover an ordinary looking painting of the last supper is actually a long—lost masterpiece. the figures speak for themselves — and they paint a picture which suggests the battle against covid is on the turn. the number of weekly registered coronavirus deaths in england and wales has fallen by more than a quarter in a week to the lowest level since the start of the year. the figures from the office for national statistics suggest that the latest national lockdown — and the s

it may well brighten up a bit in northern ireland, but the showers in the south—west will spill the south—east of england into the afternoon. ahead of the showers in the southeast, if it does brighten up a bit, those temperatures will get a boost, but across eastern scotland and the north—east of england with the low cloud, going to be four or five degrees. the showers that do develop will continue into the evening. some of them heavy and possibly with the odd rumble of thunder before becoming confined to the south—east and east anglia by the end of the night. and as we head into thursday we see another area of high pressure. this one is moving down from iceland, and bringing with it colder air and a north—easterly breeze. there will still be some showers towards the south—east early on thursday. those will move away. that we have got this line of mostly light rain or drizzle. early snow over higher parts of scotland, and then next behind that, the colder north—easterly wind comes in. as you can see, a lot of cloud around on thursday, so it's going to be a cold day with temperatures

midlands, south-east through the midlands, south—east england and the north—east of scotland. moving on tuesday, the breeze tends to pick up a bit. bringing in a lot of cloud, the best of the sunshine in the east, further west some light rain and drizzle, then some rain coming into northern ireland and western scotland during the day with temperatures between 11 and 13 celsius. hello this is bbc news. the headlines. the eu comission president, ursula von der leye, has faced criticism from the british government after suggesting that exports of the astrazeneca vaccine outside the eu could be blocked. a record breaking day on saturday — that's what the government says on the number of vaccines administered in the country. nearly 850,000. but a warning that facemasks and some social distancing could be with us, for years. it comes as more questions are raised over whether people can plan forforeign holidays this summer. protesters clash with police in bristol after thousands demonstrate over plans to give the police more powers to deal with non—violent protests. a snapshot of

still dry in the south east for a while. after that band of patchy rain, we get some sunshine and then the weather turns wetter in the north west, especially into western scotland. the winds are bit stronger here. elsewhere, the winds should be fairly light which is why that band of cloud and rain isn't moving very far. temperatures not changing very much, again, on wednesday. the winds continue to pick up though, i think, during thursday and we start to see some mixture, really, of sunshine and showers. some wetter weather, though, a band of rain coming into northern ireland, into western scotland through the day. and temperatures of 12, 13, maybe 1a celsius — near normal for this time of the year. but as we head towards the end of the week, we've got low pressure in charge. that's coming down from greenland, settling between iceland and scotland, and that'll bring colder air across the uk together with some much stronger wind. and we're looking at some bands of rain or showers and it's cold enough for those showers to be