than this time last year. a year ago, nottingham had one of the highest covid infection rates in the uk. our political correspondent alex forsyth has been asking people there about the challenges of the coming months. with the rain coming down, the approaching autumn felt inescapable in nottingham today, bringing with it uncertainty. in this city centre coffee shop, owner michelangelo hopes colder weather doesn t mean a return to too many covid rules. facemasks and vigilance are fine as long as he can stay open. we have given the vaccine to so many people, i think we should get over with it and really start looking forward. steph, who is a regular here, shares a similar view. she lost her husband to covid injanuary, but she s still optimistic. i m beginning to enjoy getting back to life as should be. a toolkit is the right way to go. i think the government has a job to do to persuade the small proportion of the population who are still not getting
with people over 18 able to apply for a prepaid card with £100 on it to spend on the high street. it s been challenged by some younger teenagers under 18, who say it s unfair and they should be getting one too. finally, northern ireland remains the last part of the uk where nightclubs still haven t reopened, so still no dancing allowed here unless you re at a wedding. well, today government scientists have warned that we are entering the autumn with more covid cases, more hospitalisations and more deaths than this time last year. last deaths than this time last year. september at nott of last september at nottingham had one of the highest covid 19 infection rates in the uk. 0ur political correspondent alex forsyth has been asking people there how they feel about the winter ahead. with the rain coming down, the approaching autumn felt inescapable in nottingham today, bringing with it uncertainty. in this city centre coffee shop, owner michelangelo hopes colder weather doesn t mean
plan to deal with covid in the coming months today government scientists have warned that we are entering the autumn with more covid cases, more hospitalisations and more deaths than this time last year. last september nottingham had one of the highest covid 19 infection rates in the uk. our political correspondent alex forsyth has been asking people there how they feel about the winter ahead. with the rain coming down, the approaching autumn felt inescapable in nottingham today, bringing with it uncertainty. in this city centre coffee shop, owner michelangelo hopes colder weather doesn t mean a return to too many covid rules. facemasks and vigilance are fine as long as he can stay open. we have given the vaccine to so many people, i think we should get over with it and really start looking forward. steph, who is a regular here, shares a similar view. she lost her husband to covid injanuary, but she s still optimistic.
for an idea of just how the winds are, i want to check out this video. it shows the steeple at the first baptist church about 70 miles east of hattiesburg just completely wobbling in the air on sunday. ron allen in jackson, mississippi for us. the national hurricane center is saying jackson is seeing sustained winds of around 40 miles an hour. what are you experiencing there? obviously we see the rain coming down. reporter: yeah, it s raining and more rain and more rain to come, craig. that s mostly what we re feeling here and have been feeling since the overnight hours. a real drenching in a place like so many around the country that s already saturated. and that s the big concern, how much more rain are we going to get. when we look at the radar, it looks like the biggest storm showers are to the east of here. but every time we think that it s ending or winding down or maybe not going to be as bad as it is, it feels like it picks up
hello again. saturday was always going to be the slightly dodgier day of the weekend in terms of weather, and we have a lot of cloud. most of us saw some fairly heavy rain as well. that was the grey skies that we had in wales, for a time, with the rain coming down. a bit misty over the hills, as well. since then, the rain band has been progressing its way northwards and eastwards, and it will continue to do so over the next few hours, as well. that said, i reckon it will stay pretty wet across parts of eastern scotland, down the eastern side of england for the next few hours, with some heavy rain coming in across northern england, east midlands, east anglia. we ve still got some more rain to come, as well across parts of the south east. but all the while, it will turn a little bit drier across western areas. 13 15 celsius as you start the day. there will be some mist and fog patches to watch out for.