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across as all during boxing day. today a band of heavy rain pushes north, it will be more windy but still mild for most. all the details later. it s friday 23rd december. our main story. passengers using some of the uk s busiest airports are being told to expect delays at passport control as border force staff begin eight days of strike action. around 1,000 staff at six airports, including heathrow and gatwick and the port of newhaven, are taking industrial action as part of a row about pay, pensions and job security. here s our employment correspondent, zoe conway. hello, madam, are you all right? where have you flown in from today? border force officers have the job of keeping the country safe while also being as welcoming as possible. there you go. thank you. have a good day. but for the next few days, most of them won t be staffing these desks. the public and commercial services union says 75% of officers
watch out for this morning. across northern ireland, wales, lincolnshire. up to christmas it will be generally mild away from the north of scotland where it will be cold with some of us seeing some rain. this rain is pushing north, heavy and persistent, some thunder and lightning likely. as it moves through the north of england, some transient hill snow. i head of it and behind it sunshine and showers. likely wintry in their hills of scotland. the strongest winds in wales in the south west but for most of us it will be mild for the time of us it will be mild for the time of year. this evening and overnight, the band of rain moves steadily north as it engages with the cold air in scotland readily following as snow, especially in the hills. if you re travelling through higher roots tonight or into eve, you might
soon as the cold air hits services with water on them, maybe it has been raining, that will freeze. the snow will also freeze. and how it will feel against your skin. life threatening wind chill. in parts of the planes we could have 70 fahrenheit which will feel like 55 against your skin which is when frostbite sets in quickly. i would class it as dangerous weather. what we have is nothing like that. it will be mild as we move towards the christmas period. you might wonder if the american weather will come our way. we will see it probably on tuesday but nothing as severe. it will be wet and windy with transient snow in parts of scotland. what we have today is a band of rain pushing over. it will bring rain and behind it mild airwill over. it will bring rain and behind it mild air will follow and we will have a period of transient snow on