A warning for very strong winds that could cause damage and travel disruption was issued for parts of the UK over the weekend. The storm is set to bring damaging winds across northern parts of the UK later on Saturday and into Easter Sunday, with some disruptive snow possible as well in northwest Scotland. Check for your latest forecast here The Met Office said delays to road, rail, air and ferry transport were likely from 6pm on Saturday until midday Sunday for Scotland, Northern Ireland, North Wales and an area of northern England stretching from Liverpool to Newcastle. It has issued a number of medium impact yellow severe weather warnings for wind across these areas. Winds of up to 90mph - the strongest forecast - could be possible in western Scotland, with gusts of 70mph more widely. Snow is also forecast, with a 12-hour yellow warning issued for northwest Scotland starting at 3pm on Saturday, with up to 5-10cm (2-4ins) possible in areas over 200m (656ft) in northern Scotland - with a small chance of 10-20cm (4-8ins). Forecasters added that there was a chance of power cuts, with the potential to affect other services such as mobile phone coverage. Dave is the fourth named weather system of the year and the name was chosen after being nominated for "my beloved husband who can snore three times louder than any storm". Read more on Sky News:Skies turn blood red in Crete200 year-old tortoise 'still alive' Met Office deputy chief forecaster Tom Crabtree said the storm will form and rapidly deepen on Saturday as it approaches the UK from the west. "By Saturday afternoon winds will strengthen significantly, with gusts of 60-70mph expected at times across parts of Scotland with the potential for gusts of 80-90mph in exposed coastal locations in Scotland. Gusts of 50-60mph are likely more widely in northern Britain," he said. Blizzards are possible over the hills of northern Scotland as heavy snowfall of up to 10-20cm combines with strong winds. Elsewhere, there will be heavy spells of rain as the system moves through eastwards across the UK, he said. With the worst of the weather system a few days away, he advised those in the firing line to "prepare their property for the strong winds". The Met Office has issued yellow alerts for wind across Scotland, Northern Ireland, and the north of England on Saturday and Sunday, with a warning also in place for the Orkney and Shetland Islands on Sunday. There is a divide between the north and south of the UK, as further south it will be "breezy" and "much drier", with "some good sunny spells, particularly on Sunday afternoon and at times on Monday", the forecaster added. Very strong southerly winds are forecast for parts of Ireland on Saturday.

The 53-year-old, who hosted the Radio 2 breakfast show, had his contract terminated last Friday over an allegation relating to his "personal conduct". It emerged the Metropolitan Police had launched an investigation into Mills in December 2016 over "allegations of serious sexual offences against a teenage boy", said to have taken place between 1997 and 2000. However, the Crown Prosecution Service ultimately decided "the evidential threshold had not been met to bring charges", and the case was closed in May 2019, the police force added. The BBC confirmed on Wednesday that the organisation was aware of the investigation in 2017, but dismissed him after receiving "new information" in recent weeks. The broadcaster reported on Thursday that the corporation had sacked the presenter "after learning the alleged victim in the police investigation was under 16". "It is not clear if BBC managers at the time of the investigation in 2017 knew the age - but current management only became aware in recent weeks and took action," it said. Outgoing BBC director general Tim Davie said in a leaked recording of an internal staff call obtained by Sky News that new information had "quite recently" come to light, which made the decision the broadcaster needed to make "very clear". "It has been a tough week with Scott Mills and it's been a real shock to the organisation," he said. Rhodri Talfan Davies, who is replacing Mr Davie for an interim period, said on the call there are "lines and when individuals cross across the line, irrespective of the seniority or their profile, there are consequences". On Wednesday Mills issued his first public statement since news broke of his dismissal. "An allegation was made against me in 2016 of a historic sexual offence which was the subject of a police investigation in which I fully cooperated and responded to in 2018," he said. "As the police have stated, a file of evidence was submitted to the Crown Prosecution Service, which determined that the evidential threshold had not been met to bring charges. "Since the investigation related to an allegation that dates back nearly 30 years and the police investigation was closed seven years ago, I hope that the public and the media will understand and respect my wish not to make any further public comment on this matter." Read more from Sky News:Resident doctors lose jobs package and will strikeMother who lost sight after birth has vision restored Mills' final show before he was taken off-air by the BBC was on Tuesday 24 March. He signed off by saying "back tomorrow", but the following day's show was presented by Gary Davies, who did not give a reason for Mills' absence. Mills took over from Zoe Ball on Radio 2's breakfast show in 2025 after a long career at the BBC and regional radio. He was paid between £355,000 and £359,999. Earlier on Wednesday, a BBC spokesperson said the corporation "spoke directly" with Mills before terminating his contract. The statement went on: "The BBC has made a significant commitment to improve its culture, processes and standards. "Last year, following an independent culture review, we set out the behavioural expectations for everyone who works with or for the BBC and we were clear action would be taken if these were not met."

Sir Keir Starmer issued an ultimatum on Tuesday, saying the government would withdraw its offer of thousands of NHS jobs, extra training places, and pay reforms if the walkout wasn't called off within 48 hours. With no agreement reached, the medics – formerly known as junior doctors – will strike for six days from 7 April. The British Medical Association's (BMA) resident doctors' committee has maintained the government's pay rise offer does not go far enough to deal with the cost of living. Sir Keir has pointed out the 3.5% proposal is above inflation and would take their total raise over three years to 35%. Writing in The Times earlier this week, he said strikes would be "reckless" and damage the NHS. But the committee's chair, Dr Jack Fletcher, said the government's approach was "extremely disappointing". Using the offer of more training places as a "pawn" in negotiations was "simply wrong", he said. "We have consistently maintained that we are willing to postpone industrial action should a genuinely credible offer be provided. This remains the case now, up to, and throughout any period of industrial action," he added. More from Sky News:Scott Mills breaks silenceClaims of sex scandal 'cover-up' A Department of Health and Care spokesperson maintained the deal on offer was "generous". "Because the BMA resident doctor committee has not agreed to call off these strikes and put an offer to members, we will now not be able to deliver the 1,000 extra training places which the BMA asked for," they said. "These posts would have gone live this month, but as systems now need to prepare for strikes and more uncertainty, it simply won't be operationally or financially possible to launch these posts in April in time to recruit for this year. "This won't impact the overall number of resident doctors, and the NHS will be there for patients when they need it." They said attention must now turn towards protecting patients by minimising disruption during the walkout. It will be the 15th round of strikes by resident doctors in England since 2023.

For all the analysis of what has gone wrong to leave Spurs in this perilous position, the sheer scale of the club makes a possible demotion to the second tier hard to comprehend... Squad cost Tottenham have the sixth most valuable squad in the Premier League. Yet, here they are, 17th in the table. Back where they finished last season - but this time in real danger of the drop. Live Premier League table | Watch FREE PL highlightsGot Sky? Watch Premier League games LIVE on your phone📱Not got Sky? Get Sky Sports or stream with no contract on NOW 📺 The £747.8m combined valuation of Spurs players is so far in excess of the squad cost of other sides battling relegation it will leave fans questioning whether their players are really worth such astronomical figures. It's no surprise they are the biggest underperformers when that ranking is stacked against league position. Wages When it comes to value for money, it's also worth noting Spurs rank seventh in the Premier League for wages paid, according to Capology. Their gross annual payroll for this season is estimated at £136.8m - that's £49.3m more than Nottingham Forest and £62.6m more than West Ham, two teams they are battling with for top-flight survival. If Spurs were relegated, the below chart hints at the enormity of cost-cutting they may have to undergo. Currently their wage bill is more than three times that of the most highly-paid Championship squad - Leicester City. Their new boss Roberto De Zerbi doesn't have a relegation release clause in his contract. Transfer spending The transfer market is another big point of difference between where Spurs are and where they could be headed. They spent almost as much in the two transfer windows this season as the entirety of the Championship combined. Spurs' transfer spending over the past five seasons is equivalent to 67 per cent of transfer fees paid by the three teams relegated (or currently in the relegation zone) combined across those seasons. Revenue and debt Tottenham ranked ninth across Europe in the Deloitte Money League 2026. Their revenue for the 2024/25 season was 672.6m Euros - that was £565m at the exchange rate in January when the report was published - placing Spurs just behind Man Utd and ahead of fellow heavyweights Chelsea and Inter Milan. Championship clubs had a combined revenue of £958m for the 2023/24 season, although that figure fluctuates substantially season-on-season depending on which clubs are in the league. Spurs also had a net debt of £772m in June 2024, which was mainly made up of loans used to finance the building of their stadium. Championship net debt in 23/24 was £1.5bn. Stadium size 'Tottenham away, ole, ole,' sang Lincoln City fans gleefully last month. The prospect of the Imps going to Spurs' £1bn stadium as Championship rivals next season has frequently been noted to highlight the enormity of Tottenham's potential tumble out of the top flight. But perhaps it would be the reverse match which would really underline the point - Lincoln's LNER Stadium can host 10,130 fans in contrast to the 62,850 capacity at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium. It's a world away from the venues Spurs' multi-millionaire footballers are used to playing at. The smallest stadium in the Championship right now is Oxford United's Kassam Stadium, with a 12,500 capacity. Season ticket prices A change of league could also hit Spurs in the pocket when it comes to what they could charge for tickets. Adult season tickets this season at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium cost between £856 and £2,223. At Championship side QPR you could get a season ticket for £262. Training ground When it comes to facilities, the magnificent Spurs training centre is another point of contrast. The state-of-the-art venue, which boasts its own on-site accommodation, cost £45m to build and opened in 2012. If you adjust that for inflation that is the equivalent of £65.6m - dwarfing the £10m Championship side Stoke City spent on their training ground which opened in February 2026. Honours So would Tottenham be the biggest team ever to be relegated from the Premier League? While their finances would suggest so, there may be other clubs rivalling them for that unwanted accolade when it comes to honours. The below table shows the number of titles a team had when they were first relegated from the Premier League. Seven-time champions of England Aston Villa went down in 2016. If Spurs were to drop, last season's Europa League triumph means they would be the first side to go down having won the Champions League or Europa League (European Cup/UEFA Cup) on three occasions. Leeds and Huddersfield have also been relegated from the Premier League and have both won more league titles than Spurs (three each). Social media following In the modern world, we can also measure the size of a club by their social media following. Spurs have almost 10 million more followers on Instagram than the Championship's most-followed club Leicester City. The Foxes account for a major chunk of the 18.67 million followers of Championship clubs combined on that platform, which only just surpasses the 17.38 million who follow Spurs. Counting the cost for Spurs... Relegation from the Premier League would be a big hit to the prestige of Tottenham Hotspur. As the figures above show, they are a behemoth of English football in so many areas. But their enormity would also mean a drop to the Championship would hit them substantially on the balance sheet. Relegation would cost around £100m. Unless they win the Champions League, they will be substantially worse off for not playing in Europe's elite club competition. They pocketed £45.5m in prize money alone this season for reaching the last-16, with broadcast revenue to be added to that figure. Will attendances remain as strong in the second tier? Currently, 22 per cent of Spurs' income is from matchday revenue. They would receive a Premier League parachute payment of around £50m, though, if they spend one season in the Championship. The figures across the board are enormous - and highlight the scale of a potential relegation for Spurs. Sky Sports News special: Inside Spurs On Thursday at 7pm, Sky Sports News will be airing a special programme about Spurs' issues with their ever-present Premier League status under serious threat. 'Inside Spurs' will feature special guests, including Jamie O'Hara, to dissect and examine the club's predicament as they aim to avoid a first relegation in 49 years. The programme will also analyse the appointment of Roberto De Zerbi, who has just become the club's third head coach of the season.

But behind closed doors, he was cutting corners financially, providing sub-standard coffins and DIY flowers to the bereaved, and funeral staff were refusing to work with him over unpaid bills. Sky News has spoken to a celebrant who worked closely with Bush, 48, for several years. On Thursday, the funeral director pleaded guilty to 30 counts of preventing a lawful burial. The woman, who we are calling Sarah, was contracted by him to lead funeral services. She's agreed to speak anonymously - she still works in the funeral sector in Hull and says there are "repercussions" for any association with Bush. During an hour-long interview, Sarah described Bush as "a bit of a cheeky chappy". "We got on well," she says, describing the funeral director as "very polite, well-spoken, very empathetic and generally a nice guy". "I think that's what makes everything that's happened since so disgusting." But Sarah says she grew increasingly concerned at what was happening at Legacy Independent Funeral Directors. "There'd been occasions where Bush's cheques had bounced," she says. "Or he paid me in cash, and several bearers had stopped working with him over unpaid bills." "I even offered to help with his paperwork," she says, after Bush told her "he was feeling overwhelmed". "He politely declined, for which I'm grateful," she adds. Beyond how he treated colleagues, Sarah says she witnessed "things getting cheaper" at the funeral home, especially in the two years leading up to Bush's arrest. Legacy's city centre premises on Hessle Road, where police discovered the remains of 30 bodies in March 2024, was starting to look "increasingly shabby". Sarah describes its on-site chapel, where Bush offered to hold services for grieving families, as "very untidy". "It was not the respectful, calm place you would have hoped for," she says. "The order of service, for example, he was printing them himself and they were just on thin bits of folded A4 paper, rather than on good quality card." "A number of florists had stopped working for him because he hadn't paid, so he started actually doing his own flower arranging," Sarah adds. "On one occasion he'd had a deceased turned away from a local crematoria because the coffin was sub-standard. "I believe he was making them up himself, almost like flat-pack furniture," Sarah says - while still charging families "the normal price". Broken promises Sarah described the last time she worked with Bush, several months before his arrest. "He was just not himself and I didn't want to be associated with a funeral director that wasn't as professional," she explains. The breaking point came during a service at the funeral home's on-site chapel when Bush didn't show up. "I had to bring the deceased into the chapel myself," she says, shaking her head. "He promised the family that they would be able to livestream the service for family members who weren't able to make it, but he didn't have that facility, and I ended up using my mobile phone to record it." The music system "wasn't set up correctly" and, on this occasion, there were no flowers "to make the place look more appropriate to be holding a funeral". "That was the last time I worked with him," she says. She expressed her concerns to him over text message but never got a response. 'Did I bury the right person?' Months later, along with stunned families, Sarah learnt what police had found at the site where she had led services. "It was just unbelievable," she says. "I certainly didn't have any inkling. Financial? Yes. But everything else? No." More than two years after his arrest, Bush admitted 30 counts of preventing lawful and decent burials, relating to the remains found at his funeral home, as well as 30 counts of defrauding families. There were four counts of fraud relating to mothers of babies lost during pregnancy, who had asked Bush to arrange the cremation of their unborn babies. And he also admitted defrauding more than 50 families, relating to a large quantity of ashes found at the funeral home. "Where did he think it was going to end? How was he going to dispose of all the bodies?" Sarah asks. Describing it as a "nightmare", she adds: "I personally don't know [if] the burial that I did for him, whether I've actually buried the right person. And that's something that lives with me. "So I can't believe how much it'll affect the families that have been involved."

The former Little Mix star has campaigned for all newborn babies to be screened for the rare condition after her twins, Ocean Jade and Story Monroe Nelson, were diagnosed. They were found to have the condition, which causes progressive muscle wastage, which Nelson says means they will probably never walk, after being born prematurely last year. The 34-year-old launched a petition for more health checks for babies, appearing on Sky News to promote her campaign, and it reached 100,000 signatures. Health Secretary Wes Streeting has now announced the checks will be rolled out as part of in-screening evaluations from this October, rather than January 2027. These are used to test proposed screening programmes before they are adopted nationally. In a letter to Nelson and Giles Lomax, the boss of the SMA UK charity, Mr Streeting said he was keen on a full rollout and promised to keep them updated. Nelson, a patron of the charity, celebrated the news in a post on Instagram. "I am so proud, as this is a major milestone for the SMA community," she said. More from Sky News:Watch historic moon launchTrump says war aims 'near completion' Early treatment can help prevent some of the most devastating consequences of her twins' condition. They have had a one-off infusion that puts a missing gene back into their body to stop other muscles from dying, however, they will not be able to regain any muscles that have already died. Mr Lomax said his charity would continue to work towards a UK-wide rollout of SMA screening, adding: "No baby should be left behind based on where they live."

Sir Keir Starmer and opposition parties had called for Simon Dudley to be sacked as Reform's new housing spokesman after he said the 72 deaths were a "tragedy and a failure" but "everyone dies in the end". Politics latest: UK to host virtual summit to discuss 'viable plan' for reopening Strait of Hormuz Reform leader Mr Farage revealed on Thursday morning Mr Dudley had been sacked, adding: "He's no longer a spokesman for the party." Mr Farage added that his comments were "frankly rather shocking to many people". An inquiry into the 2017 blaze in west London found the deaths were avoidable and preventable, while safety concerns were regularly ignored by local and national politicians. Grenfell United, which represents some of the survivors and bereaved, said in a statement on Thursday: "Our loved ones did not simply 'die.' They were failed. "They were trapped in their homes, in a building that should have been safe, in a fire that should never have happened. Reducing their deaths to an inevitability strips away the truth: this was preventable. "To speak about Grenfell in this way is to erase responsibility. It suggests this was just fate, just 'how it goes,' rather than the result of years of ignored warnings, poor decisions, and a failure to value the lives of residents, and is deeply offensive and ill-informed. "Everyone deserves the right to a safe home. But this attitude clearly shows Simon Dudley is not the man to ensure that happens." In an interview with industry magazine Inside Housing, published on Wednesday, Mr Dudley said the building safety regulations introduced after the Grenfell fire were not working. "That was a tragedy, it was a failure," he said. "Sadly, you know, everyone dies in the end. It's just how you go, right? "Extracting Grenfell from the statistics, actually people dying in house fires is rare. Many, many more people die on the roads driving cars - but we're not making cars illegal, so why are we stopping houses being built?" On Thursday morning, the prime minister called on Reform leader Nigel Farage to sack Mr Dudley over his comments. Read more: Farage no longer wants a deal with the Tories, he wants to destroy themWill new donor rules hit Reform's finances? Mr Farage brought Mr Dudley, a former head of Homes England, in as an expert to advise the party after he joined Reform in February. He is a former Conservative leader of Windsor and Maidenhead Council, when he called for "aggressive begging" to be tackled in Windsor ahead of the Duke and Duchess of Sussex's wedding. Mr Dudley retweeted a post quoting his "everyone dies in the end" comments on Wednesday. But after calls came for him to be sacked, Mr Dudley said Grenfell was "an utter tragedy and quite rightly prompted a wholesale review and tightening of fire regulations". He added: "In no shape or form am I belittling that disaster or the huge loss of life. It must never happen again. "I reiterate that, and am sorry if it was not sufficiently clear.

De Zerbi's arrival on a five-year contract was met with concern by the Tottenham Hotspur Supporters' Trust, who said that his hiring "raises serious and far-reaching concerns", adding in a strongly-worded statement that Spurs were directly warned about the "strength of feeling" among fans. Greenwood joined Marseille from Manchester United in 2024 after charges against him, which included attempted rape and assault, were dropped. Last November, De Zerbi described him as a "good guy" who paid a "heavy price". He added at the time: "It saddens me what happened in his life because I know a totally different person than the one who was described." Opting to speak in Italian during his first interview with the club media, De Zerbi addressed the comments for the first time since his appointment, saying: "I have never wanted to downplay the issue of violence against women or violence against anyone more broadly. "In my life I have always stood up for who are more vulnerable, more fragile. I have consistently fought and taken a stand to be on the side of those who are more at risk. "Those of you who know me well will know I'm not the type of person who makes compromises to win more games or to win an extra title. I apologise to those who I offended with this subject matter. I have a daughter and I'm very sensitive to these things and always have been. "I hope that over time, people will get to know me better and will understand that in that moment I didn't mean to take a stance." De Zerbi is still expected to speak about his comments during his first press conference, Sky Sports News understands. Greenwood was charged in October 2022 with one count of attempted rape, one of controlling and coercive behaviour and another of assault occasioning actual bodily harm over allegations relating to a woman after images and videos were posted online, although the Crown Prosecution Service dropped the charges in February 2023. The charges against Greenwood were dropped because of "a combination of the withdrawal of key witnesses and new material that came to light", which meant there was "no realistic prospect of conviction". Sky Sports News understands the Spurs board carefully considered and discussed the sentiments around De Zerbi's association with Greenwood during the hiring process.