John: It with a cold start to the day with temperatures at freezing or well below from the north Midlands up through Scotland. Sunnier for many areas today with a few isolated showers while the southeast will see some persistent rain

John: Generally a cloudy day to come. Still with some rain across parts of England and Wales, but not as heavy as we've seen recently. Gardeners watch out for frost developing tonight with widespread frosts through the weekend.

John: More heavy rain fell across southern England and Wales last night and this will weaken as it moves into northern England this afternoon.

John: A a lot of low cloud and mistiness to start today but most places will have a dry morning, some patchy rain will develop across central parts of England this afternoon while this evening a pulse of heavier rain will creep into the southeast of England and will affect areas south of the M4 corridor tonight.