john lewis, are chartering extra ships to bring in their festive supplies. that is not an option forfirms like gerald's. all he wants for christmas is for his toys to arrive in time for people to buy them. now it's time for a look at the weather with 0wain. i hope you are doing all right. for many of us we will see dry weather and some sunshine today. however, we have this weak weather front draped across the uk. that is bringing thicker cloud and some patchy rain as well. you can see it here in the close—up view across northern parts of england, the south of scotland, then wrapping around western parts of wales towards the south—west of england. either side of this some sunshine. cooler to the north. top temperature is 22 or 23 celsius. as we head through this evening the weather front gets reinvigorated, if you like, and we will see heavy spells of rain developing. as we head through the day tomorrow we will continue with that. the weather front creeping