back up to 17 in cardiff and that transition to milder weather pushing northwards continues into sunday with the milder air reaching scotland too. there will be a lot of cloud around, some mist and fog patches and the cloud thickener for an occasional spot of rain through the afternoon. we might see brighter spells breaking through across central and eastern areas of the uk but the temperatures back up to 18 degrees in london. the average for october is about 1k so it stays very mild. a reminder of our top story. the number of people waiting for routine hospital operations reaches a record high in england — 5.7 million people need procedures like hip and knee replacements. that's all from the bbc news at one. on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. good afternoon, it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news... cameron norrie could become the men's british number one later