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will have a look at in a moment but it s this ridge of high pressure that follows on behind that will kill off the showers, the clearer skies and low temperatures as we head into the night time. we still got that rain clearing away from the east coast of england, hanging on across the northern isles. quite a few heavy showers coming into wales, heading into the midlands, towards the south east over the next few hours but few hours but fewer showers across western scotland and northern ireland where we are seeing sunshine. quite cool out there and breezy. the winds will drop this evening, showers fade away, we keep some cloud and a few showers keep going for a little longer at a cost eastern parts of england but with like winds and clear skies temperatures will be close to or just below freezing. we could see as low as 2, or 3, a slight frost into tomorrow morning, good friday. a sunny start for most of the country. as temperatures rise through the day the cloud will build a
manager as i can be. unfinished business sounds a bit hollywood, it sounds like you are looking for a great line. i want to work and help this club as much as i can. let s get more on frank lampard s cheslea return with olly kay, senior football writer at the athletic. some chelsea fans will be questioning the direction of the club and might feel this is a backward step. club and might feel this is a backward ste. , , ., backward step. i ve been questioning the direction backward step. i ve been questioning the direction of backward step. i ve been questioning the direction of the backward step. i ve been questioning the direction of the club backward step. i ve been questioning the direction of the club for - backward step. i ve been questioning the direction of the club for 12 - the direction of the club for 12 months, i think they ve made a number of terrible decisions with the transfer market and a lot of this has come from sacking a manager at the start of the
i quick snapshot from paris a quick snapshot from paris, a large number of protesters and police on the streets. we ve seen a few skirmishes but the stand off between government and protesters continues over that change to the pension age. we will return to paris in the next little while but those are some of the pictures coming into us. sport and for a full round up from the bbc sport centre, here s will parry. deja vu at chelsea! yes, chelsea say they re delighted to welcome frank lampard back to the club as caretaker manager until the end of the season. his return comes a little over two years after he was sacked and replaced by thomas tuchel. the former chelsea midfielder has been out of a job since being dismissed by everton injanuary. lampard held his first press conference ahead of saturday s game against wolves in the premier league and says the chance to come back was too good to turn down. i have a lot of emotions and feelings towards the club and i m also a prac