heavy rain in northern scotland, a little bit of brightness sticking out across parts of eastern england. the weather is cloudy, wet or bright where you are, we are all in this wedge of mild air so it does feel unseasonably mild. but as i say sunshine quite limited. the best of it across eastern and southern parts of england, some other eastern parts of england, some other eastern parts of wales, but northern ireland seeing thick cloud, the odd spot of drizzle and that heavy rain continuing to affect northern parts of scotland. 11 13 the top temperatures. turning increasingly windy across scotland as we head into the evening, and this band of increasingly light and patchy rain sinking a little further southwards before beginning to drift northwards again by the end of the night. these are the overnight lows, very mild indeed, 6 10 so a very mild start friday morning. this band of cloud and patchy rain drifting its way through northern england and then up across scotland as we
atjockey club race meets across britain. instead of restricting racegoers from watching the action in certain enclosures based on what they are wearing, they say they want visitors to dress as you feel most comfortable and confident. the change takes place with immediate effect and follows feedback from racegoers. that s all the sport for now. you can, of course, find more on all those stories on the bbc sport website. a reminder of that website address that s bbc.co.uk/sport. i ll be back in an hour with another update. the government has announced it will hold a public inquiry into the 0magh bombing. the biggest single atrocity in the troubles which killed 29 people and injured over 200 others. the attack was carried out by dissident republicans. the northern ireland secretary chris heaton harris said one of the issues it would look at was whether the bombing was preventable. the 0magh bombing of the 15th of