corner of the studio, but a story in two parts, the weekend weather, it starts with a lot of cloud but a mild feel. it ends on sunday with something a little bit chillier but much brighter. but certainly right now we have got a lot of cloud out there, that cloud actually thickening up enough to produce drizzle, some mist and murk of a high ground, limited clear breaks. but with that cloud cover, temperatures not dropping too far, 6-9 , temperatures not dropping too far, 6 9 , so i really might start to saturday morning, but a cloudy start for most. if you look closely at the map, some breaks appearing in the cloud, there will be some spells of sunshine, but equally, for northern ireland and scotland, this band of rain pushing in from the west, eventually with something brighter following on behind. 9 12 degrees. but as the band of cloud and rain sinks further south and east during tomorrow night, the rain will weaken but we will start to introduce something colder behind this
but with a world cup looming, the start of this year s championship is a timely boost for a game in need of a lift. 2003, and england win the grand slam. sensational finish! before going on to claim their only global crown. 20 years on, new head coach steve borthwick is tasked with rediscovering such glory, starting against old rivals scotland. there s few fixtures in world rugby that have the ability to excite people more than this fixture. i m looking forward to the loud, packed twickenham this weekend. and england supporters are going to be cheering on this team. england have lost twice in a row against their opening opponents, scotland last year s defeat at murrayfield the start of a disappointing campaign that saw them finish in third place under the recently sacked eddiejones. but now there s added turmoil here in the community game amid mounting concern over head injuries, the rfu has apologised for its handling of a rule change lowering the tackle height. the memb
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
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mild night as temperatures stay around 10 celsius. a lot of cloud again tomorrow, and that cloud delivering patchy rain early and then spreading north across scotland where any early sunshine will be short lived. for england and wales, expect a lot of cloud. again, we may see brightness coming through at times but also damp and drizzly in the hills in the west. northern ireland trying to brighten up a little bit and it s a milder day, up to 14 degrees in hull and london. overnight and into saturday, whilst during the day england and wales stays mainly dry, will move south through scotland and northern ireland. temperatures are starting to come down a little bit. the rain is a cold front, and is that weakens overnight into sunday, that allows the blue, the colder air to come in. what a big area of high pressure is building in, and that means a lot of settled but also sunny weather on sunday. so it will feel colder but there will be abundant sunshine. bearin there will be abund