son on saturday. conservationists blame the rapid expansion of human settlements around forests. a new picture of one of the queen s favourite ponies has been released by buckingham palace, following her appearance at the monarch s funeral. the fell pony called emma stood to the side of the long walk as the funeral cortege was driven along the approach to windsor castle. the queen had ridden the black pony for light exercise in the castle grounds over the previous 15 years. now it s time for a look at the weather with nick. hello. contrast between the fine day across the south east of the uk and the wet and windy one in the north west, though the rain will begin to pull away from northern ireland to leave a dry and clear evening. it s moving now across more of scotland. before dark some of that in towards north west england, north west wales, across more of northern england and wales as the evening goes on. been quite pleasant after the chilly start in that sunshine towards the south e