north westerly breeze, a weak front sinking south and the breeze through this afternoon will continue to fed showers into northern and western scotland and the odd one in northern ireland and some rain on the tail end of the front in the south west. a fine story for most, spells of sunshine and temperatures in the high teens to the low 20s. through the evening and overnight the front clears to the south of the uk. some thicker cloud in northern ireland and western scotland through the small hours. but with clear spells in central and southern england it could be chilly with a low of six degrees in rural spots. a lot of sunshine as the day starts in the uk. but this bank of cloud in northern ireland will drift further south, pushing into wales and southern england come the afternoon and western scotland. some rain for western scotland. elsewhere, a dry story. temperatures similar to today. forthe story. temperatures similar to today. for the action on court, not anticipating a
world ahead of the commonwealth games in australia. and not one, not two, but three boaty mcboatfaces. the little yellow submarines, named by the public, set off on their first scientific expedition. and carol has the weather. thank you and good morning. they call thank you and good morning. they ca ll start thank you and good morning. they call start to the day with frost around first thing and we have a wea k around first thing and we have a weak weather front sinking south bringing cloud and patchy rain. for most of us it will be dry and right with sunshine. more details in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. the legislation paving the way for theresa may to begin the formal negotiations for withdrawing britain from the european union faces its final test in parliament today. ministers hope mps will reject the two changes made to the brexit bill in the house of lords. peers want to guarantee the rights of eu citizens in the uk and ensure parliament has a vote
of commons and we will be bringing you the debate as it happens. i am live in westminster where we will have continuing reaction to that surprise announcement from scotland s first minister. the other main headlines this hour: thousands of commuters are hit by a 24 hour rail strike as union members from three train companies walk out. and the queen launches the baton relay for the 2018 commonwealth games in australia, a 388 dayjourney around the world. scotland s first minister says she wa nts to scotland s first minister says she wants to trigger a second independence referendum in scotland. nicola sturgeon sichuan to devote between autumn next year 2018, and spring 2019, when the terms of the eu exit for britain are clearer. she said scotland was being taken down a road to ha rd said scotland was being taken down a road to hard brexit over which she had and scotland had no control. everyone was caught by surprise by the announcement. downing street announced it as divisive.