warmer does not always mean drier, and on the satellite picture you can see a bit of cloud, quite a nice looking satellite picture, but each of those curls of cloud will bring some rain at times. but the winds generally coming up from the south, the orange colours show that it is going to be quite a one week, and that should last into the use to recant. this afternoon, this band of showery rain will be pushing its way northwards. the best of the sunshine i think we ll be across eastern areas although it will be turning increasingly hazy. these are the average wind speeds. gusts will be “p average wind speeds. gusts will be up to 40mph or more. some chilly air still clinging on in the north of scotland. we will see further pulses of heavy and possibly thundery rain coming up from the south. quite a lot of cloud and for the vast majority, for almost everyone, it will be frost free, a mild start to tuesday morning. with quite a lot of cloud, outbreaks of showery and possibly t
banks of showers afterwards which could be heavy with some thunder around because temperatures again will respond to any sunshine ahead of that band of showers in eastern areas, we might see 20 tomorrow and we had 19 today. brighter skies following behind towards the west. through the evening and overnight the rain and showers fade pushing towards the north, the milder air eventually reaching the northern isles. tomorrow night again on the mild side, but by wednesday with those weather systems having moved out of the way, temporarily, we should have a drier day for many. can t rule out showers and again, i can t rule out they won t be heavy because with the strength of the april sunshine and temperatures leaping into the mid to high teens, there could be a rumble once again, but many places hopefully escaping them. and the easter weekend, more rain potentially on thursday and moving away, then high pressure may establish itself. so bright and dry and warm, it isjust establish
hello if you re watching in the uk or around the world, i m frankie mccamley. 118 people have been have been arrested at one of the most prestigious horse races in the world, the grand national. they were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage and public nuisance offences in relation to disruption at the grand national. protesters made their way onto the track at aintree, which had delayed the race. animal rights activists had warned they would try to disrupt the world famous race. a large number of police had been deployed to the ground and went onto the course to remove the protesters. the start of the race was delayed for 1h minutes whilst the group were cleared, but it did eventually go ahead and was won by corach rambler, ridden by the jockey derek fox. our correspondent, sharon barbour, spent the day at aintree racecourse. it s been a day of real drama. it began with the protesters which threatened to disrupt the most important race in the calendar, due to start at 5
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