Tomorrow: The southern half of England and Wales will have a cloudy day with some outbreaks of rain. The rain will be heavy along the south coast, but will turn rather more showery through the afternoon. It will become progressively brighter further north with some good sunny spells and a few showers, the showers mainly in the west.

Outlook: Remaining changeable through the weekend with a band of rain moving eastwards into western England through Saturday. Turning breezy everywhere, but mild.

Story date: Thursday 22 April

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