the north—east of scotland. the showery rain will become more widespread by the afternoon , so widespread by the afternoon, so for much of england and wales it's a case of bright spells interspersed by showers, drier towards the northwest west of scotland, mostly dry, with some decent sunny spells . 12 or 13 decent sunny spells. 12 or 13 celsius here. 14 or 15 in the southwest. just ten again on the nonh southwest. just ten again on the north sea coast. friday starts off cold with a frost in many places. a sunny start, but quite quickly the cloud will build and we'll see further showers here and there, particularly towards the east. the weekend brings more unsettled weather from the south. longer spells of rain affecting many parts of england and wales. drier for scotland and wales. drier for scotland and northern ireland. >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on gb news. >> good evening. it's happened again. nick robinson from his lofty, comfortable perch at the bbc, is attacking