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hello again. it was a cold start to the day in southeast england this morning with temperatures close to freezing. but for the rest of us, it was fairly mild. that s because we ve got this weather front which is continuing to journey southwards and eastwards, weakening all the time. and you can see that we are looking at a breezy day, but gusty winds across the northwest of scotland. so here s the cloud and the increasingly patchy rain as the weather front fragments heading south. it won t get into the far southeast till after dark and behind it for scotland and for northern ireland, we are looking at it brightening up. there ll be some sunshine and just a few showers, primarily in the west. temperatures 12 to 18 degrees north to south. now, if we pick up this weather front as we go through the course of the evening in the southeast, not much more than a band of clouds,
further north or south than the charts suggest. we ve also got rain crossing northern ireland and scotland, but in between, something drier and brighter. hello. this is bbc news. i m martine croxall, and these are the headlines. prime minister liz truss prepares for pmqs in about half an hour, her first time at the dispatch box since last month s mini budget sparked market turmoil. we ll be joining politics live for that. it comes as fears are raised of a recession this year as households face soaring costs and the economy unexpectedly shrank by 0.3% in august for the first time in two months. the bank of england confirms its emergency bond buying scheme will close on friday, despite reports that it was considering extending its support for financial markets. ukraine s defence minister arrives in brussels to ask nato to step up support for his country so it can create what it calls an air shield against russian missile attacks.
on a largely dry note, might be some mist and fog first thing, and then we ve got the showers. a lot of those will be in the north and the west. some of those will be heavy, potentially thundery. and on the tops of the mountains in scotland, they could be wintry. less chance of seeing the showers in the southeast, but temperatures only nine in lerwick to about 17 in norwich and london. we still have areas of low pressure crossing us as we head on through the weekend. so the weather will be changeable, there will be showers, especially in the west. some of those could be heavy, drier conditions as we push further south and east with highs up to 17.
the odd spot of rain, but it will pep up as we go through the course of the night. clear skies follow on behind with just one or two showers. the showers especially in the northwest. and we ll see some patchy mist and fog form. it s going to be a cooler night for most than last night. the exception to that is in the southeast where it will be milder, but temperatures could fall to freezing around eastern parts of scotland and northeast england. tomorrow, then, a weather front does clear away from the southeast. but we ve got another clutch of fronts coming in from the southwest. now, the position of the rain from these fronts might be a bit further north or south. so do keep watching the weather forecast. and we ve got rain crossing northern ireland and scotland not getting into the east to later. but in between these two areas, we re looking at dry, sunny conditions with variable amounts of cloud. then as we head on in to thursday, friday and even the weekend, actually, we ve got area