further north in the staffordshi re h ills early to drop. further north in the staffordshire hills early this morning it was a win to receive. the showers giving some snow up over the hills in this part of the country. those showers are moving away. they are certainly much fewer now. most of us are enjoying sunshine through the rest of the day, though there's more cloud coming into northern ireland, threatening to bring a change in the weather here. we'll had further south, where we could see one or two had further south, where we could see one oi’ two showers had further south, where we could see one or two showers arriving in the south—west of england, south wales. it's just a threat really through the afternoon. one or offshore just now. most of england and wales will be dry and quite sunny, top temperature about 12 celsius in the south—east. we still got a few showers in the north—west of england, they should fade away this afternoon. more cloud in northern ireland threatening rain later. we have wintry showers and snow over the hills in

further north in the staffordshi re h ills early to drop.n to receive. the showers giving some snow up over the hills in this part of the country. those showers are moving away. they are certainly much fewer now. most of us are enjoying sunshine through the rest of the day, though

the regulator the coc spent nearly three years carrying out inspections following the mid staffordshitions following the mid staffordshire patient care scandal. this is the first annual report on all of them. one of the key findings is the wide variation in the quality of services. across the major hospital trusts in england, 68% have been rated as inadequate or requiring improvement. 81% of trusts are said to need to improve safety. but 93% were rated as good or outstanding for the caring attitude of staff. there is variation between trusts, there is variation within trusts, there is variation within trusts, you can get a very good service within a trust that's struggling or you can get an individual service that is not doing so individual service that is not doing so well in an otherwise good trust. praise is given to some trusts which have made significant improvements, including university hospitals bristol. the first to go from requiring improvement direct to outstanding from two inspections. requiring improvement direct to outstanding from two inspectionslj think the findings of