colin paterson, bbc news, batley. let's catch up with the weather. hello.. rain is a story for some but not all. sunshine around. a beautiful picture from a weather watcher in argyll and bute. further east, a cloudy day so far. a soggy day so far. as you can see from the radar picture, heavy rain across east anglia, the london area and sinking down towards the south coast. this band of rain is moving slowly which means the rain will pile up in places and could cause some further issues and localised flooding. 14 or 15 celsius with breezy conditions as well. further west and up into wales and northern england, largely dry. sunny spells as well and temperatures up to 20 celsius. a decent afternoon in scotla nd celsius. a decent afternoon in scotland and northern ireland. 19 or 20 celsius. the edinburgh fringe festival today and tomorrow should stay largely dry. and for most it is going to be a fine evening. not so across the south—east. we will see this wet weather continuing to sink its way very slowly. mainly clear by the first part of tomorrow morning. tom

colin paterson, bbc news, batley. very different days of weather. the best of the sunshine to be found in the north and west. that was the scene earlier on today. more cloud ahead from this weather watcher. the reader picture shows we have had heavy rain across parts of england. this band of rain moving slowly. the wet weather will be consistent across east anglia. the odd flash of lightning and rumble of thunder and the potential for travel disruption with the potential for flash flooding. 15 celsius. for wales, northern england, cloud around but the prospects are driving around the rest of the day. sunny spells across scotland. temperatures for glasgow and belfast may be 20 celsius. tonight, those dry conditions will spread further south. rain coming on across kent. as the skies clear, it will turn chilly particularly out in countryside. for celsius in some northern and western areas. a cold start to thursday morning but a bright start for many. this high—pressure taking charge of the scene, some fine weather to com

tonight a special production of les miserables has its premiere in batley, west yorkshire.piece of youth theatre. 0ur entertainment correspondent colin paterson was at one of the final rehearsals. singing it's it‘s the west end in west yorkshire. all to honour the late mp, jo cox. give me that energy, give me the eyes. the west end direct nick evans came up with the idea of putting on a show using children from jo cox‘s constituency. i want to show the communities that people across the uk, and in particularthe communities that people across the uk, and in particular the west end community, cared about what happened. this project, to do les miserables in a warehouse in batley and spen, the town and jo cox represented. we are using the young people to tell the story and provide a narrative of hope. although it is youth theatre, everything is to be ofa youth theatre, everything is to be of a west end standard. the set is amazing, we have got amazing direct his working on it. we are working with experienced people. even the costu mes with experienced people. even the costumes

and we will speak to steve batley, four—time european champion. he never got a gold. north and west. heavy downpours. possibly thundery. the highest chance of that combination in the south—east and east anglia, especially later on. this morning, we have sunshine. bright spells. showers. in the north and west of the uk, that is. some rain as well rotating around an area of low pressure. some of that will be heavy as we go through the morning. behind that, carrying on with sunshine and showers in scotla nd with sunshine and showers in scotland in the north—west england. some thundery. north—east england this afternoon, rain. that extends across the pennines, the midlands, east anglia, the south—east, hampshire, the home counties, down towards the isle of wight as well. cool temperatures. the other thing you will find us we could see large rainfall totals in east anglia and the south—east in a small amount of time. towards the south—west, a mixture of bright spells, sunshine, showers. wales, more frequent showers. wales, more frequent showers. some will be heavy and thun