edward st aubyn, author of dunbar, thank you very much. thank you.nshine today and heavy showers, especially along the north sea coast. elsewhere, under clear skies, we will see temperatures dipping away to give a widespread frost. as ever, temperatures will be colder in the countryside, well below freezing for some of us. some of us will be scraping the ice off the car. still a few showers clipping coastal england along the north sea coast tomorrow, fading in the afternoon. cloud increasing for england and wales, figure clad in scotla nd england and wales, figure clad in scotland and northern ireland, producing some rain and snow over higher ground in scotland. how much for how long is still open to question. keep checking the forecast tomorrow morning. they will be another cold day, with cloud increasing across the uk. but milder air comes increasing across the uk. but milder aircomes infor increasing across the uk. but milder air comes in for tuesday but with lots of cloud. this is bbc news. the headlines at 7:00: nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the br

edward st aubyn, author of dunbar, thank you very much. thank you. the least. in any one day of the whole of this week it would seem. the south started cloudy and then it turned into a half decent day. where was more constant, not that you may have enjoyed it, is the north of scotla nd have enjoyed it, is the north of scotland where it was windy and a lot of showers and you get more of the saints night. we do see a change is further south with a frontal system bringing cloud and rain down eventually to england and wales. it doesn't get to that south—east until probably just that point when you are thinking about stepping out the door on friday. there comes a belt of weather, it is on the move and it went hang around. but it is that the law that says just when you need to be dry, that is when it will rain. it will move away sharpish because there is a north—westerly behind it. once that is a way then many other places are in the rate of the day. the east will see more sunshine, north and west scotland will see more showers and northern ireland. we wil

edward st aubyn, author of dunbar, thank you very much. thank you.etty glorious day, but it was cold. windy as well, particularly down the east coast, plenty of showers here, too, some continuing through the night. they become more confined to the north sea coast of england, elsewhere turning drier and colder than previous nights. a widespread frost developing in several places, you can see the blue colours there. something a little less cold pushing into the north—west by the end of the night as a weather system pushes in, bringing increasing cloud and outbreaks of rain. so we start monday morning cold and frosty, you can still see the blue hue, so some places around freezing or below. we will continue to still see scattered showers and blustery conditions across the eastern coast, particularly from lincolnshire down towards east anglia. the odd heavier one, too. for much of northern england, also a cold start, but increasing wind and cloud across the west of scotland, outbreaks of rain pushing into the western isles. this weather will continue east

and then at quarter to eight, meet the author talks to edward st aubyn about his latest novel dunbarmporary retelling of king lear. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday with me will perry, the headlines this evening kick off just over an hour away, we'll be live in belfast on a huge night for northern ireland. we'll have the action from the womens's ashes test in sydney where england's women failed to capitalise on a good start. and...in the middle of a tax controversy, we'll hearfrom newly crowned fi world champion lewis hamilton ahead of sunday's brazilian grand prix. let's start with a look ahead to a huge match for northern ireland tonight, a 7.45 kick off in belfast. northern ireland haven't been to a world cup since 1986 and tonight they have the chance to get one foot into russia 2018. michael 0'neil‘s side face switzerland in the first leg of their play—off. 0ur sports correspondent joe wilson is there for us, joe windsor park will be absolutely rocking tonight. absolutely, it's the biggest football match in bel