from cancer research _ four nations malcolm clark from cancer research uk, _ four nations malcolmk from - cancer research uk, really going out to have a good news story about cancer deaths falling but we can't rest on our laurels. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. you may have noticed things feeling a little milder out there today. certainly temperatures have been on the rise, but we're paying for it because it's another fairly cloudy day for many of us with outbreaks of rain, too. this is the picture in bedfordshire. we have had some spells of hazy sunshine in the south and the east, but really through the rest of today, showery rain affecting much of the uk. but it is certainly feeling mild, particularly in the south. that's down to the fact that we've got the air coming in from the southwest, this warm front sitting across parts of scotland in particular. a cold front does follow on behind, so something a little cooler and showery later in the day, particularly out towards the west. but we could see 16, possibly 17 degrees in the warmest spots across parts of eastern englan