professor nigel demic on _ optimistic. professor nigel demic on why _ optimistic. nigel- demic on why thousands went on holiday to catch a cold. and thatis holiday to catch a cold. and that is all for this special edition of witness history from here injohannesburg. we will be back soon with more first—hand accounts of extraordinary moments in history, but for now, from me and the rest of the witness history team, it's goodbye. hello. i think, overall, the weather is looking pretty good for most of us, most of the time, over the next two or three days. however, there is certainly some rain in the forecast, and through the early hours, you can see it across the northwest of england, just about into southern wales, and a few showers in northern ireland, too. these are the morning temperatures, around 8am. now, through the afternoon on friday, we are expecting further showers to continue here in the northwest of the uk, but also showers will develop during the afternoon, across parts of wales and the midlands. some of them could be heavy and thundery, through this zon