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this is gatton park, to the rest of reigate, thatis gatton park, to the rest of reigate, that is a boardingnd designed by lancelot capability brown and lovingly restored by the gatton park trust. that is made up of mostly volunteers. we will talk about that later. you might have had a disturbed night sleet last night, thousands of lightning strikes across the area in the south. the focus today, brightening up for many, sunny spells and most places will be dry and warm. we still have cloud across south—east and east anglia, one or two showers first thing, sunshine across england and wales, hazy in places as cloud trips north. more sunshine into the afternoon and will feel pleasantly warm again. 22 degrees, 23 towards the south—east. this evening and overnight should be largely dry, a better night of sleeping after the storms. we will see some rain later on, which is six or seven at the lowest. friday morning, a complete different day, some brightness in the north and east of the country but outbreaks of rain across the south and east of england will push through that the skies will brighten