sara baume, thank you very much. a mixed bag of whether early on. this is the scene in glasgow.own the streets. there we re rain running down the streets. there were breaks in the cloud and sunshine coming and going for some. today's weather was down to storm ewan. named by the irish meteorological service because that is where the main impact was inspected to be. still got some strong winds in the north of scotland. we see showers coming in on the south—westerly breeze, which keeps temperatures up for most places. turning colder in scotland, may be part of england. from early tomorrow we have showers coming in on the breeze, which will be heavy and there will be thunder. they will contain rain, hailand and there will be thunder. they will contain rain, hail and sleet and snow over higher ground. sunshine between the showers, the best of that on the east of scotland. a cold day. single figuresjust that on the east of scotland. a cold day. single figures just about everywhere. as we get on through monday night into tuesday, low pressure in charge. keeping things settled. it will

sara baume, thank you very much. good evening.e season ewan, has been bringing wet and windy weather. this isa bringing wet and windy weather. this is a picture from glasgow earlier. the water was really running down the streets. not doom and gloom for all areas but there have been some brea ks all areas but there have been some breaks in the cloud. storm ewan was named by the irish major logical service about is whether west of the impacts are expected. for the rest of the uk it has just been a spell of the uk it has just been a spell of wind and rain. the heavy rain continues to work its way northwards. strong winds head north as well. elsewhere we see rain moving eastwards, followed by a lot of showers coming in on the breeze. some of the showers can be heavy with hail and thunder and maybe a bit of sleet and snow over higher ground for the time quite cold by dawn particularly in scotland and northern ireland. there will be a risk of frosty patches developing. further south, not quite so called it will be a blustery day on mond

sara baume has written a novel that deals with one of greatest contemporary problems, the feeling of loss, maybe hopelessness, among young people who think that the opportunity they'd been brought up to believe in is an illusion. her book a line made by walking uses artwork as a structure. she was an art student herself in ireland and the story is told by the narrator frankie, who struggles with mental illness and sees little hope. it's a dark story but a compelling one. welcome. the theme of this story is a problem, i suppose, that's very, very familiar and troubling to many people at this moment. yeah. i think we live in an age when people grow up much slower. definitely my generation. it's funny, i think about this quite often now, my parents were married and having kids at my age. but it's totally acceptable that in your early 30s you're still... i'm still doing exactly what i did as a child only, i'd like to think, a slightly more sophisticated version. i've had some wonderful responses from parents. that's interesting. yeah. saying that they're going to give this book to their

sara baume, thank you very much. thank you very much. good evening.saw sunshine today in northern ireland and scotland, but still with showers, certainly in those pictures. the satellite shows a cloudy start for all to brighten up in northern ireland and scotland but cloud in england and wales and a fair bit of rain. i south—westerly wind as well, driving our weather at the moment. that rain will push south and east over the next few hours, and through the small hours of the morning it becomes light and patchy before fizzling out. it leaves behind cloud with breaks in the north—east, particularly the north—east of scotland with frost possible. not so in the north of west —— and west because the next batch of wind and rain is coming in saw wet start in scotland with snow over higher ground, rain moving west to east fairly swiftly, pushing through northern ireland quickly in the morning, by 9am mostly dry, but showers developing already. eastern england starting on a promising note, dry and bright, broken cloud, sunshine getting through but mild with th