of you have, out in the street, the chances are if you look up they will be some uxbridge sealy knewthink of that other uxbridge factory that makes the futuristic display cabinets for duty—free toblerone is in every airport in saudi arabia. think of the invisible hand of the market, reaching out from saudi arabia, circling the earth, pointing its finger at uxbridge. and now was the time to turbo—charge those exploits, and be truly global, again, not long ago i became the first foreign secretary to visit per room, for 50 yea rs. secretary to visit per room, for 50 years. —— approval 52 years. i was ata soire years. —— approval 52 years. i was at a soir e and i remember an anecdote about my labour predecessor who had made a pass at a gorgeous creature clad in scarlet, and i wondered why it had taken 52 years for a british foreign secretary to go again to that incredible place, it can't have been in discretions of lord george brown. it was 25 years since any of my predecessors went to chill your argentina. since any of my predecessors went to chill yourargentina. i'll tell since any of

flooding is also affecting the aao at perivale and the uxbridge road in southall. we had some heavy rain overnight. it is clearing away, though, and later should turn a little drier and a bit brighter. the heaviest of the rain you can see out to the west and north, gradually clearing. still quite a bit of cloud, maybe like patchy rain for a time but gradually that's glaring and we should get some bright spells by the end of the afternoon, particularly in the south and east. camps today not too bad, getting to around 18 celsius in central london and under the cloud, that bit cooler. clear spells on thursday night, a lighter wind which means we could see mist and fog developing by dawn tomorrow morning. fairly dense fog for some, minimum staying in double figures so not especially cold, between 11 and 12 celsius. tomorrow that mist and fog will gradually start to lift and we'll see some sunshine, more sometime perhaps than today with temperatures responding nicely as well. we're looking at a maximum back up to 20 celsius. fairly settled weather for much of this week

meanwhile on the piccadilly line we've got severe delays between rayners lane and uxbridge. 0n the roads2—11 minories is closed northbound between tower hill and aldgate high street for emergency repairs to a burst water main. now the weather with lucy martin. hello, good morning. it certainly was a chilly weekend and it does look set to stay fairly cool as we move through the day today. it does come with a fair amount of sunshine though and for most it is looking like dry day. there is just the chance of seeing one or showers clipping the far east. temperatures this morning starting close to freezing, could see a touch of frost first thing but as we go through the day, plenty of good spells of sunshine. temperatures at a maximum of 10 celsius with a north—easterly breeze. as we go through this evening and overnight then, still the chance of one or two showers in the east. i think we will see the cloud tend to increase as we move into the early hours. for most, a dry night. temperatures not quite as cool as they were last night, overnight lows of around 3—6 degrees celsius. tomorrow then