Weatherday: The Hardest Day

Cloudy and wet this morning. Showery rain will clear towards the northeast to brighter conditions. Some isolated heavy showers may develop in the late afternoon.

Light winds from the southwest and highest temperature 20deg.

On this day in 1940, in what became known as 'The Battle of Britain', 69 German and 68 British fighter aircraft were shot down in one of the largest ever air battles.

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