Weatherday: By the Sleepy Lagoon
A dank and dreary morning will improve to a cloudy but mostly dry day. Some prospect of a little sun in mid-afternoon, but clouding over again for the evening.
Highest temperature around 8deg, in moderate westerly winds that will ease to light breezes from the east.
On this day in 1942, the BBC broadcasted the first episode of Desert Island Discs. The programme is still running, with more than 3,000 episodes recorded.
Headline — the title of the signature tune, composed by Eric Coates.
