Weatherday: Travel ban

The sunny start will gave way to cloud and rain showers through lunchtime. Sunny spells again in the afternoon, but rain coming in again and persisting through the evening.

High of 7deg in fresh gusty wind from the south-west.

On this day in 1944, Britain banned all travel to and from Ireland, to try and prevent Germany learning of preparations for the invasion of France.

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