Weatherday: She would be an Iron Lady

Street corner in Siena, Italy (2004).

A cloudy start will give way to spells of sunshine. 

Mild and humid with temperatures locally up to 14deg in light northwesterly breeze. 

On this day in 1979, Margaret Thatcher became Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. She was the first woman to hold the position and was to become the longest serving British prime minister of the 20th century.

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