UK weather: Exact date heavy rain is set to soak Britain after freezing cold -1C night – but there’s sunshine to come [Video]

HEAVY rain is set to soak Britain after a freezing -1C night – but there’s sunshine to come.

The mercury will drop below zero in Biggar, south Lanarkshire at 6am tomorrow.

It comes after a low of -2C was recorded in parts of the Scottish Highlands in the early hours of this morning.

Heavy rain is forecast from Thursday onwards after a cold and cloudy start to the week.

Today cloud will linger in the south east with some outbreaks of drizzle.

But the north will enjoy some prolonged spells of sunshine, forecasters said.

A northerly breeze will chill the whole country before a dry cold night with clear spells and a patchy frost in the countryside.

Tomorrow will be largely dry with just a few showers in eastern counties.

It will be quite cloudy …