Dry and ‘pleasant’ Easter Sunday forecast for much of UK

Dry, pleasant conditions are forecast for Easter Sunday across the UK (Gareth Fuller/PA) - (PA Wire)

A dry and “pleasant” Easter Sunday for much of the UK will be followed by rain, the Met Office has forecast.

The weather service said most of the country would see “some warm spells of sunshine” on Easter Sunday, although a scattering of showers was likely across southern England and south Wales.