London faces more cloudy weather for days as UK gripped by 'anticyclonic gloom'

Londoners are starting to miss the sun - (Getty Images)

A blanket of low-lying cloud and patchy fog has swept areas of London in the past few days, as the UK has been in the grip of ‘anticyclonic gloom’.

Much of England, including the capital, has had no meaningful rainfall this past week, although Scotland last saw downpours over the weekend.