HERE comes the sun!

After a dismal week of rain and gales Herefordshire is set for a sunny weekend... and it's set to bring smiles all round.

After a frosty morning, there will be sunshine throughout the day on Saturday, according to the Met Office.

It will, though, remain cold. Maximum temperature 6C.

Sunday will remain sunny with light winds.

RELATED NEWS: Pictures of flooding across Herefordshire in December

Three flood alerts – which mean flooding is possible and people should be prepared – remain in place for Herefordshire: on the rivers Lugg south of Leominster, the Wye and the Leadon catchment.

We have endured a particularly wet and gloomy month. It followed an awful December in which Herefordshire was hit by widespread flooding.

David Throup, Environment Agency manager for Herefordshire and Worcesteshire, said that by Tuesday "the Midlands had recorded almost 70 per cent of average January rainfall with less than half the month gone."