The start of spring will see fine and dry weather for most the country over the weekend, with settled conditions staying well into next week.While parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England may be cloudier with some patchy rain, there will be sunshine and mild temperatures across the UK in a "fine start to March", the Met Office said.Saturday is the first day of meteorological spring, which covers the months of March, April and May.Last year's meteorological spring was the warmest

The start of spring will see fine and dry weather for most the country over the weekend, with settled conditions staying well into next week.While parts of Scotland, Northern Ireland and northern England may be cloudier with some patchy rain, there will be sunshine and mild temperatures across the UK in a "fine start to March", the Met Office said.Saturday is the first day of meteorological spring, which covers the months of March, April and May.Last year's meteorological spring was the warmest on record, when the average mean temperature for the UK was 9.37C.