we start tomorrow with heavy rain, windy conditions in northern ireland that will push away as it starts to brighten up. we will see some further pulses of rain pushing north through scotland, persistently wet through parts of eastern scotland. as for wales, the western side of england, some showery rain occasionally too, just starting to push a little bit further in towards parts of the midlands and across northern england, whereas the eastern side of england, much of east anglia, for example, stays dry with warm, sunny spells. just looking into sunday evening, the rainjust peps up again towards south wales and south west england, and once again with a stronger breeze. low pressure close by throughout the week ahead, further rain or showers around. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: nasa calls off their second attempt to launch its most powerful rocket, artemis 1 to the moon five days after technical problems scuppered the first. moscow blames maintenance problems for
in a world cup warm up game this afternoon. as the scoreline suggests, england dominated the match, running in eight tries. player of the match, claudia macdonald, among those to touch down twice. simon middleton s team, who won a fourth consecutive six nations title in april, are among the favourites for world cup glory when the event begins in new zealand on 8 october. after three successive home defeats, new zealand got back to winning ways in emphatic style in the rugby championship. they thrashed argentina 53 3 in hamilton gaining revenge for their shock defeat last week. the all blacks ran in seven tries by seven different scorers this the last of them from beauden barrett. and south africa have got their first win since the opening weekend of the tournament. the world champions beat australia 24 8 makazole mapimpi with the last of their four tries, in a heated encounter in sydney.