weather can t make its mind up. we will eventually get something drier and warmer with more sunshine, but the chance of rain in liverpool before then. that sums it up for the whole uk over the next couple of days, a mixture of sunshine and showers developing more widely and the met office has issued a yellow warning for thunderstorms this afternoon and into the evening in this area where we will get the really heavy downpours, hail, thunder and light rain, 20 or 30 millimetres of rain in that area too. thunder and lightning. downpours hedging from the midlands to the south east, turning drier in north west scotland, north west england and eventually northern wales, heavy showers elsewhere, temperatures peaking at 17 or 18. downpours arriving widely over the next few hours, continuing in the evening in the south east and east anglia, they will fade away but there is more cloud from the atlantic into northern ireland and western scotland bringing more showers, clearer skies
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andy swiss joins us now. any clues as to how they might line up on sunday? well, we cannot be sure yet, not least because england s training session today was behind closed doors, away from the eyes of the media, but we do know is that phil foden is back with the england camp. he went home for a few days after england s last match for the birth of his third child, but he was back training with england this morning. that is obviously encouraging news that he is available for selection, as is anthony gordon and that despite the fact that gordon took a little bit of a tumble on wednesday. he was out riding an e box and england s training camp. he fell often and badly grazed his chin and also his hands is well, but thankfully nothing too serious that he is good to go. people have been suggesting that perhaps anthony gordon might start the match because he offers something a little bit different. now, england as you say have come in for a lot of criticism over the last few days, b