the week, but further than it looks like things will be a little bit cooler. if you look at the weather icons, not a drop of rain in sight, and that is of course bad news especially for the southern areas. so hot and dry is the story. 50 hot and dry is the story. thank ou ve so hot and dry is the story. thank you very much- that is the bbc news at six on thursday the 4th of august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team it is goodbye but the news hello and welcome to sportsday was this the moment that geraint thomas lost the gold medal? wales s star cyclist comes up short in the time trials. it s gold number 40 for england as zoe newson shows her strength and joy in the women s pa ra powerlifting final and world champion wightman is in control once again as he eases into the 1500m final and he isn t the only athlete from the home nations to watch out for. well, what a dramatic day in the men s time trial with crashes, misj
most of the next few days, it will be just scattered showers here and there, but i wanted to show you the satellite picture over the last couple of days of those rainfall patterns we have seen, because in some parts of the country, it has been raining, we have had heavy showers, but what seems to be happening is that these weather systems are taking this more south west to north east track, so they are mostly skipping southern parts of the uk, so yes, it may be raining where you are further north, but it is in the south where we have had that 8% of rainfall recently, the lowest since records began, so over the next five days, the most amount of rainfall in western scotland and parts of northern ireland, may in the lake district. but in the south, where we really need it, very little in the way of rainfall, just a few showers. but generally speaking across the country, july for example has been below average, well below average. so the temperatures today, it has been very humi
scattered here and there, probably a little bit lighter, 19 to 24 celsius, summer temperature values. that sort of weather would be more comfortable mates and days continues into the weekend, we have more rainfall to come, particularly across scotland winds again, but high pressure, the azores high will keep things very dry, particularly where we need that rain across southern and eastern areas, leaving this weekend most likely in the north and west, and we may see more in the north and west next week, but not further south. clive. thanks, helen. and that s bbc news at six on wednesday 3rd august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. welcome to sportsday. i mjane dougall, live from birmingham on the sixth day of action at the commonwealth games, with plenty of gold medals. what a win for emily campbell, a