fantastic, thank you so much. laura scott at the commonwealth games in birmingham. now fora scott at the commonwealth games in birmingham. now for a look at the weather and hello to chris. we were hearing about the hosepipe bans and no rain in the forecast for a long, long time in parts of the south of the uk. one of our weather watchers spotted this combine harvester bringing the crops in. and although there is a lot of dry weather, across the north of the uk we are seeing some shower cloud speed in. answering the big question, when is it going to rain? well, not for the next five days across the really dry areas but i reckon actually this dry run of weather will last a long time. southern parts of england and wales, i don t think we ll see rain for the next ten days but perhaps even as long as the next two weeks. so perhaps the back end of august we could see some heavy rain moving in, but that is an awful long way off. this afternoon, dry across southern wales, the south m
but the freedom and the joy, and just boosting well being that being in the water brings is just superb, and that is the aim of today, really. and you know what? once people were in the water, it s difficult to know who relied on a tube and who didn t, and that was perhaps the greatest achievement. joe campbell, bbc south today, southampton. we aren t going to head edinburgh s festivals are back and at close to pre pandemic levels. the fringe alone has more than three thousand shows from 58 countries. we can speak now to bbc scotland s arts correspondent pauline mclean, who s on edinburgh s royal mile.