innings brought to an end. england three wickets down on 124 3 at the break. our cricket reporter henry moeran is there for us. great to see you, a glorious day to start the ashes and the crowd excited for this hyped up series between england and australia. a lot of talk about england and how they might fare. how pleased are they and what is the atmosphere lie? amazing, start of an ashes what is the atmosphere lie? amazing, start of an ashes series what is the atmosphere lie? amazing, start of an ashes series is start of an ashes series is something very different to any start to a test series that you will find elsewhere. the buzz birmingham and in the ground, fans already in by 7:30am, 8am, really exciting. anticipation. what a start it was for england. a bit of frustration that three wickets had fallen in the morning session. perhaps that will see australia feeling ok, right, there is a barrage coming from the invent bat but we know we can get
beautiful summer sunshine in birmingham. however, a small chance for a shower tomorrow and a much bigger chance for a shower on sunday. this is a sign of a change thatjust sunday. this is a sign of a change that just about all of us will start to feel over the weekend. that change only really in evidence across the west at the moment. that was cornwall earlier on. you can see on the satellite picture, all of this cloud lying in wait. already starting to produce some shows across the west of cornwall, pembrokeshire. i think we will see some showers and may be the odd thunderstorm getting into northern ireland as we get into the afternoon. north west england, south west scotland could see the odd shower. further east, a familiar tale, warm summer sunshine. and odd shower. further east, a familiar tale, warm summersunshine. and high or very high pollen levels. if you are a hay fever sufferer, you will not need me to tell you that. temperatures once again up to around 27 28 in the sunniest
northern ireland. the show was in northern ireland. the show was in northern ireland could join together at times for longer spells of rain. further east, clear spells, one at times for longer spells of rain. further east, clearspells, one or two mist patches. like the last couple of eastern scotland, north east england may get chilly. increasingly humid further west. as a saviour of cloud and showers continue to advance a little further north the first on saturday. one or two from birmingham, may be down into the london area again. most of the show which will be in the west. 19 for belfast, maybe 24 26 further east. a slightly less warm day. those showers mostly in the west again on saturday night. some le clos developing around some north sea coasts. as we head into sunday, we see this weather system pushing up we see this weather system pushing up from the south. this could bring some more widespread downpours and thunderstorms. exactly where they will pop up is still open to a degr