for podcast episodes of this cultural life, go to bbc sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. hello, it s a fairly fresh feeling july day out there today. we ve got the breeze coming in from the west or northwest. so in general, things are looking bright and breezy for most of us. there are some showers in the forecast, but the bulk of them will be across the northern half of the uk, whereas further south you ll have longer spells of dry and sunny weather. so we ve got low pressure which is just sitting to the north east of scotland drifting towards scandinavia. the winds are rotating around that area of low pressure and we re seeing more persistent rain sitting across the far north of mainland scotland up towards orkney. a rash of showers elsewhere across scotland. one or two for northern ireland and northern england i think,
for podcast episodes of this cultural life, go to bbc sounds or wherever you get your podcasts. hello. we start off the first day ofjuly on a fairly fresh, unsettled sort of note with sunshine and showers. certainly it s a little bit cooler than much ofjune. in fact, it looks likejune is going to turn out to be the warmestjune on record in the uk. so we ve got some blue skies and sunshine already starting to break through. really, through the rest of the weekend, that mix of sunny spells and scattered, blustery showers, but most of the showers will be across the northern half of the uk. yesterday s cloud is exiting towards the east, and we ve got clearer skies now rolling in from the atlantic, still bearing a few showers with them. most of the showers
of england netherlands tomorrow evening on radio 5 live and the bbc sounds app. build up from 7. kick off at 8. right, let s run you through some of the other sporting headlines from today. and sheffield united duo rhian brewster and oli mcburnie are to be charged with common assault following trouble during the pitch invasion at the end of their championship playoff defeat at nottingham forest. they re due to appear in court on tuesday. set to miss england series next month. england have named a i3 strong gymnastics squad for next month s commonwealth games. four time champion claudia fragapane is included, although there s no max whitlock, and the gadirova sisters will sit out to focus on the europeans in august. wa nt to want to basketball, where after a career of ii
have the see the positives. that s exactly what the green sport awards are created for. if we start making this part of the decision making process, we can all affect change. for all the information you need to nominate, go to bbc .co .uk/ green sport awards. the closing date is midday from the 31st ofjuly. next to budapest and a scary moment for american artistic swimmer anita alvarez, who fainted after her routine in the solo free final, and had to be rescued by her coach. she passed out under the water when andrea fuentes dived in to save her. speaking to the bbc earlier today, fuentes explained that such incidents are not totally uncommon in the sport. she is said to be fine and may even compete on friday. she explained such an incident is not totally
would like to have the quality as well so would like to have the quality as well. so that was in the message to me that well. so that was in the message to me that what we re doing is improving. we want to give everything we have. of improving. we want to give everything we have. of that, there is no doubt- everything we have. of that, there is no doubt. you everything we have. of that, there is no doubt. you can everything we have. of that, there is no doubt. you can watch - everything we have. of that, there i is no doubt. you can watch northern ireland get on against the red flames from seven o clock tonight. niall foster, bbc news, antwerp, belgium. england head coach sarina wiegman says ellen white s absence in their friendly against netherlands tomorrow due to covid i9 presents a good opportunity for other players to impress. england s top scorer will miss the game, with wiegman today admitting she doesn t know the full starting line up for the second of their warm ups