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hello there. there have been some fairly big weather contrasts across the uk today. across western areas we ve had some thicker cloud bringing outbreaks of rain. some wet weather near the belfast area earlier on today, but it s not that has been one of the features forjuly. that has barely been a drop of rain. although there is some rain in the forecast, the majority of it as a cross of western areas, there will be little if any rain reaching parts of east anglia and south east england over the next few days, where it has been particularly dry. on a saturday, we did have some pulses of rain, turning heavily towards the end of the day in western scotland. the air of pressure responsible will feed up some pretty soupy area. it will be shimmied into sunday, some high temperatures for eastern england. across the north and west, we have got the rain. it will be heavy 4 times for errors of northern ireland and western areas of scotland. 3 south east of that, it is dry with some war
i will deliver tax cuts, but tax cuts you can believe in. i will make that happen. what i am about is about cutting people s taxes, reversing the national insurance increase to put more money in people s pockets, and making sure those that work hard, go out to work, are rewarded. if you have just joined if you havejustjoined us, a warm welcome to bbc news. in the past hour, the head of the world health organisation has declared the outbreak of monkeypox a public health emergency of international concern. the who director general says 16,000 cases of the disease have been reported in more than 75 countries, and five people have died. dr tedros says monkeypox represents a high risk in europe, with a clear risk of further international spread. we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly, through new modes of transmission about which we understand too little, and which meets the criteria in the international health regulations. for all of these reasons, i have de
now on bbc news, it is time for sports day. hello and welcome to sportsday i m olly foster. they ve already won their series but there s no let up from england s women as they beat south africa again. danish delight at the tour de france tomorow there ll be champagne on the champs elysees forjonas vingegaard. and, the flying ferrari can leclerc cut verstappen s championship lead before formula 1 s summer break? good evening. england s women had already won their multi format series against south africa, but didn t take their foot off the gas in worcester today, winning their second t20 match by six wickets. they have one more t20 before they turn their attention to the commonwealth games in birmingham where they ll face south africa again. the england skipper heather knight sat out the game with a hip problem, her replacement, the teenager alice capsey had a good debut while katherine brunt made bowling history. lydia campbell reports. the final chance for a pep talk be