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rain. that looks more likely across england and wales. scotland, northern ireland and later northern england becoming drier and brighter. here it will be a little cooler. still warm across southern parts of england. not sure how much rain there will be here and again it will be largely dry. that leaves us finally at wembley where it will be a warm day, it may well be dry and hopefully we have something to celebrate in the evening. thank you very much, darren. that is it from the bbc news at six on friday, the 29th ofjuly. you can of course keep up to date with all of those stories hello and welcome to sportsday live from birmingham where the commonwealth games are up and running. coming up on tonight s programme, the big stories from the opening day. an incredible comeback in the mens triathlon sees england s alex yee win the first gold medal of these games. scotland s neil fachie wins gold in the men s tandem b 1000m time trial to equal the record for most golds won by a s
a photo of the duke of cambridge with his children is released to celebrate father s day. good afternoon. the transport secretary says it s not for the government to intervene to try to prevent three days of strikes on the railways this week. grant shapps dismissed calls from the rmt union to get involved in the dispute as a stunt saying it s for the employers and unions to reach an agreement. mr shapps says the strikes would be an act of self harm. the labour leader, sir keir starmer, says the government wants the strikes to go ahead to sow division in society. here s our political correspondent, damian grammaticas. set to bring the rail network to a grinding halt from tuesday, they are the biggest strikes in decades. instead of 20,000 trains on a normal day, just one in five services may run. government says children heading to take exams or patients to medical appointments will face disruption. but, under pressure to take part in talks with the unions, it says it w
police have spoken of multiple injuries. it follows the killing of nineteen children and two teachers at a school in texas. now on bbc news: jeremy cooke takes an in depth look at mental health and drug addiction and is given exclusive access to a new approach. this programme contains graphic scenes of drug use. hello. hi. tony. jeremy. it is aril hello. hi. tony. jeremy. it is april 2021 hello. hi. tony. jeremy. it is april 2021 and hello. hi. tony. jeremy. it is april 2021 and | hello. hi. tony. jeremy. it is april 2021 and i am - hello. hi. tony. jeremy. it is april 2021 and i am in - april 2021 and i am in north west england meeting tony. north-west england meeting ton . ., , ., ,, , north-west england meeting tony- we i tony. covid rules apply. we still have tony. covid rules apply. we still have our tony. covid rules apply. we still have our masks - tony. covid rules apply. we still have our masks on. - tony. covid rules apply. we. still have our masks on. wi