fans across the country watched and celebrated. the women have absolutely smashed it tonight. - absolutely smashed it. 50 years, and we had to ask the ladies to do it for us. but what are you going to do? i will be live at wembley on one of the greatest days in english footballing history, a day that it is hoped will prove transformative for women s football. and also coming up on the programme. the ukrainians living with the reality of russian missile strikes. a weekend of campaigning for liz truss and rishi sunak as ballot papers go out to conservative party members. and at the commonwealth games joy and disappointment for england in the pool as adam peaty misses the medals but james wilby takes a gold. good evening. it s been been a day of tension and triumph, ofjoy in the moment and of history being made. the lionesses victory in euro 2022 means that for the first time since 1966 england have won a major international tournament at a senior level. it happened at wemb
wimbledon women s singles as ons jabeur as onsjabeurand as ons jabeur and elena rybakina each prepared to make history on the centre court. health warnings are issued as southern and eastern areas of the uk prepare for a heatwave that could bring record breaking temperatures over the next week. the defence secretary ben wallace has ruled himself out of the conservative leadership race saying it was not an easy choice to make. other mps are expected to launch their campaigns this weekend with the former equalities minister, kemi badenoch, becoming the latest to confirm she intends to stand. the former chancellor, rishi sunak has put himself forward taking the number of confirmed candidates to four. here s our political correspondent, david wallace lockhart. morning. he s the former chancellor, but could rishi sunak be the next prime minister? he certainly wants to be, launching his campaign yesterday evening with a slick social media video. soft piano music plays i ve to
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
to win eastbourne. in the golden state beckons for the golden boy of welsh football, gareth bale agrees to join los angeles fc. also coming up, we go back a0 years and look at one of the most infamous matches in the history of the world cup. matches in the history of the world cu -. , matches in the history of the world cu . , ., ~ ., , matches in the history of the world cu. , ., , cup. it s a world cup tie and they will call it a cup. it s a world cup tie and they will call it a disgrace. hello and welcome along to sportsday. england are piling the pressure on new zealand in this third and final test with a couple of late wickets at headlingley. the tourists lead by 137 at stumps on day three, in their second innings. england chasing a 3 0 series win here to maintain their perfect start under new captain ben stokes. patrick gearey reports. back yourself. england s new mantra. a belief that allows jamie 0verton a bowler on debut to bat to the brink of a cen
the isobars, pretty close together out west. we are looking at windy weather, outbreaks of persistent rain in the irish sea. it could be particularly wet by the end of the day across south west scotland. maybe some low localised flooding in places. a windy day weather you are particularly in the north and the west. wherever you are. so, i think tomorrow it looks like we should escape the showers across the wimbledon area. there might be a light one passing through but the emphasis will be on breezy but dry weather with some warmth. as we move through the week most showers in the north and west. staying dry across southern and eastern areas and signs of high pressure building towards the weekend to next week. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at six on monday the 27th ofjune you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the six team it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and