thousands affected by the contaminated blood scandal of the 1970s and 80s will get initial compensation of £100,000 each. # the way is clear, the light is good, i have no fear.# and after one venue cancels his latest production over comments on trans rights, monty python s terry gilliam says british theatre needs to be braver. i think the whole artistic community has to be brave. that s what art is about, pushing the limits. matt hudson smith is going to take the european title again. and gold for great britain as matthew hudson smith palace to victory in the 400 metres at the european championships. and coming up in the sport over on the bbc news channel, money matters at manchester united. british billionaire sirjim ratcliffe confirms he wants to buy a stake in the club. good evening. it s been a difficult day for the british economy. the rate of inflation has hit double figures for the first time in 40 years. it was running at 10.1% in the year tojuly higher than analys
30s across wales, the same across northern england, northern ireland approaching 30 degrees as well this afternoon and up to around 28 celsius three parts of central scotland. there is exception to this hot story, it is a bit more refreshing on some of the beaches but the northern and western isles, here we have temperatures in the mid to high teens, a good deal more comfortable than for some of you. we have cloud and tonight we will see outbreaks of rain. sunny story for many. a bit of cloud floating around here and there and there will be again through tonight but most places staying dry. notice i m stopping at midnight to show the temperatures, tough night to get to sleep. at midnight temperature still across much of england and wales in the mid to high 20s. they are not going to drop a huge amount as we go through the rest of the night and into the morning. what we will see across many parts of england and wales is a tropical night where temperatures stay above 20 degrees
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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