been very, very dry. the amount of rainfall while below average, in nottingham the last two hours have brought more than the last three weeks. across southern and eastern wales uncertainty still england the amount of rain we had seen has been well below average southern and eastern wales and southern and eastern wales and southern and eastern england. barely any appreciable rain across hampshire. the opportunity for some rain over the next few days but not much in the next few days but not much in the driest areas of southern and eastern england. north western areas will be the wettest, rainfall totals closer to normal. showers working across sussex into kent, that we have a convergence where the winds bash together to give a line of storms across mid wales, eastern wales, the bristol area, somerset and dorset. they will be slow moving in nature, some areas will see hefty downpours where a completely dry probably just down the downpours where a completely dry probablyjust
Including the Stock Market Debut of snapchats parent company. The shares jumped more than 40 on their first day of trading. Well, one American School which invested 15,000 in the startup back in 2012, has banked millions, so today we want to know whats the best investment youve ever made. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Welcome to the programme. We begin with advertising. It often serves as an important key early indicator of how well an economy is faring. When advertising is doing well, were buying and selling and economies tend to be growing. The worlds biggest advertising agency, wpp, hasjust published its full year results in the last hour and a half. In a moment well hear from the companys founder and chief executive, sir martin sorrell, but first lets take a look at the numbers. Annual pre tax profits of 2. 3 billion for the group, up 26 on the previous year. The group has reported 2016 like for like net sales up 3. 1 . However, that growth may be about to change as wpp has set
now it s time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. we all know about the extreme heat we ve had earlier in the week. july has seen record breaking temperatures here across the uk, but it s also been incredibly dry across parts of southern wales, southern and eastern areas of england. there ve been some places that have seen no appreciable measurable rain so far this month, so bone dry. now, there is potential for seeing a bit of rain over the next few days, but some of the driest areas of southern and eastern england, hardly anything in the forecast. there should be some useful rain, though, across parts of southern wales. that s one of the driest areas of the uk, so i m sure that rain will be welcome. and the radar picture is picking up some areas of rain today.
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rainfall northern ireland and western scotland. there could be some welcome rain across southern wales where it has been incredibly dry, the south east and east anglia probably missing out pretty hot, temperatures at about 30 across parts of east anglia. england and wales into next week have high pressure influencing the weather, lots of dry weather, turning hotter as the week goes by, rain at times across north western uk but not where we really need it in the really dry parts of southern and eastern england. really dry parts of southern and eastern england. a reminder of our top story. holiday makers and lorry drivers face miles of cues this afternoon as a critical incident is declared in dover. that s all from the bbc news at one, so it s goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. a summer s day at the beach, but this is becoming an all too common sight up and down the country.