the uk s largest force, the metropolitan police, has been put in special measures over concerns about a series of failures in high profile cases including that murder or server abroad. the population of england and wales has soared to a new high in the past decade and it s getting older. and rafa nadal begins his quest at wimbledon to win his 23rd grand slam title we ll be there live. coming up on sportsday, it s the end of an era in english cricket as their inspirational white ball captain eoin morgan retires from the international game. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. should scotland be an independent country? that is the question the first minister nicola sturgeon wants to put again to the people of scotland in an independence referendum next year. it s exactly the same question that people were asked in 2014. downing street says the prime minister thinks now is not the time to be talking about a referendum but the government will look carefully at the
places. and the wind could be slow moving. for many temperatures in the high teens but further east we could get to 23 degrees. pollen levels moderate to high across england and wales, low to moderate across scotland and northern ireland. there may be an odd shower across the south east of england which could affect play at wimbledon at times but there will be a lot of sunshine and a top temperature of around 23 degrees. showers around western areas as we move towards friday and the start of the weekend and then high pressure settle things down with plenty of sunshine for many. and that s bbc news at six, 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 regions for the news where you are, goodnight. hello and welcome to sportsday. coming up in the programming, candy king of clay reclaim his crown on grass? rough in adults being mad
tennis today at wimbledon and there was a east west divide with many western areas dry and windy. tomorrow we are all in the sunshine and showers regime and the wind a little bit lighter. this low pressure brought that wet and windy weather today. pressure brought that wet and windy weathertoday. bringing pressure brought that wet and windy weather today. bringing heavy and persistent rain and place particularly through wales, north west england and south west scotland. further east it has been dry with sunshine. through this evening and overnight the rain slowly moving east. fizzling out in some areas but still some heavier breasts as it pushes the east. behind it clear spells and some showers but temperatures coming up from the subtropics so no lower than 12, 14 degrees. so tomorrow we start off with more rain which clears through and then we are into the regime of sunshine and showers, some
west divide with many was 3 east west divide with many western was a east west divide with many western areas dry and windy. tomorrow we are all in the sunshine and showers regime and the wind a little bit lighter. this low pressure brought that wet and windy weather today. pressure brought that wet and windy weathertoday. bringing pressure brought that wet and windy weather today. bringing heavy and persistent rain and place particularly through wales, north west england and south west scotland. further east it has been dry with sunshine. through this evening and overnight the rain slowly moving east. fizzling out in some areas but still some heavier breasts as it pushes the east. behind it clear spells and some showers but temperatures coming up from the subtropics so no lower than 12, 14 from the subtropics so no lower than 12, iii degrees. so tomorrow we start off with more rain which clears through and then we are into the regime of sunshine and showers, some of those heavy or thu