For Western Scotland and Northern Ireland. Southern britain will be wet. Thundery rain could give rise to localised flooding in places. We are picking up a strong easterly wind as well which will be noticeable across North Sea coast. Temperatures around 20 in the south, may be higher for Western Scotland. That theme continues friday and into the weekend. In the north, best of the weekend. In the north, best of the sunshine here, and in Northern Ireland, Heavy Rain across the south and particularly on friday so stay tuned to the weather forecast. Thank you very much. It is time for the news know where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im 0lly foster. More british medals on the sixth day of paralympic competition in paris, but no golds yet today. Bazball goes multi ball. Brendon mccullum will lead englands cricketers in all forms of the game from next year. And three days before Craig Bellamy s first match in charge, we check in with the wales squad. Also coming up on sportsday fr
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showers drifting east across england and wales with more packing in from the west. some clear spells in between but too breezy for most of us to see a frost. tomorrow sunshine and showers, the showers most plentiful where you are exposed to this brisk wind. further north and east with some shelter from the wind it should be a bit drier. the wind gusting to 40, 50 miles it should be a bit drier. the wind gusting to 40,50 miles an hour around some southern coasts and it will feel just a around some southern coasts and it will feeljust a bit chillier tomorrow than it has done at 8, ii tomorrow than it has done at 8, 11 degrees. as we move into friday low pressure is still with us and it is those isobars just squeezing together. a little weather feature drifting across wales bringing some heavy downpours and stronger wind for a time. a change in the wind direction on friday means showers most plentiful across northern and eastern parts and by the end of the date not too many show