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
15 year old sebastian kalinowski who died after months of torture at the hands of his mother and her partner they ve been found guilty of his murder. cheering and a legacy flame to mark ten years since the london olympic games just as the commonwealth games are due to start in birmingham next week. and coming up on the bbc news channel it s sweden against belgium in the euros tonight, with a place against the hosts england in the semi finals at stake. good evening. getting away for the summer holidays should be one of the highlights of the year but huge tailbacks stretching for several miles from the ferry terminal at dover have meant misery and frustration for travellers. some of whom have had to endure delays of up to six hours. it s the start of one of the busiest weekends of the year for over but the port has declared a critical incident and told passengers to arrive at least five hours before their departure time to clear all security checks. the authorities there
he shouldn t have been doing that. a critical incident is declared at the british port of dover as holiday makers face queues for hours for border checks, with the uk blaming french staff for the delays. the french border officers, they didn t turn up to work. they were supposed to be fully manning all of the passport control booths to meet at the holiday surge. hundreds of police in riot gear storm the main anti government protest camp in the sri lankan capital, colombo, tearing down tents and beating demonstrators. turkey says a deal has been agreed by ukraine and russia which will allow the resumption of grain to be exported from the black sea. tens of thousands of patients in england turned to private treatment late last year as hospital waiting lists started to climb with some even taking out loans pay for procedures. also coming up: despite a tough year, team gb s dina asher smith makes it back onto the podium after winning bronze at the world athletics championships in
in the available if they continue and stay in the nhs. we ll have the latest on a comprehensive survey of dental practices conducted by the bbc. also on the programme. following the anger over the strip searching of a teenage schoolgirl it s revealed that hundreds of other children have been strip searched by the metropolitan police. ryan giggs, the former manchester united star, attends court to deny a charge of coercive behaviour and assaulting his former girlfriend. and i m here at the alexander stadium in birmingham where the final day of the commonwealth games is due to end with a musical celebration of the city after more golds for the home nations. england came second in the medal table with 57 gold medals. they included a spectacular performance by england s noah williams and 17 year old andrea spendolini sireix in the diving mixed synchronised iom platform final. and coming up on the bbc news channel. england finish second in the medals table as declanjames and jam
aggressive behaviour and assault. the final medals have been one of the common wealth games. australia top the table with a record breaking middle hole petit mangan. and i am reeta chakrabarti live from the alexander stadium where the closing ceremony is due to start in around happen our marketing the end of the competition of ii happen our marketing the end of the competition of 11 days of sport. good evening and welcome to the bbc news channel. bbc research has found that only one in ten nhs dentists in the uk are taking on new adult patients. the most extensive survey in years has revealed that some areas are dental deserts. out of nearly 6,900 nhs dental practices contacted. 90% said they were no longer accepting any new adult patients. only a quarter of those dental practices said they operated a waiting list to become an nhs patient and for most of those, the wait was at least a year or more. and in 12% of local authority areas in the uk, we couldn t find a single pra