windy out there as well, 100 millimetres plus of rain fell in the cumbrian fells last night, not unusual. this morning, about 50 millimetres across the north welsh mountains as well. you can see here, the rain is steadily starting to clear away, the rain is steadily starting to clearaway, but the rain is steadily starting to clear away, but it is still heavy for a few spots. showers following, and drizzle around the hills and coasts further south as well. but not where we need it, across southern and eastern areas, still dry and warm here, becoming drier and really warm across scotland and northern ireland as well. because of the breeze, we are seeing the fern effect, so that lifts the temperature east of the hills. 25 in the east of scotland but as much as 30 in the next hour or two in the south and east. it will feel oppressive again through the night, uncomfortable for sleeping, like last night. more rain to come in the north, so we maintain temperatures in the mid teens h
western isles first thing tomorrow. temperatures tonight sitting in the mid if not high teens so another uncomfortable night out there but it s a warm start tomorrow and a zone of cloud and patchy rain all the way from the south west to the wash which will work to the south east and not much rain at all for the gardens in the south and then sunshine breaks through more widely. a few showers dotted around through scotland and northern ireland in the afternoon and the of heavy and thundery one and starting to feel fresher but a reasonably humid day across england and wales, especially east anglia and the south east, 29 or 30 degrees but humidity dropping a little and you will notice it in birmingham tomorrow but with increasing sunshine for the commonwealth games. a fine end to tomorrow, a few showers through scotland and northern ireland and northern england to take us through the night and into thursday morning and starting to feel more comfortable out there but we still see
good evening. projections following parliamentary elections in france show president emmanuel macron is on course to lose his absolute majority. his coalition is on track to win the most seats, with between 210 and 250. but that s short of the 289 needed for a majority in the national assembly. projections show the left green alliance ofjean luc melenchon is set to win 150 to 180 seats, becoming the main opposition. mr melenchon says the result marks an electoral failure for mr macron. a hung parliament will make it difficult for the president to press ahead with his planned reforms in his second term of office. we re nowjoined by peter conradi, the europe editor of the sunday times newspaper, who joins us from paris. thank whojoins us from paris. you thank who joins us from paris. you forjoining thank whojoins us from paris. you forjoining us. i guess surprising thank you forjoining us. i guess a surprising result? surprising result? yes, i mean eole surprising result? y
Northern ireland, southern counties of england with some brighter weather. There is a yellow warning in force for southern counties but for the rest of the country it is wet and cloudy with persistent rain. More of a breeze as well so feeling a bit cooler with temperatures low to mid teens for most. Around 16 or 17 further south where we have clearer skies. 17 further south where we have clearerskies. But 17 further south where we have clearer skies. But cloudy for most of us through the day. Scotland, northern england, Northern Ireland and north while staying wet tonight with low pressure sitting on top of us bring higher Rainfall Totals. Temperatures double figures overnight for many of us. But low pressure still across the uk, still wet across much of the north and west of the country, the rainfall continuing to ease as we move towards the end of thursday. It could pep up across central and southern scotland. Still a great day for many set by the end of thursday the Rainfall Totals
and tumbling world championships. and a gateway to the bigtime in motor racing. we hear from the group in northamptonshire trying to make karting more affordable. (pres) hello there and welcome along to sportsday on saturday. and we start in the premier league where a depleted tottenham side suffered a second loss in a row today this time at wolves. several key players were missing, including influential midfielderjames maddison. the loss means they miss the chance to move top for the time being. patrick geary reports. this is tottenham hotspur, or what is left of them. in the last game against chelsea, two players picked up significant injuries and another two suspensions. the job of maintaining their strong start to the season must fall to others. brennan johnson, perhaps. his first spurs goal, the celebration a dedication to james maddison, his stricken team mate. in the first half, wolverhampton wanderers darted around with menace but no sharp finish. mario lemina wor