but it is warm, not quite as warm as yesterday which was the warmest day of the year so far. but i think easily, even with the hazy skies, temperatures will widely reach the low 20s across england and in other parts of the country i think the high teens can be expected early this afternoon. so, pleasant enough for the next few hours. then, things will change and the weather could get quite dramatic later today, when we are expecting thundery downpours to sweep into parts of the uk. it will be coming in from the south, there is a separate band of rain heading to northern ireland, another one will reach the south of the country. so i think late afternoon, we will see those clouds really starting to increase in the west and the south, and the met office warns that particularly south eastern parts of the country are in for local torrential downpours, frequent lightning, gusty winds and even large hailstones. so, this is for south eastern areas, for a few hours, not everywhere, bu
friday, low pressure flexing its muscles, a weather front from the west is accompanied by increasingly risk winds. you will have to watch out for big storms quite close to the south east, they could edge in from europe. sunny spells but overall cloudier and brazier and temperatures not as high, 16 to 18, lots of dry weather with showers mainly confined to the north west. a reminder of our top story. inflation hits a a0 year high as food and energy bills rise. goodbye family, wejoin the bbc news food and energy bills rise. goodbye family, we join the bbc news teams where you are. goodbye from me. hello and welcome to sportsday coming up on the programme. tens of thousands of rain cherries and fans are incidental to discover the club s first european final made calls to behave. the rangers have been boosted by the return to fitness of the stryker but on track, frankfurt stand in the way of silverware. it frankfurt stand in the way of silverware. frankfurt stand in the way
ahead of alun wynjones. george north returns after a year out through injury, but veteran scarlets centre jonathan davies misses out. this will go down as one of the most bizarre and unfortunate sporting injuries of full time. right after making history as the first black african to win stage at one of the cycling grand tours, this rider injured himself on the podium. the 22 year old was struck in his left eye by the cork from a bottle of pacifico he was opening to celebrate. it looks painful. he won the tenth stage of the dura de italia. we went to hospital where haemorrhage was discovered and doctors recommended he withdraw from the race. that s all the sport for now. i cannot believe he carried on shaking the bottle! thank you.
collaboration between the two of them across that and then set up it gets results for england in the end. last night we brought you news as the first black african to win a stage on the tour but he did not write but one of the most bizarre and unfortunate sporting injuries right after that when last night he injured himself on the podium. the 22 year old was struck in his left eye by the cork from the bottom of percent of he was opening to celebrate winning. he went to hospital with husband doctors discovered a haemorrhage and suggest he withdraw from the race to risk it getting worse. if we go let s return to our top