it is hot out there. here is susan powell with a look at the weather picture. hello. the uk faces the prospect of extreme heat in the days ahead. the met office has issued a red level warning for monday and tuesday, where it is anticipated rising temperatures will have impact on infrastructure and just the way we can go about our day to day lives. portugal and spain have experienced crippling heat through the last week, and the heat is going to be migrating northwards into france on sunday and then for the uk, monday and tuesday offers the prospect of temperatures widely at least 10 celsius above average for the time of year. overnight, we will see some rain pushing out of northern ireland into scotland and northern england, but already it is warmer than it was at the same time on saturday. 3 4 degrees at the end of the night, saturday morning, if you like, across northern england, we are looking at the mid teens first thing sunday, the warmer air is beginning to push in. the
jonas vingegaard retained the leader s yellow jersey after stage 1a of the tour de france. no let up in the searing heat meant staying hydrated was critical. britain s luke rowe had his own method , much to the amusement of ineos team mate tom pidcock. the finish boiled down to a gruelling climb between australia s michael matthews and alberto bettiol of italy, with the former eventually prevailing. and there s little change in the gap between top three positions, vinegaard 2 minutes and 22 seconds ahead of tadey poge acar who s second, and britain s geraint thomas 21 seconds further back. time now for a quick look at some of the other stories making the sports news today and. there was a thrilling finish in the irish oaks at the curragh, as favourite magical lagoon held off toy at the line to get the win, adding the oaks to victory in the ribblesdale stakes at royal ascot last month. barcelona have reached an agreement with bayern munich to sign striker robert lewandowski, according t