crucially temperatures continuing to drop. a 2a, 20 5 degrees, a degree or two higher than we would expect forjuly. 2a, 20 5 degrees. the odd heavy, thundery showers towards the south on friday, temperatures build once again over the weekend, close to 30 across the south and south east. and that s bbc news at six on wednesday the 20th ofjuly, you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the hello i m 0lly foster, here s what s coming up on sportsday this evening. can the england lionesses keep their winning run going, they face spain for a place in the semi finals of the women s european championship? i mjane i m jane dougal in i mjane dougal in brighton ahead of england quarterfinal match in spain where they ve been given a boost with their manager back in the dugout. we ll head live to oregon after an historic night for british athletics at the world championships. jake wightman storming to victory in the 1500 metres i kept expecting somebody to
Beating the six of the legendary sachin tendulkar. India reached their target with 15 overs to spare. It is a second defeat in two games for afghanistan, two wins from two for india. Every tea m every team will have batsmen s and bowlers. We also have batsmen and bowlers. You are not preparing specially for any special team, we are looking for answers more than the others because we realise that we focus on our team and our strengths, Everything Else will take care of itself. So we are focusing on our team and our preparation. If everything is there in our control, we control that and that gives us the best chance. That is what our team focuses on. Its International Week with plenty of exciting Euro Qualifiers taking place, butjust the one game on wednesday and wales have beaten gibraltar 4 0 in a friendly. Rob page handed a debut to charlie savage, the son of former Wales International robbie, and he assisted the second goal for Kieffer Moore after ben davies opener. Nathan broadhead
Northern area, sunny skies in aberdeen but temperatures right now round 12 degrees, further south, some warmth holding on. 21 in norfolk but with more in the way of cloud. Dividing the weather we have this band of rain, Heavy Rain Falling in parts of west wales, into north west england, to the north of that, some beautiful sunny skies, scattering of showers in the north west of scotland. Windy in the far north no. The south of the rain band any brighter spells will lift temperatures to 22, maybe 23, further north we have seen that 12 for aberdeen, same goes for glasgow, 13 in belfast and the Dividing Line between the cool air in the north, the warm and muggy air in the south is this Weather Front and this is going to move a bit further southwards as we go through tonight. Really stalling across southern england, parts of south wales and the midland, so more rain to come. Temperatures in the south west overnight, 16 degrees, compare that with, well, just one in the scottish highlands, c
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