coming our way and out there at the moment it is these guys throughout the day, cloud towards the east of the day, cloud towards the east of the country, and that cloud will continue to roll back into the night after retreating towards the coast through the day. notice how it becomes extensive across much of england, towards east wales, a good part of central and eastern scotland as well towards dawn tomorrow. pearce goes on the west, temperatures down into single figures overnight for many, but for many it will be 7 10 tuesday morning. those grey skies a bit more abundant on tuesday, the best of the rest in the west to begin with, are drinking across england, wales and the south, but the club could be a bit more stubborn across yorkshire, east anglia, pushed in again but that rather nagging east to north easterly wind that has been with us for a few weeks now, keeping things cool along those eastern coasts, but still warmer to the west, western and northern ireland has of 23. pollen l
position for this weekend s saudi arabian grand prix after dominating final practice. the world champion was more than half a second quicker around thejeddah corniche circuit than his red bull team mate sergio perez. aston martin s fernando alonso was the best of the rest, but he was almost a second slower than the dutchman. lewis hamilton was the top british driver in fifth, but less than a tenth of a second behind alonso. and that s all the sport for now. now, a deal allowing the export of ukrainian grain from the black sea has been renewed hours before it was due to expire. the deal between ukraine and russia, which was brokered by turkey, has been extended by four months. the grain initiative was first brokered lastjuly, during fears of a global food crisis after moscow blockaded ukrainian imports. russia and ukrainejointly account for nearly a third of global wheat supplies,
and fifth. they were around two seconds off the pace. fortunately for verstappen, title rival charles leclerc was also penalised for changing parts on his ferrari, and will start alongside him. it is changing parts on his ferrari, and will start alongside him. will start alongside him. it is a lona will start alongside him. it is a long track will start alongside him. it is a long track but will start alongside him. it is a long track but not will start alongside him. it is a long track but not that - will start alongside him. it is a long track but not that many l will start alongside him. it is a i long track but not that many laps because long track but not that many laps because of that, and there are only a few because of that, and there are only a few overtaking possibilities, so you have a few overtaking possibilities, so you have to do it quick and try not to lose you have to do it quick and try not to lose too you have to do it quick and try not to lose too muc
geraint thomas lost time on the leaders today, but has a good chance of finishing third. drew savage reports if you are going to win the tour de france, you have got through the pyrenees. a high altitude test awaited the contenders for the yellow jersey. still a few twists and turns in a race of the speed of the climbs left quite a few behind. britain s adam yates had covid in the build up to the race and was struggling with sickness, he would drop to ninth place overall. tadej pogacar, the whitejersey was yet again the man most likely to challenge for the race lead. he is over two minutes behind in the standings, he set a pace that left garrett thomas behind, almost in a world of his own. the welshman lost two minutes on the leading pair while riding a wave from those behind him, increasingly likely to finish third, the best of the rest.
increasingly likely to finish past increasingly likely to finish third, the best of the rest. winning this stage the defending champions the four seconds he needed, minutes, he s running out of time, he wants to knock vinego off his perch. british runnerjake wightman woke up in the united states on wednesday as a world champion after he produced a brilliant performance to win gold in the 1500 metres. wightman, who finished 10th in the olympic final, managed to overtake the favourite and olympic champion jakob ingerbritsen, on the final bend, to take the title, and become the first british man to win gold in the event since steve cram in 1983. he was running a bit fair, that s the main thing, we could not see any of the screens, any of the gaps in the race or any coverage like that. i was just hoping the race or any coverage like that.