we have got the top business stories here next. i have to say the us is dominating today. we will be unpacking the news from the global ratings agency fitch, it has downgraded the world s biggest economy. what is it concerned about, we will talk about that and the other top business stories, next. wet and windy weather on the way for wednesday. more on that in a second. but first of all, we start off with the news that for northern ireland, we ve had the wettestjuly on record, with over double the averagejuly rainfall. those records go back to 1836. it was also the wettestjuly on record for greater manchester, merseyside and lancashire as well. now, we ve got more rain to come through wednesday. this area of low pressure continues to strengthen and we re going to see a swathe of particularly strong winds just running to the south of this hook of cloud you can see just here. now, that is going to be working into the south west of the uk, but already those winds
he absolutely does inspire others. barbara blake hannah what a trailblazer, and it is tough being a trailblazer at times. all the top business stories next including the latest economic data out of china, it has to be noted that while s second biggest economy, how it is doing affects us all. i ll be back injust a moment. hello. july has been a very wet month across the uk. and as we look towards the very end of the month, and, indeed, into the start of the new one, well, there s more rain on the way. spells of wind and rain this week, rather cool as well. now, looking back at the rainfall we ve had so far, these figures are valid up to 10am on sunday. can see that in preston 285% of the averagejuly rainfall. that means preston has had close to three times the rainfall we would expecting in a typicaljuly. and those figures got a further
these we like to keep you across all these events. we like to keep you across all these events. back with the top business stories these events. back with the top business stories next. - hello, there. the rain came pouring down on sunday. there was some flooding in places and, for a while, a lot of thunder and lightning, as well. but the storms have eased. the rain, though, continues to be heavy and it continues to push its way northwards away from northern england, coming to rest in scotland by monday morning. and it s muggy air that follows behind that rain, so temperatures around 1a or 15 degrees. but we start with that wet weather in the morning in scotland heavy rain to begin with. it ll move away to the north west, clearing away to be replaced across the uk by sunny spells, and a scattering of showers developing the odd heavy thundery one in the afternoon for northern ireland and scotland. for england and wales, there ll be fewer showers particularly in the south an
this was the scene in one of the fan parks that had been set up in the city when bowen scored the winner. the celebrations went off without violence, though followed an earlier incident that saw 16 people arrested at a bar. for one of the fans proved to be a little bit too overwhelming. be a little bit too overwhelmina. ~ , , overwhelming. absolutely amazing- overwhelming. absolutely amazing. this overwhelming. absolutely amazing. this is overwhelming. absolutely amazing. this is the i overwhelming. absolutely amazing. this is the best | amazing. this is the best moment of my life ever, i cannot believe i am here. i couldn t believe west ham have won something, we have won more than spurs now. i can t believe. the best club in the world, west ham are the best club in the world! congratulations to west ham. we will have all the top business stories next including a look at the uk s ai ambitions. see you in a moment.
be back with the top business stories next including a look at the changing energy crisis. see you soon. there will be subtle differences in the feel of the weather from differences in the feel of the weatherfrom place differences in the feel of the weather from place to differences in the feel of the weatherfrom place to place. on wednesday parts of south east wales saw highs of 23 celsius but on the east coast of england, yes, the sun was shining but the breeze was coming in off a chilly sea, so it felt a little bit cooler. 0ver it felt a little bit cooler. over the next few days, that will continue to be the case. high pressure in charge with the wind around the high pressure flowing in a clockwise direction so for some of us at times the wind will be coming in off the chilly waters of the sea. it is day, temperatures around some and eastern coasts, 11 to 14 degrees can compare that with 22 with some shelter