Half. A lot of rain last week. I of his current deal and free to move will have an update on that. At the end of the season, but has signed a contract pictures of the damage. All of that extension until 2023. Plus the uk weather coming up just hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. Before 230. Today at 4 also coming up sir rod stewart and as united look to close the gap borisjohnson pulls out to rivals Manchester City of a joint statement with the Prime Minister of reveals that hes been given the all clear two years and liverpool, retaining after being diagnosed his services will be luxembourg after crowds booed him. With prostate cancer. Viewed as central to that. Our people need to know what is going to happen to them in six weeks time. Frank lampard will lead chelsea in they need clarity, they need europe for the first time as manager certainty and they need stability. As the Champions League group phase begins this week. You cant hold a future hostage they play valenc
The north of scotland bringing some showers here at High Pressure dominates further south, clearing away a weather front that brought cloud to the south first thing. The satellite image shows the cloud breaking up towards the channel isles, but a peppering of showers to the north west of scotland. We will continue to see a few showers, blustery conditions for the north and north west of scotland. Elsewhere, try winds and things should stay dry. Feeling fresher than yesterday, winds rotating from the west or north west. Temperature 1722, the west or north west. Temperature 17 22, pretty pleasant, particularly in the south with blue skies and sunshine. This evening and overnight, keep the clear skies over england and wales, more cloud over scotla nd england and wales, more cloud over scotland and Northern Ireland with the breeze picking up. Under the clear skies, quite chilly with temperatures well down into single figures across england and wales and the odd mist and fog patch likely. M
Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport withjohn watson, womens golf and the first day of the solheim cup. Yes, europe holed a one point advantage after the opening foursomes, with the fourball is now under way. Thank you very much. And darren has all the Weather Forecast for us this evening. It is looking a pretty picture. Will it deliver . Yes, it is lovely. Lots of sunshine gcioss yes, it is lovely. Lots of sunshine across the uk today and tomorrow. You probably wouldnt want to change that, but in japan, you probably wouldnt want to change that, but injapan, they are trying to change the weather. More on the latest attempt later. Thank you very much. Also coming up. A bumpersummer up. A bumper summer for butterflies. A once in a decade mass emergence of painted ladies saw nearly half a million recorded across the uk. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live. Im martine croxall. Downing street has announced that borisjohnson will go to luxembourg on monday to hold talks with the pr
The menu when no one east investigates dark friend. Has im sick of this is counting the cost on your weekly look at the world of business and economics this week the trillion dollar moon bounty as india prepares to become the 4th nation to land on the moon we find out why theres a new scramble to get there the number of people going hungry has risen for the 3rd year running after years of improvements we find out whats gone wrong. In the multibillion dollar muslim fashion industry why are big brands buying into the trend. Of 50 years ago this week Neil Armstrong became the 1st man to step on to the moon mans flirtation with it was brief with a dozen men walking on it the last in 1972 but now theres renewed interest china plans to build a luna base by 2030 and nasa hopes to have men and women on the moon by 2024 of the next 5 years the space agency is expected to spend 30000000000. 00 on this its funding several projects from lunar landers to a mini space station that will allow craft t
Like most here try to matter jagat terry had to leave everything behind when her village was attacked and that may have been you well we really need is peace the crisis needs to be handled and brought. Forth to matter will be raising her children alone in a camp she says her husband was killed in front of her. The attacks keep happening every week the piece she longs for seems a long way off. Were joining me now from rome via skype is cindy holman shes a senior economist with the food and Agriculture Organization and coauthor of the report the state of Food Security and nutrition in the world in 2019 good to have you with us so hunger levels are not falling right now according to u. N. Findings whats behind that you know this is important because what were doing were seeing youre witnessing is a reversal and trends and terms of the long term trend of decline hunger hunger is now rising and one of the key drivers is that were were showing that hunger is increasing in countries that are