starting at the eiffel tower in paris, over eight days, the women will cycle for 1000 kilometers. britain will set a new fastest time in this mixed relay. one of the riders will be 23 year old anna henderson, seen here competing in a world championship. the tour de france often represents what cycling is, bike racing is. so i guess to have our own race is quite special. and yeah, you always get kind of yourfamily, friends and your relatives saying and asking if you ve done the tour de france. so now i can officially say i m going to do the tour de france. stage 20. i m here with my best climbing pal, carmen. we ve got 9k left. three years ago, a group of female amateur cyclists rode the men s tour de france route to prove that women could do it and to campaign for a women s race. amongst them was julianne and louise. it means everything. we campaigned really hard for women to have an opportunity to race
now it s time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes. we all know about the extreme heat we ve had earlier in the week. july has seen record breaking temperatures here across the uk, but it s also been incredibly dry across parts of southern wales, southern and eastern areas of england. there ve been some places that have seen no appreciable measurable rain so far this month, so bone dry. now, there is potential for seeing a bit of rain over the next few days, but some of the driest areas of southern and eastern england, hardly anything in the forecast. there should be some useful rain, though, across parts of southern wales. that s one of the driest areas of the uk, so i m sure that rain will be welcome. and the radar picture is picking up some areas of rain today.
good afternoon. britain s dina asher smith won 200m bronze at the world athletics championships this morning after battling to return to the podium. the defending champion lost the title she won three years ago, but ran 22.02 seconds to earn great britain s third medal in oregon. an incredibly fast race won byjamaican shericka jackson, who recored the second quickest time in history at 21.45 seconds. her compatriot shelly ann fraser pryce was second. asher smith dedicated her medal to her grandmother, who died earlier this year. i run very emotionally. it s probably quite strange to some of the viewers, but i have to be very vibrant, happy, feeling good, feeling strong and feeling positive. 0bviously, that was impossible
rainfall northern ireland and western scotland. there could be some welcome rain across southern wales where it has been incredibly dry, the south east and east anglia probably missing out pretty hot, temperatures at about 30 across parts of east anglia. england and wales into next week have high pressure influencing the weather, lots of dry weather, turning hotter as the week goes by, rain at times across north western uk but not where we really need it in the really dry parts of southern and eastern england. really dry parts of southern and eastern england. a reminder of our top story. holiday makers and lorry drivers face miles of cues this afternoon as a critical incident is declared in dover. that s all from the bbc news at one, so it s goodbye from me, and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. a summer s day at the beach, but this is becoming an all too common sight up and down the country.
now, temperatures reaching a high of 25, 26, so warm across east anglia in the south east, high teens to low 20s across the north and west. now, for sunday, probably some heavy rain targeting southern wales. so some welcome rain here, some wet weather for parts of scotland and northern ireland. but again, parts of east anglia and south east england staying bone dry and it s getting hot again for a time. temperatures could hit the 30 degrees celsius mark as we go through sunday afternoon. now, heading into next week, there ll be a lot of dry weather for england and wales. so no great rainfall totals in the forecast, turning hotter towards the end of the week. the north west of the uk will see some rain at times.