Thunderstorms my breaking out and into scotland as well. The reason why is low pressure moving across the British Isles at the moment and its moving across scotland. This is where we are going to see some of the heavier downpours, with the risk of flash flooding particularly across the eastern side of scotland this afternoon. It is eastern scotland, down into parts of north east england, where, if you do catch a thunderstorm you could see may be 20 30 millimetres of rain in an hour. Theyll be fairly slow moving. You can pick out one or two in the midlands and east anglia, maybe 10 15 millimetres of rain so the potential for some disruption. May be rather drizzly towards west facing welsh hills and its a rather muqqy facing welsh hills and its a rather muggy, warm afternoon out there, very pleasant if you get to see some sunshine and many places will be dry with sunny spells, but through the Late Afternoon into this evening just a closer look at where we are expecting some of the thunde
Live all the sport. England take their first three wickets for just 1a runs. England take their first three wicketsforjust14 runs. 217 8 australia, you would say england are in control but we saw what happened to india from a similar position against new zealand yesterday, lots of drama so far, we will have the latest from edgbaston at 2 30pm. Bit of drama coming in the weather forecast. Thunderstorms across the uk at the moment, mostly affecting the far north east, one or two into edgbaston for the cricket this afternoon. All the details coming up shortly. Also coming up re writing history the skull discovery which suggests modern human beings lived outside africa much earlier than previously thought tension is mounting in the gulf after a Royal Navy Warship warned off three iranian gunboats that were trying to intercept a British Oil Tanker in the strait of hormuz. The ministry of defence says hms montrose moved between the British Heritage and the iranian vessels. The montrose issue
Of national guidance. Tommy robinson, the former leader of the English Defence league, is sentenced to nine months injail for contempt of court. And jubilation as england power into the cricket World Cup Final for the first time in 27 years after thrashing australia at edgbaston. And coming up on bbc news. Simona halep knocks out Elina Svitolina to reach a fifth grand slam final, herfirst on grass here at wimbledon. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. British ships in one of the busiest oil shipping lanes in the world have been put on the highest state of alert after a Royal Navy Warship had to warn off three iranian gunboats that were trying to intercept a tanker owned by bp in the gulf. The ministry of defence says hms montrose moved between the tanker owned by bp and the iranian vessels. The montrose issued several radio warnings, and the iranian boats then turned away. Iran has denied that any confrontation took place. But it had already threatened to retaliate after B
British ships in one of the busiest oil shipping lanes in the world have been put on the highest state of alert. It comes as a Royal Navy Warship had to warn off three iranian gunboats that were trying to intercept a british tanker in the strait of hormuz. The ministry of defence says hms montrose moved between the tanker owned by bp and the iranian vessels and issued several radio warnings before the iranian boats turned away. Iran has denied that any confrontation took place. But it had already threatened to retaliate after British Royal marines seized an iranian tanker last week on suspicion of breaking eu sanctions. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. The warship hms montrose was on patrol when the british tanker was approached by three armed iranian fast boats. Montrose was reported to have quickly arrived at the scene, training her guns on the iranians who turned away after several warnings were issued over the radio. The tanker, british heritage, was about to trans
Anti semitism to jubilation as england power into the cricket World Cup Finalfor the england power into the cricket World Cup Final for the first time in 27 yea rs cup final for the first time in 27 years after thrashing australia. Serena williams has made a within the wimbledon final and is within one victory of ling margaret ports tally of grand slam victories. And later we will be looking at the papers with our commentators. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. All british ships sailing through waters near iran are being advised to go to a heightened state of security after a Royal Navy Warship had to warn of three iranians gunboat is trying to intercept a British Oil Tanker in the golf. There has been a major escalation in tensions in this globally important regions, one of them busiest oil shipping routes in them busiest oil shipping routes in the world. On one side are the arab states including a number of key allies. On the other, iran. And between them, the strait of hormuz. I