here comes our active, cold front and some heavy, thundery rain with hail thrown in and wind gusts of 50, 60 may be 70 miles an hour whipping up 60 may be 70 miles an hour whipping up some rough seas and that could give rise to some coastal flooding. the intensity of the rainfall as it comes down in a short space of time might give surface flooding as well. it moves north eastwards overnight, some showers following on behind. a mild night and i ll start to tomorrow. tomorrow will stay quite windy with spells of sunshine. some showers push in from the west towards the east, some of which will be heavy and potentially thundery. they should move through quite quickly. those temperatures again a little bit above where they should be at this time of year. those temperatures are set to rise further as the week wears on. this is wednesday and again sunshine and showers on the face of it, but signs that those showers will tend to ease as we go through the afternoon. a weak ridge of h
experiences its biggest ever outbreak of avian flu. good morning from birmingham, where england are celebrating a double diving gold one for the team s teenage star at her first commonwealth games and another for the most experienced diver retaining his title. it s friday the 5th of august. our main story. a hosepipe ban will come into force in parts of southern england later today, as recent extreme temperatures and a lack of rainfall continue to put pressure on waterways and water supplies. southern water said the move, which affects the isle of wight and parts of hampshire, was a vital step . other bans will follow later in the month in kent, sussex and parts of wales. zoe conway has this report. i ve actually used the hosepipe more. frances and john are neighbours, friends, and very keen gardeners. from today, people living here near alresford in hampshire will be banned from using a hosepipe in their gardens. frances, do you think people will follow the rules? absolut
windy out there as well, 100 millimetres plus of rain fell in the cumbrian fells last night, not unusual. this morning, about 50 millimetres across the north welsh mountains as well. you can see here, the rain is steadily starting to clear away, the rain is steadily starting to clearaway, but the rain is steadily starting to clear away, but it is still heavy for a few spots. showers following, and drizzle around the hills and coasts further south as well. but not where we need it, across southern and eastern areas, still dry and warm here, becoming drier and really warm across scotland and northern ireland as well. because of the breeze, we are seeing the fern effect, so that lifts the temperature east of the hills. 25 in the east of scotland but as much as 30 in the next hour or two in the south and east. it will feel oppressive again through the night, uncomfortable for sleeping, like last night. more rain to come in the north, so we maintain temperatures in the mid teens h