Is all coming up and we want to hear from you. Right now, here is the news. England will attempt to make footballing history this morning by defeating australia and reaching their first womens World Cup Final. The lionesses only defeat under their manager Sarina Wiegman came against australia in a friendly in april. The rate of inflation was down to 6. 8 injuly, down from 7. 9 injune. According to figures out today. The office for National Statistics said the drop was because of the falls in gas and ultra the prices. New questions have been raised why Andy Matheson spent 17 years in prison for a rape he did not permit was not granted an long ago is 2009. Documents show the real attacker was potentially identifiable only four years after he was convicted. More than 100 people are now known to have died in hawaii, Recovery Teams in the island of maui are searching the town of lahaina. It isa it is a rivalry recently played out in cricket. We had the womens ashes, the mens ashes, netball,
temperature 17 or 18 degrees tomorrow afternoon. we have that line of rain moving down from the north west tomorrow. it will continue down into england and wales on friday. this could give us not just more cloud, but it could pop off a few more sharp showers into england and wales. to the north, we have more sunshine this time in scotland and northern ireland, although the cloud will build up a bit and spread out. it should be dry in scotland and northern ireland. 18 degrees will be very quiet in the central belt. 16 or 17 towards the south east where we have the showers. the weekend looking quite promising. for many places it will be dry. some warm spells of sunshine. more cloud in the north, may be a little rain into northern scotland. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m jane dougall. it s the stage for one of footballs epic battles. etihad close the showdown between manchester city and real madrid with the winner getting a chance to lift the winner getting a chance to lift
we begin with the turmoil on financial markets today, the pound sterling continues to languish against the us dollar and several other currencies. the slide in its value was triggered by last week s mini budget, with its controversial package of tax cuts. let s get historical for a moment. we have records for sterling against the dollar going back through history, and in the early hours of monday morning it reached an all time low that is since the creation of the us currency in 1792. let s take a closer look at the past few days the dollar has been strong but this further drop down is about sterling weakness, with a bit of a recovery and then falling back again. you can see this dramatic few days, sterling weakness with a little bit of recovery before it fell back again. on friday and monday there were massive moves within a day, which for a currency like sterling is rare. and one of the impacts of a low pound means that we import inflation, oil and gas is more expensi
died at the age of 93. legal history will be made later today as broadcasters will air judges sentencing remarks from crown courts in england and wales for the first time time following a change in the law. # everybody needs good neighbours.# and farewell to neighbours after four decades teary eyed fans in australia prepare to watch the show s final episode. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the opening ceremony of the 22nd commonwealth games takes place in birmingham tonight. prince charles will represent the queen and 30,000 people will be inside the alexander stadium, with millions more watching around the world. the show will include performances from local music and dance groups, emphasising the city s diversity. more than 5,000 athletes are set to compete over a packed 11 days. they will be representing 72 nations and territories. the queen s baton will also be a key part of that ceremony, after being carried for 294 days through com
amid criticism of his leadership. at least 20 people are reported to have been found dead at a nightclub in the south african city of east london. the prince of wales accepted a suitcase containing a million euros in cash from a former qatari prime minister, according to the sunday times. there is no suggestion the payments were illegal. # how could i dance with another? # when i saw her standing there?# and sir paul mccartney wows glastonbury and brings on surprise guests bruce springsteen and dave grohl. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. one person has been killed and several others have been injured after apparent russian missile attacks struck the ukrainian capital, kyiv, causing large explosions. the city s mayor says ambulances and rescuers have been sent to the scene. the attacks come hours after president zelensky made another plea for ukraine s allies to provide air defence systems. the war will dominate a summit of g7 leaders, which