been very, very dry. the amount of rainfall while below average, in nottingham the last two hours have brought more than the last three weeks. across southern and eastern wales uncertainty still england the amount of rain we had seen has been well below average southern and eastern wales and southern and eastern wales and southern and eastern england. barely any appreciable rain across hampshire. the opportunity for some rain over the next few days but not much in the next few days but not much in the driest areas of southern and eastern england. north western areas will be the wettest, rainfall totals closer to normal. showers working across sussex into kent, that we have a convergence where the winds bash together to give a line of storms across mid wales, eastern wales, the bristol area, somerset and dorset. they will be slow moving in nature, some areas will see hefty downpours where a completely dry probably just down the downpours where a completely dry probablyjust
he shouldn t have been doing that. a critical incident is declared at the british port of dover as holiday makers face queues for hours for border checks, with the uk blaming french staff for the delays. the french border officers, they didn t turn up to work. they were supposed to be fully manning all of the passport control booths to meet at the holiday surge. hundreds of police in riot gear storm the main anti government protest camp in the sri lankan capital, colombo, tearing down tents and beating demonstrators. turkey says a deal has been agreed by ukraine and russia which will allow the resumption of grain to be exported from the black sea. tens of thousands of patients in england turned to private treatment late last year as hospital waiting lists started to climb with some even taking out loans pay for procedures. also coming up: despite a tough year, team gb s dina asher smith makes it back onto the podium after winning bronze at the world athletics championships in
dauphine race, finishing nearly two and a half minutes ahead of britain s adam yates in the overall standings. drew savage reports. cycling fans will see this again, heading fast up a mountain in the jersey. the criteria is often a key race of those aiming to win the tour de france. among those who are on the tour. this week, britain s adam yates has been his nearest challenger at the tour, he ll be riding for his team leader, tadej pogacar, who s recovering from a broken wrist. but here he s been leading uae team emirates, maybe trying to spot any weaknesses vingegaard may have. but the only thing the great dane didn t do today was take the stage win that honour went to italy s giulio ciccone, who stuck it out from the breakaway and won the king of the mountains jersey. vingegaard had already put in the hard kilometres winning the steepest stage yesterday, crossing the line to claim overall victory, 2 minutes 23 seconds ahead of yates.
i v e i ve got no excuses. i competed to the best of my ability. no excuses. he was just better on the night tonight. yeah, it is what it is. congratulations to him. i thought it was a close fight but at 117 111, i would love to do it again. with three weeks to go to the tour de france defending championjonas vingegaard looks to be hitting top form atjust the right time he s won the week long criterium du dauphine race. finishing nearly two and a half minutes ahead of britain s adam yates in the overall standings. drew savage reports. cycling fans will see this