across the east of scotland because this is going to join forces overnight. through tomorrow morning s rush it could be quite nasty, spray and standing water. the other story is the remnants of the high humidity air is sinking away to the south. finally, a more comfortable night for sleeping for many parts of england and wales. it could have cleared the south coast by morning. more sunshine in central and eastern areas and for the commonwealth games tomorrow. but lots of showers. i talked about the rain initially in eastern scotland. even once it clears there will be scattered showers. in the north, they could be happy with the odd rumble of thunder. 0ne they could be happy with the odd rumble of thunder. one of two into the midlands and east anglia. still 25 in the south east, but it will be noticeably fresher, not as oppressive out and about. similar picture on friday. the showers peppering the north and west, because of the north westerly breeze blowing them in. 18 to 24 a
commitment to taiwanese democracy. our delegation, of which i m very proud, came to taiwan to make unequivocally clear we will not abandon our commitment to taiwan, and we are proud of our enduring friendship. but china sees taiwan as a renegade province. it s armed forces are on high alert. this is a complete farce. the united states is violating china s sovereignty under the guise of so called democracy . .. those who offend china will be punished. we ll have the very latest live from washington and taipei. also tonight. the european court refuses an application by the parents of archie battersbee to postpone the removal of his life support. parched gardens and lawns will have to wait. a hosepipe ban is coming, to more parts of southern england. to secure its energy needs, germany considers keeping its nuclear power stations open to thwart a russian threat to suppliers. she s going to emulate her mum. eilish mccolgan is the commonwealth champion. and, keeping it in the fam
Time for a look at the weather. here s helen willetts hosepipe bans are being extended across the south? it has been exceptionally dry, but it s notjust been dry injuly across the south. for the summer so far, june and july, we have only had just over 100 millimetres of rain across the whole of the uk. to put that in context, through the metrological summer, june, july and august, you d usually expect to see about 240 millimetres of rain in those three months. we are way off that. it s been dry across the board, but exceptionally so in the south. most of the rain we have seen this august, and we have had some rain, is falling further north. very little in the south. this evening we have seen heavy rain, the odd bit of thunder tracking east across northern ireland. there is a warning out for the extent of the rain across the east of scotland because this is going tojoin
Olympic silver and now commonwealth gold under her belt. natalie pirks, bbc news, birmingham. time for a look at the weather. here s helen willetts hosepipe bans are being extended across the south? it has been exceptionally dry, but it s notjust been dry injuly across the south. for the summer so far, june and july, we have only had just over 100 millimetres of rain across the whole of the uk. to put that in context, through the metrological summer, june, july and august, you d usually expect to see about 240 millimetres of rain in those three months. we are way off that. it s been dry across the board, but exceptionally so in the south. most of the rain we have seen this august, and we have had some rain, is falling further north. very little in the south. this evening we have seen heavy rain, the odd bit of thunder tracking east across northern ireland. there is a warning out for the extent of the rain across the east of scotland because this is going tojoin