more than a third of doctors whojoined the nhs in england last year came from overseas, according to bbc research unions say it s unsustainable. the first hosepipe ban of the year comes into force shortly, in southern england, after the driestjuly in more than 80 years. 0h! superb! and it s commonwealth gold for england s jack laugher and andrew harding in the men s synchro three metre springboard. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel, targetting herfirst commonwealth games medal. scotland s laura muir qualifies for the women s 1500 metres final. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the governor of the bank of england has defended the decision to raise interest rates, saying there is a real risk of soaring prices becoming embedded. the bank has forecast that the uk economy will fall into recession in the last three months of this year and that it will last well into next year. it also anticipates a further climb in inflation to more than 13%, t
fantastic, thank you so much. laura scott at the commonwealth games in birmingham. now fora scott at the commonwealth games in birmingham. now for a look at the weather and hello to chris. we were hearing about the hosepipe bans and no rain in the forecast for a long, long time in parts of the south of the uk. one of our weather watchers spotted this combine harvester bringing the crops in. and although there is a lot of dry weather, across the north of the uk we are seeing some shower cloud speed in. answering the big question, when is it going to rain? well, not for the next five days across the really dry areas but i reckon actually this dry run of weather will last a long time. southern parts of england and wales, i don t think we ll see rain for the next ten days but perhaps even as long as the next two weeks. so perhaps the back end of august we could see some heavy rain moving in, but that is an awful long way off. this afternoon, dry across southern wales, the south m
sember turns 28 today and won her heat and the crowd joined in a rendition of happy birthday for her. there will be three athletes from team england in the final of the women s long jump after they qualified this morning. there has been more diving dominance forjack laugher bust up last night, he made it three successive wins in the one metre platform and today he made it a hat trick of golds in the three metres synchronised event with his new partner anthony harding. but right now, the focus is all on the lawn bowls and that is because today the commonwealth games will crown a new oldest gold medallist. spare a thought for rosemary lenton, the pensioner from thought for rosemary lenton, the pensionerfrom dumfries, she is only held the honour for two days and today she will be overtaken by a 75 year old. we don t know yet. it will be scotland s george miller or gordon llewelyn from wales. they are battling out in the mixed para pairs. who will be successful in the septuagenarian stake
crowd joined in a heat and the crowd joined in a rendition of happy birthday for her. there will be three athletes from team england in the final of the women s long jump after they qualified this morning. there has been more diving dominance forjack laugher bust up last night, he made it three successive wins in the one metre platform and today he made it a hat trick of golds in the three metres synchronised event with his new partner anthony harding. but right now, the focus is all on the lawn bowls and that is because today the commonwealth games will crown a new oldest gold medallist. spare a thought for rosemary lenton, the pensioner from thought for rosemary lenton, the pensionerfrom dumfries, she is only held the honour for two days and today she will be overtaken by a 75 year old. we don t know yet. it will be scotland s george miller or gordon llewelyn from wales. they are battling out in the mixed para pairs. who will be successful in the septuagenarian stakes today?