Windier and wetter. The temperatures coming up at 14 degrees as the low pressure scoops up milder air. The front will be with us for the weekend. It is looking unsettled for august. Central and eastern parts will start to dry with sunshine through the morning, before the wind picks up and the cloud increases and rain in the west reaches the east and some of the rain will be heavy and some of the rain will be heavy and perhaps thundery. And it is followed by heavy and blustery showers in the south west. Temperatures high teens for most. Here is friday, low pressure on top of the country and this feature runs across southern areas into the start of the weekend and it will remain windy, particularly for england and wales and showers or longer spells of rain for friday and into the weekend. Some of the rain could be torrential. But there will still be some sunshine in between. That s all from the bbc news at six, so it s goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where
Its covid lockdown. It s eight in the morning in singapore, and 9am in tokyo where the czech republic and poland have offered to help a belarusian sprinter who was ordered home from the games by her country s 0lympic officials. This is her krystsina tsimanouskaya. She had been due to compete in the women s 200m event on monday. But after posting a video complaining about being entered into another race at short notice, she says she was told to pack and taken to the airport. She then contacted police, and uploaded this video on social media, appealing for help. The flight took off without her on board. Tsimanouskaya has said she believes she s now safe i m joined now by sarah mulkerrins in tokyo. The international olympic committee says it has asked the belarus authorities to clarify what happened. It comes of course against a backdrop of ongoing protests against president lukashenko of belarus who the opposition accuse of stealing the election, and repressing any dissent against hi
Tourists have been evacuated from beaches in south western turkey, where raging wildfires are now threatening hotels and homes. Employers who still have staff on furlough will have to start contibuting 20 per cent of workers wages from today. And coming up later this hour, witness history. Team gb have two more gold medals on day nine of the tokyo olympics, with success in gymnastics and bmx. And in the last few minutes, italy s lamont marcelljacobs has taken gold in the 100m final. It means a new olympic champion for the first time since 2008. But heartbreak for britain s zharnel hughes who was disqualified after a false start. In the gymnastics, max whitlock retained his olympic title, with gold in the pommel horse final the 28 year old now becomes the most successful gymnast ever in the event and it brings his overall tally of olympic medals to six with three golds and three bronze. In the bmx freestyle charlotte worthington recovered from a fall in herfirst run to claim a rema
The streets of sydney as australia ramps up its covid lockdown. Live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. It s newsday. Welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. It s seven in the morning in singapore, and eight o clock in tokyo, where we begin with news from the olympics that an athlete from belarus has been taken into police protection injapan after claiming that officials from her team were trying to force her to fly home against her will. This is her krystsina tsimanouskaya from belarus. She had been due to compete in the women s 200m event on monday. But after posting a video complaining about being entered into another race at short notice, she says she was told to pack and taken to the airport. She then contacted police, and uploaded this video on social media, appealing for help. The flight took off without her on board. I m joined now by sarah mulkerrins in tokyo. Great to have you on the programme. What s the latest on the fate