Northern isles. It doesnt look like it will last many of us although i think we will hold on to a fine weekend in southern and eastern parts. Low pressure starts to work backin parts. Low pressure starts to work back in bringing the temperatures back in bringing the temperatures back down below average with outbreaks of Rain For Scotland and Northern Ireland. Some warm weather to come thursday into friday. Thats it. Ill be back at 10pm, but you can keep up with all the latest hello and welcome to sportsday im gavin ramjaun. England into the last 8 at the womens world cup but the Lionnesses Ride their luck against nigeria. I think thats what football is all about, fight until the end and being ready at the moment and being able to take the penalties for that of course for us that was great. Not so great though for laurenjames, whos sent off in the second half. How much could that cost them . And the Mathildas March On theyre too strong for denmark, the co hosts putting their early tourn
welcome to bbc news. we begin in northern ireland, which is marking 25 years since the signing of the good friday agreement. the historic peace deal largely ended decades of violence in northern ireland. but prime minister rishi sunak says efforts must be intensified to restore the power sharing government that was central to the deal. it collapsed in the fall out from brexit, and now the political dysfunction and security concerns are threatening to overshadow the historic milestone. from belfast, laura cullen reports. it took 22 months of talks to largely end three decades of conflict. through it all, these leaders kept their sense of purpose. and in the end, they delivered an agreement that s fair and balanced and offers hope for the people of northern ireland. the agreement was based on the idea of cooperation between communities, and set up a new government representing both nationalists and unionists. a copy of it went to every household in northern ireland, and almost
cyclists call for britain s roads to be made safer, as a survey finds a quarter of motorists admit driving dangerously close to bikes. a damning report has warned that hundreds of police officers in england and wales have been cleared to serve when they should have failed vetting procedures. forces accepted applicants with convictions for robbery, indecent exposure and domestic abuse. the police watchdog looked at eight forces, reviewing hundreds of vetting files. his majesty s inspectorate of constabulary, fire and rescue services focused on the poor treatment of women, and sexual misconduct, following the murder of sarah everard by a serving officer. the review found officers with criminal records, significant debts, or whose families had links to organised crime. police chiefs have promised to put the problems right. tom symonds reports. in 2012, nicola brooks reported she was being abused and stalked online. an inspectorfrom sussex police handled her case, but he carried
way. we need to get that confirmed. but sunak s yet to announce publicly whether he will bid for the top job after losing to liz truss last month. meanwhile, borisjohnson has flown home from a caribbean holiday, as his supporters claim he now also has 100 mps backing him, although others have said this is hogwash. so far, penny mordaunt is the only contender to have officially launched a campaign. earlier, our political correspondent, damian grammaticas, gave us an update on the number of tory mps backing potential candidates. the bbc have been running our own tally, and this is of publicly declared support, so people who have either very publicly on social media or confirmed to us. and those are numbers of people who are out there declaring, and those numbers are very interesting because they do give rishi sunak well over 100 public backers, borisjohnson, around 50 or so and penny mourdant, 20 something. now, the borisjohnson campaign came out earlier and were now, the bor