because we have had thunderstorms and torrential rain, which brought flash flooding earlier this morning in devon. those storms have moved away, but we are keeping an eye on this cloud and the storm is coming up from northern france, crossing the channel and heading into hampshire and sussex. those storms could push further into the south east of england towards the midlands later this evening and are pushing to all these heat. it could be quite an uncomfortable night for sleeping. we still have the potential for heavy rain with the storms moving northwards overnight across east anglia into northern england and eventually towards scotland. a lot of cloud in the story for tomorrow and we are going to find more showers breaking out widely. these could turn heavy and thundery, threatening further localised flooding. where it is a bit drier in the afternoon across eastern parts of england, it is still warm for the time of year. it is just not as hot as it has been of late. the we
speech would dazzle us! on closer inspection, mr speaker, it is nothing more than fool s gold. our other headlines at 8pm today. a plea from the parents of 19 year old harry dunn, killed in a crash involving a us citizen on a trip to america they say she must return to the uk and face justice. she killed our son, she didn t need to kill him, she didn t need to have the accident. you cannot walk away from that and just leave, and expect nothing to happen. in syria, government forces are on the move to the border with turkey, raising grave fears of a dangerous new confrontation. and i m rebecca jones at london s historic guildhall, where later this evening we will be revealing who has one the booker prize award for fiction, awarded to the best novel of the year. good evening. the queen has set out the government s future policies on issues such as crime, health and the environment, and of course , brexit. but given that the prime minister has no majority in parliament, many of
showers, more wet and windy and cold weather in north eastern scotland and into shetland. show was gradually fading across much of wales and east anglia and central and southern england and temperatures remained above freezing point to the winds easing in the channel, with keeping an eye on this rain in the south tomorrow morning. further north across much of wales and east anglia, midlands and northern ireland, some sunshine but a scattering of showers that those western coasts and still cold in shetland, more rainfall here and it remains windy. let s look at the rain further south which will spread northwards from the south coast, falling on already saturated ground, possibly causing some more problems. some debate as to the northern extent of it, likely to curl into east anglia and in the evening show and the could be some gusty winds as well so keep an eye on that. on friday, a transition day, feeling drier with some showers on the coast and it will start to feel cool as
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hello and welcome along to sportsday. i m s era sarah mulkerrins. joe root hits 150 as they back to back against new zealand. dan evans rounds off a perfect week. and linn grant becomes the first female winner on the dp world tour after victory in scandinavia. welcome along to sportsday. day three was all about england s batters as they dominated play at trent bridge. starting the day on 90 for one, they were looking at a hefty first endings told her a 553. play ended with a root in on 163. in the foothills of new zealand s vast first innings total, england had to bat, so why not enjoy it? alex lees made his highest score for england, but 67 felt like a disappointment, such was the context. this was a day of opportunity, and lees knew it. both teams dropped several catches. this was a tough one but it was joe root, and therefore to be regretted by new zealand. 0llie pope was guiding his way to 100. england backing his talent, giving him responsibility, and this is how you