Scotland. and either side, sunshine and showers. all the details throughout the programme. it s thursday, 28thjuly. welcome to birmingham. the camera showing you the council house in the centre of birmingham as we celebrate the start of the commonwealth games. the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games takes place here in birmingham tonight, prince charles will represent the queen. 30,000 people will be inside the alexander stadium, with millions more watching. the baton has been travelling through 72 countries, 294 days. it
Out an isolated shower, but largely dry and warm. temperatures getting up into the high 20s, around 28 celsius. into the weekend, it is looking dry for saturday, but sunday will see a little bit of rain perhaps first thing in the morning. clearing into the afternoon and drying out as we head toward sunday evening. temperatures across the weekend feeling warm. still no real significant rain as we head into next week. that s it from me. i m back in half an hour. plenty more on our website at the usual address. and dont forget to follow us on social media. now though it s back to charlie and naga. bye for now. good morning and welcome back to birmingham. 0f good morning and welcome back to birmingham. of course, today is the beginning of the commonwealth games and birmingham as the host city and the statue you can see, we are in victoria square and it is called the
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