beautiful summer sunshine in birmingham. however, a small chance for a shower tomorrow and a much bigger chance for a shower on sunday. this is a sign of a change thatjust sunday. this is a sign of a change that just about all of us will start to feel over the weekend. that change only really in evidence across the west at the moment. that was cornwall earlier on. you can see on the satellite picture, all of this cloud lying in wait. already starting to produce some shows across the west of cornwall, pembrokeshire. i think we will see some showers and may be the odd thunderstorm getting into northern ireland as we get into the afternoon. north west england, south west scotland could see the odd shower. further east, a familiar tale, warm summer sunshine. and odd shower. further east, a familiar tale, warm summersunshine. and high or very high pollen levels. if you are a hay fever sufferer, you will not need me to tell you that. temperatures once again up to around 27 28 in th
in the house of lords and only eight were supported by the house of lords appointments commission. theirjob appointments commission. their job is appointments commission. theirjob is to provide advice to the current prime minister about peerages and the suitability of people. this morning rishi sunak made the unusual step of wading in and addressing this directly at a tech conference in london. he said borisjohnson had asked him to do something that he was not prepared to do because he did not think it was right. that was to either overall the commission or to either overall the commission or to make promises to people and he said he was not prepared to do that and if people did not like it, tough, so borisjohnson is now hitting back this afternoon saying thatis hitting back this afternoon saying that is rubbish, that all he needed to do is suggesting that rishi sunak had in effect blocked him because he said all he needed to do was to ask the commission to renew the vetting
bit cooler towards the south east attempt is probably reaching 30 degrees in cumbria. but with that heat and humidity, there is the potential for some heat and humidity, there is the potentialfor some more heat and humidity, there is the potential for some more torrential thundery downpours today. likely to bring some flooding. with the worst of the storms, we could get up to something like an inch of rain falling in the space ofjust one hour. this is what we have seen over the past few hours. they are not been too many showers just yet, but the cloud is developing, that rain tending towards northern ireland, some part of the midlands and across northamptonshire beginning to see the cloud building. this is going to be one part of the country that could see some very heavy thundery downpours through the midlands, heading into wales over the next few hours. wetter weather for the western side of northern ireland. more storms will break out in the north and west of scotland as w
as the lgbt plus community marks 50 years since the first march. now on bbc news it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m chethan partak live at the all england club. a big shock as the winning run of number one seed iga swiatek comes to an end. she knocked out by the world number 37. it s not a super saturday for the brits as katie boulter s wimbledon comes to an end. that was liam brodie, the same thing has happened to it katie boulter, beaten in straight sets. we will round up a british action for you as well. and i m ben croucher at the bbc sport centre with the rest of today s headlines. denied at the death wales pay the penalty with a last minute loss to south africa. news of ireland and england defeats too. some brutal batting at edgbaston sees india take control of the final test against england. and carlos can t be caught as sainz sweeps to pole ahead of the british grand prix. welcome along. thank you forjoining us, the sonjust welcome along. t
the conservative mp chris pincher, who is under investigation for allegedly groping two men, says he s seeking professional medical support and hopes to return to his duties as an mp as soon as possible. hundreds of people have gathered in east london at a vigil dedicated to zara aleena, who was killed as she walked home from a night out. two more britons captured by russian forces in ukraine have have been charged with being mercenaries, according to russian state media. more than a million people have gathered on the streets of london for pride, as the lgbt+ community marks 50 years since the first march. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m chethan partak live at the all england club. coming up on the programmer on a stunning day at the all england club, iga swiatek, the world number one and top seed, gives us the upset of the championship so far, knocked out by the world number 37. it s not a super saturday for the brits as a wild