affecting northern ireland and ahead of that something a bit warmer than today across parts of england and wales, but it will get warmer after that and the wind is coming all the way from the tropics, bringing the warmth and a lot of cloud and on those weather fronts, some those weatherfronts, some rain. could be quite wet across parts of argyll and highland on thursday with some rain threatening northern ireland. it looks mostly dry for england and wales and quite cloudy further east, but even with the cloud because the air is coming from the south we have temperatures of 19 in belfast, 21 in east yorkshire. as we move into friday the winds are light for england and wales and threaten fog in the morning for the midlands and south east and that will lift with sunshine coming through. the main rain band is towards the far north west so sunshine for scotland and northern ireland and in another very warm day for this time of the year. that s all from the bbc news at six. so it s
bumper profits for the owner of british gas centrica more than a billion pounds this year as household bills keep rising. right on time! and from the railway children to the wombles and doctor who bernard cribbins has died at the age of 93. and coming up on the bbc news channel, we ll be in birmingham ahead of the commonwealth games and we ll look at what threat germany pose to england in the final of the women s euros. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. you the commonwealth games 2022 opens here at the alexander stadium in birmingham injust two hours time. this huge space seats 30,000 people, and although we don t entirely know the themes of the opening ceremony you do get hints of how they want to celebrate birmingham, with a mock canal and brickwork heralding its industrial past, and graffiti and skateboard ramps celebrating its gritty present. and we ve also been told to watch out for exactly how the royal guests arrive. 0rganisers say it s the bigges
during saturday, petering out. some patchy rain in the morning, scotland and northern ireland and then brightening up, not much rain for england and wales, mainly west and wales and north west england, brightness and sunshine ahead of that and very warm once again, 2627 celsius, low 20s in scotland and northern ireland. of uncertainty about sunday. this slice of cloud and rain across the middle third of the country, dry out to the to the north. the rain could be further south and it could be heavier. at the moment southern areas dry and still very warm in the sunshine in the south east. sophie. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at six, from the six team it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our welcome to sportsday. i m jane dougall, and we are live from birmingham as the city prepares to host the biggest sporting programme in commonwealth games history. the countdown is on to the opening ceremony at alexander stadium, where 72 nations an
been quite cloudy and damp across southern counties of england. seeing slow improvement as that. a bet also seeing some clarity developing which could trigger some showers that many places staying fine and dry, winds lightening, feeling pleasantly warm in the sunshine. warmer for many yesterday, 19 in glasgow and perhaps 22 in the midlands. showers will fade this evening but rain comes into the south west of england, wales and northern ireland before midnight, stumbling into the south west of scotland and sweeping into the eastern side of england, quite able night, temperatures of 13 or 1a pictured here in northern parts of scotland ahead of the rain. 8 bit chilly in northern parts of scotland. the rain moves from eastern areas in england, blustery winds in the south west, heavy showers in the afternoon as they become fewer across parts of wales and the south west. rain may be coming back into northern ireland, cooler here and in that rain across the central belt. and this
i m geeta guru murthy live in westminster bringing you the latest reaction to the vote. in other news, a man who remained a member of the banned group national action after the ban in 2016 has been jailed for action after the ban in 2016 has beenjailed for eight and action after the ban in 2016 has been jailed for eight and a half years today. monitoring groups call for government intervention to ease rising fuel prices. they rac says it cost £98 to fill the average car with petrol now. good afternoon. borisjohnson has told the cabinet the government can now draw a line under the issues their opponents want to talk about following last night s vote of confidence in his leadership. the prime minister survived despite a significant rebellion by 41% of his own mps. mrjohnson said it was a decisive result but his tory critics maintain that his days are numbered. let sjoin my colleague geeta guru murthy in college green. thank you very much indeed. we are gathering reac