Tend to stay dry. A disappointing, cloudy day in western areas with spots of rain and mist here and there, but further north and east we should tend to stay dry with variable cloud. Where we get the sunshine peaking out, that could set off heavy showers. Temperatures reaching 19 degrees tomorrow so not quite as warm as we have had today. On saturday it looks like temperatures will be higher, quite a bit of cloud around, a legacy of that weather front, may be the odd shower but most places will stay dry. Temperatures responding, 21 degrees, the high teens further north with the cloud. Sunday is looking even sunnier, with sunny skies right across the board and the temperature is even higher at 22 or 23 degrees in the south. That s all from the bbc news at six, so it s goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are. Hello and welcome to sportsday. I m katherine downs. Social media boycotts and blanket condemnation but the abuse continues. Marcus rashford
but are they tough enough? a last roll of the dice by fulham. they sack their manager, claudio ranieri, after only 106 days in charge, with relegation from the premier league looking increasingly likely. more than 5,000 online grooming offences were recorded by police in england and wales, according to new data obtained by nspcc. the figures suggested instagram, facebook and snapchat had been used in 70% of cases of sexual communication with a child since it became an offence in april 2017. the charity accused social media firms of ten years of failed self regulation. ben ando reports. the nspcc describes it as the wild west web, and it is children who are falling prey to online outlaws and being groomed. most are in their teens, but many are younger, won just five years old. of the big social media apps, it is instagram that has seen the biggest increase in abuses targeting children, but snapchat and facebook are also widely used, and between them, these three platforms acco
england s cricketers against sri lanka, details of the captain giroud s century later, live. chris fawkes has all the weather. the weather is pretty dull and gloomy today, looking ahead to weekend weather prospects, sunshine is on the way. beyond that, the weather is set to turn really quite cold next week, we will be looking at that later on. a painting by david hockney sets a new record ‘portrait of an artist pool with two figures‘ has fetched over 70 million pounds. hello everyone this is afternoon live, i m simon mccoy. michael gove insists he has confidence in theresa may as she pursues her brexit deal. the environment secretary was rumoured to be considering resigning from the cabinet but has decided to stay on to help the cabinet to get the best future for britain . this morning the prime minister once again defended her brexit withdrawal agreement answering calls from members of the public in a phone in on lbc radio. it comes amid speculation that a leade
sport. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m lizzie greenwood hughes. here s what s coming up on tonight s show: a captain s innings joe root puts england on top in kandy. but is it his best century ever? he thinks it might be! racing up the leaderboard in dubai tommy fleetwood bids to be europe s top money winner for the second year in a row. england s newest teenage star jadon sancho tells us why he s going deutch. it s not easy leaving family behind. it s not easy leaving family behind. it is really hard, but i thought coming out to germany and expressing myself is the best thing i have ever done. myself is the best thing i have ever done. wales had the opportunity to win their nations league group and take a huge step towards qualification for euro 2020. welcome to friday sportsday. lots for you tonight. we re starting with cricket because england are firmly on top in the second test against sri lanka and it s largely thanks to this man, joe root. he was at his brilliant
on public display for the first time in more than 200 years jewels once belonging to queen marie antoinette of france go under the hammer. and coming up on bbc news, the first premier league sacking of the season. slavisa jokanovic loses his job at fulham. he ll be replaced by claudio ranieri. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. theresa may is preparing to meet her cabinet in an hour s time as she tries to secure support for her draft brexit agreement with the eu. in the commons this lunchtime, she told mps that her draft brexit deal delivered on the outcome of the 2016 referendum to leave the eu and that the government would not hold another referendum or renege on the result. senior conservative mps across the party have called on ministers to reject the deal, saying it would leave britain locked into the eu s rules, while the democratic unionists have warned it could lead to the break up of the uk. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, says the draft agreeme