crucially temperatures continuing to drop. a 2a, 20 5 degrees, a degree or two higher than we would expect forjuly. 2a, 20 5 degrees. the odd heavy, thundery showers towards the south on friday, temperatures build once again over the weekend, close to 30 across the south and south east. and that s bbc news at six on wednesday the 20th ofjuly, you can keep up with all the latest developments on bbc website. from the hello i m 0lly foster, here s what s coming up on sportsday this evening. can the england lionesses keep their winning run going, they face spain for a place in the semi finals of the women s european championship? i mjane i m jane dougal in i mjane dougal in brighton ahead of england quarterfinal match in spain where they ve been given a boost with their manager back in the dugout. we ll head live to oregon after an historic night for british athletics at the world championships. jake wightman storming to victory in the 1500 metres i kept expecting somebody to
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