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i will bring you all the weather coming shortly. good morning. are booming holiday bookings enough to boost the economy? we find out the financial state of the uk later this morning. i am in the lake district. which uk cities have made the shortlist to host next year s eurovision? we ll be finding out after eight o clock this morning the summerjust keeps getting better and betterfor great britain s alice kinsella. she s added silver at the european championships, to the gold she won at the commonwealth games in the gymnastics all around final. good morning. it s friday, 12th august. a drought is expected to be declared in many parts of england today, meaning stricter controls over the use of water. it comes as yorkshire water is the latest firm to announce it s introducing a hosepipe ban. meanwhile, restrictions in kent and sussex have now come into force. the ongoing dry weather, combined with last month s record breaking heatwave, has drained rivers and reservoirs, and rais ....
uk, but rather a lot of cloud in that high pressure, so, the weather is going to be settling down to the end of the week, and into the weekend, not necessarily clear blue skies and far from it in the very far north west of the uk, we could have some rain, sophie, back sophie, back to you. thanks tomasz. and that s bbc news at six. now it s time to join our colleagues for the news where you are, goodbye. thanks, sophie. coming up on bbc london tonight. hello, you re watching bbc news. thanks forjoining us on sportsday, i m ben croucher. coming up. england name their men s test squad to tour india four spinners, three uncapped players. we ll tell you who s in and who s out. derbyshire s anuj dal tells us about the power of restorative justice after he was racially abused on social media. and ahead of a huge week for manchester united are the players behind their under pressure manager? it s their under pressure manager? notjust a case of v managers, it s notjust a cas ....
Following president trumps decision to recognisejerusalem as israels capital, will be live at the united nations, where this has been in discussion tonight. And we will be live in the pennines, where temperatures are due to dip below freezing tonight. Thats ahead on bbc news. But now, time for sportsday. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Im Lizzie Greenwood hughes. Heres whats coming up on tonights show. Its mourinho versus guardiola. United versus city. Second versus first. We look ahead to the premier leagues most expensive game in history. The first against the second. Its a big match. Its important because its united, because you can get points. Well, soon those big games will be taking on the likes of strictly on saturday night tv as the premier league goes prime time. And mooen rests his finger from the ashes pulse as the england all rounder says he wont bowl in tomorrows tour match ahead of the third test. Well, plenty to ....
On their ashes tour. Its just been revealed why batsman ben duckett was been dropped from englands ashes tour match today it follows an incident in a perth bar. In sharp contrast here more snow and ice are on the way with freezing temperatures likely to cause travel disruption. Stav will have the latest for us. A few snow showers and the potential of some significant snow. Join me laterfor the details. Good morning. First, our main story. The foreign secretary, borisjohnson, has arrived in iran shortly, where he will express what he describes as grave concerns over the imprisonment of the british iranian woman, Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe. The aid worker has been held prisoner in the country since april 2016, accused of trying to overthrow the iranian government a charge she denies. Mrjohnson is also expected to discuss britains wider relations with iran. Heres our Diplo ....
Tour match today it follows an incident in a perth bar. A few snow showers and the potential of some significant snow. Join me later for the of some significant snow. Join me laterfor the details. Good morning. First, our main story. The foreign secretary, boris johnson, is due to arrive in iran shortly, where he will express what he describes as grave concerns over the imprisonment of the british iranian woman, Nazanin Zaghari ratcliffe. The aid worker has been held prisoner in the country since april 2016, accused of trying to overthrow the iranian government a charge she denies. Mrjohnson is also expected to discuss britains wider relations with iran. Heres our Diplomatic CorrespondentJames Robbins. Boris johnsons first visit to iran could hardly be more sensitive. Last month he was accused of damaging the ....