a new manager after gareth southgate called it a day. the fa s search won t be limited to english candidates with plenty of big names potentially on their radar. and whilst it will be at pleasant summers day for many, cloud and rain gather to the north and west over the next few days and it is heat and humidity to the south and east. by friday, somewhere could hit 30 degrees. i will have the details. it s wednesday the 17th ofjuly. our main story. king charles will officially open parliament today with a speech outlining what the new government plans to do in the coming year. it will contain details of draft bills on issues including illegal migration, nationalisation of the railways, and a move to end smoking. 0ur political correspondent helen catt has the story. fanfare. this was the king arriving for last year s king s speech. then, it was a conservative government which wrote the words he read out. this time it will be labour s programme for the coming year. sir keir
champions england are in sweden and can secure their place at euro 2025 of they avoid defeat tonight. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. gareth southgate has resigned as england manager, after the three as england manager, after the three lions defeat by spain in the euros final on sunday. he led the side for eight years, taking them to world cup quarter and semifinals and two european championship finals. but he never won a major trophy and says now is the time for change. our sports news correspondent natalie pirksjoins us live from wembley. natalie, an emotional statement released by gareth southgate what more has he said? very emotional, coming clearly after an tournament that took its toll. he said managing england has been the owner of his life. what stands out is how much he loves the players, the staff, the pride and privilege he felt leading a group of players he felt leading a group of players he says can win the trophy we all dream of. what is al
so, how are we safer now, with the taliban taking over? i m sick to my stomach. we ll bring you the latest on the evacuation from afghanistan. also this lunchtime. reporter: are you going to resign, mr raab? - labour accuses the foreign secretary of putting interpreters lives at risk, after he declined to make a phone call to get help evacuating them from afghanistan. the government has defended him. new research finds both the pfizer and the astrazeneca jabs are still offering good protection against the more transmissable delta variant of covid. and. yorkshire county cricket club has apologised to former player azeem rafiq after an investigation into allegations of racism. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. the former manchester united and scotland striker denis law reveals he s been diagnosed with alzheimer s and vascular dementia at the age of 81. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the government says the uk will continue to help people lea
swathe of the highlands, heavy and persistent rain bringing the risk of flooding and travel disruption. and as you can see from the earlier radar, there has been some really very wet weather across this part of scotland so far today. and elsewhere, plenty of these big downpours and thunderstorms, some particularly heavy ones across parts of northern ireland, southern scotland come into northern england, and persistent rain continues throughout the afternoon across parts of northern scotland. it is quite windy out there, the showers could well see gusts of a0 mph or more, but generally these strong winds will help to bridge those showers along. so hopefully if you get a shower it should not be with you for quite such a long time as we have had at times over the last few days. and quite a cool feel as well, 17 to 20 celsius. through this evening, across england and wales, we keep some of those showers for a time, they should fade through the night. the rain pivots south across