To headline 6lastonbury. England will face the United States i would in the semi finals of the world cup thats after the us knocked out the hosts france in paris last night. 6ood good morning. We are likely to see the hottest day of the year so far with temperatures across southern and Eastern England up to about 3k degrees. Cool in the north west with some showers that i will bring you a forecast shortly. Cooler in the north west with some showers but i will bring you the forecast shortly. Its saturday 29th june. Our top story the heatwave continues. Today, parts of the uk could experience the hottest june weather in over 60 years. Temperatures could reach 3a celsius, edging close to the hottest ever june day which recorded at 35. 6 degrees celsius in 1976. It follows extreme heat across europe, with Health Warnings still in place in france after record breaking temperatures yesterday. Our reporter leigh milner is in camden park for us this morning. Backin back in the 50s, wasnt at th
Of the front runners in this conservative leadership contest which gets under way this week, with the first round of voting taking place on thursday. He may feel that this is about clearing the decks, so to speak. Putting it out there, past misdemeanours, and i suppose he will still rely on the support of a lot of his colleagues within the conservative party. He does have quite a lot of support within parliament. The question mark really for him is whether, if he makes it to the final two, the conservative membership at large take a more dim view of his activities in the past, because the clue is in the name. They are conservative members, arent they . They are indeed, and i suppose the other impact of this is that we now have a range of candidates who in their youth, some in the last ten or 15 years, some further back, have acknowledged that theyve used illegal drugs. Now, as he wasjustice secretary subsequently, in part of his cabinet career, and that raises questions about the abili
Hello and welcome to sportsday im azi farni back to winning ways england beat bangladesh at the cricket world cup after posting their highest ever tournament total. Defeat in crotia wales suffer in the sweltering heat as they are handed the first loss of their euro 2020 qualifying campaign. And a winner on her debut teenager yulia gwinn helps two time champions germany to victory in the womens world cup also coming up in the programme. Asheligh barty wins herfirst grand slam singles title after a dominant display at the french open hello and welcome to sportsday. Thanks forjoining us. England have bounced back from defeat to pakistan in the cricket world cup with a 106 run win over bangladesh in cardiff. Jason roys powerful 153 helped the tournament hosts post their highest ever world cup total of 386 6. Jorfra archer and ben stokes then got 3 wickets each as bangladesh were reduced to 280 all out. Our Sports Correspondent joe wilson was there. Cricket has generally considered banglade
Turning point in this stand off. The Hong Kong Government has been forced to concede that its controversial extradition bill has prompted ill will and division. And the announcement came that it would be shelved, at least for the time being. I now announced that the government has decided to disband to suspend the legislative amendment. We start communication with all sectors of society, do more exploration work and listen to different views. A vast array of opposition groups means the extradition bill means facing mainline chinese courts controlled by the communist party, which cant guarantee a fair trial, and they say carrie lam ultimately still it introduced. Translation hong kong people wont be cheated by the temporary suspension and carrie lams comments only make us more angry. The city enjoys freedoms guaranteed when the former british colony was handed back to china for the up the key pa rt back to china for the up the key part of that is having an independent judiciary, part of
Substances over a relatively short period of time is just inexcusable and frankly those around her, if they have broken any rules or mistreated and abused her in this process, they absolutely need to be held accountable. To football and the last eight teams remaining in this seasons European Champions League now know their route to the final with the Quarter Final and semi final draws made earlier today. The tie of the last eight sees 14 time european champions real madrid against the defending champions Manchester City with the the winner facing either arsenal or Bayern Munich in the finalfour. The other two ties see Paris Saint Germain take on barcelona, with the winner taking on either Atletico Madrid or borussia dortmund. In the Europa League the favourites liverpool will take on italian side atalanta with the winner coming up against either benfica or marseille in the final four whilst theres an all italian Quarter Final as ac milan take on roma, and bundesliga leaders Bayer Lever