northerly wind, we will see showers. across the north of scotland and northern ireland we will see some develop across northern england and even wales. 15 in the north to highs of 21 in the south. as we head on through friday and into saturday, it remains unsettled with rain or showers. if you are wondering how much rental we have had during the month ofjuly, we have had a lot. these are the figures. in preston we have had three times the amount of rainfall we would expect during the whole of the month ofjuly. why is this? it is because of the position of the jet stream. effectively we are driving in areas of low pressure. at this time of year we would expect the jet stream to be further north, bringing settled conditions. i
we can come and celebrate and now we are attracting even more and more fans to the game, but it s great we are now out and been able to be a watch party and enjoy in these sorts of settings. may i heard that the tickets to be the game here sold out in four minutes. in four minutes. yeah, in my group chat with my in four minutes. yeah, in my group chat with my football in four minutes. yeah, in my group chat with my football club - in four minutes. yeah, in my group chat with my football club be - in four minutes. yeah, in my group| chat with my football club be picked up chat with my football club be picked up as chat with my football club be picked up as many as we could to come down and watch up as many as we could to come down and watch this because we all knew what a and watch this because we all knew what a special place this is to be able to what a special place this is to be able to share a love of football with all able to share a love of football with all of these
impact of climate change that we have seen over the last few months. the un has been warning about this for some time, but i think the experiences of people across europe, parts of east africa, america this summer i think has really brought home to people what the impact of climate change can be from wildfires to people having to flee their homes, it really is quite startling. we will leave it there, thank you very much for that quick update. live now to dr samantha burgess, deputy director of the copernicus climate change service, who were responsible for that report, along with the wmo. thank you for being here on the programme. you have been crunching the data, tell me more about what you found specifically about this month ofjuly 2023. 50. you found specifically about this month ofjuly 2023. you found specifically about this month ofjuly 2023. so, we use a dataset called month ofjuly 2023. so, we use a dataset called era month ofjuly 2023. so, we use a dataset called era five
and using the coal that s under ourfeet. for now, the campaigners say they re left frustrated, wondering what it will take to finally shut britain s biggest mine. hywel griffith, bbc news, merthyr tydfil. time for a look at the weather. here s sarah keith lucas. well, the weather has been drying out today, certainly compared to what we saw through the weekend. this was the picture in preston a little earlier, and in fact, in preston, we had 111 millimetres of rain through the weekend, about 1.5 times the amount we would expect through the whole month ofjuly. so it has been really wet. drying out, but i don t think you will be too surprised to hear there is a bit more rain forecast over the next few days. it won t be too persistent tomorrow. another day of sunny spells and scattered showers, a bit like some of us have seen today. if we look at the satellite and radar from the past few hours, still some cloud and rain lingering on the far south, and also some rain now
referred to it himself, that is the great fear, that a wounded russian bear could be even more dangerous. james, thanks forjoining us. covid infections in the uk have fallen to their lowest level since october last year. the office for national statistics says fewer than a million people had covid at the end of august that s about one in 70, down from one in 15 in mid july. health experts are predicting a rise in infections this winter and are urging the most vulnerable to get boosterjabs. latest figures show that the uk economy grew more slowly than expected for the month ofjuly. the office for national statistics says it grew by 0.2%, after dropping by 0.6% injune. 0ur economics editor faisal islam can tell us more. hopes of a bounceback in the economy injuly are now dashed and there s now some evidence of businesses cutting back on energy use. injuly the economy did grow