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russia. but we are on the edge of high pressure and the front affecting person parts of uk during the course of sunday and that big temperature contrast. so pushing 10 degrees around the western fringes of country. but further to the east, three degrees and there could be some fog around in the morning as well. so it may not be three, but closer to zero through the course of the afternoon on sunday. so a raw sunday for some of us. the high pressure still with us on monday. but fronts c...

is being investigated seriously for a crime. that is unprecedented. heat—health alerts come into effect at midday across england, with temperatures in some areas forecast to reach 35 celsius later this week. the backlog of people waiting more than two years for a routine operation on the nhs in england has shrunk from more than 22,000 at the start of the year to fewer than 200. school pupils in scotland begin receiving their results from the first set of formal exams held since the s...

some amazon workers join rail and airline staff in walking out. more could follow. what does it mean for them and for you? good morning from birmingham where the commonwealth games went out with a bang. a sky full of fireworks, and ozzy osborne and black sabbath making a surprise appearance to close the show. and we catch up with rugby unions ed slater 24—hours into his 350—mile bike ride to raise awareness of mnd. tighter than charlie sharples at the bar! but beyond thatjust relie...

Collided with a helicopter in bucks. One of those killed has been named as mike green, a helicopter instructor. And tributes for the co founder of the Australian Rock Group ac dc, malcolm young. He died at the age of 64. Time to cross to the bbc sport centre for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me Lizzie Greenwood hughes and hugh woozencroft. The headlines this evening england make it five wins in a row over australia with a comfortable victory in rugby unions autumn international...

With me Lizzie Greenwood hughes and hugh woozencroft. The headlines this evening england make it five wins in a row over australia with a comfortable victory in rugby unions autumn internationals. North london bragging rights go to arsenal as Arsene Wengers side get their first win over tottenham since 2014. Ruling the race to dubai justin rose is ahead in the desert but Tommy Fleetwood is still in the chase. Also coming up in the programme. It wasnt perfect. Head coach Trevor Bayliss on a diffi...

We re well, that was the plan, but there were no signs of any changes. Will hughes took taj for watford, this his First Premier League goal. Not the start david moyes wanted but it could pack should have been worse. Watford came close to getting a second. From worse times chances these were some of gomezs entry for save of the season. Somehow, it was just 1 0 at the break. Hughes turned provider, releasing rich olessen to double their lead. Lanzini saw his effort cleared off the line. It isnt ge...

Meeting generals today and they have been trying to persuade him since that military takeover that he should resign with dignity, that he has no options left. Zanu pf gave him an ultimatum today that if he had not resigned by mid day tomorrow local time and they should start impeachment proceedings against him in the zimbabwean parliament. He is running out of friends, running out of allies, running out of options, and running out of time. And according to reuters tonight he has agreed to step d...

Tribute to one of the sports most popular personalities, jana novotna, the former wimbledon singles champion, whos died of cancer at the age of 49. In a moment, it will be time for sportsday, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. In beyond 100 days, the latest developments from the united states, which is designating north korea a state sponsor of terrorism, triggering further economic sanctions. At eight oclock well have the latest brexit developments, from our co...

Earlier and that has been quite unnecessary. That could have been done and it really annoys me, actually, that it has not been done. We welcome these people, they make a huge contribution and that could have been settled. I spent some time on this because i was the shadow secretary and going to Northern Ireland every week and i worked very closely with simon and he was tremendous as the irish agriculture minister wendy had the presidency of the eu. We worked very closely together and hes a reall...

Good evening, welcome to sportsday with me jessica creighton. Coming up englands cricketers endure another tough day in the second ashes test in adelaide. Manchester city again leave it late as their winning run continues against west ham. And history for hewett, hes the first british singles champion at the wheelchair masters. Lots to come this sunday evening, including the latest on tiger woods comeback. But cricket first, england had another difficult day in adelaide. Joe roots decision to bo...