and my award for best weather forecaster is darren bett, who is here! if forecaster is darren bett, who is here! ., ~ ., ., ., here! if! had known, i would have won a tuxedo here! if! had known, i would have won a tuxedo but i m here! if! had known, i would have won a tuxedo but i m not - here! if! had known, i would have won a tuxedo but i m not sure - here! if! had known, i would have l won a tuxedo but i m not sure that s fitting for the weather. the weather is looking very quiet this week in contrast to last week. starting on a chilly note but it will get warmer day on day. not a great deal of rain in the podcast. the clouds went down overnight, didn t bring much rain. a few showers following on behind that, but we also have the windsmoor from the north and north west which has brought in this chilly start to the new week. in the chilly air, we have seen some sunshine and recently seen a bit more of this cloud building up and spreading out a bit. we can see that on th
and at how the pandemic has this cohort of 18 year olds. also on the programme. the killing of 87 year old thomas o halloran, who was stabbed on his mobility scooter in west london a man is arrested. another rail strike leaves only one in five trains running with widespread disruption for passengers. and divers say they struck gold off the isles of scilly when they found the us warship which sank during world war i. and coming up on the bbc news channel. south africa take a lead in the first test as engalnd desperately try to limit their advantage on day two at lord s. good afternoon. there s been delight but also disappointment on results day for hundreds of thousands of teenagers across england, wales and northern ireland who ve had their studies severely disrupted by the pandemic. almost 850,000 a levels were taken this year and the proportion of top grades fell compared with the last two years, although they are still higher than before the pandemic. these pupils w
the odd shower for the what s left of that rain is stuck across northern england. the odd shower in other parts of england and wales but again some sunshine to dip temperatures not changing much. warm in the sunshine in england and wales. all of our weather is coming in from the atlantic, and that means some more cloud coming our way for sunday, but this weather front is slowing up, so many places are going to be dry on sunday. the best sunshine and warmth will be in the east. thanks, darren. and that s bbc news at six on thursday 18th august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one, as now it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. hello, and welcome to sportsday i m hugh ferris. the headlines this evening. england try to cling on to south africa as they go past their first innings score on day two of the opening test
to actor bernard cribbins, famous for his many roles including in doctor who, the wombles and the original railway children who has died at the age of 93. a report looking into events leading up to the death of a 13 month old boy in cumbria has found that the woman who killed him misled social workers about her mental health, her alcohol use, and her debts. leiland james corkill was killed injanuary last year by laura castle, a woman who had hoped to adopt him. a safeguarding report found that relevant information about castle was not shared between agencies. it concluded that checks on people who want to adopt should be strengthened. first, our special correpsondent ed thomas has this report, it contains some distressing details. mummy, please don t be sad. i miss you so much too. i m safe. it s so beautiful up here. but i do worry when i see you cry. laura inhales sharply the words of laura corkill read at the funeral of her son, leiland james. .. and what do you re