our aeroplane contrails. the water that aeroplanes check out the back makes controls. sometimes when there is a lot of moisture in the atmosphere, seven miles up in the sky, where the aeroplanes fly, they can persist for many, many hours, going the spectacular sunrise and sunset pictures. you get a sense of these contrails starting to work away, these lines of cloud you can see on the satellite picture. and they are, because we are starting to get drier air moving in across england, seven miles up in the atmosphere. you are less likely to see those contrails hanging around quite as long. weather wise today we have a bit of patchy cloud across south west scotland and northern ireland, may be an odd light shower. otherwise, the vast majority of the uk having dry weather with plenty of sunshine stop the sunshine, of course, is stronger this time of year. we have high levels of uv. the temperatures are widely reaching the high teens or low 20s. probably peaking at 23 celsius this
victory of gloucester, 46 24. a moment for tom parton to remember, scoring the quickest hat trick in the premiership. in the united rugby championship, dragons dismal away record continues after a 36 19 defeat in treviso against benneton. the win consolidated benneton s hopes of a play off place in the urc, after their six tries secured victory and a bonus point. italy captain michele lamaro completed the benetton scoring. dragons haven t won on the road since january 2023. elsewhere, leaders leinster were beaten by lions in south africa, bringing to an end their eight match winning streak. they remain top despite that loss. all the other results on your screen at the moment, as you can see. no score between connacht and a zebra.