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hello from the bbc sport centre. the football supporters association has challenged the premier league's claim that 4 out of 5 fans want to keep var. the league says the figure comes from an independent survey, but the fsa say they �*appear to be in denial�* with their own finding's showing the majority of fans are against var. steps are being taken to try and improve video assistant refereeing with a new system powered by artificial intelligence set to be introduced later this, as will semi—automated off—side technolofy. introduced later this season, as will semi—automated off—side technology. the head of referees say they are looking to make the matchday experience better. the in—stadium audience are the ones that are the most important. we are looking at ways to do that, using the video boards where they exist, enhancing messages,
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ensuring replays of video, assistant referee situations are played out consistently. and also, again, reducing those delays. if you are in the stadium watching a game, a goal is scored, you want to be able to celebrate and get back into the game as quickly as possible and there is frustration when there are delays. but the sooner we can get to the final decision, the less frustration it's caused. that greater efficiency that i've spoken about, we think, will be something that will make the in—stadium experience better, too. conor gallagher is back at chelsea with his move to atletico madrid on hold. the england international has spent much of the past week in madrid but his £33 million transfer has stalled. spanish striker samu omorodion was supposed to move the other way for a similar fee, but that deal collapsed. if chelsea re—signjoao felix from atleti, then the gallagher move could be back on. the spanish league season starts tomorrow, but champions real madrid are in warsaw for the uefa super cup against atalanta where kylian mbappe is set to make his real debut. the 25—year—old french forward has finally made his dream
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move after seven seasons at paris saint—germain where he scored 256 goals in 308 appearances. real have had a set—back though, as one of mbappe's france team—mates eduardo camavinga sprained a ligament in his left knee in their final training session. he'll be out for up to seven weeks. there are highlights of the super cup on bbc one from 10.40 tonight. hayley matthews was the star with bat and ball, as welsh fire sealed at least a knock—out place in the women's hundred. they beat southern brave by nine wickets — west indies international matthews taking 4—11; as brave were bowled out forjust 103, before she hit an unbeaten 35 from 26 balls as fire won with 26 balls to spare. they'll top the group and go straight into sunday's final if 0val invincibles fail to beat trent rockets this afternoon. ash gardner was one of only two
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trent rockets batters to reach double figures — they finished on 91 for 8. 0val invicibles have just reached their target — so they finish in the top—three and reach the knockout phase, trent rockets miss out. in the men's competition, southern brave need to beat welsh fire to reach the knockout stages — they were set a target of 182 to win thanks to 53 off 30 balls from luke wells. southern brave are 21 for 2 in reply — 161 needed to win off 84 balls but the match has been delayed by rain. 0val invicibles play trent rockets later, they will go straight through to the final if they win. defending champion demi vollering has extended her lead at the halfway stage in the tour de france femmes. stage four took the riders from netherlands into belgium — the race will finally reach france tomorrow — and the dutch rider in the yellow jersey was there to challenge for the stage win. she was beaten in a photo finsh
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by compatriot puck pieterse but vollering now leads the overall standings by 22 seconds, ahead of pieterse. gavin will be back at half past six with sportsday here on bbc news and i will be back throughout the evening. see you later. thank you. a woman from cheshire who posted on facebook that a mosque "should be blown up with the adults inside" has been jailed for 15 months. 53—year—old julie sweeney from church lawton admitted a charge of sending a communication threatening death or serious harm when she appeared at chester crown court this afternoon. it's the latest in the prosecutions from the far—right and anti—immigrant riots in england and northern ireland after disinformation about the identity of the southport attacker. with me is our home affairs correspondent, daniel sandford. he covered to both those stories and set of events that followed. tell us
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more about this particular case. the case ofjulie — more about this particular case. tue: case ofjulie swinney more about this particular case. tte: case ofjulie swinney is interesting. if 53—year—old effectively she never left her house during the disorder. she was in her community facebook group, so people would normally chat about problems or things that they were selling or giving away. the conversation turned in this facebook group to events in southport where, first, the three girls had been killed and the next night there had been the riot outside the local mosque. people were commenting about how the community was rallying around and cleaning up after the mosque and julie swinney posted in her local facebook group, "it is absolutely ridiculous. don't protect the mosque. blow the mosque up with the adults in it." that upset quite a few people in the facebook group and it was reported to the police. today she was jailed for 15 months and the judge made it quite clear injailing
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her that it was necessary to send a message to what he called the keyboard warriors that they need to take responsibility for the language that they use online. of course that has been quite a lot of quite angry posting going on on social media for many years. people have not really in the different context, face these very, very serious consequences. so some of those that are being prosecuted for what they wrote online during these protests are quite surprised by the sentences they are getting. the judge was clear, a message needs to be sent, you must take responsibility for the language you use online.— you must take responsibility for the language you use online. where are we and the — language you use online. where are we and the numbers _ language you use online. where are we and the numbers of— language you use online. where are we and the numbers of arrests - we and the numbers of arrests and people who have not been charged and gone through the court process? t5 a gone through the court process? is a hue gone through the court process? t3 —. huge number now gone through the court process? t3 5. huge number now who gone through the court process? t3 5 huge number now who have been charged, well over 400 if you include both under 18 and adults, both on my last count and it is difficult to keep track amount 140
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people have already been convicted, lurched people who would have pleaded guilty we have seen prison sentences for those involved in violent disorder which of the most serious offence you can be charged with for up to three years and five months which is the absolute maximum for someone who pleads guilty but a judge stay in a court of whole suggested perhaps they are not charging people with a serious enough offence saying perhaps the prosecution should be charging people with the riots which allow judges to give sentences to up to ten years. so that is an active debate whether the offences people have been charged with are serious enough. the number of violent attacks against women and girls on britain's railways has increased by more than 50% in the past two years, according to a new survey by the british transport police. the minister for violence against women and girls described the figures as upsetting. 0ur correspondent nick eardley has this report. doors beep. put your bags on the floor.
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this is the moment when edgar junior was arrested by british transport police last year. the 50—year—old had sexually assaulted a woman on a train. he admitted it and was sentenced to 20 months in prison. but new figures show that this is far from an isolated case. british transport police figures show an average of 31 reports a day involving violent crimes against women or girls. the number being reported hasjumped 50% in just two years. reports of sexual harassment have more than doubled in the same period, with sexual assault reports up 10%, too. most women and girls have experienced incidents of sexual harassment and other types of non—contact sexual offending on the transport network for a very long time. it isn't new to many women and girls that this is happening, but we also know perpetrators can target busy transport network times so that they can access
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women and girls in that way, as well. so we shouldn't be surprised that there are a huge number of perpetrators. there have been a number of campaigns encouraging women to report violence on the transport network. like this app, railway guardian. police say the increase in cases is not necessarily more crime, but could be a sign that more women are comfortable coming forward to report it. the government says the violence women face on the transport network is completely unacceptable. we need to make our justice system, our police and our courts fit completely for purpose to tackle the most serious offenders of these crimes. and to ensure that victims are supported that when they come forward, and one of the issues in this data is that, you know, i think it was one in six said they would report to the police. we have to make sure that people are given confidence to come forward and then action is taken. but charities also warn the reported cases are likely
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to be the tip of the iceberg. nick eardley, bbc news, westminster. thousands of students in england, northern ireland and wales will be getting their a—level and other level 3 results tomorrow. it can be a stressful time, and, ahead of the day, what happens if the teenager in your life doesn't get the grades they'd hoped for? what do they do next and how best to prepare? well clearing, where universities and colleges fill places they still have on their courses, is key. around 30,000 places are currently expected to be available in clearing, but the number could increase on the day, as more are released. let's speak to courteney sheppard, who is head of customer contact for the higher education admissions service, ucas. kyla—shanice barnes—yates is a student at the university of wolverhampton who had such a positive experience when she went through clearing, she now works to support young people through clearing, as well as her studies.
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thank you both forjoining us. i'm will admit, thank you both forjoining us. i'm willadmit, iam thank you both forjoining us. i'm will admit, i am the parent waiting for a levels results tomorrow so i will start with courtney if i can and ask you, tomorrow, incredibly stressful. what do people do if they don't get the results that they are hoping for. don't get the results that they are hoinu for. ., ., ., , hoping for. tomorrow can be stressful- — hoping for. tomorrow can be stressful. our— hoping for. tomorrow can be stressful. our advice - hoping for. tomorrow can be stressful. our advice to - hoping for. tomorrow can be - stressful. our advice to students up and down the country is to have a plan, do some research and assess your options ahead of tomorrow's you know what you can do in the events that things don't go according to plan. so you will be able to get your results from 8am the morning. that is when you will be able to see whether you have gotten into your chosen university or not. as you say, they're over 30,000 courses available so there is plenty of choice out there. just available so there is plenty of choice out there.— available so there is plenty of choice out there. , , ., choice out there. just tell me, what ha--ens choice out there. just tell me, what happens when _ choice out there. just tell me, what happens when you _ choice out there. just tell me, what happens when you went _ choice out there. just tell me, what happens when you went through - happens when you went through clearing? happens when you went through clearin: ? ~ ., clearing? when i went through clearin:
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clearing? when i went through clearing out — clearing? when i went through clearing out i _ clearing? when i went through clearing out i was _ clearing? when i went through clearing out i was a _ clearing? when i went through clearing out i was a bit - clearing? when i went through l clearing out i was a bit different. so clearing out i was a bit different. 50 they— clearing out i was a bit different. so they may choose to swap the course _ so they may choose to swap the course to — so they may choose to swap the course to do so i originally applied for law_ course to do so i originally applied for law school and decided action to going _ for law school and decided action to going to _ for law school and decided action to going to go into law and decided to id going to go into law and decided to go into_ going to go into law and decided to go into a _ going to go into law and decided to go into a completely different course — go into a completely different course and i went for clearings that i can— course and i went for clearings that i can make — course and i went for clearings that i can make that change due a course that now— i can make that change due a course that now i _ i can make that change due a course that now i really enjoy. what do you do? i_ that now i really enjoy. what do you do? i do _ that now i really enjoy. what do you do? i do social and i want to be teachen — do? i do social and i want to be teacher. ~ . . ,, do? i do social and i want to be teacher. ~ ., ., ,, teacher. what happened with your exerience teacher. what happened with your experience because _ teacher. what happened with your experience because i _ teacher. what happened with your experience because i was - teacher. what happened with your experience because i was the - teacher. what happened with your. experience because i was the people can change their mind because it is quite a long gap between first applying of the actually getting your results. i applying of the actually getting your results.— applying of the actually getting our results. , ., ., , your results. i summoned all my applications _ your results. i summoned all my applications in — your results. i summoned all my applications in september- your results. i summoned all my applications in september for . your results. i summoned all my| applications in september for my school_ applications in september for my school break and actually change my mind into _ school break and actually change my mind into life. which is quite a late time — mind into life. which is quite a late time to change your mind and i went to _ late time to change your mind and i went to my— late time to change your mind and i went to my head of year and want to do i that course any more is there any way— do i that course any more is there any way i — do i that course any more is there any way i could do a different career— any way i could do a different career and she said yes, we can do clearing _ career and she said yes, we can do clearing 50— career and she said yes, we can do clearing. so come august, the 18th which _ clearing. so come august, the 18th which is _ clearing. so come august, the 18th which is my— clearing. so come august, the 18th which is my results that, i was ready— which is my results that, i was ready to — which is my results that, i was ready to go and go for clearing sol
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went— ready to go and go for clearing sol went that — ready to go and go for clearing sol went that route. ready to go and go for clearing so i went that route.— ready to go and go for clearing so i went that route. people can look at the website — went that route. people can look at the website now _ went that route. people can look at the website now and _ went that route. people can look at the website now and are _ went that route. people can look at the website now and are all - went that route. people can look at the website now and are all the - the website now and are all the clearing places that are currently listed available to see there now so people can think, i want to go here to do this course, can i find it, doesn't have a gap.— doesn't have a gap. clearing actually begins _ doesn't have a gap. clearing actually begins right - doesn't have a gap. clearing actually begins right the - doesn't have a gap. clearing j actually begins right the way doesn't have a gap. clearing - actually begins right the way back to the beginning ofjuly. so students are able to see up current vacancies, that will stay up—to—date throughout tomorrow running through october. so you have a good chance to assess your options and see what is out there. just to assess your options and see what is out there-— is out there. just explain for me also because — is out there. just explain for me also because some _ is out there. just explain for me also because some people - is out there. just explain for me also because some people now| is out there. just explain for me - also because some people now may think, they have changed their mind or make get better grades than predicted, so what is the likelihood and the chance of them being able to switch to something completely different tomorrow? that switch to something completely different tomorrow?— switch to something completely different tomorrow? that is the best scenario that — different tomorrow? that is the best scenario that the _ different tomorrow? that is the best scenario that the student _ different tomorrow? that is the best scenario that the student can - different tomorrow? that is the best scenario that the student can have i scenario that the student can have that they choose to go to a different course because they've done better than expected. i spoke to hundreds if not thousands of
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students over the course of the and they are voting with their feet in terms of viewing clearing proactively. the chances are extremely high that they will be able to find a course that they want to, perhaps that is not the one they originally applied to, but they will need to speak to the university they are interested in to ensure they can lock that offer in the bag and then tomorrow afternoon they can add it on as the clearing choice and that's it. in on as the clearing choice and that's it. , ., , ., , ., it. in terms of when people are rinrain it. in terms of when people are ringing in. _ it. in terms of when people are ringing in. you _ it. in terms of when people are ringing in, you will— it. in terms of when people are ringing in, you will be - it. in terms of when people are ringing in, you will be on - it. in terms of when people are ringing in, you will be on the i ringing in, you will be on the phones tomorrow, answering the phones tomorrow, answering the phones from students and it has to be the students themselves, not their parents or teachers. to the students have to solve themselves or is itjust making a administrative inquiry about is their place here to do this course.— inquiry about is their place here to do this course. , , . , ., do this course. they very much phone u . do this course. they very much phone u- to do this course. they very much phone up to whichever _ do this course. they very much phone up to whichever university _ up to whichever university interested in and saying they're interested in and saying they're interested in and saying they're interested in clearing for whichever course _ interested in clearing for whichever course they will apply for and they 'ust course they will apply for and they just check— course they will apply for and they just check their availability sing
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eligibility and see if there is a clearing — eligibility and see if there is a clearing offer and then you do a official— clearing offer and then you do a official application and it is very simple — official application and it is very simple and straightforward and it should _ simple and straightforward and it should take no more than five minutes _ should take no more than five minutes. he should take no more than five minutes. ., ., , , ., minutes. he did not to persuade them? no, _ minutes. he did not to persuade them? no, i— minutes. he did not to persuade them? no, i disabuse_ minutes. he did not to persuade them? no, i disabuse my - minutes. he did not to persuade| them? no, i disabuse my grades minutes. he did not to persuade - them? no, i disabuse my grades and this is the chorus _ them? no, i disabuse my grades and this is the chorus and _ them? no, i disabuse my grades and this is the chorus and that _ them? no, i disabuse my grades and this is the chorus and that was - them? no, i disabuse my grades and this is the chorus and that was it. - this is the chorus and that was it. fantastic — this is the chorus and that was it. fantastic in— this is the chorus and that was it. fantastic. in terms of the reason for so many places there has been fewer international students applying to british universities this year and therefore are the more places available to uk students was mark there is a couple of factors in that. ~ . . , mark there is a couple of factors in that. . ., ., , , , that. what we are seeing is there is a slirht that. what we are seeing is there is a slight drop _ that. what we are seeing is there is a slight drop in _ a slight drop in international students applying for that is driven by a single country that has less applicants than they have done before. a broadly speaking it is about flat. we've also seen a record number of 18—year—olds applying, second highest on record. so plenty of demand for higher education but with everything else that is going
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on, what we are seeing is a drop in mature students. that is with the opportunities for those wanting to apply now, it has never really been apply now, it has never really been a better chance to get the course he wants. �* , ., , ., wants. are you seeing more vacancies in non-stem. — wants. are you seeing more vacancies in non-stem, humanities— wants. are you seeing more vacancies in non-stem, humanities and - wants. are you seeing more vacancies| in non-stem, humanities and language in non—stem, humanities and language courses because the sciences are more popular, in general, there is a increase in popularity. is there a rest, however, that if you drop the offer that you have got and you try to switch to different subject that that new subject does not necessarily lock in there is a verbal conversation and a written confirmation, isn't there. kind of. there's plenty _ confirmation, isn't there. kind of. there's plenty of _ confirmation, isn't there. kind of. there's plenty of choice _ confirmation, isn't there. kind of. there's plenty of choice in - there's plenty of choice in clearing. stem, arts, a whole range in clearing. it's true the most selective and highly subscribed discourses will fill up sooner, that is true. —— courses. in terms of what students do in terms of
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relinquishing offerfor what students do in terms of relinquishing offer for excepting a new one if the student has a confirmed place, the power is in your hands. he can contact him and universities as you want and secure as many verbal offers as you want and it is only once you add that choice on the website from 1pm tomorrow when you lock that in. so the choice is yours and it is all about going through that in a rational way and not making a snap decision. 50 rational way and not making a snap decision. ., .,' , decision. so a verbal offer is a firm offer _ decision. so a verbal offer is a firm offer though? _ decision. so a verbal offer is a| firm offer though? absolutely. universities _ firm offer though? absolutely. universities love _ firm offer though? absolutely. universities love different - firm offer though? absolutely. | universities love different ways firm offer though? absolutely. i universities love different ways of doing it, verbal offer over the phone, it could be vital —— and via a live chat or e—mail as long as it is and offer the university has given to you, that is good. thank ou both given to you, that is good. thank you both and _ given to you, that is good. thank you both and i — given to you, that is good. thank you both and i hope _ given to you, that is good. thank you both and i hope tomorrow i given to you, that is good. thank. you both and i hope tomorrow goes well for you both as well. i'm sure you will be super busy and good luck to all students out there and parents who are probably quite stressed with results tomorrow.
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exam results for students in england, northern ireland and wales are out on thursday and if you or someone you know is waiting to get exam results, watch our special coverage the night before results — today at 7.30pm. i will definitely be tuning into that. you can watch live on bbc iplayer, as well as, on instagram and tiktok. you can also listen back on bbc reliable sauce podcast. a major incident has been declared after a toxic chemical spill in a canal in walsall. the public have been warned to avoid a 12—mile stretch of the canal network and towpaths running from the heart of the borough to neighbouring birmingham, but taking in interconnected waterways across wednesbury, tipton and west bromwich. dozens of dead fish can be seen in part of the canal. our correspondentjo black reports. the investigation into what happened is ongoing, but a major
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incident has been declared. and as you can see behind me, there are police here. there are people who have been walking around in high visibility jackets. just over the road, there is some police tape. it's across the entrance to the canal and the towpath, meaning people can't go down towards the canal. and if you just look down there, you can see dead fish in the water. it's just a rough estimate, but we think we can see around 100 fish from here. and obviously there will be others reported elsewhere along the canal. and the spill, the toxic spill, we are told, was discovered on monday. as i say, an investigation is ongoing and we believe water testing is taking place. some of the people in high visibility jackets that we saw, one of them did have a very long pole with a metal beaker, and another one was carrying something like a cool bag, something like you put your sandwiches in on a very hot day. so those water tests should be ongoing, results of those we hope we'll find out soon. the council leader, walsall council leader, gary perry, has confirmed the substance
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as sodium cyanide. now we understand that chemical can cause seizures, vomiting and loss of consciousness. and as you were just saying there, the public have been told to avoid a 12 mile stretch of the canal network which runs from walsall, where we are now, to birmingham, but also taking in wednesbury, tiptonand west bromwich. tipton and west bromwich. now, this chemical we understand is used in industry for things like metal cleaning, plating and photography. it dissolves in the water and if you come into contact with it, it can be risky. so it could be risky to people and their pets. and anyone who is concerned has been told to contact the local nhs, 111 or 999 if there is an emergency. the authorities say they're working as cautiously and as quickly as they can, and hopefully the restrictions will be reduced once they feel like they've got a grip on the situation. the former british prime minister, liz truss, has walked off stage after becoming the latest target
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of the political activist group �*led by donkeys'. ms truss, whose time in office was famously so brief that it was less than the life span of a lettuce, was at an event in suffolk. she was delivering a pro—donald trump speech when a banner was lowered behind her. man: i have no idea - where that's come from. scattered applause and laughter well ms truss responded on x, saying: "what happened last night was not funny. love island star and businesswoman
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molly mae hague has announced her split from fiancee tommy fury today via instagram. the pair met on the 2019 series of love island. hague has the biggest social media following of any former contestant. fury is a boxer, as well as the brother of heavyweight champion tyson fury. with more on this our reporter emily brown. is this getting a lot of attention? yes it is. this is arguably the most high—profile couple to emerge from the itv show, love island meeting on the itv show, love island meeting on the 2019 series of the reality tv show and have been together since. in january last year they welcomed their daughter bambi and molly mae hague has a huge social media following, close to 80 million followers on instagram and has the most followers of any former love island contestant and was the creative director of the fashion retailer, pretty little thing onto last year. tommy fury is the younger
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brother, as you mention, of the world heavyweight boxing champion tyson fury. molly took the instagram earlier and released a statement on her story saying, never in a million years did i ever think i would have to write this. after five years of being together, i never imagined our story would end. especially not in this way. i'm extremely upset to announce that my and tommy's relationship has come to an end. and in a short time afterwards, it is on statement tommy said, he was heartbroken as fans for privacy. he also added that bambi is our priority. he proposed to molly and i bees in a ceremonyjust last year so many people have been particularly surprised by this announcement. this is a couple that had been in the spotlight for more than five years. thank you very much indeed.
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over the past few weeks — all eyes were on paris — for the olympics. but — in san diego, california — another sporting event was occurring. namely — the critters olympets — an olympic games for pets. the events included puppy wrestling, kitten gymnastics and rabbit shot putt. the helen woodward animal center wants to draw attention to animals — and find new homes for many of them. campaigners are warning more beef and dairy cows could be kept indoors for the whole of their productive lives amid a rise in so—called mega— farms the bbc found more than 950,000 cows are not being housed on large—scale farms, something the group describes as deeply concerning. it's august so we get some of these interesting stories this time of the year, but of course, a very
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big developments continuing in the middle east and ukraine. visit our website for the very latest on what is going on with ukraine and russia at the moment. anita is here in a few minutes with a full update with everything across the globe. goodbye. hello there. temperatures have come down somewhat, particularly across the south, to what we had at the start of the week. but it's by no means going to be cold for the next few days, but it will be a bit more unsettled as this area of low pressure starts to work its way in as we head through tonight across scotland, northern ireland and then eventually the clouds thicken for northern and western england and also wales, with an increasing breeze. further south, it will be mostly dry with clear skies, variable cloud, and where we have any cloud cover then around 15 degrees the overnight low, but it will be milder further north than what we had the previous night, so a mild night across the board. thursday, then, we have this weather front crossing the country very slowly. some of the rain will be quite heavy to start thursday across scotland,
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northern ireland into northwest england, north west wales. very slowly, it will work its way southwards and eastwards. behind it brightens up with blustery showers and some sunshine. ahead of it, it will be rather breezy, fairly cloudy, a little bit of brightness and still quite warm and muggy, 24—26 degrees here, but fresher the further north and west that you are. as we head through thursday night, that weather front does weaken, but it will slip its way southwards and eastwards. the odd heavier burst on it as it pushes off into the near continent. still a hang back of some warm and muggy air for the south east to start friday. otherwise, further north it is much cooler and fresher. friday, then, doesn't look too bad. a lot of sunshine around. fresher air will have arrived across the southeast, too. will stay quite blustery across scotland, northern ireland — variable cloud, one or two showers, but some sunny spells as well. high teens in the north, 24—25 degrees across the southeast. so not a bad day on friday, and indeed the weekend is looking pretty good as well.
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we're in between weather systems, so a lot of dry and sunny weather thanks to a ridge of high pressure which will push in from the southwest. so light winds for many, just the chance of stronger breeze and the odd shower across the north and west of scotland. that's both on saturday and sunday, but a decent day on saturday. more sunshine the further south that you are, with lighter winds, bit of cloud in the northwest, the odd shower, more of a breeze. top temperatures 20—25 celsius, so pretty much where we should be for the time of year. we do it all again on sunday. another fine looking day to come with more sunshine further south with lighter winds. chance of a few more showers for the north and west of scotland, but most places even the north, will stay dry. those temperatures again, 20—21 in the north to 24—25 degrees in the south.
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at six: ukrainian forces move further into russia in what's the largest incursion into russian territory since world war two. reporting from inside russia, this ukrainian correspondent makes it across the border. "glory to ukraine!" shout the soldiers. "glory to heroes!" she replies, as they throw the russian flag to the ground. the russian military has brought in reinforcements, but so far, it has been unable to do what president putin ordered, to force ukrainian troops out of russia. also on the programme...
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some breaking news on the long—running train drivers dispute. a deal is imminent in this dispute, which has lasted over two years and seen 18 strikes taking place. a small rise in inflation, the first this year. what will it mean for possible interest cuts ahead? a judge jails a 53—year—old woman from cheshire for suggesting on facebook that a mosque "should be blown up with the adults inside" during the southport riots. and scientists are shocked to find the huge altar stone at the heart of stonehenge probably came from scotland, not wales. and coming up on bbc news — new var rules for the new football season. the premier league say fans are happy, but supporter groups care to disagree. good evening and welcome
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