his 11; year hour. wayne rooney, his iii year international career stretching back to 2002 is over. he has not played for england since november, a friendly against scotland. he was then dropped from the squad for friendly matches over the summer against scotland and france. so you could save perhaps the writing was on the wall then but having moved from manchester united to everton, his boyhood club, he found his top form again scoring twice in the first two games for everton. and gareth southgate the england manager was planning to recall them into the england squad for the upcoming friendlies. but wayne rooney inform southgate of his desire to retire and said that visit. he retires, his international career is over. thank you. time for a look at the weather. here's lucy martin. good afternoon. a large amount of rain ina good afternoon. a large amount of rain in a short space of time across northern ireland last night. thunderstorms edging their way north east into west of scotland. we have

also seen some heavy and thundery showers in the north of england today. this photograph sent in from barnsley. further south it is drier and brighter. a little bit less in the way of rain in suffolk. the band of rain in the north and cloud further south edges slowly eased as we move through the day. pushing up the humid air towards the east and bringing in some fresh air from the west. with some brightness in there as well. so for northern ireland and throw the rest of the day sunny spells and showers, some of those could be quite heavy. and it starts to brighten up in the west of scotland, a little more cloud around in the east. just some showers around for england and the south west. starting to feel a bit fresher. but for the south—east we held onto that more humid air. feeling a little bit warmer but

starting to brighten up moving through the day. so it's denied the rain becoming confined to the far northern isles. some showers pushing into northern ireland and the west but further east some dry conditions and temperatures a lot fresher than last night. overnight lows of around 12, 14 last night. overnight lows of around 12, 1a celsius. so tomorrow low pressure in charge in the north west. that will send in some showers to northern ireland and scotland. slowly moving east. a similar story in the north of england, showers pushing east. but for wales and central and southern england a lot of brightness around but feeling fresher. as we move into friday a similarsetup, fresher. as we move into friday a similar setup, low pressure stayed in charge in the north—west. and some bands of showers pushing into northern ireland and parts of scotland. northern england and wales are little more in the way of brightness with highs of 2a celsius.

that takes us into the weekend and some heavy showers for scotland, some heavy showers for scotland, some showers in the south—east as well. a bit of uncertainty in the forecast. at the moment some showers in the north for saturday and sunday but not a total wash—out, some sunshine in the mix as well. the question is whether that will last into monday and at the moment there is some uncertainty so stay tuned and we will keep you up—to—date. a reminder of our main story this lunchtime. the prime minister says the uk will take back control of its laws, when the country leaves the european union. that's all from the bbc news at one — so it's goodbye from me — and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. hello, i'm leah boleto with all the latest from the bbc sport centre. in the last half hour england's record goal scorer wayne rooney has announced his retirement from international football with immediate effect.

welljoining me now to talk more about this our sports reporter david ornstein — what has he said... and let his comments, on social she said dreams can come true and playing for england has been exactly that things to everyone involved has been amazing. even the then released a statement in which she explained that gareth southgate and anger manager welcome tim back into the squad for the world cup qualifiers and that he really appreciated that. he said however having already thought long and hard he told gareth that he had now decided to retire for good from international football. he talks about it being a tough decision that he discussed with his family, his club manager at everton and those closest to him. he said playing for england has was bit special to me. every time i was selected as player or captain it was

a real privilege and i thank eve ryo ne a real privilege and i thank everyone who helped me but i believe now is the time to bow out. he speaks about wanting to focus on his clu b speaks about wanting to focus on his club career and says he will always remaina club career and says he will always remain a passionate england fund will stop and much of a shock do you think this was? it was a big shock. at one point it seemed he would perhaps enters international career, he was dropped from the squads against scotland and france. his last appearance was in november and a friendly against scotland but no he was back in the mix because as forum for everton had picked. scoring is last england