firefighters have caught footage ofa fire—nado orfire whirl which engulfed a plastic factory and reached a height of over 50ft. the leicestershire fire and rescue service said the unusual sight was created by cool air entering the top of the hot air causing a swirl similar to how a tornado is formed. time for a look at the weather. here's ben rich. dramatic footage and a dramatic change for some of us today. yesterday parts of the east of england were up into the 30s but today 25, 26, that is your lot. there are some showers out there but all of us are now into this much cooler and fresher air pushing its way in from the atlantic. this is the satellite picture, those shower clouds across northern and western areas drifting their way east. when

crockpot this afternoon, — whether crockpot this afternoon, — whether crockpot this afternoon though showers could be happy or thundery. much warmer than yesterday and some spots by the north only getting up into the height teens. a lot of dry weather around this evening and overnight and a relatively fresh feel as well especially across scotla nd feel as well especially across scotland and northern ireland. across the south east not so chilly because things clouding over through the night with some outbreaks of patchy rain. and tomorrow we could have some heavy rain in the south—east of england and east anglia. some places getting a good dose of rain. elsewhere against some sunshine and showers, heaviest across the north west. and as we go through the late afternoon there

could be some very wet weather across parts of the south—east and east anglia but nothing compared to what they will see across the near continent. that will bend drift north into scandinavia by friday. here by the time high pressured tries to take charge once again but it will not be able to stop the showers developing once again. particularly across the northern pa rt particularly across the northern part of the country. some of those showers will be happy. and still that could feel. and then we head into the weekend, this area of low pressure a bit player in the weekend forecast bringing outbreaks of rain and strong wind particularly in the north west. this stage it looks like the wettest and windiest weather across northern and western parts of the uk glasgow, aberdeen, belfast. further south it looks likely that we hold on to a fair amount of dry weather and spells of sunshine and

at times in the south—east and that it did relatively warm although not as warm as it has been. she's good afternoon, it's 1:30pm and here's your latest sports news... it's the seventh day of the multi—sport european championships in berlin and scotland. the british decathlete tim duckworth was in the lead overnight, he dropped to second after this morning's hurdles and discus but he is back in the lead after a commanding performance in the pole vault. he crucially finished well ahead of the german arthur abele, who had led the standings, ilya kuryenov is now second. two events left for duckworth...the javelin and the 1500m . delano williams has qualified for the 200m semi—finals later tonight. he'lljoin adam gemilli and nethaneel mitchel—bla ke, who received byes into the semis because of their times this season. williams crossed the line holding his back, but is hopeful of racing tonight.. very heard some runs on before i

came over here i had some treatment. obviously, i am feeling it again so hopefully i will get a doctor and sort it out. for the semifinals i have to get it right. lavi nielsen ran a personal best in the aoom heats to reach tomorrow's semi—finals. she was part of the gb axaoom team that won silver at the world championships last year. three british runners will all compete in the 1500m final on friday. chris o'hare, charlie grice and jake wightman, seen here, all qualified comfortably in their heats. nothing comfortable about qualification in the triple jump for naomi ogbeta. she needed something special with her final attempt to reach the final, which is also on friday, and she came up with a personal best. so shocked when i saw the distance of that lastjump i don't normally celebrate but i did that time, i was even doing the dab, so nervous. but now i have made it to the final,

i will try to get those extra metres. we have had the men's and women's 5k open waterfinals in loch lomond. hungary's kristof razovsky won the men's race, dutch swimmer sharon van rouwendaal took the women's title, britain's only representative was 15—year—old polly holden. she finished 13th — with van rouwendaal, who is the olympic iok champion, taking the title ahead of germany's leonie beck and italian rachele bruni. surrey batsman ollie pope will make his england debut tomorrow in the second test at lords against india. england won the first test but pope was drafted in for the dropped dawid malan. he is going to bat at numberfour. i know he has batted a lot as six sorry but i feel he has a very good game on him that will transfer to test cricket and be successful at numberfour. test cricket and be successful at number four. saw a

test cricket and be successful at numberfour. saw a really test cricket and be successful at number four. saw a really exciting prospect. he has done exceptionally well this summer for terry and really excited to see him get out there and just be himself more than anything else. go out and play exactly as he had done. former manchester united midfielder paul scholes has written off his old sides' chances of challenging for the title next season. jose mourinho‘s side finished last time around — but were 19 points behind their local rivals. scholes doesn't expect united to close the gap on pep guardiola's side. ijust don't see i just don't see him ijust don't see him getting closer to city. city have a great manager and great players. a way of playing that they all know about. and manchester united seem to be not too sure what is going on. you don't know the team are the players and you don't know how they are going to perform from one week to the next. soi perform from one week to the next. so i hope i'm wrong but i don't see them changing for the leadership. the premier league transfer window shuts tomorrow and chelsea look set to break the world record fee for a goalkeeper. 23 —year—old spaniard kepa arrizabalega, has bought himself out

of his athletic bilbao contract ahead of a potential 71 million pound move. the blues made kepa their number one target to replace thibaut courtois with the belgian failing to report fro training for the past 2 days as he pushes for a move to real madrid the croatian midfielder mateo kovacic looks like he's heading to stamford bridge on loan from real, lots more transfer news and speculation on the bbc sport website. that is all the sport for now. you are watching bbc news. let's have a look at if you other stories around here this afternoon. the largest wildfire ever to hit california could burn for the rest of the month. officials say the mega—blaze has already destroyed nearly 300,000 acres of land. nine people have died since the fires started injuly. lebo diseko reports. it looks like hell on earth.

firefighters battled to contain this wildfire, the biggest recorded in california's history. called the mendocino complex i exactly two blazes which joined together and now covers an area almost the size of la. it has destroyed buildings and thousands have had to leave their homes as it rages through the countryside. it's devastating, it's really devastating to see. and so many people lost their homes in the back, there's nine homes over there in the back. what can you say? it makes you sick to your stomach. everything they've worked for all their life gone in a heartbeat. dry hot weather along with high winds has allowed the fire to grow in an extraordinary way. it jumped at least four creeks and one major road over the weekend. meanwhile more fires have broken out across this state when more than a dozen are burning in several counties.

the conditions mean something as ordinary as a flat tyre can set things off. that's what's thought to have started one fire, a spark from the wheels hitting the road starting a blaze which is still raging more than two weeks later. the president has declared the situation in the state officials had hoped to put out the fire next week but they now say the need until september. resident trumps party has... it should be a safe seat but the apparent margin of less tha n less than i%, some votes are still being counted this special election was a one—off, but it has the nation's attention

ahead of the midterms — now set for a very tight race between republicans and democrats. laura podesta reports. the special election race between republican troy balderson and democratic danny o'connor in ohio's 12th district is too close to call. balderson leads o'connor by fewer than 2,000 votes but more than 8,000 provisional and absentee ballots have to be counted which could trigger a mandatory recount. that didn't stop balderson from claiming victory. it's time to get to work. over the next three months, i am going to do everything i can to keep america great again. president tramp handed him the district in 2016. he put the full weight of his support behind balderson, going to ohio over the weekend to campaign for him. can you believe how close this is? we are in a tied ball game. regardless of who comes out on top, the two men will face each other again in november's general election. four other states held primaries yesterday.

in missouri, democratic senator claire mccaskill will face attorney generaljosh hawley, a republican, in what is expected to be a close race. this is a state that voted for president trump by 20 points. 20 points. so being independent in this state means standing up to the liberal wing of your party. you guys are all fired up! and in michigan, the president tweeted that iraq war veteranjothames is a future star of the republican party after he won the primary against the democrat senator debbie stavinal. argentina's senate will vote today on whether to allow abortion in the first 14 weeks of pregnancy. abortion is currently illegal there, except in the case of rape or if the woman's health is in danger. if the bill passes, argentina would become only the fourth country in latin america to broadly legalize abortion, and by far the largest. let's head to northern france. terry

is that me has arrived at amiens cathedral. she is one of several thousand people attending a commemoration that will begin in the next little while. to mark the crucial battle which is now considered to have really changed the course of the first world war. you are reminded of the toll it took. you see on screen there, four took. you see on screen there, four to 4000 allied soldiers losing their lives and 75,000 troops lost to germany. anthem plays

and our special coverage from this service will begin in just the next few minutes. the prime minister,

among the first of the dignitaries to arrive. we know of course that the duke and duchess of cambridge will be there as well. and prince william and theresa may will be among those giving readings during that service and laying wreaths as a mark of respect. we join now our collea g u es mark of respect. we join now our colleagues on bbc one for full coverage of the commemorations. beginning of the end, of the german army but it came at a great cost to both sides. good afternoon. welcome to amiens

cathedral, in north east france, the heart of the