the war, and despite fragile health, he lived to the age of 85. always modest, always ha rd—working, and always grateful. in a rare comment on his difficult wartime experience, he said simply this. "i was very lucky." and he always thought of the tens of thousands of merchant seamen who did not return, but who made such a vital contribution to britain's survival in the second world war. that report was from my colleague huw edwards. tomorrow, mishal husain revealed her family story. time for a look at the weather now, with nick miller. meteorological autumn is now underway, with a set of new storm names as compiled by the weather services of the uk, ireland and the

netherlands. the low pressure tomorrow has a bit of the energy of what was once a hurricane, and it will pep up the rainfall for some of us. tonight there will be some rain coming into scotland and northern ireland, although much of the uk will be dry. there is a real big range of temperatures, some milder aircoming into range of temperatures, some milder air coming into northern ireland, while it will be only 5 degrees in norwich. a chilly start for some of us norwich. a chilly start for some of us. some heavier rain moves into scotla nd us. some heavier rain moves into scotland tomorrow morning. up to 60 millimetres of rain are possible over the hills of dumfries and galloway. all of this with a strengthening southerly wind during the day. and after the chilly start, higher temperatures across parts of eastern england, with a bit of brightness in the afternoon. the weather front will move southwards as we look at the forecast for

thursday. it will be weakening as it does so, still some rain pushing south across england and wales. after it clears, it will be brightening up. temperatures up a little bit, but they come down again going into the weekend. the chance of rain across parts of southern england and wales. it is not warm, you may be tempted to turn the heating on, if you haven't done already. just to test it, of course! lorna gordon, bbc news. hello and welcome to sportsday — i'm chetan pathak, coming up on the programme... 20 months since he last played a grand slam — andy murray's in action right now at the us open — we've got the latest.

england's third and final t20 match against pakistan is under way at old trafford as they look to wrap up the series. and the team in the tenth tier hoping for a famous fa cup night in front of the bbc cameras — maine road's manager joins me shortly. welcome to the programme, thanks forjoining us. it's been a long wait for andy murray. it was january 2019 when he last played a grand slam, losing at the australian open and then having to have hip surgery to save his career. he's taking onjapan‘s yoshihito nishioka in the opening round of the us open

at flushing meadows in new york — our reporterjoe lynskey has the story of the match so far: andy murray's last grand slam max was 20 months ago. back then no one thought the next ones would look like theirs. global sport in a pandemic is unfamiliar and this is a major in a country where there has been 6 million countries. for murray as part of a process. he's still ranked outside of the worlds top 100. and every match is a test for his resurfaced hip. what a start. it looked pretty good from the first point but five set matches are attritional. japan's nishi logo is just five foot seven, his game is power and agility. 0f just five foot seven, his game is power and agility. of course doing that because murray problems. with the first break of the match so far the first break of the match so far the world number 49 is taking it to the world number 49 is taking it to the former champion. with no fans is mostly fellow players allowed in watching and is this match goes on murray may need the support. he held

his nerve to win the first set and after so long a way murray must now dig deep to stick around. next to the tour de france. but which was w011 the tour de france. but which was won by one of the race favourites adam gates stays second in the overall ranking after a thrilling summerfinish overall ranking after a thrilling summer finish drew savage overall ranking after a thrilling summerfinish drew savage has more. 1829 miles to go. julian felipe insists he won't be wearing a yellow jersey when the race receiptjust paris but he said that last year and still end up fifth overall. whatever happens over the next two still end up fifth overall. whatever happens ovggtainlgxt two bit ee . weeks he's certainly doing his bit for a morale as francis battles a surge in coronavirus cases. but if he is to be believed and who may be nextin he is to be believed and who may be next in yellow? stage iv gave some clues the blue and red jerseys and last years but now battled the black

and yellow of their team and their leader. britain's adam yates says he's targeting stage wins but he was there in the main pact to hold onto second overall. al philippe