no to something drier m no to something drier on the horizon before _ no to something drier on the horizon before the - _ no to something drier on the horizon before the time - _ no to something drier. on the horizon before the time being showers and thunderstorms continue, through tonight rein in the southern most of england and wales and some of the showers in scotland and northern ireland continue. clear skies either side of those areas were useful the best of the sunshine. some will stay dry in these areas, but the country since more showers and thunderstorms and those in the central and eastern areas, after early rain, it is back to a blustery day with a mixture of sunny skies followed by the stampers. temperatures left on a little bit on recent days in touch and into tuesday that ridge of high temperature bills and, fewer shows on the map, more will be through parts of central and southern scotland, but through england and wales are not more drier and brighter weather and temperatures are slowly starting pick up.

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good evening. once again, there's been some pretty intense showers and thunderstorms around today. but there is some slightly better news in the forecast for the week ahead. fewer showers around, a little bit more sunshine and for some of you, after a rather cool spell, it will start to turn a bit warmer too. to get there, we need to get rid

of this area of low pressure and it's still with us into the night and into tomorrow. still some showers around, a little weather system pushing across southern counties of england and south wales. so, some wetter weather here to take us through the night and the showers keep going across parts of scotland, england and northern ireland and also into orkney and shetland. in between those areas with clear skies, temperatures could drop into the single figures for one or two spots, particularly across the highlands. but most double figures, if not early teen temperatures to start monday morning. a bit of a damp start to east anglia and the southeast and those outbreaks of rain will clear away but showers get going across the south. and once again, cluster of low pressure further north. showers and thunderstorms will blossom and become more numerous through the day and the worst of those most likely to be across the eastern half of scotland, temperatures though in the sunshine should actually start to feel a bit more pleasant. a few more places above 20 degrees. monday evening sees the showers nd thunderstorms continue for a time and they do start to fade and that's because low pressures is on the move, pushing towards scandinavia and allowing this little ridge of high

pressure to build in. don't get too excited, it doesn't mean it will be blue skies across the board and there will still be one or two showers around on tuesday. but, more places will be dry and your greatest chance of some heavy showers, thunderstorms likely across parts of central and northern scotland. notice with more dry weather around, light winds and temperatures start to climb close to where you want for this time of year. as you go into the midweek, the high pressure starts to build in across the southeast and a low pressure pushing in from the west and as this weather front pushes in, it brings some rain across northern ireland and western scotland, it does help to induce a subtle airflow bringing in slightly more warmth across the eastern half of the country in particular. where we have got the best of the sunshine on wednesday, east anglia with central and eastern areas, sunshine turning hazy from the west, outbreaks of rain for northern ireland and spreading into western scotland, we really do need the rain in the highlands and islands, so it is on the way here. that could be welcome news for you. but in the sunshine, the south and east, we could hit 2a or 25 degrees.

some of that warmth will continue across the south and east through the rest of the week into the weekend, also rain at times in the north and west but overall drier than now.

tonight at ten: in tokyo, the sporting drama that is the olympics is over, as team gb celebrates one of its best ever games. we are watching british olympic history as jason kenny takes the title! it's his seventh gold medal in four olympics,

making jason kenny britain's most decorated olympian.