and settled, and nestled things calm and settled, and nestled in this ridge, caused by thejet stream, is the high—pressure, there is a trough here, a ridge and trough again and that's what keeps the high locked—in over us for a considerable time, bringing settled and calm mornings with mist and fog in places but also some sunshine in the afternoon. that's exactly what we can see in the recent satellite picture. areas of cloud during the day but many parts of the country in the centre of the high—pressure remaining clear. ntcham —— not much will change overnight, in fact the cloud could reform in some eastern areas which means a great start to wednesday. but a lot of the cloud will give way to some hazy sunshine and again, the best of the sunshine will be in the centre of the high towards western and southern areas. temperatures can get up to 26 in glasgow, sheltered here and also light winds and lengthy spells of sunshine. fresh pin hole, around 19 cells. it will only get fresh on the north sea coast because around this

area will be arriving a weak cold front, i would area will be arriving a weak cold front, iwould not area will be arriving a weak cold front, i would not call it cold because it is not especially cold air but it is certainly fresher air coming from the norwegian sea, bringing some cloud from newcastle danced towards the south—east. so a bit more clearly in the east, always worsen across western areas. an steady as she goes on the weather front for the next few days. in fact as far as the eye can see, dry weather, not a raindrop to be seen, and even bank holiday monday is looking fine as well. that's all from the bbc news at six, so it's goodbye from me, and on bbc one, we nowjoin the bbc�*s news teams where you are. hello, i'm olly foster, here's what's coming on sportsday.

the paralympic flame is shining bright in tokyo. we'll look ahead to 12 days of competition. will dame sarah storey leave japan as the best british paralympian? from the track to the road, she's looking to make history. i'v e i've got really big mental strength, and i'll be calling on that every day. no doubt, i'm expecting it to be tough. and barrow back in the bigtime — it could be a very special night for them in the league cup. also coming up in the programme... one of c] ujah�*s relay teamates breaks his silence about the possibilty of losing their olympic silver medals. and england and india turn up the heat ahead of what could be a fiery third test at headingly. good evening.

364 days later than planned, the tokyo paralympics are under way. japans emperor naruhito and the country's prime minister yoshihide suga were inside an almost empty stadium for the opening ceremony. the city is the first to host the paralympic games for a second time — they also staged the games in 1964. just like the olympics that came to a close just over two weeks ago, there'll be no spectators allowed over the next 12 days of competition. five—time paralympic champion ellie simmonds and archer john stubbs carried the flag for the british team. the new zealand atheltes opted to stay away from the ceremony over covid fears, and there was also a poignant momnent as the afghanistan flag was carried by volunteers — the two—strong team unable to travel because of the political unrest in the country. the president of the international paralympic committee gave a powerful speech as the games were offically decalred open, reminding the world of the even greater challenges that paralympic atheltes have had to overcome to make it to tokyo.

—— declared open. pair olympians, you gave your all to be here. blood, sweat, and tears —— pair olympians. now is your moment to show to the world your skill, your strength, your determination. if the world has ever relieve you, now it's your chance to be relieved. champion, hero, friend, colleague, role model, orjust human. you are the best of humanity, and the only ones who can decide who and what you are. you are the truth. you are amazing. you choose to be the greatest in whatever the plan is. so competition starts tomorrow — but with the athletes still very restricted because of the covid

protocols in place, if anything, they will be even stricter than they were around the olympic games that came to a close earlier this month. here's the bbc�*s tokyo correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes. the situation for covid has changed dramatically in the last few weeks. infection rates in tokyo have risen sharply. we are now seeing 25,000 new infections a day injapan, there are more than 10,000 people in tokyo waiting for hospital beds with covid. and because of that, the authorities, the police you can see here behind me are trying to disperse people and stop them coming out and gathering in places that could cause the infection to spread more. though many people have asked me how to the people of tokyo feel about the paralympics going ahead? is their enthusiasm or hostility? i think the answer is emotions here are very mixed. there is no hostility towards the games itself or the athletes — people here are very welcoming of those who have come to compete, and they will watch

the games on television with enthusiasm as they did with the olympics. the hostility is mainly towards the ioc and the japanese government for the very bad management they've made of the covid pandemic, the very slow roll—out of vaccines here, and for the fact that this has been pushed ahead with despite the fact that the pandemic has been getting worse and worse. the other thing to say about the paralympics is it is a chance for disabled people to showcase their talents to the world, and show that they are basically fundamentally no different from anyone else. and to that end, the japanese government was hoping that hoping to have tens of thousands of schoolchildren to attend the event. that's been scaled back, and because of that, the impact of these games on the stigma surrounding disability injapan and asia unfortunately may be reduced. hopefully the athletes performances

won't be affected as they take centre stage tomorrow. dame sarah storey�*s games get going in the velodrome, and the first of her three gold medal chances. her motivation is the oppportunity to break a british paralympic record that has stood for over 30 years. patrick gearey reports. day one of the paralympic games, and the story begins. on the first afternoon of competition, dame sarah storey will chase her first gold of the games which could see her make british paralympic history. the long miles on road and track led to this — when the three titles she won in rio, and shall become britain's most successful paralympian with 17 gold medals. janik it would be amazing to defend all medals. janik it would be amazing to defend al �* ., ., defend all three. i'm going to get close and get _ defend all three. i'm going to get close and get two. _ defend all three. i'm going to get close and get two. i _ defend all three. i'm going to get close and get two. i think- defend all three. i'm going to get close and get two. i think it - close and get two. i think it would just be something that i don't know whether i would see that's believe it when i saw it. both physically and mentally, it's good, and

obviously it can be a personal best time that further cements that you've been doing the right work. march 2019, and her preparations for these games were all going to play on. she won the c5 individual pursuit world title, the event she competes them tomorrow. but then the pandemic changed everything. as a cyclist, herstory pandemic changed everything. as a cyclist, her story could still train — but that had to be balanced with home—schooling. no covid restrictions mean she will compete without her family with her for the first time. it’s without her family with her for the first time. 3 ., without her family with her for the first time. �*, ., ., without her family with her for the first time. �* , ., ., ., first time. it's not a thing to be taken lightly — first time. it's not a thing to be taken lightly or _ first time. it's not a thing to be taken lightly or sniffed at. - first time. it's not a thing to be taken lightly or sniffed at. it's. first time. it's not a thing to be| taken lightly or sniffed at. it's a huge undertaking to do this by yourself when you're used to having that support around. but i've got really big mental strength, and i'll be calling on that every day, no doubt, i'm expecting it to be tough. and i'm prepared, the kids have been preparing me. that and i'm prepared, the kids have been preparing me-— and i'm prepared, the kids have been preparing me— preparing me. that resilience runs riaht preparing me. that resilience runs right through _ preparing me. that resilience runs right through storey's _ preparing me. that resilience runs right through storey's career, - right through storey's career, having been born without a functioning left hand, she began her sporting life as a swimmer, winning herfirst paralympic sporting life as a swimmer, winning her first paralympic metals sporting life as a swimmer, winning herfirst paralympic metals in sporting life as a swimmer, winning her first paralympic metals in the era before cushions of lottery

funding. she had incredible success in 2008 and competed alongside able—bodied competitors in the deli olympic games. she's raced through her revolution in paris for. this olympic games. she's raced through her revolution in paris for.— her revolution in paris for. as the names her revolution in paris for. as the games get _ her revolution in paris for. as the games get bigger. _ her revolution in paris for. as the games get bigger, that _ her revolution in paris for. as the games get bigger, that brings - games get bigger, that brings different pressures and focus. and to still be there and be considered one of the people that make waves at the games in terms of performances, i still have to pinch myself to think people are talking about me in that way. think people are talking about me in that wa . ,, �* , think people are talking about me in that wa . ,, �*, g; think people are talking about me in that wa . ,, �*, ,': ., think people are talking about me in thatwa. ,, �*, ,': ., , think people are talking about me in thatwa. ,, h g; . , that way. she's 43 - and yet tokyo ma not that way. she's 43 - and yet tokyo may not be — that way. she's 43 - and yet tokyo may not be the _ that way. she's 43 - and yet tokyo may not be the end _ that way. she's 43 - and yet tokyo may not be the end of _ that way. she's 43 - and yet tokyo may not be the end of her - that way. she's 43 - and yet tokyo may not be the end of her road. i that way. she's 43 - and yet tokyo i may not be the end of her road. she says herfamily give her the motivation to keep going. that's for the future — now is for the history. patrick gearey, bbc news. you can follow the 12 days of the paralympics on the bbc support website. lets have a quick look at some of today's football stories. gareth bale will captain wales in their world cup qualifiers against belarus and estonia next month. manager robert page has named an experienced squad with no

uncapped players included. and leicester'sjonny evans is in the northern ireland squad for their qualifiers against lithuania and switzerland, despite being injured. he damaged his foot playing in the fa cup final in may. scotland head coach, steve clarke, has been given a contract extension beyond next year's world cup through to euro 2024. he's named his latest squad today. keeper david marshall has been dropped. full details on the bbc sport website. we reported yesterday that liverpool aren't going to let mo salah travel to egypt for next month's world cup qualifier because of the quarantine rules on his return to the uk. more premier league sides are expected to follow suit. they unanimously agreed to do the same with the players in the last hour or so. let's speak to our football

reporter alex howell. this will clearly be a massive issue for lots of club. this this will clearly be a massive issue for lots of club.— for lots of club. as he said, this will be a massive _ for lots of club. as he said, this will be a massive issue - for lots of club. as he said, this will be a massive issue for - for lots of club. as he said, this. will be a massive issue for clubs, and for all to agree shows how big a problem this will be —— as you said. the decision of the clubs to vote this way, which is supported by the premier league, applies to nearly 60 players from 19 of the premier league clubs. and those players were due to go to 26 read list countries in the september international break. they say talks have been had with the government, though no exemption has been granted to these players. the reason for that, as well as not being able to come straight back from a read list country, it would be down to players missing so many games. they've missed you match day games, even league cup games. —— uefa match day

games. it doesn't allow for the players to get fit, so they could even miss further games rather than just those ones mentioned. home even miss further games rather than just those ones mentioned. now this is obviously — just those ones mentioned. now this is obviously the _ just those ones mentioned. now this is obviously the uk _ just those ones mentioned. now this is obviously the uk labelling - just those ones mentioned. now this is obviously the uk labelling of- is obviously the uk labelling of foreign countries, they've said that these countries are read list. can you see a lot of country democrat rows bubbling up over the next few days? where do fifa stand on this? so this problem has fifa within it, it comes from them not changing their release exemptions for players which is where this coming from, about players not being able travel freely between the red zones which have been labelled by the uk. the added problem for this is that fifa have already increased the release time from 9—11 days, for those players who are going to play in south america and those world cup qualifiers. so alongside being away

for an extra two days, those players wouldn't be able to get back in time for match dates for their clubs. so without quarantine, they'll miss games. so it's put this as an example, for psg, it could mean that lionel messi would not be able to make his debut when they had planned. and the thing — aside from this not going away, there is another international break around the corner, so this'll rub up against the next international break in october. , ., �* in october. rumble on it well, i'm sure we'll — in october. rumble on it well, i'm sure we'll be _ in october. rumble on it well, i'm sure we'll be speaking _ in october. rumble on it well, i'm sure we'll be speaking about - in october. rumble on it well, i'm sure we'll be speaking about this | sure we'll be speaking about this again. alex, thank you. busy night in the league cup — 22 ties tonight. the second round is the stage when some of the premier league clubs, those not involved in european competition, enter the fray. the stand out game is at holker street. barrow against aston villa, a huge occasion for the league two side. earlier today, i spoke to the club's supporters liaison officer chris altree.

it's all anyone's talking about. you get taxi drivers talking about in the bobs, in the shops, and if you're involved in the football, "can you get me a ticket? was go it's nonstop at the moment. i think it's nonstop at the moment. i think it's just it's nonstop at the moment. i think it'sjust a general air of excitement, about how big a fixture this is for the club. find excitement, about how big a fixture this is for the club.— this is for the club. and what can aston villa _ this is for the club. and what can aston villa expect? _ this is for the club. and what can aston villa expect? it'll - this is for the club. and what can aston villa expect? it'll be - this is for the club. and what can aston villa expect? it'll be a - this is for the club. and what can | aston villa expect? it'll be a very hostile atmosphere. _ aston villa expect? it'll be a very hostile atmosphere. the - aston villa expect? it'll be a very hostile atmosphere. the fans - aston villa expect? it'll be a very hostile atmosphere. the fans are right on top of the pitch, so you can certainly cure everything they're saying to you. they'll let you know if you are, how shall i say it, easily go down. and they will make their voices heard, and it's definitely not like premier league. tell us a bit about the history there — you spent the best part of 50 years out of the premier league before you got back in last season, so you're bedded in. ape club with big ambitions?—

so you're bedded in. ape club with bi ambitions? , �* . , ., big ambitions? yes, we've always had to fi . ht our big ambitions? yes, we've always had to fight our way- _ big ambitions? yes, we've always had to fight our way. we've _ big ambitions? yes, we've always had to fight our way. we've never- big ambitions? yes, we've always had to fight our way. we've never had - to fight our way. we've never had much money. we were cruelly voted out of the football league in 1972, thenit out of the football league in 1972, then it was a long run back to the football league, thanks to local owners. the manager at the time got us back into the football league to play some amazing football. then last season, we had ourfirst play some amazing football. then last season, we had our first season backin last season, we had our first season back in the football league in over 40 odd years. and we've got our fans, so everyone was massively looking forward to the season, the survival of last season has led to this season. itjust feels like a nice reward to get to aston villa, because we missed out on the celebrations of winning the league, winning the conference, coming back to the football league, and the celebrations of being in the football league. so it feels like in a small way, this has been a bit of a reward for the fans, to have a big game like this, to get that buzz back about football and full crowds.

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