it is one of describe the weather, it is one of those days where you are going to see a lot of people sweating in waterproofs. on the music front, they have revealed one of the surprise acts play in the park stage will be chrissie hynde and the pretenders. that was not known until the way that solstice and the way that glastonbury is celebrating it this year is with a recreation of stonehenge, made of cars. and of course it is called carhedge. {lit course it is called carhedge. of course, we are notjealous course it is called carhedge. of course, we are not jealous at all. course, we are notjealous at all. let's look at the weather for glastonbury and all the rest of us. louise is here, any canoeing needed for glastonbury this year? it is for glastonbury this year? it is glastonbury. _ for glastonbury this year? it is glastonbury, you _ for glastonbury this year? it 3 glastonbury, you want some for glastonbury this year? it 2 glastonbury, you want some rain. it will be pretty good. if you are buying your ticket a year ago you probably wouldn't have dreamt of this forecast. yes, there have been some showers this morning just as we were hearing and some could be heavy

and thundery through this afternoon. they are kind of drifting in a line towards the glastonbury area but the forecast bodes well for the weekend. in actual fact, take a look at this. lots of dry, settled sunny weather, increasing humidity potentially on sunday might trigger a few showers but 25 degrees, that is 77 fahrenheit, very nice indeed, potentially faster it will be dry, you might not need your wellies. the most of us, we have the scotland. some showers in north—east scotland. the showers could be heavy with pale and panda but there is also a lot of dry settled sunny weather. northern ireland, northern england, down into the south—east, pleasantly warm out there with temperatures peaking at 25 degrees, that 77 fahrenheit. the zist, 25 degrees, that 77 fahrenheit. the 21st, the summer solstice. it's when they seem to be endless daylight hours. take a look at this. many other scenes and rise before 5.00 and the sun doesn't set until 9.30

or ten o'clock, so many of us will have 17 hours of daylight. can you believe it? enjoy it if you can. we will see more sunshine tomorrow. a little fair weather cloud in the morning and as we go through the afternoon, more showers returning. the emphasis of the showers in different places come across north—east england, down into the midlands, down towards the south—east. if you dodge them in the south—east. if you dodge them in the south—east you could see highs of 28, so starting to get pretty warm again, that is 82 fahrenheit. this area of high pressure is going to continue to build across the south. a bit of a north—south divide with low pressure in atlantic low pressure in the atlantic throwing these weather fronts on to the north—west. they will bring outbreaks of rain, much needed rain across scotland for the next few days. friday will be wet with some rain across north—west england, north wales and into northern ireland. clouding over a little, so not quite as warm potentially on friday but still 25 as a hire. we will keep that heat and humidity, we

keep those orange tones across the south because of the high pressure. but below is not really moving very far and it will continue to throw in these weather fronts, far and it will continue to throw in these weatherfronts, bringing outbreaks of rain. so we continue with this north—south divide, around so there will be some rain around the north and the west and just that little bit cooler as well. little bit cooler with it as well. but further south with the high pressure still with us and just changing position a little, it drags in heat and on changing position a little, it drags in more heat and on sunday, more a reminder of our top stories this lunchtime: 8.7% inflation for the second month in a row. that is all lunchtime: 8.7% inflation for the seco the ionth in a row. that is all lunchtime: 8.7% inflation for the seco the bbci in a row. that is all lunchtime: 8.7% inflation for the seco the bbc news ow. that is all lunchtime: 8.7% inflation for the seco the bbc news today, at is all lunchtime: 8.7% inflation for the seco the bbc news today, goodbye from the bbc news today, goodbye from the bbc news today, goodbye from me. on bbc one, the bbc news team is where you are. have a good afternoon.

hello, live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on the programme: scotland take a giant leap towards qualification for next summers euros with their fourth victory in a row. australia won by a whisker, but england urge fans to keep the faith in bazball. at 43, the former champion is back. hello, and thanks forjoining us, here's your latest sports news. nextjune�*s european championship is still a long way off, but it's beginning to feel a lot closer today for scotland after they made it four wins out of four in the qualifying campaign. they beat georgia 2—0 last night after having to endure some terrible conditions because of heavy rain. the match was stopped for an hour and half at one point while the pitch was cleared. both the manager, steve clarke, and his players have praised fans for helping them through...

the circumstances, hanging around waiting... crazy crowd. so easy for them to pack up and go home, they stayed, they sang, they took part in the atmosphere, everything. they got behind the team, they spark the lads up behind the team, they spark the lads up again. listen, the cargo absolutely magnusson, ten out of ten. 3 absolutely magnusson, ten out of ten. �* . . , ., ., ~ ten. a crazy night. got to thank the ball bo s ten. a crazy night. got to thank the ball boys and _ ten. a crazy night. got to thank the ball boys and all— ten. a crazy night. got to thank the ball boys and all of— ten. a crazy night. got to thank the ball boys and all of that, _ ten. a crazy night. got to thank the ball boys and all of that, the - ten. a crazy night. got to thank the ball boys and all of that, the staff. ball boys and all of that, the staff for making sure the pitch was playable. _ for making sure the pitch was playable, it was amazing, and thank you to _ playable, it was amazing, and thank you to the _ playable, it was amazing, and thank you to the fans are absolutely slaying — you to the fans are absolutely staying in watching us. a tough night, — staying in watching us. a tough night, good result. the staying in watching us. a tough night, | good result.— staying in watching us. a tough night, l good result. night, a good result. the next game at c rus, night, a good result. the next game at cyprus. we _ night, a good result. the next game at cyprus, we want _ night, a good result. the next game at cyprus, we want to _ night, a good result. the next game at cyprus, we want to keep - night, a good result. the next game at cyprus, we want to keep winning, putting points on the wall. he knows what the tally will be. we just keep picking up points as often as we can, then again, the global tally up. a couple of other football stories to bring you up to date with. manchester city have agreed

a deal with chelsea to buy mateo kovacic. the croatian midfielder willjoin the treble winners for an initialfee of 25 million pounds with a further 5 million of potential add—ons. kovacicjoined chelsea from real madrid in 2019. chelsea are shedding players to reduce the size of their squad, as new manager mauricio pochettino takes over... who has agreed to move to the saudi arabian champions al-ittihad. his contract at stamford bridge expires at the end of the month. and cristiano ronaldo in saudi. to cricket, where england have named two debutants in their side to take on australia in the first womens ashes test which starts tommorow. 22 year old fast bowler lauren filer will make herfirst start at trent bridge. she's taken eight wickets in four rachel heyhoe flint trophy games this summer and five in the charlotte edwards cup. batter danni wyatt will also make her test debut, having played 2li5 white—ball games for england. as for the men, they will

still be coming to terms with all the drama of that defeat in their first ashes test last night. they lost by two wickets to australia but captain ben stokes, despite saying his side were in "absolute pieces" in the dressing room afterwards, says they will continue with the same bold approach to the remaining four tests. he's urged fans to keep faith in their new style of play. i think it is too early to say the ashes are slipping away after one game. there are four left. so, just keep following us, we will keep trying to do what we do. i will still be encouraging the players to enjoy every moment that we have on the england field. it does not last forever, it goes by quite quickly. but yes, keep following us, because we will still be trying to be the same thing over and over again. you

know, it was obviously very disappointing, but, ithink know, it was obviously very disappointing, but, i think that if you look at the way in which we have played over the last five days, compared to sort of how recently the last three ashes series have gone, it proves that what we are capable of doing against australia... the way in which we applied ourselves from ball one proves that we are able to stand up to australia in the way in which we want to play. before coming into the series, there were questions about, are we able to continue with the style of play against such a good australian team. and, even though we are on the wrong end of the result, here, i think, it proves that we literally went toe to toe throughout the whole game with australia. so, four games left, and that will be what we are concentrating on. was an openness of the series it was. sticking with the cricket, a world cup qualifier going on between

scotland and ireland at the moment. 287 to win after hundred and 20 off just a hundred and eight balls. scotland currently 90—3. keeping up—to—date with that on the other rest of the day. britons katie boulter, jodie burrage, harriet dart, katie swan and heather watson have all recieved wildcards for wimbledon. five british men, including liam broady have also been included, as has 43 year old, 5—time champion venus williams. she competes sparingly these days, and hasn't played at the all england club in singles since 2021, and last won it in 2008, beating sister serena. she's been given a wildcard, as has former world number three, ukraine s elina svitolina who missed last years tournament due to being pregnant. andy murray says he will now take time to rest ahead of wimbledon. he was speaking after he was knocked out of queens in the first round yesterday by alex de minaur. but following back to back wins on the challenger tour,

the two—time wimbledon winner says defeat might be a blessing. on of the good things about playing is one of the top 20 players in the world is that you really see things you need to work on, things that maybe against someone ranked a hundred that are working well, don't necessarily work as well against the higher ranked players, they defend a bit better, they put the ball in the more uncomfortable positions, and definitely, we will learn a bit and work on those things in the next ten days. you can't... you can'tjust play for, you know, 30 days in a row. you do need to take breaks. that is the one positive from today is that i get an opportunity now to take a few days break and then... and then, yeah, i'll train and get a proper period of work done before wimbledon starts.

it starts in one week and a half. looking forward to that. england's mauro itoje says he feels nothing but excitement ahead of this autumn's rugby world cup. itoje was speaking to my colleague sarah mullkerrins as he launched �*the pearl fund', which aims to generate millions of pounds towards education of children in nigeria and wider african countries. i guess it has been a couple of years in the making. you know, growing up, my parents always instilled in me number one, education is very important, in our lives, and the lives of everyone, really. and the second aspect was, it is important to give back, it is important to live give to those who are less fortunate than yourself. and i'm fortunate enough to be in a position where i can put something like this together. so, you know a bit of tweaking and work along the way, we are able to create this vision. ii way, we are able to create this vision. .., . r'

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latest sports news from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. you're watching bbc news. the rebuilding of ukraine after the russian attack is being discussed as an international conference in london. speaking via video—link president zelensky said the aim should also be reforming his country, and making it attractive to investors. here is our diplomatic correpsondent, james landale. it's very clear this is one big pitch that's taking place in this building behind me for the future of ukraine's economy. you've got the world leaders saying we've got to invest. you've got zelensky saying, please come and invest there's high tech. there's a lot more that countries can get out of ukraine in the future.

that's the overt pitch that's going on to the private sector, because they know that only the private sector is going to have the cash needed to rebuild ukraine, that the costs of reconstruction are well north of £300 billion and rising. no country can provide that kind of money, only the private sector.