live from london, this is bbc news. two people have been killed in a rare deadly shooting in auckland in new zealand. the attacker also died. it came just hours before the women's world cup opening match kicks off there. senior doctors in england begin a two—day strike, providing only emergency cover in their dispute about pay. hello. i'm sally bundock. we start with a rare act of gun violence in new zealand ahead of one of the biggest sporting events in the world — the women's world cup. police say a gunman shot and killed two people in the city centre of auckland. at least six others

were injured, including police officers. the attacker also died at the scene. new zealand's prime minister says there is no wider national security threat. he described how the shooting unfolded. the the shooting unfolded. offender was armed with a pump the offender was armed with a pump action shotgun. he moved through the building site, discharging the firearm he went to. upon reaching the upper levels of the building, the man contained himself in an elevator, shots were fired and he was located a short time later. i want to thank the brave men and women of the new zealand police. who ran into the gunfire, straight into harm �*s way, in order to save the lives of others. the shooting happened on a construction site in the central business district of auckland. these workers described what they witnessed.

i saw 20 people rushing out of the building. telling pedestrians to move, i was like what has happened they say we saw, a guy with a shotgun in his hand and he was aiming for people. his hand and he was aiming for --eole. ., , his hand and he was aiming for neale, .,, , his hand and he was aiming for --eole. .,, ,., his hand and he was aiming for neale, ,., ., , ., . people. cop cars an ambulance and fire armed _ people. cop cars an ambulance and fire armed squad _ people. cop cars an ambulance and fire armed squad and - people. cop cars an ambulance l and fire armed squad and armed offenders — and fire armed squad and armed offenders. from where we were, we were — offenders. from where we were, we were hearing a few gunshots. live to auckland and we can speak to tvnz reporter, aziz al sa'afin. just ahead of the kick—off of the women's world cup. what more can you tell us about this incident? it more can you tell us about this incident? , , ., , incident? it is 'ust at 4pm here and h incident? it isjust at 4pm here and while _ incident? it isjust at 4pm here and while it - incident? it isjust at 4pm here and while it seems l incident? it isjust at 4pm | here and while it seems to incident? it isjust at 4pm - here and while it seems to be quite calm in front of the precinct construction building, at about 7am it was a very different story. police were called here at 730 after hearing gunshots. then they went and made their way into

this building behind me, the precinct building which is just under construction, and what is a busy, hustling and bustling part of auckland city. just after 8am, five more shots were heard, in quick succession. what we know and what prime minister chris atkins as you just heard confirmed was this man made his way into the building behind me. we also know it was a construction worker, which is why he knew the layout of the building, he started firing on level three of the building and proceeded to barricade himself into the elevator at which point police tried to engage with the alleged offender. they were unsuccessful. more shots were fired. a police officer was injured, critically injured might i add in the negotiation, and then the shooter was then found dead. the other two were civilians and we can confirm

our ten others have been injured. they were all taken to auckland city hospital, one of those people as ijust mentioned was that police officer who suffered a gunshot wound, he was in a critical but now stable condition. as you mentioned, this is the day we were it was meant to be a day of celebrations, the fifa women's world cup kicking off, and it is still set to go ahead at eden park in auckland with new zealand set to go against norway. behind me as a hotel which is where the norway team was staying, they were woken up at 7am to gunshots and the police eagle helicopter, just 100 metres away from me to my right is where the fan zone was meant to take place, we have nowjust meant to take place, we have now just learnt the fan zone has been cancelled for the day, the tournament is still set to go ahead and what should have been a day of laughing happiness and celebration. now really has just turned into a

day of complete disbelief. éziz day of complete disbelief. aziz al sa'afin. _ day of complete disbelief. aziz al sa'afin, now— day of complete disbelief. aziz al sa'afin, now thank you for the latest on that. tvnz reported at the scene. as we said, the shooting came hours before the women's world cup starts. new zealand's sports minister, grant robinson, said the incident would not affect the tournament. there are a number of teams as you will be aware who was staying in the immediate area. they are all safe and sound. and as the cord and moves on, they will go about their normal business of today for them, for some of them that involves playing this evening, for others that involves moving to others that involves moving to other locations in new zealand to play the games. they well in the course of the next few hours, do what they were always going to do, go to training, go to play, and so on. the opening game in the women's world cup kicks off in just under three hours' time. co—hosts new zealand will face norway. and the tournament itself is breaking new ground. it is the first time the tournament has been held in the southern hemisphere.

it's also the first with two co—hosts, with australia and new zealand staging matches. 32 teams are competing — the biggest world cup to date. the usa are the hot favourites, going for an unprecedented third world cup win in a row. england, the current european champions, are expected to challenge. some teams have issues off the pitch. jamaica had to crowd fund before they could travel to the tournament. well, this is the scene live at eden park in new zealand as fans begin to arrive for the opening game between new zealand and norway. the excitement is building. live now to sydney football stadium, one of the venues for the tournament. i'm joined by katie silver. katie, tell us more about the preparations where you are?

there is also a lot of enthusiasm and excitement here in sydney as you can imagine, we sawa in sydney as you can imagine, we saw a few days ago in the centre of sydney a huge football erected in the heart of marketplace, an iconic area and a buzz, signage up everywhere, the stadium behind me sydney stadium one of the biggest stadiums in sydney but the game had to be moved to a larger stadium because of tickets being sold out, 80,000 expected to attend the game this evening. australia versus ireland, the game has come a long way and we have seen that throughout the time, a real enthusiasm around the matildas, who better to speak about that than julie who better to speak about that thanjulie doll and captain in the first international game between the matildas and new zealand. she spoke to me earlier about exactly how far the game has come.- earlier about exactly how far the game has come. when we -la ed the game has come. when we played in _ the game has come. when we played in international- played in international tournaments, you know, these days, _ tournaments, you know, these days, it — tournaments, you know, these days, it is _ tournaments, you know, these days, it is a _ tournaments, you know, these days, it is a whole different ballgame. whereas, we had to sell lamingtons to raise money

'ust sell lamingtons to raise money just tom — sell lamingtons to raise money 'ust to... , ., ., just to... explain to the international _ just to... explain to the international audience? just to... explain to the - international audience? sell cakes to raise _ international audience? sell cakes to raise the _ internationalaudience? sell cakes to raise the money to get to a tournament. nowadays we are talking about 80,000 people and selling over a million tickets _ and selling over a million tickets. that might give you an idea _ tickets. that might give you an idea of— tickets. that might give you an idea of how far we have come. things— idea of how far we have come. things have changed. you watched that evolve over the course of these decades. are you shocked?— course of these decades. are you shocked? yes, in a sense, es. you shocked? yes, in a sense, yes- because _ you shocked? yes, in a sense, yes. because did _ you shocked? yes, in a sense, yes. because did we _ you shocked? yes, in a sense, yes. because did we imagine l you shocked? yes, in a sense, i yes. because did we imagine we would _ yes. because did we imagine we would see — yes. because did we imagine we would see an event on this scale. _ would see an event on this scale. nu _ would see an event on this scale, no. did we imagine we would — scale, no. did we imagine we would close the harbour bridge so we _ would close the harbour bridge so we can— would close the harbour bridge so we can celebrate with the fans— so we can celebrate with the fans or— so we can celebrate with the fans or that it would be bigger than _ fans or that it would be bigger than the — fans or that it would be bigger than the sydney olympics, no, we never— than the sydney olympics, no, we never imagined that. we probably— we never imagined that. we probably imagined a world cup at the — probably imagined a world cup at the moment but not on this scale — at the moment but not on this scale. , ., ~ i. scale. does it make you emotional? _ scale. does it make you emotional? very. - scale. does it make you emotional? very. all i scale. does it make you | emotional? very. all the pioneering _ emotional? very. all the pioneering players - emotional? very. all the pioneering players and l emotional? very. all the - pioneering players and players of successive generations have been _ of successive generations have been doing the emotional

rollercoaster. through the lead up rollercoaster. through the lead up to _ rollercoaster. through the lead up to this — rollercoaster. through the lead up to this world cup. julie doll and — up to this world cup. julie doll and talking _ up to this world cup. julie doll and talking about - up to this world cup. jul e: doll and talking about her experiences when she was competing in a previous world cup. katie, gives you a sense of how far the sport has come into of women's soccer. there is a lot of excitement here about the lionesses and england who are seen as a team that will do rather well. talk us through what people are saying about who could win this time, what the hopes are for the various teams?— what the hopes are for the various teams? sally as you mentioned _ various teams? sally as you mentioned earlier _ various teams? sally as you mentioned earlier the - various teams? sally as you mentioned earlier the us i various teams? sally as you mentioned earlier the us is| various teams? sally as you . mentioned earlier the us is the firm favourite, they have one four of the eight world cup that have taken place, they are going for the triple victory in a row they have done it at the olympic and the connor cup tournament can they do it at the world cup? 0ne tournament can they do it at the world cup? one person will be wanting that, you can repeat no, now 38, she says this will be her last world cup so she

would like that to be part of her legacy. —— meghan rapinoe. france, spain, germany all strong contenders, france have a interesting tale, there manages only three months on thejob before manages only three months on the job before that he was managing the saudi arabian team when they beat argentina and qatar. that historic match we remember last year. he has never coached women before, this is hugely unique. when it comes to the home team, the matildas they are 10th in the world, they have got home court advantage, they have sam kerr, advantage, they have sam kerr, a lot of supporters here, no doubt many barracking them on this topic we will have to wait and see, who knows, eight teams have never competed before we may see a dark horse here as well. ,., ., may see a dark horse here as well. , ., ., , , may see a dark horse here as well. _, ., , , , well. going to be very, very exciting- — well. going to be very, very exciting. we _ well. going to be very, very exciting. we will _ well. going to be very, very exciting. we will speak - well. going to be very, very exciting. we will speak to l well. going to be very, very l exciting. we will speak to you again soon. katie saw but one of the many we have covering the event. kicked off in just under three hours time. you can

follow it across the bbc. you will find the latest from australia and new zealand on the bbc sport website or at and we will have more later in this programme as well. next, a developing story out of iraq. protesters have stormed the swedish embassy in the capital, baghdad, and set part of it on fire. it's the second attack on the building since a copy of the quran was burned outside a mosque in stockholm last month. the latest protest involved supporters of the shia cleric, muqtada al—sadr. video showed people on the roof of the embassy and flames lighting up the night sky. there are no reports of any injuries. when we get more details we will update you. here in the uk, senior hospital doctors in england begin a two—day strike today. they will be only be providing emergency cover. it's all part of their dispute with the government over pay. nhs bosses have warned of severe disruption, with thousands of planned appointments already postponed. it will be the first time

consultants have taken part in strike action in more than a decade. 0ur health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. we locked ourselves away, we did everything we should have done covid—i9 to protect the nhs and now when i want them they are letting me down. sails; they are letting me down. sally niuht they are letting me down. sally ni . ht one they are letting me down. sally night one of— they are letting me down. sally night one of thousands - they are letting me down. sally night one of thousands of patients hit by the consulta nt/. patients hit by the consultant/. herappointment consultant/. her appointment for a hip consultant/. herappointment for a hip replacement cannot go ahead because as with so many assessments and procedures a senior doctor has to be there when it's carried out. the wei . ht when it's carried out. the weight has _ when it's carried out. the weight has doubled - when it's carried out. tie: weight has doubled and when it's carried out. tt9: weight has doubled and then when it's carried out. tt9 weight has doubled and then i do not know how long i will have to wait after that. it was almost i had a target of at least every day would be a step towards it. whereas currently i feel i was going forwards and i have been knocked back. today's two day walkout _ have been knocked back. today's two day walkout by _ have been knocked back. today's two day walkout by hospital - two day walkout by hospital consultants in england comes hot of the heels of strikes by

junior doctors. the junior representing them has rejected the government's latest 6% pay offer saying it does nothing to address more than a decade of real term pay cuts. for address more than a decade of real term pay cuts.— real term pay cuts. for it to have got — real term pay cuts. for it to have got to _ real term pay cuts. for it to have got to the _ real term pay cuts. for it to have got to the point - real term pay cuts. for it to have got to the point where consultants are striking, things are really bad, the pay has been cut value by more than a since 2008 and people are furious, i've been talking to my colleagues at work, the prime minister saying last week there are no more talks on pay, has not made people feel like it's over, it is made them feel more angry. it's over, it is made them feel more angry-— it's over, it is made them feel morean: . ~ . more angry. the 6% pay increase from the more angry. the 696 pay increase from the government _ more angry. the 696 pay increase from the government means - more angry. the 696 pay increase | from the government means basic salaries will start at 93 point £5,000 with the most experienced just getting over £126,000. experienced 'ust getting over £126,000._ £126,000. the plea to consultants _ £126,000. the plea to consultants is - £126,000. the plea to consultants is to - £126,000. the plea to - consultants is to recognise we have listened on pensions as per we have listened to the independent pay review body recommendations, it's now time to put patients first and for consultants to call off the

strike. :, consultants to call off the strike. ., , :, consultants to call off the strike. ., :, , strike. there are some doctors who oppose — strike. there are some doctors who oppose the _ strike. there are some doctors who oppose the strike, - strike. there are some doctors who oppose the strike, one - who oppose the strike, one consultant agreed to speak to us anonymously because he said he had a very unpopular view. overall, i think compared with a lot of people in society we have a pretty good deal. ifeel very uncomfortable with well—paid individuals with good pensions protesting about their pgy- pensions protesting about their .a . ., , :, pensions protesting about their pay. can you see from the research _ pay. can you see from the research you _ pay. can you see from the research you have - pay. can you see from the research you have done i pay. can you see from the research you have done it| pay. can you see from the i research you have done it is the higher earners in the nhs who have lost out more over the years? who have lost out more over the ears? �* , :, , , years? it's not 'ust they experienced _ years? it's not 'ust they experienced a h years? it's notjust they experienced a pay - years? it's notjust they experienced a pay cut i years? it's not just they i experienced a pay cut over years? it's not just they - experienced a pay cut over the last ten, 1530 years, they have seen a bigger pay cut than other groups in the nhs, you can see on the purple bar nhs consultants one of the highest earning groups, they've seen an average pay cut of 17%. the group at the top includes nhs cleaners and porters have seen a pay cut of 3.5% on average, a much smaller pay cut. this a pay cut of 3.596 on average, a much smaller pay cut.- much smaller pay cut. this is harley street _ much smaller pay cut. this is harley street probably - much smaller pay cut. this is harley street probably the i much smaller pay cut. this is i harley street probably the most famous place in england for

senior doctors to come to see private patients and boost your nhs salary. it is estimated a third of consultants in the health service do private work experts are clear, the nhs cannot afford to lose any more doctor hours to the private sector. in doctor hours to the private sector. :, , , doctor hours to the private sector. :,, , :, doctor hours to the private sector. :, :, , ., sector. in loss of ours and consultant _ sector. in loss of ours and consultant hours - sector. in loss of ours and consultant hours for i sector. in loss of ours and consultant hours for the i sector. in loss of ours and i consultant hours for the nhs could have an impact on the ability to reduce waiting times, treatment of patients, and the ability to train the next generation of consultants in the future. what's really important for patients and for the nhs is to make sure this dispute is sold as quickly as possible. dispute is sold as quickly as ossible. , dispute is sold as quickly as possible-— dispute is sold as quickly as ossible. , :, , possible. there is no sign the disute possible. there is no sign the dispute with _ possible. there is no sign the dispute with doctors - possible. there is no sign the dispute with doctors will- possible. there is no sign the dispute with doctors will be i dispute with doctors will be over quickly, and every sign that further strikes will go ahead. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. let's get some of the day's other news now. nine people have been injured in a suspected gas pipeline explosion in the centre of the

south african city ofjohannesburg. the blast happened during the evening rush hour in one of the city's busiest roads. it caused cars and minibuses to overturn, while huge cracks appeared in the road. some residents were evacuated from nearby buildings. thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of peru in marches organised by groups opposed to president boluarte's administration. police clashed with some of the demonstrators in the capital lima, firing tear gas to disperse them. more than 100 million bees have died in brazil after being poisoned by a pesticide. it was illegally applied by a farm owner who was fined $47,000. traces of the bee—killing chemical were found in at least 600 hives. some of the bees that died were endangered species. netflix says it's picked up nearly six million new customers after cracking down on people sharing their passwords for the streaming service. more than 238 million people around the world now have a netflix account. we'll have more on this story

after 5:30. sweltering conditions continue to impact millions across the globe. parts of southern europe brace for another scorching day. in greece, fires like these continue to burn to the west of the capital, athens. romania, slovakia and poland are sending around 200 firefighters to help greek authorities tackle the blazes. in the us, high temperatures persist across large parts of the country's south. this was the sunrise in phoenix in the state of arizona. it's notched up 20 consecutive days of temperatures 43.3 degrees celsius or higher. in south carolina, local officials organised an air—conditioner giveaway to help those affected. tens of millions of americans are still under excessive heat warnings. meanwhile, migrants at the us border in mexico say they've had to seek shelter in camps

or nearby parks as they wait for their appointments to apply for asylum. us climate envoyjohn kerry says more work is needed this year to reach agreements with china on climate issues. his comments came as mr kerry wrapped up a three—day visit to beijing, which was focused rebuilding trust between the two countries. the us climate envoy said both agreed climate change was urgent and that they should stick to pledges made to keep global warming to 1.5 degrees. live now to beijing, our china correspondent stephen mcdonell. tell us more about his trip and what was achieved. trio tell us more about his trip and what was achieved.— what was achieved. no clear breakthrough _ what was achieved. no clear breakthrough in _ what was achieved. no clear breakthrough in terms i what was achieved. no clear breakthrough in terms of. what was achieved. no clear breakthrough in terms of an | breakthrough in terms of an achievement, but the fact that the talks happened at all is something of an achievement by itself, and that is because people were remembering that

china pulled out of cooperation with the us on the climate front after us speaker, house speaker nancy pelosi visited taiwan. that is a lost year if you like in terms of cooperation between the world's superpowers. now we have had john kerry and his team here speaking with his chinese counterpart and even with others, it does show a level of cooperation has been re—established. now, that said, much has to be done. john kerry will have felt the heat here. this city, for example, has hit its record for extreme hot days in one year and we are only halfway through the summer. it gives you an idea ofjust how hot it has been in china. so there is an urgency about this in the us is hoping that china and itself can somehow carve

out climate is a special extreme issue that they can deal with more urgently and also put all their other grievances to one side. beijing doesn't to want to go down that path for the moment, though. the chinese government has said we need to discuss all our agreements, just look at climate change in any special way. climate change in any special wa . :, ~' climate change in any special wa . . ~ climate change in any special wa . :, ~' :, climate change in any special wa. ., :, ., way. 0k. thank you for that, lookin: way. 0k. thank you for that, looking at — way. 0k. thank you for that, looking at john _ way. 0k. thank you for that, looking at john kerry's i way. 0k. thank you for that, looking at john kerry's trip i way. 0k. thank you for that, | looking at john kerry's trip to looking atjohn kerry's trip to china. of course hot on the heels of treasury secretary janet yellen, secretary of state antony blinken. a lot going on in terms of us and china relations of late. around the world and across the uk, this is bbc news. let's look at some of the other stories making headlines today. up to 20,000 rail staff are going on strike today, causing travel disruption in england, scotland and wales. members of the rmt union are walking out for 26 hours in the first of three strikes between now and saturday next week.

three by—elections are being held in england today. the seats of uxbridge and south ruislip in west london, selby and ainsty in north yorkshire, and somerton and frome in somerset are allupforgrabs. polls open at 7am. tiktok is now the most used single source of news across all platforms for 12— to 15—year—olds in the uk. that's according to new research from the regulator 0fcom has found. the bbc has the highest reach of any news organisation amongst the age group. the rock band queen have been given a brit billion award for achieving the milestone of being streamed more than one billion times in the uk. live from london, this is bbc news. to the war in ukraine now. grain prices have gone up on global markets after russia suggested it would treat commercial ships heading for ukrainian ports

as potential targets. earlier this week, moscow pulled out of a deal that had guaranteed safe passage for vessels carrying grain. the russian president, vladimir putin, accused western countries of using the expired agreement to "profiteer shamelessly". but during call with russia government officials, —— calls, mr putin said he was prepared to return to the accord immediately if certain conditions were met. they include reconnecting russia's agricultural bank to a global payment system. speaking in kyiv, the head of the us agency for international development, samantha power, said every country should join the us in condemning russia's move. two—thirds of the wheat that came out of the black sea grain initiative export channel went to developing countries.

and i saw first—hand in places like somalia, lebanon and kenya over the course of the last year just how dependent those economies are on the import of ukrainian wheat. while in ukraine, ms power also announced a raft of a new aid intended to support ukraine's economic recovery. 0ur correspondent in kyiv james waterhouse has more. samantha power�*s visit is significant for a couple of reasons. firstly, we need to look at the sizeable packages she has announced. almost $1 billion worth of aid or humanitarian support, dental healthcare as well as the modernisation of the agricultural sector. she is keen to betray the us as they continue partner. she also visited the southern city of 0desa, region that has come under significant attack over the past two nights. we have seen several missiles at the ports, as well as grain silos, and the reason for that is two days ago russia pulled out of

the rain initiative which allowed the country to export grain through the black sea. part of that deal involves russia agreeing not to target infrastructure, and it is clear moscow wants to make a point. they not only is it pulling out of the deal, but it wants to frustrate kyiv in as many ways as possible. plan b is being discussed involving grain being exported over land as well as “p exported over land as well as up the danube river. those are options both politically sensitive as well is expensive for the but ukraine is a keen to explore as many options as possible within these words of samantha power, there is no substitute for peace. back now to one of our top stories. jen o'neill is a former sunderland player who is now the editor of women's football magazine she kicks and joins us live from sydney. it is so good to talk to you. we don't have much time. but talk us through how significant this event is.— this event is. this is the ninth edition _ this event is. this is the ninth edition of - this event is. this is the ninth edition of the i ninth edition of the tournament, but it is also

going to be by far the biggest. this will be the biggest ever women's sporting event. there are 32 teams here, 1.3 million tickets have already been sold and it kicks off today and there should be 80,000 people or more in the stadium in sydney to see australia play the republic of ireland after norway played new zealand at eden park an hour before. that is so encouraging. _ eden park an hour before. that is so encouraging. there is such anticipation about this and excitement. massively, and particularly _ and excitement. massively, and particularly from _ and excitement. massively, and particularly from an _ and excitement. massively, and particularly from an english i particularly from an english perspective, given how well the lioness is in the summer in the euros last year, there is a huge amount of anticipation across the world. the us could be going for a third consecutive win, the germans and the aussies have a chance of winning. it is so open and we are looking forward to some tough action. we are looking forward to some tough action-— we are looking forward to some tough action. who is your money on? germany! — tough action. who is your money on? germany! we _ tough action. who is your money on? germany! we will— tough action. who is your money on? germany! we will watch i tough action. who is your money | on? germany! we will watch with interest! every _ on? germany! we will watch with interest! every twist _ on? germany! we will watch with interest! every twist and - on? germany! we will watch with interest! every twist and turn i interest! every twist and turn for the so much for your time. don't go anywhere. the top

business stories are right here next. i will see you in just a moment. hello. wednesday has once again brought record—breaking temperatures to parts of southern europe. we've had an unconfirmed report of nearly 47 degrees in sardinia, and that intense heat is set to continue. a degree or two up or down from day to day, but nevertheless relentless, both by day and by night. now, talking about heat, this time a year ago was when we saw record—breaking heat here in the uk, but nothing that extreme heading our way here. we are still to the north of the jet stream. we are still in a cooler northwesterly breeze at the moment. temperatures around about average, just a little bit below, and with it, plenty of scattered showers as pressure is relatively low. but actually, with the lighter winds through the early hours of thursday, it turns quite

chilly in some rural parts. there could even be the odd pocket of fog first thing this morning. but again, it's around dawn, so it'll clear fairly quickly and that's when we'll see the best of the sunshine before the cloud starts to bubble again and we see some showers developing. now, it's one of those days where we could see lines of showers. so some places catch shower after shower and others stay completely dry with good spells of sunshine. but it will be pleasant enough. 17 to 22 is a notch down on wednesday, slightly fresher air, still that brisk breeze up in the north and the east of scotland. but i think, by and large, it should be largely fine for the first day at least of the golf at hoylake and actually again for the cricket at old trafford. just the odd shower around can't be ruled out, but the chances of interruptions increase through friday and into the weekend because already as we go through the night, thursday into friday, we've got the next weather front gathering in off the atlantic. ahead of it, some coolish dry weather, but it does look as if we turn the tables to cloudier weather again with patchy rain for northern ireland, scotland, northern england

as we go into friday. the far north of scotland, just a few showers, perhaps dry with a little ridge of high pressure in the south. hopefully a drier day, fewer showers, a little bit more sunshine. but temperatures are down a degree, a bit more cloud around. and the reason? this area of low pressure that's rolling itself in again. so it looks like not only bringing us some wetter weather once again in what has been a really unsettled july, but also, some strong winds to go with it. strong winds notjust in the south, but potentially the far north as well, which is going to make it feel fairly cool forjuly. as ever, there's more on the website. bye— bye.