tonight this could all change here, and the athletics is where the isle of wight is hoping to beginag up in the table. this could be the smaller island nations. the cayman islands are one of the favourites in the men's track events and the estonian island is hoping to keep its men's basketball title. another day of competition, the second day of the the island games here in gotland. that is from sportsday with me, tim hague. thanks for watching. i will be back at a quarter past eight with more sport. you're watching bbc news. the government has revealed that 60 tower blocks, covered in supposedly fire resistant cladding, have failed safety tests following the grenfell tower disaster. the department for communities and local government says checks have been made in 25 council areas across england, and so far the failure rate is 100%.

wight is hoping to begin a strong performance and guernsey also edging up in the table.his could be the smaller island nations. the cayman islands are one of the favourites in the men's track events and the estonian island is hoping to keep its men's basketball title. another day of competition, the second day of the the island games here in gotland. that is from sportsday with me, tim hague. thanks for watching. i will be back at a quarter past eight with more sport. you're watching bbc news. the government has revealed that 60 tower blocks, covered in supposedly fire resistant cladding, have failed safety tests following the grenfell tower disaster. the department for communities and local government says checks have been made in 25 council areas across england, and so far the failure rate is 100%. 79 people died in the grenfell tower fire in west london 11 days ago, prompting the nationwide review. former chief fire and rescue adviser sir ken knight said he was impressed by the rate at which tests are being carried out on tower blocks. i think it's going well. the arr

our reporter alistair fee went to the isle of wight which voted 62 percentage leave to find out. island again. i have come to the isle of wight, a part of the sadc used to being out on a limb and were 62% of people voted to leave the european union. i voted to leave. people voted to leave the european union. ivoted to leave. ivoted people voted to leave the european union. i voted to leave. i voted to remain. to leave. to leave. in business, as with this game they have always been winners and losers. as the country balsa brexit dice, i wa nt to as the country balsa brexit dice, i want to know he was climbing the ladder is an too is landing on a snake. as a visitor attraction, the isle of wight farm has benefited from more people holidaying at home since the vote. business is good but unlike the majority of islanders, colin wanted to remain.|j unlike the majority of islanders, colin wanted to remain. i think it is terrible, it is divided the country. the worst—case scenario is we cannot openly, freely, without bureaucracy trade with europe. europe is just over there. bureaucracy t

, it will bea towards the isle of wight, it will be a warm afternoon.. we‘ll start to see some rain getting in across anglesey and the tip of north—west wales at this stage. northern ireland, the rain continues to drift through so we‘ll have a late improvement into the west. through the evening and overnight period, that rain will continue to progress slowly south—east wards. behind it, there‘ll be some cloud and a few showers. ahead of it, across england and wales, there‘ll be some clear skies, mist and fog patches forming. in the south—east, it will be a sticky night. any mist and fog will readily clear tomorrow. as the front heads towards the south—east, it will tend to weaken and fragment and turn more showery. we are pumping out some very warm air into eastern england tomorrow. that could spark off some showers and in east anglia and the south—east there is the risk of some of them turning thundery in nature. the other side of the rain band, we are back into sunshine in fresher conditions. by the time we get to saturday, the weather front producing

grey and cloudy at glastonbury, that image has been repeated in the past half—hour on the isle of wightm one of our weather watchers. the cloud is sitting across the english channel, grey for west wales and bands of cloud to the far north of scotla nd bands of cloud to the far north of scotland bringing some showers and blustery conditions at this stage in the year, the wind touching gale force, not a huge amount changes, 12 showers across southern areas i suspect and further north willacy bands of cloud working into shetland, orkney, parts of sutherland and lewis. elsewhere, throughout this evening, a few showers in central areas but northern ireland stays dry with sunshine and brightening up for some in north—west england where we have seen cloud so far but some cloud will linger across south lancashire and merseyside and same in wales and southern counties of england, sunny spells but when two showers to finish the day with temperatures this evening still in low 20s. most of the showers will fade, pretty worked for some, cloud rushes across ireland into western fringes of england and

grey and cloudy at glastonbury, that image has been repeated in the past half—hour on the isle of wights sitting across the english channel, grey for west wales and bands of cloud to the far north of scotla nd bands of cloud to the far north of scotland bringing some showers and blustery conditions at this stage in the year, the wind touching gale force, not a huge amount changes, 12 showers across southern areas i suspect and further north willacy bands of cloud working into shetland, orkney, parts of sutherland and lewis. elsewhere, throughout this evening, a few showers in central areas but northern ireland stays dry with sunshine and brightening up for some in north—west england where we have seen in north—west england where we have seen cloud so far but some cloud will linger across south

andy from the isle of wight hopes to make it to the gold coast next april.short of this year. it would be nice to try and get the qualifying distance and get the trip to australia next year. so while it is known as the friendly games, there‘s still some serious competition. jen smith, bbc news, gotland. time now to take a look at the weather forecast. which ireland would you like to be right now? a tropical one, and utterly! pass which ireland. peaking at 35 celsius in london. the week ahead, different prospects. a bit closer to where we should be for the time of your, ten to 12 celsius for many areas. to go with that, some rain as well. at the moment, on the a few splashes of rain for the uk. brightening up now in the north west england after a great day so far. a few showers in northern scotland. still a bit of a breezy, but it is down now. most will finish the afternoon going into the evening try with sunny spells, and temperatures have peaked at around 20 degrees in the north—east. but will we does into a fresher night then we have been used for some tim

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kelly saladin was at the games for the isle of wight, and it will be interesting with a guernsey swimmerd event. good turnout for the opening ceremony as well. concluding our series on women‘s sport week, today we meet a group of sportswomen from yorkshire, who have had an impact internationally. until recently the international basketball federation banned religious headgear on safety grounds. but now, after a worldwide campaign from players at all levels of the game, that has changed. as rhia choham reports. meet the bradford cobras basketball team. they have the trainers, the shorts and the jersey. they also have hijabs. you may not have seen a female basketball player wearing one before, that‘s because until last month they were banned in the elite game. although the rule did not affect this local game, they learned their voices to a passionate worldwide campaign, urging the international bust federation to lift the ban. knowing there is something that i can do about that ban definitely quickly got me on board to do something about it. we all came together. there are 12 of us played

very wet and windy with damaging gusts of wind across parts of yorkshire, the isle of wight, the dorsete tracking north—eastwards. some rain here for a time. pulling north—eastwards. later in the day we will see another system approaching from the south west but in between, for much of the country and for much of the day it will be dry with spells of sunshine, and strong winds easing down. cloud increasing from the south—west later in the afternoon. eventually we will see rain pushing into devon and cornwall, and western parts of wales. the breeze will pick up but it will not be as windy as we saw yesterday. through much of england and into the east coast, a better day here. some spells of sunshine. the wind easing down. dry for much of the morning but the rain starting to make its presence felt as we go through the afternoon. 0nce to make its presence felt as we go through the afternoon. once the rain has cleared away from these coast, much of scotland will have a mainly dry day with spells of sunshine, but feeling cool in the brisk north westerly wind. cloud increasing from the south—

pictures like this from the channel islands and also from the channel islands and also from the isle of wight further north again, and forthe of the southwest. further north again, and for the good part of wales and indeed into the north of england, things were a good more dreary and for that you had to thank this area of clouds, coming in from the atlantic. it is a weather front and the cloud has enough about it for there to be quite a bit of rain. across the north of england and wales and the west of england. having come across northern ireland in the first part of the day and increasingly it will become confined to the northern isles of scotland. following behind, some brightness. 20-22dc. following behind, some brightness. 20—22dc. some showers in western parts there. northern ireland faring quite nicely there. not far behind in the temperature stakes. a lot of dry weather your. there is no escaping the fact that that weather front is slow moving across the north of england and across the cumbrian fells, the northwestern heels of wales, 50 millimetres of rain. what a work contrast. the uv

kelly saladin was at the alan games for the isle of wight, and it will be interesting with a guernseyor others it is more serious, but after the party has finished here in gotland at the opening ceremony, the competition begins tomorrow. plenty to look forward to. wang ‘s gem, at the island games. good turnout for the island games. good turnout for the opening ceremony as well. portugal and mexico are through to the knock out stages of the confederations cup match — portugal beat new zealand 4—0. cristiano ronaldo opened the scoring from the penalty spot with his 75th international goal. manchester city's new signing bernando silva bundled in a second for the european champions. a big win for portugal. and one other football line today — watford have signed derby's will hughes for £8 million. the england under—21 midfielder has signed a 5—year deal. there was no royal winner in the hardwicke stakes at ascot as the queen's horse dartmouth was beaten by the 9—2 shot idaho. her majesty‘s horse was in the lead going into the final stages of the race, but was overtaken in the final furlong

andy from the isle of wight hopes to make it to the gold coast next april. done the last three games and the qualifying distance is 67.5 metres, which i'm just short of this year. it would be nice to try and get the qualifying distance and get the trip to australia next year. so while it is known as the friendly games, there's still some serious competition. jen smith, bbc news, gotland. ed sheeran will headline the pyramid stage tonight to close this year's glastonbury festival. one of the biggest crowds of the weekend is expected to gather to watch barry gibb this afternoon. 0ur entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba is there. good morning, what lies ahead? it's going to be a great day of music. as you can see, the big clean—up operation is underway after yesterday. went very well here in front of the pyramid stage. tens of thousands of fans, culminating in the foo fighters. earlier in the day jeremy corbyn attracted massive crowd here as well. a headline set by rock band foo fighters... here he is, jeremy corbyn! he wasn't one of the headline artists, b

andy from the isle of wight hopes to make it to the gold coast next april. and the qualifying distance is 67.5 metres, which i'm just short of this year. it would be nice to try and get the qualifying distance and get the trip to australia next year. so while it is known as the friendly games, there's still some serious competition. jen smith, bbc news, gotland. time now to take a look at the weather forecast. can we be a bit more optimistic after the confused whether the last few days? you will have to get used to the confused whether. —— confused whether. we have got a few showers at the moment. showers at the end of the day in scotland. showers continuing in northern scotland into the night, but elsewhere, clear skies and lighter winds, a much pressure nights and you have been used to across england and wales. into monday morning, temperatures down into single figures for some. if you isolated showers. —— a few isolated showers. it will feel warmer than today, but cloud will increase from the west during the day. sunshine turning hazy and the skies turnin

convicted of failing to secure his daughter's regular attendance at school — in a hearing at isle of wight and ordered to pay £2000 in costs. virgin media has warned more than 8000 customers to change their passwords to protect against being hacked. an investigation by the consumer group which found the super hub 2 internet router was vulnerable to hackers. it was one of several products, including wireless cameras, which were found to have a security flaw. it's the toughest task in world rugby. in just over 12 hours' time the british and irish lions will take to the field in auckland for the first test against the all blacks. we haven't beaten new zealand in the three—match series since 1971. 0ur sports correspondent katie gornall reports from auckland. auckland is undergoing a transformation. the lions are coming and what started as a trickle has become a flood. every day it's getting busier. we are like minions walking around here with our red tops on. i hope it's 3—0 to the lions but i think it will be really tough. the all blacks at eden park, you just don't beat them there. we might

andy from the isle of wight hopes to make it to the gold coast next april.last three games and the qualifying distance is 67.5 metres, which i'm just short of this year. it would be nice to try and get the qualifying distance and get the trip to australia next year. so while it is known as the friendly games, there's still some serious competition. jen smith, bbc news, gotland. that looks beautiful, let's see if the prospects for this country will be as good. thank you for your company. coming up, a full summary of the national news, but first the weather. last week we saw some of the hottest june conditions in a0 years, the peaked in temperatures between the mid to high 30s, the week ahead, those pics will be much lower, closer to where they should be at this time of year it represents a big change on what we've seen. we could seize and rain, just a few showers of the central and southern england, some will go overnight in northern scotland, for most areas, the night will be dry and substantially fresher. parts of rural scotland in low figures, although it'

the heinz field reigns, the isle of wight and parts of hampshire heading towards south—east england, clear from wales but we will have at first you hours yet. the south of wales ripening upa hours yet. the south of wales ripening up a bit, but very windy close to the coast. —— brightening. we are looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. the strongest winds today will be across wales and southern england. especially around the coast, where we are looking at gales in the irish sea, the bristol channel, the english channel and south—western approaches. it does mean that the showers will rattle through quickly. meanwhile, the rain carrying on across central and eastern scotland and also parts of eastern scotland and also parts of eastern england in particular. if you are stuck under the rain it is going to feel pretty cool. through deceiving the rain continues to advance east north—east, so we will still have it across parts of scotla nd still have it across parts of scotland and north—east england. —— through this evening. dry weather follows behind, with some clear skies. temperat

nantucket isn't, the isle of wight isn't. name an island. they want foreigners in corsica?there? no way, no way. >> anthony: right. >> paul: did anyone ever come to an island, uh, with a good intention? people, people -- >> anthony: no, never in the history of the world. >> paul: no, no. >> anthony: best case scenario bring syphilis. >> paul: yeah. >> anthony: pretty much. >> paul: yeah, yeah. >> anthony: i mean, at the very least. >> paul: and it happened, it happened here. captain cook put his sailors ashore in ni'ihau, which is just a little northwest of here. he was the first haole. like magellan. hawaii killed its first tourist and -- >> anthony: right. >> paul: philippines killed their first tourist. but people who live on islands, who were born on islands, view anyone who comes to shore with suspicion. >> nainoa: well, to go back to what defines a hawaiian. maybe we should go back in our imaginations to -- it could have been two thousand years ago. the tahitians have this voyaging canoe. way before any other culture on the planet is exploring the deep seas. somehow g

andy from the isle of wight hopes to make it to the gold coast next april. this year, i want that qualifying distance and get the trip to australia next year. while it's known as the friendly games, there's still some serious competition. you're watching breakfast from bbc news. the main stories this morning: more failed safety tests on tower blocks across england — every sample of cladding examined so far is a fire risk. officials investigating a cyber attack on the houses of parliament say the threat has been contained — it's believed hackers attempted to gain access to mps emails. thank you so much for some of the gorgeous pictures you have been sending us this morning. we will look at more of them a little later on but making as much happier than the weather today. hello! what a happy picture. there are some good pictures out there. i put the satellite picture in to show you the gaps in the cloud at the moment because there is a lot of brightness this morning. more cloud further west and it looks like scotland and northern ireland are doing the best with

we have had a number of which is in from the isle of wight.at, and it is not just wales, because wales, it is like that, and it is notjust wales, because we have got weather fronts piling in notjust wales, because we have got weatherfronts piling in to notjust wales, because we have got weather fronts piling in to the north of england, wales and increasingly across the west of england and up into scotland has he having already moved through northern ireland. much of the activity on those fronts will have pushed up towards the northern isles, leaving behind some brighter weather for scotland. large areas of cloud and rain, very slow—moving across these northern and western areas. it means the midlands, east anglia and the south—east of england dry, fine and sunny. scotland versus england later on today should benefit from those improving conditions across scotland and northern ireland. northern ireland should not have any problems with the weather in azerbaijan, either. uv levels are very high across east anglia and in the south—east. that weat

and it from the isle of wight hopes to make it to the gold coast next april.e qualifying distance is 67.5m, which i'm just short of this year so i need to get the qualifying distance and get a trip to australia next year. so while as the friendly games, there is still some serious competition. and, andy, as you saw in that report, he is hoping to go for his ninth consecutive gold medal in the hammer throw, which would actually be an island games record and as he mentioned, he is hoping to also compete or to qualify for the commonwealth games, so it does show you the level of competition that you the level of competition that you can expect here. other highlights this week include a guernsey swimmer called miles munro, already a youth olympic champion and he will start his competition today and going all the way until thursday. also this afternoon, the women's football, a hotly contested event between the scandinavian island nations and the channel islands. and as i said, they are all here in gotland, we are here in the capital, a medieval town and you can see

we have some sunshine, in the isle of wight, sunny spells breaking through, with that, if you have ahunder. further north and west, cloud continues, patchy rain and drizzle, temperatures of 14, 15 degrees. highs of 20 degrees. through the evening and into tonight, the rain will be a bit heavier across parts of northumberland, lincolnshire, yorkshire, eventually spreading into the south—east. that rain clears away as we go into saturday, we can see it there. for many of us, looking dry and fine, feeling quite warm, with light wind. tad chilly for scotland, northern ireland, more cloud, and a bit of rain. this is bbc newsroom live. the headlines: 149 high—rise buildings in 45 local authority areas have now failed safety tests. it comes as documents seen by the bbc suggest cladding fitted to g re nfell tower was bbc suggest cladding fitted to grenfell tower was changed to a cheaper version. downing street have said the kensington and chelsea council meeting on grenfell tower tragedy last night should have been open to the public. there were angry scenes when the presence ofjournalists m

from the midlands and east anglia and southern counties and the isle of wight and the channel islands so here it will feel chilly. as we head through the evening and overnight the weather front in the west and the low pressure bringing all the showery rain in the east will merge. so, it is going to be quite a wet night for england and wales, and then northern ireland. for scotland, you will see a few showers, but equally there will be a lot of dry weather around and temperature wise, well all of us staying in double figures in towns and cities. so tomorrow, you can see how the two systems meet and merge. further north, it will be breezy, but we‘re looking at some brighter conditions. so, here is the rain coming in across england and wales. down the east coast once again with the on shore wind. it will feel cold. for scotland, drier and brighter particularly so in the west. for northern ireland, you‘ve got the rain not too far away and you will see it on and off through the course of the day. temperatures, a bit disappointing for this stage injune. a bit disappointing for this stage in

from the midlands and into east anglia, kent, essex and towards the south coast and the isle of wightntry. they will be moving eastwards during the course of the day and they will be on and off. whereas we‘ve got hot air pumping up from the near continent. it will be another hot day in the south. highs of 34 celsius. but that hot air will tra nsfer towards of 34 celsius. but that hot air will transfer towards northern england tomorrow where we‘re seeing the dip today. overnight wednesday and into thursday morning, well, there will be severe thunderstorms to watch out for. they‘ll clear during the course of thursday morning. it might be a damp startand of thursday morning. it might be a damp start and thursday something fresher, a fair bit of sunshine, but temperatures by then in the low to the high 20s. dan and lou. thank you very much indeed. it's it‘s nearly a week since the fire at g re nfell tower. it‘s nearly a week since the fire at grenfell tower. one resident has been talking to graham satchell about his sense of loss and anger and uncertainty. have a look. it‘s a really power

the highest temperature in the uk currently is in the isle of wight 23 celsius.e breezes. for northern ireland, you too will have some sunshine around, rather like wales, there will be one or two showers left across the west of northern ireland and temperatures would be as high as they are across england and wales. through the evening and overnight they could still be some thunderstorms banging away across northern england, lincolnshire for example, a lot of low cloud, mist and fog coming in. then we will have a new set of thunderstorms moving across and lynn and wales. some of those will be severe and may lead to some local issues, something to bear in mind. tomorrow morning we start, continuing to push through the south—east. shouldn't affect the racing at royal ascot, though it will be wet in the morning. it should clear by about 11. in glastonbury it should not be as severe, and then we're looking at an sunshine. the wind picking up across the north west of scotland, more rain coming in across northern ireland at the end of the day, which will move eastwards