alison freeman, bbc news, northumberland. thats it from me today.ok at the weather with carol. sunshine and showers but will start to build a crisis from tomorrow so turning drier and brighter with some sunshine. warming up particularly so as we head towards the latter part of the week but this is the low pressure that's driving our weather currently. pushing northwards and eastwards. it will bring some heavy and persistent rain across north wales and also northern england through the for scotland and northern ireland generally its sunshine and showers and behind that rain bright spells, sunshine and some showers. temperatures 15 in the north, 2a in the south. as we head on through the evening and overnight the low pressure pulls away into the north sea taking the rain with it. leaving us with a largely dry night with a few showers dotted around. not particularly cold. 11 being the overnight low in lerwick to about 12-14 overnight low in lerwick to about 12—14 across parts of england and wales. there goes the low pressure tomorrow and having this ri

alison freeman reports. their happy faces say it all. i just love doing swimming.ave been part of ashton—under—lyne's long established swimming club since they were just four years old. but the pool they train in is one of many across the country under threat of closure. i'm very devastated. because all the progress that we did, i feel like all of it isjust, like, gone now because it's shutting down. i felt really heartbroken _ because my only sport was swimming. i was really upset because this full club is a family. and among those who felt the support of that family are catherine and her mum, anne, who were both injured in the manchester arena bombing. when i got out of hospital, and even when in the hospital, they came and visited me, and gave me support and said that they'd be here for me whenever i needed and whenever i'd come back. and when i came back, they said that i could take as much time as i needed. and, yeah, it was just really helpful, mentally and physically. what did that support mean to you from the club? it built my confidence. just going back at

alison freeman, bbc news, northumberland. what an inspirational woman! again. as we go through this week, the weather is certainly going to be mixed. we're starting off of the week with a low pressure in charge so we've got some heavy rain pushing northwards and eastwards, on either side of that, sunshine and showers, but high pressure will start to build across us from tomorrow, so, turning drier and brighter with some sunshine and warming up for a time, particularly so as we head towards the latter part of the week. but this is the low pressure that is driving our weather currently, pushing northwards and eastwards, it will bring some heavy and persistent rain across north wales and northern england through the afternoon, potentially clipping southern scotland. but for scotland and northern ireland generally it is sunshine and showers and behind that rain, bright spells of sunshine and some showers. temperatures 15 in the north to 2a in the south. heading through the evening and overnight the low pressure pulls away into the north sea, taking the rain

and alongside herfamily, she has a famous fan cheering her on, as alison freeman discovered when she 12 years ago, she was so badly injured during the birth of her son that she had to have a stoma fitted. it diverts her bowel to a bag on her abdomen. but, in just over a week's time, she's aiming to become the first woman with a stoma to swim the channel. there's a lot of people with stomas are really, really fearful to be active and to go out there and to do things. they think they're going to bejudged by people, particularly swimming. a lot of people won't go to the local pool. and this is kind of like my really in—your—face way of saying, "if i can swim the channel, you can go to your local pool." but really, ultimately, my everything is to show my son that his birth didn't ruin my life. times were tough for gill at first, she found it hard to manage her stoma, her mental health suffered, and she was no longer able to keep working as a police officer. gill also felt frustrated by the lack of support available to her. people didn't really know what to do with me, people kept saying,

alison freeman, bbc news, northumberland. well done.luiz diaz scoring first for the reds — chelsea equalising through axel disasi. and whilst caicedo didn't fancy a move to liverpool, jurgen klopp still happy with what he saw. we feel pleased, and we feel at the same time disappointed, because i think that we wanted to win and we deserved to win. but that is only the beginning, and i'm so pleased with the performance of the players. very, very pleased with the staff after nearly six weeks working together. tottenham began life without harry kane yesterday and were losing against brentford until they grabbed an equaliser before half time from emerson royal, two all it finished. this the first competitive game for new spurs boss ange postecoglou. you could look at it two ways. it's either an impediment to you or it's an opportunity, you know? and as you said, harry was such a massive figure at this football club for such a long time, and he will continue to be whether he is present in the building or not. from that perspective, we want to

our reporter alison freeman is at a leisure centre for us in preston this morning. morning, alison.y that is running at a lost. much more about that after nine o�*clock. time now to get the news, travel and weather where you are. a very good morning. welcome to bbc london. i�*m thomas magill. a lack of rental properties is being blamed as one of the factors making it more difficult for tenants to find somewhere to live here in london. one estate agent says there�*s almost 50% fewer homes available compared with four years ago, and that�*s driving up prices. we saw this flat, we loved it. we put in an asking price offer, which was 1,950 a month. we got outbid by an over asking price offer so we ended up having to pay 2,150 a month instead of the asking price of 1950. plans for a major redevelopment of one of the capital�*s busiest train stations in east london has been submitted to the government. the upgrade to stratford station will include 2000 new homes — new retail space and changes to the station�*s layout. more than 128 million passenger movements were recorded there in 2019.

alison freeman is at thirsk garden centre in north yorkshire and can tell us more.rations?— are they out a bit early, these decorations? i ., . ., , , decorations? a touch earlier, yes, we tend to — decorations? a touch earlier, yes, we tend to get _ decorations? a touch earlier, yes, we tend to get them _ decorations? a touch earlier, yes, we tend to get them out - decorations? a touch earlier, yes, we tend to get them out around i we tend to get them out around september time. we tend to get them out around septembertime. but we tend to get them out around september time. but it takes so long to set up, and because the summer has not been as good as normal, we have got them out a touch earlier. talking about some are not being as good, how has that affected your furniture and plant sales? massively, it was a slow start in march and april, the weather did get good and it picked up but then it turned bad again so it has been a bit hit and miss this summer. diversification, that is what you are doing, so you are trying to get people in the store, is it working? it is

alison freeman has been to berwick to find out more. path closer to the seashore. so that improves people's experience and improves people's ability to connect with nature and enjoy this fantastic landscape that we've got around us. the full england coastal path has been in development for over a decade and is being named after the king. but it's notjust for those who want to conquer long distances. those involved in this section say it can build on the love for the outdoors that many found during the pandemic. people have really connected with the countryside. we have to help them to keep that connection to having the path here. people will start to use it. they'll recognise it as part of their daily routine. it's not that you have to start in berwick and walk down to bamburgh. you can just go a few hundred yards, enjoy what you see, come back tomorrow. so whilst the new england coast path does take in some of the old northumberland coastal route, there are some exciting new additions, like here on holy island, where you're brought acr

alison freeman, bbc news.festival this weekend, _ morning. gianpiero, nicola, leeds festival this weekend, not - morning. gianpiero, nicola, leeds festival this weekend, not that i morning. gianpiero, nicola, leeds| festival this weekend, not that the memories go at all of david but this will bring things flooding back. at this moment in time, you tell me, do you think about how he was really excited going to the final? you are saying, have you packed enough underwear, all of those practical things? how does it, you know, why is it so important that right now you are talking to us here on the sofa? ! you are talking to us here on the sofa? ~ ., , , you are talking to us here on the sofa? ~ . , , . sofa? i think that hindsight is a wonderfulthing. _ sofa? i think that hindsight is a wonderful thing. and _ sofa? i think that hindsight is a wonderful thing. and a - sofa? i think that hindsight is a wonderful thing. and a year- sofa? i think that hindsight is a| wonderful thing. and a year on, sofa? i think that h