i was thinking of andrew strauss, who isjust home ground?k he'd like to see if you wickets quite soon. indeed! thank you, joe wilson. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. but at lord's today compared to yesterday, with some heavy rainfall, but it's rare that i start with a pressure chart because low pressure dominates the weather story at the moment, and these weather fronts will continue to produce more cloud and we've seen recently. but also some thundery rain as well. we have

i was thinking of andrew strauss, who isjust home ground? i was thinking of andrew strauss, who is just over there, still in his red i'm sure he has appreciated the emotion of the occasion today, but i still think he'd like to see if you wickets quite soon. indeed! thank you, joe wilson. time for a look at the weather. here's louise lear. but at lord's today compared to yesterday, with some heavy rainfall, but it's rare that i start with a pressure chart because low pressure dominates the weather story at the moment, and these weather fronts will continue to produce more cloud and we've seen recently. but also some thundery rain as well. we have lost the risk of shop thundery downpours, still the risk of a few isolated showers in east anglia, its frontal rain at the moment, fairly light and patchy, and we could see some heavy bursts and whisk facing cuts of wales and north—west england this afternoon for up the cloud should remain broken in the south—east, still quite warm out there and we are likely to see temperatures peaking at 25 or 26,

andrew strauss was at lord's in memory of his wife ruth, as a fundraiser and a father.nd luca. and so to the cricket and south africa's progress. kagiso rabada is officially ranked the fifth best bowler in the world. in this innings, he could hardly have been better, taking five wickets. so having bowled england out forjust 165, now it was south africa's turn to bat in bright sunshine. south africa's captain, dean elgar, was extremely composed. it seemed almost impossible to get him out until something almost impossible happened. cheering. ball onto the stumps... after a random rebound, the ball had just enough force to do that and so he fell. fluent stuff from sarel erwee, who got to 50, and in the stands, some shirts were proudly south african green. but england's captain forced his team back into the match with late wickets. erwee gone, here. they are behind but these days, england don't give up. joe wilson, bbc news, lords. time for a look at the weather. here's darren bett. what a difference a day makes, and notjust what a difference a day makes, and not just for t

andrew strauss was here in his red suit, who had donejust about strauss was here in his red suit, whorything for england over his career — he was here today as a father and fundraiser, indeed with his two sons as well. what the foundation does is prepare families for the loss of a parent, the whole bereavement process, and it trains professionals to lead conversations in bereavement. in terms of the cricket itself, we saw more evidence this morning of the super star bowling line—up south africa have here. ending up with five wickets in england's first wickets, deserving two. only a little flourish from all the pope and the remainder of england's batting line—up. when we saw them dismissed for 165, anybody�*s business, that's a small total in a innings of a test match. certainly england had to bat and some pretty gloomy and tricky conditions yesterday. the conditions very different _ conditions yesterday. the conditions very different when _ conditions yesterday. the conditions very different when south _ conditions yesterday. the conditions very different when south africa - very diff

former england captain andrew strauss has been telling us what he thinks of england's new leadership.. it has been a mindset change more than anything. by mindset change more than anything. by and large, the same players that were playing during that core run of cricket, but itjust shows a change of confidence, change of message, what an effect that can have. plenty of strong performances today on the track at the european championships in munich. britain's 1500 metre world champion jake wightman qualified fastest for the 800 metre semi—finals with a commanding run and a season's best. wightman will be aiming to add to his world championship gold and commonwealth bronze medals. great britain's ben pattison and daniel rowden willjoin wightman in the semi—finals. i haven't run one since may, you know, so i was nervous i hadn't done enough work for it, but it woke me up, and was a very early start, but i'm just glad i got through. i wanted to make sure i was in contention. if i needed to push on a little bit to guarantee being safe, then that's what i made happen. fellow briton keely hod

former captain andrew strauss has been telling us he�*s confident england can turn things around andhere, in memory of the ruth strath foundation, looking to raise money for that charity and hoping everybody who comes today wears at least a bit of red or a full suit, like andrew was in. in munich, there�*s been more medal success for great britain�*s athletes — as they took gold and bronze in the final of the men�*s 400 metres. nobody was catching matthew hudson smith as he defended his european title. and there was also success for his team—mate alex haydock—wilson — as he just managed to secure third place and win bronze. but there was no such luck for victoria ohuruogo in the women�*s event. she narrowly missed out on bronze — byjust over two tenths of a second. missing out on the medals, to her frustration this time round. the european championships continue in munich this morning with the athletics underway. and good news for great britain�*s jake wightman, who came first in the men�*s 800m heat to secure his place in sunday�*s final. wightman is coming off the back of a brillia

we'll also bejoined by former england cricket captain, sir andrew strauss, as lord's turns �*red fory comedian maisie adam, whose show covers everything from weddings, to football and houseplants. as we've been hearing, thousands of students across england, wales and northern ireland will be getting their a level and vocational results today, the first externally—assessed exams in three years. 0ur education correspondent elaine dunkley has followed four students, who are all hoping today will kick—start their future plans. for these four friends, it's the end of exams and the beginning of new adventures. soon the wait for results will be over. and they will be heading off in different directions. i wanted to have exams this year, because i don't want my teachers to assess my grades. if i didn't take my a levels or btecs, university would have been the first actual big exam. we did have advance i information for our exams, which really helped, for me, especially. i i know some people don't find it too useful. - first up, york. i chose york because the city alone is really nice. and th

highlighting the work being done by the ruth strauss foundation, set up by former england captain sir andrew strauss brilliant summer after winning gold at the world championships in oregon, and bronze at the commonwealth games. i haven't run one since, you know, so i was nervous i hadn't done enough work for it but it was a very early start but i'm just glad i got through. if i needed to push on a little bit to guarantee to keep it safe then that's what i did. it's more good news for great britain in the women's 800 metre heats as commonwealth silver medalist keely hodgkinson takes the top spot and books her place in the semi—final i feel like i was a little ifeel like i was a little bit uncomfortable because of the pace but we got the job done. all my buddies must be feeling it but with the semis tomorrow, we hope for the final. ., ., , ., , ., ., final. how have you been managing our final. how have you been managing your body? — final. how have you been managing your body? we _ final. how have you been managing your body? i've just _ final. how have you been managing your body? i've just been _