in a career spanning six decades, he helped to create basil brush, as well as bagpuss, ivor the enginegin the nog. in 1999 bagpuss was voted the most popular bbc children's programme ever made, and in 2014 peter firmin received a bafta lifetime achievement award. now it's time for a look at the weather with darren bett. today we had some heat and there will be some thunderstorms across wales and southern england. some cloud moving into eastern scotland bringing in some fresh air to northern scotland. contrast that temperature with the much more humid weather we have in the south. one or two thundery showers. a lot of dry weather and a lot of sunshine as well. temperatures in the mid—20s at best. the growing heat up to 30 or 31 again. over the week ahead we are ha rd 31 again. over the week ahead we are hard pushed to find any rain at all, even though showers in the english channel are fading away. good spells of sunshine and on the whole it should feel very warm. hello, this is bbc news. dozens of firefighters are tackling a huge moorland fire in lancashire. yesterday it strong winds l

in a career spanning over six decades, he created basil brush, as well as helping devise bagpuss, ivorost popular bbc children's programme ever made, and in 2014 peter firmin received a bafta lifetime achievement award. sport, and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's richard. to the world cup in russia first of all. dele alli says he's confident england can beat colombia in their last 16 match on tuesday. alli is expected to start for gareth southagate's men after recovering from injury. the spurs midfielder says the team aren't scared of anyone at the tournament, but aren't thinking about who they might come up against later on — they have to beat colombia first. we have to approach every game like we're playing the best team in the world. there are some top sides so we are not focusing on the next games, we have to get through colombia. no international game is easy. they're dangerous and have a lot of great talent so we will have to be switched on and not look to the future until after the next games. well, let's hear more about the talent in the colombia team. ear

in a career spanning over six decades, he created basil brush, as well as helping devise bagpuss, ivorpopular bbc children's programme ever made, and in 2014 peter firmin received a bafta lifetime achievement award. now it's time for a look at the weather with alina jenkins. foremost, the heat and the sunshine continues. for some welcome rain. a yellow warning the storms across south—west england that extends into parts of wales and we could see of you pushing further eastwards this evening into the home counties and maybe towards london. more cloud for northern ireland and north—west scotland. in the sunshine, still a lot of it and temperatures widely in the mid to high 20s, 30 or 31 for some. still the of thunderstorms across central, southern and south—west england this evening and overnight. i'll swear, dry with more blood for scotland but anyway will have fizzled out by this stage. muddy and humid across central and southern england, temperatures not much lower than 18 or 19. we do it all again tomorrow. foremost, a dry and very sunny day again, very warm if hot. more cloud across

in a career spanning six decades, he helped to create basil brush, as well as bagpuss, ivor the enginede, and in 2014 peter firmin received a bafta lifetime achievement award.

in a career spanning six decades, he helped to create basil brush, as well as bagpuss, ivor the enginen's programme ever made, and in 2014 peter firmin received a bafta lifetime achievement award. more now on the news that andy murray is pulling out of wimbledon — which begins tomorrow. he had onlyjust started playing again after 11 months out of action with a hip injury, and said he was withdrawing with a "heavy heart". 0ur reporter simonjones has been speaking to fans outside sw19. well, you can tell we're on the eve of the tournament by the huge number of tents here. there are fans who have arrived already, hoping to get in the queue to try and see some top tennis. and many of them wanted to see andy murray. he's not playing, he says, with a heavy heart. it's a feeling shared by many of the spectators. let's talk to a couple of them now. how are you feeling, hearing the news? yeah, we're a little bit gutted that andy isn't playing. he's such a great sports player, you know, for britain. but other people will take his place, i guess. he has to look after his health and get back to fi

in a career spanning six decades, he helped to create basil brush, as well as bagpuss, ivor the enginever made, and in 2014 peter firmin received a bafta lifetime achievement award. now it's time for a look at the weather. for most, the heat and the sunshine continues. for others, some welcome rain. a yellow warning for storms across south—west england that extends into parts of wales and we could see a few pushing further eastwards this evening into the home counties and maybe towards london. more cloud for northern ireland and north—west scotland. you can see where the highest temperatures have been. it has been quite misty at times particularly for the eastern parts of scotland. some local thunderstorms across the evening and overnight. they will push their way into the home counties and london. some patchy rain pushing its way eastwards across scotland. foremost, it is a dry and clear night but muggy and humid again. temperatures will not get much lower than 1819 celsius. is a setup for the working week. no pressure a cross a setup for the working week. no pressure across france ma

peter firmin, who co—created children‘s television characters the clangers, bagpuss and ivor the engine60 years, with the clangers first airing in 1969. in 2014, he was honoured with a bafta lifetime achievement award. a spokesman said he died at his home in kent after a short illness. we‘re back with the late news at ten. now on bbc news, meet the author. the wives of henry viii still cast a spell that neither seems to break. jane seymour, the haunted queen continues alison weir‘s series of novels, with the story of the third of his queens, marrying henry after the execution of anne boleyn and giving him the only son he ever had — a birth that brought about her own death. this is fiction from a historian who moves easily from the politics and state craft of the tudor era to the inner lives of characters which she can only imagine. welcome. everyone thinks they know quite a bit about all the six wives but jane seymour — and it springs very much out from the pages of this book — is somebody about whom we know surprisingly little, even now, after all the attention. that is absolutely true

peter firmin, who co—created children's television characters the clangers, bagpuss and ivor the enginere than 60 years, with the clangers first airing in 1969. in 2014 he was honoured with a bafta lifetime achievement award. a spokesman said he died at his home in kent after a short illness. andy murray has said he's pulling out of this year's wimbledon tournament, which begins tomorrow. he has onlyjust started playing again after 11 months out of action with a hip injury, our sports correspondent joe wilson reports. if there was the vaguest, remotest, wildest chance that this might happen again this month, well, maybe we'd all implore andy murray to give it a go at wimbledon. but he listens to his body, and to his medical team. and so his statement today read: at wimbledon, the queue digested that news. how heavy were the hearts there? it's a real shame. i think he's done so much for british tennis in the last ten years. you've got to appreciate where he's coming from, you know. he doesn't want to come out and lose to someone that perhaps he wouldn't lose to if he was fully fit. if he