although not officially declared a drought area, in barry ireland in droughtarea, in barry ireland in in south wales, the warm weather has been good for business.— been good for business. financially it's heled been good for business. financially it's helped immensely. _ been good for business. financially it's helped immensely. when - been good for business. financially it's helped immensely. when we i been good for business. financially i it's helped immensely. when we see weather forecasts like this, hitting 30 degrees, we can cope. taste weather forecasts like this, hitting 30 degrees, we can cope.- weather forecasts like this, hitting 30 degrees, we can cope. we are half way through — 30 degrees, we can cope. we are half way through this _ 30 degrees, we can cope. we are half way through this extreme _ 30 degrees, we can cope. we are half way through this extreme and - way through this extreme and there is forecast for some rain early next week but the environment agency says week but the environment agency says we will need weeks of rain to stop the drought affecting parts of en

meanwhile, ireland are taking on afghanistan in the first of their five t20 internationals, in belfast. the visitors batted first and made 168 for 7, from their 20 overs, barrye us open. writing in vogue magazine, she said she'll relish the next few weeks as she begins to evolve away from tennis. she won her first match for 1h months at the canadian 0pen yesterday and she prepares for the us open in new york at the end of the month. emma raducanu is actually playing in the canadian 0pen. she's just about to go on court. you can follow that on the bbc sport website, but for me and the team, thank you very much for watching. have a very good night. hello. the heatwave is upon us but it's going to take a few days before we get those really high temperatures. the high pressure's with us for such a long time now, hardly any rainfall for many parts of the country, and it's going to stay bone dry for the rest of this week and into the weekend. here's the morning weather. temperatures around 15 degrees in london, similar in western scotland. sunshine right from the word go tomorrow. just a bit of cloud in stornoway, 18 degrees. my 20s in northern england, easily int

meanwhile, ireland have won their match against afghanistan in the first of their five t20 internationals, in belfast. the visitors batted first and made 168 for 7, from their 20 overs. barryireland sacored171—3. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you on the bbc news channel later on. lets get more now on seven times wimbledon champion, serena williams, appearing to have announced she plans to retire from tennis after the us open later this month. in an article for vogue magazine — she said was "evolving away from the sport". ms williams has won twenty—three grand slam titles, making her the most successful female tennis player of the open era. do you remember wimbledon? late night, latejune the 1st harmony ten celebrated it was the clearest evidence yet that serena can't go on forever. in her own way she's now reaching that conclusion, with their own words and their own of humour. i don't know, i'm getting closer to the light. yeah, so lately that's been it for me, i can't wait to enter that light. been it for me, i can't wait to enterthat light. i been it for me, i can't wait to enter that light. i know you're joking but can you... i'm not joking. joking b

wales are still tenth and northern ireland have dropped a place to 16th. barrylace, wales against england at victoria park and i think england have got the upper hand at the moment in that, 6-1 the upper hand at the moment in that, 6—1 but early doors in that after the ninth end. sorry, wales are ahead, i do apologise, wales are ahead, my eyes are failing me there. hopefully for them they can keep that going. also the hockey going on at the moment, a big match, rivals match, new zealand versus australia in the women's hockey, top of the table clash in pool a, the same scotland are in an england play india in the other pool, pool b. we are no half an hour away from the athletics with katarina johnson—thompson her campaign. victoria square, people gathering to watch the big screen and there will be live music later on as well. and i hope i have not scarred you, watching me in the velodrome last night! mr; scarred you, watching me in the velodrome last night!— scarred you, watching me in the velodrome last night! my lips are sealed, it was _ velodrome last night! m

barry mcclements goes in the 100 metres butterfly s10 final. he won northern ireland'sered when her pole snapped at the world championships last month in oregon. this will be her last commonwealth games and she said on social media she was determined to be here. and all four gold medals will be awarded in the 3x3 basketball. now you might have heard there will be break dancing at the olympic games in paris in two years' time. well, yesterday we were one step ahead here in birmingham city centre, with some rake dancing. this was at the beach volleyball at smithfield market, where they have to rake the sand throughout the day. and the volunteers gave the crowd even more entertainment, performing to that great queen song i want to rake free. absolutely brilliant. that is what it is all about for volunteers. they give all their time, they work so hard. they are so wonderful. they get into the spirit of the games. wherever you go, they give you high fives. we were talking about the importance of dancing yesterday. absolutely fantastic. 0ver importance of dancing yesterday. a