hello from the bbc sport centre. hello there — this is your update from the bbc sport centre...ngland and spain contesting the showpiece event — both for the first time... the lionnesses beat the co—hosts australia on wednesday... sarina wiegman's side are the current european champions too... so have the potential to add to their history, with a first world cup — a win that would continue to inspire growing the sport back in the uk. a phenomenal achievement if we did when. in a hugely competitive world, they have a tremendous field of athletes. they have huge strength in that. being here at the business end of the tournament, giving ourselves the opportunity is a great thing. winning the world cup would be a drive to get equal opportunities for girls. untilwe drive to get equal opportunities for girls. until we have the same number of girls as boys, we have a lot to do. sunday's opponents, spain, meanwhile enjoyed their first training session since arriving in australia, following their 2—1 victory against sweden in auckland. like england they are seeking to be crowned world ch

get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, or from our website, that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centres are meeting with energy industry leaders in an effort to strengthen the uk's energy independence. this comes just days after the government announced they were granted more than 100 new oil and gas licenses off the coast of scotland, a move critics claim it would drive a wrecking ball through the uk's climate commitments. meanwhile, at the consumer group which warrants out the number of people missing payments on essential household bills is as high as it was over the winter, when energy prices were at their peak. it says 2.4 million households missed at least one bill payment last month, according to their monthly online poll said that many people feared their financial situation would not get better over the next year. live now to harry kind from the consumer group which, who conducted the study. why are people still struggling to pay their bills? we why are people still struggling to pay their bills?— pay their bills? we have basically entered the _ pay their bills? we have basica

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. o from the bbc sport centre good afternoon. it's come around quickly. the start of the football season is upon us. we've got the community shield on sunday, the scottish premiership gets under way tomorrow and tonight — it's the first match of the efl. southampton, relegated from the premier league last season, are at newly promoted sheffield wednesday in the championship — who have a new man in charge — after a disruptive summer, following promotion last season. kick off is at eight at hillsborough. our reporter oli constable is there for us: just a few weeks ago, in human steps forward, he is the guy in charge in the dugout behind me at hillsboro today, he is an experienced manager and is able to put his stamp on this club. six out of the seven signings made here at sheffield wednesday were under him so in the last few weeks sheffield wednesday fans have been a bit more optimistic that the man at the helm is the man making a signings and hopefully the team stepping out onto the pitch

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre.imped off in their opening day victory at burnley on friday night — lasting just 23 minutes of the eventual 3—0 win. city boss pep guardiola says a decision on surgery will be made in the coming days. spain have sealed their place in sunday's women's world cup final after beating sweden in a dramatic semi—final tie in auckland. a game of few chances sparked into life when 19 year old substitute salma paralluelo gave spain the lead with just 10 minutes remaining. sweden, who've now lost back—to—back world cup semi—finals —

hello from the bbc sport centre.ome important matches with a lot of money on the line tonight for qualificatin for the champions league. with just two days to go until the new premier league season rangers are winning at home in stoppage time in the first—half. in greece, for now because hosted marseille, goalless with 20 minutes to go and my cabbie high—fat in slovakia. that one is 21 at half—time. with just two days to go until the new premier league season starts, wolves have made a managerial change. gary o'neil has been appointed to take over from julen lopetegui, who left after a long—running disagreement with the club about transfers. o'neil has signed a three—year deal after being sacked by bournemouth, despite helping them avoid relegation last season. their first match of the new campaign is on monday against manchester united. west ham have agreed a fee of £30 million, that's around $38 million, for both southampton captainjames ward—prowse and manchester united defender harry maguire. the england internat

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first, let's head to the bbc sport centre. here's chetan. hello from the bbc sport centre.ngland will be without both owen farrell and now billy vunipola for their opening game of the world cup with argentina after bans for both players were confirmed. farrell has been handed a four—match ban after world rugby successfully appealed against the decision to overturn his red card against wales. he'll miss the opening two games of the world cup in france next month. vunipola, who was sent off against ireland, has been banned for three games but it could be reduced to two if he completes the world rugby coaching programme on tackling. our reporter sara orchard has been telling me about how it impacts england's chances at the tournament. ultimately, it has been disruptive, losing your captain for what would be the two most important games of england's pool stage, and argentina and japan are the strongest in their group. however, the rugby world cup draw was done a long time in advance and that means that those pools are extremely lopsided, meaning teams ranked 1—5 in the world ar

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's tolsen tollett. t win over nigeria in brisbane. the european champions were under pressure throughout and saw laurenjames sent—off late on, after a stamp on michelle alozie was spotted by var. georgia stanway missed england's first penalty,

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre. gets under way tomorrow and tonight — it�*s the first match of the efl. southampton, relegated from the premier league last season, are at newly promoted sheffield wednesday in the championship — who have a new man in charge — after a disruptive summer, following promotion last season. kick off is at eight at hillsborough. 0ur reporter 0li constable is there for us: just a few weeks ago, in human steps forward, he is the guy in charge in the dugout behind me at hillsboro today, he is an experienced manager and is able to put his stamp on this club. six out

sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. bad news for manchester city, with their star midfielder kevin de bruyne ruled out for up to four months with a hamstring injury. the belgian limped off in their opening day victory at burnley on friday night — lasting just 23 minutes of the eventual 3—0 win. city boss pep guardiola says a decision on surgery will be made in the coming days. spain have sealed their place in sunday's women's world cup final after beating sweden in a dramatic semi—final tie in auckland. a game of few chances sparked into life when 19 year old substitute salma paralluelo gave spain the lead with just 10 minutes remaining. sweden, who've now lost back—to—back world cup semi—finals — equalised through rebecka blomqvist and it looked like the match would be going to extra time. butjust 93 seconds later spain's captain olga carmona scored an 89th—minute winner to spark wild scenes ofjubilation among their supporters at eden park. they'll face england or co—hosts australia in the final in sydney on sunday. ev

sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. england admitted their first two performances at the women's world cup didn't meet the standards they set in winning euro 2022 but the third bucked that trend. they ensured top spot in their group with a thumping 6—1 win over china in adelaide. 3—0 up at half time, england were pegged back to 3—1 before three more second half goals. laurenjames with her second and third of the tournament. and a record—equalling world cup victory for the lionesses. i am very delighted. i said we would have to do things a bit different than we did before and we did really well, that shows how much the team can adapt and they are enjoying themselves on the pitch. we expected from china that they would press a bit higher because they had to win to make a chance of going through. but they just stayed in shape. i do not think they expected us to play this way and they did not find a solution. denmark have gone through alongside england. their 2—0 win over haiti sealed with a 100th minute goal for sanne troe

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hello from the bbc sport centre.gue. with just two days to go until the new premier league season rangers are winning at home in stoppage time in the first—half. in greece, for now because hosted marseille, goalless with 20 minutes to go and my cabbie high—fat in slovakia. that one is 21 at half—time.

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's tolsen. he bbc sport centre. colombia are through to their first women's world cup quarter—final after beating jamaica 1—0 and will now face england. as david brindle reports it was a tense and nervous game with so much at stake. at this stadium were canada and brazil and the united states were eliminated, colombia and jamaica help to avoid a similarfate. for the winners, england await. the first half was physical and tense, but ultimately goalless. there was nothing new forjamaica's defence, who have been impenetrable in this tournament. when catalina usme brought a long time ball in the area perfectly, she ended that run. the second goal for columbia's captain on the night. it sends the colombians in the stands into raptures! over 300 minutes had gone by before jamaica conceded their first goal of the tournament, and it brought them to live. moments later they struck the woodwork. colombia spotted an opportunity and immediately hit on the counter. a chance to double their lead to no avail. e

get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre news for you. the weather outlook for most of us this week isn't looking too bad at all. and as promised, it is going to turn warmer for all of us. but it may not last that long. let's have a look at the big picture across the atlantic. and here's the jet stream, that current of wind, the weather systems, the rain here. and notice how by thursday, the jet stream takes on the shape of a ridge, which means it allows the warmer air to stream in from the south. but let's have a look at the short term. and this is the satellite picture — we're in between weather systems, the gap in the clouds here, so some clear spells through the early hours, and then this smaller area of low pressure will be a bit of a fly in the ointment, i think, for the beginning of the week through monday and into tuesday. so here's the forecast, then, through the early hours. for most of us, it's dry, a few showers in the north and the northwest. but as i say, sunny spells, if not even clear blue skies in one or two

hello from the bbc sport centre. fifa say that the women's world cup exceeded all expectations with record breaking crowds across the 64 games. attendances reached almost two million, up 600,000 on the previous record. the champions, spain, will parade the trophy in madrid on tuesday. england are also heading home after their 1—0 defeat in the sydney final. head coach sarina wiegman, who was also a runner up with the netherlands four years ago. has been linked with the vacant usa job. she has committed her immediate future to the lionesses, but her contract is up in 2025, and she says that years is a long time, when asked about taking england to the next world cup. sir geoff hurst says there should have been a member of the royal family supporting the lionesses in the final. prince william, who is president of the football assocaition, sent a video message of support yesterday, as did the prime minister. i think it would have been nice for a member of the royalfamily i think it would have been nice for a member of th

get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc. co. uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centreuper blue moon. what's one of those? well, the "super" bit is when the moon's closest to the earth for the year, and the "blue" bit the second full moon of the month, so a super blue moon. and this is how sam's house spotted the rising moon here in derbyshire just over the last few hours. now, looking at the weather picture at the moment, we do have some thicker cloud out to the west, that's going to rather spoil the sight of the moon. but across the eastern side of the country, we've got the clearest of the skies. now through the day on thursday, we do have some rain that's going to be spreading in from the west, and that will start to make inroads towards south—west wales and south—west england over the next few hours. as that arrives, so will quite mild air. so 1a degrees in plymouth as we start the day on thursday, cooler across the north and east of the country. so north—east, south—west split with the weather for thursday, lovely start to the day for scotland, across much of nort

get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc. co. uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centreve started off wet and windy, but we closed out the story with some sunshine and some warmth. in fact, in suffolk, we saw highs of 26 degrees on sunday afternoon. now mixed fortunes with our week ahead. in fact, we're going to start off monday for england and wales under this area of high pressure. but low pressure over the next few days will dominate further north and that will bring some rain, some of it heavy at times. early morning, patchy low cloud, mist and fog will quickly fade away across england and wales with a light south—westerly breeze, the sunshine will start to kick in and take over. but further north and west, some of that rain turning quite heavy through northern ireland and north—west scotland as we close out the afternoon here, only around 16 or 17 degrees, but at the highest values further south of 25 celsius, that's 77 fahrenheit. now, as we go through monday evening and over into tuesday, we'll see that rain turning quite patchy as it pushes its way steadily south

get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centrer the last couple of days, a change to something drier, brighter and warmer. and we're going to stick with warm and indeed quite humid conditions over the next couple of days. but on friday, it will turn windy, and some heavy thundery rain will arrive. thursday, though, is going to be quite a quiet day of weather. there'll be some areas of low cloud and mist first thing, tending to lift and clear, and then actually some lengthy spells of sunshine with just the small chance of catching a shower. a bit more of a breeze, though, and with that breeze coming from the east, where you're exposed to it along north sea coasts, temperatures may only get to between 17—20 celsius, but with some shelter from the breeze, parts of western scotland, the north coast of northern ireland up to 22—23 celsius, maybe 26 celsius for the west coast of wales and 27 celsius for parts of central southern england. now as we head through thursday night, we will see again some areas of low cloud developing. the win

get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centreces on the final day. for me and the rest of the team goodbye for now. hello there. you know, over the weekend, i've seen quite a lot of these. funnel clouds. the latest one was spotted between boroughbridge and harrogate, around the north yorkshire area, but i've seen quite a few over the weekend. that particular one formed along this convergence line — that's where the winds bash together — and those opposing winds would've helped create some of the spin that created that funnel cloud in the first place. right now, though, those showers have long since cleared out of the way. we do have just a few patches of rain working from west to east, but many of us will have a dry start to the day on monday, with temperatures holding up into double figures. overall, the bank holiday monday that it'll be for many of you is a better, drier kind of day — the reason, well, we've got this little weak ridge of high pressure building in. now it won't be completely dry, there'll be just a few isolated

get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centreooks like summer is not over yet. in fact, over the next few days, it is going to turn warmer, more humid. and this time next week, some of the computer models are indicating even warmer weather. but that's still a long way off. let's concentrate on the here and now. a weak area of high pressure is over us. that means light winds, fairly stable conditions out there. we've had some clear spells, apart from central and eastern scotland, where it has been damp in places, a relatively mild—ish morning between 10—13 celsius. but because of the light winds and all of the moisture we've got out there, it does mean it's foggy in places, certainly around dawn and just after, certainly across england and wales, the more prone spots. but it won't last for very long. it never does this time of the year. so lots of sunshine eventually and then clouds will bubble up. there's cumulus clouds and we'll see a few showers, but very hit and miss. here are the temperatures. 22 celsius in glasgow, 22 celsiu

sport now and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre.d that trend. they ensured top spot in their group with a thumping 6—1 win over china in adelaide. 3—0 up at half time, england were pegged back to 3—1 before three more second half goals.

bbc sport app orfrom our website. but for now and everyone here at the bbc sport centre, it's goodbye. good morning.l, with the change of month, once again, we're likely to see a change of weather fortunes. high pressure is going to build as we head into the weekend and for the first week of september. yes, we'll see some early morning mist and fog first thing, but on the whole, for most of us, it will be dry, sunny and increasingly warm. ahead of that, though, we've still got to get rid of this messy—looking weather front that's going to produce some low cloud and some drizzle first thing in the morning, particularly through northern ireland, scottish borders, down into the north of england. now to the north of that, clear skies and a chilly start, but sunny start for scotland. to the south of that, a cloudy start, but the cloud will thin and break, and a few scattered showers break out. one or two of those could be quite hefty. top temperatures generally between 17 and 22 celsius. now, as we move into the weekend, we are likely to see that frontal system easing away and the high pressure starts to

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre, here's lizzy. from the bbc sport centre. we're starting with the the news today that the future of the commonwealth games and its viability is being questioned, after alberta announced they're cancelling their bid to host the 2030 event. it follows victoria, in australia, who also pulled out of staging the next games in 2026. our correspondent, alex capstick, tells us where this leaves the games. it would seem to be in crisis. without a house for the next two editions. although they insist there is ongoing dialogue with potential hosts. it has been suggested india or malaysia might lodge a bid. but one committed and prepared to meet all of the financial demands of staging such a big multisports event has increasingly difficult. fifa is investigating an official complaint that the zambia head coach, bruce mwape, sexually assaulted a player at the world cup. mwape is accused of rubbing his hands over the chest of one of his players during a training session in new zealand last month. in response, the

bbc news. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centreate summer sunshine over the past few days, particularly across parts of southern and eastern england. and that theme is going to continue, at least for the next day or so. now, this is how we ended the day on tuesday. there have been some really beautiful sunsets. this was the picture in guernsey. and as we head through the day on wednesday, a bit more of the same. so, yes, some warm sunshine around, but also a few showers, particularly across some northern and western parts. now we'll start the day a little bit fresher than recent morning. so looking at mid single figures for some parts of rural scotland, but still in the mid—teens further south, still relatively warm and humid here. there'll be some low cloud moving in across parts of wales, perhaps through the bristol channel. a few splashes of light rain across this region, this is a weak front here, and also a few showers moving into parts of western scotland, perhaps one or two for northern ireland through the course of the morn

you can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app or from our website, but from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centreeather on friday — from morning thunderstorms across the south of the country, to sunshine in the lake district and scotland. so a real mixed bag on the way. so let's have a look at the big picture. here's the satellite picture — jet stream pushing along this developing area of weather. multiple areas of low pressure and multiple weather fronts heading our way. and yes, there'll be some storms, too. so let's have a look at the early morning forecast — showers already breaking out across some southwestern parts of the country, possibly some rumbles of thunder, too. but further north and east, i think bright spells, if not cloudy skies across some of these north sea coasts. quite muggy in the morning. but let's have a look at the thunderstorms, then. so sweeping in from the southwest — this is around about 7am — the position of these storms very tricky to pinpoint, but we will see some downpours in places. frequent lightning, gusty winds, as well. some rain moving through northern irelan

get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc. co. uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centrearting the week off with low pressure, much like we had over the weekend, but it could be really quite wet across england and wales in particular on monday. then from tuesday onwards, high pressure starts to build in. that'll settle things down, it'll turn drier and also warm up by the end of the week, but also turn more humid. and there is an increasing chance of showers or thunderstorms as low pressure tries to push in off the atlantic. back to the here and now, though, monday looks pretty unsettled for england and wales. a cloudy, wet start with the heaviest rain across wales. northern england could see some localised flooding as this rain continues to move northwards and improvements across the rest of england and wales into the afternoon. sunny spells, scattered showers and not a bad day for scotland and northern ireland. fewer showers here, more in the way of sunshine, light winds here, but fresher across southern and southeastern areas. those temperatures range from 18—23 degree

can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centredence. for a while these figures were dropping. the figure for last year, 2022, 1276 people died as a result of alcohol in scotland. an increase of alcohol in scotland. an increase of 31 on the year before. national records for scotland, which puts out these figures, says that in terms of these figures, says that in terms of the death rate, the number dying per 100,000, that is not a significant increase year on year. at one of the things that people will look at in these figures, the number of deaths of men has stayed the same, the number of deaths of women has increased, by 31, to 440. that possibly suggests may be an alarming trend in terms of problem drinking for women. trend in terms of problem drinking forwomen. 0ne trend in terms of problem drinking for women. one of the other things i think people will look at is comparing these alcohol figures with the deaths related to drugs, which came out last week. the figure for alcohol is now higher than it is for drugs. that will be a c

get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc. co. uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centree much awaited summer sunshine and warmth. fairly widespread across the country, but temperatures peaked just over 28 degrees. however, there was quite a lot of cloud around, and in northern ireland by the end of the afternoon, some threatening—looking skies. and that's because this frontal system moving in and is bringing some rain as we speak. that is moving its way steadily north and east, some heavy bursts of rumble of thunder mixed in there as it pushes its way across scotland. the trailing tail of that frontal system, just a band of cloud, the odd spot or two of nuisance rain into the south—east. but it will be an incredibly mild, muggy night. so a very humid start to our friday morning. and there will be some sunshine. early morning cloud breaking off across south—east england, some sunny spells coming through. and with that south—westerly flow, we continue to drag in the risk of a few showers, chiefly out to the west. the northern isles will stay quite wet and disappointing in

get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centreof something a little bit warmer for all of us, towards the end of the week. but it's going to be a short—lived warm snap, as cooler, wetter conditions return for many northern and western areas over the weekend. for the next few days, it's southern areas which will see the mist, the murk, the cloud, the rain. a bit brighter further north. this deep area of low pressure will bring all sorts of problems to scandinavia, with localised flooding, heavy rain and strong winds. but the weather front pushing in across the south of the uk for tuesday will be a much weakeraffair, bringing increasing cloud to the southern half of the country, with some patchy rain and drizzle, low cloud, some sea fog around south—western coasts and into wales. but for northern england, northern ireland, scotland, bright with some sunny spells, one or two showers in north—east scotland, where it will be windier, especially in the northern isles — gusts up to 50 miles an hour here, with only 12 degrees in lerwick.

get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centree globe have been dominating weather headlines in recent weeks. and this week, we saw a return to heat across iberia. on wednesday afternoon in southern spain, we saw a high of 44 degrees, iii fahrenheit. we are tapping into some of that warmth across the uk — not as extreme. it was a pleasant day on wednesday. thursday, it will be warmer still, with temperatures perhaps peaking at 27, possibly 28 degrees. that's 82 fahrenheit. but widespread warmth is expected generally across the country, and that's because we've got high pressure with us for another day. however, this frontal system is going to start to push in late on thursday. a beautiful start, lots of blue sky, lots of sunshine coming through. little bit of cloud and mist and murk down to the south—west may linger first thing, a little more cloud into northern ireland and southern scotland as we go through the day. but on the whole, with light winds and a warm, muggy start, those temperatures will respond widely into the mid—20s

get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centreects for the week ahead. it has been an unsettled weekend and blustery for the time of year with sunny spells and also some shower clouds forming here at lupton on c at essex. because of sunshine — lupton on c at essex. because of sunshine according - lupton on c at essex. because of sunshine according to - lupton on c at essex. because of sunshine according to our . of sunshine according to our weather watcher in east lothian. as we head through the week ahead we find things settle down especially from tuesday onwards but also the chance of a few more showers with the wind is a bit lighter but still wet and windy for many on monday and that is because we have a deep area of low pressure and this system arriving from the south—west. nicely marked on the satellite picture here in the rain will gradually push northwards through the day and strong gusty winds again towards the south and a lot of uncertainty regarding the timing and clearance of the rain this is how we begin monday morning

hello i'm will perry from the bbc sport centre.os alcaraz as the men's world number one following his victory in the first round of the us 0pen. djokovic, who lost the wimbledon final to alcaraz, cruised into the 2nd round at flushing meadows with a straight sets win over frenchman alexandre muller. he'll face spain's bernabe zapata miralles in the second round as he goes for a record—equalling 24th major title. it was a greatjoy it was a great joy to it was a greatjoy to be stepping out on the court, and the performance explains how i felt tonight, particularly on the first two sets. it was lights out tennis, really. almost flawless, perfect first set. it was an impressive new york comeback for caroline wozniacki who eased past russian qualifier tatiana prozorova in straight sets. the us open is wozniacki's third tournament since coming out of retirement. next up for her, petra kvitova. world number one and defending champion iga swiatek began her title defence with a 6—0, 6—1win over sweden's rebecca peterson injust 58 minutes. n

bbc sport app, orfrom our website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me tulsen tollett and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. tuesday. all that rain and drizzly conditions, it felt quite cool, as well. so today and also thursday look to be drier and warmer — certainly warmer on thursday across the board — but it will be short—lived as low pressure brings a return to cooler, showery conditions friday and the weekend. high pressure�*s building in across the country, as you move through the day today, there will be variable amounts of cloud in places, particularly towards the south and the west. but some good spells of sunshine across northern, central, and eastern areas. a bit of fair—weather cloud is bubbling up into the afternoon, so it will be one of patchy cloud and sunny spells. it will be turning warmer, a bit more humid in the south — 2a celsius in the south—east, a little bit warmer, as well, across some northern areas, but it will stay quite windy for the northern isles. as you move through wednesday night, we see a lot of dry weather around — clear skies, variable cloud. we'll start to import some wa

get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk/sport. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centrecitly for the time with any expose pluses and showers and shower clots forming here in essex and that sunshine is recorded by the east. in the week ahead, will find things settle and always the chance to review more showers and the winds generally later in windy on monday and that will be because we have a pair of low pressure systems in the southwest and on the satellite picture here. and then push back the northwest through the day and strong gusty winds as the south and a lot of uncertainty regarding the timing and clearance of this rain and this is that we will begin morning with a wet and windy start but mild and muqqy and windy start but mild and muggy in the rain and temperatures in the mid—teens in celsius and in northern ireland corporate structure. the rain gradually picking up in the weather warnings and heavy rain and east and west of the pen nines and also for whales but here into the subtlest of england, pick or dry up in brightness we enter afternoon. showers in brighton

hello from the bbc sport centre. let's start with the rugby. england will be without both owen farrell and now billy vunipola for their opening game of the world cup with argentina after bans for both players were confirmed. farrell has been handed a four—match ban after world rugby successfully appealed against the decision to overturn his red card against wales. he'll miss the opening two games of the world cup in france next month. vunipola, who was sent off against ireland, has been banned for three games but it could be reduced to two if he completes the world rugby coaching programme on tackling. our reporter sara orchard has been telling me about how it impacts england's chances at the tournament. ultimately, it has been disrupted, losing your captain for what would be the two most important games of england's polar stage and argentina and japan are the strongest in their group, however, the rugby world cup draw was done in a long time in advance and that means that those pools are extremely lopsided, meaning teams are ranked 1—5 in the