emma baugh, bbc news. just before we go, the story of a short hop to into a long haul.owner believes he may have hitched a ride on a passing oil tanker. hello again. well, thursday was a day of sunshine and showers but the day's showers were a lot bigger, there were loads more thunderstorms around than we've seen over the past few days and whenever you see big clouds tearing upwards through the skies like these, well, you know someone's getting soaked. someone lived in south newington as those heavy downpours came through here. really hefty shower. now, the showers and thunderstorms that developed through the day have actually kept going for the first part of the night as well and they have tended to migrate towards the pennines, north east england and will generally begin to fade away over the next few hours. but at the same time, we'll probably see some rain just spinning its way across the north sea, grazing north east scotland over the next few hours. here are your morning temperatures. now, for friday itself, we've got low pressure in charge. it's a day of sunshine

emma baugh, bbc news.hday. it was taken by the photographer chris jackson at the duchess�*s home in wiltshire. earlier this month, she marked her birthday by guest—editing country life magazine. golf, and rory mcilroy and viktor hovland take a four—shot lead into the final round of the 150th 0pen championship. the ryder cup team—mates delighted the st andrews crowd during their third round, both shooting 6—under—par 66s to lead on 16—under. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with susan powell hello, exceptional heat to come for the uk in the days ahead, the potential for temperatures never recorded before. in response to this, the met office has issued a highest level red warning for the likelihood of disruption due to the heat as it persists through the day and the night monday into tuesday. we certainly start on a warm footing for monday after a fine night. temperatures initiallyjust as the sun comes up we�*ll be in the mid to high teens. and then aside from some clout and patchy rain to the far no

emma baugh, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with louise lear. have ourfirst ever extreme heat warning that has been issued by the met office and that is due to the fact that temperatures could exceed a0 degrees. temperatures like that could have a direct impact on your health. so please take extra care. for the rest of the sunday we have lots of blue sky and sunshine starting to develop. early morning rain season away from the north—east of scotland and england. temperatures here will peek into the mid 20s. highest values potentially into the low 30s. first thing monday morning, wall—to—wall sunshine, away from the far north of scotland. these are the areas where we have that extreme red heat warning. and as temperatures peaked through the middle of the afternoon, widely into the mid to high 30s, potentially as high as a1 celsius. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: thousands of firefighters continue to battle wildfires across europe — many people have died from the intense heat. in england and parts of wales, an amber warning for extreme he

emma baugh, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan powell.ructure and have impact on health. in the left—hand column the national records for temperatures. in the right, the forecast highs for monday and tuesday. where is the heat coming from? it has originated from spain and we've seen heat wave conditions in the past week and it is a southerly air stream that will be pumping in warmer air across the uk going to the small hours of monday. a very warm as the end the night. temperatures in the mid to high teens widely and come sunrise which is very early at this type of year, we begin the heating process. early fog to the south. cloud and patchy rain for the far north of scotland but elsewhere this sun beats down on the temperatures push up. close to 30 across northern ireland scotland. 14 parts of england and wales and the core area in excess of 40 potentially in one or two spots. hideous evening and overnight it does cool off somewhat but the temperatures still remain exceptional in some parts of the uk, temperatures will sit in the mid 20s

emma baugh, bbc news. just before we go, the story of a short hop that turned into a long haul.ide on a passing oil tanker. you are watching bbc news. hello. it is another day forjust taking your body with you because we are looking at a day of sunshine and showers. but with a brisk breeze, the showers should move through more readily. we have got a weather front moving and bringing rain into the northern islands, and by the end of the day into northern ireland. for wimbledon today, a lot of dry weather and some bright spells, some sunny intervals, but we are not immune to a shower. if we do catch one, it will be lighter than yesterday, and it will move through that bit quicker on the brisk breeze. busy afternoon and the rest of us, further showers will develop. some across north—east england, central and eastern scotland could be heavy and thundery. the rainbow push into the northern isles, and another band of rain will come in across northern ireland. there will be a lot of dry weather too, and some of us will see some sunshine and stay dry. temperatures of 13—22 north to sout

emma baugh, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello.hose outbreaks of rain spreading across scotland into northern england, wales and south—west into the night and the morning. south and east of that should stay dry once evening showers have cleared, and temperatures in double figures to start saturday. a lot of cloud around for saturday. we have got this weather feature across the country. the cool front itself will lie through yorkshire down towards the south—west, it could take all day before it reaches wimbledon so optimistic that very few interruptions expected on saturday for play there. but the front itself will reach the grand prix circuit at silverstone and we could see some showers for the qualifying throughout saturday afternoon. here it is to start the day. it will work its way south and east. a lovely bright start before the cloud gradually increases. turning to sunshine and showers for northern england and wales, scotland and northern ireland. cloudiest in the far north of scotland, we'll see outbreaks of rain all day long