olly foster in our sport centre, thanks _ track. for _ track. olly foster in our sport centre, thanks for bringing i track. olly foster in our sport i centre, thanks for bringing more information on that breaking story. mason greenwood has released a statement, let's go through that again. so there is the statement from mason greenwood. and that comes as the breaking news we havejust greenwood. and that comes as the breaking news we have just had greenwood. and that comes as the breaking news we havejust had in the last few minutes that mason greenwood is going to leave manchester united. and just a reminder what the club is well said in a statement. they had been looking into an internal investigation they had been conducting into the allegations made against mason greenwood. and they say that their process began in february 2023. now, that is after the criminal charges levelled against mr greenwood were dropped. the statement from the club says, throughout, we have taken into account the wishes, the rights and perspective of the a

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

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

hello from the bbc sport centre, i'm hugh ferris.prize for a first—ever women's world cup win it isa it is a historic stay at the women's world cup with two teams reaching the last 16 for the first time ever, one having crowdfunded their trip. south africa's price was delivered in dramatic circumstances. an injury—time winner gave them a 3—2 victory over italy in just their second appearence at the tournament, as sweden beat argentina to clinching top spot in the group, setting up a mouth—watering last—16 clash with the usa. alex fletcher rounds up the action for us. two sides from different continents and with different cultures. south africa ready to do battle with italy in wellington. 0nly africa ready to do battle with italy in wellington. only one place in the knockouts up for grabs and italy make the perfect start. caruso keeping her cool from 12 yards. but the underdogs were gifted a route backin the underdogs were gifted a route back in before the break.— back in before the break. that's a terrible backpass! _ back in before

sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre.lo 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 pitc

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.nse and nervous game with so much at stake.

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

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

hello from the bbc sport centre.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 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

hello from the bbc sport centre.biales as "inappropriate" — but he's called for fifa's investigation to be allowed to run its course. rubiales has said he won't resign after he kissed spanish player jenni hermoso on the lips after their world cup win over england. a video has emerged of hermoso and her team—mates laughing and discussing the kiss on the team bus following the game but chelsea women's manager, emma hayes, says such a reaction isn't unnatural. we all do lots of different things in shock.

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sport and for a full round—up, from the bbc sport centre.p 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

hello from the bbc sport centre.e 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. england will watch this cautiousl

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.

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello.e 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 parts of the cou

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

hello from the bbc sport centre. 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 football association of zambia s

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.

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. 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 winds will start to

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye.rted 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 northwest 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 southwards w

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there.y 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 fairweather 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 southeast, 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 warmer, more humid air from the south,

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. 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 showers ar

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

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

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello.hat'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 northern england. bri

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

that's all the time we've got now from the bbc sport centre. bye— bye.ring wednesday, because florida is bracing for the arrival of hurricane idalia. this storm has been strengthening, moving northwards over the very warm waters of the gulf of mexico. it's going to make landfall during wednesday in the northwest of florida with a combination of dangerous winds, a life—threatening storm surge, with the potential to cause catastrophic flooding. we will, of course, keep you up to date with that. here at home, a much quieter weather outlook for wednesday. sunny spells and scattered showers. most places getting off to a fine start. a little bit of mist here and there that will tend to lift and clear, and then a lot of sunshine around. but shower clouds will bubble up through the day. a scattering of showers to take us through the afternoon, the odd heavy one. but there will be some big dry gaps in between. temperatures ranging from 15 degrees in stornoway and lerwick to 19 in london, maybe 20 somewhere in the south east corner. but those temperatures will dro

hello from the bbc sport centre.ubiales says he will not resign. he's been addressing an extraordinary assembly of the nationalfederation in madrid following his conduct at the women's world cup final last sunday. he has apologised for grabbing his crotch in celebration at full time, while standing yards away from the queen of spain and her daughter. he was criticised for kissing one of the players jenny hermoso on the lips during the trophy presentation, he says that was consensual. fifa opened disciplinary proceedings against him yesterday. 0thers others say that something that's clearly unacceptable. it's sad that it ruined what was supposed to be the most special moment in her career and in spain's career. it was ruined by that. not only is it ruined by that. not only is it ruined but also

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello.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 celsius in birmingham,

and round up the bbc sport centre and round up the sport of the day with gavin.eal being agreed in principle that hurricane has been signed from tottenham for around £80 million, but it is harry kane's call to make. he is an all—time leading scorer with 280 goals in over 400 appearances, 400 of those goals came last season on a campaign where caughey spurs missed out on european football. our reporter has more. it is not all done and dusted because we understand it is now up to the player, _ we understand it is now up to the player, harry kane himself, to decide, — player, harry kane himself, to decide, but what does this mean? he has been _ decide, but what does this mean? he has been at _ decide, but what does this mean? he has been at this club in the youth ranks _ has been at this club in the youth ranks since — has been at this club in the youth ranks since 2004, he loves this club and he _ ranks since 2004, he loves this club and he has — ranks since 2004, he loves this club and he has said many times he wants to win _ and he has said many times he wants to

sport and for a full round—up, here's the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre.chester united have confirmed that striker mason greenwood will leave the club following a 6—month internal investigation into allegations over his conduct. greenwood was arrested in january last year, and charged later in october 2022 following allegations surrounding material which was published online. the charges against the 21—year—old england international, including attempted rape and assault, were dropped in february this year. an announcement of the investigation�*s results was expected before united's season opener earlier this month but was delayed over concerns around his potential reintegration at old trafford. united said in a statement, they recognise the difficulties the best decision was to continue his career away from old trafford and saying they will always be a part of me. in an open letter fans chief executive acknowledged the situation was not an ordinary one. and agreement has except that he is made mistakes. and what he called the harsh spotlight of manchester

hello from the bbc sport centre.lash with the european champions. they become just the second south american nation to ever reach the quarter—finals of the world cup. forjamaica though, their impressive world cup comes to an end. for us, we are coming in with no games. i feel very happy for the players that they could perform at this

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there.h 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 degrees. and then as we head

sport app of course or our website but from me, tulsen tollet, and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre there. we saw plenty of sunshine and some warmth around on monday across england and wales. top temperatures around 26 celsius across the south east of england. over the next few days, the weather's looking pretty similar. most of the showers will be in the north and the west. further south and east that you are it will be warmer with more in the way of sunshine closer to this area of high pressure which is bringing heatwave conditions to the near continent, particularly france, spain into parts of italy. low pressure sitting to the north of the uk will bring stronger winds, more showers across northern and western areas, and that's how it's looking for tuesday. we start off again with some low cloud, mist and murk. the sunshine will come out in abundance through central southern areas and then become confined to southern england through the day. more cloud, i think, elsewhere. northern england, wales into scotland, northern ireland, most of the showers will be in the northwest corner

on our website at bbc.com/sport, but from me, marc edwards, and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centrelast few days, but nothing compared to what's been happening south of the english channel in france and spain. temperatures recently hit 44 celsius. and for france, a record for august. this is the anomaly map, so the orange colours show temperatures higher than average, the blue colours lower than average. but watch what happens when thatjet stream takes a dip. this trough develops and pushes the heat further towards the east of europe, and the temperatures tend to ease somewhat anyway. and we have cooler weather on the way over the next few days for our neck of the woods. in fact, right now, you can see the jet streams right over us, clouds circling, an area of low pressure bringing some showers. there could be some thunderstorms early in the morning. but with low pressure in charge and these northerly winds riding around this western flank of the low, the temperatures are set to drop by a few degrees by the time we get to friday and certainly the weekend. so the outlook is things tu

hello from the bbc sport centre, i'm hugh ferris.ric stay at the women's world cup with two teams reaching the knock out stage for the first time ever, one having crowdfunded their trip. to jamaica any moment. first south africa cosmic place in the last 16. after conceding an early penalty they went to— one ahead. in the 93rd minute scoring the goal that secured second place in the group. 50 second place in the group. sr emotional. i have been in camps pushing everyday, i chose to be this team. we have got a lot of criticism but it is football, it is who wants it the best. over the last two weeks i have lost three family members, i could have went home but i chose to stay with my girls because that is how much it means. everyone deserves it. it was a team effort. we might have missed two games up but this one was something we had to dictate, and as you can see the girls are happy, we have made history. sweden racked u- a happy, we have made history. sweden racked up a top _ happy, we have made history. sweden racked up a top spot _ h

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. 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 concern. cr

hello from the bbc sport centre.the goal, rodri with the assist. live updates on the bbc sport website and app for the latest. just approaching 13 minutes gone there. it looks like a matter of time before harry kane's future is finalised. his transfer from tottenham to bayern munich is starting to seem like a formality. he's arrived in germany and is expected to undergo a medical at the bundesliga champions after a 100 million euro deal was agreed by the clubs.

hello from the bbc sport centre. england are through to the last 16 of the women's football world cup england are through to the last 8 of the women's football world cup after a dramatic penalty shootout 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, but after two nigeria misses, chloe kelly was given the chance to win the game for england and her succesful spot kick sent the lionesses through to the quarter—finals where they will face either jamaica or colombia. we dig deep as a group and we believe in our ability and first and foremost, we believe in what we are getting cold to do. this team is special, we did it in the year rose and we are here again tonight and we keep pushing forward. we and we are here again tonight and we keep pushing forward.— keep pushing forward. we stuck toaether keep pushing forward. we stuck together as _ keep push

from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello.hine 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 morning. some sunny