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it will feel a lot less humid across england and wales and. the showers across northern ireland and scotland will continue overnight and scotland will continue overnight and will spread to northern england and will spread to northern england and wales as well. a comfortable night sleeper head. tomorrow, the weather is almost identical to today's weather. there will be some showers across scotland and northern ireland. most of england and wales will stay dry. the temperatures have not changed much either. that's the latest. this is bbc news. the headlines: the bank of england says inflation is likely to peak at 13% later this year. gdp growth in the uk has slowed and the economy is forecast to enter a recession later this year. and the bank of england today raised interest rates by 0.5% to 1.75%. some businesses voice concern at the change. it is crippling. interest rate rises are something that could really stop a small business like us. we'll be answering your questions on all of that and the cost of living crisis. the family of british 12—

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england and wales, low 20s across england and wales, low 20s across much of scotland and northern ireland. high pressure is still in charge, and that's the reason for all the dry weather. it will push away all those weather fronts, even from the north—west of scotland, and underneath the high pressure with the dry ground, temperatures are going to rise rapidly. not so much for scotland and northern ireland, although we will get warmer next week. it will also turn dryjust about everywhere. it is across the bulk of england and wales that we will move into these heatwave conditions with temperatures climbing rapidly. even by thursday in the south—east of england, temperatures could be mid 30s once again. this is bbc news. i'm shaun ley and these are the latest headlines... the family of 12—year—old archie battersbee confirm he has died after his life support was withdrawn. can ijust say, i am the proudest mum in the world. such a beautiful little boy. and he fought right until the very end. and i'm so proud to be his mum. conservative leadership contenders set out their approaches to

you are on holiday in the england and wales will probably be loving the weather. more clout in scotland and northern ireland, rain to come tonight, patches on the western side of the country, otherwise dry and largely clear, temperatures dipping to eight or nine in rural areas. a breeze still blowing, milder in scotland, continues to blow into western parts of the country on sunday. drier, brighterand warmer for eastern areas. cloud for the far north of england, northern ireland, rest of england and wales bathed in sunshine, sea breezes development, in one temperatures rising to 28 in the south east perhaps. it touch warmer than today in scotland and northern ireland. england and wales, heat building, heatwave conditions into next week, temperatures possibly to the 30s. hello this is bbc news — i'm chris rogers — the headlines. the family of 12—year—old archie battersbee confirm he has died after his life support was withdrawn. conservative leadership contenders set out their approaches to dealing with the economic downturn forecast by the bank of england.

scotland are sixth in the table, wales are in tenth place scotland are in seventh in the table, wales are in tenth place and northern ireland sit in 13th. lots more to come from the commonwealth games on day nine, particularly from the alexander stadium, where scott and's laura and england's keeley both running an 800 metre final, that is later on. plus, and's beth dobbin is running along side and applicants to jamaica's elaine thompson and the 200 metres final. plus england's sir now hughes is going later in the final of the men's 200 metre, so a bumper day in birmingham, lots to look forward to but that is all from sportsday for now. more throughout the evening. thanks very much for watching. bye—bye. hello there. it's been feeling warm in the sunshine today, and through the rest of this weekend, we're going to stay dry and quite sunny across many parts of the country. we've still got some cloud, maybe some rain to come in some parts of scotland, not necessarily where it's needed most. this is the rainfall accumulation for the next five days, and really no rain to speak of at all

still an amber extreme heat warning in force across much of england and wales. there could be problems with heat—related illnesses and travel disruption as well. so, still a little bit of low cloud lingering for eastern scotland that should clear away. heavy showers and thunderstorms for northern ireland and for the west of scotland creeping eastwards. temperatures in the north in the mid 20s, but further south in the mid 30s, once again, 3a or 35 degrees through this evening and tonight. heavy downpours in the north and the west start to creep a little bit further east for northern england into wales as well. still hot, though, especially for southern and eastern areas. temperatures in one of two spots in the south not falling below 20 degrees. so, another warm day tomorrow. but the heavy showers and thunderstorms could be more widespread, if you do catch one of these large hail and localised flooding possible, but still hot in the southeast. the author sir salman rushdie has reportedly been taken off a ventilator and is able to talk, after being stabbed at a

it will be across england and wales that we will see heatwave developing in many areas during next week and by thursday temperatures could be as high as the mid 30s in the south—east of england. we have got dry weather across pretty much the whole of scotland and that weather front getting blown away by those breezes, light winds across many parts of england and wales and the breeze picking up to the english channel and along the south coast, but there's temperatures continuing to rise and it is worth stressing that the highest temperatures will be across england and wales, but the heat is pushing its way through the midlands, into northern england and parts of wales by wednesday and continuing that way into thursday as well. dominated by high pressure, it looks like it will be dry again on thursday. more cloud for the northern isles, but otherwise little or no cloud around, just over the cloud, lots of sunshine and for many the winds are light and there's temperatures likely to reach the mid 30s perhaps across the south—east of england. as we head towards the end of the week, we ar

could be 20 degrees, another tropical night, across southern england and south wales. monday, low pressure becomes more established across the uk, so more of us are going to see some heavy showers and thunderstorms as well. but if you do catch one or two of these really sharp showers, could be some large hail mixed in, frequent lightning, as well as the potential for localised flooding, with some heavy showers falling on the really dry and hard ground. it is going to be another day with temperatures above 30 degrees, the eighth consecutive day in the south and east. but turning cooler in the north and west. the northerly winds continue on tuesday for northern ireland and scotland. some more persistent perhaps thundery rain for parts of scotland and northern england. and further south across england and wales, later on tuesday, more of a chance of some fairly heavy showers and thunderstorms. temperatures starting to cslm down below 30 degrees, mid to high 20s in the south and east. typically high teens across the north west. things feeling cooler and fresher. middle of

as we heard the south—east of wales is now under the spotlight of wales is now under the spotlight of welsh water, this hosepipe ban will save round 10% of water but with no consistent rainfall forecast, it will take every drop to replenish already depleted reserves. thank you tomos. apple has urged owners of its devices to install a new update that will fix a major security flaw. the company said the vulnerability affects its iphones, ipads, apple watches and mac computers. experts say the bug could let hackers take over devices. let us talk tour technology roarer. how concerned should apple customers be. it is a serious situation, there are broadly two reasons why it is a serious security update but there are two reasons why general public people using apple devices shouldn't be too concerned, so to the serious side fist, that is the type of vulnerability that has been discovered and patch, so it is a remote code execution, which means if an attacker were to do x, y, z they could gain access to your phone and take it over. that gift for a hacker trying to use you you phone as a surv

it will be a long time before we see any significant wales for southern wales, southern counties of england and any rain on the way will probably fall during the last third of august. looking at the weather picture for saturday, another dry story for most of england and wales. when crossing northern areas of scotland and cloud popping up enough in northern ireland in northern england. 0dd isolated fleeting passing light shallow but most will have a dry day. temperatures are in the high teens across northern areas, 25 degrees in the sunshine across the south—east. fairly warm weather sunshine does come out and we still have these perfect conditions for the athletics of the commonwealth games with light winds, sunny spells, damages in the early 20s. through saturday night it is another dry note for most however there are still some rain on the charts working gradually southwards into scotland. may see little of that working into the central belt by the end of the night heading into the first part of sunday morning. temperatures are a little higher than we have seen over recent months, 10- 1

wales. it comes as plans to tap into a welsh reservoir are being considered by thames water to help drought—stricken parts of england. some claim revenue from water sales could be invested back into local communities. 0ur environment correspondent, steffan messenger, reports. across the south—east of england, water companies have warned of severe pressure on resources. this summer's challenge is clear to see from space, raising questions again about whether water could be moved from rainy regions like wales. thames water, which supplies 50 million customers in and around london is already in talks about how feasible it would be to access supplies from the river severn, as well as this reservoir in powys. welcome to the principle of sharing resources. fundamental prince was neatly tackled. a quarter of london water is lost through leakages. get your house in order and sort those matters out and then we talk business. in matters out and then we talk business-_ matters out and then we talk

lots of sunshine further south, though, across england and wales, once again. not even a sniff of rain. temperatures continuing to rise, getting up as high as 27, maybe 28 degrees in the south east of england. so there's our area of high pressure that's still around. 0ne weather front moves away overnight and we've got another one just heading towards the far north west of scotland. so the highlands and islands on monday likely again to see some rain. otherwise it's dry. the winds elsewhere will be light and there'll be lots of strong sunshine. so it's continuing to heat up. some higher temperatures in scotland and northern ireland, but the highest temperatures across england and wales — widely the mid 20s, up to 29 in the south east of england. so a weather front still flirting with the far north west of scotland as we head into tuesday. here, we've got some stronger winds in the north and northwest of scotland. a lot of that rain, though, will get pushed away. high pressure still in charge further south, dry and sunny, and those temperatures continuing to c

a bit of patchy cloud clearing up for england and wales. most places dry, sunny, and with winds going in a south—westerly direction it will start to feel warmer more widely with temperatures into the 20s. maybe 27, 28, 29 degrees towards some southern counties of england. that slightly warmer air has been pushing in off the atlantic as we go into the start of next week. around an area of high pressure. high pressure sits with us, the air stagnates, dry on the ground, sunshine overhead. it starts to warm up day by day. certainly scotland, northern ireland, a little bit sunnier and warmer than the weekjust gone. the far north of england seeing those temperatures creep up into the mid if not high 20s. the further south you are, though, we could actually get back into heatwave territory again with temperatures in the high 20s, low 30s, and certainly the return of warmer nights. bye for now. this is bbc news. i'm lewis vaughan jones. welcome if you're watching here in the uk or around the globe. the headlines... israel carries out air strikes

there's been disruption on the network across england and wales. ambulance services across england and wales are booking taxis to take tens of thousands of patients who call 999 to hospital. figures obtained by the bbc show the practice is increasing, as trusts struggle with rising call volumes and handover delays. nhs trusts says the most life threatening cases are prioritised and the proportion of patients affected is small. nikki fox reports. ambulances queueing outside busy hospitals to off—load patients. an increase in demand and lack of social care means scenes like this are becoming more common, and the consequence, fewer are on the road to respond to other urgent calls. when andrew weeds developed excruciating stomach pain, his wife dialled 999. i wanted help. i was in so much pain, wracked in pain, vomiting too. i vomited several times during the evening. i didn't know if it was appendicitis, i didn't know what it was. i felt terrible, thought i was dying. the 73—year—old from norwich was told it could be 15 hours until an ambulance

to represent wales is something i've waited for for a long, long time. it's my final game as a player. i've retired now and to retire on this note is obviously incredible. 100 players from 20 different commonwealth countries travelled to birmingham for the inaugural championships. hey guys, we're representing jamaica. team australia. india. representing south africa. team england. singapore. really well played from singapore. i'm just really, really happy it's moving to something so, so much greater and it's gaining its reputation, it's gaining a bigger name and people are recognising e—sports as, like, actual sports. medals were contested by male and female teams in dota2, rocket league and efootball — three games with hundreds of millions of players and fans the world over. audiences online and in the arena weren't huge, but this was about testing out the format and how to put on a commonwealth event like no other. and the president was very enthusiastic. there are a lot of young people who don't play sport per say out who don't play sport per se o

celsius across the midlands and the south wales, southern england. and it gets hotter across england and wales as we move towards the end of the week, perhaps up to the mid—30s in places. warm as well for scotland and northern ireland. don't forget, the nights will get much warmer as well. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... the us senate approves joe biden�*s landmark bill to fight climate change, channeling billions of dollars towards ambitious clean energy goals. the world will be a better place for my grandchildren because of what we did today, and that makes me feel very, very good. very, very good. a ceasefire comes into effect between israel and the palestinian militant group, islamichhad, but there are already reports of continued fighting. the fight for life in afghanistan — one year since the taliban takeover, we see how the country's maternity services are at breaking point.

clear skies across much of england and wales. temperatures here dropping to between ten and 14 degrees celsius. a few early mist patches into tomorrow morning and then tomorrow. well, it's more of the same. could be a few outbreaks of rain towards the western isles, but other than that, it's mostly dry but quite cloudy across scotland. a few breaks in the cloud maybe towards the far southwest. glasgow could see 22 degrees celsius. some breaks across northern ireland, but generally cloudy, best of the sunshine across england and wales. small chance of an isolated shower and again cooler towards those north sea facing coasts with the northeasterly winds. now, as we head through sunday and into monday, our area of high pressure just starts to push eastward. so the north easterly wind is set to strengthen. and towards those eastern facing coasts, there will generally be a lot more cloud. there could be one or two showers just running in on that breeze at times, too. so the best of the sunshine will really tend to be out towards the w

evan gwyn davies reporting there for wales today. what's believed to be the uk's first new plastic—free homes have been built in north worcestershire. they're near redditch station, and were designed as a way of showing how properties can be built with materials that have a low environmental impact. amy cole reports. these the first 12 virtually plastic—free apartments to be built in the whole of the uk, and indeed, europe. they were only signed off last tuesday, and people arejust starting to move in. let's talk to carl taylor who is from the housing association who has built them. fantastic project, but i imagine it has been quite hard to do to make them virtually plastic—free. yes, it has. plastic is virtually on everything in their construction industry and working out what we can use as an alternative has been difficult at times. for example, the electric wiring we have replaced with mineral—insulated copper cable. the flooring we have used sisal carpet and we have used marmoleum flooring. the paint we have used graphene

across england and wales as we see mcleod arriving and more unsettled weather and the change in wind direction the temperature starts to return to values closer to average for the time of year. wednesday with low pressure to the south of the uk it looks like, if anything, showers and possibly more of a given particularly for southern areas of england and wales like belinda northern ireland which will be dry if somewhat cloudy. so on wednesday we could finally see some meaningful rain across parts of england and wales and temperatures by then are around average for the time of year, a little on the cool side through the middle of the week. for the end of the week i pressure again close by in the atlantic starting to trying to settle things down. thursday looks like there will be a chance of another drop of rain, scotland and northern ireland and some isolated showers drifting across into eastern england but still, again, some areas and parts of northern england and not seeing anything in the way of meaningful rain through the course of the week is a slip between the cracks in those we

as wales as well as northern ireland pushing 30 degrees. very little happening on the weather spots overnight. here are the temperatures, 16 in cardiff and london. the temperatures tomorrow will shoot up very quickly, the oranges and reds developing across the south indicating the heat. i think widely into the low 30s across parts of england and wales. hello. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown and these are the headlines. warnings of increased risk of fires as the met office issued a warning for extreme temperatures in parts of england and wales which could reach 30 celsius, means while temm is water says it plans to announce a hosepipe ban in the next few weeks. students across scotland have received their exam results. the pass rate is down as compared with the previous two years of pandemic measures but remain above 2019 levels. former us president donald trump says the fbi has raided his home in florida and broken into his safe. his son says agents were looking for documents taken from washington when his father left office. the ex—girlf

now for part two of the weekend, england and wales seeing the lion's share of the sunshine. more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, probably eastern scotland not faring to badly with the sunshine. but there'll be some splashes of rain around, particularly western scotland where it'll stay quite breezy. high teens here, low—20s in eastern scotland, and up to around 28 celsius across the southeast of england. little change as we head through sunday night — it stays rather cloudy, quite breezy across the northwest of the country, some splashes of rain in towards the western isles. further south, lengthy, clearskies, light winds, temperatures falling down to around 10—15 celsius, so even the night—time temperatures are beginning to creep up, as well. monday, then, we start the new working week off with a lot of sunshine across the board, more for southern and eastern scotland and northern ireland with the windier, cloudy, wet conditions reserved for the northwest of scotland. so again, mid—to—high teens here, low—20s where it's sunnier in scotland and norther

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geraint thomas took bronze for wales in the men's race, after crashing early on. drew savage reports. rohan dennis has been champion twice and hold the our record, but set off from wolverhampton. thomas won bronze, but his chance of improving took a knock in the early stages. precious seconds ticked away to the man who just finished third in the tour de france. he was up quickly, but needed a hand to get his train back on. while dennis was flying, eclipsing england's fred right and setting the time to beat. despite the best efforts were thomas, the welshman had to settle for bronze again, finishing two seconds behind fred wright. it is again, finishing two seconds behind fred wriaht. , ., again, finishing two seconds behind fred wriaht. , . , again, finishing two seconds behind fred wright-— fred wright. it is what it is. my faults. one _ fred wright. it is what it is. my faults, one of _ fred wright. it is what it is. my faults, one of those _ fred wright. it is what it is. my faults, one of those things. - fred wright. it is what it is. my| faults, one of thos

most of the sunshine, though, and warmth will be across england and wales. so we've got the low 20s across the north in the sunniest spots, the high 20s further south. we could be up to around 29 degrees in a few spots across the midlands and southern england. monday night, then, dry and clear for most, a bit of mist developing here and there. it'll stay cloudy and breezy across the north and west of scotland, further splashes of rain here. and temperatures will begin to creep up, 10—16 degrees will be the low. and as we move through the week, the nights will get warmer. so for tuesday, then, it's a fairly mild start to the day, plenty of sunshine across the country. again, the far north and west of scotland will see most of the breeze and the cloud. quite windy across the west highlands, into the western isles. 17 degrees here, the mid—20s further south, and we could be close to the 30 celsius mark across parts of england and wales. until wednesday, i think a sunnier picture across much of scotland and northern ireland, that weather front just pushing t

next to hockey and declan's women have thrashed wales a 5-0 to declan's women have thrashed wales a 5—0 to qualify for the knockouts as group k winners. there was a hat—trick scored with two other players on targets, so england continued their unbeaten start here in birmingham, they will play the defending champions new zealand in the semifinals. wales have been beaten this afternoon by ntl a—1, that was the final match of the group stages meaning india qualify for the semifinals of the tournament alongside england. england's men are currently playing at canada, these are live pictures from the university of birmingham. england need to beat canada by four goals if they want to finish top of pool b to avoid australia but they have made a good start. second quarter, a—1 up, england, you can watch that on the iplayer. the first day of diving at the aquatic centre with the preliminary rounds are taking place ahead of the final tonight. home favourite, defending championjack lower wasn't perfect throughout a session, he got better as he went along and finished fourth overall, quali

and wales. afternoon. you were a crim barrister, good afternoon. you were a criminal barrister, you now speak on behalf of victims, how do you react to this strike? it of victims, how do you react to this strike? , , ., ., strike? it needs resolving and it needs resolving _ strike? it needs resolving and it needs resolving quickly. - strike? it needs resolving and it i needs resolving quickly. payment strike? it needs resolving and it - needs resolving quickly. payment is being made by victims. there is already, as your report said, huge backlog, 59,000 cases. so people who say they have been raped, people have been stabbed, people whose child has been mown down by a car cannot get on with their lives. if this strike is not stopped because a settlement is reached, then it will be infinite. people will not stay, of course not. they have to find some other way of getting on with their lives and where is justice then? their lives and where is 'ustice then? . . ., ., . ., then? the vice chair of the criminal b

for some of us across england and wales. — 50%. for some of us across england and wales, hosepipe _ 50%. for some of us across england and wales, hosepipe bans _ 50%. for some of us across england and wales, hosepipe bans have - 50%. for some of us across englandl and wales, hosepipe bans have been announced as a way of restricting a less economic use of water. southern water introduce the restriction a week ago whilst south east water start today. welsh water's ban will come into force on the 19th with yorkshire water and thames water within weeks. yet with all these warnings and restrictions, many are still making the most of this beautiful weather, just like here on barry island in south wales. after a period of restrictions on hospitality, due to covid, this warm weather is a blessing for those operating here.— operating here. barry island is still pepular. _ operating here. barry island is still popular, it's _ operating here. barry island is still popular, it's got - operating here. barry island is still popular, it's got a

my 20s in northern england, easily into the 30s into southern england and parts of wales. thursday sees that hotter stream of air spreading into wales and southwestern england and ireland, where it will be very hot, so this is when the extreme heat warning comes into force. it's from thursday into sunday, which will be extended peak of heat, so notjust the one hot day, but a few hot days in a row possibly until the mid—30s. you can see on thursday, maybe 35 degrees, possibly parts of wales too. 28 for newcastle, around 30 likely in yorkshire. by friday, 31 in liverpool and 35 in london, but much fresher in northern scotland. not dizzy heights of a0 degrees like last time. i suspect around 36 or so, give ortake last time. i suspect around 36 or so, give or take a degree by the time we get to friday and possibly into saturday. there's that extended period of heat. sunday, just a hint of a couple of degrees lower, and when we get into monday, that's when we start to see fresher air arriving. yes, there will be an end to the heatwave, and more importantly, we are forecasting

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now, we are in heatwave conditions across england and wales. up until sunday. so the next few days, certainly hot and sunny. it will be hot by day and uncomfortably warm by night as well, so the amber extreme heat warning by the met office lasts up until sunday for a good swathe of england and wales, as you can see. the rest of this afternoon will be dry and sunny, and very hot. away from the north of scotland, we have a weather front bringing more cloud with outbreaks of rain to the north and west, but the rest of scotland and northern ireland in the high 20s, and we are looking at the low to mid 30s for parts of england and wales. that leads into a very warm, muggy night, with clear skies, some cloud to the north of scotland, some haar affecting north sea coasts with temperatures no lower than 18 celsius in the south. the peak of the heat friday, and certainly into saturday. sunday, a bit more cloud and, thereafter into next week, cooler with some showers. hello this is bbc news — i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines this morning: energy bosses will meet the go

now for part two of the weekend, england and wales seeing the lion's share of the sunshine. more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, probably eastern scotland not faring to badly with the sunshine. but there'll be some splashes of rain around, particularly western scotland where it'll stay quite breezy. high teens here, low—20s in eastern scotland, and up to around 28 celsius across the southeast of england. little change as we head through sunday night — it stays rather cloudy, quite breezy across the northwest of the country, some splashes of rain in towards the western isles. further south, lengthy, clearskies, light winds, temperatures falling down to around 10—15 celsius, so even the night—time temperatures are beginning to creep up, as well. monday, then, we start the new working week off with a lot of sunshine across the board, more for southern and eastern scotland and northern ireland with the windier, cloudy, wet conditions reserved for the northwest of scotland. so again, mid—to—high teens here, low—20s where it's sunnier in scotland and norther

. 0nce gradually bringing a few showers into west wales. once again it weakens as it pushes its way further south and on saturday they will be a good deal of dry and sometimes sunny weather across eastern and south—east england. 26 degrees not out of question, just shy of 80 fahrenheit. the potential on sunday of seeing more heavy and persistent rain from this low pressure, but it's starting to slow down with each weather model run, which basically means that perhaps out of the beast on sunday it will stay dry, settled and sunny once again, but further west we will start to see the cloud building up, so there will be a change and there will be outbreaks of rain towards the end of the day, potentially turning quite heavy through sunday night. that rain hopefully is going to push its way further east. just before i want to 90, further east. just before i want to go, i want to point out those clear skies i was talking about overnight tonight in the north, just before you go to bed, just have a look out across the skies above you, because you

now for part two of the weekend, england and wales seeing the lion's share of the sunshine. more cloud for scotland, northern ireland, probably eastern scotland not fairing to badly with the sunshine. too badly with the sunshine. but there'll be some splashes of rain around, particularly western scotland, where it'll stay quite breezy. high teens here, low—20s in eastern scotland and up to around 28 celsius across the southeast of england. little change as we head through sunday night — it stays rather cloudy, quite breezy across the northwest of the country, some splashes of rain in towards the western isles. further south, lengthy, clearskies, light winds, temperatures falling down to around 10—15 celsius, so even the night—time temperatures are beginning to creep up, as well. to creep up as well. monday, then, we start the new working week off with a lot of sunshine across the board, more for southern and eastern scotland and northern ireland with the windier, cloudy, wet conditions reserved for the northwest of scotland. so, again, mid—to—high teens here, low

. storms develop across england and wales-_ and wales. tuesday will see showers and _ and wales. tuesday will see showers and thunderstorms | showers and thunderstorms developing widely. producing a lot of rainfall in the short space of time so we could see some localised flooding problems. scotland and northern ireland, northerly winds. slightly fresher for england and wales. but as we move through tuesday night, we keep the theme of clear spells and showers some scattered thunderstorms surely pushing further south and east all the while wearers further north, a bit quieter with clear skies, cool air, temperatures into single digits and slightly fresherfor england and single digits and slightly fresher for england and wales. by fresher for england and wales. by the time we reach wednesday, original high—pressure toppling into the north and west 's that will settle things down here. the lower pressure holds onto the south of britain so was here on wednesday where we will see the lion's share of showers and thunderstorms, southern englan

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there is another one in north wales, i believe. this would be the fourth one. that's from thames water, affecting the capital, millions and millions of people of course, so thames water centre will be one coming in in the coming weeks. we don't have a specific date as yet, but sent to customers please, please only use what you really need for essentialjuice. another weather forecast is, not just at the top of the hour. a real estate debt crisis is threatening to destabilize china's massive economy. just months before xi jinping is to be ushered into a historic third term in office, protesting property investors are withholding mortgage repayments because developers have not finished building their homes. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell has had rare access and has been speaking to some of these disgruntled homeowners. you notice straight away that hardly any windows have been put in. it's a shell of a building. families have decided to move into the apartments they've paid for, but which have not been delivered. i ask how many people are living here. tr

some sunshine for england and wales, one or two showers pushing across in the morning, ahead of this main band of rain that's heavy for a while, accompanied by some strong and gusty winds, sweeping away from scotland and northern ireland followed by sunshine and a few showers. that rain band is quite narrow, but it could be quite heavy rain as it gets stuck in northern england. elsewhere for england and wales, some sunny spells, just one or two showers, but most places will be dry. and temperatures very similar to what we had on friday, so getting up to the mid—20s at best. that area of low pressure will keep the showers going into the first part of the night. across scotland, another area of low pressure moving very slowly in from the atlantic will push a lot of cloud ahead of it. it means the sunnier skies probably further north this time on sunday. those showers easing in scotland. sunny spells here, some sunshine for northern ireland, the far north of england for a while. other parts of england and wales probably turning more cloudy, the cloud thickening to give a bit of rain a

we'll see heatwave conditions developing across england and wales. if we look at the next couple of days, you can see how that heat builds through wednesday, thursday and into friday where temperatures across southern england could be hitting 36 celsius once again. and it's a familiar story, one that we've seen over the past weeks and perhaps months. high pressure keeping it dry and the heat building underneath that high pressure. that weather front there, very weak in the northwest, will even get pushed away on tuesday so we've got more sunshine arriving in scotland. a sunny day on tuesday in northern ireland and across england and wales and again the winds will be light and temperatures continuing to rise. mid—20s across eastern scotland, but near 30 in birmingham and cardiff. we are going to find temperatures rising in scotland and northern ireland. we're looking at the mid—20s, maybe a bit higher than that. whilst that's very warm, we've got higher temperatures to come across england and wales. in that strong sunshine and light winds, tempera

here in wales, it will be our welsh lamb. there's going to be a lot of pressure on that, so everyone in all different farming sectors is feeling this pressure. we're hearing a lot about water supplies in this particular dry spell. we were just speaking to stav danaos, and he was explaining that we're likely see showers rather than the frontal rain. looking at the state of your ground, it is important, isn't it, how that rain falls? what's better — the showers and a gentle soak, building up to heavy rain, orfull on, full rain — what would farmers appreciate more? yeah, absolutely, it needs to be the showers and a gentle soak because, if we get that full on rain, the ground is so dry and it's compacted quite a lot, that rain could just hit the ground and run off and hit watercourses very quickly and disappear. and obviously put pressure on some instances of flash flooding in certain areas further downstream. so, you know, nice showers, building up, having time to soak in, probably lots of people have been walking out and se

lot milder than it was last night, cloudy too for much of northern ireland, clear skies england and wales, a fewer early shallow mist patches forming into tomorrow morning. sunday is looking fairly similar to saturday. should be mostly dry across scotland but there will be some showers and outbreaks of rain towards western areas in particular. cloudy across northern ireland but a few breaks possible. we could see some breaks in the cloud towards south—west scotland, but most of the sunshine england and wales, a few isolated showers and breezy, cooler towards north sea facing coasts. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: the government says middle—income earners will need more help to pay their energy bills, notjust the poorest — with families facing tough choices. it is going to be a choice of, you know, the kids need to eat, obviously. i don't. and that is the stark reality that we are facing at the moment. two men arrested on suspicion of murdering nine—year—old olivia pratt—korbel, who was shot dead in her home in liverpool, have been released on bail. a national emergenc

extreme heat is set to persist across much of england and parts of wales through the remainder of the weekend and the amber warning stands until we get to the end of sunday here. we will continue with sunshine beating down across much of the uk on sunday, resulting in some areas being a hotter day than saturday. this area of low pressure to the south pulling air from the continent across from the east, particularly into england and wales. a weak weather front tries to get into scotland and northern ireland, introducing some cooler air. it does look like it will result in some pretty intense thunderstorms crossing northern ireland and scotland through the course of sunday and the temperatures here will begin to ease back. but we're still looking at the mid 30s widely across england and wales. 0vernight sunday into monday, the showers get particularly lively across the northern half of the uk for scotland, for northern ireland and northern england, localised, but intense downpours perhaps in some areas causing some flash flooding. a little cooler here, mid—teens. we're still looking a

still a thunderstorm warning for most of england and wales on wednesday. then it is looking mostly dry, particularly for eastern areas as we head through the rest of the week, temperatures returning to the seasonal average. this is bbc news. the headlines at five... a group of charities and community organisations have called the rises in energy bills a national emergency as labour for the energy price cap to be frozen in october. the energy minister says their plan won't work. i think we have to be a little bit careful on some of these — labour's seemingly magical solution to just wish it all away, that will have consequences. the son of author sir salman rushdie says his injuries are life—changing but that his feisty and defiant sense of humour remains intact after he was stabbed at an event in new york state. egyptian health officials say at least 41 people have died and a0 injured in a fire at a coptic church in north—west cairo.

now for part two of the weekend, england and wales seeing the lion's share of the sunshine. more cloud for scotland and northern ireland, probably eastern scotland not faring to badly with the sunshine. but there'll be some splashes of rain around, particularly western scotland where it'll stay quite breezy. high teens here, low—20s in eastern scotland, and up to around 28 celsius across the southeast of england. little change as we head through sunday night — it stays rather cloudy, quite breezy across the northwest of the country, some splashes of rain in towards the western isles. further south, lengthy, clearskies, light winds, temperatures falling down to around 10—15 celsius, so even the night—time temperatures are beginning to creep up, as well. monday, then, we start the new working week off with a lot of sunshine across the board, more for southern and eastern scotland and northern ireland with the windier, cloudy, wet conditions reserved for the northwest of scotland. so again, mid—to—high teens here, low—20s where it's sunnier in scotland and norther

most of the sunshine, though, and warmth will be across england and wales. so we've got the low 20s across the north in the sunniest spots, the high 20s further south. we could be up to around 29 degrees in a few spots across the midlands and southern england. monday night, then, dry and clear for most, a bit of mist developing here and there. it'll stay cloudy and breezy across the north and west of scotland, further splashes of rain here. and temperatures will begin to creep up, 10—16 degrees will be the low. and as we move through the week, the nights will get warmer. so for tuesday, then, it's a fairly mild start to the day, plenty of sunshine across the country. again, the far north and west of scotland will see most of the breeze and the cloud. quite windy across the west highlands, into the western isles. 17 degrees here, the mid—20s further south, and we could be close to the 30 celsius mark across parts of england and wales. until wednesday, i think a sunnier picture across much of scotland and northern ireland, that weather front just pushing t

it is heating up then over the weekend, heatwave conditions developing in england and wales and no sign of any rain. what about from the weekend onwards? because in the outlook things start to change a bit. you will find high pressure moving away, prezza will be falling, that will mean more cloud, it may mean some showers is beginning to arrive as well. it's a long way off, but signs of some changes. 0ver way off, but signs of some changes. over the most part, it will be dry, you can see her temperatures just slowly it away. we will find themselves coming, they will be heavy in places, but not necessarily guaranteed. welcome to bbc news. i'm david eades. our top stories: the us senate backsjoe biden�*s bill to fight climate change, channeling hundreds of billions of dollars towards ambitious clean energy goals. the world will be a better place for my grandchildren because of what we did today and that makes me feel very, very good. the first left—wing president in colombian history is sworn into office, calling for a fresh international strategy to deal with global drug trafficking.

it is different in north wales. untilwe here. it is different in north wales. until we get consistent rainfall, it looks like these measures will be in place until at least september and possibly longer. thank you very much, tomos. let's continue with the theme in terms of what is happening with rainfall and the changes, sarah, good morning. good morning. if we took a look at how we got to the situation of drought across wales and other parts of england as well, thinking back to what has happened this year so far, it has been the driest first six months of the year since 19 76. we went into the summer with a deficit of rainfall, july was particularly dry across the south of wales, only 20% of the expected rainfall. the picture varied across wales, there was more wet weather further north. august has followed on with that trend. there has been a bit of rain across parts of wales in the past week but we have had an average 22.6 millimetres so far, only 26% and we are around 60% through august. so we have certainly reduced rainfall for several months. the reasons

it will be scotland's george miller or gordon llewelyn from wales. they are battling out in the mixed para— pairs. who will be successful in the septuagenarian stakes today? fantastic, thank you so much. laura scott at the commonwealth games in birmingham. now fora scott at the commonwealth games in birmingham. now for a look at the weather and hello to chris. we were hearing about the hosepipe bans and no rain in the forecast for a long, long time in parts of the south of the uk. one of our weather watchers spotted this combine harvester bringing the crops in. and although there is a lot of dry weather, across the north of the uk we are seeing some shower cloud speed in. answering the big question, when is it going to rain? well, not for the next five days across the really dry areas but i reckon actually this dry run of weather will last a long time. southern parts of england and wales, i don't think we'll see rain for the next ten days but perhaps even as long as the next two weeks. so perhaps the back end of august we could see some heavy rain