i can't tell you how wonderful it was. the remarkable life of mary ellis, who has died at the age of 101. time for a look at the weather now. tomasz schafernaker is here. the wait goes on, what are the temperatures like right now? we get with the results every hour on the hour, and at 2pm, temperatures were exceeding 33 degrees. we have another couple of hours of heating easily left, so i think it is very likely we will hit 35, possibly even exceed 35 degrees somewhere in the south—east today. and the widely across the country we have temperatures into the low 30s, high 20s. this pattern is still the same, the heat is coming in from the south, and partially what is responsible for the heat coming in from the south is this low, that is shunting all that airing our

direction, but at the same time this low out in the atlantic with its weather front, and this low out in the atlantic with its weatherfront, and this is low out in the atlantic with its weather front, and this is the satellite image from the last few hours, this low pressure is also going to be responsible for cooling things down. but at the moment that low and the cooler air is way towards the west of our neighbourhood, the winds are still blowing in from the south across a large chunk of the country, hence we will see the mid—30s. but you can see the very edge of that weather system, that low pressure and the front rear ring its head in northern ireland. some rain too, but such is the heat today already across parts of england that we could see some thunderstorms breaking out. this is very interesting, at 11pm, the temperatures are still in the high 20s and widely into the 20s across such a large part of the country, and remember that is the air temperature, are houses will be a lot hotter than that, our lofts will still be at midnight in excess of 30 degrees. this cooler air, this hope we have been hoping and banking to come and sweep in is certainly on its way. this is where the low

pressure is, we its way. this is where the low pressure is, we are its way. this is where the low pressure is, we are ahead of its still, briefly on friday, the hot air is coming in but we will see a lot more cloud, so temperatures perhaps not so —— a little more cloud. you will notice some blobs of blue, which means showers are starting to come in. then saturday, the really crucial day, i was pointing at those wins coming out of the south, they are now blowing off the south, they are now blowing off the atlantic, they are swinging in, dragging that fresher, more co mforta ble dragging that fresher, more comfortable air in our direction. 25 01’ comfortable air in our direction. 25 or 26 comfortable air in our direction. 25 or26 in comfortable air in our direction. 25 or 26 in london, a massive drop. in the north, we are talking about 17 in belfast, and remember some of those at showers we will see over 2848 hours could be pretty nasty. further showers to come on sunday, in fact this is a pattern we have not seen for so many many weeks dummett we will finally see that at atla ntic dummett we will finally see that at atlantic influence with weather systems and those temperatures coming back down to where they should be. and it does look as though the week ahead next week is

looking quite a bit fresher, but there are suggestions that things could be warming up once again towards not this weekend but the following weekend. back to you, ben. thank you very much indeed. the weather is our top story this lunchtime. mps are warning that heatwaves will become more common in the uk, and could kill as many as 7000 people a year by 2050. that is all from the bbc news at one, so it is goodbye from me, and on bbc one we willjoin the bbc‘s news teams where you are. good afternoon. norwegian side rosenborg 3—1 in the first leg of their second round qualifier... record signing 0dsonne edouard scored twice, to give celtic a two goal cushion going into the return leg in norway next wednesday. the winners of the tie will face greek side aek athens in the third round of qualifying.

mohamed salah was back to goal—scoring form in his first match for liverpool since the world cup. he helped the reds beat manchester city 2—1 in the international champions cup in newjersey. city's leroy sane opened the scoring in the second half, mohamed salah was back to goal—scoring form in his first match for liverpool since the world cup. he helped the reds beat manchester city 2—1 in the international champions cup in newjersey. city's leroy sane opened the scoring in the second half, outpacing the liverpool defence before shooting into the far corner. but salah, who scored 44 goals in 52 games for the reds last season, equalised within a minute of coming on as a sub before sadio mane, also playing for the first time since russia, scored the winner from the penalty spot in injury time. liverpool defender andy robertson says the team are happy to have salah back. over in california, there were 25 penalities in a shoot out before manchester unted beat milan, before franck kessie's miss gave united the win. jose mourinho's side won 9—8 on penalties after the match finished 1—1 in normal time. stage 18 of the tour de

france is now under way, with britain's geraint thomas holding a near two—minute lead as he chases his first tour title. you can follow his progress, as well as catch up with all the other sports stories on the bbc sport website. that's bbc.co.uk/sport. the prime minister has been visiting the royal welsh agricultural show, where she denied that stockpiling of food and medicines was proof of a government crisis. theresa may insisted it is prudent and right to put into place plans for a no brexit deal. this is not about stockpiling. what it is about is saying, as any business would, it is right to prepare for all eventualities. we are working for a good deal so that we can have that future trade and relationship with the european union that we have set out in the chequers agreement and in the white paper.

it does make sense to put those preparations in place for no deal because we're in a negotiation. so we are taking visible productions, we are taking —— we are taking feasible precautions sensible measures, we are working hard to get a good deal for people here in wales and across the whole of the uk. the uk's three mainjewish newspaper have all published the same front page warning that a labour government would pose an "existential threat to jewish life". thejewish chronicle, news and telegraph each carry the headline "united we stand". labour says it poses "no threat of any kind whatsoever tojewish people". may colleague has been speaking to the editor ofjewish may colleague has been speaking to the editor of jewish news. it is every newspaper's job to stand up for its readers. the readers of all three papers for the last few years have been reeling after incident after incident since

jeremy corbyn became labour party leader in 2015. the chakra bati report, ken livingstone. the leader's own enthusiastic embrace of an anti—semitic mural, and last week the refusal by the party to back the international standard of anti—semitism caused the three editors to come together like never before and speak as one. so that was the tipping point, the definition of the internationally recognised definition of anti—semitism. labour has not adopted the same definition. can you explain what the different definitions are? it is the ihra definition. 130 councils, the welsh and scottish governments and the countries across the world all adhere to it. the labour party have cherry picked four particular examples, giving them wiggle room to broadly criticise israel in ways that would not accuse them or their members

of being anti—semitic. so you can, as it says on the front page of all three newspapers, you can accuse a jew of having dual loyalty with britain and israel. you can even compare israel to the nazi german state, and still not specifically be called upon ——up on anti—semitism charges. so are you saying that jewish people in the uk, do not believe the labour party's statement that they have nothing to fear? it has been the natural thing for thejewish for the labour party for decades.

now we have seen for the last few years anti—semites rallying around the labour party. margaret hodge last week in the house of commons called her leader, jeremy corbyn, an anti—semite, to his face. people have been asking if i agree. a more profound question is why are anti—semites attracted to the labour party, and the answer isjeremy corbyn. that is a big accusation against the leader of the labour party. what more does he need to do to try to reverse the opinion of you, the other newspaper editors, and your readers? confidence is very low. the chakra bati report, o which i was privileged to contribute to, ended up being a whitewash. it said there was nothing to see here. then you have the ken livingstone issue where he said the man who killed 6 millionjews was in support of a jewish state.

i would like to think that the labour party will finally see sense. the story has been going on for three years. clearly this is an ongoing cancer in the labour party. i don't hold out any hope that in september the this thing will be finished. the jewish community is aghast, waiting for september, hoping the sorry tragedy can end. a blood sugar sensor has revolutionised the way that some type one diabetics manage their condition. it reduces the pain of regular finger condition. it reduces the pain of regularfinger prick condition. it reduces the pain of regular finger prick testing and can better control the disease. many have to pay around —— a price that

is very high every month because of where they live. when theresa may met donald trump many noticed a small white disc on the back of her arm. it is technology that has revolutionised the way some people are managing their type one diabetes. it is like a plaster so you inserted with a needle at first. it is just stuck out like a plaster but it doesn't hurt. david used to measure his blood sugar levels by pricking his finger. he would do this ten or 15 times a day but with the new device it couldn't be simpler. times a day but with the new device it couldn't be simplerlj times a day but with the new device it couldn't be simpler. i get the app up it couldn't be simpler. i get the app up and i can go like that with my camera and it will tell me what the sugar ratings are. very simple. type one diabetes is an autoimmune

disease. david's pancreas does not break down enough insulin —— create enough insulin to break down the sugarin enough insulin to break down the sugar in his blood. studies have show that better monitoring leads to better control of the illness. show that better monitoring leads to better control of the illnessm has changed my life for the better and if there is evidence that it is improving people's lives, everyone should be entitled to beat. in wales and northern ireland patients can get the monitoring device on the nhs. in the rest of the uk it is patchy. it is only available in 43% of nhs areas in scotland and 44% in england. we were just pricking his fingers really regularly which for a one—year—old, he was not happy with that, especially with such tiny fingers. really hard. zack lives in dorset. the local commissioning

group will not pay for the device. so his parents are paying for it themselves. it costs £1500 a year. especially when it is children i feel like it should be available to them without the heavy cost. it is unfairso for them without the heavy cost. it is unfair so for people who cannot afford it as well. both nhs england and the scottish government have issued guidance saying the device should be made available. but in the end it is down to local commissioners to decide in their own area. i would not call it a postcode lottery. but it is. it is a reflection of a need. it is beholden on local commissioners to make sure they spend the funds they have effectively and appropriately based on evidence and clinical need. back in dorset it is time for another read. zack doesn't like it much but it is quick, painless and his pa rents a re

it is quick, painless and his parents are certain more monitoring, more control, has improved his health. campaigners say it is simply not right that life changing technology is available to some on the nhs and denied to thousands of others like sac. —— like this boy. the businesses is coming up in a moment, but first the headlines: the heatwave goes on across the united kingdom as a report by mps once there could be 7000 heat related deaths by the year 2050. the bbc has agreed to pay cliff richard £850,000 to cover his legal costs as it begins an appeal process after losing its privacy case. and the former pakistan cricket captain imran khan has claimed victory in the country's general election. partial results say he is on course to become prime minister. the us and eu have agreed to avoid

an all out trade war and work to lower tariffs mr trump's threat to impose tariffs on european cars was put aside but ford and general motors have already lowered profit forecasts for 2018, citing higher steel and aluminium prices caused by new us tariffs. profits at airbus, europe's largest aerospace company, more than doubled in the second quarter despite a difficult start to 2018. bottlenecks of undelivered planes began to ease, while costs relating to its newest big jet, the a350, were down. chief executive tom enders said deliveries had "picked up", but "challenges remain". and it's super thursday results out from shell, sky, anglo american, astra zeneca and diageo but the ftse is pulled down by falls in oil stocks. would you choose your water supplier? its one of the last areas where consumers don't actually have a choice

and today a survey from the consumer concil for water suggests that actually the majority of us, 9 out of 10 are happy with the service we get. but 6 out of 10 don't think that charges are fair. joining us now is tony smith, chief executive, of the consumer council for water. so overall people are happy but they think they're paying too much? yes, the service is very reliable most of the time but with the research we have looked behind why customers are so concerned research we have looked behind why customers are so concerned about water at the moment and it is an issue of fairless and value for money. —— fairness. it is to do behind profit and other things that water companies can do something about. why is there no competition? why don't we get to choose who provides water? there is choice for business customers at the moment but not domestic customers. the

government is thinking about potentially extending the market for domestic goods. that is only really the front end of what is going on. the fundamental service of dividing water is a monopoly and will remain a monopoly. —— the fundamental service of providing water. there are some hosepipe bans in place. how does that sit with people when we have seen sizeable lakes caused by lack of maintenance of water companies' pipes. this is one of the issues about fairness. customers are hearing all the time that the water industry is leaking 3 billion litres of water a day. that is about 20% of the water. and then they ask customers to save water. clearly they start to get a bit aggravated about that. on top of past price increases and so on. the water companies have to be much more

ambitious in reducing leakage because it affects their reputations. domestic customers at the moment don't have any choice in who provides the water. if they are not satisfied with the service, or feel they are paying too much, what can they do? they can complain to the government if it is a specific issue around the serb is the companies are offering. if they can't get —— issues around the services the companies are offering. we put pressure on water companies but also on the regulators of governments. if we see big problems, like on leakage at the moment, we are putting pressure on 0fwat to increase its targets and that is very relevant at the moment because companies are about, in the next couple of months, to propose plans for the next five years, so this is the right time for them to think ha rd the right time for them to think hard about how they satisfy their customers. thank you. facebook has been losing friends on wall street user

friends on wall street. user numbers were up 11% but it was their slowest growth rate for 2 years. shares slumped more then 20% overnight and its finance chief warned that the slowdown will continue. the fall wiped around $ 150 billion about £114 million off the stock market value of the company. our technology reporter dave lee reports. before these earnings were announced, the stock price for facebook was at an all—time high. but then it was announced that facebook would full short on revenue and user groups compared to what a nalysts and user groups compared to what a na lysts ha d and user groups compared to what analysts had expected. mark zuckerberg warned them to brace themselves. this could be a pattern that lasted until at least the end of the year. he blames data privacy concerns, compliance with new data

regulations and positive engagement that may make it harder to sell advertising. he also made a figure for the first time of the total number of users across all products, 2.5 billion. so people are not leaving be services in droves as some had suggested. facebook may find it more difficult to make as much money from them as they have up until now, though. todayis today is called super thursday. there are talks about a takeover bid from corn past —— comcast and 21st century fox. royal dutch, shall issued a strong

set of results but not as good as expected. back throughout the afternoon. lily allen is amongst axe shortlisted for this year's mercury music prize, which celebrates and promotes the best of uk music, recognising artistic achievement across a range of contemporary music dramas. my colleague has been talking to one of those nominated, the rapper novelist, who has been nominated for one of the awards. with this album in particular, i produced it myself, i wrote it myself, i mixed it and i took it to abbey road studios, got it mastered down there, so it is good that i have maintained the quality and i wa nted have maintained the quality and i wanted to do it by myself really just to show the world the creative direction i have. so you started off

really with these diy approach that you ended up with the album being produced in these famous studios, how did you get from a to b? just booked a session that is literally it. i made an album and i said, i wa nt it. i made an album and i said, i want that extra touch to it, i want to make it sound a bit bigger, so i just bought myself a session. many people might know you as the former deputy young mayor of lewisham. from politics to music, how did you get from that political role to where you are now? for me, growing up, it was never really a politics thing. it was more in my borough, i wanted to help. it was a means to help young people and learn what was going on. i have done music since i was nine. your uncle and brother are both very musical. how much have

influenced you? both very musical. how much have influenced you ? a both very musical. how much have influenced you? a lot. it has always been there? a lot. you are a crime and c. tell us a bit about what influences are, what you are trying to say with it. my music is... i speak about things i have gone through in my music. where i want to go in life, my mentality. i like to keep it positive as well. so that is really what novelist is about, or the young kids that are optimistic in life. and novelist guy, do you consider yourself pretty lyrical in what you do and say?” consider yourself pretty lyrical in what you do and say? i would say multilayered. so sometimes i have a few lyrics that seem very basic but they may resonate with someone for yea rs later

they may resonate with someone for years later and they realise what i am really talking about. the reason it is called novelist guy is a lot of people know me as, yeah, that is that novelist guy. i read something, and interview you had done, and you said, i'm not trying to be the next stormzy. i guess that is the obvious comparison, which may be irritating? it is not irritating, because stormzy is a great inspiration to me. a very nice person but i make different music to him, even though we both come under grime. you can never be another person, only yourself. that was novelist. we have simon mccoy at 2pm. now with the weather forecast here is the man known as weather forecaster. you have to head to the coast if you

wa nt you have to head to the coast if you want something pressure. it is boiling. probably in the next couple of hours we will be hitting the mid—30s. the wind is spinning around and it is weather fronts. this will be responsible for the huge cooling through because of friday into sunday. ahead of the weather system, the wind is blowing in through the side. —— through the south. the heat has expanded through the country into south—eastern parts of scotland. the extreme north—west and northern ireland has fresher conditions only in the low 20s. the weather front is moving conditions only in the low 20s. the weatherfront is moving in. but even ahead of the weather front we see

storms breaking out today in england. we do get some storms a little later on and it very hard evening on the way. our houses will bea evening on the way. our houses will be a lot warmer than that from the heat during the day. this is friday and we see a pool of cooler air, ready and waiting out there in the atla ntic to ready and waiting out there in the atlantic to come our way. that is pretty much here in the centre of low pressure and it will be following these weather fronts which will be pushing in from the atlantic and ahead of them, and storms breaking out as well. torrential downpours in places, still very hot in the south—east and east anglia but more widely we are talking about the need and high 20s. then the wind really changes direction into saturday. you can see the wind blowing off the ocean. sending more showers in our direction. look at the temperatures, back down into the

local mid—20s at most there across the south—east and east anglia. come sunday, yet another weather system comes in. more rain showers spilling across the country so my guess is that most places, by the time we are through sunday, we will have seen at least a little rainfall, so some places a lot more than others because the storms and showers will because the storms and showers will beindeed because the storms and showers will be indeed very hit and miss. but for today, if you are in the east and east anglia, stay cool, drink lots of water. this is afternoon live, i'm simon mccoy. the headlines at 2pm. on what could be the hottest day of the year, a warning that heatwaves may become common in the uk — and kill thousands every year. heatmaps show how temperatures in our cities are soaring. now mps says the government must do more to protect people. the government needs to do a lot more to educate the public about the risks of heatwaves, the actions they need to protect themselves and others and we have to benaglio redesign our cities so they are able to cope with higher temperatures. imran khan has claimed victory in

pakistan's general election. the bbc are.