this is bbc news with the latest headlines. a group of charities and community organisations has called the rises in energy bills a "national emergency," as labour is to call for the energy price cap to be frozen in october. but the energy minister say their plan won't work. i think we have to be a little bit careful in some of these — labour's seemingly magical solution to just wish it all away, that will have consequences. the author sir salman rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and is able to talk after being stabbed at an event in new york state. prosecutions for breaching covid restrictions have been dropped for six people who attended a vigil in london for sarah everard last year.

warnings in the uk over the use of disposable barbecues after a weekend of wildfires in parts of england. and coming up... we'll be joined by the lead singer of one of ukraine's top rock bands, as he tells us about life on the frontline. good afternoon. 70 charities and community organisations have written to the two conservative party candidates vying to be its next leader and the next prime minster urging them to show "compassion and leadership" in dealing with the cost of living crisis. the government has already pledged up to £1,200 to help the most vulnerable families. but, with the energy price cap due

to rise this autumn, and then again injanuary, it's claimed the support is no longer sufficient. here's our political correspondent david wallace—lockhart. with energy bills expected to continue rising, 70 charities have written to the two candidates to be the next prime minister, calling for £1200 of government support to help low income families make ends meet this winter. throughout history, it has been government's role to provide support to households who need it in a time of crisis. we saw it during the pandemic using the furlough scheme and the £20 uplift a universal credit per week and we need to see that again now. we need to see that the government at least doubles that support to low—income households right now, or we are going to be facing a winter of truly terrifying circumstances. a source of many of these concerns are predicted rises in the energy price cap —

the maximum that can be charged for a unit of energy. last october, a typical family could expect to pay about £1200 per year for electricity and gas. this 0ctober, it will be closer to £2000. forecasts now suggest the figure could go up to £3500 later this year, and to more than 4000 injanuary. the labour leader sir keir starmer is expected tomorrow to call for 0ctober�*s energy price cap price to be scrapped, a position already suggested by the snp and lib dems. the current energy minister insists this is not a realistic proposal. we would have to find a way to compensate people by effectively trying to abolish that price rise, and that would inevitably lead to higher taxes so i think we have to be a little bit careful with some of these, like labour's seemingly magical solution to just wish it all the way. that will have consequences.

the treasury is collating cost—of—living policy options for the next prime minister to consider. rishi sunak has said he will provide more direct support to vulnerable households. liz truss has not ruled out more support but prefers the idea of tax cuts. one of her key supporters, the chief secretary to the treasury, simon clark, has questioned the universal nature of some of the support offered so far, suggesting a preference for more targeted intervention. the new prime minister will take office on the 5th of september, just a month shy of another rise in bills — an immediate challenge for a new leader. david wallace—lockhart, bbc news. sir salman rushdie has been taken off a ventilator and has spoken for the first time since he was stabbed several times on stage at a literary event in the united states on friday. nomia iqbal is at the hospital where the satanic verses author is being treated and gave us this update. there's been no comment yet from the hospital treating salman rushdie, but his agent did confirm to us media that he's breathing

unaided and talking. now in terms of the suspect, 24—year—old hadi matar, he has appeared in court. he's pleaded not guilty to all the charges that he's facing. more reports are coming out about him, including claims that he had a fake driver's licence in the name of a member of hezbollah. the us and the uk regard the lebanese group a terrorist organisation. the leader of the group has issued a statement saying that they had nothing to do with the stabbing. there are also reports that suggest that matar was sympathetic to iran's revolutionary guards. this is a major political and military force in iran. it was, of course, iran's spiritual leader, back in 1989, who issued this fatwa, a ruling to have mr rushdie killed over his book, the satanic verses. but it's important to stress that no definitive link has been established with the suspect. more than a0 people are feared dead and dozens of others injured after a fire inside a church in egypt. these are the latest pictures

from outside the abu sifin church in the imbaba neighbourhood in giza. sources at the scene say an electrical fire broke out on the fourth floor of the building just before 9am local time, as 5,000 worshippers gathered for mass. they added that the fire blocked an entrance to the church, causing a stampede, and say most of the people killed were children. the egyptian president wrote on his twitter page that he was "closely following the developments of the tragic accident and that he has directed all concerned state agencies and institutions to take all necessary measures, and immediately to deal with this accident and its effects, and to provide all aspects of health care for the injured." he added...

a powerful explosion has rocked a shopping centre and caused a fire in armenia's capital, yerevan. the armenian emergencies ministry says one person has died and 20 people have been injured in the blast. local media report that the explosion occurred at a fireworks warehouse. video of the incident showed large clouds of black smoke in the sky and people running away as a building collapsed. the area has been sealed off and teams of rescuers are at the scene. at least eight people have been injured after a gunman opened fire on a bus near the western wall injerusalem's old city, in israel. the suspect began shooting as pilgrims were returning from prayers at the holy site. two people including a pregnant woman are in a critical condition and four of the injured were members of the same family visiting israel from new york. firefighters say a huge fire which tore through a popular nature reserve at studland heath in dorset and forced the evacuation of a beach

was most likely caused by a disposable barbecue. the hot weather and drought conditions have led the met office to issue its highest alert forfire severity over the weekend, warning there is an "exceptional" risk of blazes spreading. will batchelor reports. the true cost of a disposable barbecue. firefighters say this huge blaze which tore across studland heath in dorset was almost certainly caused by picnickers trying to cook food on the tinder dry beauty spot. after battling the flames all night, they found a disposable barbecue among the ashes. we really are appealing to members of the public to consider what you're doing. if it is going to potentially start a fire, try to avoid it if you possibly can.

we have had a significant number of fires over the summer that have been caused by disposable barbecues. it is a trend that is increasing, it is starting to cause a strain on all the emergency services. this field fire was one of 75 in essex. it covered 91 acres, and containing it required the help of local farmers. if you are downwind you wouldn't have kept up with it running. luckily, the wind direction was away from the houses, and so it wasjust a question of stopping it spreading back towards the houses again, but when the wind changed direction, suddenly it would move towards you and, yes, it is frightening. in north london, this grassfire billowed smoke across the busy m25 motorway. in surrey, a different problem. near guildford, residents queued up for bottled water after their taps ran dry. thames water said there were technical issues at one of its treatment works, and that fixing it was taking longer than they'd hoped. and it isn'tjust humans who need hydration. 0ne farmer in suffolk has been filling 70 water troughs each day to make sure the wildlife have enough to drink. an amber heat alert is still in place today and the drought in parts of england could potentially last into next year.

a teenage boy has died after going into the sea in skegness. emergency services were alerted to reports of a child in the water at around 6pm yesterday. after police and coastguard searches, the boy's body was found at 11:30pm. more than 20,000 people have been detected crossing the english channel in small boats so far this year, uk government figures show. that compares to a figure of around 28,000 throughout the whole of 2021. despite the growing numbers, the uk arrivals in small boats are a fraction of the number of people going to europe. prosecutions for breaching covid restrictions have been dropped against six people, who attended a vigil in london for sarah everard in march 2021. they had been due to stand trial in november this year and if convicted faced being fined

hundreds of pounds. i'm joined now by angus crawford. just remind us of the background to this. 3rd just remind us of the background to this. i: ., . .,, , ., just remind us of the background to this. 3rd of march last year, sarah everard was _ this. 3rd of march last year, sarah everard was kidnapped _ this. 3rd of march last year, sarah everard was kidnapped and - this. 3rd of march last year, sarah i everard was kidnapped and murdered by a serving met police firearms officer. ten days after she disappeared, a group said they wanted to hold a vigil in her honour in clapham common. the police at that time said, you cannot. we will buy new £10,000 if you do. they called off and lots of people spontaneously went down there. the images were very emotive. lots of people, some protesting about how the police were treating them. police went in and arrested a number, trampling flowers. it was highly controversial. six people arrested were going to be charged with breaches of covid. then we were in tier 4 lockdown regulations and

they were charged with breaching theirs. they were going to go on trial in november this year. today a surprise announcement from the cps, thatis surprise announcement from the cps, that is not happening. the cps said it could not take cases to court because it did not meet the legal test for prosecution. the met had been under enormous scrutiny for this. they said they had a really difficult talents to strike between safeguarding the public on the rights of the individuals. they said very clearly the decision not to continue with the prosecutions was, in their words, entirely a matter for the cps. in their words, entirely a matter for the cps-— dozens of charities have asked the two tory leadership candidates to do more to help families with their energy bills — calling it a national emergency. i'm joined now by conservative mp, michelle donelan, who is backing liz truss to be the next conservative leader.

and the next prime minister of this country. thank you for being with us. labour calling for a reason make sense, doesn't it? there are families up and down the land who are unable to afford energy bills right now. are unable to afford energy bills riaht now. ,., ., , , right now. the government has been helinu right now. the government has been helping throughout _ right now. the government has been helping throughout this _ right now. the government has been helping throughout this process - helping throughout this process including council tax rebate by £400 thatis including council tax rebate by £400 that is promised later this year and household support fund. you are absolutely right to point out the cost of living crisis in the global fight against inflation is extremely worrying to people and that is what i am hearing from my own constituents. we have two candidates with very different views on how to tackle lap. i am backing liz truss, who fundamentally believes in letting people keep more of their money. she will start her premiership with an emergency budget to see what more we candy. she gets

the gravity of the situation and will act swiftly to help people. help people with energy bills? rishi sunak is promising 10 billion in support. will she do better than that? ,, ., , support. will she do better than that? ,, , that? she has said she will get rid ofthe that? she has said she will get rid of the national _ that? she has said she will get rid of the national insurance - that? she has said she will get rid of the national insurance levy - that? she has said she will get rid of the national insurance levy so l of the national insurance levy so people will have more money in the beginning. she would have a moratorium on the green levies on energy and drive more investment into north sea oil. she would be trying to develop our own energy mix here in the uk. trying to develop our own energy mix here in the uk-_ here in the uk. those measures are not auoin here in the uk. those measures are not going to — here in the uk. those measures are not going to immediately _ here in the uk. those measures are not going to immediately help - here in the uk. those measures are i not going to immediately help people who are facing in the winter to be thousand £300 energy price rise, maybe £4200. this is 100% chance in energy prices that people cannot afford now. it energy prices that people cannot afford "ow-— energy prices that people cannot afford nova— energy prices that people cannot afford now. it is not true to say it

will not afford now. it is not true to say it will rrot help _ afford now. it is not true to say it will not help in _ afford now. it is not true to say it will not help in the _ afford now. it is not true to say it will not help in the immediate i afford now. it is not true to say it. will not help in the immediate term. she has also said she would suspend the green levy on energy from the very beginning and introduce an emergency budget, something rishi is not promising. she would look at the whole thing and see what more we candy. whole thing and see what more we cand . ~ , u, �* whole thing and see what more we cand . . , �* , whole thing and see what more we cand . ~ , �* , , whole thing and see what more we candy. why can't she tell us now what she do? — candy. why can't she tell us now what she do? she _ candy. why can't she tell us now what she do? she does - candy. why can't she tell us now what she do? she does not - candy. why can't she tell us now what she do? she does not havej what she do? she does not have access to the _ what she do? she does not have access to the books. _ what she do? she does not have access to the books. she - what she do? she does not have access to the books. she is - what she do? she does not have access to the books. she is not. what she do? she does not have - access to the books. she is not able to go through the details and work with the civil service on a comprehensive package. that is one reason i am backing her, she is honest, upfront straightforward, and no—nonsense person people can have baiting in terms of delivery. she will not promise things without being in a position to launch the emergency budget. she has said she is the individual to cut taxation. we cannot cut our way to growth. she wants people to keep more money from the very beginning. what about a

went full tax on bp?— went full tax on bp? their profits have been _ went full tax on bp? their profits have been extraordinary, - went full tax on bp? their profits have been extraordinary, their i have been extraordinary, their biggest for 14 years. they come from desperate people, from people honest barely affording to pay energy bills. liz barely affording to pay energy bills. ., , , , barely affording to pay energy bills. . , , , . ., bills. liz has been very clear we need to get _ bills. liz has been very clear we need to get away _ bills. liz has been very clear we need to get away from - bills. liz has been very clear we need to get away from their - bills. liz has been very clear we need to get away from their tax j bills. liz has been very clear we - need to get away from their tax and spend policy which is forcing our country to be head—on towards recession, something nobody wants. we need to change course. she is the only one promising to break through the barriers and challenge the current economic orthodoxy. specifically on the energy companies... they are making money from the soaring cost of energy globally, aren't they? bp, the biggest profits for 14 years. £7 billion between april and june. that is different from ordinary profits from ordinary companies. liz has been very — from ordinary companies. liz has been very clear _ from ordinary companies. liz has been very clear that _ from ordinary companies. liz has been very clear that she -

from ordinary companies. liz has been very clear that she does - from ordinary companies. liz has| been very clear that she does not taxation is the panacea and cure—all. we need to have growth and investment and profit should not be seen as a dirty word. we need to help people throughout the process and saying a windfall tax if the answer to everything, i think it is not responsible. it answer to everything, i think it is not responsible.— answer to everything, i think it is not responsible. it may not be the answer to everything _ not responsible. it may not be the answer to everything that - not responsible. it may not be the answer to everything that it - not responsible. it may not be the answer to everything that it will i answer to everything that it will play a big part in people's energy bills. people will be saying that you are not doing anything to help me now. as martin lewis said, this is a zombie government web as johnson is not doing anything in the two leadership contenders are not doing anything right now. the two leadership contenders are not doing anything right now.- doing anything right now. the two leadership candidates _ doing anything right now. the two leadership candidates are - doing anything right now. the two leadership candidates are not - doing anything right now. the two l leadership candidates are not prime minister, they are not in a position to do anything. minister, they are not in a position to do anything-— to do anything. they can all get toaether to do anything. they can all get together now. _ to do anything. they can all get together now, this _ to do anything. they can all get together now, this has - to do anything. they can all get together now, this has been - together now, this has been suggested. rishi sunak, liz truss, borisjohnson, they get together now to help people now. hagar boris johnson, they get together now to help people now.— to help people now. how would that ossibl to help people now. how would that possibly work— to help people now. how would that possibly work when _ to help people now. how would that possibly work when they _ to help people now. how would that possibly work when they both - to help people now. how would that possibly work when they both have l possibly work when they both have completely different views on the

economic approach we should be taking? it would not work. it is not true to say we have done nothing. we have been given billions of pounds in support, including the household support fund and giving that money through the council tax system and scheduling money for the autumn. it scheduling money for the autumn. it is not enough. we _ scheduling money for the autumn. it is not enough. we will— scheduling money for the autumn. it is not enough. we will have - scheduling money for the autumn. it is not enough. we will have one - scheduling money for the autumn. it is not enough. we will have one of. is not enough. we will have one of them selected _ is not enough. we will have one of them selected as _ is not enough. we will have one of them selected as prime _ is not enough. we will have one of them selected as prime minister l is not enough. we will have one of| them selected as prime minister in them selected as prime minister in the next few weeks. you them selected as prime minister in the next few weeks.— them selected as prime minister in the next few weeks. you know paffett ou are the the next few weeks. you know paffett you are the £400 _ the next few weeks. you know paffett you are the £400 is _ the next few weeks. you know paffett you are the £400 is not _ the next few weeks. you know paffett you are the £400 is not enough. - the next few weeks. you know paffett you are the £400 is not enough. bestj you are the £400 is not enough. best ofthe you are the £400 is not enough. best of the candidates _ you are the £400 is not enough. err of the candidates have said they will be going further than that. it will be going further than that. it will have the next prime minister in weeks' time. will have the next prime minister in weeks" time-— will have the next prime minister in weeks' time. people who cannot pay their bills today, _ weeks' time. people who cannot pay their bills today, what _ weeks' time. people who cannot pay their bills today, what can _ weeks' time. people who cannot pay their bills today, what can they - weeks' time. people who cannot pay their bills today, what can they do? | their bills today, what can they do? there is support in place already. there is support in place already. there are different measures which had been taken. we saw the prime minister, the business secretary and the chancellor of the exchequer meet with energy companies this week. nothing was agreed. what

with energy companies this week. nothing was agreed.— nothing was agreed. what has happened. _ nothing was agreed. what has happened. i — nothing was agreed. what has happened, i believe _ nothing was agreed. what has happened, i believe you - nothing was agreed. what has - happened, i believe you interviewed the chancellor of the exchequer. he has tasked his civil service with working up a range of different options so when the new prime minister comes in they can hit the ground running with that, ready to go. ground running with that, ready to lo, ., ~' ground running with that, ready to to. ., " ground running with that, ready to no. .,«, , . ~ ground running with that, ready to go. thank you very much. a supporter of liz truss — go. thank you very much. a supporter of liz truss to — go. thank you very much. a supporter of liz truss to be _ go. thank you very much. a supporter of liz truss to be the _ go. thank you very much. a supporter of liz truss to be the next _ of liz truss to be the next conservative prime minister. a new timetable has come into force on the west coast mainline today. the operator, avanti has been forced to reduce services because of what it called "severe staff shortages". trains between glasgow, edinburgh, liverpool, manchester, birmingham and london euston are affected. almost six months ago, thousands of ukrainian civilians joined the military to fight invading russian forces. among those who signed up were members of one of ukraine's top rock bands, antytila. they became army medics in kharkiv, helping to treat wounded soldiers. the bbcjoined them as they headed to the front line. it is russian mortarfire. come on, come on, come on.

yeah. here. we're here, it's ok. come on. listen. i'm 0k. i'm taras topolya, the frontman of antytila, a popular band in ukraine. now me, with my friends, serving in territorial defence forces. we are a paramedical team — paramedical squad. singing. we've been playing for more than 12 years. we released seven albums. so we had a lot of big ukrainian tours, and we had three american and canadian tours. here, it is a front line. this is our position.

this yard was destroyed by russian mortar fire. it's far away. you know, blood smells disgusting for me. and also, when this smell compares with the smell of the shelling, with smell of the explosion, it's the most disgusting smell of my life. after doing my duties, i call my wife and my kids. i have no tears any more. i'm tired to cry.

ijust can't wake up, like a dream. i'm in a dream. and i want to wake up. wake up in my home. i don't want to lie that sometimes the sadness defeats me. i want to create a new album, new antytila album after the war. we will need a new kind of songs. songs of happiness. with a smile on our face. if we will survive, we will do this, of course.

the lead singer taras topolia, joins me now. you were saying, if we survive. do you think is a country ukraine can survive, will survive?— survive, will survive? hello, everybody- _ survive, will survive? hello, everybody. hank _ survive, will survive? hello, everybody. hank you - survive, will survive? hello, everybody. hank you for- survive, will survive? hello, i everybody. hank you for calling survive, will survive? hello, - everybody. hank you for calling me. ukraine will definitely survive and win this war. with the war, every time you can die. people who survive, i really understand that everything can happen every moment stop that is why. ukraine will survive, of course. definitely. thank you for your help. thank you for helping us and standing by ukraine. d0

for helping us and standing by ukraine. ,, . for helping us and standing by ukraine. i. ., ., , ukraine. do you want more help in terms of weapons _ ukraine. do you want more help in terms of weapons and _ ukraine. do you want more help in terms of weapons and so - ukraine. do you want more help in terms of weapons and so on? i terms of weapons and so on? definitely, we need more and more. we need more help right now. you were talking _ we need more help right now. you were talking about life on the front line, the smells of blood and the shelves. do you fear death when you are on the front line? do you the key will be killed? we saw your wife in the report you won't see her again. —— do you think you will be killed? again. -- do you think you will be killed? , , i. , ., again. -- do you think you will be killed? , , , ., killed? this is your duty, do you feel, to killed? this is your duty, do you feel. to be _ killed? this is your duty, do you feel, to be on _ killed? this is your duty, do you feel, to be on the _ killed? this is your duty, do you feel, to be on the front - killed? this is your duty, do you feel, to be on the front line i killed? this is your duty, do you feel, to be on the front line forl feel, to be on the front line for your country in its hour of desperate need? we are a medical squad, saving lives. that is our main duties on the front line. i am very proud of my colleagues, my friends. we have saved a not of

lives. —— saved a lot of lives. people in all walks of life are fighting. i was in kyiv and i met people like to tear as he was training to go to the front line to fight. is it important for you to lead by example? is it important to show you arejoining lead by example? is it important to show you are joining this fight? yes. it gave the answer to that question. it is important. we are pushing a lot of people to doing it because of our popularity. it is essential that the famous persons go to the front line. of course it is. it lifts up the morale of the nation. , , .,

it lifts up the morale of the nation. , ,~ i. it lifts up the morale of the nation. , ,, ,, ., nation. did you ever feel you would ever end up — nation. did you ever feel you would ever end up like _ nation. did you ever feel you would ever end up like this _ nation. did you ever feel you would ever end up like this fighting i nation. did you ever feel you would ever end up like this fighting in i nation. did you ever feel you would ever end up like this fighting in a i ever end up like this fighting in a war? a rock star and a musician wanting to make music and here you are fighting. i wanting to make music and here you are fighting-— are fighting. i never imagined that someda i are fighting. i never imagined that someday i would _ are fighting. i never imagined that someday i would need _ are fighting. i never imagined that someday i would need to - are fighting. i never imagined that someday i would need to take i are fighting. i never imagined that someday i would need to take a i are fighting. i never imagined that l someday i would need to take a rifle and to fight. yes, we were preparing for the war. russia will try to attack ukraine on the news. we vestill musicians and creating music. trying to create music. we created english lyrics to our old song, hello. it sounds in this documentary you showed a three minutes ago. we tried to do our duty is on the front line and we tried to make some creative and create the music and the lyrics also. you make some creative and create the

music and the lyrics also.— music and the lyrics also. you have collaborated _ music and the lyrics also. you have collaborated with _ music and the lyrics also. you have collaborated with ed _ music and the lyrics also. you have collaborated with ed sheeran, i collaborated with ed sheeran, haven't you? do you have more plans to do that and make more music soon? i hope, like you say, if we will survive, we plan to get new albums and play more gigs, of course. it is our main duties in our lives. you never know what will happen next time. , ., ., a never know what will happen next time. , a ., never know what will happen next time. , x' ., i. time. very good luck to you. our thou~hts time. very good luck to you. our thoughts are _ time. very good luck to you. our thoughts are with _ time. very good luck to you. our thoughts are with you. _ time. very good luck to you. our thoughts are with you. thank i time. very good luck to you. 0ur| thoughts are with you. thank you time. very good luck to you. our i thoughts are with you. thank you so much forjoining us. rock star in ukraine with his bandmates on the front line. and you can watch the documentary frontline frontmen on the bbc iplayer now. well worth the watch. ijust want i just want to update you on the condition of the author says salman rushdie, after the attack on friday. this is the statement from his agent

in the last few seconds saying he is off the ventilator so the road to recovery has begun. it will be long, the injuries are severe, but his condition is headed in the right direction. that is a statement from the agent of salman rushdie confirming he is off the ventilator, saying he is on the road to recovery. it will be a long road to recovery. it will be a long road to recovery. the injuries are severe but he is headed in the right direction. good news on the condition of sir salman rushdie. now it's time for a look at the weather, with elizabeth rizzini. hello. big changes weatherwise as we head into the start of next week. low pressure will move in from the south, it's going to be very unsettled, with the chance of some heavy, thundery showers for many, welcome rain, of course, and it will also be turning cooler, too. but one more day of that extreme heat, the weather warning is in place until the end of the day today, at midnight, and that covers much of england and eastern wales as well,

as far north as the pennines, down into parts of devon and cornwall, too. for the rest of the day today, there are already some thundery showers out there across scotland and northern ireland, moving eastwards, quite a few lightning strikes already. eastern scotland should stay mostly dry, we do have some cloud out towards north sea—facing coasts. elsewhere, dry, lots of blue sky, some high cloud towards southern england, temperatures rising readily into the low 30s in celsius, maybe 34, perhaps 35, once again, uncomfortable for many. 0vernight tonight, it is still going to be very difficult for sleeping, i think it is warm and humid, some showers around, creeping into western wales and the south—west of england as well. but elsewhere it should be mostly dry, overnight lows of 16—19 celsius, perhaps a tropical night towards southern coasts again. on monday, that low pressure is firmly with us, it will help to spark off some thunderstorms. some more organised rain, with a bit of thunder perhaps, for northern england and parts of scotland as well, that could be quite heavy and persistent for a while. elsewhere, we will see some blue sky

and sunny spells at times, although a cloudier start to the day. thunderstorms breaking out in the afternoon but they will be hit or miss, and it is still warm towards that south—eastern quarter of the uk as well, 30 celsius maybe for some. and then on tuesday, the details on this are likely to change but this is where we think most of the wet weather will be, very persistent rain across much of scotland, northern england, some high rainfall totals from this and some thunder on the leading edge as well. what a temperature contrast, so still 26—28 c out towards parts of east anglia, much cooler further north and west, this is where most of the rain will be, and then that rain is going to move southwards and eastwards on wednesday. 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.