of our significant moment in one of our hottest ever summers? you significant moment in one of our hottest ever summers?- significant moment in one of our hottest ever summers? you can see the impact _ hottest ever summers? you can see the impact it — hottest ever summers? you can see the impact it has — hottest ever summers? you can see the impact it has had _ hottest ever summers? you can see the impact it has had on _ hottest ever summers? you can see the impact it has had on the - the impact it has had on the countryside in wiltshire and some of the areas are now showing river flows at their lowest on record. flows at their lowest on record. with wiltshire and these are the areas in the south—west added to the drought status, that is 11 out of 1a of the environment agency's region is currently in drought. the impact on the south—west is fairly stark when you look at it in space. just notice how the landscape has turned to a definite brown, the vegetation, after one of the driest july is in about 90 years. it goes beyond that, winter and spring showed below—average rainfall. so is any rain forecast? there is the potential of the sun, a chance at least towards the weekend. i advertised the word chance. we are watching an area of cloud that has been spreading in across parts of

character into the atlantic, it looks fairly insignificant at the moment but it will start to push towards iceland over the coming days and started to develop a bit further, bump into the area of high pressure that is dominating at the moment, combine forces with low pressure in france to particularly bring a greater chance of heavy and thundery temples. a scattering of heavy, potentially thundery showers particularly across wales and northern ireland, sunshine in between, pretty windy conditions across the northern half of the uk, parts of north—east england and scotland where it will stay dry. showers will try to spread north and east valley erratically, there are still areas where we will avoid some of the rain but maybe on sunday the potential for significant rain pushing across south—west wales and ireland. where you cease in china between it will feel warm, but some will stay dry. —— where you see

sunshine in between. isolated showers, if you are a boat in the south coast you will probably notice it has been breezy, that will continue. the risk of showers as may be across eastern england, should say chance of showers, along some of the north sea coasts that will be an onshore breeze, the warmest sunshine in the south and west. lots of cloud in the south and west. lots of cloud in scotland and northern ireland today, that will thin and break, it will be a cold night but cloudy conditions across northern england could bring in showers, temperatures entering five or six imports of highland scotland, holding up in the low teens in the south. the breezes coming in from the east to north—easterly direction, it will bring some showers on wednesday particularly for northern england, north midlands and north wales. a better chance of sunshine in scotland and northern ireland, worn

with sunny spells further south. 0n with sunny spells further south. on thursday we do it all again, try for just about all, morning mist and fog around, breaking up, sunny spells developing widely through the day, feeling quite warm in the sunshine but by friday outbreaks of rain for western scotland and northern ireland and maybe some heavy, thundery showers the temperature still climbing in the south, a cool breeze further north. that's it, so goodbye from me. now on bbc one, time for the news where you are. good afternoon, it's 1.33pm and here's your latest sports news. just four games into premier league season,

scott parker has been sacked by newly promoted bournemouth. they lost 9—0 to liverpool over the weekend. that follows parker's post—match interview on saturday in which he criticised the clubs lack of investment in the playing squad. to manchester city and then 3—0 to arsenal and then the 9—0 thrashing by liverpool at the weekend. it is notjust the results that have done for scott parker but the fact he has publicly questioned the results from the transfer window. after the 9—0 defeat he said we need to make a decision and help this young group who are at times struggling for air. we have been trying to get more quality in and there are a million reasons why it has not happened.

in their statement today the club suggested that criticism was part of the reason for his sacking. some telling quotes from the owner of the club who said in order for us to keep progressing it is unconditional we are aligned in our strategy to run the club sustainably and must also show belief in and respect for one another. the club seem to suggest that in voicing his frustrations scott parker was not showing that sort of respect. like bournemouth, dundee united also lost 9—0 over the weekend and that has also seen their manager, jack ross, sacked today as well. he had only taken over in the summer, and their thrashing by celtic was just his seventh game in charge. the record home defeat was the club's fifth successive loss. they were also beaten 7—0 in the europa conference league to az alkmaar. united are bottom of the scottish premiership, their only point coming on the opening day of the season. manchester united have reached an agreement to buy the ajax midfielder antony. the 22—year=old brazilian

is the fifth summer signing, the new manager erik ten hag also raided his former club the fee is around £80 million but could rise to 85. antony, who won two eredivisie titles at ajax, still needs to pass his medical and agree personal terms. the chelsea winger callum hudson—0doi has completed a loan move to bayer leverkusen for the rest of the season. the 21—year—old england forward hasn't played this season and only made 15 premier league appearances last season. there is every expectation that the us open will be serena williams' last tournament but after victory in the first round overnight she says she's going to stay vague about her retirement plans. the 23—time grand slam singles champion beat montenegro's danka kovinic in straight sets. she took the first 6-3. the arthur ashe stadium was close

to its 25,000 capacity, most of them willing williams on, and she celebrated as if she had won another title at flushing meadows. she has a really tough match tomorrow against the second seed annett kontaveit. but she's also in the doubles with her sister venus. only when her run is over in new york will williams probably firm up herfuture plans. i have been pretty vague about it, right? you never know. the more tournaments i play, the more i feel i can belong out there and that is a tough feeling to have. and to leave knowing that the more you do it, the more you can shine. but it is time for me to evolve to the next thing and it is important because there are so many other things i want to do. i don't see myself not a part of tennis. i don't know how i am going to be a part of tennis. as of right now, i don't know how,

but i just feel like we have come to fire together to just not have anything to do with it. emma raducanu begins the defence of her us open title later tonight. she won last year's touranment as a qualifer, winning ten games in new york. she has a quality player. it takes some time to deal with being in the spotlight. what i would say to her is coaching isn't about what you say in the five minutes before the match, it is about being with somebody all the time and working with the mindset where you're trying like the old cliche to stay in the moment and do what is right in front of you. you can go to the tennis pages on the bbc sport website. the match is due around midnight on the court in

new york. people living in shetland would need to be earning at least £100,000 a year to avoid fuel poverty. that's the warning from the islands' council. it estimates that by april the average household energy cost per year will be over £10,000 — more than double that of the rest of the uk. jothohnson reports.

stoking up the peat fire, 82—year—old crofter barbara fraser has been heating her kitchen with peat for a decade, but realises that electricity to keep the rest of her house warm and to power the lights. it is a huge rise and nobody expected it. we had a lot of wind. it is estimated that by april the average energy cost per year could be over £10,000, that is double that of the rest of the uk. with 96% of household spending over 10% of their income on energy costs. i think the reality is this is going to hit everybody, it does not matter who you are out or what you do, you are going to feel this impact and this we need the government to step in and we need a solution to fix this. shetland's colder climate and poor insulation and a lack of cheaper energy options are pushing up the cost of living. for over 45 years, the islands have been at the heart of gas and oil developments that they have brought wealth, but islanders have not seen lower

energy and fuel costs. i think i am now paying over £300 a month, which was we are paying more for our heating than our mortgage on our house. people are going to go back to burning wood i and peat. it's the only way- they can keep warm. millions of pounds are already being given to help those most in need the government says. barbara hopes that the government can find the money like they did during the covid crisis to help those who are struggling to heat their homes so far away from london this winter. kelp forests in the sea off plymouth are being dedicated to the queen to mark her platinumjubilee year. like trees, kelp absorbs carbon dioxide and kelp forests cover the same kind of size as the nation's woodlands. plymouth is now the only marine element of the queen's green canopy, a tree planting initiative

to mark the jubilee. andrea 0rmsby has the story. move over trees, it's time for kelp to get some of the limelight. this is a very special and unique element to the county. it is the only maritime element and we chose plymouth very carefully because plymouth had the first national marine park in the united kingdom and it really is a leader in looking after our seas and oceans. so why does kelp matter? it takes up nutrients, so that's useful because we have a lot of nutrients in the sand. it takes up carbon dioxide, which we all know is really important from the point of view of trying to combat global warming. but it is also a three—dimensional habitat, so it stands up in the water, so all the little animals are things like young fish and so on, can swim in amongst it and they can hide from their predators and grow up to be big and strong. so the next time you are here enjoying this beautiful view

across plymouth sound, remember the forests under the sea as well. andrea 0rmsby, bbc spotlight, plymouth. it's not long now before it's time to go back to school — and a pub chain is helping families across the north west get free second—hand school uniforms. joseph holt has asked people to donate items they don't need, and have set up collection points at all of their 127 pubs across the region. davinia ramos reports. as a landlady, kayleigh is used to serving pints, not sorting through uniforms. but she's determined to help families who are struggling with the cost of living crisis. there's no shame in it whatsoever at all. i mean, i don't have children but i know if i was in that situation and i did have children, iwould be coming here, because the cost of living at the moment, as well, is really high. don't feel embarrassed, just come in. we've organised it into size so that people come in quickly and get it. this project wouldn't be possible without the help of people like danielle.

she runs a pub in salford and hears first—hand how much people are struggling. we're a community pub, we like to help out in the community, people and families that are struggling. you know the people that are struggling, you can pick it up. anyone can donate items of school clothing they no longer need to their localjoseph holt pub, and everything gets sorted into sizes so it's easy for people to collect. it's a time that's very - challenging for everyone and everyone is very concerned - about what's coming down the road, particularly as we hit autumn. and charity is very much at the heart| of what we do as a business, and we go out of our way, i above and beyond, to look. after our customers and this is just one way that we do it. with the start of a new school year just around the corner, parents are being encouraged to come forward and make use of this scheme. davinia ramos, north west today.

a murder investigation is under way after 22—year—old man was stabbed at the notting hill carnival in the ladbroke grove area. that the notting hill carnival in the ladbroke grove area. at around 8pm officers became _ ladbroke grove area. at around 8pm officers became aware _ ladbroke grove area. at around 8pm officers became aware of— ladbroke grove area. at around 8pm officers became aware of a _ ladbroke grove area. at around 8pm officers became aware of a stabbingl officers became aware of a stabbing in ladbroke grove. 0fficers provided emergency first aid to the victim until the arrival of london ambulance service paramedics. they were able to extract through significant crowds in challenging circumstances to a waiting ambulance. he was taken to a west london hospital where despite the best efforts of medical staff he was pronounced dead. if the idea of nuclear power went out of favour for a while, the energy crisis has put it firmly back on the table. the uk government wants a new generation of nuclear power

stations but the big question remains — what to do with the lethal waste it creates. in sweden, they've spent decades looking at ways of burying it deep underground forever. 0ur reporter theo leggett went to find out more. in these deep, clear pools, high—level waste from nuclear reactors is being cooled. it is lethally radioactive and it will remain dangerous for 100,000 years. here in sweden, the authorities have spent decades searching for ways to deal with it permanently. the answers may live far beneath these innocent—looking farm buildings out in the countryside. hundreds of metres underground is a giant laboratory, where techniques for keeping waste secure for millennia are being put to the test. this is what a final resting place for nuclear waste might actually look like. this is a dummy repository and behind that wall, actual canisters that have contained nuclear waste being buried for the past 20 years will soon be excavated. and the idea is that scientists

will look at them and find out what techniques have worked and which ones have not. it is called geological disposal. sweden's experiments are being closely watched by other countries. including the uk, which is planning a similar approach. deep underground at a depth of 200 to 1000 metres, our geology has remained stable in the uk for periods of millions of years. we can be confident that in placing radioactive waste into a stable geology with the appropriate engineering will give us the containment, the isolation we need for that time period. much of our own high and intermediate—level waste is kept here at the sellafield plant in cumbria. for years, the government has been looking for places where a more permanent tomb can be built. recently, it has been offering communities in england and wales £1 million a year to consider hosting a geological waste facility. scotland rejects the idea. four so—called community partnerships have already been set up in cumbria and lincolnshire. this is a beautiful area... 0ver there, you have got morecambe bay to one side

and the irish sea to the other. but opponents say the entire strategy is flawed. we have to look after this stuff into the foreseeable future. and that knowledge has to be passed on to future generations. they have to look after the stuff as well. and by putting it out of sight, out of mind, you are absolutely denying future generations the ability to save themselves from leaking nuclear waste. amid a growing energy crisis and with pressure to cut carbon emissions mounting as well, the government is committed to a new generation of nuclear power stations like this one at hinkley point in somerset and another due to be built in sizewell in suffolk. but that will mean creating even more dangerous waste, only adding to the pressure to find a permanent solution. as the energy crisis in europe intensifies, leaders from several countries around the baltic sea, together

with eu commission president ursula von der leyen are meeting in copenhagen, to draw up plans to boost the region's energy security. the group will discuss working more closely together to reduce energy reliance on russia and are expected to announce an expansion of offshore windfarms. adrienne murray has the details. today, the meetings are all about ending reliance on russian gas. leaders from several countries around the baltic sea region are coming together with energy ministers and also representatives from power companies for talks here today at the danish prime minister's residence. now, the main focus is on how they can increase renewable energy capacity by building more wind farms. they'll also be discussing ways to improve energy transmission lines so that the power generated can be more readily shared among countries neighbouring the baltic as well as more widely across the continent. it's part of a wider eu plan to boost energy security whilst also meeting climate targets.

ahead of today's meeting, denmark's prime minister, frederiksen said that russia's invasion of ukraine had changed the security situation and that energy had become a political weapon. it follows on from a similar summit held in may on denmark's west coast, where leaders from denmark, germany, belgium and the netherlands promised a huge ramping up of offshore wind energy in the north sea. europe has relied heavily on russian energy with germany and italy, the biggest importers. last year, 40% of the eu's gas and 27% of its oil came from there and it earned 400 euros billion in return. in march, the eu unveiled a pathway for weaning itself off russian fossilfuels, and a big part of that is shifting to green energy, as well as securing supplies

from other countries and bringing in more energy—saving measures. 0ther efforts are under way. a new pipeline carrying natural gas from norway, across denmark to poland is in its final stages and is expected to turn the taps on this october. however, russian energy provider gazprom has said that from this wednesday it will shut down the nord stream pipeline for three days of maintenance, prompting some fears of supply disruption. the pipe runs under the baltic and is a major artery carrying gas to germany. it comes amid concerns that europe is on the brink of an energy crisis, especially as winter approaches. fuel and electricity prices have soared and businesses adrienne murray, bbc news, copenhagen.

a study has found that a major rise of sea level will cause around 300 million tonnes of greenland ice to melt having this severe consequences for people who live in coastal areas. the problem will only get worse as emissions continue. nasa chiefs say they hope to launch artemis 0ne later this week after yesterday's blast—off was postponed. the unmanned flight will orbit the moon — in preparation for putting humans on the lunar surface for the first time in 50 years. 0ur science editor, rebecca morelle, has been following developments at the kennedy space center in florida. the moment the artemis launch was cancelled. launch director charlie blackwell—thompson has called a scrub. the problem — one of the rocket�*s engines wasn't cooling properly, and there was no way it could safely lift off. this is a brand—new rocket.

it's not going to fly until it's ready. there are millions of components of this rocket and its systems. and, needless to say, the complexity is daunting when you bring it all into the focus of a countdown. they came so close — the countdown stopping at t—minus a0 minutes. there were just too many technical problems to contend with. you have to remember, though, that this is a new rocket — it hasn't really been put through its paces — so it's no surprise the engineers were being extra—cautious. the plan is for the rocket to push a capsule called 0rion into orbit around the moon before it returns to earth with a splashdown. if the maiden flight is a success, the next time astronauts will come along for the ride. but they're not

surprised by the delays. this is the first time we've taken the count anywhere close to zero. we've done tests to put propellant in the tanks, but we haven't tried to take it all the way to flight yet. so there are many, many opportunities for new things to crop up. this is a test flight. we're doing the test. we won't go till we're ready, but i really hope we're ready. data from the rocket is now being pored over, to find out exactly what went wrong. a complicated problem could set a launch back by weeks or even months. but there's hope an easier fix might be found — which would mean a delay ofjust a few days. we're going to do our best to see where the data leads us, and if we can resolve this operationally out at the pad, there won't be any need for that. and if we can resolve this operationally out at the pad in the next 48 hours, 72 hours, friday is definitely in play. 0ne things for certain — the artemis team wants

this rocket to fly. the only question is — when? rebecca morrell, bbc news, at the kennedy space center in florida. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. looks like there's going to be a few weather changes heading our way as we go into the first part of autumn. but certainly for the next two days, as you were, most places staying dry. isolated showers. still quite breezy in the south. but that will gradually ease. temperatures up a little bit but then by the weekend, those changes i mentioned. 0ut there at the moment, still one or two showers dotted around. particularly through some parts of eastern england. the odd one in western scotland but some sunny spells to take us into the evening. and temperatures fairly similar to what we had yesterday. highest across the south and south—west — 2a, maybe 25 degrees. through this evening and overnight in a we will start to see some

parts of the yorkshire area, we will see some cloud and some showers working their way in. with clearer skies across scotland tonight, it is going to be a cold and in some parts of the highlands down to around four, five degrees. mildest in the south. we still have a breeze. that breeze is because we are in the southern edge of this area of high pressure. it is trying to keep things dry at the moment. but the further away from it, the windy conditions are and that is why it has always been a bit cooler down these eastern coasts. and for wednesday, we will bring cloud in a bit more extensively across northern england with a greater chance of some showers. with a greater chance much more sunshine across elsewhere, parts of england and wales. scotland too and northern ireland. and temperatures should start to creep up a little bit. the winds across southern areas easing a touch into thursday. a sunny start for many. there could be some mist and low cloud around across the south and south—west. a few fog patches across scotland, northern ireland, they were clear. sunny spells through much of the day and it should feel quite pleasant out there in the sunshine. temperatures widely into the low if not mid—20s.

but the changes will be on the way, friday and into the weekend this area of low pressure from iceland combines forces with one pushing out of france and with it, the greater chance of rain. exactly where that rain will be firmed up as we go through the next few days. for friday, it looks like it is just going to be a scattering of showers developing as we go through the day. may be heavy and thundery towards the south. the greatest chance of rain in the west of scotland maybe heavy and thundery towards the south. the greatest chance of rain in the west of scotland and northern ireland later in the day. whilst winds have eased in the south, very pleasant in the sunny spells, the winds are picking up further north and those winds will take up further into the weekend. a0 mile per hour gusts across some parts of scotland. we will see showers develop more widely but there will be areas it still misses. staying largely dry, particularly the north of scotland, some southern and eastern areas especially, and more showers dotted around on sunday too.

this is bbc news. the headlines: pakistan says a third of the country is underwater after catastrophic floods. the un launches an urgent appeal to help the millions of people affected by the crisis, asking the international community to do more. pakistan is awash in suffering. the pakistani people are facing a monsoon on steroids. industry bosses warn of mass pub and brewery closures across the uk within months due to rising energy costs. swimmers attacking government plans to empty sewage into the sea.

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