merchuma, bbc news, baidoa, somalia.according to figures from the met office. temperatures at heathrow have reached a0.2 degrees. across europe, the heatwave has brought deadly wildfires in france, spain portugal and greece, with thousands forced to flee. conservative mps are voting now in the conservative party leadership race, whittling the number of contenders down to three. now it is time for some of the story is making the headlines across the united kingdom. the extreme heat has also seen many local councils bring forward bin collections to even earlier in the day. one of the first authorities to take that decision was erewash borough council in derbyshire. our reporter simon hare spent the morning with one of its refuse teams to see how they're coping, with a little help from the public. bin day at the main depot in ilkeston began even earlier even earlier today, an hour earlier, to be precise, to try and get crews finished before the full heat wave effect. it'll make a difference on the traffic. so they'll be hit

merchuma, bbc news, baidoa, somalia. coming up in our business coverage. let's pause for a moment and bring you the latest sports news. hello. england's 0di against south africa in durham on tuesday will be ben stokes's last in the format after he announced his retirement from the 50—over international game. in a statement, stokes said, "three formats are just unsustainable for me now." he was made england's test captain earlier in the summer and will also continue to play t20 cricket. stokes played in 10a 0dis, scoring three centuries and taking 7a wickets. his most memorable performance came in the 2019 world cup final where his unbeaten 8a sent the match into a super over. england went on to claim the trophy for the first time. to the world athletics championships in oregon, where ethiopia's gotytom gebreslase has won the women's marathon. gebreslase's finished the fast and flat course in a championship record time of two hours, 18 minutes, 11 seconds, holding off judithjeptum korir by nine seconds. it's now back—to—b