phil mackie, bbc news, leicestershire. time for a look at the weather. here's louise. this is actually suffolk and it shares the hotspot today with london, 29.5 celsius, very humid too. that humidity was south and east of a weather front that has brought stubborn rain across south—west england and parts of wales. this weather french will start to weaken over the next few hours, burglar cat what is happening across the channel —— this weather front will start to weaken over the next few hours, but look at what is happening. there will be happy, fun tree rain mixing with the humidity from over the last couple of days, we could see some sharp thundery downpours —— there will be heavy, friendly rain. perhaps as far north as lincolnshire. it will take time to clear, there could be a couple of inches of rain before it eases through the afternoon, some isolated scattered showers into the far north—west of scotland. noticeably fresher

we sent out our correspondent phil mackie to find out more.injapan, scientists said they found a detectable emotional response when dogs are reunited with their owners. it was only a small study with just 22 dogs, but they said they could detect real tears. eleanor, who sees the dogs reunited with their owners every day, is sceptical, and thinks they might be barking up the wrong tree. i've never seen a dog crying, so i'm not sure about it, but they definitely have emotions and i see the excitement when their owners come to pick them up, whether that is after eight hours of being here or two weeks. of course, they get excited. there's no doubt that dogs form a strong emotional tie to people and they have been plenty of studies to show it. this is jasper, and he's definitely pleased to see eleanor. this is cocoa, and i've made friends with coco with a few bribes. she is honestly happy to see me but i can't see her shedding any tears when i go. the study showed it was not casual acquaintances like me, but only the dog's owners for whom tears wou

phil mackie, bbc news, solihull. hello, there. there was a lot of late august sunshine to be found on tuesday. it was a beautiful day across much of scotland, as you can see from highland, but here, temperatures sat in the high teens, low 20s. now, further south and east of that, again, lots of sunshine, but it was hot and it was humid with it. in fact, suffolk saw the highest temperature on tuesday afternoon of 29 celsius. as we move into wednesday, this weather front will produce some rain, but it's also the dividing line between fresher air to the north and west and somewhat humid conditions continuing across much of central and eastern england. so, yes, we will see some rain, some of it heavy at times across west wales and then gradually pushing into north west england. a few isolated showers further north and west, but here it will be predominantly dry, breezy as we go through the day, but those temperatures once again sitting in the high teens, maybe low 20s. to the south and east of that weather front, our tem

phil mackie, bbc news, exmouth.utely necessary tomorrow and saturday, as thousands of rail workers walk out in the latest large—scale strike over pay, jobs and conditions. this map shows routes where trains will be running tomorrow, but only about a fifth of usual services will operate and many places will have no services at all. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin is at norwich station for us tonight. yes, clive, a summary of trained disruption continues tomorrow and saturday yes, clive, a summary of trained disruption continues tomorrow and saturday when yes, clive, a summary of trained disruption continues tomorrow and saturday when we yes, clive, a summary of trained disruption continues tomorrow and saturday when we will yes, clive, a summary of trained disruption continues tomorrow and saturday when we will see yes, clive, a summary of trained disruption continues tomorrow and saturday when we will see the yes, clive, a summary of trained disruption continues tomorrow and saturday when we will see the lat

phil mackie, bbc news, hinkley.nt to help with energy bills hadn�*t received their money by early july, the bbc has found. the money has been administered by local authorities, who have been paying households in council tax bands a to d a £150 rebate from april. in england and wales, nearly all direct debit payers have received the money. but the investigation found that only 49% of households who pay in other ways had received their money byjuly1st. here are the four councils that had paid less than half of all eligible households. councils have until the end of september to issue the payments, but some who are eligible have to apply for them. our consumer affairs correspondent colletta smith reports. one, two... holiday club is in full swing. but at this community centre in kirkdale, the parents have different numbers on their mind. with the electricity, i�*ve been putting a lot more in. and especially if you've got a dryer. i've had my dryer on i think once and you could see the numbers going down quick. have eit

we sent out our correspondent phil mackie to do a bit of digging.ect real tears. eleanor, who sees the dogs reunited with their owners every day, is sceptical. and thinks they might be barking up the wrong tree. i’ge barking up the wrong tree. i've never seen _ barking up the wrong tree. i've never seen a — barking up the wrong tree. i've never seen a dog _ barking up the wrong tree, jig; never seen a dog crying, so barking up the wrong tree, u�*mg never seen a dog crying, so i'm not sure about it, but they definitely have emotions and i see the excitement when their owners come to pick them up, whether that is after eight hours of being here or two weeks. of course, they get excited. there is no doubt that dogs form a strong emotional tie to people and they have been plenty of studies to show it. this is jasper and he is definitely pleased to see eleanor. this is cocoa, and i've made friends with coco with a few bribes. she is honestly happy to see me but i can't see her shedding any tears when i go. the study showed it was not casual acquaintances

phil mackie, bbc news, solihull. so sweet. a reminder of our top story before we leave you.hey can be discussing the situation at the nuclear power plant in ukraine. more on that story on bbc news and on our website put up for me and our team, thank you for watching. stay with the bbc. hello. it's been a bit of a cloudy day across many regions but some enter the day with sunshine around as we head through the course of tonight that story is going to continue. there are some clearer spells, also cloud around and some outbreaks of rain as well, particular through the central slice of the uk but quite a warm and humid nightahead, especially for some southern and eastern areas with a low sitting to the northwest of the uk so a weather frame driving around that area of low pressure. through the evening and throught the night the main area of rain will be pushing in initially across wales and heading up through parts of northern england, scotland through the early hours of wednesday. dry weather for northern ireland, a touch fresher, 14 degrees or so but those temperatures still h

phil mackie, bbc news, exmouth.isa is a disgrace. if you look at the maps of the discharge throughout the year, it's very rare. it's supposed to only happen under exceptional circumstances, into the water companies, it appears that every single day's exceptional. i was also amused to hear them it's 95% rainwater so therefore it can't be raw sewage. it still untreated sewage. i would challenge them to drink a glass of it.— drink a glass of it. you're quoting southern water _ drink a glass of it. you're quoting southern water southern - drink a glass of it. you're quoting southern water southern water l drink a glass of it. you're quoting | southern water southern water is just one of the companies involved, but they say... they talk about the huge thunderstorms we had and that storm releases were made to protect homes, schools and businesses from flooding, and they say they know customers don't like this and they are trying to pioneer a new approach to dealing with it. is there any validity as far as you're concerned

phil mackie, bbc news, hinkley. will be speaking about the lessons from ukraine in the past months.moving and the parts of southwest england and the parts of southwest england and wales towards parts of northeast england but societies, heavy thundershowers of the second half of the night and the likes of kent towards norfork. still quite humid but most of us a bit fresher of her neighbour he could see in the countryside across scotland and northern ireland. we start with a heavy downpour is across the southeast of england and east anglia and it could be some local is flooding that falls in the small space of time on dry ground. in the afternoon, orall space of time on dry ground. in the afternoon, or all lived in the dry weather with sunny spells, mostly light winds and pleasant and dispose of sunshine for 15 to 24 degrees on thursday. the site higher pressure builds once again for friday and into the weekend and keeping the weather largely drained settled, the high teens in the north low to mid 20s up towards the south. goodbye. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... the intende

many popular resorts, including bognor regis, newquay, southend—on—sea and exmouth, from where phil mackieiting, but the beach has been empty. the message is clear, even if they won't win typically it would be heaving here on a sunny august afternoon, but people have been warned off. how many inches has it gone down? rose from sheffield and her family are still enjoying the sand, even if they can't go in the sea. it's a bit worrying. you know, you've got your children and you want them to come out and have a nice swim. and then you hear that there's sewage wastage in the... so there's that fear of the children getting poorly. so they can't really have that full experience because they are quite limited in terms of swimming out to sea. the trouble with the old drains inland is they can't cope with sudden bursts of heavy rain like we saw yesterday, which is why they've got these storm drains which carry the excess out into the sea, which may look lovely, but it's just not safe to swim in. we deserve to swim in clean water. it's important for our mental health and wellbeing and it's wrong tha

phil mackie, bbc news, solihull. the main area of rain will be pushing in initially across wales and heading up through parts of northern england, scotland through the early hours of wednesday. drier weather for northern ireland, a touch fresher, 14 degrees or so, but those temperatures still holding up in the south and east — 17 or 18 celsius,so 17 or 18 celsius, so largly dry with sunshine for northern ireland but turning it quite breezy here. and much of southern and eastern england will be staying dry again through the day. it's going to be warm and humid with temperatures up to about 30 degrees for the likes of norwich. 19—20 typically for glasgow and belfast as well. moving through wednesday evening and overnight into thursday, eventually, this weather front will slowly edge its way a bit further eastwards but still keeping that warm, humid air to the south—east and we could see heavy, thundery showers arriving by thursday. 17 degrees or so from the south—east, but we could see the countryside dipping into sing

live now to exmouth and our correspondent there, phil mackie.ere are signs around telling people not to go swimming today. but as you can see behind me it is quieter than you would expect on a sunny august afternoon. there are other beaches close to here with no problems and i suspect a lot of people have gone there. you can also see other people paddling and that is okay, it is swimming that is an issue. the problem is not necessarily the rain that fell here in exmouth yesterday, not very much but inland about 20 miles or so you had a5 millimetres of rain falling in a short period of time and there are perennial problems on this beach in exmouth with pollution levels because the systems around here are not up to standard and cannot cope with that amount of rain in such a short period of time. that is because the issues with water quality. they have told us it is not necessarily sewage causing problems but also a run—off from fields and all kinds of detritus that can get washed into the rivers and into the sea. but it is a pain for people who ha