danny savage reports. the heat is rising again. the land is cracking up.aces over concerns about rows extending and buckling. the trend is expected. deluges which could see a swing to another extreme of british weather. it will not be that useful rain that everybody wa nts. that useful rain that everybody wants. it could create run—off and local flooding. so wants. it could create run—off and localflooding. so downpours wants. it could create run—off and local flooding. so downpours causing localised flooding, and that could cause problems. gin and tonic? sangria? cause problems. gin and tonic? sangria ? that cause problems. gin and tonic? sangria? that is not all that was on offer at this care home. the concern was that keeping the elderly hydrated. if you don't drink enough, it can cause infections, which can then cause hospital admissions. so then cause hospital admissions. so the advice for hot weather is not nanny state? no, because some old people will not do it. especially if you are on your own, you will not be getting up to get the drift. out in t

downpours are now also forecast in some areas — with the risk of flash flooding. 0ur correspondent danny savage danny? it's another glorious evening here in north yorkshire, plenty of people down on rowing boats on the river behind me enjoying the good weather, but a couple of cautionary notes looking ahead over the next couple of days. elderly people, people are particularly being encouraged to make sure they have enough fluids. there is also forecast of thunderstorms in eastern britain which could cause some flooding. —— flash flooding. the heat is rising again. the land is cracking up and trains are running slow in places over concerns about rails expanding and buckling. but rain is expected, deluges which could see a swing to another extreme of british weather. it's not going to be that useful rain that many people want. it could run off very quickly and create local flooding, so downpours causing localised flooding and that could cause some serious problems. gin and tonic! sangria! that wasn't really what was on offer at the bupa southlands care home in harrogate this morning. but the seri

danny savage has the latest. full extent of the damage to the moors above bolton is astonishing. several square miles have been destroyed by fire. the bbc was given permission to fly a drone over the area. the flames burned all weekend and tonight, it's not getting much better. we've still 29 fire engines. we'll still be having significant operations through the night protecting local homes and we will be back to having in the region of 29 fire engines all day tomorrow, so there's still a huge task ahead of us. it's still a major incident and still will be tomorrow. helicopter pilots have reported seeing people try to deliberately start new fires, which has infuriated the mayor of greater manchester. i think itjust beggars belief, doesn't it, to hear that people may have been coming on to this land over the weekend adding to the burden of the emergency services and basically taking risks with people's land and property. it's just an unbelievable state of affairs. and as this heatwave continues, there is concern t

danny savage has the latest.the damage to the moors above bolton is astonishing. several square miles have been destroyed by fire. the bbc was given permission to fly a drone over the area. the flames burned all weekend and tonight, it's not getting much better. we've still 29 fire engines. we'll still be having significant operations through the night protecting local homes and we will be back to having in the region of 29 fire engines all day tomorrow, so there's still a huge task ahead of us. it's still a major incident and still will be tomorrow. helicopter pilots have reported seeing people try to deliberately start new fires, which has infuriated the mayor of greater manchester. i think itjust beggars belief, doesn't it, to hear that people may have been coming on to this land over the weekend adding to the burden of the emergency services and basically taking risks with people's land and property. it's just an unbelievable state of affairs. and as this heatwave continues, there is concern that there could

danny savage, bbc news. suffolk police have leased the 999 call.a night. a jury wife attacked him with a night. a jury found him guilty of murder. caroline davies has been across the case of. they lived in stonemarket in suffolk and their marriage had been under strain afterjune. anne discovered her husband was having an affair with one of their son's partners. they believe that led to stephen killing his wife, he was an ex—royal marine and they belief he used his military training and had knowledge of a hold, they know she died after pressure to her neck. this particular phone call is quite chilling. so quite a chilling phone call. 0n the night this happened, stephen searle had said his wife had a disagreement with and she tried to stab him in the stomach, he claimed he feared for his life and that was why he had to struggle with but the jury only took three and a half hours to find him guilty of her murder. one of their sons said not only has he lost his mum but he's lost his dad too, and stephen searle will be sentenced on wednesday. statue of m

danny savage, bbc news, york., on alpe d'huez. the welshman sprinted clear in the final few hundred meters of the climb in the alps to retain the leader's yellowjersey, and secure successive stage wins. his fellow team sky rider and defending champion chris froome is second overall. golf's1a7th open championship has teed off in carnoustie. rory mcilroy is among the home players hoping to break an american stranglehold on the majors. our sports correspondent katherine downes is following the action. carnoustie crisping up nicely in the scottish sunshine, a day for ice cream and suncream, on a course where only the greens are green. there are some benefits of course to playing in these conditions. look at the rough, here. it's nowhere near as thick and lush as it normally is. but look at the fairways in between, they are so smooth and so hard, and that makes the tests and traps of links golf very hard to avoid. and so it proved. the defending champion came dressed for colder conditions, but stayed cool to weave his

danny savage has the latest.ge to the moors above bolton is astonishing. several square miles have been destroyed by fire. the bbc was given permission to fly a drone over the area. the flames burned all weekend and tonight, it's not getting much better. we've still 29 fire engines. we'll still be having significant operations through the night protecting local homes and we will be back to having in the region of 29 fire engines all day tomorrow, so there's still a huge task ahead of us. it's still a major incident and still will be tomorrow. helicopter pilots have reported seeing people try to deliberately start new fires, which has infuriated the mayor of greater manchester. i think itjust beggars belief, doesn't it, to hear that people may have been coming on to this land over the weekend adding to the burden of the emergency services and basically taking risks with people's land and property. it's just an unbelievable state of affairs. and as this heatwave continues, there is concern that there could be more

danny savage reporting.rged with conspiracy to commit grevious bodily harm after a suspected acid attack on a three—year—old boy in worcester. the toddler, who was in a pushchair, suffered serious burns in a shop in the city on saturday. three men from london and two from wolverhampton are due before kidderminster magistrates' court. the british and irish governments are meeting today, to try to restore power sharing at stormont. it's been 18 months since the devolved government in belfast collapsed, and ministers from london and dublin will attempt to break the deadlock. 0ur northern ireland political editor mark devenport is at westminster. mark, any chance of success, do you think? i don't think there will be any kind of instant success, after all that stalemate has been running for the last 18 months. it is significant that the british and irish ministers who have met informally over the course of that time to try to find a way forward have today gone into this new formal setting of what's known an inter

danny savage, bbc news.nd under attack, even by some of his usual political allies, after his meeting with the russian president yesterday, when he publically questioned american intelligence's conclusion that russia interfered in the us election. and back in washington, he added fuel to the fire by insisting his meeting with president putin had been better than his one with nato, america's long standing allies. 0ur north america correspondent chris buckler is at the white house. president trump seems to have managed to unite political friends and foes against him. president trump is due to meet members of congress that the white housein members of congress that the white house in the next hour. they are due to talk about taxes but they already talking about russia and specifically his comments he made at the now notorious news conference in helsinki when he seemed to back president putin over america's own intelligence agencies. that has angered not only his political opponents but members of his own party.

danny savage has been finding out what's behind the rise.r story starts in a book shop in york. if you want a signed copy of this novel that would not be too much bother, in fact you'd be hard—pressed to find one that is not signed because this is the author shortlisted for the manbooker prize who sells books. i think people like the experience of holding a book and turning the pages and feeling the experience of going from the start of a book to the end of a book. i think people love the smell of books. i think people love the way that they look. and i think there is something in finishing a book, putting it on your shelf, and be able to show your friends that book, which you cannot do if you are reading on an e—reader. sales for the uk reached £5.7 billion, a record—breaking year for the publishing industry. export income was also up 8%, at £31; billion. keeping the uk's place as the number one exporter of books in the world. i think we are just really good at producing desirable objects that are books. we've got some of the best writers i

danny savage, bbc news, in the vale of new york. —— vale of york.pan have soared to more than a0 degrees celsius as the country remains in the grip of a deadly heatwave. between 15 and a0 people are reported to have died in the heat with thousands more hospitalised. the country's disaster management agency is urging people to stay in air—conditioned spaces, drink water and rest to prevent heat exhaustion. five people have died in fires thats continue to rage on the outskirts of athens. greek authorities are urging residents to abandon their homes as the uncontrolled wildfire continues to burn. motorways and train lines have been shut down because of the blaze. this week sees the start of a concerted push by government ministers to sell the uk's latest brexit blueprint across europe. today the foreign secretary is in berlin where he has warned of a brexit no—deal by accident if the eu doesn't change its negotiating position. jeremy hunt said he feared such an outcome would change british public attitudes to europe for a generation. our political edit

danny savage reports. haweswater, in cumbria, united utilities' biggest reservoir.n exposed the remains of the village flooded to create this vast storage facility. unions have today criticised the company for losing too much water through lea ks. they say they are tackling it. we take it very seriously, and we work round—the—clock, whatever the weather, on fixing leaks. and actually, we've met our regulatory leakage targets for the last 12 years, but we know that we can do more, which is why our aim is to reduce that even further. the ban affects nearly the whole of north—west england, where united utilities has seven million customers. it will come into effect on 5th august, unless there's prolonged rainfall between now and then, which looks unlikely. the hosepipe ban could reduce usage by up to 10%, taking the pressure off supplies. but an awful lot of precipitation is needed if these reservoirs are to be replenished. there simply hasn't been enough rainfall in an area of britain where it usually comes down in abundance. daniel hibbitt is an award—winning lawn ex

danny savage reports from selby in north yorkshire.ield on the edge of the vale of york, all humans are welcome — because they bring food. these cows should be eating the grass, but no rain means it hasn't grown, so they have to eat baled feed — highly unusual in summer and very expensive. i've never known anything as dry as this, in all my time farming. i don't think we've had any significant rain for, oh, it'll be six weeks, i would think. so now we're having to feed the winter forage that we've kept back for winter, and there's going to be a shortage of straw. it could be quite an expensive winter. it is exceptional. the last and we had conditions like this was 1976... a short distance away atjohnson‘s commercial nursery, they grow plants for garden centres and local authorities. the trouble is the hot weather means fewer people are wanting to buy plants, because they don't think they'll last. there has been a tangible slowdown in optics, ever since the talk of hosepipe bans etc, people are not willing to put plants in and just watc

thank you, danny savage.the world poured into syria, tojoin militant groups including islamic state. now, after the fall of is, there's increasing concern about those who haven't been captured. 0ur middle east correspondent quentin sommerville has been following the trail of the extremists from syria to europe, who are still on the run. syria is a country of checkpoints and of escape routes. these free syrian army rebels are on the lookout for the so—called islamic state. is are flooding out of the former caliphate, trying to leave the country. this bus, that is is full of civilians, gets the all clear. but it's a haphazard hunt. translation: after we take their pictures and record their voices, we message locals who know if they are is members or not. if not, then we let them go. foreigners arouse suspicion here. he may be only 13 years old, but this boy is a long way from home. "i'm from saudi arabia," he tells the men. his knees are shaking. he says he was not in is, but is taken away for further questioni

danny savage has been to killington in cumbria to meet the volunteers.line. take the newbold family for example, who live in rural cumbria, have dismal download speeds and can't get what their mates can. snapchat, loads of stuff on instagram. download videos, youtube. is that a big difference to your life, does it matter? yes! it's having a think, it may work, it may not. in a nutshell, we've had to relocate our business to an office where we've got a decent internet connection. miles away? yes, four or five miles away. this rolled up wire and the cabinet here shows that in this case in cumbria, bt are putting the infrastructure in. but what local people say is what comes out of this isn't good enough, so they are putting in their own system, which they say is faster and better. nearby, a not—for—profit venture is feeding fibre—optic cable through and under a field. a coalition of willing landowners is working with volunteers to bring superfast broadband to all of these remote properties. most weekends and even in the week, there will be stalwarts amongs

danny savage has the latest. full extent of the damage to the moors above bolton is astonishing. several square miles have been destroyed by fire. the bbc was given permission to fly a drone over the area. the flames burned fiercely all weekend. today is day five. we've got over 120 firefighters out firefighting on the moor. we retract slightly from our operations through the hours of darkness, but as of four o'clock this morning we're back in offensive firefighting operations and using our specialist equipment to try and extinguish this huge scale, ongoing fire. helicopter pilots have reported seeing people trying to deliberately start new fires, which has infuriated the mayor of greater manchester. i think itjust beggars belief, doesn't it, to hear that people may have been coming on to this land over the weekend adding to the burden of the emergency services and, basically, taking risks with people's land, property. it's just an unbelievable state of affairs. and as this heatwave continues, there's concern tha

and running again, but angry commuters still faced cancellations and delays in many areas, as danny savage after 7am this morning and lorna fitzpatrick is waiting in burnley for her daily northern service to leeds. it arrives on time, but lorna says the new timetable means more stops and more passengers. i have this dread every single morning, because i know that the train is probably going to be late and i'm probably not going to get to work on time, as usual. train announcement: on behalf of northern, i'd just like to apologise for the... every single aspect of my life revolves around this train and i'm just absolutely sick of it. i'm at the end of my tether. it's had such a massive impact on my life — my professional and my personal life. and i can't be the only one in this situation. northern says a more gradual reintroduction of its timetable will ensure a more stable and reliable service. but again, today, there were delays and cancellations. the mayor of greater manchester says enough is enough. today, i have called on the prime minister to intervene, because passengers in the north

trains are up and running again, but angry commuters still faced cancellations and delays, as danny savageer 7am, and lorna fitzpatrick is waiting in burnley for her daily northern service to leeds. it arrives on time, but lorna says the new timetable means more stops and more passengers. i have this dread every single morning, because i know that the train's probably going to be late and i'm probably not going to get to work on time, as usual. train announcement: again, on behalf of northern, i'd just like to apologise for the... every single aspect of my life revolves around this train and i'm just absolutely sick of it. i'm at the end of my tether. it's had such a massive impact on my life — my professional and my personal life. and i can't be the only one in this situation. northern says a more gradual reintroduction of its timetable will ensure a more stable and reliable service. but again today, there were delays and cancellations. the mayor of greater manchester says enough is enough. today, i've called on the prime minister to intervene, because passengers in the north can't keep r

the bbc's danny savage has be finding out. anny: books are back, bucking the trend against the screen. our story starts iora bookshop in if you want a signed copy of this novel, that won't be too much bother. in fact, you would be hard-pressed tfind one which isn't signed. this is the author, shortlisted for the man booker prize, who also sells books. >> i think people love holding a book and turning the pages and feeling the experience of going from the start of the book to the end of a book. i think people love the way that they look. i think there is something in finishing a book and putting it ngon your shelf and then b able to show your friend that book, which you cannot do if you are reading on an e-reader. dann reached 5.7 billion pounds, a record-breaking year for the publishing industry. export income s also up 8% at 3.4 billion pounds, keeping the u.k.'s place as the number one exporter of books in the world. >> i think we are just really good at producing desirable objects that are books. we have some of the best wri

danny savage reports from killington in cumbria. getting online. take the newbold family, for example, who in rural cumbria, have dismal download speeds, and can't get what their mates can. snapchat, loads of stuff on instagram. download videos, youtube. is that a big difference to your life, does it matter? yes! it's having a think. it may work, it may not. in a nutshell, we've had to relocate our business to an office where we've got a decent internet connection. miles away? yeah, 4—5 miles away. this rolled—up wire and the cabinet here show that in this case and cumbria, bt are putting the infrastructure in. but the local people say what comes out of this isn't good enough, so they're putting in their own system, which they say is faster and better. nearby, a not—for—profit venture is feeding fiber—optic cables through and under a field, a coalition of willing landowners is working with volunteers to bring superfast broadband to all of these remote properties. cable is now shooting out of the ground across these hillsides, as the

danny savage, bbc news, cumbria.e birds on that particular stretch of coast. 0ur reporter phillip norton is in east yorkshire with the details. you join me here at what will be the start of a newly extended special protection area for the birds, and i can tell you that the noise from these sea birds who are starting to bed down for the night is incredible. this part of the yorkshire coast is home to many thousands and thousands of birds including puffins, guillemots and ganets and this protection area will now be extended to filey meaning it will total almost 12 miles to better protect england's largest sea bird colony and it will mean that more than 4000 puffins will be given extra protection meaning they can live a safer life and that news has been welcomed by visitors to the area today. we live off the dorset coast and it's rare to see a puffin, whereas if we come up here we can see some. no doubt on the north coast we would see more of them. it is fabulous news as they have been in decline for years. the reserve

danny savage, bbc news.l. and he joins us live via webcam from liverpool. the focus inevitably is an united utilities era. this is a pricing this is the only english water company having to do it? —— is it surprising? we have not seen much rainfall. it was almost inevitable. we've seen very high temperatures. those two combined inevitably result in what we are seeing any hosepipe ban coming in two weeks. what of this issue of lea ks? ban coming in two weeks. what of this issue of leaks? a union, the gnb, have criticised them today. you saw the robust defence approach from the person running united utilities in that film but where is the truth here? united utilities and lose between 20—25% of their water supply ona between 20—25% of their water supply on a daily basis through leaks and certainly not the worst in the uk but not the best either so going for a happy inevitably improve and they have been including the leakage rate. more has to be done. it is a contributing factor but not the sole factor. contempo

danny savage has been finding out what's behind the rise.d copy of this novel, then that will not be too much bother. in fact, you would be hard pressed to find one which is not signed, because this is the author, shortlisted for the man booker prize, who also sells books. i think people really love the experience of holding a book and turning the pages and feeling the experience of going from the start of a book to the end of a book. i think people love the smell of books. the way that they look and i think there is something in finishing a book, putting it on your shelf and being able to show your friends that book, which you cannot do if you are reading on an e—reader. sales for the uk reached £5.7 billion, a record—breaking year for the publishing industry. export income was also up 8% at £3.4 billion, keeping the uk's place as the number—1 exporter of books in the world. i think we are just really good at producing desirable objects that are books, we have got some of the best writers in the world. we have some of the best illustrators

danny savage, bbc news.l made by a former ukip councillor moments after he killed his wife. he claimed he had been defending himself after his wife attacked him with a knife. thejury himself after his wife attacked him with a knife. the jury found himself after his wife attacked him with a knife. thejury found him guilty of murder. this particular phone call was made on the 30th of december last year. stephen and his wife had been married for 45 years. they lived in stowmarket, in suffolk. their marriage had been under strain after she discovered her husband was having an affair with one of her son's partners. they believe that was the row that led to stephen killing his wife. as you say, he was an ex—royal marine. they believe he probably used his military training, and had a particular knowledge of a hold, and she died after pressure to her neck. this particular phone call is quite chilling. quite a chilling phone call. when this happened, he said that his wife had been having a disagreement with him and t

danny savage has this report. the heat is rising again.eme of british weather. it's not going to be that useful rain that many people want. it could run off very quickly and create local flooding, so downpours causing localised flooding and that could cause some serious problems. gin and tonic! sangria! that wasn't really what was on offer at the bupa southlands care home in harrogate this morning. but the serious point was about keeping the elderly hydrated in this heatwave. if we don't drink enough, and old people don't want to drink, it can then cause infections come which can then cause hospital admissions. so the advice for hot weather is not "nanny state"? well, no, because some old people just won't do it. especially if you're living on your own, you won't think to get up and get that drink. out in the countryside of north yorkshire, this is what some of the dales rivers look like. the upper reaches, like here in littondale, have nothing in them. if you take a closer look at the river bank here, you can see all this debris. it shows

danny savage, bbc news, north yorkshire.pact and causes of the summer heat wave expecting countries around the world. that is tomorrow evening at 830 here on the bbc news channel. time for a look at the weather. we are facing a of a change to the weather by the end of the week into the weekend. something cooler and fresher with some rain in the forecast. before we reached that point, temperatures are set to rise even further in the next few days with increasing chance of thunderstorms by friday. 0vernight is going to be another warm and muqqy is going to be another warm and muggy one. largely dry with lengthy clear spells. breezy across parts of northern ireland. a little bit of light elsewhere. especially across southern areas. for thursday, the southis southern areas. for thursday, the south is looking dry. as temperature rise very quickly to the morning, hotter still across parts of northern and western england in towards wales. more of her breeze in northern ireland. there will be some showers here. 0thers northern irela

danny savage, bbc news, north yorkshire.in cheddar is livestock farmer, james small. it is good to see you. thank you for being with us. just how is all this hot weather affecting you personally? well personally we're struggling as much as anyone in this weather. you're trying to keep your water intake up and keep the sun after your back. on my farm, the animals are getting heat stressed. we're animals are getting heat stressed. we' re fortu nate animals are getting heat stressed. we're fortunate over the last 70 yea rs we're fortunate over the last 70 years we we're fortunate over the last 70 yea rs we have we're fortunate over the last 70 years we have been here, we have planted lots of trees and they're giving a lot of shade to the animals. but they're still suffering, the grass isn't growing and we have having to feed our winterforage to keep and we have having to feed our winter forage to keep them going through the summer. you're using winter stocks to feed the animals so, so you're going to run out of feed? well there

danny savage, bbc news, york.m awards from the society of authors for her novel elmet. you have only won within the last hour! the award ceremony wasjust down the road and i have arrived here within the last five minutes. congratulations. the death of the hardback has congratulations. the death of the hard back has been congratulations. the death of the hardback has been predicted since about the 1990s and maybe even more but yet we have this resurgence. what has happened? i think people are fed up of their whole lives being mediated by screams. i spend a lot of my time on my phone and on the computer and i watch tv as we all do and! the computer and i watch tv as we all do and i think there is something really nice about sitting away from those electronic devices and sitting with a book. it is nice to have the physical copy that you can put on your shelf at the end. the history of our lives is written on our book shelves in a way and i have a book shelf that goes back to when i was a child and it is a nice things

danny savage is at a reservoir near bolton. danny...s from bolton and this reservoir should be full of water at this time of year. as you can see, it is empty. the ground around it at the bottom is all cracked by the sun we have had over the last few weeks, and there are other reservoirs like this at the moment. people here have been encouraged to stop using as much water as they have been used to and they have responded to that which has led to a slight drop in demand but not enough. it means with no rain in the forecast still, we 110w no rain in the forecast still, we now have a hosepipe ban. in cumbria, falling water levels here at united utilities' biggest reservoir have triggered the hosepipe ban. the lack of water has even expose the remains of the village flooded to create this vast storage facility. the company says it has no choice but to impose a ban. we have had a little rainfall, but sadly it is not enough to refill the reservoir to the point where they should be for this time of year, so that is why we have had to ta ke yea

danny savage, bbc news, cumbria. let's go back to the breaking news, the plane crash in mexico.o straight to mexico city and talk to our correspondence ana—gabriela rojas. what information are you hearing? we know so far that this plane was flying from the northern state of durango to mexico city and it was carrying 97 people including four crew members. little is known about the reason for this plane crash but it was raining and it was five minutes after it took off from the airport in durango so we're waiting for more information. as i say, the reasons are still not known. the state government is saying there were no deaths but there are reports many have been injured. the toll is still not known but some people may be injured or even dead but still, the number is not known. it's just the number of people, 97 people, crew members. it a total of 101 people. the allied is aeromexico and we are waiting for more news. give us aeromexico and we are waiting for more news. give us a aeromexico and we are waiting for more news. give us a sense of the geography because this happened in

and running again — but angry commuters still faced cancellations and delays in many areas, as danny savageand lorna fitzpatrick is waiting in burnley for her daily northern service to leeds. it arrives on time, but lorna says the new timetable means more stops and more passengers. i have this dread every single morning, because i know that the train is probably going to be late and i'm probably not going to get to work on time, as usual. train announcement: on behalf of northern, i'd just like to apologise for the... every single aspect of my life revolves around this train and i'm just absolutely sick of it. i'm at the end of my tether. it's had such a massive impact on my life — my professional and my personal life. and i can't be the only one in this situation. northern says a more gradual reintroduction of its timetable will ensure a more stable and reliable service. but again, today, there were delays and cancellations. the mayor of greater manchester says enough is enough. today, i have called on the prime minister to intervene, because passengers in the north can't keep running the

danny savage is on winter hill for us.nation point for lancashire fire and rescue and you can see different vehicles coming by. several fire can see different vehicles coming by. severalfire engines. their activities are being co—ordinated from here. the fire's on the hill behind us and still smoke drifting across lancashire. this fire is on a par in size with the one on saddleworth last week. meaning many is square miles of moorland has gone up is square miles of moorland has gone up inflames is square miles of moorland has gone up in flames over the last eight days. day 5 of the fires on the moors above bolton. dozens of firefighters from across northern england are here to stop the blazes getting any bigger, but it's a difficultjob. we've got over 120 firefighters out fire fighting on the moor. we retract slightly from our operations during the hours of darkness, but as of four o'clock this morning, we're back in offensive fire fighting operations and using our specialist equipment to try and extinguish this huge scale

more on that in a minute with danny savage in north yorkshire, but first daniela relph on the wider impacts of this heatwave. a parched, dried out landscape. this is hertfordshire, but it could be pretty much anywhere in england. searing temperatures linger. the key thing is the weather is a prolonged period of high temperatures. with no breakfor period of high temperatures. with no break for catherine that is why the met office and public health england haveissued met office and public health england have issued that amber alert. the advice is obvious but clear. stay out of the sun during the hottest hours and it is the young and the elderly who are the most vulnerable. it is serious because people have underlying health problems and perhaps are on tablets and the hot weather just tip them perhaps are on tablets and the hot weatherjust tip them over into not being able to cope. i find sleeping difficult. i'm drinking more water and using ice. no problem for us, i think it is better than in the cold, wind and rain. the hot weather has a wider impact on our own behaviour and product committ

our correspondent danny savage is at preston station. how has the new timetable gone down? an interesting day, still some delays. back in may be introduced that new timetable and that was followed by chaos, the council dozens and dozens of services. introduced an emergency timetable until today when they tried to put 75% of those services back in. we spoke to commuters across the area about how they have found the last few weeks and today. just after seven this morning and lorna fitzpatrick is waiting in burnley for her daily northern service to leeds. it arrives on time, but lorna says the new timetable means more stops and more passengers. i have this dread every single morning because i know that the train is probably going to be late and i'm probably not going to get to work on time, as usual. train announcement: on behalf of northern, i'd just like to apologise for the... every single aspect of my life revolves around this train and i'm just absolutely sick of it. i'm at the end of my tether. it's had such a massive impact on my life, my professional and my personal li

danny savage sent us this from winter hill.t lancashire fire and rescue. you can see all kinds of vehicles coming by, several fire see all kinds of vehicles coming by, severalfire engines, see all kinds of vehicles coming by, several fire engines, there activities are being coordinated from here. fires on the hill behind us, lots of smoke over parts of lancashire. this fire is on a par in size within one at saddleworth last week. many miles of moorland around bolton have gone up in flames over the last eight days. day 5 of the fires on the moors above bolton. dozens of firefighters from across northern england are here to stop the blazes getting any bigger, but it's a difficultjob. we've got over 120 firefighters out fire fighting on the moor. we retract slightly from our operations during the hours of darkness, but as of four o'clock this morning, we're back in offensive fire fighting operations and using our specialist equipment to try and extinguish this huge scale ongoing fire and try and bring back some normality to the fe

danny savage reports., but we will need to impose a hosepipe ban. the ban affects nearly the whole north—west england were united utilities has nearly seven million customers. it will come into effect in the 5th of august unless there is prolonged rainfall between now and then, which looks unlikely. this hot, dry sunny weather will stick around for most areas of the uk, particularly the south and east, so in the north and west of the country i think there is a greater chance of more changeable conditions. yes, some dry days, but also whether fors bringing showers or rain at times to western areas. as reservoirs in the region dry out, people here seem to accept a formal restriction is needed. we are on an island surrounded by it, but, yes, we will take whatever instructions we are given. even using the waste water out of the bathrooms... you can't have a good summerand, you know, have all the water as well, so... there is already a hosepipe ban enforced in northern ireland and the republic, where blistering

danny savage reports. haweswater in cumbria, united utilities‘ biggest reservoir.ns of the village flooded to create this vast storage facility. we have not taken this decision lightly but we do need to impose this ban. the ban affects nearly the whole of north west england and comes into effect on the 5th of august unless we have prolonged rainfall between now and then which seems unlikely. this hot and sunny weather will stick around for most areas of the uk but we could have more changeable conditions in the north west of the country. as reservoirs dry out in the region people seem to accept that a formal restriction is needed. we are on an island surrounded by it, but we will go with whatever they decide.” island surrounded by it, but we will go with whatever they decide. i will just water the plants using waste water from the bathroom. you cannot have a good summer and have water as well. the bottom line is in parts of england where rainfall is normally abundant there just has not been enough of it. even the reserves in the neck district are not adequate to ke

danny savage reports. day 5 of the fires on the moors above bolton.azes getting any bigger, but it's a difficultjob. the view from above has also led to some shocking observations of other people starting new fires. a couple of days ago there was a nearby moorland hill, and there was a report of a fire that had started there and the helicopter went to put some water on it and drop some water on it and i understand that the helicopter believes, the pilot believes, he's seen people actually setting fire actively there and then which is quite astonishing. there are many days of work here on these moors yet. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom. our lead story: how many of you? 13. 13? yes. brilliant. this is the moment 12 young boys and their football coach were found — alive — after being trapped in a vast cave system for nine days in thailand. these are some of the main stories from bbc world service. an update on a story we covered last week. people continue to flee their homes in south—western syria — the number has risen to at least 270

danny savage sent this report from north yorkshire. gin and tonic! sangria! if only it were true.t the bupa southlands care home in harrogate this morning. but the serious point here was to keep residents hydrated as the weather gets hotter again. keep inside and just come out either early in the morning or late in the afternoon. you are advised always to drink a great deal and it's rather a nuisance in that way. but of course it is lovely to see the sun. we are encouraging residents to get up a little bit earlier, to get out into the garden. some commentators have suggested national weather advice this week has been a bit patronising, but when it comes to older people, it is seen here as perfectly sensible guidance. if we do not drink enough, which old people don't want to drink, then it can cause infections which can then cause hospital admissions. so we have to try and avoid all that by sitting and telling them and encouraging them. so the advice for hot weather is not nanny state? no, because some old people just won't do it. and especially living on your own, you will not thi

danny savage has spent the day at winter hill.actors with big water barrels, fire engines. the fire is up barrels, fire engines. the fire is up on the hill behind us. lots of smoke drifting on the easterly wind. this fire is on a par in size with the one on saddleworth last week, meaning many square miles of more land have gone up in flames over the last eight days. day five of the fires on the moors above bolton. dozens of firefighters from across northern england are here to stop the blazes getting any bigger, but it's a difficultjob. we've got over 120 firefighters out fire fighting on the moor. we retract slightly from our operations during the hours of darkness, but as of four o'clock this morning, we're back in offensive fire fighting operations and using our specialist equipment to try and extinguish this huge—scale ongoing fire and try and bring back some normality to the fell. from above, the extent of the damage can be seen. these are pictures from a bbc news drone given permission to fly. several square miles have been

cancellations and delays across manchester, merseyside, lancashire and yorkshire. 0ur correspondent danny savagetation and explains how the new timetable has gone down. it was back in may when they introduced that new timetable. it was followed by chaos. they cancelled dozens and dozens of services. introducing emergency timetable until today. when they tried to put 75% of those services backend. we have been talking to commuters across the area about how they found the last few weeks and today. just after seven this morning, lorna fitzpatrick is waiting in burnley for her daily northern service to leeds. it arrives on time, but lorna says the new timetable means more stops and more passengers. i have this dread every single morning because i know the train is probably going to be late and i'm probably not going to get to work on time, as usual. on behalf of northern, i would like to apologise... every single aspect of my life revolves around the strain and i am just absolutely sick of it. at the end of my tether. it has such a massive impact on my life, in my professional and my personal life a

danny savage has the latest.ull extent of the damage to the moors above bolton is astonishing, several square miles have been destroyed by fire. the bbc was given permission to fly a drone over the area, the flames burned fiercely all weekend. today is day five. we have over 120 firefighters, fighting on the moor, we retract slightly from operations through the hours of darkness but as a four o'clock this morning, we are back in and using the specialist equipment to try and extinguish this huge scale fire. helicopter pilots have reported seeing people trying to deliberately start new fires, which has infuriated the mayor of greater manchester. beggars belief to hear that people are coming onto this land over the weekend adding to the burden that the emergency services that are basically taking risk with people's land, property. it is an unbelievable state of affairs. as this heat wave continues, there's concern there could be more hose pipe bans in the coming days, not because of a shortage of water, but demand h

danny savage reports from north yorkshire.highly unusual in summer and very expensive. i have never known any thing as dry as late as all my time asa any thing as dry as late as all my time as a farmer. i do not think we have any significant rain for maybe six weeks, i would think. now we are having to feed the winter forage that we have cut back for winter and there is going to be a shortage of straw. it could be quite a coup expensive winter. it is exceptional, they lost and we are conditions like this was 1976. a short distance away, the group plans for garden centres and local authorities. the trouble is the hot weather means fewer people wanting to buy plants because they do not think they will last. it has been a tangible slowdown in uptake ever since the talk of hosepipe bans, people are not willing to put plans in and just watch them die in front of them. every farmer we have spoken to concede is that even feels that what it quickly turning bone dry again. here, de graaf does not crack up, it just turns to dust. it mak

me now from outside the south yorkshire police headquarters in sheffield is our correspondent danny savage that into the events of today. they are effectively three parties in this case, the bbc, sir cliff, and south yorkshire police. it was a zealous yorkshire police investigation that the bbc reporter became aware of. even approached south yorkshire police, who acknowledged, the record if you like, that this investigation was ongoing. —— south yorkshire police. he then had a meeting with a police officer about the investigation, they talked about the investigation into sir cliff and thought about the way forward. there was a tentative agreement that south yorkshire police would inform the bbc one of them to proceed with the next step of the investigation, which was the search of sir cliff's apartment. so thatis search of sir cliff's apartment. so that is where they fit into this. but basically, in today's will, south yorkshire police have been vindicated. —— today's ruling. there are witnesses have been seen as being reliable and have been straightforward in telling the truth, so we have

danny savage is in knaresborough. has been accused of being a bit nanny state but, for people, especially those who look after the elderly, they say the advice is badly needed. gin and tonic! sangria! if only it were true. it was actually a bit early for a g&t at the bupa southlands care home in harrogate this morning. but the serious point here was to keep residents hydrated as the weather gets hotter again. keep inside and just come out either early in the morning or late in the afternoon. you are advised always to drink a great deal and it's rather a nuisance in that way. but of course it is lovely to see the sun. we are encouraging residents to get up a little bit earlier, to get out into the garden. some commentators have suggested national weather advice this week has been a bit patronising, but when it comes to older people, it is seen here as perfectly sensible guidance. if we do not drink enough, which old people don't want to drink, then it can cause infections which can then cause hospital admissions. so we

our correspondent danny savage is at a pumpkin field in pontefract. of a few hours it gets wound back in. it has just got to the end to that is great timing because we we re to that is great timing because we were beginning to get quite wet. this is a familiar scene in many fields up and down the uk at the moment. there are three different irrigation pipes going on in this one at the moment to give the crops watered and growing. what farmers have said to us today and i have spoken to two or three of them over the past few hours, i have been with carrot farmers and cattle farmers and commercial nursery owners as well. they say that even when you do irrigate like this, it does not last very long, lots of the water eva porates very long, lots of the water evaporates so it does not do as much good as we think it is. it needs a good as we think it is. it needs a good dose of rainfall. farmers are telling us that yields are down in this part of the country as well as elsewhere. we spoke about suffolk getting up to just over 33 celsius in the last few minute

and danny savage is outside south yorkshire police headquarters in sheffield.side the court, huge amount of media interest. tells what has been happening. well, inside the court, when that judgment was read out, sir cliff richard looked tearful, he hugged his supporters, gloria hunniford, his supporters, gloria hunniford, his very loyalfriend, his supporters, gloria hunniford, his very loyal friend, the television presenter, came to court today. as she did when the case took place ever this year. and in fact, she provided a witness statement to the court. he was very visibly upset in the court when the judgment was read out, when he came outside as we saw in that piece there, with his solicitor by his side, again, he looked visibly upset. and when the case took place, sir cliff richard gave evidence in the witness box himself and he had described at the time how the day after the bbc‘scoverage, he collapsed on the floor sobbing, he said, for nine months after that, he felt like he was going to have a heart attack and stroke. so he described the significant ment