anyone who potentially has a flight in and out of gatwick, in or out of gatwick, tomorrow morning earlyne. because even if, and that's a big if, this incident wraps up relatively quickly, within the next hour or relatively quickly, within the next hourorso, relatively quickly, within the next hour or so, there will be a fairly significant disruption, they will be some knock—on effect into tomorrow because airlines have slots. if your flight because airlines have slots. if your flight is already booked into a slot for tomorrow morning, for example, it will keep that slot, it's not a question of the flights which have been cancelled or suspended this evening will sort of take the slots, those of the flights that would then have to find the spare capacity, basically, in and out of gatwick over the coming hours and did tomorrow. but airlines and the airport will have a sort of the juggfing airport will have a sort of the juggling match, once this incident is resolved, the kind of, you know, minimise disruption and get every single person to their destination, wherever that may be. but at the

but hopefully we'll be able to find something at gatwick. but at gatwick and other airports in the south and midlands, weather problems made worse by a damaged radar at air traffic control. since we got to naples airport last night, we had absolutely no information. no help, no staff anywhere. hopefully, after last night's escapades which was basically after waiting nearly five hours, about to board the plane and being told all the food was spoiled and we weren't allowed on the plane. tonight, things at heathrow are getting back to normal. but at europe's busiest airport, virtually every take—off and landing slot is full. so a fairly minor issue can cause significant disruption. loudspeaker: we would like to apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you. 0n the railways, the chaos of last night calmed. but with overhead cable still damaged, few trains on the midlands mainline and tricky journeys. i'm headed to harrogate, north yorkshire. i should have gone from sandy in bedfordshire up through york, it should have taken me an hour and a

but hopefully we will be able to find something at gatwick. though, like all of us, may have to be increasingly prepared for the heat. but is the infrastructure ready? with climate scientists predicting extreme weather will become more frequent, some argue our networks are in need ofan some argue our networks are in need of an upgrade. we have to go to every part of our infrastructure and look at whether it can cope with the increasing extremes. remember, this is not as bad as it will get, it will get worse in the future. we will get worse in the future. we will see higher temperatures for longer, and so we have to adapt the rail network and our roads system, and the infrastructure to deal with the coming climate, and we can't even cope with the current one. the message after another record—breaking week of weather — invest now or suffer the consequences. jon donnison, bbc news. 0ur correspondentjames waterhouse is at london's st pacras international. james. reeta, as the temperatures drop to a more manageable level, the misery for thousands o

there is disruption at heathrow, gatwick and sta nsted there is disruption at heathrow, gatwick and stanstednd the north of england as well as other services have been cancelled or delayed. there are delays on the eurostar between paris and london after a power cut disrupted services. our transport correspondent tom burridge has the details. not a comfortable wait at heathrow. nearly 100 flights cancelled in a testing 24 hours. our first flight from manchester to heathrow was delayed by three hours, so we missed our connecting flight to rio and we can't fly out to rio until tomorrow. with stormy weather last night, passengers boarded flights which didn't take off and some like jess sims headed to another airport. they have our bag, so we are off to the wedding with nothing to wear. but hopefully we'll be able to find something at gatwick. but at gatwick and other airports in the south and midlands, weather problems made worse by a damaged radar at air traffic control. since we got to naples airport last night, we had absolutely no information. no help, no staff anywhere. hopefully, after las

but hopefully we'll be able to find something at gatwick.ports in the south and midlands, where the problem is made worse by a damaged radar at air traffic control. since we got to naples airport last night, we had absolutely no information. no help, no staff anywhere. hopefully, after last night's escapades which was basically after waiting nearly five hours, about to board the plane and being told all the food was spoiled and we weren't allowed on the plane. tonight, things at heathrow are getting back to normal. but at europe's busiest airport, virtually every take—off and landing slot is full. so a fairly minor issue can cause significant disruption. would like to apologise for any inconvenience this may cause you. 0n the railways, the chaos of last night calmed. but with overhead cable still damaged, few trains on the midlands mainline and tricky journeys. i'm headed to harrogate, north yorkshire. i should have gone from sandy in bedfordshire up through your, it should have taken me an hour and a half or two hours. it's going to take me

say5 gatwick isn't well prepared for something like this.d they had computer problems, they took the decision immediately to divert incoming flights to other airport5 and cancel 5ome there on the ground, they said they had to take hospital now, it will be sometime before they get back to normal. it is the eighth busie5t in all of europe and thousand5 busie5t in all of europe and thousands of people will have been disrupted. 0ne thousands of people will have been disrupted. one woman tweeted that landing from the canary islands, that take a bus ride to get back to gatwick. getting bussed back where they are expected, they have long—term parking or they can make long—term parking or they can make long arrangements for any ongoing travel costs. this is ursula von der leyen. she's germany's defence minister and the nominee to become the next european commission chief, if approved by the european parliament. she's vowed to put climate policy at the heart of her five—year term. we will have to be more ambitious because we are running out of time.

, and sta nsted disruption at heathrow, gatwick, and stansted airports. disruption at heathrow, gatwickort correspondent, tom burridge, has all the details. we sell the hot weather did last night, it was the stormy weather last night which has caused problems at our airports and some hellish journeys for passengers. better today on the railways but by no means perfect. but with a0 flights cancelled at gatwick, more than 100 heathrow, it has been a testing 2a hours for those catching a plane, even though flights are getting in and out of this, the busiest airport in europe, and things seem to be improving. not a comfortable weight at heathrow. we missed our connecting flight to rio. we can't fly out to rio until tomorrow. some passengers boarded but the stormy weather last night meant they were taken off air flight. it meant they were taken off air flight. it has been a tricky 2a hours at many uk airports. and passengers have been left stranded. i can't get today or tomorrow. we have had absolutely no information, no health, no staff, anywhere. hopefully, after last month of mac escapades

but hopefully we will be able to find something at gatwick. like all of us, may have to be increasingly prepared for the heat. but is the infrastructure ready? with climate scientists predicting extreme weather will become more frequent, some argue our networks are in need of an upgrade. we have to go to every part of our infrastructure and look at whether it can cope with the increasing extremes. remember, this is not as bad as it will get, it will get worse in the future. we will see higher temperatures for longer, and so we have to adapt the rail network and our roads system, and the infrastructure to deal with the coming climate, and we can't even cope with the current one. the message after another record—breaking week of weather — invest now or suffer the consequences. jon donnison, bbc news. our correspondent james waterhouse is at heathrow airport, which has been the scene of travel chaos. how things are looking now, james? not too great. if you were hoping to get a not too great. if you were hoping to geta train not too great. if you

they fly daily from manchester but they also fly from birmingham, newcastle and london gatwick.rom london gatwick and they put out a statement saying they're watching the situation, but they are going to carry on playing as well. so what do people do if they've got tickets or they've been affected? if you are a british airways customer, you will be able to get a full refund. you will be able to delay your flight and you could rebook on other flights and maybe complete it only with another airline. more likely to be someone like egyptair to get you to your destination like cairo or back to london because they are flying between heathrow and cairo. thank you very much. stay with us on bbc world news, still to come: standing not falling. how a skate park gives syrian children strength and courage. mission control: you can see them coming down the ladder now. it's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. a catastrophic engine fire is being blamed tonight for the first crash in the 30 year history of concorde, the world's only supersonic airliner. it was one of the most vi

in december, flights at gatwick airport were suspended for 30 hours after drone sightings, causing chaosdel planes to register — at a cost of £16.50 a year — and take an online safety test, but that's causing some concern. a lot more people are flying model aircrafts than are flying real ones in this country, and that figure‘s likely to get bigger. and the number of drones in that number has risen exponentially because of the greater availability and the easier affordability of multi—rotor drones over the last six or so years. you and i can go into high street shops and buy one of these craft for under £100. whether you and i know how to operate the thing is another matter. there is, of course, also a growing problem of flying drugs and other illicit goods into prisons. just last week, we heard that wimbledon has had to team up with a technology company to prevent drones flying overhead and disrupting play, and it's becoming a common challenge in many other major sporting events as well. replying, a transport minister said drones were a good thing, but like many good things, they could b

the other one is eased out, they take a lot of passengers from london gatwick and they put out a statementey're watching the situation, but they are going to carry on playing as well. so what do people do if they've got tickets or they've been affected 7 they've got tickets or they've been affected? if you are a british airways customer, you will be able to get a full refund. you will be able to delay your flight and you could rebook on other flights and may be completed only with another airline. more likely to be someone like egyptair to get you to your destination like cairo or back to london because they are flying between heathrow and cairo. thank you very much. ministers have promised to end the building of new developments in england with separate entrances for private residents and social housing tenants. the communities secretary james brokenshire said the so—called "poor doors" can stigmatise those in social housing. jenny kumah has the story. social housing tenants in this development can only use this entrance. while those in privately owned homes here get is this one. and for

and at gatwick it is pretty awful, easyjet has cancelled dozens of services because of the bad weatherument around compensation. most operators are saying if you have a season ticket and you were hoping to travel on thursday you will be compensated, but otherwise it doesn't go much further and that has angered some groups. how do you seeit? has angered some groups. how do you see it? the delay repay scheme works in that if yourjourney is a nightmare you get your money back, but it doesn't cover consequential losses if you missed an important event for example if you have a ticket. so some people are saying we should be more like the airline compensation scheme where you get real cash in your hand on top of the ticket price. meanwhile, the airlines are blaming everything, air traffic control, bad weather, anything but themselves to avoid paying out compensation. but anybody watching this at any of the airports, if your flight is delayed or cancelled the airline has to provide you with a hotel, meals, another flight on a different airline to get you on your way as swiftly as possible. ma

they fly daily from manchester but they also fly from birmingham, newcastle and london gatwick.y take a lot of passengers from london gatwick and they put out a statement saying they're watching the situation, but they are going to carry on playing as well. so what do people do if they've got tickets or they've been affected? if you are a british airways customer, you will be able to get a full refund. you will be able to delay your flight and you could rebook on other flights and maybe complete it only with another airline. more likely to be someone like egyptair to get you to your destination like cairo or back to london because they are flying between heathrow and cairo. thank you very much. let's get some of the day's other news. more than 20,000 people have taken to the streets of the russian capital moscow to protest against the exclusion of opposition candidates from registering for local elections. officials barred around 30 candidates from running, claiming they failed to qualify. those excluded say they're being punished for challenging the control of putin loyalists.

the gatwick express is suspended between victoria and gatwick airport and there is disruption to southernad is closed in both directions near manor house tube station due to a police investigation. there are temporary traffic lights and roadworks on denmark hill at the junction with love walk. expect delays. eversholt street remains closed in both directions between euston station and grafton place due to water main repairs. now the weather, with sara thornton. hello, good morning. certainly not a chilly start this morning. plenty of cloud overnight, keeping our temperatures right up in the low to mid—teens. we‘ll keep that cloud through a good of the day—to—day, brightness will be fairly limited. mostly dry but later we could see a stray shower and actually a bit of drizzle here and there through thick cloud first thing. dominantly dry through the day—to—day. temperatures about what we‘d expect for the time of year, no great shakes, 2i celsius, 70 fahrenheit. through the evening and overnight, cloudy at first but then the cloud pulls away leaving warm air behind it, so temperatures holdi

some flights have now started landing and taking off at gatwick airport after suspension this eveningsays is an issue in its control tower. the issue in the airport's control tower triggered the suspension shortly after 5pm today, leaving flights grounded at the london airport as well as gatwick bound flights unable to land with several flights diverted to other airports. the runways were closed for almost two hours causing around 25 flights to be delayed or diverted. so the worst is ever? i think so but is clear from at the airport is saying, there could be further cancellations and vibrations at the evening progresses, they are certainly not up to the kind of capacity they would normally be expecting because let's not forget, that which is the second busiest airport in the uk and the eighth busiest in the whole of europe. what seems to have happen if there is a problem with the system they use to manage incoming and outgoing flights and of course the airport and control tyrant control the airspace around the controls, like the flights coming in and yelling and gatwick has one runway

it's after gatwick airport was closed by alleged drone sightings. activities, the illegitimate act 70s of the very few spy what has become a widespread and enjoyable and technological advance that many people will be using for good in years to come. it's the 160th anniversary of big ben's first chimes across westminster. the great bell began striking the hour onjuly11th 1859. but the chimes won't ring out today to mark this anniversary, as the elizabeth tower, which houses big ben, is currently halfway through a major restoration project. it should be finished in 2021. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there's a good service on the tube this morning but minor delays on tfl rail. on the trains there is disruption and also delays for southern and thameslink services on the east croydon/uckfield/ east grinstead line following signal problems near woldingham. onto the roads: the m25 is closed clockwise from j9 leatherhead to j10 a3 wisley following a multi vehicle collision. in tulse hill, norwood road is closed northbound from elmcourt rd

there's disruption at heathrow, gatwick and stansted airports.rth of england as well as other services have been cancelled or delayed. there are delays on the eurostar between paris and london after a power cut disrupted services. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge reports. we saw what the hot weather did to our railways last night. it was the stormy weather after that across europe which has caused problems at our airports and some hellish journeys for passengers. better today on the railways, but by no means perfect. but with around 40 flights cancelled at gatwick, more than 100 here at heathrow, it's been a testing 24 hours for those catching a plane, even though, as we have been hearing, flights are getting in and out of this, the busiest airport in europe, and things seem to be improving. not a comfortable wait at heathrow, where some flights were cancelled and many delayed. our first flight from manchester to heathrow was delayed by three hours, so we missed our connecting flight to rio and we can't fly out to rio until tomorrow. some

six members of staff were dismissed from brook house, near gatwick, following incidents of verbal and bbc‘s panorama programme two years ago. the home office said it was working with gas to make improvements. did you watch them golf yesterday? a little bit. only because i knew i was presenting with you. the coverage was amazing. an emotional shane lowry has paid tribute to the support of his family after winning the open at royal portrush in northern ireland. the irishman beat his nearest challenger, tommy fleetwood, by six shots to lift the claretjug for the first time. did he say was going to leave it on his breakfast table forever? he said he was going to give it for his pa rents for he was going to give it for his parents for all the sacrifices they made. it was the stuff of sporting dreams. portrush perfection as shane lowry gave the home fans a hero. from the republic of ireland, shane lowry. he'd begun his round to deafening expectation but his opening swing suggested the nerves were jangling, and his 4—shot lead was down to three. not for long, though. soon it was the shane sh

flights a' londos gatwick airport were suspended for two hours earlier today due to an issue with the airraffic control system. 28 flights were canceled and 26 were diverted to other airports. in december, flights were suspended for more than a day after drone sightings caused chaos for tens of thousands of passengers. german chancellor angela merkel sss been seen shaking for the third time in lehan a month. it happened during a military ceremony in berlin marking the arrival of thin line'-- finland's prime minister. after t was fine and insisted there was no need to worry. afghanistan's governmentcis allegations of sexual harassment. it may, a former advisor to the mesident accused powerful of trading official jobs for sex. rwhile the governmeect the claims, a bbc investigation has heard from women who alleged they were sexually harassed by top officials. gi protect the identity of some of the women in lamaye's report, their words have been voiced by actors. yogita: one of the worst countries in the world to be a woman.e life might btter than under a repressive tiban regime, but free

but hopefully we will be able to find something at gatwick.h, like all of us, may have to be increasingly prepared for the heat. but is the infrastructure ready? with climate scientists predicting extreme weather will become more frequent, some argue our networks are in need of an upgrade. we have to go to every part of our infrastructure and look at whether it can cope with the increasing extremes. remember, this is not as bad as it will get, it will get worse in the future. we will see higher temperatures for longer, and so we have to adapt the rail network and our roads system, and the infrastructure to deal with the coming climate, and we can't even cope with the current one. the message after another record—breaking week of weather — invest now or suffer the consequences. jon donnison, bbc news. the uk's media regulator has fined russia today £200,000 for breaching impartiality rules during its coverage of the poisoning of former spy sergei skripal and the conflict in syria. the regulator said that rt broadcast seven programmes over a per

flights at london gatwick airport were suspended for two hours on wednesday because of an issue withic control systems. 28 flights were cancelled, 26 were diverted to other airports. in december, flights were suspended for more than a day when drone sightings caused chaos for tens of thousands of passengers. a man has been detained for climbing over a fence onto the forecourt of buckingham palace. it's understood he scaled the barrier to the side of the building in the early hours of wednesday. he was arrested moments later. royal officials say he did not enter the palace building. in myanmar‘s rakhine state, hundreds of new houses have been handed over to families displaced by the violence against the rohingya muslims in 2017. but none of the homes was actually for the minority group. almost two years on, there's no sign the 700,000 rohingya who fled over the border to neighbouring bangladesh will be returning soon. myanmar denies its troops carried out ethnic cleansing and genocide. our myanmar correspondent nick beake gained rare access to the affected part of rakhine. it takes ti

let's get some of the day's other news flights at london gatwick airport were suspended for 2 hours onause of an issue with air traffic control systems. 28 flights were cancelled, 26 were diverted to other airports. in december, flights were suspended for more than a day when drone sightings caused chaos for tens of thousands of passengers. german chancellor angela merkel has been seen shaking for the third time in less than a month. it happened during a military ceremony in berlin, marking the arrival of finland's prime minister. after her meeting the leader insisted she was fine and said there was no need to worry. a man has been detained for climbing over a fence onto the forecourt of buckingham palace. it's understood he scaled the barrier to the side of the building in the early hours of wednesday. he was arrested moments later. royal officials say he did not enter the palace building. in myanmar‘s rakhine state, hundreds of new houses have been handed over to families displaced by the violence against the rohingya muslims in 2017. but none of the homes was actually for the minori

six members of staff were dismissed from brook house near gatwick following incidents of verbal and physical by the bbc‘s panorama programme two years ago. the home office said it was working with gas to make improvements. dozens of masked men armed with batons have stormed a train station in hong kong — injuring 45 people, one critically. social—media footage shows the men, dressed in white t—shirts, attacking passengers on platforms and inside train carriages. earlier in the day, riot police had fired tear gas and rubber bullets at protesters at another pro—democracy rally in hong kong centre. this attack happened at a station much closer to the border with china. a senior whirlpool executive has apologised to customers affected by dangerous tumble dryers sold for 11 years in the uk. vice—presidentjeff noel said the firm is now offering free replacements or partial refunds after an earlier programme of repairs was judged as insufficient. it's prince george's sixth birthday today, and kensington palace has marked the occasion with some new photographs. one of the pictures, which were all ta

mr brown, who was 24, put his head out of a gatwick express train as it travelled through south londonered fatal injuries. the rail accident investigation branch said there was a sticker on the door warning passengers not to lean out of the window, but it was not clearly displayed. a man who drove his car at cyclists, pedestrians and police officers in parliament square in london in august last year has been found guilty of attempted murder. salih khater, who is 30 and from birmingham, was arrested after his vehicle smashed into a security barrier outside the houses of parliament. the court heard that his motive was unclear. this week, we've been following the remarkable story of conjoined twins safra and marwa, who were separated by surgeons at great ormond street hospital in london. the surgeons who carried out that operation have since been to ireland to see twins separated eight years ago. fergus walsh is here. tell us more about these twins. let me introduce you to rital. now living in ireland where their father works as a doctor. we can see some pictures. those girls, it is hard

but with around 40 flights cancelled at gatwick, more than 100 here at heathrow, it's been a testing plane, even though, as we have been hearing, flights are getting in and out of this, the busiest airport in europe, and things seem to be improving. not a comfortable weight at heathrow, where some flights were cancelled and many delayed. our first flight from manchester to heathrow was delayed by three hours, so we missed our connecting flight to rio and we can't fly out to rio until tomorrow. some to rio and we can't fly out to rio untiltomorrow. some passengers boarded, but the stormy weather last night meant that they were taken off their flight. it's been night meant that they were taken off theirflight. it's been a night meant that they were taken off their flight. it's been a tricky 24 hours at many uk airports, and passengers have been left stranded. i'm still in london and i am told i can't get to 0slo today or tomorrow. since we got to naples airport last night, we have had absolutely no information, no help, no staff anywhere. hopefully after last night's escapades, which l

programme, broadcast two years ago, highlighted verbal and physical abuse by workers at brook house, near gatwickn profit from 2012 to 2018. our home affairs correspondent danny shaw reports. making money out of immigration detention. this is brook house removal centre, filmed secretly by a member of staff. the footage on bbc panorama showed detainees being threatened, and excessive force being used. it's now emerged that gas, which runs the centre, had been making more than £2 million gross profits every year. i think it's completely unacceptable that we've seen gas make up to 20% gross profits at a time when this awful abuse was taking place of detainees on their watch. it raises real questions about gas's operation of the contract, but also of the home office monitoring of the system, that this could take place. is a national audit office report found that performance at brook house was monitored by onejunior civil servant. no penalties were imposed if staff used inappropriate force or language, yet gas was fined £17,000 for failing to report that detainees didn't have a table tennis table for

off—season package holiday for a week to greece, now it would barely get you a cup of coffee and gatwickmilar prices! it is a terrible time for shareholders, similar prices! it is a terrible time forshareholders, it similar prices! it is a terrible time for shareholders, it basically halved when the markets open. but it will preserve the thomas cook name, andi will preserve the thomas cook name, and i think for fosun of china, that it's really important. it is the old est it's really important. it is the oldest brand in travel, it has gone for 178 years, it has been through some tough, tough times but with debts of $2 billion, £1.6 billion, something had to happen. if you work for thomas cook, if you are a hotelier supplying rooms to them and if you are a holiday—maker with something booked with them, it is good news this morning. what about the thomas cook airline, it is not the thomas cook airline, it is not the same thing? my make—up lady told me she had booked a flight to la nza rote at me she had booked a flight to lanzarote at the end of august, will ibe lanzarote at the end of aug

simon brand died while on the gatwick express train in 2016.rly displayed. —— was not clearly displayed. england are all but through to the semifinals of the netball world cup after beating trinidad and tobago. tracey neville‘s side, the commonwealth champions, have won every game so far in their home world cup, including beating the world number two team, jamaica. the bbc‘s natalie pirks reports from liverpool. # it‘s coming home, it‘s coming, netball‘s coming home... world cups are seemingly like buses at the moment, and now it‘s england‘s netballers turn to zero in on the semifinals. a win today would all but guarantee the roses a spot in the last four with a game to spare. come on, england! trinidad and tobago stood in their way. the calypso girls, as they‘re known, have lost all but one of their matches before today and were ready to get physical. don‘t let anyone tell you this is a noncontact sport. but england started to ratchet up the pressure, forcing mistakes, maximising the space. so 22—40, then, at the end of the second quarter, an

some newsjust in, and all flights in and out of gatwick airport are currently suspended, they say itel. let's get the latest on the weather with ben rich. pretty warm, humid, dark clouds gathering across some parts of the uk, particularly across northern ireland and scotland. this is the radar picture from the last few hours, quite intense downpours working across northern ireland and effecting the north—east of scotland, don't be at all surprised through the next few hours if you see the odd flash of lightning, rumble of thunder, some showers giving a lot of rain in a short space of time, surface water and spray on the roads, poor travelling conditions. through the night, outbreaks are heavy, thundery rain working across many areas. the far south of england staying just about dry, warm and humid, 13—16d, misty and murky and drizzly for coasts and hills in the west. into tomorrow, the morning showers will clear from eastern areas, then a lot of drier some spells of sunshine coming through, always the chance of one or two showers persisting into the afternoon, particularly across east

they play daily from manchester but also from birmingham, newcastle, london gatwick. is easyjet and they also fly to hurghada and they have put out a statement saying they will continue flying that they are continuously monitoring the situation. they obviously watching this closely as well. ramzan karmali, thank you for going through all of that. we will keep an eye out on the situation. ramzan karmali there, our news reporter. let's get some of the day's other news. more than 20,000 people have taken to the streets of the russian capital moscow to protest against the exclusion of opposition candidates from registering for local elections. officials barred around 30 candidates from running, claiming they failed to qualify. those excluded say they're being punished for challenging the control of putin loyalists. in london, pro—european opponents of brexit have held a ‘no to boris, yes to europe' march. it featured this inflatable cartoon of boris johnson, the man expected to become the next british prime minister. he — or his only rival, jeremy hunt — will take over in

southern and thameslink trains have delays and cancellations between east croydon and gatwick airport weather. good morning. a lovely bright start out there this morning with plenty of sunshine around but gradually we will start to see the cloud increasing as we head further through the afternoon. a cold front approaches and eventually it will introduce some cool air. the sunshine is glorious this morning, even with the cloud the temperature continues to rise this afternoon. we're looking at a maximum of 26 celsius. it stay dry until this evening when there are more showers with a couple of heavy once through the overnight period. it will continue through to dawn. it stays cloudy and we still have the reasonably mild error at that point, between 14 and 16 celsius overnight. still some cloud and showers first thing on sunday morning but that will start to clear away as we had through the day. are dry and bright afternoon tomorrow with some lovely sunny spells and temperatures reasonable at around 24 degrees. for friday it will get a little bit cooler and a lovely bright start but we co

plans to upgrade gatwick airport have been announced today.hould have an 80% reduction in business rates, the same discount given to private hospitals. this financial year, hospitals such as the royal london hospital will pay £9.2 million in business rates. now the high court will decide if these charges should be reduced. if successful, tax rebates could cost councils millions of pounds. from today, tfl will start collecting data about tube commuters as they connect to the underground wifi with their mobile phones. information will be collected anonymously and will be used to help passengers plan routes to avoid congestion. tfl will also use the information to understand crowds. conservationists are celebrating after one of the most endangered species of spider has had a boost in numbers. around 200 desertas wolf spiderlings were recently hatched. it's all down to a team at berkshire college of agriculture, who are only the third in the world to successfully breed the species in captivity. they're found on an island called desertas, it's off

travelers were delayed and stranded at heathrow airport and gatwick.looding and strikes caused chaos on the rail network over the weekend alongside partial closures on key london underground lines. >>> and luft han sa is considering a shift towards a holding structure. the airline executives are actively discussing the issuiss. a company spokesperson said only that they regularly review group stock shares and lufthansa reports earnings tomorrow. lots of travel news over the weekend whether it's earnings, whether it's travel disruptions. >>> meanwhile, an american teenager won $3 million playing a popular online video game after he took home the top prize at the first-ever fortnight world cup. three day event in new york fit in more than 100 of the globes best players around each other 40 million people attempted to qualify for the tournament, wow, which featured $13 million in total prize money. 40 million people wanting to participate in fortnight competition. that's crazy size of a small country there. >>> if you have any views on anything we discuss

thomas cook airlines to another airport will be going on as normal, just as they were flying out to gatwick. other airlines are continuing to operate to cairo right 110w. continuing to operate to cairo right now. the normal morning flight on egyptair to heathrow is preparing for departure. they haven't had any effect on their operations at all. this district the british airways, although as you mentioned, lufthansa also cancelled their morning flights, but they say they will be backin flights, but they say they will be back in the air this afternoon. ba have also said they will try to make alternative arrangements for those who have had theirflights cancelled, or they can get a refund. with just a few days to go until we find out who will become the next prime minister, the justice secretary, david gauke, has told the sunday times he'll resign if boris johnson wins. mr gauke, who has served in the cabinet since 2016, says a no—deal brexit would lead to national humiliation. let's speak now to our political correspondent, nick eardley who's in our london newsroom. we are awaiting the outcome

thanks for coming gatwick airport says it's now fully operational after earlier having to suspended alls to be delayed or diverted. it's still advising passengers to check the status of their flights. it has been packed day at wimbledon — the top three players on the men's side were all in action and the mixed doubles tandem of serena williams and andy murray were on court. you can expect drama with that sort of firepower — and today did not disappoint. from courtside at wimbledon, holly hamilton gave us this update. for the 13th time, three very familiar names have made it to the top for of yet another grand slam semifinal. and for roger pedro, who is victory over kay curry was a milestone, his 100 victory at wimbledon. —— roger federer‘s victory over kai nishikori. next up for the swiss, it's his old rival rafa nadal, who comfortably beat the american sam querrey. and this will be the first time those two have met here since 2008. and to complete the big three, who else but defending champion novak djokovic? he wasted absolutely no time beating belgian david goffin in straight sets. t

at gatwick last night, $1 was at parity with that pound. change £100 and you get $100.ck and collect. and certainly, if you are going to any of the countries with a so—called exotic currency, that includes the turkish lira, the croatian ku na and includes the turkish lira, the croatian kuna and the very colourful russian ruble, don't even think about getting money out until you get to your destination. because lots of people are using plastic and it is very easy to be caught out with dynamic currency conversion. this may well have happened to you where they say, do you want to play, do you want to pay with credit card in sterling so you know what it is worth? a way say no, pay in the local currency or your pound will get even weaker. there might be people watching you and looking at your floating money fluttering people watching you and looking at yourfloating money fluttering in the breeze, simon, thinking, should we go out and should we buy today or perhaps hang on if we are not going away until later in august? well, who knows, frankly? the pound, looking at the mark

gatwick, on the other hand, they have not voted yet to strike but they are due to.hould be able to, if it is counsel, get a full refund seven days or be able to put onto a replacement flight. if it is delayed it‘s a bit more complicated. you basically need to get in touch with the airline and also check your insurance as well. here are some thoughts on what you can do.“ insurance as well. here are some thoughts on what you can do. if your flight thoughts on what you can do. if your flight is delayed the good news is you can claim compensation. the rules are a little bit complicated, but the most important things to bearin but the most important things to bear in mind is you have to be travelling to or from the eu or travelling to or from the eu or travelling on an eu ally. that includes countries just outside of the area as well. compensation sta rts the area as well. compensation starts from 300 euros and that is if your flight is delayed for more than three hours. it can go up to 600 euros if you are travelling long haul and goes over five euros if you are travelli

six members of staff were dismissed from brook house, near gatwick, following incidents of verbal anddy—mounted video cameras under new rules designed to stop aggressive behaviour. the government says the move will help protect vulnerable people in debt — but campaigners say more needs to be done. a senior whirlpool executive has apologised to customers affected by the saga of dangerous tumble dryers sold for 11 years in the uk. vice—presidentjeff noel said the firm is now offering free replacements or partial refunds after an earlier programme of repairs was judged as insufficient. here's our personal finance correspondent simon gompertz. a design fault in the dryers has caused 750 fires so far. lint from clothing can fall on the heating element and catch alight. whirlpool has been sending engineers to make a repair, but the recall demanded by ministers means it will have to go much further. for the faulty dryers — branded hotpoint, creda, indesit, swan and proline — it will have to offer a free replacement or an upgrade and discount, costing no more than £99, or a refund of up to £1

workers at heathrow and gatwick as well as ba and easyjet staff in stansted are all threatening to walkns in place. nonetheless, on what will be the busiest weekend of the year, it will not be very helpful, frankly. how about those staying in the uk? currency exchange is not good, making foreign holidays much more expensive because of the fall and the value of the pound. congestion is expected to peak today, and the rac are warning of significant queues and delays of up to 90 minutes on some routes. be especially careful on the m1 southbound and m25. the busiest time on the roads this weekend will be today between 11:00am and 6:45pm. finally, what about trains? of all the weekends to try and put on some engineering work, there is some happening. there is some work starting tomorrow on the west coast mainline between crewe and warrington. it means virgin trains expect today to be extra busy. then from tomorrow, some services will be diverted and others will be replaced by buses. check before you travel. make sure you know where you will have to get to, be prepared, bring snacks if you ha

and on london 0verground there are also minor delays there's disruption on southern and gatwick expresswimbledon today. plenty of sunshine around this morning but a bit more cloud as we head further through. so enjoy the sunshine, then gradually, coming down from the north—west, some cloud through the middle part of the day, but gradually that will break up up into the afternoon and we will see sunny spells. temperatures today heading to 22 celsius which is perhaps where they should be at this time of year. 0vernight tonight, still a bit of cloud but breaking up, we will get some clearer spells mixed in there as well. temperatures not feeling quite as warm. between 9 and 12 celsius. we're in for a similar sort of day as we head into tuesday. some sunshine in the morning. more cloud through the afternoon. temperatures in the low 20s. for wednesday, that high pressure starts to build in a little more strongly so again more sunshine, temperatures on the climb as we head through thursday — that looks like our peak this week. but as you can see, plenty of dry weather with some sunshine. i'm

government is ready to respond to an event similar to the uas disruption at uk's gatwick airport in december 2018. working together to prevent, deter, detect and respond to uas risks, the faa, security and law enforcement, and critical infrastructure owners will enable the u.s. to complete and you -- continue leading the way in innovation while maintaining the safest, most secure and most efficient airspace in the world. sen. collins: thank you. burlison, i want to start with you today. and your testimony, you say the faa prioritizes safety above all else, which is what we would want and expect. when one reads the "new york times" story and the "wall street journal" story that came question, one has to comes out of that commitment whether research, shortages, that cause the agency to be deferential to the aircraft manufacturer, and whether it is really wise in the have allowedg to the company to certify 96% of its own work. more disturbing, the new york recounts case after case where safety concerns seems to be placed second to concerns about boeing being able to meet its own timelines. woul

in december doing sightings out london's gatwick airport forced a three day shutdown and stranded thousandspassengers at the peak of the holiday travel season. d drone is one of the many tech companies now developing systems that can detect drones and unauthorized airspace. the faa and other air safety agencies have responded to the drone problem by establishing new rules and regulations. internet facebook will make advertisements for jobs, loans and credit cards or tables for all users in an attempt to eliminate discrimination. previously as were delivered selectively to facebook users based on criteria such as what they earn, their education level and where they shop. facebook agreed to make the change as part of a legal settlement after the company was sued by the aclu and other civil rights groups. >>> a new report said you may be at risk of being hacked was staying at a hotel. according to bloomberg hackers are targeting hotels and gaining access to your laptop or cell phone to unprotected wi- fi systems. reports as major chains like marriott, and hyatt have been hit. one suggest and u

the board is a slowly turning red with cancellations and delays, bedford, saint holebas, gatwick airportmidlands mainline and also the thameslink affected. areas affected by the overhead ca bles areas affected by the overhead cables as you saw in my piece, the fire there. if you are getting away via the apples, some flights have been cancelled or delayed. it is friday, it is the school holiday, it is going to be hot so make sure you check before you go and keep cool and hydrated. the problems were of course caused by the hot weather. exceptional heat, within a whisper ofan exceptional heat, within a whisper of an all—time record. 38.1 degrees at cambridge. some of the highest temperatures ever recorded including in edinburgh. the problem was heat and humidity made for very unpleasant conditions combined for the night with some storms which could cause impacts across eastern parts of england. the could be minor flooding and lightning. fresh air started to push in from the west during the next 2a hours so the heat and humidity moving off. we will start to see some radio more widely and thi

but if you are going in the other direction, heading west, i havejust been to gatwick airport last night the turkish lira of the colourful russian ruble, don't get it in the uk, wait untilyou russian ruble, don't get it in the uk, wait until you get your destination. if you are using plastic, try to get a free card. and if they are the dynamic currency conversion is, if they say, do you wa nt to conversion is, if they say, do you want to pay in sterling anywhere south of the channel ireland, say, no, i will pay in local currency, thank you. that is good advice, simon, thank you very much. a former high courtjudge says police may have broken the law, in the way they investigated claims of a paedophile ring at westminster. last week, carl beech, was jailed for 18 years for perverting the course ofjustice after lying about his claims. sir richard henriques, who carried out a review of the scotland yard inquiry, claims that warrants to search the home of some of those beech had accused of abuse, may have been obtained unlawfully. andy moore reports. carl beech alleged in police interviews th

southern, thames link, south—eastern, gatwick express and others are all advising passengers not to traveldrying out and cracking and the result is something like pot holes on the road. so trains have to slow down for those, as well. longer term, the railway has some really fundamental problems to deal with that are related to climate change. they may take decades to play out, but as the railway prepares for them, the cost is going to be absolutely mind boggling. what we are seeing today, yes, is an exceptional day, but it is an indication of what the railway will have to learn to deal with in the longer term. paul, always good to talk to you. ian palmer information, that was nationwide. thank you. if you would like to see more on any of those stories come at you can access them by the bbc i player. we go nationwide every weekday afternoon at 4:30pm. we will stay with that theme. i want to talk to adam ward. adam has been stuck on a train that was leaving euston for over 3 hours. he is on the phone right now... is that right, you are on it for three hours with yellow yes. the replacement t

he put his head out of a gatwick express train as it travelled through south london at about 60 miles said there was a sticker on the door warning passengers not to lean out of the window, but it was not clearly displayed. the husband of the british—iranian woman nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, who was jailed in iran in 2016, says she has been transferred to a psychiatric ward. richard ratcliffe says his wife is being held by the iranian revolutionary guard in a tehran hospital. and in the next half hour we'll be talking to richard ratcliffe about what's happening to his wife nazanin in tehran. the most—played song on uk radio of the 21st century has been revealed. it is the snow patrol ballad chasing cars. released in 2006, the anthem never reached number one here, but remained on the charts for more than three years. in its lifetime the song has received over 60 millions seconds of airplay in the uk across tv and radio. let's hear what its all about. # we'll do it all # everything # 0n ourown # we don't need # anything # 0ranyone # if i lay here # if ijust lay here snow patrol‘s gary lig