graham satchell, bbc news.nable summers day with some warmth, widespread but it has come at a price across the southern half of britain with a lot of thunderstorm activity and that will continue over the next few hours and days. it has been very humid, generating a lot of cloud and many areas have had leaden skies and any mix as well we still have had thunderstorms and that it continues not just for the rest of today but through the weekend and the met office have a yellow warning for parts of englund and wales as far ahead as monday. this is the way bc things shaping up for the rest of the day and into the night where the chance of thunderstorms as has been the case in recent nights continues particularly across the southern half of wales and england, further north a lot of cloud in off the north sea and it is not cool whenever you are spending the night at another one of those four parts of englund and wales. that sets us up for the weekend, not a great deal changes, a lot of cloud, not a right off, some suns

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graham satchell, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with chris fawkes.e risk of flash flooding, why? well, because the atmosphere's in a very volatile state at the moment. there's loads of moisture and that moisture can power some enormous thunderstorms that can deliver so much rain that we see flash flooding. we've had that in parts of scotland. now, this afternoon, there'll be a lot of hot and sunny weather. but it's late in the day that we will see some further thunderstorms develop and these are quite likely to bring some further flash floods, this time in parts of england and wales that are most at risk. now, the satellite picture shows a complex of storms across northwest france. few storms at times working into southwestern england, but a more subtle boundary here running across parts of belgium, england, wales that will be the areas they'll be most favorable to see some thunderstorms develop. but it is quite late in the afternoon. that means for most of the afternoon, it's dry, it's hot and it's sunny. with those temperatures surging up into the

graham satchell, bbc news.ergy regulator, reduced its cap on bills to the lowest level yet. let's get more detail from our business correspondent simon gompterz. is likely to benefit, simon?‘ million people who are on what is called the standard variable tariff, there are the most expensive tariffs from the big providers and also, 4 million who will have prepayment metres. they will get typically, for the 11 million, a saving of £84 a year, starting in october, it will leave the average bill for the year at £1042. the reason is as with oil and petrol prices, the cost of gas and petrol prices, the cost of gas and electricity has plummeted during the lockdown, partly because businesses haven't been using it. it's going to be a boost for families, often their bills have been swelling because they've been using more gas and electricity because of staying at home. a few things to bear in mind, looking ahead. the cap is on the price of a unit, rather than the whole bill so you can still save money by using less units

graham satchell, bbc news.—election of president alexander lu kashenko. hundreds had gathered in the capital, minsk, where daily demonstrations have been held since the vote earlier this month. firefighters in california say they're making good progress in tackling wildfires which are among the worst in the state's history. since the fires began earlier this month, seven people have been killed and more than 1700 structures have been destroyed. the state governor said every resource possible was being deployed. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol. hello again. for many parts of the uk today it's going to be a cloudy day with either showers or some heavy bursts of rain which could at times in the south, prove to be thundery. so this is the picture, low pressure is driving our weather with its various fronts coming our way from the atlantic, so cloudy with some rain or some showers. wherever you see the greens and yellows, that's telling you you can expect some heavy bursts and we could hear the od

graham satchell has been to meet them. portland on the south coast of england.very year. i said to the guys when it's my time to go, you know, for my ashes to be scattered here. and harry said the same. it was like, you know, "same for me, dad, this is where i want to be, as well." and then, unfortunately, you know, a month later we lost him. definitely, it definitely is my special place, it's all our special places. harry's ashes were scattered here a few weeks ago. it's become a place for the whole family, parents, step parents, siblings, team harry, to remember and reflect. the pain that you're left with every moment of every day, 24/7, is always there so you can never not realise that he's gone. we definitely know that he's gone. harry dunn was riding his motorbike next to raf croughton in northamptonshire when he was allegedly hit head—on and killed. the driver of the car, anne sacoolas, the wife of an american intelligence officer, claimed diplomatic immunity and left the country. harry's family has been campaigning ever since to get her back to face the b

graham satchell, bbc news. you are watching bbc breakfast.ning. british holiday—makers faced with the dilemma of whether to make a last—ditch dash across the channel because france has been added to the uk's warranty list. the deadline is 4am tomorrow morning. we will talk about that throughout the morning and bring you the latest news. 29 minutes past six. now the weather. it looked rather murky in dover, didn't it? sarah, good morning. you have got lightning, but there is going to be sunshine, i hope? it was misty and murky in the south coast and many of us waking up to that reduced visibility because the air is moist and humid at the moment so there is quite a lot of mist and mark around but with the humidity and rising temperatures thunderstorms as well. this picture was taken in walton on the maze in essex so we had spectacular thunderstorms and i expect a few people are short on sleep this morning as thunderstorms rattled through southern england and wales. it will be a north—south split over the next few days. in the south, expect thin

graham satchell, bbc news. time for a look at the weather — here's susan powell. we have lost the dramatic hit of last week. we certainly haven't lost the dramatic weather. here are the skies across london recently. widespread thunderstorms currently experience for many areas inside the m25. we have seen dramatic thunderstorms pushing across oxfordshire and derbyshire with more to come across england and wales this afternoon. some persistent rain gci’oss this afternoon. some persistent rain across wales at the moment, with the south—west of england in for a wet afternoon. we could get up to 23 degrees in the sunshine this afternoon. showers in the north—east of scotla nd afternoon. showers in the north—east of scotland and looking wet for northern ireland also, and then in the evening the rain will start to pull away. into the small hours of tuesday, showers should start to ease across england and wales, then more persistent rain sweeping into wales and the north—west of england. humid and muggy overnight with

graham satchell, bbc news. this is bbc news.ime for a look at the weather. hello. we continue with the threat of intense but localised thunderstorms over the next 2a hours, producing scenes like these with clouds on the horizon and this beautiful rainbow. the thundery showers will migrate northward late afternoon into the evening before petering out, then we will see this area of more persistent rain pulling away from northern ireland, swirling across the irish sea to end the night. pretty muggy once again, lows of 1a degrees. into tuesday, this swirl of rain will pull across northern wales into northern england through the morning before pushing northwards into scotland during the course of the day. looking at the map, it looks like it's petering out but we can still see intense rainfall working northwards across scotland. for england and wales, yes, some decent sunshine but still locally the risk of some intense thunderstorms. for the remainder of the week, we turn to the atlantic and areas of low pressure — two centres in fac

graham satchell, bbc news. thank you to them both for talking to us.knocked out of the europa league. they lost their semi—final to sevilla — the third time they've missed out on a final this season. patrick gearey reports. the longest season has ended too early for manchester united and they'll finish with regrets. after all, they went ahead against sevilla. bruno fernandes didn't need to dwell on this touch. the referee had spotted a foul. penalty. fernandes is sometimes compared with eric cantona. a kick fit for a king. but no team has been more successful than sevilla in this competition and there was a beautiful efficiency about their equaliser scored by suso — once of liverpool. manchester united returned with purpose after the break. they had 20 shots in all, but were thwarted time and again by sevilla's keeper — a hero named bounou. united just couldn't find the edge. and sevilla can be razor sharp. for an absent—minded moment luuk de jong got free. the five—time winners into the final once more. for united, a season that lasted more than a yea

graham satchell, bbc news.ecause social distancing makes it too costly to run, and many of the freelance workers are finding they don't qualify for any of the government schemes. here's our arts correspondent, david sillito. uh—oh, anxiety that seems to have made its way inside of me and i don't even need to read this one because i know it only too well. i'm loussin—torah pilikian and i am a theatre actress. and it goes a little something like liquid panic. so march was when we started. bending their wills, the mountain. i had just secured my dream acting job with represent theatre. i literally jumped up and down on my sofa. i came downstairs, i was screaming to my mum, "i've gotten in!" three, four. # there is a crack in the mountains...# and then, just a day or two into rehearsal, everything stopped. it was crushing, it was crushing. to go from feeling financially confident, to be able to pay the bills, to be able to eat. when would you guess you'll next perform in front of an audience? i can't. i can't guess

graham satchell, bbc news. you are watching bbc breakfast.navirus — we'll hear why it's still struggling to tempt back foreign visitors. we'll be discussing that shortly and bringing you the latest news. lots of people it is a hot day. carol's at kew gardens this morning. how warm is it there now? it is quite warm and warming up quite nicely and kew gardens can be one of the hottest places in the land to date easily reaching 36 degrees as other parts of the south—east. we have been talking a lot about a heat wave. what constitutes a heat wave? in different countries there are different thresholds and when the threshold is reached for three consecutive days, that would mean it isa consecutive days, that would mean it is a heat way. for england, we likely to get 36 and the low 30s so london would be in a heat wave because our threshold is 30 degrees. we are going to be talking to the head gardener about how you can look after your garden and also about a special project. more on that later. the forecast is a hot one. if you're in scotland and n

graham satchell, bbc news. we're nowjoined by beauty salon owner neel chandara na.till came in for their treatments. i had one customer andi their treatments. i had one customer and i will never forget her words, they will stay with me for ever. she was in tears in the salon when she entered and, you know, we had to turn her away because we couldn't carry out her face wax and she literally said to me, "i've been waiting for you to open. i've just got such a low self—esteem, i just cannot go out looking like this." she said she had been trying to do the treatments at home, but can't do it like us and she hasn't got the confidence to go out. it's just such a shame because it'sjust confidence to go out. it's just such a shame because it's just affecting millions and millions of women across the country and really the question i would ask to the government is please tell me, is this an essential service or not? we are having trouble with your camera because it's wobbly so i don't know if you are holding it... brilliant, it's my study. thank you. one of the people in our

graham satchell, bbc news. let's take a look at some of today's papers. number of the front pages. the daily mirror says the prime minister "begged" parents in his message — which was released ahead of schools reopening in england next week. in the vast majority of places that is next week. "teachers spread virus more than pupils" is the lead story in the times. it says new research from public health england showed that two thirds of outbreaks came from staff—to—staff transmission, or staff to pupil. and "raving idiots" is the headline in the metro, which reports that the police had to break up at least 100 illegal mass gatherings across the uk at the weekend. it says more than 70 of those events took place in birmingham — including one party which had two marquees and a dj. we will be talking about that later in the programme. and a dj, full stop. there is a piece in the telegraph. how do you feel about the use of a full stop in a text message? i would typically end a message? i would typically end a message with a kiss or it may be two. i will have to

graham satchell, bbc news. you are watching bbc news.a water spout in the bristol channel. today, further thundery downpours in the forecast that could lead to flash flooding. there will be sunshine in between. this area of cloud in the satellite picture has produced that rain and is still doing so. as we go through the day, the rain moves out of northern england and turns more showery across scotland and northern ireland but here too we will see heavy bursts at times with thunder and lightning and it will curl in through wales. for the rest of england and the rest of wales, sunny spells but also some heavy, thundery downpours with large hail and gusty wind that could lead to some localised flooding. another humid day, perhaps warmer across the north—east of england. heading through the evening and overnight, starting with showers, many of them fading but we'll hang on to them in western areas. mist and murk and low cloud across eastern scotland in particular. temperatures falling to 12—15. tomorrow we could hang onto low cloud, mist and

graham satchell, bbc news. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... zealand — it's the longest sentence in the country's history. hurricane laura makes landfall along the coast of louisiana. hundreds of thousands of people have been ordered to leave their homes. £13 per day — the uk government trials payments for those on low incomes who have to self—isolate in parts of england. a warning that complacency over getting the flu jab in the uk could lead to the nhs being overwhelmed. and top—tier basketball and baseball teams in the us boycott their matches amid anger over the shooting ofjacob blake by police in wisconsin. day three of the republican national convention has ended with vice—president mike pence using his speech to focus on the us economy and on what he called the dangers of electing joe biden, as he argued for donald trump's re—election. earlier, the president's former adviser kellyanne conway praised mr trump for promoting and respecting women and said his success had confounded critics. paul hawkins reports. please welcome the vice presi

graham satchell, bbc news.n named by the met office as storm francis and it will affect much of the uk through tuesday and wednesday. back to the here and now, a lot of decent weather around, sharp showers for the south and possibly for the north—east of england and up into scotland. on a day when the temperatures go back a degree or two on where you were through the course of the weekend. through the evening and overnight, many of the shower is dying away but out towards that south—western quarter of the british isles and spreading gradually further north and east, the wet and windy weather in association with storm francis arrives and how. we have a lot of weather on the way, the storm and i do, head of the cloud and wind and rain. that will tie in with storm francis, how much, 60, 70 tie in with storm francis, how much, 60,70 mph gusts, tie in with storm francis, how much, 60, 70 mph gusts, disruptive tie in with storm francis, how much, 60,70 mph gusts, disruptive and damaging, and a lot of rain to come, pa

graham satchell reports. he was just really selfless. just constantly thinking of others.he most of it. he would constantly say that we're a team and we'd get through anything together. we were constantly laughing and joking, and just kind of best friends, to be honest. we just liked being together and my life is different in every single way that it could be. lissie and andrew met at school. they were childhood sweetheart, together for 13 years. they'd just got married, were planning a family, when andrew was killed. august last year, andrew harper and a colleague were called to reports of a quad bike being stolen. as the suspects tried to escape, pc harper was caught in the tow rope. he was dragged along the road for more than a mile, suffering horrific, fatal injuries. just such a, you know, barbaric and...and remorseless act. this is a situation where people have gone out to commit a crime. and they've been, you know, immensely careless. not having regard for other people's lives. so yeah, that's something that i will have to live with forever. at the subsequent trial,