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

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

remembered for in history right now hello august 22, 1485, in the center of england in the county of leicestershire, the battle of the bosphorus took place , the last major battle of the 30-year civil war that went down in history, as the war of the scarlet and white roses, two groups of feudal lords were at enmity, lancaster aristocrats, they wore badges in the form of scarlet, roses and yorkies and badges in the form of white at the head of the yorks was king richard iii of the later pantogenet dynasty the expert dedicated his famous play to him richard attributed the assassination of his predecessor king edward and his children by the troops of the colonists consisted. mostly from the french mercenaries, henry the circus led him at the beginning. richard's commander, the duke of norfolk, died better, then his associate thomas stanley went over to the enemy and after richard died himself, and henry was crowned as henry the seventh and laid the foundation for a new english dynasty, the tudors, on august 22, 1864, the first geneva convention was concluded to improve the lot of the wounded and sick

untilthen, yana, igorand ilya are safe in leicestershire. phil mackie, bbc news, hinkley. a lot of us have had a lot of cloud, the rain it's been quite slow moving and the parts of southwest england and the parts of southwest england and wales towards parts of northeast england but societies, heavy thundershowers of the second half of the night and the likes of kent towards norfork. still quite humid but most of us a bit fresher of her neighbour he could see in the countryside across scotland and northern ireland. we start with a heavy downpour is across the southeast of england and east anglia and it could be some local is flooding that falls in the small space of time on dry ground. in the afternoon, orall space of time on dry ground. in the afternoon, or all lived in the dry weather with sunny spells, mostly light winds and pleasant and dispose of sunshine for 15 to 24 degrees on thursday. the site higher pressure builds once again for friday and into the weekend and keeping the weather largely drained settled, the high teens in the north low to mid 20s up towards the s

in the programme — and some of the world's top female pilots are competing over the skies of leicestershirel tell you more on the world gliding championships. hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. all that on the way in a busy show. but we start with england legend ellen white, who this week decided to call time on her career in football. she's been speaking today for the first time since retiring about her highs and lows in a career spanning over ten years. one of those lows — a physio treatment which punctured her lung. our reporterjo currie has been interviewing ellen today, and shejoins me now. jo, tell us more on what ellen said about the acupuncture. around about the acupuncture. this time last year she had small around this time last year she had a small back problem and when she went back to her club manchester city, she saw someone to relieve that problem with during the acupuncture treatment, a needle punctured the long and a lot of trouble stemmed from that with her needing to go to hospital to effectively had to have her long re—inflated. she spoke about how that affects

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the founder of the beautiful pubs collective which runs three independent pubs in leicestershire. emerged about the final moments of nine year old olivia pratt korbel, who was shot dead in liverpool last week. an inquest into her death has been hearing about how officers tried to save her life. our correspondent judith moritz has more. well, the courts heard those awful details about the last moments of olivia's life, has a say, police officers raced herejust after ten o'clock last monday night having been called to the scene. and when they turned up, they found the nine—year—old with a gunshot wound to the chest. they scooped her up, put her in the back of a police car, raced with her to the children's hospitaljust about a mile or so up from here. one of the officers trying to stem the bleeding from olivia's chest by pressing his hand over it as he ran to the main entrance doors of the hospital where he was met by a trauma team. their extensive efforts there to save the little girl for more than an hour including cardiac massage, blood transfusion and so on, but we are told thatj

kathryn stanczyszyn reports from hinckley in leicestershire.ched and yellow at the moment, after the driest summer in decades. eight areas of england have now been officially designated as being in drought. some, like the south—east, already with water restrictions in place. 0thers expecting them to be brought in soon. even where hosepipe bans aren't yet being enforced, companies are asking users to be more mindful of their water consumption as reservoirs slowly but steadily recede. and for some farmers, it means a much tougher year than expected. it's just like the sahara desert out there. we're having to feed the winter rations, silage, to the cattle now. and by the end of the summer, we'll be halfway through that and we're going to have to source it from somewhere else — and i don't know where yet. hopefully it'll rain very soon. the extreme dry weather brings another risk — fire. services across the country are dealing with tinder dry conditions that are more difficult to control if a blaze breaks out. and that means a usual favourite hot w

kathryn stanczyszyn joins me now from hinckley in leicestershire. it's looking rather dry there. looking rather dry there. it is indeed- the _ it's looking rather dry there. it 3 indeed. the impact of it's looking rather dry there. it 1 indeed. the impact of the drought to already being felt on farms like this one. the cattle are fast getting through their stored winter rations because there just isn't the grass to feed them. eight areas are now officially declared as experiencing drought, areas in the south—west, south—east, east anglia, lincolnshire and east midlands. it is also expected of the places will follow suit fairly quickly, particularly the west midlands and yorkshire, with more water restrictions on the way. large swathes of countryside look scorched and yellow at the moment, after the driest summer in decades. eight areas of england have now been officially designated as being in drought. some, like the south—east, already with water restrictions in place. others expecting them to be brought in soon. even where hosepipe bans aren't yet being enforced, companies are

at this farm shop and cafe in leicestershire, electricity bills are set to soar from £17,000 to almost0 a year. during the pandemic, the business had government backing, including and the eat out to help out scheme. the boss says support now is needed just as urgently. there is a £50,000 increase on the costs we have got. we can't afford it. not that long ago, they were asking people to come and eat here for free. we didn't ask for that and to be honest, we didn't need that, but now we actually genuinely need help to pay for electric, to keep the lights on and keep us cooking, so they have got to rethink what they are doing. the government says that no new policy will be announced until the new prime minister is in place. although it insists it will continue to support businesses through the winter. many pubs and other operators say urgent action is needed now, or they will soon be ringing up last orders for good. theo leggett, bbc news. and it's being claimed many nurseries have closed for good during the current summer term than in previous years, because of rising energy bills, lead

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remembered for in history right now hello august 22 , 1485 in the center of england in the county of leicestershirele on the bosswar field, the last major battle of thirty years the civil war, which went down in history as the war of the scarlet and the white rose, was at enmity between two groups of feudal lords, the lancaster aristocrats, they wore badges in the form of scarlet, roses and yorkies and badges in the form of white roses. the yorks were led by king richard iii of the plantegenet dynasty. later, shakespeare dedicated his famous play to him. richard was credited with the murder of his predecessor king edward and his children, the troops of the colonists consisted. mostly from french mercenaries, it was led by henry of the courts. at the beginning of the battle. the best commander died. richard duke of norfolk, then his associate. thomas stanley went over to the enemy and after richard died, henry himself was crowned. henry the seventh and laid the foundation for a new english dynasty, the tudors, on august 22, 1864, the first geneva convention was concluded for the improvement of the c

at this farm shop in leicestershire, electricity bills are to soar from £17,000 to almost 76,000 a year00 increase on the costs we've got. we can't afford it. you know, long term, it could be catastrophic for a lot of businesses, not just ours. it's an impossible situation to deal with, unless we get help. but unfortunately our politicians are all on holiday. the government says no new policy will be announced until the new prime minister is in place but that it will continue to support businesses through the winter. ben boulos reporting. earlier i spoke to kris gumbrell, chief executive of brewhouse & kitchen, a brewery and pub chain with 22 pubs across england and wales. he outlined the urgent help pubs need in order to survive. several areas, but predominantly a business energy cap as soon as possible. we are an energy intensive sector, it is a big part of what we do, we provide warm environments, cook food, my business brews on site so it is really important we get some sort of cap or support. we need a business rates change, my business looks like it is having a 9% increase next ye

at this farm shop and cafe in leicestershire, electricity bills are set to soar from £17,000 to almostpandemic, the business had government backing, including and the eat out to help out scheme. the boss says support now is needed just as urgently. there is a £50,000 increase on the costs we have got. we can't afford it. not that long ago, they were asking people to come and eat here for free. we didn't ask for that and to be honest, we didn't need that, but now we actually genuinely need help to pay for electric, to keep the lights on and keep us cooking, so they have got to rethink what they are doing. the government says that no new policy will be announced until the new prime minister is in place. although it insists it will continue to support businesses through the winter. many pubs and other operators say urgent action is needed now, or they will soon be ringing up last orders for good. theo leggett, bbc news. and it's being claimed many more nurseries have closed for good during the latest summer term than in previous years, because of rising energy bills, as well as high infla

iam here i am here in a very dry leicestershire, one of eight areas officially designated as being in 24—year—old man from newjersey has been arrested. sir salman may lose an eye, according to his agent. our correspondent nomia iqbal reports from outside the hospital in pennsylvania where the author of the satanic verses is being treated. the attack happened in full view of an audience. there was panic and confusion, as sir salman rushdie lay injured on the stage after being stabbed. the suspectjumped onto the stage and attacked mr rushdie, stabbing him at least once in the neck and at least once in the abdomen. mr rushdie was provided medical treatment by a doctor who was in the audience, until ems arrived on scene. mr rushdie was airlifted to a local trauma centre and is still currently undergoing surgery. afterwards, eyewitnesses said they were in deep shock. i was stunned by what i saw. i thought at first it was a stunt or some kind of play that wasn't funny. and then i realised what was actually happening, i wasjust completely taken by surprise. people were rising up out of their

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sally bowman has spent the morning at foxton locks in leicestershire to find out what they're worriedex goode, who's the site manager here. alex, does today's announcement make much difference to the way that you're managing the canals? not overly, because we've been managing our water very sparingly and being very careful with it, as always. and the hot weather has been here for a while. so we've been very closely managing our water levels on the canals. what about the people using the locks, people who are in the boats or people just walking alongside the canal? any advice for them, given the weather? for boaters, we're asking to share locks wherever possible, even if that means waiting for a little while at a lot. see if another boat comes along. and the obvious thing is of closing gates and closing paddles. and for people taking a walk down the canal or saying, please don't swim in the canals, they can be very dangerous. places may be deeper than they look. they may be shallower and there could be underwater obstructions. so we advise people to go to organised groups or maybe even

remembered for in history right now hello august 22 , 1485 in the center of england in the county of leicestershire there was a battle on bosswar field, the last major battle of the thirty-year civil war, which went down in history, as the war of scarlet and white rose , two groups of feudal lords, aristocrats lancasters, were at enmity, they wore badges in the form of scarlet, roses and yorkies and their badges in the form of white roses. at the head of the yorks was king richard the third of the plantegenet dynasty. later experts dedicated their famous play to him. richard was credited with the murder of his predecessor king edward and his children, the troops of the colonists consisted. mostly from french mercenaries, it was led by henry courts. at the beginning of the battle. the best commander died. richard the duke of norfolk, then his associate tomatoes went over to the enemy, and after richard died, henry himself was crowned. henry the seventh and laid the foundation for a new english dynasty, the tudors, on august 22, 1864, the first geneva convention was concluded for the improvement of t