mary ellis delighted in flying.n in 1917, the year before the raf was created, her love of planes began early. she got her pilot's licence in 1938 and joined the air transport auxiliary — a civilian organisation which ferried aircraft from factory to front—line airfield. soon, mary and other women were flying bombers and fighters, to the amazement on one occasion, she recalled, of one ground crew. i said, "i am the pilot!" they didn't believe me, and they actually went in the aeroplane and searched it to find a pilot. they came back and said, "there's nobody there, you must be!" after the war, mary ellis lived on the isle of wight, where she managed sandown airport for 20 years. of her time flying, she said, "i'd like to do it all over again." "there was a war on, but otherwise it was absolutely wonderful." mary ellis, who has died at the age of 101. that is all from us now, time for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm mike bushell. dreaming of paris — britain's geraint thomas is just three d

mary ellis delighted in flying.early. there were air fields close to the farm where she got her pilot's licence in 1938 and joined the air transport auxiliary — a civilian organisation which ferried aircraft from factory to front line airfield. soon mary and other women were flying bombers and fighters, to the amazement on one occasion, she recalled, of one ground crew. i said, "i am the pilot!" they didn't believe me, and they actually went in the aeroplane and searched it to find a pilot. they came back and said, "there's nobody there, you must be!" after the war, mary ellis lived on the isle of wight where she managed sandown airport for 20 years. of her time flying, she said, "i would like to do it all over again. there was a war on, but otherwise it was absolutely wonderful." time for a look at the weather. here's tomasz schafernaker. thank you, what the scorcher. we we re thank you, what the scorcher. we were forecasting temperatures in the mid—30s and we registered 35 celsius today at heathrow, we still have

the remarkable life of mary ellis, who has died at the age of 101.oes on, what are the temperatures like right now? we get with the results every hour on the hour, and at 2pm, temperatures were exceeding 33 degrees. we have another couple of hours of heating easily left, so i think it is very likely we will hit 35, possibly even exceed 35 degrees somewhere in the south—east today. and the widely across the country we have temperatures into the low 30s, high 20s. this pattern is still the same, the heat is coming in from the south, and partially what is responsible for the heat coming in from the south is

mary ellis, who has died at the age of 101.ng day. here is the broad picture. hot air streaming out of the south, being drawn in by this pressure in the atlantic. it is moving into our direction but the low pressure sitting here will also be responsible for sending these weather fronts in our direction. some cooler weather and much—needed rain but before all of that happens, across the bulk of england, wales and scotland, the wind still coming in from the south. it is very hard even as far as north yorkshire. in northern ireland the weather front just about knocks on the doorstep later in the day. showers could break out across parts of the country. this is still the temperature at 11pm tonight. 0n friday, we start to see that low— pressure friday, we start to see that low—pressure moving a bit closer. it moves away the hot air into the north sea. it will be way out here towards the east but we will still season very towards the east but we will still season very high temperatures across the south—east in east anglia but notice

mary ellis joined war has died at the age of 101. g the flypast of a hurricane and a pair of spitfires. during world war ii, she had served in the air transport auxiliary or ata. herjob was to fly spitfires, wellingtons and dozens of other aircraft types from the factories where they were made to the airfields where they were needed. initially the female pilots were restricted to flying trainers and transport planes but it wasn‘t long before they were tasked with flying fighters and bombers too. as she remembered in a bbc interview, on one occasion the ground crew simply refused to believe a woman had just delivered their brand—new wellington bomber. i said, "i am the pilot." and they didn‘t believe me. and they actually went in the aeroplane and searched it to find the pilot and they came back and said, "there‘s nobody there! you must be!" the female ata pilots were also the first women to receive from the british government the same pay as men for doing the same job. on twitter, former airman john nichol described her as a truly rem

mary ellis, who has died at the age of 101. time for a look at the weather.ally 35 celsius. it was 35 at heathrow airport in the middle of the afternoon. it is still very hot out there and those temperatures will continue to remain very high over the next 2a hours, both by night and by day. the hot air still coming in from the south so tomorrow it is increasingly that extreme south and south—east of the country that will have it. this area of low pressure from the atlantic will be sending weather systems in our direction and weather systems in our direction and we will start to see eventually things cooling off. in the short—term, this is the temperature at 6pm. still in the mid—30s there in london, for many of us it is the high 20s. a much pressure 21 there in belfast. we have seen some vicious than the storms across parts of the midlands, lincolnshire as well. these are the temperatures at around 11pm. still 27 in london and 20 in newcastle. it was extreme in the south—east and east anglia but the south—east and east anglia but the heat was felt across the

and remembering mary ellis — the oldest surviving female second world war pilot — who's died at the ageup on sportsday on bbc news: he's getting closer to the dream — geraint thomas protects his lead in the tour de france, ahead of the toughest test of all. good evening. the uk has experienced its hottest day of the year so far with 35.1 degrees celsius recorded in surrey and predictions that the record of 38.5 could be broken tomorrow. the continuing extreme heat is causing problems. in the nhs with the warnings the service is facing problems similar to the winter. and the channel tunnel faced problems. wally is suffering. at 86, the heat has made his lung condition worse. he was rushed to hospital after collapsing at home. i fell, fell backwards into a radiator. took a chunk out. he's now making sure he drinks plenty of water during the heat wave. second time it's happened. and so is don, on the other side of the ward. he came in dehydrated with a kidney problem. i go into the hallway. and the next thing i knew, i'm on the deck. what, you just passed out? yeah. that's scary. it is. he

the remarkable life of mary ellis, who has died at the age of 101. time for a look at the weather now. tomasz schafernaker is here. the wait goes on, what are the temperatures like right now? we get with the results every hour on the hour, and at 2pm, temperatures were exceeding 33 degrees. we have another couple of hours of heating easily left, so i think it is very likely we will hit 35, possibly even exceed 35 degrees somewhere in the south—east today. and the widely across the country we have temperatures into the low 30s, high 20s. this pattern is still the same, the heat is coming in from the south, and partially what is responsible for the heat coming in from the south is this low, that is shunting all that airing our direction, but at the same time this low out in the atlantic with its weather front, and this low out in the atlantic with its weatherfront, and this is low out in the atlantic with its weather front, and this is the satellite image from the last few hours, this low pressure is also going to be responsible for cooling things down

mary ellis, who has died at the age of 101. it is a 15 am.as 38.5 celsius. i was going to calculate it, and it is 101.48 fahrenheit. july is proving to be a very hot months. every single day in july has exceeded 25 celsius somewhere in the uk. we are in primrose hill this morning and you can see some lovely trees behind me. in the royal parks there are 170,000 trees. they are watered by hand at the moment to make sure that they survive this hot weather. the royal parks are also just reminding us not to feed the ducks. red is unhealthy for the birds and it rocks which can trigger algae growth which can reduce oxygen for the fish. —— bread is unhealthy. and barbecues are banned, especially on the driest grass, which can cause a huge fire risk. today's top temperature will be 35 somewhere in the south—east of england. probably around the london area. everywhere else it will be hotter than yesterday. widely we are looking at temperatures from the mid to the high 205. in northern ireland, you have the low to the mid 205, 21 to 24. as we go through

mary ellis was one of the last surviving female pilots from world war ii, flying about 1,000 planes overars for britain's royal air force. she was 101 years old. >> oh, that's amazing. look at her. >>> all right. for more on the five things to know, go to cnn.com/newday for the very latest. >>> okay, we're following a lot of news this morning, so let's get right to it. >> the president's public statements create concern on both sides of the aisle. >> what matters is what president trump has directed us to do. >> the trump administration delaying that second meeting with vladimir putin. >> while the president's under investigation, it doesn't feel right. >> i don't see the government meeting their deadline. >> nearly 500 parents were possibly deported without their kids. >> we want to make sure that that adult is safe for the child. >> the president has institutionalized the idea of it being okay to tell a lie. >> it just isn't something that i think is that important. >> the real thing that's happened here is that the president's lawyer has gone rogue. >> this is "new day" with alisyn ca