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simon hare, bbc east midlands today, derbyshire.also more likely to be poorer, bbc analysis has revealed. satellite insight firm four earth intelligence provided heat data, which was then cross referenced with the government's measure of relative poverty. the research showed that nearly two—thirds of people living in high—heat areas are also in more deprived places. harriet bradshaw has this exclusive report. climate change is heating things up and even glasgow is vulnerable. in higher temperatures, some city buildings already get hotter compared to others in green spaces. a big problem if you have health issues made worse in the heat. alison has asthma. the whole house would be like an absolute tavern. the fans are going. my inhaler tries to help but then it got so bad i couldn't breathe at all and my partner had to take me to hospital. to keep neighbourhoods cooler, experts recommend more green space are needed. so during the heatwave lastjuly, a satellite measured the land surface temperature of this block of flats here as 27 cel

a west midlands ambulance service says it's seen a rise in the number of heat related calls.re safe, such as allowing pupils to wear pe kits instead of uniforms. amy cole reports. more than eighty—thousand people are expected to attend the farnborough airshow this week. it can keep your head in the shade. in cold water and put isa in your drink all 16 classrooms have air—conditioning but this heat waves is certainly testing. air-conditioning but this heat waves is certainly testing.— is certainly testing. normally we send them _ is certainly testing. normally we send them aside _ is certainly testing. normally we send them aside to _ is certainly testing. normally we send them aside to cool- is certainly testing. normally we send them aside to cool down i is certainly testing. normally we - send them aside to cool down rather than being _ send them aside to cool down rather than being in the classroom but we have water— than being in the classroom but we have water on hand. school uniforms have water on hand. school uniforms have also _ have water on hand. school uniforms hav

this will be the biggest sports event of the west midlands and birmingham have ever hosted.e than i billion people, globally, we'll be watching. a tremendous showcase. this is birmingham's big chance to shine. many thanks, lots to look forward to, but that is it from us in birmingham for now. now time for the rest of the news. a woman who murdered the one—year—old boy she was trying to adopt lied about her alcohol use, mental health problems, and debt. a safeguarding review found there were systemic failings in the adoption process and information was not always shared between agencies. in her first interview, the little boy's mother says her son leiland—james was wrongly taken away from her at birth and would still be alive if he had been left with her. this report from our special correspondent, ed thomas, contains some distressing details. "mummy, please don't be sad. "i miss you so much, too. "i'm safe. "it's so beautiful up here. "but i do worry when i see you cry." laura inhales sharply. the words of laura corkill, read at the funeral of her son, leiland—james. .. and

outbreaks of rain, heaviest in northern england and the midlands to begin with.ng lighter, patchier, sunshine and showers for the afternoon and many places becoming dry and fresher. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, says the killings of 50 prisoners of war at a detention centre in the russian—occupied part of donetsk region on friday is a war crime. moscow has accused kyiv of killing the prisoners in a rocket strike. the first grain ship from ukraine since russia's invasion is ready and waiting for the signal to leave port. widespread disruption to train services is expected throughout the uk today as drivers from seven operators walk out over pay. and former tory leadership candidate tom tugendhat is the latest conservative to back liz truss in the contest. pope francis has said he may need to consider stepping down, and would do so if his health meant that he could not serve in the way he should. now on bbc news, the travel show�*s ade adepitan visits the greek island of evia one year on from the devastating fores

we the west midlands a direct service to the venue from there.— the west midlands a direct service tois the big new venues. the _ event? the obvious legacy is the big new venues. the wonderful- event? the obvious legacy is the big i new venues. the wonderful swimming centre in smethwick, one of the tougher areas of the region, that would not have happened without this. transport infrastructure. but the one thing is people who can say i got a skill, a job because of this. 7000 people have been put through new training and i want people to say i got my career, start in life because of it. are you good at sport? i do my bit, swimming, running. i am at sport? i do my bit, swimming, running. lam probably at sport? i do my bit, swimming, running. i am probably rubbished at sport? i do my bit, swimming, running. lam probably rubbished by anyone else's standards but for my age, i am all right. will you try anything new? i do not know about that. you may be will encourage me. but i will enjoy everything we are putting on to show the world. goad putting on to show the world. good to see you- —

it looks like the showers will clear the midlands, so by the evening it looks like it will be fine andnd quite mild for the opening ceremony in birmingham. as we head into friday, looks like we will see this area of low pressure start to move into the north and west. this is a feature that will bring some fairly substantial range of the north—west, very little getting into the south—east. i think friday looks a brighter day, less cloud around generally. we should see more sunshine that into the afternoon, the temperatures rise and set off a few scattered showers fostered it will be a warmer day, 27 or 28 in the south—east, 2i will be a warmer day, 27 or 28 in the south—east, 21 for the central belt of scotland and also 21 in belfast. it stays warm for all areas through the weekend. but northern areas will see more cloud at times thanks to low pressure and there will be outbreaks of rain, some quite heavy, very little of it getting into the south—east. so it does remain dry here, sophie. thank you. and that's bbc news at six — from the six team, it's goodbye. the news continues here on

here at east midlands they are in the same position.people in place. they say the critical role is like a security officers, and still some otherjobs going the airport. i�*ve been taking a look at two of the country�*s biggest airports, gatwick and manchester, as they try to get things ready. the summer holidays are coming. demand for travel is back but are airports and airlines ready? they are under pressure to avoid a repeat of the long queues, disruption and cancellations seen at easter half term. kids have been up since three o�*clock in the morning and should have been on a flight at 6.40. cancelled. just heartbroken how i was going to explain to the girls that the holiday they have spoken nothing else for the last 12 months was cancelled. at manchester airport the other day passengers told me they were worried by what they had heard. we thought it would be awful, about four hours earlier. - four hours early? yeah, just to make sure. it�*s just because we heard all the bad things that were going on so we came an hour or two earlier

ahead of it, though, the midlands towards the southeast and east anglia, a warm day again on saturdayme rain. and then that weather frontjust hangs around for the second half of the weekend. this is where we've got a lot of uncertainty. just little bumps along that weather front, maybe pepping up the rain from time to time. and it looks like that rain now is going to be a bit further south across wales, the midlands and across east anglia, the far south of england may stay dry, and further north, it looks like it'll be dry, brighter and a little bit cooler in scotland and northern ireland. still some warmth, though, if we do get some sunshine in the southeast of england. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines... president xi warnsjoe biden against disregarding the one—china principle over taiwan in a marathon two hour phone call. fears of a recession in the us after two consecutive quarters of negative growth. we have created 9 million newjobs so far since i've become president. businesses are investing in america at record rates. that d

stays cloudy north midlands, north west wales and for the rain and drizzle turning a bit patchy laterh games in birmingham — as the city celebrates its diversity and history with an action packed opening ceremony. 16 gold medals are up for grabs today. the government has revealed how the £400 pounds of help for rising energy bills, will be paid in england, scotland and wales — there'll be six monthly installments from october. last week's record temperatures would have been �*almost impossible' if it weren't for man made climate change — according to scientists in a new report. deadly flash floods in kentucky, the governor issues a state of emergency in six counties and says hundreds of people will lose their homes. a nine year—old girl dies after a suspected stabbing in boston in lincolnshire. police launch a murder investigation. the end of the so—called wagatha christie trial — rebecca vardy and colleen rooney will find out today which of them has won their high court libel case. and it's farewell to neighbours afterfour decades — as fans here in the uk prepare for tonight's final

they'll probably be a pulse of rain crossing wales, perhaps reaching the north midlands, the peaks andnes for a time in the afternoon. so the south east of that is dry with some warm spells of sunshine. indeed, actually, temperatures will be higher than they were on saturday across the board. quite a big jump up in temperatures in aberdeen, but the hottest weather will be across east anglia where we're looking at highs of up to 30 degrees celsius. sunday evening and overnight, well, we're going to continue those south—westerly winds for a time across england and wales, a little bit of rain, but nothing particularly towards east anglia and south east england. we'll get some further pulses of rain for scotland and northern ireland, but here we're going to start to get north—westerly winds feeding in, and those north westerly winds are as a result of this area of low pressure slowly transferring eastwards. the north—westers will start to drop the temperatures a little bit as we go through monday. now, there is still a bit of rain in the forecast. it looks like it could be quite a wet star

probably some rain working across wales into the north midlands, the peaksin wales into the north midlandsternoon. a much warmer day in aberdeen, in east anglia temperatures are likely to hit 30 celsius during sunday afternoon. for monday, the same air of low pressure is with us. if you chilbers across the western areas, sunny spells in between. more generally high teens for scotland and northern ireland, temperatures also dropping between england and wales. beyond that high pressure stays in charge, drinking sunny and dry weather to england and wales. they will be some dry weather for scotland and northern ireland, but also rain for a this is bbc news. the headlines at eight: a global emergency is declared by the world heath 0rganisation as the international monkeypox outbreak worsens. we have an outbreak that has spread around the world rapidly, so new modes of transmission about which we understand too little. officials in kent declare a major incident, as long queues form for a second day in dover. delays are also being reported by travellers heading for the eurotunnel in folkestone, w

and it's quite a humid, muggy feel out there with some light patchy rain across the midlands, north walesorth of england. to the north of that, it's a little bit fresher but largely fine and dry for scotland and northern ireland. as we go through the evening, we'll see more persistent rain pushing across wales to the north of england into the midlands. maybe some of that rain perhaps just pushing towards the southeast corner, but nothing significant. the best of the drier, clearer skies are likely to remain in scotland. so some early morning sunshine for you on sunday. 0ur weather front sinks its way south and east, takes a few scattered showers across south east england, but then brightening up slowly behind it and still pretty warm here. top temperatures likely of 26 degrees, a little bit fresher further north and west. cooler with more showers to come for monday. the best of the drier weather in the southeast. hello this is bbc news. the headlines: here in the uk — police in lincolnshire have issued an appealfor a man they would like to question, over the death of 9—year—old lilia valu

some particularly heavy bursts for northern england, wales, parts of the midlands and east anglia.down into the south, where we really do need some. by the afternoon, signs of something a little brighter, although western coasts of wales, the south west, likely to stay cloudy and drizzly. a few showers in the north west of scotland. quite a windy day — those are the average wind speeds, the gusts will be stronger than that. but that wind coming from quite a warm direction, still high levels of humidity — 23 for aberdeen, 27 for london. bit of a change, though, through tuesday night into wednesday as this cold front sinks its way southeastwards. behind that, we change the wind direction, we get into northwesterly winds, and that will start to introduce cooler conditions — fresher conditions, too, across the uk by day and by night. it will turn mostly dry aside from just a few showers. 17 in belfast by friday, 2a in london. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. football history is made as england beat germany 2—1 in the women's europe

some particularly heavy bursts for northern england, wales, parts of the midlands and east anglia.e afternoon, signs of something a little brighter, although western coasts of wales, the south west, likely to stay cloudy and drizzly. a few showers in the north west of scotland. quite a windy day — those are the average wind speeds, the gusts will be stronger than that. but that wind coming from quite a warm direction, still high levels of humidity — 23 for aberdeen, 27 for london. bit of a change, though, through tuesday night into wednesday as this cold front sinks its way southeastwards. behind that, we change the wind direction, we get into northwesterly winds, and that will start to introduce cooler conditions — fresher conditions, too, across the uk by day and by night. it will turn mostly dry aside from just a few showers. 17 in belfast by friday, 2a in london. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines. england's women footballers make history — beating germany two — one in the european championship final at wembley. it's a first m

some light, patchy rain across the midlands, north wales and into the north england.o the north of that, a little bit fresher. but largely fine and drive to scotland and northern ireland. as we go through the evening, we will see more persistent rain pushing across wales, to the north england into the midlands. it may be that some of that rain comes towards the south—east corner but nothing significant. the best of the drier and clearer skies are likely to remain in scotland. some early morning sunshine for you on sunday, the front sinks southwards and takes a few scattered showers across south—east england but then bright up south—east england but then bright up slowly behind it, till pretty warm, top temperatures of 26 degrees, a little bit fresher, further north and west. cooler with more showers to come for monday, the best of the dryer weather in the south—east. hello this is bbc news. the headlines... ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, says the killings of 50 prisoners of wars at a detention centre in the russian—occupied part of the donetsk region, on fri

there'll be little, if anything, reaching parts of south east england, the south midlands and east angliais month. now the radar picture does pick up some rainfall, but the heaviest rain today has been across northern ireland and western scotland. the rain is a bit more patchy further south, but overnight tonight, the brisk south—westerly winds will continue to bring pulses of rain across these areas, whereas across the southeast, the rain never really reaches. it's going to be a warm night. temperatures falling no lower than 16 to 18 degrees. and you'll probably find some low cloud and a bit of mist around some of our western hills to start the day on sunday. the same area of low pressure is with us, then, for tomorrow's weather, bringing some rain to north western areas, but some warm weather working into east anglia and the south east, where it should stay dry for just about everyone. the rain will be heavy at times for northern ireland and for western scotland. the rain a bit patchy in nature as it works across wales, probably reaching the north midlands, the peaks and the pennines fo

>> tim dunn in midland. >> i'm going to talk a little bit about my background. grew up in big spring. i worked at koz den refinery in the surveillancmmers. >> he has been the leader of this midland oil team. >> i've ended up making more money than i ever thought possible. sfwr the >> and then you have the wilks brothers. >> this is where i lived the first six years of my life. >> you've come a long way. >> yeah, we have. >> they used to be in the fracking business and they made billions. >> we didn't expect a lot of the good things that did happen. >> i can hear the critics already saying you can't expect me to believe there's a handful of billionaires that can have this kind of influence of an entire state of nearly 30 million people. >> i don't think anybody can identify any other reason that that money is what's pushing texas to the far right. these texas districts are so big and sprawling, it's impossible to find somebody that everybody knows. so you have the west texas money that comes in, hand picks a candidate that nobody's ever heard of, and they put $2

there will be a zone of thicker cloud through wales, the midlands, into yorkshire, with patchy rain,ng further blustery and at times wet conditions across northern and western parts of the uk during sunday, whereas the south—east stays dry. there will be a zone of thicker cloud through wales, the midlands, into yorkshire, with patchy rain, that is most persistent in wales. there will be showers around elsewhere, another dose of heavy and possibly thundery rain for northern ireland in the afternoon, and then moving on towards scotland. now, many areas will be warmer but it is going to feel quite hot in the sunshine. in east anglia, up to around 31 celsius. some heavy rain moving north through scotland on sunday evening and into the night. elsewhere, a future showers or patches of rain will continue on into monday morning, and a rather warm and humid night. and then on monday it is all about the showers, rarely, and some of those are going to be quite heavy. a few brighter spells, it will often be cloudy, the wind turning round to more other west northwesterly, that is a cooler directi

the city, in the midlands of england, is the second largest by population in the uk. discuss i'm joined by marverine cole, award—winning journalist and proud birmingham local! thanks very much for coming on the programme. thank you. tell us a bit more about birmingham? but to those people in the world who don't know very much about the need to know about it? it is don't know very much about the need to know about it?— to know about it? it is a bustling, thrivin: , to know about it? it is a bustling, thriving, ethnically _ to know about it? it is a bustling, thriving, ethnically diverse - to know about it? it is a bustling, thriving, ethnically diverse city i thriving, ethnically diverse city for the people who are friendly, south of the earth, will say hi to you, how are you doing? we have amazing arts, culture, music, food. you can hear some young singers possibly behind me on the stage because we just possibly behind me on the stage because wejust had possibly behind me on the stage because we just had sir lenny henry our honorary son bring the batten into victoria

birmingham is the brand but this is a games across the whole of the west midlands, particularly their midlands, if not in the uk, and the fact that they are getting something which is world—class and will be there as a facility for the community forever in the future is a brilliant example of real legacy. birmingham's only new facility has been built with a place in mind. the council says it can keep sport here affordable. the pool at these games is made notjust for medals but for a neighbourhood. joe lenski, bbc news, sandwell. as we have just heard from the mayor, he believes these games will leave a legacy in the region and bring benefit to places that need them. looking ahead tomorrow, there are questions about whether the rail strike will affect numbers turning up strike will affect numbers turning up for the opening ceremony and for the first day of sporting events that start on friday. aside from these concerns, there is also a strong sense of excitement and opportunity as birmingham and the region prepare to host ten days of world—class sport. a un human rights committee says

this is midland bible church.ched here many times. >> he has set us free from the law. there's no condemnation for those who walk according to the spirit. >> we're here in midland, texas, it's part of your own district. it's also home to tim dunn. ♪ >> you're voting record is just as conservative as many of the people who might be supported by these west texas billionaires and you voted for the abortion bill. you vote for the no permit gun carry bill. >> mm-hmm. >> and the bill that limits the discussion of race and depender in class room, you voted for that as well. >> mm-hmm. >> so why haven't the tim dunns and ferries wilks supported you? it seems like you're doing things that they agree with. >> my voting record is conservative. is it 100% conservative? no. there's 100%ers and you're either owned or not owned. >> in 2006 dunn actually donated $500 to your senate campaign, and since then dunn has donated to texas politicians and political action committees across the state. none of that money has gone to you. >

it was in the basement of the midland county courthouse. the library was in the center of town, and the courthouse was in the center square of my town. that showed me how important reading and libraries work to everyone in the town of midland. to name>> when we interviewed n july, we ask you that hypothetical question about the people you would ask to be around your dinner table, if you could, to the rioters. you said, mark twain, tolstoy, and -- is there anybody want to add to that table today? >> well, we've got a lot of great people here at this table, and i hope everybody who sees this today on c-span, who is anywhere near the area comes down. they could meet david mccullough. they can hear him read from his book, john adams, his new book which he read from last night. i love the idea of americans reading about our american heroes. his new book about our second president. it's so interesting to all of us. so, i hope people will read that book, and i also hope they will read a lot of other american history books. we have great children's

we are actually going to sell the brand of birmingham and the west midlands right around the world.gives an opportunity to show the world just how this place has progressed in recent years. huge business conference here could coincide over the next two weeks, investment will come from that as well. you can hardly walk anywhere without bumping into someone from another competitor, in this case, guernsey, which is hosting next year's island games. one of the things we would like to replicate is the atmosphere and the friendliness because we are walking around today and anyone who has seen anyone in a kit is coming over and saying hello and chatting and it is, you know, really welcoming. so that is something we would definitely like to replicate. protests will take place, too. the games aims to be the most lgbtq+ inclusive yet, but two thirds of competing nations have laws against same—sex relationships. in a few hours, the party gets under way here in victoria square. it is the culmination of four years of preparations. phil mackie, bbc news, birmingham. "it makes me proud to be a bru

a pulse of rain likely to cross wales, perhaps reaching the north midlands, the peaks and the penninesough the afternoon. south—east of this, it's drier with some sunshine. temperatures across the board higher — much warmer in aberdeen — but the highest temperatures have been east anglia, where we're looking at up to 30, so it will be hot afternoon. more dry weather for england and wales in the week ahead, but across the north—west of the uk, although there will be some dry weather, there'll also be some rain at times. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: a global emergency is declared by the world heath organization — as the international monkeypox outbreak worsens. officials in kent declare a major incident — as long queues form for a second day in dover. delays are also being reported by travellers heading for the eurotunnel in folkestone — with traffic crawling on approaching routes. russian missiles hit the port of odesa — a day after ukraine and russia agreed to restart grain exports. rishi sunak and liz truss take to the campaign trail — as the race to become the uk's next pr

crew was held for— delays, one west midlands crew was held for 26— delays, one west midlands crew wasas a man whose mother died while she was waiting, it is pretty— mother died while she was waiting, it is pretty shocking stuff to read. you wonder, what if this happens to me or— you wonder, what if this happens to me or somebody i love? are we really going _ me or somebody i love? are we really going to _ me or somebody i love? are we really going to suffer because everything is so overstretched at the minute? every _ is so overstretched at the minute? every part — is so overstretched at the minute? every part of the nhs is stress and under resourced? i every part of the nhs is stress and under resourced?— under resourced? i think this is an im ortant under resourced? i think this is an important story — under resourced? i think this is an important story to _ under resourced? i think this is an important story to have _ under resourced? i think this is an important story to have on - under resourced? i think this is an important story to have on a - important story to have on a newsp

i'll have much more reaction from right across the black country on midlands today at 6:30p.m.bin has been to the lancashire town of garstang, which falls within defence secretary ben wallace's constituency. resigned? carol... honestly? ..was stunned. i cannot believe it. is that right? you're winding me up! val chuffed. yay! we don't talk about politics. you wanna hit the pub again, don't ya? yeah. the pub might get frisky for this lot... take care! ..because pals val and dot might be smiling, but they do not see eye to eye. we only have a fool running the country at the present. i know, but who else would have done what he has done — covid, brexit? - who else got all that? no-one _ the last few years of pandemic politics have had all the stomach churning turns of a blackpool big dipper, as have the last 48 hours in westminster. enough to make you giddy. a lot of people like borisjohnson here, they liked the wit. i thought he was a charismatic person. i did like him. but, you know, there's only so many tales that you can tell! you're laughing. oh, i know, i know. but, seriousl

but more especially tomorrow, from morning onwards across parts of wales, the midlands.e very, very dry miss them all together. very difficult to pinpoint where they are actually going to be. tomorrow's temperatures will be a little lower, perhaps the low 20s across the south of the country. and no higher than 17 in newcastle and 15 in aberdeen. the forecast for the weekend, then. here's an area of low pressure that will be approaching us, more unsettled conditions here and some welcome rain. to the south, high pressure. what this low is going to do is tap into some warmer air across the continent here and shunt it in our direction. through the weekend, there will be a gradual rise in the temperatures across the south and the east whilst many western and northern areas are in this more unsettled spell of weather. so cloud and welcome rain, of course. the temperatures on saturday, 26 in london, easily high 205 across parts of east anglia as well. and this process continues into sunday with the low pressure moving in. i think the wettest weather will be in the north—west o

this four parts of the midlands, east anglia and the south—east.med, they will take a while to cool warmed, they will take a while to cool. something more fresh coming tomorrow, high—pressure building and, winds going north to north—west of across western areas, lots of cloud for england through tomorrow producing showers, mostly dry page crucially

across northern england, part of midlands and north wales, this is where it will stay, quite grey.ome outbreaks of rain throughout the day, the odd heavier burst as well. even with the temperatures in the low or mid 20s, 26 or 28 degrees. 32 or 2a across about eastern scotland. overnight, humid night for england and wales, but lots of cloud and outbreak of rain will develop more widely once again and they could be one or two mac smashes of rain to southern counties in england. although not every garden is guaranteed. clear and fresh conditions to scotland and northern ireland with the exception of some rain in the east coast to begin with. cloudy and humid start england and wales, outbreaks of rain in northern ireland and the midlands to begin with, becoming lighter, patria, sunshine and showers in many places becoming dry and fresh. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines... police in lincolnshire have issued an appealfor a man they would like to question, over the death of 9—year—old lilia valutyte. widespread disruption to train services is expected throughout the uk today, as dr

a pulse of rain likely to cross wales, perhaps reaching the north midlands, the peaks and the pennineshrough the afternoon. south—east of this, it's drier with some sunshine. temperatures across the board higher — much warmer in aberdeen — but the highest temperatures have been east anglia, where we're looking at up to 30, so it will be hot afternoon. more dry weather for england and wales in the week ahead, but across the north—west of the uk, although there will be some dry weather, there'll also be some rain at times. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines... a global emergency is declared by the world heath organisation , as the international monkeypox outbreak worsens. officials in kent declare a major incident, as long queues form for a second day in dover. delays are also being reported by travellers heading for the eurotunnel in folkestone, with traffic crawling on approaching routes. russian missiles hit the port of odesa — a day after ukraine and russia agreed to restart grain exports now on bbc news — the media show. hello, i am ros atkins. welcome to this edition of the med

feature across the east midlands, east midlands, east anglia, south—east england, quite a hot day, temperatures showers, westerly winds via some slightly cooler there, to produce dropping across the board, high teens low 20s across north—western areas east anglia and the south—east still pretty warm and 25 but not the 30 will have tomorrow. beyond that high fish are england and wales, another week ahead, lots of dry weather with sunny spells, temperatures rising day by day, scotland and northern ireland will see some dry weather, some sunny spells but at times so the weather systems which will bring some thicker cloud and little rain to north—western areas of the uk, particularly towards the end of the week. that's today's weather. bye for now. this is bbc news, with the latest headlines. officials in kent declare a major incident, as long queues form for a second day in dover. delays are also being reported by travellers heading for the eurotunnel in folkestone, with traffic crawling on approaching routes. russian missiles hit the port of odesa — a day after ukraine and russia agreed to restar

today, health heat alerts were issued across the south, the midlands and eastern parts of england.have been advised to stay indoors where possible, and drink plenty of water. as our climate editor justin rowlatt reports, this type of extreme weather is likely to become more familiar in future. in case you haven't noticed, it is hot. very hot. wales recorded its hottest day of the year, 28.6 celsius, in flintshire. and temperatures soared in england too. lovely if you can get to the beach or to a pool, but the truth is, most of us can't. do you mind if i put a hat on you, my lovely? because the sun's very hot. at summercourt care home in teignmouth, they have been making sure their residents stay nice and cool. love it. we're so lucky, aren't we? yeah. we haven't seen this for years. i don't like it that hot. but on the other hand, i don't like being too. cold either. if you also found today uncomfortable, be warned — it is set to get a whole lot hotter this week. and it's because of the southerly wind. it absorbs heat over africa and then blasts up through spain and france and into

in northern ireland, southern scotland, northern england, wales, and including the north and west midlandsrnoon. still one or two showers, a bit of a keen breeze coming in from the south—west, and in those cloudier moments that will make it feel a touch of the cool side. 16—19 degrees, below par, but we could still get around 20—21, east anglia, south east. but this evening there will be a few showers pushing through, not everyone will see them, though, and into the night many will become dry again. further outbreaks of rain in the far north of scotland and then a few showers developing in the west later on in the night. temperatures as we start your sunday morning, very similar to where this morning started, 9—12 celsius. into sunday we go, a dry and bright start for the vast majority, always a bit cloudy across some of these western districts. a few showers around here as we start the day. those showers, though, as the westerly wind kicks in, will track their way eastwards, and so through the afternoon it is eastern areas most prone to some showers, the odd heavy one across eastern parts

events are spread around the west midlands, from warwick in the south to cannock further north. are mapped out to make a legacy. birmingham has builtjust one new venue for these commonwealth games and it is here in sandwell, one of the most diverse and densely populated parts of the city. this place has never had a resource like this before. but now it's got an aquatics centre. i feel extremely lucky because i don't think it will just affect us, it will affect future generations. in, like, 20 years' time, yeah, i was there, i saw this happen. the centre has been stitched into smethwick in sandwell borough. by next year, it will be a multipurpose facility. for this community, it is a gateway to sport that, without the games, would not be here. ijoined smethwick swimming club when i was 11. we were fortunate to have pools close by, but nothing like we are going to have now. we've talked about this for a long time, we have dreamed about it. it is real now. and it is just going to give so many opportunities for youngsters from around here. for someone who has been involved in smethw

the places we are likely to get hottest are east midlands, the midlands, east anglia and lincolnshireash the all—time heat record in the uk. not necessarily something i had to say we want to smash, john. absolutely. some of us — we want to smash, john. absolutely. some of us were _ we want to smash, john. absolutely. some of us were lulled _ we want to smash, john. absolutely. some of us were lulled into - we want to smash, john. absolutely. some of us were lulled into a - we want to smash, john. absolutely. some of us were lulled into a full - some of us were lulled into a full sense of security last night, thinking that we had got through yesterday but today actually is the main day. thank you very much. we will check in later. how much would you like to be in there having a swim? , , ., ., ., ,, swim? definitely. i have a lake behind me _ swim? definitely. i have a lake behind me as _ swim? definitely. i have a lake behind me as well. _ swim? definitely. i have a lake behind me as well. i— swim? definitely. i have a lake behind me as well. i might - swim? definitely. i have a lake

in birmingham and the west midlands, that rain bearing cloud has been gathering to the northwest of us with some hill and coastal fog. misty and murky with some hill and coastalfog. clear misty and murky with some hill and coastal fog. clear spells further south, 12—16 degrees the overnight lows. this frontal system continues to trudge its way slowly southwards in eastwards with that extensive cloud, mist and fog and outbreaks of rain. rain pushing southward through the morning across scotland and northern ireland, tending to clear out into northern england. it will be raining all the time. some of it could drift into the north midlands and maybe even parts of east anglia as we go through the afternoon. very little if any rain coming down into because other counties where it will because other counties where it will be warm. 26 or 27. 22 in aberdeen. 0r saturday night, we see a feat of cloud continuing to roll in from the west. still some misty and murky conditions around the coast and over the hills. further outbreaks drifting in as well. sunday, a bit of uncertainty about how far nor

and in the midlands. weekend with some rain but dry and sunny moments also and staying warm in the south. with the price of heating our homes climbing ever higher, the government has unveiled the details of its latest plan to help support families through the cost of living crisis. here's how it will work. all households in england, scotland and wales will recieve £400 off their energy bills — paid in six instalments from october to march. for those paying by direct debit — £66 will be automatically taken off monthly payments in october and november, while £67 will be deducted each month for the remaining period. customers using a prepayment meter will receive the support in the form of discount vouchers, in the first week of each month. or if you use a smart app to top up, the money will be directly credited to your account each month. and a reminder — at no point should you be asked to share your bank details. here to explain more is rosi avis from citizens advice. good morning. even as we are going thr

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. £780 million has been spent on infrastructure and venues across the west midlands.us orie moved to wolverhampton when a child. the team england boxer told me how much it meant to be competing in his home region. so much pride and happiness. i remember first hearing that birmingham was going to host the commonwealth games a few years ago and i had that back of my mind, you know, like, "this is my calling. i�*m going to get that gold medal." archive: the empire - games opens with pomp, ceremony, colour and cheering... the 1934 empire games, before the event�*s name was changed. the link to colonialism has meant a challenging history for what some see as an outdated legacy of empire. 84 years on, england�*s netballers winning gold at the last games. england have done it! birmingham—born captain ama agbeze is now part of the organising committee and told me the event can still be a unifying force in a city known for its diversity. well, there definitely is at the moment lots of discussions about britain and how diverse and multicultural it is, and the commonwealth did c

rain pushing across parts of north midlands, northern england, wales. sunshine in east anglia and the south—east with highs of around 27 degrees. northern ireland turn in very wet for a time this evening with heavy thundery rain that will dress into north—west gone. showery rain to parts of england and wales. the south—east corner stay mostly dry, warm and muggy for all of us. tomorrow, low pressure in charge with the weather front bringing outbreaks of rain for south—west england, wales and midland. heavy showers for northern ireland and scotland. dry and bright toward the south—east and very warm, even hot with highs of 30 degrees. now it is time for the travel show. coming up on the travel show... we are finding out what's at the bottom of venice's most popular canals. they're something really big on the line here. it looks really, really heavy. we meet the chef bringing a comforting taste of ukraine to london. welcome to my kitchen! thank you. and lucy checks out the latest tech designed to inject more fun into festival season. i just love the fact

the evening, we'll see more persistent rain pushing across wales to the north of england into the midlandsshine for you on sunday. 0ur weather front sinks it's way south and east, takes a few scattered showers across south east england, but then brightening up slowly behind it and still pretty warm here. top temperatures likely of 26 degrees, a little bit fresher further north and west. cooler with more showers to come for monday. the best of the drier weather in the southeast. past police in lincolnshire have issued an appealfor a man they would like to question, over the death of 9—year—old lilia valutyte. if you see him, do not approach him but immediately call 999. widespread disruption to train services throughout the uk as drivers from 7 operators walk out over pay. ukraine's president, volodymyr zelensky, says the killings of 50 prisoners of war at a detention centre, in the russian—occupied part of the donetsk region, on friday, is a war crime. moscow has accused kyiv of killing the prisoners in a rocket strike. england's women train ahead of the biggest football match of their car

, east anglia, and the south—east. the midlands, east anglia, and the the the midlands, east anglia,. the current uk temperature record stands at 38.7 celsius but that's likely to be smashed. it could reach the a0 degrees mark of the first time ever in the uk. that will bring widespread impacts. every time we see extreme heat we see several thousands of people dying from the heat. if you are elderly or you have health conditions, take care, keep windows shut in the peak of the heat and if the heat is getting too much think about heading to a library where there might be some air—conditioning for a bit of respite. temperatures reaching the upper 20s. a few showers working their way southwards from the north of england. they clear away and at this stage the air is relatively fresh. the overnight lows in glasgow are comfortable enough, up to a0 degrees in cardiff and london. open those windows first thing in the morning to let the cool air in. —— 1a degrees in cardiff and london. then we start to see the temperatures rise for england and wales, in the high 20s, still comfortable conditi

ahead of it, though, the midlands towards the southeast and east anglia, a warm day again on saturdayith it the possibility of some rain. and then that weather frontjust hangs around for the second half of the weekend. this is where we've got a lot of uncertainty. just little bumps along that weatherfront, maybe pepping up the rain from time to time. and it looks like that rain now is going to be a bit further south across wales, the midlands and across east anglia, the far south of england may stay dry, and further north, it looks like it'll be dry, brighter and a little bit cooler in scotland and northern ireland. still some warmth, though, if we do get some sunshine in the southeast of england. this is bbc news. the headlines: president biden has spent more than two hours on the phone with his chinese counterpart, xijinping. the two leaders both issued warnings about taiwan, which has once again emerged as a key point of tension. there are reports of a possible visit by us house speaker nancy pelosi. ukraine is thought to be trying to recapture the southern region of kherson, which

ahead of it, though, the midlands towards the southeast and east anglia, a warm day again on saturdayringing with it the possibility of some rain. and then that weather frontjust hangs around for the second half of the weekend. this is where we've got a lot of uncertainty. just little bumps along that weatherfront, maybe pepping up the rain from time to time. and it looks like that rain now is going to be a bit further south across wales, the midlands and across east anglia, the far south of england may stay dry, and further north, it looks like it'll be dry, brighter and a little bit cooler in scotland and northern ireland. still some warmth, though, if we do get some sunshine in the southeast of england. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: direct, in—depth, and straightforward, the white house's assessment of a marathon phone call between president biden and his chinese counterpart, xi jinping in which taiwan was the main focus. fears of a recession in the us after two consecutive quarters of negative growth. but president biden sa

sunshine for england and wales, it continues to heat up all the way from southern england through the midlands likely to be over 30 degrees. little bit cooler around coastal areas with sea breeze and temperatures not quite so high. some changes as we head into tuesday. high pressure and he gets pushed away, and we start to see this weather front moving around. bringing cooler and flourish her air. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: nine tory mps are now in the contest to become the next party leader and prime minister. a russian attack in ukraine is reported to have killed 15 people at a block of flats — many others are feared trapped. sri lanka's deepening economic crisis — the president says he'll step down after huge demonstrations. the us appeals to politicians to act swiftly. scotland records its hottest day of the year so far, as much of the uk swelters in the sun. novak djokovic wins the wimbledon men's final, beating nick kyrgios in four sets, his 21st grand slam victory, and his seventh wimbledon title. every single time, it gets more and more meaningful and special, so i am very

some particularly heavy bursts for northern england, wales, parts of the midlands and east anglia.need some. by the afternoon, signs of something a little brighter, although western coasts of wales, the south west, likely to stay cloudy and drizzly. a few showers in the north west of scotland. quite a windy day — those are the average wind speeds, the gusts will be stronger than that. but that wind coming from quite a warm direction, still high levels of humidity — 23 for aberdeen, 27 for london. bit of a change, though, through tuesday night into wednesday as this cold front sinks its way southeastwards. behind that, we change the wind direction, we get into northwesterly winds, and that will start to introduce cooler conditions — fresher conditions, too, across the uk by day and by night. it will turn mostly dry aside from just a few showers. 17 in belfast by friday, 2a in london. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. i'm karishma vaswani. the headlines: england's women footballers make history, beating germany 2—1 in the european championship final at wembley. cheer