and scotland experienced its highest temperature ever recorded — 33.2 celsius in motherwell.ny savage has the latest. the full extent of the damage to the moors above bolton is astonishing. several square miles have been destroyed by fire. the bbc was given permission to fly a drone over the area. the flames burned all weekend and tonight, it's not getting much better. we've still 29 fire engines. we'll still be having significant operations through the night protecting local homes and we will be back to having in the region of 29 fire engines all day tomorrow, so there's still a huge task ahead of us. it's still a major incident and still will be tomorrow. helicopter pilots have reported seeing people try to deliberately start new fires, which has infuriated the mayor of greater manchester. i think itjust beggars belief, doesn't it, to hear that people may have been coming on to this land over the weekend adding to the burden of the emergency services and basically taking risks with people's land and property. it's just an unbelievable state of affairs. and as this heatwave

this was glasgow last week, june 28 in motherwell, where we saw a high of 33 degrees. hottest june day on record, but it was the hottest day ever recorded in scotland. quite incredible. it looks as though there is little in the way of significant rain in the forecast not only throughout this week but perhaps into next as well. high pressure stays with us, subtle differences. more of an easterly breeze will bring changes and it does mean that first thing in the morning there will be a bit more cloud along the north sea coast and it will be a little bit fresher as we go through the day. further west, with a little more shelter we got that warmth and those temperatures yet again are set to respond. highest values likely of around 27 degrees, that's 80 fahrenheit, a little bit cooler along the east coast. perhaps a little more pleasant for many. as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, the high pressure releases its grip a little. there's still unlikely to be any significant rain in the forecast, largely quiet, but perhaps a little more in the way of cloud around and the

this was glasgow last week, june 28 in motherwell, where we saw a high of 33 degrees. hottest june day on record, but it was the hottest day ever recorded in scotland. quite incredible. it looks as though there is little in the way of significant rain in the forecast not only throughout this week but perhaps into next as well. high pressure stays with us, subtle differences. more of an easterly breeze will bring changes and it does mean that first thing in the morning there will be a bit more cloud along the north sea coast and it will be a little bit fresher as we go through the day. further west, with a little more shelter we got that warmth and those temperatures yet again are set to respond. highest values likely of around 27 degrees, that's 80 fahrenheit, a little bit cooler along the east coast. perhaps a little more pleasant for many. as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, the high pressure releases its grip. there's still unlikely to be any significant rain in the forecast, largely quiet, perhaps a little more in the way of cloud around and the threat of a f

this was glasgow last week, june 28 in motherwell, where we saw a high of 33 degrees.est day ever recorded in scotland. quite incredible. it looks as though there is little in the way of significant rain in the forecast not only throughout this week but perhaps into next as well. high pressure stays with us, subtle differences. more of an easterly breeze will bring changes and it does mean that first thing in the morning there will be a bit more cloud along the north sea coast and it will be a little bit fresher as we go through the day. further west, with a little more shelter we got that warmth and those temperatures yet again are set to respond. highest values of around 27 degrees, a little bit cooler along the east coast. perhaps a little more pleasant for many. as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, the high pressure releases its grip. there is still unlikely to be any significant rain in the forecast, largely quiet. perhaps a little more in the way of cloud around and the threat of a few sharper showers across southern england. very hit and miss but i'm sure t

motherwell came from behind against clyde to guarantee their place in the last 16 of the scottish league find all today's other results on the bbc sport website. britain's olympic bronze medallist vicky holland, has won the edmonton leg, of the world triathlon series it was an imperious performance from holland — who led out of the water, and the bike, before breaking clear of a number of athletes on the run — including australian ashleigh gentle and adding to her win in the city in 2015. a trio of british athletes, followed her in third, fourth and fifth so well done too to georgia taylor—brown, jess learmonth and jodie stimpson. jonnie brownlee finished 5th in the men's race. i wasn't sure how that was going to play out. we had a big group of us running together, and i know i've been running well, but i know ashleigh‘s such a class competitor, and the other british girls as well. so, ijust kept the pressure on and i sensed that she'd disappeared from my shoulder. i've definitely been fuelled by anger over the past two weeks. i've definitely been fuelled by anger over the past two weeks

this was glasgow last week, june 28 in motherwell, where we saw a high of 33 degrees. recorded in scotland. quite incredible. it looks as though there is little in the way of significant rain in the forecast not only throughout this week but perhaps into next as well. high pressure stays with us, subtle differences. more of an easterly breeze will bring changes and it does mean that first thing in the morning there will be a bit more cloud along the north sea coast and it will be a little bit fresher as we go through the day. further west, with a little more shelter we got that warmth and those temperatures yet again are set to respond. highest values likely of around 27 degrees, that's 80 fahrenheit, a little bit cooler along the east coast. perhaps a little more pleasant for many. as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, the high pressure releases its grip a little. there's still unlikely to be any significant rain in the forecast, largely quiet, but perhaps a little more in the way of cloud around and the threat of a few sharper showers across southern england. ver

ever recorded, 33 degrees, the 28th of june scotland ever recorded, 33 degrees, the 28th ofjune in motherwellt in the second half of the week. still a very warm week ahead, sunny for most of the time and very little rain in the forecast. the rain will come courtesy of one or two showers, linked to an area of low pressure in the bay of biscay. most of those are still under an area of high pressure. the start of the day with low cloud, saudi scotland, north—east england, most burn —— south—east scotland and north east england, most will burn back to the coast. temperatures are at the highest away from eastern coasts, where it will be the high or mid—teens. for most, the maid or high 20s, down a little bit on yesterday's values thanks to be fresh start. easiest across the south, the wind is very light of further north we go. a bit of a breeze at wimbledon, but the sunshine turns hazy. lighter wind through the next few days and temperatures will rise as we go towards the end of the week, and the weekend. as for the night, a bit more fresh and comfortable for sleeping. that is where we start wedne

and scotland experienced its highest temperature ever recorded — 33.2 celsius in motherwell.. the full extent of the damage to the moors above bolton is astonishing. several square miles have been destroyed by fire. the bbc was given permission to fly a drone over the area. the flames burned all weekend and tonight, it's not getting much better. we've still 29 fire engines. we'll still be having significant operations through the night protecting local homes and we will be back to having in the region of 29 fire engines all day tomorrow, so there's still a huge task ahead of us. it's still a major incident and still will be tomorrow. helicopter pilots have reported seeing people try to deliberately start new fires, which has infuriated the mayor of greater manchester. i think itjust beggars belief, doesn't it, to hear that people may have been coming on to this land over the weekend adding to the burden of the emergency services and basically taking risks with people's land and property. it's just an unbelievable state of affairs. and as this heatwave continues, there is conc

this was glasgow last week, june 28 in motherwell, where we saw a high of 33 degrees. the hottest june day on record, but it was the hottest day ever recorded in scotland. quite incredible. it looks as though there is little in the way of significant rain in the forecast not only throughout this week but perhaps into next as well. high pressure stays with us, subtle differences. more of an easterly breeze will bring changes and it does mean that first thing in the morning there will be a bit more cloud along the north sea coast and it will be a little bit fresher as we go through the day. further west, with a little more shelter we got that warmth and those temperatures yet again are set to respond. highest values of around 27 degrees, a little bit cooler along the east coast. perhaps a little more pleasant for many. as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, the high—pressure releases its grip. there is still unlikely to be any significant rain in the forecast. perhaps a little more in the way of cloud around and the threat of a few sharper showers across southern engl

and scotland experienced its highest temperature ever recorded — 33.2 celsius in motherwell.e latest. the full extent of the damage to the moors above bolton is astonishing. several square miles have been destroyed by fire. the bbc was given permission to fly a drone over the area. the flames burned all weekend and tonight, it's not getting much better. we've still 29 fire engines. we'll still be having significant operations through the night protecting local homes and we will be back to having in the region of 29 fire engines all day tomorrow, so there's still a huge task ahead of us. it's still a major incident and still will be tomorrow. helicopter pilots have reported seeing people try to deliberately start new fires, which has infuriated the mayor of greater manchester. i think itjust beggars belief, doesn't it, to hear that people may have been coming on to this land over the weekend adding to the burden of the emergency services and basically taking risks with people's land and property. it's just an unbelievable state of affairs. and as this heatwave continues, there

and scotland experienced its highest temperature ever recorded — 33.2 celsius in motherwell.ny savage has the latest. the full extent of the damage to the moors above bolton is astonishing. several square miles have been destroyed by fire. the bbc was given permission to fly a drone over the area. the flames burned fiercely all weekend. today is day five. we've got over 120 firefighters out firefighting on the moor. we retract slightly from our operations through the hours of darkness, but as of four o'clock this morning we're back in offensive firefighting operations and using our specialist equipment to try and extinguish this huge scale, ongoing fire. helicopter pilots have reported seeing people trying to deliberately start new fires, which has infuriated the mayor of greater manchester. i think itjust beggars belief, doesn't it, to hear that people may have been coming on to this land over the weekend adding to the burden of the emergency services and, basically, taking risks with people's land, property. it's just an unbelievable state of affairs. and as this heatwave c

country is blocked, meaning diversions of 40 minutes, and in scotland, the line linking glasgow and motherwellfacing ongoing disruption caused by the botched introduction of a new timetable back in may. but there is one piece of good news for weary rail users. virgin trains are dropping evening peak restrictions every friday until the end of august, in an effort to spread loadings and cut congestion. ben ando, bbc news. the european space agency is asking for the public‘s help to name their new mars rover. the robot is currently called exomars, but it's hoped the public can come up with something a little more inspiring, as caroline rigby reports. it is a competition that's, well, out of this world — what to call a robot set to explore mars in 2021. currently called exomars, this six—wheeled rover will travel across the red planet in search of life. capable of drilling to depths of two metres, it will also look for microbes deep below the surface. it's set to be a fascinating mission, and that is why scientists from the european space agency think this little robot deserves a big name. in amer

country is blocked, meaning diversions of a0 minutes, and in scotland, the line linking glasgow and motherwellt pancras, passengers are facing ongoing disruption caused by the botched introduction of a new timetable back in may. but there is one piece of good news for weary rail users. virgin trains are dropping evening peak restrictions every friday until the end of august, in an effort to spread loadings and cut congestion. as the peak holiday season gets under way, more than 100,000 passengers on ryanair have been told their flights have been cancelled because of a series of strikes in the coming week. but its emerged that they could be in line for hundreds of pounds in compensation, in an unprecedented move by the civil aviation authority which is encouraging all persons affected to make a claim. earlier simon calder — travel editor at the independent — told me why these strikes are happening and how passengers affected can claim compensation. pilots employed by ryanair in ireland are unhappy about a range of issues, including seniority and transfers and so on. their next strike is on tues

country is blocked, meaning diversions of a0 minutes, and in scotland, the line linking glasgow and motherwellsed by the botched introduction of a new timetable back in may. but there is one piece of good news for weary rail users. virgin trains are dropping evening peak restrictions every friday until the end of august, in an effort to spread loadings and cut congestion. ben ando, bbc news. the girl guides have launched new badges which they say reflects the modern world. they include vlogging, human rights, mixing nonalcoholic drinks and mindfulness. younger guides, aged 10—1a, will be trained to spot media bias and discuss human rights, while older ones can learn the art of festival—going and how to be an entrepreneur. the european space agency is asking for the public‘s help to name their new mars rover. the robot is currently called exomars, but it's hoped the public can come up with something a little more inspiring, as caroline rigby reports. it is a competition that's, well, out of this world — what to call a robot set to explore mars in 2021. currently called exomars, this six—wheeled

this was glasgow last week, june 28 in motherwell, where we saw a high of 33 degrees. recorded in scotland. quite incredible. it looks as though there is little in the way of significant rain in the forecast not only throughout this week but perhaps into next as well. high pressure stays with us, subtle differences. more of an easterly breeze will bring changes and it does mean that first thing in the morning there will be a bit more cloud along the north sea coast and it will be a little bit fresher as we go through the day. further west, with a little more shelter we got that warmth and those temperatures yet again are set to respond. highest values likely of around 27 degrees, that's 80 fahrenheit, a little bit cooler along the east coast. perhaps a little more pleasant for many. as we move out of tuesday into wednesday, the high pressure releases its grip a little. there's still unlikely to be any significant rain in the forecast, largely quiet, but perhaps a little more in the way of cloud around and the threat of a few sharper showers across southern england. ver

country is blocked, meaning diversions of a0 minutes, and in scotland, the line linking glasgow and motherwellw timetable back in may. but there is one piece of good news for weary rail users. virgin trains are dropping evening peak restrictions every friday until the end of august, in an effort to spread loadings and cut congestion. ben ando, bbc news. the time is approaching a:30pm. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. hello there. apart from a few showers around this evening, most places will end the day on a fine note. and into tomorrow, it's looking pretty similar to part one of the weekend. very warm and sunny across a good portion of england and wales, but always more cloud in the north and the west. this evening and overnight, it will stay very cloudy across much of scotland, northern ireland, north—west england, north wales. could see some spots of rain across western scotland, the western isles, where there will be more of a breeze. but you can see it's a warm and muggy night, especially england and wales with values no lower than 1a to 18 celsius. it's a warm st

motherwell came from behind against clyde to guarantee their place in the last 16 of the scottish leaguey's other results on the bbc sport website. in boxing, dillian whyte bolstered his claim for a world title shot with a gruelling points victory against new zealand's former world champion joseph parker. white floored parker twice in the contest but couldn't stop his opponent, who rallied in the late rounds. whyte held on and won on the judges scorecards and said he'd be up for a rematch with anthonyjoshua. his only career loss came againstjoshua in 2015 in the women's hockey world cup, england will play ireland later today to determine where they will finish in the group. yesterday, australia booked their place in the quarter—finals after drawing with new zealand in their final group game. elsewhere, wins for germany and belgium whilst argentina drew with south africa thailand's ariya jutanugarn and south korea's amy yang share the lead going into the final day at the ladies scottish 0pen. it was a blustery day at gullane yesterday, with gusts of wind reaching up to 31mph. this eagle c

hot in scotland but now new provisional data from the met office suggests that down the road in motherwelling but so does the lack of rain. a quick cycle through the big picture shows us that for proper rain, you need weather fronts. there is one. it does not have much with it. high pressure if anything will strengthen once again going into the weekend. we are staying predominantly dry, for quite some more time to come. this is how tuesday plays out, some clout in eastern scotland, north—east england, southern england, maybe be an isolated shower in south—east england. maybe a rumble thunder. misty cloud keeping coastal counties cooler than elsewhere. high teens but for most low to mid 20s, for some of 20s. wednesday, still high pressure, not as strong as it has been. there may be a shower dotted about here and there. the vast majority going to be staying dry. a bit more cloud, scotland, north—east england, southern england, south wales, despite that cloud we are staying mainly dry and temperatures again, low to mid 20s, some upper 20s. thursday, that weatherfront again, low to mid 20s, so

motherwell came from behind against clyde to guarantee their place in the last 16 of the scottish leagueer results on the bbc sport website. in boxing, dillian whyte bolstered his claim for a world title shot with a gruelling points victory against new zealand's former world champion joseph parker. white floored parker twice in the contest but couldn't stop his opponent, who rallied in the late rounds. whyte held on and won on the judges scorecards and said he'd be up for a rematch with anthonyjoshua. his only career loss came againstjoshua in 2015 eight wins on the bounce there, for dili and white. wales will be celebrating today. i love it when wales is celebrating. grand slam winning year, when i was in cardiff, and they know how to party and they love their sport. the pubs will be leaving! -- dillian whyte. the -- the pubs will be heaving. we have lost the heat and the sunshine, instead, wet and windy, this has taken an hour, on the beach, in dorset, a very different sort of you from this a few days ago, a lot of rain in place, it northern ireland saw a months worth of rain injust 24

country is blocked, meaning diversions of a0 minutes, and in scotland, the line linking glasgow and motherwelloss and st pancras, passengers are facing ongoing disruption caused by the botched introduction of a new timetable back in may. but there is one piece of good news for weary rail users. virgin trains are dropping evening peak restrictions every friday until the end of august, in an effort to spread loadings and cut congestion. mike will bring us the latest news from the tour de france in a few minutes, but before then, we can bring you an important update from the tour de turtles. more than 1,000 spectators gathered to cheer on the release of two sea turtles, who were rescued and rehabilitated at an animal hospital in florida. they have been fitted with satellite trackers and returned to the ocean to become part of the tour de turtles, an annual event that follows the long—distance migration of different species of sea turtles. beautiful pictures. it is not like when, i suppose, you beautiful pictures. it is not like when, isuppose, you or beautiful pictures. it is not like when, i sup

and scotland experienced its highest temperature ever recorded, 33.2 celsius in motherwell. savage has the latest. the full extent of the damage to the moors above bolton is astonishing, several square miles have been destroyed by fire. the bbc was given permission to fly a drone over the area, the flames burned fiercely all weekend. today is day five. we have over 120 firefighters, fighting on the moor, we retract slightly from operations through the hours of darkness but as a four o'clock this morning, we are back in and using the specialist equipment to try and extinguish this huge scale fire. helicopter pilots have reported seeing people trying to deliberately start new fires, which has infuriated the mayor of greater manchester. beggars belief to hear that people are coming onto this land over the weekend adding to the burden that the emergency services that are basically taking risk with people's land, property. it is an unbelievable state of affairs. as this heat wave continues, there's concern there could be more hose pipe bans in the coming days, not because of a sh

motherwell came from behind against clyde to guarantee their place in the last 16 of the scottish cups speculating on who might claim manchester city's title. liverpool have signalled their intent with some big money purchases, prompting manchester united's bossjoe mourinho to label the merseysider‘s the title favourites. well we get a chance to see if that's the case when united and liverpool meet in a friendly in michigan later. here's our reporter simon stone. whether it is jokes and press convert says or sell these with fans, jurgen klopp is a man of the people. in this enormous michigan stadium later today, 100,000 fans will find out whether klopp has got any chance of adding silverware to the smiles. at liverpool this season. the game against manchester united is been given at its —— added spice byjosie mourinho. mourinho thinks that klopp gets an easy ride considering he has won nothing in his three seasons at hempfield. maybe this isn't finally —— season finally, you demand that they went. i think you have to be fair. and you have to say the teen did you have with the investme

country is blocked, meaning diversions of a0 minutes, and in scotland, the line linking glasgow and motherwellcras, passengers are facing ongoing disruption caused by the botched introduction of a new timetable back in may. but there is one piece of good news for weary rail users. virgin trains are dropping evening peak restrictions every friday until the end of august, in an effort to spread loadings and cut congestion. mike will bring us the latest news from the tour de france in a few minutes, but before then we can bring you an important update from the tour de turtles. it isa it is a different version of that event. it is an official event that happens every year. more than a thousand spectators gathered to cheer on the release of two sea turtles, who were rescued and rehabilitated at an animal hospital in florida. they start slowly and enter the water. they have tracking devices on them. they are tracked as they go around the world. they go extraordinary distances, starting in florida. they are launched into the sea florida. they are launched into the sea and they watched as they go abou

on june 25. for scotland, that was 33.2 celsius in motherwell onjune 25.ey're still trying to keep under control fires on land near staleybridge. a grassland fire is also burning on the staffordshire moorlands. danny savage sent us this from winter hill. this is the coordination point from lancashire fire and rescue bank and you can see so many different vehicles coming back and forward with water barrels on the back, several fire with water barrels on the back, severalfire engines. their activities are being coordinated from here. the fire is art behind us, smoke coming from the easterly wind being blown westwards. this fire here is on par with the one in saddleworth last week in size, many square miles of moorland around manchester, bolton and the general area have gone up in flames over the last eight days. day five of the fires on the moors above bolton. dozens of firefighters from across northern england are here to stop the blaze is getting any bigger. it is a difficultjob. we've got over 120 firefighters now fighting fires on the moor, we attract sl

the met office have crunched some numbers and not too far away from here in motherwell, we recorded 33.2t the hottest day ever in scotland? father's day ever in scotland last week. —— the hottest day. it was a notable record the break. if you are not in scotla nd the break. if you are not in scotland lets look of the rest of the country. this is the maximum temperature compared with what we would normally expect injune. just about all areas, temperatures have been above average. this is the, read, shows temperatures for degrees of the average. scotland and the west of wales have the first? not the highest temperatures necessarily from west wales that have the highest temperatures, but this is compared with the average temperatures in west wales and parts of scotla nd temperatures in west wales and parts of scotland and northern ireland and they have the way above average or they have the way above average or the time of year. this surprised me this morning, parts of north—west scotla nd this morning, parts of north—west scotland have had over 170% of the sunshine they would normally get.

motherwell, thursday, the highest temperature ever recorded in scotland, 33.2 celsius.ay of rain in the forecast. at the moment, high pressure firmly in charge, but we do have this weak area of low pressure through the bay of biscay pushing showers towards the south—west of england and a few bits of cloud over the skies at wimbledon today, maybe just tempering the heat somewhat. strong sunshine overhead the rest of the time. and here and across other southern counties of england and wales, and easterly breeze tempering the heat. so breezy across the south, a few showers in the channel islands, the south—west, but mostly dry. the cloud in inland areas of scotla nd dry. the cloud in inland areas of scotland fading away, but around the coasts we will continue to see low cloud at times, still some sunshine, but yellow colour is an indication that temperatures are in the high teens at best. down a notch on what some of you experienced yesterday. as we go through tonight and into tomorrow morning, a bit more in a way of low cloud developing across central and eastern scotland