pembrokeshire is the area we are concerned about.r areas of south wales, south east in particular, that rainfall hasn't been as high as we would have liked and we are monitoring. after a period of unprecedented dry weather, it's become clear to karen that these changes are here to stay. it frustrates me more to do with the reasonings behind having hosepipe bans. and that's primarily because, well, we've notjust had a hot summer. this is a result of climate change and so that's going to carry on that way. i find that very frustrating because nothing's been done. well between the months of march and july 60% of the expected rainfall fell here, that has been a key contributor to these drought conditions, along with the excessive heat of course, it is very difficult to ship water across wales, even though other areas may be well stocked. as we heard the south—east of wales is now under the spotlight of wales is now under the spotlight of welsh water, this hosepipe ban will save round 10% of water but with no consistent rainfall forecast,

pembrokeshire is the area we are concerned about.ular, that rainfall hasn't been as high as we would have liked and we are monitoring. after a period of unprecedented dry weather, it's become clear to karen that these changes are here to stay. it frustrates me more to do with the reasonings behind having hosepipe bans. and that's primarily because, well, we've notjust had a hot summer. this is a result of climate change and so that's going to carry on that way. i find that very frustrating because nothing's been done. there is no easy answer as to how safe self—driving cars should be, an adviser to a new government—backed report has told the bbc. the report, from the centre for data ethics and innovation, warns that it might not be enough for self—driving cars to be safer than normal cars. let's speak now to jack stilgoe, professor of science and technology policy at ucl. you are one of the advisers on that report, thank you forjoining us, really, this is something that is coming to our roads very soon, we know that, but the public a

open to the public during the summer, peter and carol whitaker's pembrokeshire garden is a full—time, very badly, but it's really, really stressed. but this unprecedented period of hot and dry weather has been taking its toll on the national collection of monardas. i am really going to struggle and it's important to keep these plants alive, but i am going to lose plants and i know i am going to, and some of them are irreplaceable. all efforts are already being made to conserve water, and although the collection is exempt, the rest of their garden will need far more manual labour as a hosepipe ban comes into force today. and a drought declared across the wider south west wales region. but it's something they've been expecting. the weather diary shows just how things have changed. the diaries are showing that over the ten years that we have been here, the weather, although it is very unpredictable, is getting much more extreme. with the holiday season in full swing, the last weekend pembrokeshire broke all previous records for water demands a water has had to be shipped across the coun

tomos morgan, bbc news, pembrokeshire.id vaccines don't work. i don't i go to as many theatres or cinemas, or crowded places, just avoid them. i was shielding from the beginning anyway and i have virtually been shielded ever since. i anyway and i have virtually been shielded ever since.— anyway and i have virtually been shielded ever since. i have not been an here. shielded ever since. i have not been anywhere- the _ shielded ever since. i have not been anywhere. the only _ shielded ever since. i have not been anywhere. the only people - shielded ever since. i have not been anywhere. the only people who i shielded ever since. i have not been | anywhere. the only people who have been in _ anywhere. the only people who have been in the _ anywhere. the only people who have been in the house have been tested before _ been in the house have been tested before they came.— been in the house have been tested before they came. andrew and irene will be the second _ before they came. andrew and irene will be the second and _ before t

tomos morgan, bbc news, pembrokeshire.d one of the three farms to do with the charity you mention. we welcome children from all over the uk to farm here, and develop personal growth and transferable skills through farming on the countryside. they come for a week, they stay here and do all that is required on the farm to keep it going and push it forward. hour is required on the farm to keep it going and push it forward. how has the weather. _ going and push it forward. how has the weather, the _ going and push it forward. how has the weather, the dry _ going and push it forward. how has the weather, the dry spell- going and push it forward. how has the weather, the dry spell affected | the weather, the dry spell affected your farm and the visitors, what they are able to do there? first of all, the they are able to do there? first of all. the dry _ they are able to do there? first of all. the dry spell— they are able to do there? first of all, the dry spell had _ they are able to do there? first of all, the dry spell had a

tomos morgan, bbc news, pembrokeshire.disruption to public transport in london today with strike action affecting the underground, overground and buses in west and south west london and parts of surrey. passengers are also being warned that rail services nationally will be slow to recover following yesterday's 2a hour strike by staff, over changes to pay and conditions. our transport correspondent caroline davies has the details. the last servings of the working week at this thai restaurant. it won't open on friday because of the london underground strike. a lot of our staff are not be able to come in, like six, six people of us, we're not coming in tomorrow. we will be losing our customers, so that, you know, it's affecting our income. this was the last tube strike injune. today's strike by the rmt union means that there'll be little to no service throughout the day on the london underground and no night tube. this isn't about pay. instead, it's about something that hasn't happened yet. the rmt union is concerned that tra

pembrokeshire is the area we are concerned about.onings behind having hosepipe bans. and that�*s primarily because, well, we�*ve notjust had a hot summer. this is a result of climate change and so that�*s going to carry on that way. i find that very frustrating because nothing�*s been done. now it�*s time for a look at the weather with helen willets. most of the day�*s showers will be across scotland, at times across northern ireland as well. on a brisk wind. elsewhere, a good deal of dry quite sunny weather, temperature is not quite as high as they were yesterday. 0vernight, they will drop lower than they did last night, particularly in the south. not necessarily in the north because here we�*ve got more rain. the next weather front marching in off the atlantic, some quite heavy rain and strong winds to go with it. a former comfortable night for slipping across the southern half of the uk where we will see the lion�*s share of the sunshine to the course of saturday. the rain clears in scotland and northern ireland, become slow movin

welsh water has announced a ban covering pembrokeshire and part of carmathenshire, starting on augustvels closely. let's join our correspondent ellie price at a reservoir in kent. a0. then the baton is pass to australia, there will be lots of discussion as dan was saying about their lasting impact and legacy but for now in birmingham, it is the feel—good factor that reigns supreme. thank you. ellie. thankyou. ellie. ., ., ellie. thanks huw. here at the reservoir _ ellie. thanks huw. here at the reservoir we — ellie. thanks huw. here at the reservoir we are _ ellie. thanks huw. here at the reservoir we are at _ ellie. thanks huw. here at the reservoir we are at full- ellie. thanks huw. here at the reservoir we are at full a - ellie. thanks huw. here at the reservoir we are at full a cap i ellie. thanks huw. here at the reservoir we are at full a cap o| reservoir we are at full a cap o —— if we were at full capacity the water would be above my head. the capacity now is less than 60%, bearing in mind it is 30 metres deep in the middle. this is a reservoir that provides customers of south

a shrinking reservoir in pembrokeshire. says that conditions have not been so dry here since 1976, and so they say they've no choice but to introduce the ban — which could last several weeks. it's the same picture at arlington reservoir in east sussex. south east water says there was only 8% of average rainfall injuly. we've been watching our resource levels carefully over the last couple of months, and while we've recently been through a period of hot weather and the heatwave that we saw, really our concern then was around demand. unfortunately, the dry weather's continued, demands have remained high, so we're seeing our raw water levels, such as the reservoir we're at today, are starting to drop and get below the trigger levels for us to need to take further action. just outside london, the river has dried up completely in some places. millions of people in the capital also face the possibility of a hosepipe ban, with thames water saying demand is at its highest for 25 years. this is what much of southern england looks li

a shrinking reservoir in pembrokeshire.ice but to introduce the ban — which could last several weeks. it's the same picture at arlington reservoir in east sussex. south east water says there was only 8% of average rainfall injuly. we've been watching our resource levels carefully over the last couple of months, and while we've recently been through a period of hot weather and the heatwave that we saw, really our concern then was around demand. unfortunately, the dry weather's continued, demands have remained high, so we're seeing our raw water levels, such as the reservoir we're at today, are starting to drop and get below the trigger levels for us to need to take further action. just outside london, the river ver has dried up completely in some places. millions of people in the capital also face the possibility of a hosepipe ban, with thames water saying demand is at its highest for 25 years. this is what much of southern england looks like now — instead of grass, fields of hay. the country is not yet in drought, but the m

and from august 19th, a hosepipe ban will be introduced in wales — in pembrokeshire and a small partllions of people in the capital also face the possibility of a hosepipe ban, with thames water saying demand is at its highest for 25 years. this is what much of southern england looks like now — instead of grass, fields of hay. the country is not yet in drought, but the met office are predicting higher temperatures next week — especially in the south — and not much rainfall. zoe conway, bbc news. 0ur reporter, celestina 0lulode, is in hampshire, where that ban has just come into effect. and it may last for a while? that's riaht, and it may last for a while? that's right. jane- _ and it may last for a while? that's right. jane- if— and it may last for a while? that's right, jane. if you _ and it may last for a while? that's right, jane. if you were _ and it may last for a while? that's right, jane. if you were a - and it may last for a while? that's| right, jane. if you were a southern right, jane. if you were a southern water customer in this area, parts of hampshire and the isle of w

and from august 19th, a hosepipe ban will be introduced in wales — in pembrokeshire and a small partooks like now — instead of grass, fields of hay. the country is not yet in drought, but the met office are predicting higher temperatures next week — especially in the south — and not much rainfall. zoe conway, bbc news. our correspondent celestina olulode is in hampshire, where that ban will come into effect in a few hours time. that is right. look, it is a beautiful day here in hampshire. this reservoir itself could be used to provide water to people in this local area if the nearby... levels at the nearby reveller deplete further. this reservoir can hold up to 217 million litres of water. i should say, though, that for this time of year, levels here are a little lower than they should be but strictly speaking we are not in a drought at the moment. but that has not stopped some people changing the way that they work. farmers are for example, some of them reporting that they have had to harvest earlier than usual, others are saying that they have lost crops as a result of all of their

later this month but we have just heard pembrokeshire later this month but we havejust heard in pembrokeshiretement from thames water which confirms as you said that it will too be introducing hosepipe ban in the coming weeks. the timing has not been confirmed but it will be coming along the track and as you say, 15 million customers are served by thames water. a real stark reminder that because last month, july, was the driestjuly in england since 1935, we are now experiencing the impact of that. the met office has also issued an amber alert to begin from thursday through until sunday for much of the southern part of england and parts of eastern wales. that is in addition to a weather warning which has already been implemented from midday today affecting central and southern england. those amber alerts designed to flag up to health care professionals and more vulnerable people such as elderly people about the impact high temperatures can and will have and follow the advice we have heard so much about during the past few weeks. stay indoors, stay hydrated and try and keep your home cool if po

would encourage everybody to take action now, so for example whether it is the people in wales and pembrokeshire region, i would encourage them to not use their hosepipe now and not wait for the bans to be introduced next week. beyond that, having a shower, rather than a bath, uses a lot less water, spending less time in the shower also significantly helps. i think as well making sure that when you are using your dishwasher or your washing machine, full loads all the time because that means the water that you do use goes a lot further. then if you have things like dripping taps or a loser that has a leaking cistern, and get those fixed because that really adds up. so there are things that people can do and obviously then i would encourage people who have gardens and have water buts, clearly, the example here is at home, where at the moment they are empty, but when it does rain you can capture that and use it, so there are many different things people can do to be part of the solution to the challenges we face in terms of how we deal with our water resources.— face in terms of how we deal with ou

and welsh water has announced a ban covering pembrokeshire and part of carmarthenshire from august thens. have you got some water? for malcolm and gill prince, their allotment is about so much more than a place to grow vegetables and flowers. it's peace, and it's well—being for myself. and for malcy, i think. they used to water their veg once a week using a hose. now it's all about the heavy lifting. banged my head! while they are both willing to do their bit to conserve water, gill is concerned that southern water is wasting too much water through lea ks. we report a leak and nothing is done for weeks and weeks and weeks. and that was a substantial leak that we had. and that is the bit that i find really difficult, that you can't get anywhere. southern water says the hosepipe ban is to protect local rivers and their precious habitats from the effects of a drought. but it's losing on average 95 million litres of water a day through leaks, the equivalent of 38 olympic size swimming pools. we are fixing around 250 leaks every single week across the whole of the region. and we are actuall

and welsh water has announced a ban covering pembrokeshire and a small part of caermarthenshire to start19th. thames water, south—west water, yorkshire water and ses water say they may introduce restrictions if the weather stays dry. a significant water scarcity has been declared in central and north east fife by scotland's environmental regulator. 0ur correspondent zoe conway reports from hampshire where the ban has just come into effect. i'll do the beans. have you got some water? for malcolm and jill prince, their allotment is about so much more than a place to grow vegetables and flowers. it's peace, and it's well—being for myself. and for malcolm, i think. they used to water their veg once a week using a hose. now it's all about the heavy lifting. banged my head! while they are both willing to do their bit to conserve water, jill is concerned that southern water is wasting too much water through lea ks. we report a leak and nothing is done for weeks and weeks and weeks. and that was a substantial leak that we had. and that is the bit that i find really difficult, that you can't get

in kent and sussex on friday, and also in place in parts of hampshire, the isle of wight and in pembrokeshirell part of carmarthenshire. the ongoing dry weather has prompted an extreme heat amber warning from the met office. it's currently in place for parts of wales, central and southern england and — which means there are possible impacts on health, transport and infrastructure. here's tomos morgan. a blaze in sussex. the grass scorched in essex. and in durham, rare footage of a dust devil — essentially a small tornado of dust — another consequence of the heat. this extraordinary period of dry weather in which some areas of the uk have gone over a0 days without rain has made some parts of the land bone dry, dead and at serious risk of fires — and now with several reservoirs at record lows, a drought has been officially declared. this is now moving beyond your normal dry summer into something where water is scarce and difficult. water supplies are safe for everyone here at home but it means there's not enough water for the environment, farming and people at home. scientists say we need above

and from 19 august, a hosepipe ban will be introduced in wales — in pembrokeshire and a small part ofre predicting higher temperatures next week — especially in the south — and not much rainfall. zoe conway, bbc news. the us talk show host and conspiracy theorist alexjones has been ordered by a court in texas to make an initial payment of more than $a million in damages, following his claims that the sandy hook school shooting in which 26 people were killed didn't happen. the case was brought by the parents of one of the children who died in the attack. peter bowes sent us this report. the sandy hook massacre was one of america's worst—ever mass shootings. 20 children and six adults died when a gunman went on the rampage, firing a semiautomatic rifle before killing himself. alexjones has repeatedly argued that the shooting was a hoax, organised by the us government to deny americans their gun ownership rights. he claimed the parents of the dead children were crisis actors. the case against him was brought by the parents of a six—year—old who died in the shooting. they argued they'd en

force in kent and sussex, and are already in place in parts of hampshire, the isle of wight and in pembrokeshirend a small part of carmarthenshire. the ongoing dry weather, along with last month's record—breaking heat, has drained rivers and reservoirs, and raised the risk of wildfires. here's dan johnson. england's green and pleasant land is now looking pretty dry and parched, after weeks of hot weather and so little rain. and later today, a drought�*s expected to be declared in some parts of the country. golfers have had it rough. this cornwall course has a stream feeding its greens, but that's running dry and the fairways are already baked. and there's so little water, even the fish are struggling. the environment agency has been rescuing fish from the river mole in surrey, moving them to deeper, cooler pools. i think it's going to be really busy. we've got another two weeks of predicted dry weather, and we're saying it's going to be another four days of extreme hot weather. with that, i would be expecting a few phone calls this afternoon. this weekend. we've alreadyjust this morning had repo

many water— customers in pembrokeshire.ognise _ heat seriously. if you didn't recognise where _ heat seriously. if you didn't recognise where a - heat seriously. if you didn't recognise where a term - heat seriously. if you didn't| recognise where a term that heat seriously. if you didn't - recognise where a term that was, that was primrose hill in london. we will catch up with the weather now with then croucher. —— good afternoon. toni minichello, the coach who steered jessica ennis—hill to olympic gold, has been banned for life from athletics after an investigation found serious breaches of his coaching licence. a uk athletics independent disciplinary panel found that over a 15—year period he had engaged in sexually physical behaviour with athletes, which had severe consequences for their mental health and mental wellbeing. uk athletics said they were of the view there will never be a time where they would issue a licence for him to coach again. toni minichello is yet to respond. the news comes less than a day after the c

later on this week parts of sussex as well and kent will introduce a ban and parts of pembrokeshire andaid just yesterday that they would be introducing a hosepipe ban as well. thames water provides water to over 15 million people in london and parts of southern england. and so are lots of restrictions in place. but people here say that they want thames water to talk to them more about ways to ensure that the supply of water won't be affected again. supply of water won't be affected aain. ., supply of water won't be affected atain_ ., ., , supply of water won't be affected arain. ., ., supply of water won't be affected aain. ., ., ., ., again. that was the village of north end, again. that was the village of north end. dreadful _ again. that was the village of north end, dreadful water _ again. that was the village of north end, dreadful water shortage - end, dreadfulwatershortage situation there. let's take a few minutes to talk about the impact on agriculture. i'mjoined byjames agriculture. i'm joined by james thompson agriculture. i'mjoined byjames thompson who runs a dairy farm in n

in the south we have got another weather front approaching pembrokeshire, bringing in some rain.dible achievement. congratulations. how are you feeling about it? i’m are you feeling about it? i'm feelin: are you feeling about it? i'm feeling excited. _ are you feeling about it? i'm feeling excited. i'm probably the only one — feeling excited. i'm probably the only one looking forward to going back to _ only one looking forward to going back to school in september. the onl child back to school in september. the only child in _ back to school in september. tue only child in the back to school in september. tte only child in the uk saying that right now! what are you looking forward to when you get there? probably being able to do dance every— probably being able to do dance every day. probably being able to do dance eve da . ., . , probably being able to do dance eve da. ., .,, probably being able to do dance eve da. ., ._ ., every day. how many hours a day? about four— every day. how many hours a day? about four or _ every day. how many hours a day? about four or five _ every day.

, you will know earlier in the week there was a similar announcement for other parts of wales, pembrokeshireindful of water usage, if that is where you are in the country. the headlines on bbc news... the shooting of nine—year—old 0livia pratt—korbel — merseyside police say the suspected gunman has not handed himself in, despite repeated appeals. gcse results are out today for pupils in england, wales and northern ireland. the pass rate has fallen since 2021, but remains higher than 2019, before the pandemic. a think—thank campaigning on behalf of low and middle income families has warned that "a catastrophe" is coming this winter unless the government steps in to help with energy costs. the bbc has discovered that google has changed the way it calculates the impact of flying on our climate. the calculator, used by popular online travel sites like skyscanner, now suggests emissions from flights have almost halved. google has been accused of "airbrushing out a huge chunk" of the aviation industry's impact on climate change. 0ur climate editor justin rowlatt has more. aviation has a number of

later on this week, parts of sussex as well and kent will introduce a ban, and parts as well as pembrokeshiret happens and how they are fighting for justice. the bbc asked the russian prison service for a response, but received no reply. oleg boldyrev has the story. and a warning that some of the material in this report is very disturbing. shouting in 2020, this prison protest in siberia led to hundreds of inmates being rounded up. human rights activists say that at least 300 of them were then beaten and tortured. dinis was among them. what happened still haunts him. translation: the prison officers told me, "do you think we care i whether you are guilty or not?" the heating went on for almost three months, every day. if a man is mentally broken, he will do anything. now dinis is one of the few victims who is prepared to testify against prison staff. systemic torture in russian prisons has long been rumoured. proof came last year in russia's largest leaked cache of torture videos from the notorious saratov prison hospital. staff are said to use hardened prisoners, so—called kapos, to do their

it's about helping people in areas from norfolk to pembrokeshire to southampton to county durham to bent out you have already done the pilot, - autistic society. they point out you have already done the pilot, if- autistic society. they point out you have already done the pilot, if this| have already done the pilot, if this does work, scale it up, make it bigger? does work, scale it up, make it bi aer? , , does work, scale it up, make it bi rer? , , ., does work, scale it up, make it biner? , , ., , does work, scale it up, make it bigger? this is that scaling up, as i sa , we bigger? this is that scaling up, as i say. we are _ bigger? this is that scaling up, as i say, we are covering _ bigger? this is that scaling up, as i say, we are covering areas - bigger? this is that scaling up, as| i say, we are covering areas across england and wales with the scheme. it will help 2000 people, that is really important. i don't think there is any criticism that ought to be made of 2000 more people through this scheme will have extra opportunities. that is what we should be about. and that is how