you can see the impact it has had on the - the impact it has had on the countryside in wiltshire andis 11 out of 1a of the environment agency's region is currently in drought. the impact on the south—west is fairly stark when you look at it in space. just notice how the landscape has turned to a definite brown, the vegetation, after one of the driest july is in about 90 years. it goes beyond that, winter and spring showed below—average rainfall. so is any rain forecast? there is the potential of the sun, a chance at least towards the weekend. i advertised the word chance. we are watching an area of cloud that has been spreading in across parts of character into the atlantic,

you can see the impact it has had on the - the impact it has had on the countryside in wiltshire ande of the areas are now showing river flows at their lowest on record. flows at their lowest on record. with wiltshire and these are the areas in the south—west added to the drought status, that is 11 out of 1a of the environment agency's region is currently in drought. the impact on the south—west is fairly stark when you look at it in space. just notice how the landscape has turned to a definite brown, the vegetation, after one of the driest july is in about 90 years. it goes beyond that, winter and spring showed below—average rainfall. so is any rain forecast? there is the potential of the sun, a chance at least towards the weekend. i advertised the word chance. we are watching an area of cloud that has been spreading in across parts of character into the atlantic, it looks fairly insignificant at the moment but it will start to push towards iceland over the coming days and started to develop a bit further, bump into the area of high pressure that is dominating at the moment, combine

these high temperatures are most likely for a central southern england, perhaps wiltshire, into surreyweekend. if you took a look at sunday, we can see some cloud within from the south, and that heralds the big change into the start of next week. could be a bit patchy rain on sunday, it won't amount to very much at all. next week, a drop in temperature, and the chance of some heavy thundery downpours as well. it could help to spark off one or two showers, but as with all showers, they can be hit and miss, so not everyone will see them. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 8pm... households in the uk owe energy companies more money than ever and that's before the extra increases in bills due later this year. where else will i get more money from, you know, until my financial circumstances change? i have a £95 to give to the electricity company, and not anything other. rishi sunak tells the bbc as prime minister he would tell people what "they needed to hear" and stay true to his values. i would rather lose having fought for the _ i would rather lose having fought for the th

these high temperatures are most likely very central southern england, perhaps wiltshire enters surreyze. these are the temperatures for our capital cities as we head to the next days or so. if you take a look at sunday, we can see some cloud moving from the south, and that heralds the big change at the start of next week. could be a bit of patchy rain next week on sunday, it won't amount to very much at all. next week, a drop in temperature and the chance of some heavy thundery downpours as well. some unstable moist air moving in from the south, it could help to start off a few showers, but as with all showers, they can be hit or miss not everywhere will see them. hello, i'm lewis vaughanjones, this is outside source. first to new york. where former president donald trump has remained silent under oath, during an investigation into his family's business. it comes just days after the fbi executed an unprecedented search of his florida estate, as part of a separate investigation as trump considers another run for the presidency, could these legal issues block his path to the white house

bristol, somerset, south gloucestershire, dorset and parts of wiltshire have been moved to drought statusw officially in drought. two 16—year—old boys have died after getting into difficulty at enagh lough, close to londonderry in northern ireland. they have been named locally as rueven joshy and jopu sebastain. our ireland correspondent chris page is at the scene. this is on the outskirts of londonderry, usually thought of as being a place of natural beauty, tranquillity, even. tonight, it is the scene of unspeakable grief. two teenage boys were looking forward to starting a new term at school, but now their families are mourning them after their most unexpected of deaths. joseph sebastian and reuven simon were among a group of friends who went on an end of summer cycling trip. the weather was fine yesterday. the teenagers stopped here, where some of them went for a swim. but tragedy took hold. the emergency services arrived early in the evening. last night, it was pretty chaotic here. families were arriving of some of the young boys who had been involved. they were obviously very anxiou

look at the source of the river thames on the border of wiltshire and gloucestershire.which means we're taking it away from the environment or taking it away from a farmer that could be using it to irrigate or harvest crops that we need for the food we need, so i think it's about signalling this is something beyond normal, and actually we all play a role in thinking about where our water comes from and use water wisely. rain next week could bring some respite, but look at the risk which comes with that. this shows how little the baked earth absorbs the water, meaning we could see flash flooding. there's at least another two hot days to get through first, which could well mean more farmers having to become makeshift firefighters to stop more of the fields burning. dan johnson, bbc news. europe continues to bake under extreme temperatures — with severe drought conditions evident across nearly half of the continent. in germany, the lack of water is starting to have a significant economic impact, while a huge fire is continuing to devastate forests in the gironde region in

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earlier, i spoke to brad stevens from the dorset and wiltshire fire service.e. it spread quickly across the nature reserve, which is primarily heathland of special scientific interest and a nature reserve. it took hold and we had around 12 plants there at the time and probably around 12 supporting appliances that go off road as well. in terms of the cause of the fire, sadly, but not surprisingly, we have found a small camp at the base of the fire, including a remnant of a disposable barbecue. and, of course, this doesn't just cause a huge fire for you to have to put out. there's an impact on wildlife, too. you believe? yeah, it's huge. as ijust mentioned, the national trust owned most of the land around the area. it is a site of special scientific interest and a national nature reserve. and, very sadly, as is expected with wildfires, it does destroy the habitats of the wildlife. we have got some rare reptiles down in that area. we've got some smooth snakes and some sand lizards which are very endangered and quite niche to that area, sadly. and you've also seen

i'm joined now by brad stevens, the group manager at dorset and wiltshire fire service. the group managernk the group manager at dorset you very much forjoi tell thank you very much forjoining us. tell us about this fire and how certain you are of its cause. good evenina. certain you are of its cause. good evening. thank _ certain you are of its cause. good evening. thank you _ certain you are of its cause. good evening. thank you for _ certain you are of its cause. good evening. thank you for having - certain you are of its cause. (emf. evening. thank you for having me on. the fire as you alluded to earlier in your programme, started yesterday lunchtime, it spread quickly across the studland nature reserve, which primarily keith flint, is of special scientific interest, and a nature reserve... it took hold and we had around 12 fire appliances there at the time, probably around 12 supporting appliances that go off—road as well. in terms of the cause of the fire, sadly not surprisingly, we have found a small camp at the base of the fire, including remnants of a disposable barbecue. £31 inc

probably parts of hampshire down into surrey as well, wiltshire, 37 celsius.eratures for the capital cities as we head through the next few days. on sunday we are starting to see cloud edge in from the south and that heralds the change we will see into the start of next week. so some more unstable feeling air which could send thundery downpours so the chance of rain at last. not reliable rain but wet weather and places that haven't seen any. thank you. a reminder of our top story... falling behind on paying for energy, households owe more to their energy supplier than ever before. that's all from the bbc news at one — i'll be back on the news channel at four. now it's time for the news where you are. good afternoon. it's 1.30pm and here's your latest sports news. serena williams could be playing one of the final matches of her career later on wednesday, when she faces olympic champion belinda bencic in canada. it comes after she suggested she'll "evolve away" from tennis after the us open, which begins later this month. american coco gauff is also competing in

having a huge impact on the landscape as you can see here in wiltshire this week.h more sunshine around on wednesday compared with tuesday. it will feel a little bit warmer. now, on the southern edge of high—pressure, we've always got a bit of a breeze. that continues to blow through the night and thursday. also notice into thursday morning, the chance of some approaching showers and thunderstorms towards the channel islands. away from that though, it will be a cool night the further north you with later winds comes in mist and fog patches around to take you into thursday morning. close after an area of high—pressure but notice the low pressure and are developing around the bay of biscay. that proximity to the channel islands could bring in a few heavy and thundering showers here. away from that though, for most, it is a day of sunny spells and wanted to isolated showers but most will continue the dry story. cloud building up was the south was later, but we can still see temperatures climb a bit as winds fall lighter, more widely into the mid—205, even across parts

celsius — these high temperatures are most likely, i think, for central, southern england, perhaps wiltshirean ever before. this is a national crisis on the scale that we saw in the pandemic. cheering manchester united, one of the richest names in football, but not so lucrative if you are one of its smaller shareholders. and those who invested in dominoes pizzas, in italy — equally disappointed — the franchise operator has just filed for bankruptcy. tonight with the context, political analyst dahlia schneidlin — and the former federal prosecutorjoe moreno. welcome back. there are 6 million households in the uk who already owe cash to energy providers, even before the bills leap in october, and again injanuary. some forecasts suggest the average bill will rise threefold. according to the comparison website uswitch, almost a quarter of households owe 206 pounds to providers — that's around 250 dollars. the summer of course is the time when many households should be building up credit with the energy companies. uswitch says eight million households now have no credit at all. the 1.3 billion tha

and it's notjust in london and the thames valley, it extends down to sevenoaks in kent, swindon in wiltshireicated over much of this region and it is the extent now that the thames is reportedly at its lowest level since 2005 and thames water says this ban is because of the unprecedented weather conditions but many of its customers are unhappy because the privatised utility is making big profits for its shareholders but does not flexing its links. currently a quarter of the 2.6 billion litres of water it supplies each day is lost to lakes. the company admits it is a problem and says it is currently repairing 1100 leagues every week but for now for an indefinite period the only exceptions to this bank for anyone who needs to water crops, the refilling of medical pools and certain fountains for religious ceremonies. forthe certain fountains for religious ceremonies. for the rest of us it's a case of reduce and get used to using that watering can. the headlines on bbc news: the hunt for the killer of a nine—year—old girl in liverpool continues. councillors have joined police in urging anyone wi

look at the source of the river thames on the border of wiltshire and gloucestershire.well mean more farmers having to become makeshift firefighters to stop more of the fields burning. dan johnson, bbc news. sarah rogers is in derbyshire for us this morning, one of the eight areas of england where an official drought has been declared. sarah, what does the local area look like where you are? it is beautiful, the sunshine is out, the walkers are out, the cyclists, some anglers heading out. it sort of seems strange to be stood in front of such a really lovely vast expanse of water talking about doubt, but you can see that the banks are exposed, this is running at around 50% capacity at the moment. the one behind itjust a few miles away is at 15% capacity. this is not normal summer levels, as mentioned, this is one of the eight drought areas across the country. more are expected to be put into that as the end of the month goes on. so... what we want is to keep areas like this nice and there will be an impact on wildlife and nature. we have got rachel from the wildlife trus

notjust in london, it extends to regions down to sevenoaks in kent, swindon in wiltshire and banburyofits for shareholders but not fixing its leaks. currently around a quarter of the 2.6 billion litres of water it supplies every day is lost to leakage. the company said it is trying to fix the problem and currently repairing around 1100 leaks across currently repairing around 1100 lea ks across its currently repairing around 1100 leaks across its 20,000 mile network every week. but for an indefinite period the only exceptions to the ban is anyone who needs to water crops, refilling medical pools and certain fountains for religious ceremonies. the rest have to reduce and get used to using the watering can. . ., ~' and get used to using the watering can. . ., ~ , ., can. vincent, thank you. we need _ can. vincent, thank you. we need some - can. vincent, thank you. we need some advice. l can. vincent, thank you. i we need some advice. we do. joining us now is nicci russell, the managing director at waterwise, a not—for—profit organisation which aims to reduce the amount of water used in

it isa it is a beautiful part of wiltshire, the south there.pplier who said that our unit rate was going up from 12.3 p to 62p, which would mean an increase to something in the region of £30,000, or £800 a month to £3000 a month. i contact them, and they said they could give us a 1p discount, and i said that is not going to cut it. i got in touch with the broker, and we were looking at deals are 45p per unit or 50p per unit, but because we are so hospitality they would not like to sign up. they turned us down, and we were back to square one. the latest has been 97p a unit from british gas, and i said, we are going to the standard variable stop they are really bullying and pressurising people, and landlords like myself, into two or three year deals when no one has a clue of what's going to happen. that deals when no one has a clue of what's going to happen.- what's going to happen. that is tuite what's going to happen. that is quite cheeky. _ what's going to happen. that is quite cheeky, isn't _ what's going to happen. that is quite cheeky, isn'

we're joined now by ant bholah from dorset and wiltshire fire and rescue service.are on top of it now, we have got cruise still in attendance wetting down the fire area, and we have scaled back like i said, but with the temperature is increasing today we are looking at further recognitions, so we will be maintaining a presence that the next few days, so we will make sure the fire is out before we move on. the suggestion — fire is out before we move on. the suggestion that it was started by a disposable barbecue, is that your working hypothesis?— working hypothesis? yeah, it's renerall working hypothesis? yeah, it's generally the _ working hypothesis? yeah, it's generally the thought - working hypothesis? yeah, it's generally the thought that i working hypothesis? yeah, it's generally the thought that we | working hypothesis? yeah, it's. generally the thought that we are going with, sparked by a barbecue, we have had a significant number of fires over suddenly this summer caused by disposable barbecues and fires in the open, so this is a trend that is causing a stra

most likely central and southern eglin and parts of wiltshire, may be hampshire, surrey and sussex. 37orecast as we head into the start of next week and while temperatures will be on the warm side, it will of course be fresher than it is for the rest of the week. this is bbc news. the headlines households in the uk owe energy companies more money than ever before — and that's before the extra increases in bills due later this year. iam i am absolutely at the end of what i can offer. i will pay what i can pay but i cannot pay anything else. there is nothing left to cut back on. as prime minister, he would say he would tell people what they needed to hear and stay true to his values. i would rather lose and fight for the things i passionately believed or read from a country and be true to my values than when on a false promise. all children in london aged between i and 9 will be offered

we know some counties across the south, wiltshire, devon, somerset and hampshire, are already in a heatwavertain threshold and in hampshire thatis certain threshold and in hampshire that is around 27 celsius so we have had three days where temperatures are above 27 and in the london area thatis are above 27 and in the london area that is above 28 celsius. i'm sure a heat wave will be announced across many regions as we head through today with temperatures expected to increase to 30, 30 one celsius. back to you. thanks. it looks beautiful there. we are talking about drought but it is nice to get fresh air this morning. we will be back there later. let's take a look at today's front pages. the majority of newspapers lead with the worsening cost of living crisis. the metro carries a stark warning issued by consumer expert martin lewis that the rising cost of energy will be "deadly" for some people struggling financially. he's demanded what he calls the "zombie government" to take action. according to the guardian, borisjohnson believes his successor as prime minister is "certain" to provide mo

look at this lovely picture taken a bit earlier this morning in wiltshire.ng, channel, blowing and some of those showers. ifanything, did my sunshine for some tomorrow than today. still cool along the north shore coastline —— north sea coastline with highs of 25 degrees. thank you very much indeed. if you are still making the most of the summer and thinking about a trip to the beach, i guarantee this is one thing you will be talking about. it's the stomach—turning sight we've seen far too many times this summer — raw sewage being pumped directly into the sea. the water companies say they have no choice during heavy rain — and the government has announced a plan to tackle the issue in england. but critics say the new targets don't go far enough. tim muffett reports from whitstable in kent — and you might want to put the cornflakes aside for this one. all too often these swimmers in whitstable take an unlucky dip. it is effectively human excrement. anything from baby wipes, tampons, toilet roll. it's brown stuff in the water - and it's very sort of, like, foam