Leads are they going to be telling us about. , ~ y. ,. Lets get more on Birmingham City council, europes biggest local authority, effectively filing for bankruptcy. It has issued a section 4 notice, which prevents all but essential spending. Earlier this year, the council began talks with the government after revealing it was struggling with outgoings including equal pay claims and the implementation of a new it system. This is what the deputy head of the council, Sharon Thompson had to say earlier today. As you all now know, the section 151 office of Fiona Greenway has formally issued a section 4 notice to the government, advising that the council is unable to close its budget gap in the year ahead. As a consequence, some reports scheduled for this meeting today have been deferred, or will be deferred, but i want to stress that despite the significant challenges that we face, we will prioritise Core Services that our residents rely on. We can speak now to stuart hoddinott, a Senior Researcher at the institute for government. Stuart festival what does all of this mean . Stuart festival what does all of this mean . ~. , ,. , this mean . What it means is that birmingham this mean . What it means is that Birmingham City this mean . What it means is that Birmingham City council this mean . What it means is that Birmingham City council are this mean . What it means is that Birmingham City council are not l this mean . What it means is that i Birmingham City council are not able to meet their spending requirements for this Financial Year with the income that they currently have. Because of that they have a statutory duty to alert the government what is known as a section 114 government what is known as a section 4 notice that we had in that clip there that they will not be able to meet their Spending Commitments. What happens next is that new Spending Commitments are frozen but that does not necessarily mean that the authority will stop spending on key services. Going forward they need to find a way to close the budget gap. There are a number ways that they can do that. Some authorities request what they call a capitalisation direction from the government which allows them to use money from the Capital Budget or from selling off assets. All they can raise council tax but that wont happen in this Financial Year that will happen happen in the next Financial Year. Flan will happen happen in the next Financial Year. Will happen happen in the next Financial Year. Can we look at why this has happened Financial Year. Can we look at why this has happened because Financial Year. Can we look at why this has happened because the i this has happened because the Council Talks about shortages in income as well as inflation affecting its income and its ability to pay its bills. This is also related to an ankle pay dispute, can you explain that yes related to an ankle pay dispute, can you explain tha related to an ankle pay dispute, can you exolain tha you explain that yes the equal pay dis ute you explain that yes the equal pay dispute goes you explain that yes the equal pay dispute goes back you explain that yes the equal pay dispute goes back to you explain that yes the equal pay dispute goes back to a you explain that yes the equal pay dispute goes back to a supreme. You explain that yes the equal pay dispute goes back to a Supreme Court decision in 2012 which found that local authorities had issued bonuses disproportionate to male employees over female employees. Theyre over female employees. They� re worried over female employees. Theyre worried then a number of settlements over the decade. During an update to an it system in the summer this year they found that there was an outstanding liability of £760 million approximately which trigger this section 114 notice. This is a specific example to birmingham. Thank you very much. Discount chain b m has agreed to buy dozens of shops from the collapsed retailer wilko, but talks over a bigger Rescue Deal Hang in the balance. B m said it will take on up to 51 of wilkos 400 stores in a deal worth £13 million. Lets speak to our business correspondent. Emma simpson. Emma, just explain a bit more about this deal. How significant is it . While this deal is about the shops not the brand. I think what this is about as he and i am seizing the opportunity to expand its existing chain. There is no news about any job is to be saved and there are a number of other retailers trying to snap up stores. The real question is now where wilko can be saved as a business on the high street. The only hope for that is a potential rescue deal with the canadian businessman who is the owner of hmv. He has tabled a bid to save up to 300 of the stores. At the end of last week he was edging towards a deal. This has now stalled we understand. It has been a complicated thing to piece together. He is grappling with issues with suppliers and trying to finalise funding and get landlords on side. It has all got to come together. What this deal with b and m does is at least inject some much needed cash into the business and to recover some value for creditors as the administrators continue to trade the administrators continue to trade the business and tried to secure a deal. There is a deal. There is a desire to try and get this deal over the line. To give it the time it needs but it is still alive. It is fair to stay that the Parchment Deal is hanging in the balance. That fair to stay that the Parchment Deal is hanging in the balance. Is hanging in the balance. 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So much uncertainty for the 12,500 workers. Some redundancies have already been announced from today, workers have been made redundant at Wilko Support Centre with more redundancies expected this week. The question is how much longer can this go on for. The administrators want to see if this bed with. Go on for. The administrators want to see if this bed with. Go on for. The administrators want to see if this bed with. Thank you very much the number of Community Speed watch groups operating in devon and cornwall has now reached 200. Police say the scheme has meet a major ride Repeat Offenders risk police action. Tamsin melville reports. A monday afternoon on the outskirts of chase water. When we started taking our Data Collection about six years ago it was quite horrendous. 0ut Collection about six years ago it was quite horrendous. Out of 100 vehicles we had probably around 20 people speeding. Now given that similarfigure we will people speeding. 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Thank you for speaking to people a variety of things to do. Thank you for speaking to us. It| people a variety of things to do. I thank you for speaking to us. It is very warm here. So warm that i have been feeding the lemurs some ice lollies. Now its time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. Hello, there. Temperatures are going to continue to build over the next few days. We could see the peak of the heat around wednesday and thursday the Low 30s Celsius across central and southern areas. With the heat and the sunshine, were also going to see the humidity increasing, as well, so that will make it feel more uncomfortable both by day and by night. We have low pressure parked to the far south west of the uk out in the atlantic. High pressure is dominating the scene across most of the continent and thats allowing us to tap into this hot air, particularly across france, which will be driven up on a south easterly breeze. For the rest of this afternoon its going to stay sunny and very warm or even hot across southern areas again. Temperatures reaching around the 30 celsius mark in one or two locations. A little bit of mist and murk hugging some north sea coasts of scotland, but some good sunshine for shetland. Cloudier, though, for 0rkney. Through tonight, it looks like well see low cloud, mist and murk become a bit more widespread across Eastern Scotland, Eastern England and a few patches into the irish sea. For most, though, it is clear skies and a fairly warm and muggy night to come temperatures around the mid teens. It starts off rather gray across Eastern Scotland and Eastern England. That mist and low cloud will burn back to the coast. It could linger across some irish sea coasts, as well. For most, again, its another dry, sunny and a hot day. Probably the peak of the heat up to the low 30s. 32 celsius or so across the south east, Mid To High 20s further north. With the heat and humidity in place, thursday is going to be another dry and sunny day, but there could be an increasing chance of some thundery showers developing because of the humidity across northern and western areas. It will be very hit and miss, most places to stay dry. Again, its going to be another very warm or hot day with plenty of sunshine again. Again, temperatures in the low 30s across the south east. Little change as we head into friday. High pressure continues to hold on, so anotherfine day for most of the uk. Again, there will be that low cloud, mist and murk to start off with, certainly across central and northern areas. Then most places will see the sunshine become widespread, certainly into the afternoon. Again, temperatures low 30s across the south east, Mid To High 20s across scotland. Signs of a bit of a change taking place across scotland, Northern Ireland this weekend. It turns a bit cooler, an increasing chance of showers, but it stays hot and sunny for england and wales, with temperatures coming down here into next week. Live from london, this is bbc news. Us Officials Say north koreas leader kim jong un plans to travel to russia this month to meet president vladimir putin. Birmingham city council the largest local authority in europe has declared bankruptcy, meaning spending on all but Essential Services will be blocked. The government says it will publish a list of the more than 150 schools in england that contain dangerous concrete. Hello, im rajini vaidyanathan, welcome to bbc news now three hours of fast moving news, interviews and reaction. A high level, and high stakes, meeting could happen this month between north koreas leader kim jong un and russian president vladimir putin, which could impact the war in ukraine. According to us officials, Kimjong Un Is expected to make a rare visit overseas and discuss the possibility of north korea providing moscow with weapons to support its war in ukraine. The exact location of the planned meeting is not clear. In a statement, Us National Security Officials Say that Arms Negotiations between russia and north korea are actively advancing. But when asked about this possible summit, the kremlin spokesperson said he had says nothing to say on this and couldnt confirm the meeting. Earlier, i spoke to fyodor tertitskiy, who is a leading researcher at kookmin university, in seoul, and an author of of several books on north korean history and military. I asked him, if this meeting going to happen,