good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. a drought has been declared in parts of england, after the driestjuly on record in some areas of the country. it means water companies can announce stricter measures to conserve supplies, and it comes as yorkshire water became the latest to announce a hosepipe ban, in the wake of low rainfall and high temperatures. an extreme heat amber warning from the met office is currently in place for central and southern england and parts of wales which means there are possible impacts on health, transport and infrastructure. 0ur wales correpondent, tomos morgan, reports from barry. a blaze in sussex. the grass
those places could see 37 celsius by the time we get to saturday, which will probably be the peak of the teak. this is the outlook for some of the capital city is ever the next few days. and sunday are still looking out towards the south. we start to import a bit of cloud and that heralds the change we will see into the start of next week when it will be feeling cooler and a bit more of a westerly wind developing. the chance of seeing heavy, thundery downpours as well. until then, it is just going to be hot. joanna. thank you. a reminder of our top story. energy companies have agreed to work with the government to help people struggling with soaring energy bills. mi; struggling with soaring energy bills. ~ , ., struggling with soaring energy bills. g ., , struggling with soaring energy bills. 3 . , struggling with soaring energy bills. g . , bills. my flat is empty. i don t know how bills. my flat is empty. i don t know how i bills. my flat is empty. i don t know howl can bil
cloud saturday into sunday. still some rain, that cloud and rain stays with us into sunday. across central uk, drier to the north, mostly dry to the south, we could do with some rain in the south. and another warm day in the south, cooler and fresher for north and west. for the other big sporting event, the usual 22 final at wembley, lots of cloud, could be the odd spot of rain but temperatures are an 26 celsius. some rain around next week but much of that to the north west of the uk. very little of it into the south and the east. that s all from the bbc news at 0ne, so it s goodbye from me and on bbc one we nowjoin the bbc s news teams where you are.
energy companies post big increases in profits as uk customers face soaring household bills. right on time! tributes are paid to the star of the railway children and narrator of the wombles bernard cribbins, who has died aged 93. and coming up on the bbc news channel. the lionesses will take on germany in the euro 22 final at wembley after the eight time champions saw off france in their semifinal. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 0ne. the commonwealth games 2022 opens here at the alexander stadium in birmingham later today. this huge space seats 30,000 people
birmingham prepares for the start of the commonwealth games, with the opening ceremony taking place here at alexander stadium tonight. more than 5,000 athletes from 72 nations and territories will take part over 11 days of competition, with excitement building ahead of tonight s event. i m from here, i m from birmingham, so, for my family and for myself, it s history in the making. we ll look at what s in store and hear what people in the region think of the games being held here. the other headlines on the bbc news at 0ne. a mother whose baby was murdered by the woman trying to adopt him tells the bbc he d still be alive if he d been left with her.