7,000 extra hospital beds this winter including in pop up sites the nhs in england unveils its plans to cope with expected pressures. and the shortlist is announced for hosting next year s eurovision song contest seven uk cities are in the running. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. a drought has been declared across more than half of england, after the driestjuly on record in some areas of the country. it means water companies can impose stricter measures over how we use water at home and at work. a drought is defined by a lack of water due to extreme weather that has been built up over time. the four stages are normal, prolonged dry weather, drought and severe drought. eight areas have been moved to the third stage, including devon and cornwall, solent and south downs, kent and south london, herts and north london. as well as east anglia, thames, lincolnshire and northamptonshire, east midlands. in the wake of low rainfall and high temperatures, water c
Is the pope in february, one of a number of visits he undertook, i believe this was a visit to the african continent. the vatican announced plans on saturday for pope francis to visit mongolia, that will be between august the 31st and september, and before that he is set to visit portugal but for now he has been admitted to rome s gemelli hospitalfor a checkup. these are images from earlier this year on a previous visit. we will bring you the latest as and when we have it.
We are hearing from the communications workers union, the strike dates are august to 30th and august the 31st. as we are seeing with a lot of unions and a lot of workplaces at the moment, this is a dispute over pay. bt workers who belong to the communication workers union, striking over pay on august the 30th and the 31st. the uk is not alone in experiencing extreme heat a number of european countries have seen record temperatures, with deadly wildfires and droughts across the continent. let s hearfrom our europe correspondent bethany bell, who s in france. we re very, very close to the zone where some of those fires are blazing right now. we re here in an area where we ve seen firefighters from germany and as far away as romania arriving to help the thousand or more french firefighters who have been
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