Situation im going at Whaley Bridge and these areas had as much as two months of rain in a week, but little or no rain today. Many parts of the country dry and enjoying sunshine, with fewer showers in western parts of scotla nd with fewer showers in western parts of scotland then we have seen over the past few days. There is more angry looking crowd in lincolnshire. Some showers are little sharp, feeding in from the north sea. On the map, you can see the extent of the cloud and showers for south east scotland, north east england. Shower clouds bubbling up through parts of the midlands, yorkshire, lincolnshire and towards the home counties. This is where we see the majority of showers. One or two further west, but it looks like it will be dry with pleasant spells of sunshine and light winds, feeling pleasa ntly of sunshine and light winds, feeling pleasantly warm. Temperatures similarto pleasantly warm. Temperatures similar to what we had yesterday, 25 or 26 around hampshire. We have go
We re to be. Certainly not the news they were hoping to receive. They were told by the Emergency Services what was happening in a residence meeting before the media. This press conference has just finished entering this despite all the work that Emergency Services have done over the last 26 hours or the structure is still very critical and theres still a risk to life. There being advised not to go back to Whaley Bridge. And Emergency Services are looking at ways in which they can let one member of family back in for a short period of time to gather essentials, pets, medication, that sort of thing. What was interesting was over the last 26 hours they managed to reduce the water levels on the dam by about half a metre. But what they said here is that they are hopeful of saving the dam but they still need to lower it by several metres. Take that water level below the problem that water level below the problem that a on that spillway before the engineers can be confident that Whaley Bridge
As they vow to fight brexit. As they vow to fight brexit. As liberal democrat leader, i will fight to keep our country in the union. We have one more mp now who as leader of liberal democrat, i will fight to make that happen. Will fight to keep our country in the european two holiday firms super break and late rooms collapse, affecting tens of thousands of travellers. A maiden test century for rory burns, as england fight back on the second day of the ashes. And a battle of britain veteran has died, hours after celebrating his 100th birthday. Good evening. In the last few minutes, Emergency Services have said that theres still a substantial danger to life if the water levels in the dam at Whaley Bridge in derbyshire, cannot be reduced. Raf helicopter crews have been dropping sand, gravel and stones to try to stabilise a damaged wall of the toddbrook reservoir amid fears it could burst and engulf the nearby town. Around 1500 residents were moved out of their homes yesterday, as a precau
The waiting is finally over for the start of the ashes. Im at edgbaston, where ive been speaking to england captainjoe root ahead of the first test against australia. It starts today, as england look to claim the ashes back. Having lifted it for under cooky, and to see what its been like on the other end of it as captain, it makes me want to be up there on the podium at the oval hopefully with a massive smile on my face. We could get a shower at the oval, especially in a line from north east scotla nd especially in a line from north east scotland to east anglia, where it could be heavy, thundery and slow moving. More in 15 minutes. Its thursday the 1st of august. Our top story flood warnings are still in place across the north west of england and yorkshire after a day of heavy rain left people stranded and caused damage to buildings, roads and rail lines. Overnight, the water levels did begin to recede in some of the worst hit areas, but people are preparing for another downpour of rai
On families, on homes. Well bring you all the latest as the effort to shore up the dam wall goes on. Also tonight. The lib dems win the brecon and radnorshire by election. It cuts borisjohnsons commons majority to just one, as they vow to fight brexit. As leader of the liberal democrats, i will as leader of the liberal democrats, i will fight as leader of the liberal democrats, i will fight to keep our country in the European Union and we now have in Parliament One more mp who will fight to make that happen. Vast swathes of arctic siberia are ablaze after intense summer temperatures and high winds, we have a special report. And a maiden test century for rory burns, as england fights back on the second day of the ashes. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, Harry Maguire is on his way to Manchester United for £80 million, now the worlds most expensive defender. Good evening. Borisjohnson has visited derbyshire this evening, to talk to crews working to repair a damaged reservoir, and