They are indeed. Steady progress for england on the second day so far of that first ashes test at edgbaston. They have had a bit of luck along the way but rory burns has just passed 50, england 88 1. Thanks, hugh. And louise has all the weather a bit quieter out there. It certainly is. Im pleased to say that we have got sunny skies, and the showers are few and far between today, a much better picture in parts of derbyshire. Ill have the Bigger Picture coming up in half an hour. Thanks, louise. Also coming up is this your aircraft, sir . The plane that landed on a busy street and had the police to answer to. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live im martine croxall. Raf helicopter crews are trying to save a dam in derbyshire amid fears it could burst and engulf much of the town of Whaley Bridge. The chinooks are dropping bags of sand, gravel and stone to shore up the dam wall. Experts say the situation is critical. Around 1500 residents were moved out of their homes yesterday. The Prime
Is this two front teeth. Now its time for the weather, with ben rich. Hello there. Is it august or is it autumn . You may well be wondering after you have seen what is in this weather forecast. Over the next couple of days some turbulent weather on the way. Some heavy rain at times, but also some unseasonably strong winds, which could well cause some travel problems. Now, the jetstrea m some travel problems. Now, the jetstream has been dipping a long way south across the atlantic, and these strong winds high up in the atmosphere have spun up an area of low pressure. You can see it here on oui low pressure. You can see it here on our earlier satellite image. A beautiful swell of cloud, the sort of thing we would be used to seeing ona of thing we would be used to seeing on a chart like this during the autumn of the winter, not really during the summer. But this area of low pressure pushes in our direction as we had to friday. We will see some outbreaks of heavy rain pushing northwards. A
The European Union and we now have in Parliament One more np who will fight to make that happen. 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. 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 precaution. The environment secretary, Theresa Villiers says the situation is not yet stable. Several flood alerts including a severe Flood Warning are still in place for these areas shown here in red. Judith reports. This is the front line, a new defence belt back buy back tonnes o
Bolsonaro a coward. Vast swathes of arctic siberia and humid, 27 28 will be the peak of are ablaze after intense summer the heat over the next few days. Temperatures and high winds. We have a special report. There is the low pressure, as you can see it is getting closer to the north west of the uk, still these weather fronts on the scene, so somewhat whether to start with, quite widely on monday, that will chase away and we will see sunshine coming in, more showers, quite heavy coming in, more showers, quite heavy coming into scotland and Northern Ireland, stronger west south westerly breeze for wales and southern england will start to drop those temperatures a little, so forget about 27 about 27 28. U nsettled forget about 27 about 27 28. Unsettled weather continuing on tuesday, showers and unsettled spells of rain, showers could be heavy and hungry, into western parts of the uk which will see the worst of the uk which will see the worst of this rain, all adding up and topping up what
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