to discuss the situation and has been speaking about the plans they have put in place. there are three key areas where we want to make sure we are stood up and as ready as we can. the first is obviously health and social. there has been a lot of work, first of all, messaging those people who may be vulnerable, and making sure they take steps to help themselves and protect themselves, but also that hospitals, ambulances, and other areas of that service that may come under pressure are kind of ready and prepared. second areas schools, where obviously we want to make sure kids do continue to go to school, we think they are safer in schools, but that those schools should have more help and guidance and all the support that they need to keep those kids out of the sun and nice and cool and hydrated. and, thirdly, transport, where we do think there is going to be a significant impact. obviously, the transport providers are messaging people that they should only travel if they really
hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. iam i am samantha simmonds. the heatwave in southern europe is intensifying with wildfires forcing thousands of people to flee towns and villages. a number of people have already died, and temperatures are predicted to go well above a0 celsius, in parts of spain and portugal. more than 11,000 people have been forced to leave france s south western gironde region from where our europe correspondent, jessica parker, sent us this report. the fight to tackle flames ripping through forests in south western france. they have been battling these fires for days. 1a,000 people have now been evacuated across the area of ge rong. have now been evacuated across the area of ge rang- area of ge rong. everything went so fast, the area of ge rong. everything went so fast. the fire area of ge rong. everything went so fast, the fire was area of ge rong. everything went so fast, the fire was big, area of ge rong. eve
Have written a letter defending her, the countrys ruler abducted two of his daughters, after a series of and subjected his estranged wife bullying allegations. To a campaign of intimidation. The duke and duchess of sussex have taken part in one of their last almost 100 allies of the home secretary priti patel official engagements before they quit royal life have written a letter defending her, later this month. After a series of bullying allegations. The duke and duchess of sussex have taken part in one of their last official engagements before they quit royal life later this month. Some developments about coronavirus. Eu ambassadors have cancelled their meeting this morning because of the good morning, welcome virus and the croatian ambassador is in isolation. The meeting in to bbc newsroom live. Brussels was postponed and the annita mcveigh. Creation ambassador put herself in the Health Secretary, matt hancock, isolation after coming into contact says the government is working with s
fingers crossed it will go off without any major negative impact. the cabinet office minister kit malthouse has been chairing a meeting of the government s cobra civil contingencies committee to discuss the escalating heatwave, and has been speaking about the plans they have put in place. there are three key areas where we want to make sure that we are stood up and as ready as we can be. the first is obviously health and social care, where there has been a lot of work, first of all messaging those people who may be vulnerable, and making sure they take steps to help themselves and protect themselves, but also that hospitals, ambulances, and other areas of that service that may come under pressure are ready and prepared. the second area is schools, where obviously we want to make sure kids do continue to go to school, we think they are safer in schools, but those schools should have more help and guidance and all the support that they need, to keep those kids out of the sun and nice and
this weekend, people were topping up their tans. but in some parts of the uk it is forecast to be 10 degrees hotter on monday than today, and the advice is to stay out of the sun. and forecasters say all this is something we re going to have to get used to. scientists believe now that we are going to see more extreme heat and potentially for a longer period of time. we re10% more likely now to see extreme heat as a result of climate change and man made influence. so, the next few days could see records broken and britain s weather move into uncharted waters. but climate scientists say extreme temperatures in the summer are already becoming the new normal. jon donnison, bbc news. as we mentioned, the uk government s cobra civil contingencies committee met earlier today to discuss the escalating heatwave and plans being put in place.