falling much lower than 25 celsius. what is known as a tropical night. but have a look at how fickle the weather is at the moment. in actual fact, first thing this morning these were the kind of temperatures we had with temperatures in low, single figures from scotland down to 0xfordshire. because high pressure is here at the moment, but it is actually allowing the airflow to come from the north and with clear skies, those temperatures fell away. we have more in the way of cloud developing as we speak and act like a trigger off a few showers through this afternoon. no showers will gradually drift their way and steadily northwards, they will be very hit and miss so not many seeing them. the temperatures will be disappointing, perhapsjust below disappointing, perhaps just below parfor disappointing, perhaps just below par for the disappointing, perhapsjust below par for the time of year. top temperatures of ia to 22 celsius and thatis temperatures of ia to 22 celsius and that i
the commons work and pensions committee say vulnerable people will be pushed into destitution. and i in victoria square in the centre of birmingham where the city and the region are preparing to host the 2022 commonwealth games. rail passengers are facing huge disruption after thousands of workers walked out in a continuing dispute about pay and working conditions. only about a fifth of britain s train services are running many areas having no services at all today. the red lines here show the routes where some trains are operating but network rail has warned people to travel only if absolutely necessary. many journeys will many journeys manyjourneys will be manyjourneys will be ending manyjourneys will be ending earlier manyjourneys will be ending earlier than they normally work this evening. our correspondent emma simpson has this report. going nowhere. once again, half of the uk s rail network brought to a halt. at manchester piccadilly some trains were leaving with tr
this is bbc news. the headlines. disruption as the latest rail strikes across the uk mean only 20% of train journeys are going ahead. over nine million people tuned in to see england reach the final of the women s euros last night thrashing sweden 4 0. the broadcaster nicky campbell alleges he and some of his friends were physically and sexually abused at school in the 19705. the edinburgh academy has apologised to anyone who was abused there. mp5 call for benefit deductions to be paused. the commons work and pensions committee say vulnerable people will be pushed into destitution. on the eve of commonwealth games opening in birmingham we ll hearfrom a proud midlander about what the event
the commons work and pensions committee say vulnerable people will be pushed into destitution. and i in victoria square in the centre of birmingham where the city and the region are preparing to host the 2022 commonwealth games. rail passengers are facing huge disruption after thousands of workers walked out in a continuing dispute about pay and working conditions. only about a fifth of britain s train services are running many areas having no services at all today. the red lines here show the routes where some trains are operating but network rail has warned people to travel only if absolutely necessary.
and the deductions are making those problems very much worse. the committee also want to see the benefit cap raised for everyone, but the department for work and pensions said they had already restricted the total amount of deductions that could be taken to 25% of payment, and doubled the amount of time people have to pay money back to two years. asjodine braces herself for higher bills, that doesn t feel like enough, but she thinks that pausing deductions would help. it would at least give me a standing point to kind of put myself back on an even keel. colletta smith, bbc news. let s speak to katie schmuecker, principal policy advisor atjoseph rowntree foundation which is a think tank focused on tackling poverty in the uk. thank you for talking to us. do you have a sense atjoseph rowntree of