the latest round of rail strikes has begun which will affect rail services today and saturday on public transport in london tomorrow. passengers are being told not to travel by train today unless absolutely necessary. today s walk out means only 20% of train services will be running at over 40,000 british railway workers strike over ongoing pay and conditions. friday s strike takes place on both the london underground and london overground in separate disputes over pensions and pay. the wider uk network should expect disruption due to the knock on effect of thursday s industrial action. and on saturday, more widespread disruption as the rmt and tssa go on strike again. the effect on services is expected to be the same as 18 august, although some services will run on one of the days but not the other. again, disruption is likely to continue into sunday
university challenge, the host of university challenge, the host of university challenge from autumn next year. that is amol rajan. the latest round of rail strikes has begun which will affect rail services today and saturday, and public transport in london tomorrow. passengers are being told not to travel by train today unless absolutely necessary. today s walk out means only 20% of train services will be running as over 40,000 british railway workers strike over ongoing pay and conditions. friday s strike takes place on both the london underground and london overground in separate disputes over pensions and pay. the wider uk network should expect disruption due to the knock on effect of thursday s industrial action. and on saturday, more widespread disruption as the rmt and tssa unions strike again. the effect on services is expected to be the same as 18th of august, although some services will run on one of the days but not the other. again, disruption is likely to continue into sun
north west, bit of rain for the western isles, perhaps. but temperatures in england, scotland and northern ireland in the mid 20s, but down towards the south and south east, 30, 31 degrees pretty widely. and then, from thursday onwards, that s when that amber extreme heat warning kicks in across a good part of england and into eastern wales as well. but wherever you are, you can be feeling the heat. some disruption due to the those high temperatures in terms of health problems, potentially transport problems as well. so, thursday, another hot, dry day away from the north west of scotland, and temperatures widely in the mid to high 20s in the north, mid 30s in the south. 34 degrees, possibly 35 degrees on thursday, could be even a degree or so hotter than that as we head on into friday. again, a bit more cloud and rain for the western isles, highlands, northern isles as well where it s a little bit cooler, but most of us baking in that hot sunshine, so the mid 20s to mid 30s during the
but temperatures in england, scotland and northern ireland in the mid 20s, but down towards the south and south east, 30, 31 degrees pretty widely. and then, from thursday onwards, that s when that amber extreme heat warning kicks in across a good part of england and into eastern wales as well. but wherever you are, you can be feeling the heat. some disruption due to the those high temperatures in terms of health problems, potentially transport problems as well. so, thursday, another hot, dry day away from the north west of scotland, and temperatures widely in the mid to high 20s in the north, mid 30s in the south. 3a degrees, possibly 35 degrees on thursday, could be even a degree or so hotter than that as we head on into friday. again, a bit more cloud and rain for the western isles, highlands, northern isles as well where it s a little bit cooler, but most of us baking in that hot sunshine, so the mid 20s to mid 30s during the course of friday. if we zoom into the hottest spots pr
never recorded before. in response to this, the met office has issued a highest level red warning for the likelihood of disruption due to the heat as it persists through the day and the night monday into tuesday. we certainly start on a warm footing for monday after a fine night. temperatures initiallyjust as the sun comes up will be in the mid to high teens. and then aside from some cloud and patchy rain to the far north of scotland, we have got a day essentially of the sun beating down, adding to the heat, and a southerly airflow pulling up more warm air from the near continent. and then we reach that potential of up to a0 degrees somewhere in central and eastern england, 38 as far north as yorkshire however and across towards the welsh borders. tuesday could be hotter still across some eastern areas. it looks a little fresher towards the west but it will be increasingly humid as well. towards the west but it will be