her rival rishi sunak is on the front of the sunday telegraph urging sanctions for iran following the stabbing of salman rusdie. and finally, the sunday times focus on the cost of living crisis with reports the treasury is developing a plan to hand out more money to cope with energy costs. let s to cope with energy costs. begin with the observer picture, let s begin with the observer. this picture, emma, of wimbledon common. i m guessing that this pond normally looks a bit bigger than that. it’s looks a bit bigger than that. it s astonishing. i think we ve all seen in our local parks so called green spaces. they rejust in our local parks so called green spaces. they re just absolutely dry, kind of sahara conditions. we took the hosepipe ban in our gardens but the hosepipe ban in our gardens but the parks and green spaces are absolutely drying up and what can be done? wejust absolutely drying up and what can be done? we just desperately need some rain. done? we “ust desper
7,000 extra hospital beds this winter including in pop up sites the nhs in england unveils its plans to cope with expected pressures. and the shortlist is announced for hosting next year s eurovision song contest seven uk cities are in the running. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. a drought has been declared across more than half of england, after the driestjuly on record in some areas of the country. it means water companies can impose stricter measures over how we use water at home and at work. a drought is defined by a lack of water due to extreme weather that has been built up over time. the four stages are normal, prolonged dry weather, drought and severe drought. eight areas have been moved to the third stage, including devon and cornwall, solent and south downs, kent and south london, herts and north london. as well as east anglia, thames, lincolnshire and northamptonshire, east midlands. in the wake of low rainfall and high temperatures, water c
Its championship Play Off Semifinals tonight as southampton and west brom play the second leg. Goalless after the first game still no goals yet at st marys. Weve had about 30 minutes there. Southampton are hoping to bounce straight back to the premier league. The winner will play leeds at wembley. Juventus have sacked their manager Massimiliano Allegri just two days after he led them to victory in the italian cup final. Allegri was sent off late into their victory in rome after he ranted at match officials and waved away the clubs Sporting Director during the celebrations. The club said his dismissal follows certain behaviours they deemed incompatible with the values ofjuventus. Allegri had been expected to lose his job at the end of the season but now wont be in charge for their final two games. 0nto golf, and the second round of the uspga had to be delayed after a pedestrian was knocked down and killed by a shuttle bus. The ensuing Traffic Problems then led to the worlds number one p