experiences its biggest ever outbreak of avian flu. good morning from birmingham, where england are celebrating a double diving gold one for the team s teenage star at her first commonwealth games and another for the most experienced diver retaining his title. it s friday the 5th of august. our main story. a hosepipe ban will come into force in parts of southern england later today, as recent extreme temperatures and a lack of rainfall continue to put pressure on waterways and water supplies. southern water said the move, which affects the isle of wight and parts of hampshire, was a vital step . other bans will follow later in the month in kent, sussex and parts of wales. zoe conway has this report. i ve actually used the hosepipe more. frances and john are neighbours, friends, and very keen gardeners. from today, people living here near alresford in hampshire will be banned from using a hosepipe in their gardens. frances, do you think people will follow the rules? absolut
as parts of europe face a drought, the first in a series of hosepipe bans is due to come into force across the south of england to try and tackle water shortages. the american conspiracy theorist alexjones has been ordered to pay more than $4 million in damages after losing a defamation case for falsely claiming the sandy hook shooting was a hoax. hello, and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. in the uk, the governor of the bank of england has defended the decision to raise interest rates, saying there s a real risk of soaring prices becoming embedded . yesterday, the bank warned of a recession as it raised interest rates by the largest amount in 27 years. the uk economy is forecast to shrink in the last three months of this year, as the bank predicts a recession that will last well into next year. the bank says that sharp increases in energy prices will push inflation to more than 13% a 42 year high and that the value of people s incomes is falli
sitting to the north east of the uk, fairly brisk winds around the western flank and especially in northern scotland, we maintained the risk of gales. a band of showery rain sinking south across scotland and northern england, that could be accompanied by thunder and lightning, some showers elsewhere, generally large amounts of cloud but some sunny spells. remaining windy, though is that the average speeds, the gusts will be stronger in the far north but the wind is coming from the north or north west, feeling cooler particularly in northern scotland, 1a or 15 degrees, 25 in parts of eastern england. as we go deeper into the wee, low pressure swings away and high pressure swings away and high pressure builds from the south west meaning trike weather. there are places in the south east that could do with rain, not an awful lot in the forecast and after a relatively cool started a week, temperatures set to climb again as we move into thursday and friday. this is bbc news. the h