that could save hundreds of millions of pounds and that could be transferred into savings and a better pay offer we could put on the table. and where s the government in all of this? ministers say it s down to the rail companies and their workers to sort out. also tonight.. the grooming gangs of oldham an independent inquiry says the council and greater manchester police failed to safeguard vulnerable children. the mountain gorillas of central africa once on the brink of extinction, now their numbers are rising. are their wider lessons for conservation? if you re on the hunt for a first major golf title, why not make it the us open? we ll have more on matt fitzpatrick s remarkable feat. and coming up in sport on the bbc news channel. reaction to the decision made by swimming s world governing body to stop transgender athletes from competing in women s races if they went through male puberty. good evening and welcome to bbc news at six. britain is facing its biggest rail s
for much of england and stretches across into mid wales. faultless blue skies and sunshine beating down, keeping the temperature rising day on day. some thicker cloud overnight returning to eastern scotland, the north east of england, some mist and murk along the coasts, some drizzly rain for northern scotland, and then by the end of the night, some showers starting to push into northern ireland and the south west of england. it is through sunday that we are anticipating these showers becoming increasingly lively. thundery for northern ireland and northern and western scotland and with the rain arriving, we start to see things becoming cooler here. some isolated showers possible further west, but very little in the way of significant rainfall i think for england and wales on sunday. it is monday that we start to see wetter conditions coming in here. hello. this is bbc news. i m luxmy gopal and these are the headlines. writers and politicians condemn an attack on acclaimed author
to about 55,000 now. remember, in the scottish mountains, the weather can be very, very fickle, and at this point i would like to quote billy connolly. if you don t like the weather, wait 20 minutes. congratulations. now it s time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. it is hot and it is dry. cooler weather is forecast to spread to all parts of the uk through the early part of next week. rain, however, will be slightly harder to pin down. the extreme heat warning remains in place until the end of sunday for much of england and stretches across into mid wales. faultless blue skies and sunshine beating down, keeping the temperature rising day on day. some thicker cloud overnight returning to eastern scotland, the north east of england, some mist and murk along the coasts, some drizzly rain for northern
across into mid wales. faultless blue skies and sunshine beating down keeping the temperatures rising day on day. some thicker cloud over night returning to eastern scotland, the north east of england, some mist and murk along the coast. some drizzly rain for northern scotland and then by the end of the night, some showers are starting to push into northern ireland and the south west of england. and if through sunday that we are anticipating the shower becoming increasingly lively. thundery for northern ireland and northern and western scotland. and with a rain arriving, we start to see things becoming cooler here. some isolated showers possible further west but very little in the way of significant rainfall for england and wales on sunday. it s monday that we start see wetter conditions coming in here.