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
grass. they don t like the outcome. too right, there are definitely people out there. i have been accused of waxing the grass, which is a good one. it was a quick experiment. i can tell you that the three that are in the video are the first three goes i had at doing it properly. i had one test run where i literally did it outside, not on a decent piece of grass, just to make sure whether the cup would actually work. you saw the three genuine ones. there are few people suggesting it time lapsed. you can check that one isn t true because the bubbles go up at the same speed on all three cups. i m not sure really what more i could do. you have demonstrated really what more i could do. you have demonstrated something very simply and very powerfully. and we are so glad to have talk to you about it. thank you very much, and let s hope it doesn t rain too hard or we are going to have floods everywhere.
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on isn t fair because that isn t what the real ground is like. i think what you would need is a cylinder rather than a cup, you could hammer it into the ground so it goes in. you can t really do that in our university gardens without upsetting the gardens. and then you can fill that with an absolutely controlled amount of water. not flipping a cup upside down and trying to spill as little as possible. there are a lot of things that you could do that would definitely make the experiment much more scientifically rigorous. what i was really an experiment. i think part of the real power is that anybody could go outside and do this experiment in their own garden. you just need a cup or a glass and something to try to seal it. what i used was a document wallet. but some eo - le used was a document wallet. but some eole have used was a document wallet. but some people have suggested used was a document wallet. but some people have suggested that used was a document wallet. but some peopl
and it has gone viral. so it clearly has struck a chord with people who now understand the danger that heavy rain might have. now understand the danger that heavy rain might have- rain might have. where did you find the lush grass rain might have. where did you find the lush grass and rain might have. where did you find the lush grass and the rain might have. where did you find the lush grass and the slightly i the lush grass and the slightly drier grass? this the lush grass and the slightly drier grass? the lush grass and the slightly drier crass? ~ , drier grass? as you say, finding arched drier grass? as you say, finding parched grass drier grass? as you say, finding parched grass isn t drier grass? as you say, finding parched grass isn t exactly i drier grass? as you say, finding | parched grass isn t exactly tricky at the moment. finding lush stuff was the most difficult part of the whole experiment because the university garden has got a couple of flower beds that hav