good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the rmt union has confirmed that next week s rail strikes will go ahead. they say talks have failed to resolve a dispute about pay, jobs and working conditions. the strikes will affect railway lines across the country. our business correspondent vishala sri pathma reports. it s set to be a chaotic time if you re travelling by rail at all next week. three 24 hour strikes planned across the week on tuesday, thursday, and saturday, with strikes on the london underground to go ahead on tuesday, as well. for those who have plans to go on holiday by rail, or, indeed, go to work, the strikes are notjust disruptive they re costly. i think it s just down to greed, isn t it? i mean, government put in, is it £16 billion of our money, to keep the railways running during the pandemic? and now they re moaning because they re not getting a big enough pay increase. my sister is having cancer treatment, and in london, and that s affecting her treatme
here s chris fawkes. this is the hottest day of the year so far. temperatures in the last hour have reached 30 degrees at london s heathrow airport and continue to climb across east anglia and south east england, more widely, temperatures into the 30s. when i go on holiday for beach action, more often than not, somebody takes the sun loungers by putting towels on them, but not here in thejurassic coast. this is swanage in dorset looking absolutely glorious an hour orso looking absolutely glorious an hour or so ago. the heatwave has been building across western europe. across spain, we have had temperatures reach the mist 40s for much of the last week. the earliest heatwave we have seen here for over 40 heatwave we have seen here for over a0 years. and the heat has been spreading northwards. just yesterday, reaching southern france where temperatures reached a0 degrees as well. this is the earliest in the year we have seen temperatures that high. the heatwave is ferocious and
Nationals will still need permission to settle here after brexit. Good morning. How quickly do you expect to get your online groceries . Well, ill be finding out about a new click and collect service in half an hour. In sport, its sensational celtic. The scottish champions almost guarantee their place in the Champions League group stages, thanks to a 5 0 home win over astana. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Currently we have rain pushing off in the direction of the north sea. As that clears we are into sunshine and showers, but parts of Southern Scotland and Northern England will miss those showers altogether. I will have the details inis altogether. I will have the details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. Students across england, wales and Northern Ireland will receive their a level results today, determining their admission into higher education. In england, its the first year that students will get results after major reforms to a levels, including a move
Closest to voting leave, to find out what the decision could mean for workers and business owners. Scotlands streets are full of tributes to those who have helped shape the country and wider europe. Thinkers, poets, warriors. But now scotland is torn between two identities, its british self and its european one. Scotland can now no longer belong to both. This dilemma is brewing into an acute constitutional crisis. What effect will leaving the eu have on those whose livelihoods have been shaped by european membership for decades . What we do need to know and know fast is where our future workforce is going to come from. And how Will Scotland Cope as Britain Leaves the Single Market . 80 of all the food we sell out of scotland goes to europe. Europe is the ball game for our export right now. Scotland did not choose this. It rejected brexit, but brexit is being thrust upon it. What would that do for the 300 year old union between scotland and england . We are being taken out of the eu aga
Closest to voting leave, to find out what the decision could mean for workers and business owners. Scotlands streets are full of tributes to those who have helped shape the country and wider europe. Thinkers, poets, warriors. But now scotland is torn between two identities, its british self and its european one. Scotland can now no longer belong to both. This dilemma is brewing into an acute constitutional crisis. What effect will leaving the eu have on those whose livelihoods have been shaped by european membership for decades . What we do need to know and know fast is where our future workforce is going to come from. And how Will Scotland Cope as Britain Leaves the Single Market . 80 of all the food we sell out of scotland goes to europe. Europe is the ball game for our export right now. Scotland did not choose this. It rejected brexit, but brexit is being thrust upon it. What would that do for the 300 year old union between scotland and england . We are being taken out of the eu aga