And problem solving skills im looking at a scheme to get apprentices training outside of the workplace. Catch me if you can adam peaty storms to breaststroke gold in south korea to win his third successive World Championship title. Good morning from a foggy Blenheim Palace. Were going to have a dry, sunny, hot humid day with temperatures potentially reaching 36 degrees in london. Its tuesday the 23rd ofjuly. Our top story well know by lunchtime who will be our next Prime Minister as the results of the conservative leadership contest are due to be announced later this morning. Borisjohnson is the clear favourite over his rival, the foreign secretaryjeremy hunt. But he could suffer ministerial resignations before he even enters downing street, as several cabinet members say they cant support his do or die pledge to leave the eu by the end of october. Our Political Correspondent iain watson is at the qe2 centre in westminster, where the result will be announced. We are getting some sort o
Triple and sales soar 20 at amazon. But with regulators circling, ill look at why its getting tougher to be a tech giant. Another day, another batting collapse from england, as ireland move within sight of what would be an historic first test victory at lords. How science is helping gardeners find the best way to water a hanging basket. Its friday the 26th ofjuly. Our top story more disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterdays high temperatures caused extensive damage. Repair work has been taking place through the night, but services will be significantly reduced between london and the east midlands. Leigh milner has the details. It was the second halted day on record, the highest temperature recorded in cambridge. You might have been faster travelling on one of these than the trains. Chaos on rail lines. Passengers are rescued from broken down trains as power ca bles fell from broken down trains as power cables fell and sparked line side fires. Disruptio
The british teenage gamer whos won almost a million in the fortnite world cup finals. She thought i was spending eight hours in my dayjust wasting my time so now hours in my dayjust wasting my time so now that i have proved to her that i can do stuff, i am really happy. Today, more rain in the forecast, turning shari through the day. Dry weather as well but i will have more inis weather as well but i will have more in 15 minutes. Weather as well but i will have more inis minutes. Weather as well but i will have more in 15 minutes. Sharla ri. Showery. Its monday the 29th july. Our top story Boris Johnson will travel to scotland today to announce 300 Million Pounds of new funding for scotland, wales and Northern Ireland. Yesterday, the conservative leader in scotland, Ruth Davidson, said she couldnt support a no deal brexit. Today the business organisation, the cbi, warned the government that neither the uk or eu is ready for a no deal brexit on october 31st. Heres our Political Correspo
Power and homes throughout the country were plunged into darkness. Simon jones has more. Plunged into darkness but now the uk Energy Regulator is demanding that the National Grid shed some light on what went wrong. Described as an incredibly rare event, it caused chaos especially on the railway network. This was the message for passengers on a train that finally got into kings cross at two oclock this morning. For many it was a waiting game. The storm had started outside and it was pitch black and we tried to sit together to piece together what was going on. The announcements failed because of the lack of power and then we had to walk to the end of the carriage on the pitch black. Four and half hours later one of the guides came to open the door and we just jumped later one of the guides came to open the door and wejustjumped out later one of the guides came to open the door and we justjumped out onto the door and we justjumped out onto the track and walks down the track back to the st
The family of a 15 Year Old Girl missing in malaysia thank the search teams who are scouring the jungle for her. We are extremely impressed with the effort, your expertise, your dedication. And we hope you find nora. More than a Million People are evacuated from their homes as a powerful typhoon hits china. And following the death of the Nobel Prize Winning author toni morrison, we have a special edition of talking books. Good afternoon. The Energy Regulator is demanding answers from the National Grid after a major blackout struck large areas of england and wales yesterday evening. Around a Million People were affected by the power cut, which led to huge disruption for rail passengers, caused traffic lights to fail, and left thousands of homes without electricity. The National Grid said the outage was a rare and unusual event caused by the almost simultaneous loss of power at a gas station and an offshore wind farm atjust before five oclock yesterday. In a statement, rwe, owners of the