Liverpool kick off the premier League Season in style, as last years runners up thrash newly promoted norwich 4 1 at anfield. A number of Outdoor Events have already been cancelled because of bad weather well be on the Isle Of Wight where the annual sailing regatta has been suspended. Add strong wind will be the main weather story, particularly across england and wales, 50 six mrs powell wind, some disruption. Thundery downpours elsewhere, join me for the full forecast later. Its saturday the 10th of august. Our top story the Energy Watchdog has demanded an urgent report from the National Grid, after yesterdays massive power cut which affected nearly a Million People in england and wales. Ofgem has warned it could take enforcement action following the blackouts, which caused huge disruption to the rail network and cut electricity to hundreds of thousands of homes. Some rail passengers were stuck on trains until the early hours of the morning, as andy moore reports. Darkness at clapham
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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
Power outage. Today some traits are now starting to resume a normal service. Some trains. Michael gove says therell be a bailout fund for businesses hit by brexit. Real pay for millions of lower and middle income earners is lower than it was a decade ago, says the tuc. Liverpool make an ideal start to the season as they thrash newly promoted norwich a i at anfield. And the travel show heads to lebanon to find out how beirut is trying to regain its reputation as the entertainment capital of the middle east. The Energy Regulator is demanding answers from the National Grid after a major blackout which struck large areas of england and wales yesterday evening. Around a Million People were affected by the power cut, which led to major disruption to rail passengers, caused traffic lights to fail and left thousands of homes without electricity. The National Grid said the major power cut was a rare and unusual event caused by the almost simultaneous loss of power at a gas station and an offsho
Ease, best chance of sunshine there, thunderstorms developing, the breeze picking up across scotland, Northern Ireland, feeling cooler, but brighter weather developing later, parts of central and southern scotla nd parts of central and southern scotland where we see wetter spots with again the risk of flooding. Hello this is bbc news. National grid says it will learn lessons after nearly1 Million People across england and wales lost power on friday. Incredibly rare event, near simultaneous loss of two large power stations, normal protections respond normally to try and manage that but divorce was so large we went into oui divorce was so large we went into our secondary system. Matt delos so our secondary system. Matt delos so large. By the loss was so large. Michael gove says therell be a bail out fund for businesses hit by brexit real pay for millions of lower and middle income earners is lower than it was a decade ago, says the tuc. North korea fires two missiles into the sea, its fi