do, this is your dream,settle down, and you will get this done. a clip leaked to the new statesman shows conservative leadership candidate, rishi sunak, telling an audience he diverted public money from deprived urban areas as chancellor. in birmingham, george miller becomes the oldest commonwealth games gold medallist in history at the age of 75. the first in a series of hosepipe bans came into force today, following the driest july in england since 1935. in the areas affected, people won t be allowed to use hosepipes to water plants and lawns, to clean cars or to fill paddling pools. today s ban affects customers of southern water in hampshire and the isle of wight. people who break the rules could receive a warning or in extreme cases a fine of up to £1,000. abouti million south east water customers in kent and sussex will face measures from next friday. companies in other parts of the country but are planning similar moves in the coming weeks. our correspondent zoe c
celsius, fresher in the north, here is a look at saturday, the weather fronts way to the north never reach the south. in fact, temperature starting to rise now by the time we get to saturday, has this big area of high pressure starts to build across the uk. i will show you the temperatures, 27 in london, 20 in aberdeen, that high pressure keeps the weather fronts at bay, pushing them to the north, into the norwegian sea, a big high building across europe will open up the hot atmosphere, spreading in from the south, notjust into parts of the uk, but other parts of europe as well, so now i think confidence is increasing that next week, at least midweek next week onwards, we are going to see those temperatures rising, quite possibly into the low 30s, maybe even to the mid 30s, but at this stage we are not expecting to get anything like the level we had last time when we hit a0 degrees, which is of course good there s more analysis of the day s main stories on newsnight, which is
people are skipping meals to save money. also today. today s warm weather in the south of england has now been officially classed as a heatwave. gatwick airport cancels hundreds of holiday flights this summer. it says staff shortages are still a major problem. the spread of avian flu is worrying experts studying important colonies of birds off the coast of britain. that one sounded so good! and fun in the sun for england s cricketers as they break their own world record for the most runs in a one day international. and coming up on the bbc news channel, can rory mcilroy continue his good start in massachusettes? he tees off shortly. we ll bring you the latest from round two of the us open. welcome to bbc news at six. there s more evidence today of the sharp rise in the cost of living, with the price of petrol and diesel breaking new records, and the rate of inflation heading to levels not seen for decades. ministers have urged people to be sensible in their demands for high
the united nations has warned the conflict in ukraine could send tens of millions into famine, at the same time, egypt s finance minister warns that millions could die globally because of the food price crisis. the war is directly affecting global food supplies, especially wheat, maize, barley and sunflower oil. eu agriculture ministers will meet in brussels today to review the current crisis. joining me now is sean rickard, independent economic analysis. thanks very much for being with us, just how serious a threat as the war on global food supplies in your view? it is supplies in your view? it is serious but supplies in your view? it is serious but they supplies in your view? it is serious but they think - supplies in your view? it 3 serious but they think we ought to take care not to exaggerate the situation. obviously ukraine is one of the world s largest exporters of wheat and oilseeds and its ability to export has been severely curtailed but the rise in prices refle
hit the french riviera red carpet as the film receives its premier at the 75th annual cannes film festival. and how to stop the bees from buzzing off. with a fall in global bee colonies, we use world bee day to look at the importance of these pollinators. hello and welcome to the programme. the most seniorfigure in the us congress, nancy pelosi, has warned that the uk will lose out on a free trade deal if it scraps post brexit trading arrangements in northern ireland. the speaker of the us house of representatives said the northern ireland protocol preserved the good friday agreement, which she described as the bedrock of the peace process. let s get more from our north america correspondent, david willis. what s your assessment of the significance of these comments from the speaker? these are very stern comments from, as you say, one of the most powerful politicians in this country, the speaker of the house of commons that it is, nancy pelosi, a warning house of represent