everywhere but some into the start of next week. until then we have the weather warning for extreme heat. across much of england as far north as the pennines, eastern wales, and devon and cornwall. that is in place until the end of the day on sunday with the heat uncomfortable for many and dangerous for some. still weather fronts in north west scotland. yesterday, aberdeenshire saw 31 but cloudy here today. the majority have blue sky and sunshine with temperatures rising steadily. almost 3a degrees in west sussex at the moment and we have a few hours of heating left so high temperatures today and warm tonight. clear skies. some mist and low cloud across north sea facing case. the isle of wight saw a tropical night with temperatures not dropping below 20 celsius which could happen tonight and also on the south coast of wales. tomorrow, more sunshine in mainland scotland with cloud to east facing case. the majority have blue skies, and temperatures could peak at 37 celsius most
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
There were reports of a punch-up between the swimming duo after Peaty allegedly made a joke about Greenbank s girlfriend, Anna Hopkin, and slapped his peer on the bottom.
ban more quickly. figures show the uk economy shrank between april and june. the shortlist for which seven uk cities will host next year s eurovision song contest has been announced. it includes birmimgham, sheffield and liverpool. sport and now a full round up, from the bbc sport centre. good morning. the second day of the european aquatics championships is under way in rome. tom dean was third in his heat of the men s 100m freestyle. that s put the commonwealth games silver medallist into this evening s semifinals along with matt richards. also qualifying from their heats were luke greenback and brodie williams in the 200m backstroke and kara hanlon in the women s100m backstroke. you can follow the action live on the red button and bbc sport website.