Hour. England ride their luck to reach the womens world cup quarterfinals. But theyll be without laurenjames, whose one match ban could be extended, following her sending off against nigeria. And we have a north south split in the weather today. In the north, largely dry with some sunshine, but wind increasing in the far north east. In the south, turning cloudy and murky with some patchy light rain. All the details later. Its tuesday the 8th of august. Our main story. 15 Asylum Seekers have spent their first night on the governments controversial Accommodation Barge, after a series of delays over safety concerns. Ministers want to move hundreds more onto the Bibby Stockholm in dorset this week, but some have already refused to go, launching legal challenges. All this comes as the home Office Announces a new taskforce to crack down on Rogue Lawyers who may be helping migrants to remain in the uk, underfalse claims. Ellie price reports. The first Asylum Seekers move into their new tempor
Earlier, i spoke to dr matt patterson, whos a Postdoctoral Research assistant in Atmospheric Physics at the University Of Oxford and has been following the winter heatwave. He said this is not a common occurance. Its really quite unusual to see a heatwave of this magnitude in the winter. As you said, weve seen temperatures of 38 degrees in some andes towns when we would expect to see temperatures of 10 15 degrees at this time of year. So really quite unprecedented. In terms of the magnitude, 20 degrees more than average, thats comparable with Summer Heatwaves that weve seen in the southern United States, Southern Europe and china this year. Can you explain in basic terms what exactly is causing this heatwave in winter . Certainly. Its a High Pressure system just to the east of the andes, which is basically dragging warm air down from the tropics and bringing that heat down towards chile and argentina. That High Pressure is also compressing the air, much like when you pump up a bike tyr
between this gold medal. so thank you so much, glasgow, and thank you so much my family, who drove up. 0n the track, neil fachie and matthew rotherham won gold in the men s b sprint. it s a remarkable 19th world title for fachie. there were also golds for ethan vernon, whilst neah evans and elinor barker took gold in the madison. lots of medal success. thank you. it is a quarter lots of medal success. thank you. it is a quarter to lots of medal success. thank you. it is a quarter to seven. many of us would be happy to win a bottle of wine, or some chocolate in a raffle. but imagine winning a trip to space! that s exactly what happened to 18 year old ana mayers, who s bagged a voyage on virgin s unity spacecraft. she s now set to make history, along with her mum, as louise hosie reports. welcome to space. it s a once in a lifetime adventure few of us will ever experience.
so much to my family that drove up. on the track, neil farkee and matthew rotherham won gold in the men s b sprint. it s a remarkable 17th world title for farkee. there were also golds for ethan vernon, whilst neah evans and elinor barker took gold in the madison. henry slade won t feature at the upcoming rugby union world cup he s not been selected for the england squad, despite playing at the past two tournaments. alex dombrandt is also absent from the 33 man panel. england s first game is against argentina in marseille in just over a month s time. our rugby correspondent chrisjones has been with the squad. behind me, the 33 men selected for the world cup squad. the tournament in france is getting under way on the 8th of september. some big calls to be made by steve borthwick. no henry slade, he s been an ever present part of the england midfield for the last four years.