experiences its biggest ever outbreak of avian flu. good morning from birmingham, where england are celebrating a double diving gold one for the team s teenage star at her first commonwealth games and another for the most experienced diver retaining his title. it s friday the 5th of august. our main story. a hosepipe ban will come into force in parts of southern england later today, as recent extreme temperatures and a lack of rainfall continue to put pressure on waterways and water supplies. southern water said the move, which affects the isle of wight and parts of hampshire, was a vital step . other bans will follow later in the month in kent, sussex and parts of wales. zoe conway has this report. i ve actually used the hosepipe more. frances and john are neighbours, friends, and very keen gardeners. from today, people living here near alresford in hampshire will be banned from using a hosepipe in their gardens. frances, do you think people will follow the rules? absolut
Tokmak june is not a Fait Accompli, or ruled out. Well, a cut in Interest Rates this summer would be welcomed by the government here in the uk which will have to call a general election by the end of the year. But the uks finance minister, chancellor of the exchequerjeremy hunt, says the decision is for the Bank Of England to make and must be independent. These are really finely balanced decisions, but i welcome the fact the Bank Of England has obviously thought about this very hard. They take this decision independently. And i would much rather that they waited until they were absolutely sure inflation is on a downward trajectory than rushed into a decision that they had to reverse at a later stage. What we want is sustainably low Interest Rates. And i think what is encouraging is that the Bank Of England governor, for the first time, has expressed real optimism that we are on that path. Jeremy hunt fair. Joining us now is jane foley, head of Foreign Exchange strategy at rabobank. Jan
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The main body of the plane on certain 787 dreamliner aircraft. Bonding and grounding is vital on a plane because it prevents static build up, think of it as electrical safeguards. Boeing credited a South Carolina worker who saw something they felt was wrong on the Production Line and came forward and reported it. Cutting corners at work is something that many of us may have been guilty of at various times in our lives. But given the frequency with which Quality Control issues keep coming up at boeing, the airline has a long way to go to regain the trust of the flying public, its customers, the airlines as well as lawmakers. Lets ta ke lets take you to france where the chinese president is meeting with the french president. They are in the french president. They are in the nice airport. Its like break in normal protocol, what is happening is that president Emmanuel Macron is taking the chinese president to the birthplace of his grandmother and he is doing so, his advisers say, because t
Will benefit from this area of High Pressure building in through the day today, killing off all the Weather Fronts and most of the showers but there will still be a few in the mix. Forwestern there will still be a few in the mix. For Western England towards wales, could see the odd shower, nowhere near as heavy or widespread as yesterday. The sunshine which we had across Northern Ireland tending to fade as clouds builds in, large parts of scotland will stay quite cloudy to the afternoon, still quite warm, mid to high teens for many, cool down the north sea coasts and we could hit 20 degrees across the south east. 0vernight will be mostly dry, a few clear spells, low cloud, mist and sea fog and temperatures six to 10 celsius. Winds remaining light. Tomorrow the area of High Pressure builds in stronger across the uk but we see Weather Fronts push into the north west of scotland, bringing outbreaks of rain. More isobars, the South Westerly Breeze will be picking up for the hebrides and th