in july, not the record breaking heat we saw injuly, more a sustained period of very hot and dry weather. that will be uncomfortable for most and of course dangerous for some. always more refreshing towards coastal areas with a sea breeze. on the south coast we recorded 29 celsius earlier on today. those temperatures not as high as we will see later in the week, but still 32 degrees out towards western areas. 26, 20 7 degrees for eastern scotland and northern ireland. always cooler and cloudier with weather fronts towards the north west of scotland through the north west of scotland through the western isles. a warmer night tonight, temperatures down to the mid teens. missed and low cloud for northern ireland perhaps through the thames valley as well. some of that cloud could continue on and off in patches through the day tomorrow, but for most, blue sky and strong sunshine. temperatures reaching 34, 30 five celsius maybe for parts of the midlands on thursday. it will always
office has an amber extreme heat warning in floors and temperatures could reach 37 in some of the south. in force. in sport, the beginning of the end for serena williams as the 23 time grand slam champion says the us open this month could be her last tournamnet. a force of nature strong and kind olivia newton john remembered. we ll speak to close friend and singer delta goodrem. it s wednesday, the 10th of august. our main story. households owe more money to their energy supplier than ever before, with bills set to rise even further in october. a survey by the comparison site uswitch has found the overall debt is already three times higher than it was a year ago. nina s here to talk us through the details. the timing is interesting when normally people would save up cash in the warmer summer months. ideally, and a lot happening in terms of budgeting and taking into account household bills. comparison site uswitch say that households owe £1.3 billion to their energy su
hello and welcome. hundreds of firefighters from at least seven other eu countries are joining efforts to combat a huge wildfire in the gironde region of south western france. italy, greece and sweden have sent water bombing planes. the fires have spread even more quickly than the ones that hit the area injuly. the un has warned that high temperatures are likely to become more common in northern europe, and a more coordinated effort is needed to slow down the rate of global warming. here s azadeh moshiri. europe is still burning, and the consequences are getting worse. firefighters in france had to arm themselves with equipment from six eu nations as they try to battle what they are calling a monster blaze in south western france. it has fought at least 10,000 people to flee their homes. translation:- to flee their homes. translation: ~ , , translation: we must continue more than ever translation: we must continue more than ever to translation: we must continue more than
scotland and that is about it. temperatures, high 20s across scotland and northern ireland and we could be up to 35 or maybe 36 degrees, the warmest spots across the midlands and southern england. sunday, another warm and sunny day, especially for england and wales but you will notice showers developing for scotland and northern ireland into northern england and maybe wales, and if you catch when they could be heavy and thundery but they will be pretty isolated at this point. another hot day likely across central, southern and eastern parts of the country. things will be cooling down as we had three next week, low pressure takes over and we will start to see hit and mist thundery showers. thanks, stav. and that s bbc news at six on friday 12th august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one now as it s time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where y
Timing , and budget, completely over its timing, and its completely confused us as to what on earth it actually is and where on earth it is and isnt going to go. Is it time now to basically sack the entire thing off or is it infrastructure that this country is desperate for and this face do you remember him . This face do you remember him . Jon venables he, of course, is the killer of james bulger. Well, he has been back in prison since 2017, convicted for a second time of possessing child abuse images. And get this , hes abuse images. And get this, hes now up for parole. Should he be . What on earth is going on . Weve got it all to come. But before we get into it, lets grab tonights latest headlines. Tonights latest headlines. Michelle, thank you. Well the top story today is that the Prime Minister has set out, revised plans to his net zero plans in a contrary partial overhaul of the governments green policies. Among the measures announced this afternoon was a weakening of the phasing