on theirfields from midnight tomorrow. although not officially declared a drought area, in barry island in south wales, the warm weather has been good for business. financially, it s helped immensely. when we see weather forecasts like this, hitting 30 degrees, we can cope. we are now halfway through this extreme and there is forecast for some rain early next week but the environment agency says we will need weeks of rain to stop the drought affecting parts of england. helena wilkinson, bbc news, surrey. it s notjust the uk that s suffering drought much of europe has also had weeks with little or no rain. in germany the lack of water is starting to have significant economic impacts asjenny hill reports now from the river rhine. this is the river bed of the mighty rhine. if you walked here in normal times you d be underwater.
helped immensely. when we see weather forecasts like this, hitting 30 degrees, we can cope. we are now halfway through this extreme waether and there is forecast for some rain early next week but the environment agency says we will need weeks of rain to stop the drought affecting parts of england. helena wilkinson, bbc news, surrey. it s notjust the uk that s suffering drought much of europe has also had weeks with little or no rain. in germany the lack of water is starting to have significant economic impacts asjenny hill reports now from the river rhine. this is the river bed of the mighty ryan. if you walked here in normal times you d be underwater. it s a working river, one of europe s most important. barges fetch and carry goods and materials
and it s not just and it s notjust the uk temperature record that is likely to topple today and tomorrow. we are also looking at individual records for scotland, england and wales all being broken, and if anything tomorrow looks like it will be a bit hotter than today. i will have all the details throughout the programme. good morning. farms across the country, like this one in suffolk, are already dealing with a very dry first half of the year, as you can see from the reservoir levels behind me. now comes the heatwave. i will be looking at the effect it is having on the food they produce that we all rely on. also on breakfast this morning, one of the conservative mps vying to be party leader will be knocked out of the running today, when the latest round of voting takes place. in sport, how rory mcilroy let it slip away on the final day at st andrews, as cameron smith pockets a cool £2 million winner s cheque for winning the open.
forecast a very difficult place now. the oecd forecast recently that the uk would be the forecast recently that the uk would be the slowest growing economy of any economy in the g7. we have got a combination any economy in the g7. we have got a combination of inflation that we haven t combination of inflation that we haven t face for three decades. i remember haven t face for three decades. i remember 30 haven t face for three decades. i remember30 years haven t face for three decades. i remember 30 years ago that was the situation remember 30 years ago that was the situation we were in, used to be called situation we were in, used to be called stagnation. extending pressure on spending is always there. pressure on spending is always there, more on social care needed, more there, more on social care needed, more on there, more on social care needed, more on the there, more on social care needed, more on the nhs, many people talking about more more on the nhs, many
not exactly hearing is about the negative 5 and not exactly how this is going to benefit not exactly how this is going to benefit, notjust the uk but worldwide. benefit, not ust the uk but worldwide. benefit, not ust the uk but worldwide. ., . worldwide. rhetoric. some in australia worldwide. rhetoric. some in australia did worldwide. rhetoric. some in australia did lose worldwide. rhetoric. some in australia did lose their- worldwide. rhetoric. some in australia did lose their seats i worldwide. rhetoric. some in australia did lose their seats if i australia did lose their seats if they were not green enough. but the onusis they were not green enough. but the onus is on the people, there are green conservatives who can withhold their vote in the next rounds of the parliamentary vote for these leaders. there are conservative members out there who can withhold their vote and as a country, we can turf out a prime minister who isn t green enough? i turf out a prim