And coming up on bbc news theres a dream debut for Toby Roland Jones as englands bowlers run riot over south africa in the third test. Good evening. 82 buildings have Beenjudged Unsafe by the governments new Fire Safety Test in which insulation and cladding of the type fitted to Grenfell Tower were considered together for the first time. The test is more thorough than previous checks, which only tested cladding. 47 of the buildings are owned or managed by local authorities or housing associations. At least 80 people died in the Grenfell Tower fire injune and the government today announced an independent review into Building Regulations and fire safety. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds. Inside the burn hole, this is where the tests have been taking place upon which the fate of dozens of tower blocks hang. So by the government has refused to release video of the tests, but it involves setting light to cladding and installation fitted to a nine metre wall. This afternoon t
U; r nunflrr. , unsettled, rain, showers, remain unsettled, rain, showers, actuating temperatures and windier times. We will turn our attention to the jetstream, that fast flowing ribbon ofair the jetstream, that fast flowing ribbon of air in the atmosphere which drives the weather and its coming straight at us, acting like a Conveyor Belt and sending low pressure systems are way. Heavy rain through mid wales which prompted the met office to issue an amber warning to monday. Tuesday, the rain eases. Showers feeding and elsewhere but a lot of fine, dry weather. Dry towards the southern half of the uk and windier across the board. When we get to see cloud breaks, we could see temperatures of 16 or 17 as the south westerly wind draws on milder hour. A trailing weather front lingers down towards the south of the uk, bringing outbreaks of rain overnight into wednesday, gradually starting to clear away. The winds ease elsewhere where here, it remains windier with further up
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Hello this is bbc news. The headlines. The queen says she would have preferred harry and meghan to remain full time royals. Boris johnson visits stormont, to meet members of the newly restored Northern Ireland assembly, after three years of political deadlock there. Whats so great about today is, as i say, that Northern Ireland politicians have put aside their differences, stepped up to the plate, and shown leadership. Five candidates are through to the next round of the labour leadership contest, four women and one man. Storm brendan sweeps into the uk, battering Northern Ireland and scotla nd battering Northern Ireland and scotland with wind of 90 mph. In a moment it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc. We will speak to a ship captain who has steered his ferry through some of the most of the storm. At 8pm we will be live in sandringham for the queens statement on prince harry and meghan. And later, we will be taking a look at tomo
Clears away from the eventually clears away from the south east of england and then we get some sunshine. The weather sta rts get some sunshine. The weather starts to come down a little bit, get some sunshine. The weather starts to come down a little hit, it wont be as windy and temperatures down to eight or nine degrees. A brief rest but on wednesday because on thursday we have got the next weather system arriving, the new area of low pressure. Another band of rain and this could be quite heavy as we saw on monday. It is again the western side of the uk which will see the strongest of the winds. Gales are likely here. Pretty windy elsewhere and it is a milder wind, temperatures easily into double figures across much of england and wales. Some wet and windy weather pushes back in on thursday. That weather front then gets swe pt thursday. That weather front then gets swept away and the area of low pressure slowly retreats away from northern scotland. Here, it is still going to be quite
Ow now it is time for all for me but now it is time for all the sponsors. Hello, and this is sport today, live from the bbc sport centre. Coming up on this programme suspended then sacked, the Houston Astros coach and general manager punished for cheating on their way to winning the 2017 and sackings all around as barcelona part ways with their manager Ernesto Valverde. And we speak to south africas Rugby World Cup winning captain on his initiatives to help the communities that made him. Some people have it, some dont, some people give a bed but it means a lot to me because it has may be the person i am today. Hello and thanks for joining us on sport today. We start with a story thats sending shockwaves through Major League Baseball the sacking of both the manager and general manager of the Houston Astros. Aj hinch and jeff luhnow have been dismissed from the posts, following an investigation which found they cheated by stealing signs when they won the world series in 2017. Here are th