temperature heat has caused travel disruption here. also on the programme tonight: higher than expected pay rises for many public sector workers across the uk, but they won t keep up with inflation. and from four to three, as kemi baydenoch is knocked out of the race to become our next prime minister. and coming up on the bbc news channel: ben stokes is out cheaply in his final odi as england are beaten by south africa in durham. good evening. it has been a day of record breaking tempertaures breaking tempertu res across the united kingdom more than a0 degrees celsisus for the first time. the uk s top temperature today was in coningsby in lincolnshire, where it hit 40.3 degrees according to the provisionalfigures. but more than 30 weather stations across england beat the previous record of 38.7 degrees set injuly 2019. and scotland had its hottest day ever. 34.8c was recorded in charterhall in the borders. 0ur climate editorjustin rowlatt is in cambridge where the uk s pr
across the uk were left without electricity after storm are last year. measuring more than ten metres long with two legs in the face of a crocodile, remains of europe and biggest land dinosaur are discovered on the isle of wight. remains of europe us. two british men captured by russian forces in ukraine have been sentenced to death by an unrecognised court in donetsk, the territory held by pro russian rebels. aiden aslin and shaun pinner were fighters in the ukrainian military who were captured in april in mariupol. yesterday, footage shared on social media by russia s state run news agency appeared to show the pair pleading guilty in court to training in order to carry out terrorist activities . a third man, believed to be a morroccan national, was also seen next to them in the dock. the uk government has said it is deeply concerned following the death sentences handed to the britons. speaking to the bbc in the past hour, the mp for aslan s family, robertjenrick, has
critical report into lockdown parties at downing street and other government buildings at the height of the coronavirus lockdowns. people were banned from socialising or even attending funerals at the time because of the pandemic. now on bbc news, click. this week, we re going to sea to see what the seals can see. really?! yes. and what can they see? an enormous turbine. we re going to find out whether sea life and sea machines can happily coexist. this is a harbour seal, and this is what we re looking for in the data. shiona takes control of this monster. paul gets up close to this beast. oh. - wrong room. and zoe gets attacked by a giant ironman. hello and welcome to another scenic glasgow location. mmhmm. behind us is a victorian ship. for a long time, we ve known the power of wind at sea. but we re getting better than ever before at harnessing wind power. yeah. now, the year 2020 won t be fondly remembered for much, i d say. but it was at least a very windy year. appare