the railway lines in britain being closed. our shrinking coastline a warning that rising sea levels mean almost 200,000 properties in england may have to be abandoned. december last year there was eight metres of road between here and the end there. i measured it yesterday and we are down to 3.4 metres. and how an elderly ukrainian woman has become the unlikely face of pro war russian propoganda. and coming up on the bbc news channel. after the biggest win of her career yesterday, britain s katie boulter is back in action at the birmingham classic on a busy day of grass court tennis. the government says prepartions are already under way for a new flight taking asylum seekers to rwanda after the first one was effectively grounded last nightjust before take off. at the last minute, the european court of human rights ruled in favour of an iraqi man who was due to be on board the plane, saying he faced a real risk of irreversible harm . ministers say they re surprised and disa
it is going to get even hotter? it is going to be very uncomfortable and by night as well especially on friday. we are tapping into some of the heat across france which is said to have his earliest heatwave on record with temperatures into the high 30s. and we will tap into some of that heat across england and wales. temperatures already 25 today and friday looks like the peak but not for all parts of the uk. scotland and northern ireland will stay close to average with outbreaks of rain at times particularly in the north and west. that is because of low pressure and weather fronts close by some of those pretty active thursday night into friday. but the high pressure king stings dry and sunny across many parts of england and wales. keeps things dry. most of the rain is further north and west and picking up across northern ireland, that rain. we already had 25 degrees today and we could get higher. quite widely in the mid 20s. so once again we do have some very high levels
the railway lines in britain being closed. our shrinking coastline a warning that rising sea levels mean almost 200,000 properties in england may have to be abandoned. december last year there was eight metres of road between here and the end there. i measured it yesterday and we are down to 3.4 metres. and how an elderly ukrainian woman has become the unlikely face of pro war russian propoganda. and coming up on the bbc news channel. after the biggest win of her career yesterday, britain s katie boulter is back in action at the birmingham classic on a busy day of grass court tennis.
going to happen, even if it takes some time, even if it means fighting more legal battles. hick some time, even if it means fighting more legal battles. more legal battles. nick eardley, our political more legal battles. nick eardley, our political correspondent. - nick eardley, our political correspondent. the extent of the travel chaos that will be caused by next week s rail strikes has emerged. network rail says the three days of strikes will effectively mean six days of disruption. half of britain s railway lines will be closed and places like penzance, bournemouth, swansea, holyhead, chester and blackpool won t have any passenger services at all. some 40,000 staff are due to walk out onjune 2ist, 23rd and 25th in a row about pay, jobs and pensions. here s our business correspondent ben king. still no sign of a deal to avoid the strike. so today network rail has set out a plan for the limited number of trains it can run next week when much of the country s train network will be b