Universities write to the uk education secretary calling for more money to help with the cost of taking in extra students following a government u turn on a level grades. And coming up this hour, the three victorian forts originally built to defend england against the french going up for sale. Hello and welcome. If you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The number of people being randomly tested in the community to track the prevalence of covid 19 is to be incased up in england. From october, 150,000 people will be tested every fortnight as part of the office for National Statistics programme which is separate from the Mass Testing Programme of people who have symptoms. The figure is up from the 28,000 in england who are currently sent a home testing kit. Testing will also be expanded in scotland, wales and northern ireland. The health secretary, matt hancock, says the expansion of testing in the
On friday. So more rain at times everywhere today. Also lots of dry weather, its mild, and its rather windy as well. So ill start to the morning, the initial rain is pushing its way northwards. Lots of cloud, but lots of dry weather as well, particularly through the mid to late morning into the first part of the afternoon, before further pulses of rain just afternoon, before further pulses of rainjust put in afternoon, before further pulses of rain just put in from the south. But turning dry again towards the end of the day, probably, top temperatures of 12 or 13 celsius. So feeling mild but also some strong gusts of wind around at times as well. For the first half of the night its looking dry, then its going to be wet again through the early hours and into the start of the day tomorrow. But a mild night to come stop temperatures dropping to between seven and nine celsius. Its a wet start to the day tomorrow, but it should brighten up into the afternoon. Some further showers on saturda
Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon. The australian Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has acknowledged public anger at his decision to go on holiday while his country faces a bushfire crisis. Mr morrison said if he could go back, he would have made a different choice. The fires are expected to worsen with more hot dry weather expected. Mr morrison did acknowledge the role of Climate Change, but said warming temperatures couldnt be connected to any single fire. Gareth barlow reports. This is the remarkable, almost apocalyptic, scene facing firefighters tackling australias deadly and devastating wildfires. Fire chiefs described saturday as an awful day. As thousands of personnel tackle raging infernos, the countrys Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, has been heavily criticised for being on holiday in hawaii, a trip hes now cut short. I get it that people would have been upset to know that i was holidaying with my family while their families were under great stress. They kn
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Joanna gosling the headlines a vigilfor the victims of the London Bridge attack the Prime Minister and the labour leader will be among those honouring jack merritt and saskia jones at a Remembrance Service in the city. The un secretary general, antonio guterres, says the world must end its war against nature as two weeks of talks on Climate Change begin in madrid. Travel disruption for thousands of rail passengers as workers on South Western Railway begin a 27 day strike in a dispute over guards on trains. Jeremy corbyn pledges to cut rail fares by a third and give under 16s free travel as part of labours plan to renationalise the railways. And coming up in the next few minutes the Scottish National Party Leader Nicola Sturgeon will be answering your questions live on independence, brexit and more. Captainjoe root rescues englands cricketers in the second test in new zealand he makes a double century, to leave them trailing byjust five runs. Good morning 7 and welcome to the bbc news a