as part of the bbc s counting the cost of living series at we are here in derby to see how people are coping. three will become two conservative mps get set to vote on the final candidates who will go on to fight it out to become the party s leader and the next prime minister. after weeks of protests on the streets of sri lanka protesters staged a silent protest. we will hear from staged a silent protest. we will hearfrom brittany s staged a silent protest. we will hear from brittany s newest world champion coach jake wightman, who took gold last night at the world fatic championships. fire crews have worked through the night damping down wildfires and blazes in homes which broke out in yesterday s record breaking heat. dozens of homes were damaged or destroyed and hundreds had to be evacuated. london was among a number of fire brigades that declared major incidents as fires broke out across the country. one blaze in east london, on the edge of kent, gutted several houses a
did nine times out of ten i would be physically sick my anxiety was that bad. you are bad. - you are an bad. you are an universal credit bad. you are an universal credit and looking you are an universal credit and looking to you are an universal credit and looking to use all the support schemes. how easy are you finding access schemes. how easy are you finding access to schemes. how easy are you finding access to those schemes and how easy is it to access to those schemes and how easy is it to get access to those schemes and how easy is it to get the support you need? it s incredibly easy to access them, getting it s incredibly easy to access them, getting the it s incredibly easy to access them, getting the actual support is not easy getting the actual support is not easy i getting the actual support is not easy. i applied to be british gas fund easy. i applied to be british gas fund nearly two months ago, three months fund nearly two months ago, three months a
family, my mum is in hospital but at the moment so i thought can be called the ambulance but we did not have time we just had to grab everyone and go and we cannot take anything with us. do you know if your home is all right or not? do you know if your home is all right or not? do you know if your home is all riaht or not? , ., ., right or not? i ve spoken to some of my neighbours right or not? i ve spoken to some of my neighbours my right or not? i ve spoken to some of my neighbours. my hope right or not? i ve spoken to some of my neighbours. my hope apparentlyj my neighbours. my hope apparently thatis my neighbours. my hope apparently that is just sutt around, i think my at home is fine. i ve not gone back yet. i know across my street, some people have lost everything which is two seconds away from me and some of my other neighbours have lost. it s a horrible situation but i am just thankful supposing that my home is ok. 0k. when do you think you are going back? i when do yo
you ve noticed? absolutely. yesterday we were inundated with supplies of food, ciothes inundated with supplies of food, clothes and the community are fantastic. clothes and the community are fantastic, they rallied round and if anything fantastic, they rallied round and if anything it fantastic, they rallied round and if anything it was an overwhelming support anything it was an overwhelming support and in some cases there was too much support and in some cases there was too much to support and in some cases there was too much to look after. but we will sort that too much to look after. but we will sort that out and make sure everything that was donated gets used~ everything that was donated gets used. ., , everything that was donated gets used. .,, ., ,, everything that was donated gets used. ., ,, ., ,, used. people talk about the speed with which this used. people talk about the speed with which this happened - used. people talk about the speed with which this happe
0ur reporter tim muffett is in wennington this morning, you might be able to see, zooming in, you can see houses destroyed and also a church. tim, it s absolute devastation, isn t it? . ., ., ., isn t it? yeah, i am about half a mile away. isn t it? yeah, i am about half a mile away, most isn t it? yeah, i am about half a mile away, most of isn t it? yeah, i am about half a mile away, most of the - isn t it? yeah, i am about half a | mile away, most of the villagers cordoned off, the latest we ve had for fire cordoned off, the latest we ve had forfire brigade cordoned off, the latest we ve had for fire brigade this cordoned off, the latest we ve had forfire brigade this morning is a number of homes were destroyed and burned down, two detached houses got two semidetached houses, two rows of terraced houses and many outbuildings and five cars. huge devastation. i ve spoken to people who lost everything. it s really very sad stories we are hearing. let s chat to the counsellor ray m