Good morning. All change on the Weather Front. It is good morning. All change on the weatherfront. It is mild but most of us, but theres a lot of cloud and outbreaks of rain around. More details coming up. Good morning. First, our main story. Prime minister theresa may is to call for an end to the division stirred by last years eu referendum, when she reveals her most detailed plan yet on how the government will approach its brexit negotiations. In a speech this week to ambassadors, shell outline a commitment to building a britain more open to the rest of the world. Lets talk to our Political Correspondent tom bateman. A replay the lagoon to get past Brea Ks A Replay The Lagoon to get past breaks it means brexit . a replay the lagoon to get past breaks it means brexit . I think you get a little more than that. The message will be about unity. There isafairamount message will be about unity. There is a fair amount we can deduce that we already know about the Prime Minister from we alrea
ground handlers and passenger assistance workers will walk out on various days between the 18th and 28th of august. the action could affect bank holiday travel plans and the union says it will cause severe disru ption . you re live with bbc news. hundreds of firefighters have been tackling wildfires in portugal. although the country often suffers summer fires, these come amid a ferocious heatwave, with temperatures reaching 46.4 degrees celsius this week. fifteen hundred residents and tourists have been evacuated from an area around 0demira. 0ur correspondentjenny hill reports from the affected region. scorched earth still smouldering. the fires consumed 40 square miles of land. here, flames swept up the valley, right up to the southern town of 0deceixe. 0n the outskirts, destruction. but somehow the community itself was spared.
of a fatal car crash in cardiff had been drinking and inhaling laughing gas before the accident. rafeljeanne, darcy ross and eve smith were all killed two other passengers survived. their car crashed into trees on saturday the fourth of march, but wasn t found for two days. the unite union says more than 230 staff at gatwick airport will go on strike later this month, in a dispute about pay. ground handlers and passenger assistance workers will walk out on various days between the 18th and 28th of august. the action could affect bank holiday travel plans and the union says it will cause severe disru ption . a bbc investigation has discovered thousands of people on universal credit are having money deducted to pay their utility bills, despite a legal case that challenged the policy. anyone on old style benefits must give consent but it isn t required from those on universal credit. the department for work and pensions insists it strikes a fair balance .
stories making news. the unite union says more than 230 staff at gatwick airport will go on strike later this month, in a dispute about pay. ground handlers and passenger assistance workers will walk out on various days between the 18th and 28th of august. the action could affect bank holiday travel plans and the union says it will cause severe disru ption . the uk may be on course for five years of lost economic growth, according to a leading think tank. the national institute of economic and social research says brexit, covid and russian s invasion of ukraine have badly affected the british economy. it says stuttering growth may widen the gap between wealthier and poorer parts of the country. six of england s biggest water companies are facing legal action over claims they may have overcharged customers by underreporting the amount of pollution they cause.