the next prime minister outline how they plan to help people cope with the rising cost of living. but former prime minister gordon brown says much more action is needed. a bbc news investigation reveals dozens of english councils have cut back on holiday food vouchers for children on free school meals. and 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will be returned to nigeria by a london museum. good evening. a ceasefire between israel and the islamichhad group could be imminent after two days of violence, the worst between israel and gaza for a year. militants fired rockets towards jerusalem today after a second commander was killed in an israeli air strike. egypt has been trying to broker a truce to which israel is reported to have now agreed. well, the israeli operation began on friday. the palestinian health ministry says that since then 41 palestinians, including several children, have been killed. from jerusalem, our middle
know, and it s definitely not. water management is about balancing the suppity management is about balancing the sunpiy of management is about balancing the supply of water on the one side and the demand for water on the other and most the demand for water on the other and most of the time our system is in balance and most of the time our system is in balance and we are able to supply the water in balance and we are able to supply the water everybody needs but when we do the water everybody needs but when we do get the water everybody needs but when we do get exceptional weather we start to we do get exceptional weather we start to suffer on the supply side and reaiiy start to suffer on the supply side and really the only way we can manage and really the only way we can manage that in the short term is to then try manage that in the short term is to then try to manage that in the short term is to then try to manage demand to match it. then try to manage demand to matc
the environment secretary george eustice has called for more water companies to impose hosepipe bans as the country faces its driest summer since 1976. southern water has introduced a hosepipe ban for hampshire and the isle of wight, while restrictions will come into force for south east water and welsh water customers in the coming days. but the rivers trust has accused water companies of waiting until the last minute to implement the ban. it says the government instead needs to come up with a long term solution to deal with future shortages and dry spells. let s speak to tim hess, who is professor of water and food systems at cra nfield university. a lot of customers across the country where on the understanding that water is in reserve for situations like this and that we shouldn t have to worry and hosepipe bans were a thing of the past, but that doesn t seem to be the case? know, and it s definitely not. water