And coming up two arsenal stars are targetted in a carjacking attempt, by an armed gang in a london street. Good morning welcome to bbc newsroom live. More disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterdays high temperatures caused extensive damage. Network rail feared rail lines would buckle in yesterdays extreme heat. But with speed restrictions in place that didnt happen. What did cause pandemonium yesterday, however, was damage caused by trains to overhead cables when they sagged in the heat, sparking some line side fires. This left some commuters stuck in london late into the night. Repair work has been ongoing but only half of the tracks north out of london st pancras have been fixed meaning a significantly reduced service is in place. And theres still disruption there today as well as other stations as seen here in leicester. East Midlands Trains has urged passengers not to travel to london st pancras from nottingham and sheffield. Its put an emergency timetable in place. Thameslink services which operate on part of the same route is also disrupted. ani London North Eastern Railway said there will be further cancellations on lines going to kings cross. And greater anglia, stansted express and eurostar are also disrupted. Leigh milner reports. It was the second hottest day on record for the uk yesterday, the highest temperature recorded in cambridge, at 38. 1 degrees. You might have been faster travelling on one of these than the train. The heat caused chaos on the countrys railway lines. Passengers had to be rescued from broken down trains, as power cables fell and sparked line side fires, causing disruptions at rush hour for commuters travelling on the west coast, the midlands and east coast mainlines. In birmingham, trams were halted by the risk of rails buckling. Precautionary speed restrictions across the network meant problems all day, but it was the overhead power cables which caused delays and cancellations for many, expanding, sagging and eventually collapsing in the hot weather. Last night, these commuters were still trying to get home from work at 10 15. I am trying to get home to bedford. I have onlyjust got here but usually my route would be to go to sandy, get a taxi from sandy, which is usually what happens when its like this, or from euston, but none of those options exist here today. And there does not seem to be any plan b. Throughout the night, Network Rail Engineers have been racing against the clock to repair the damage caused by the overhead cables in time for this mornings rush hour. Leigh milner, bbc news. James waterhouse is at london st pancras for us this morning. Welcome, bring it up to date. Welcome, bring it uptodate. This is where the continued disruption is carry on after the dizzying heights of 38 celsius yesterday. It is now a milder 25, though it certainly doesnt feel like it. But the reason for the continued disruption is because for, two out of the four main lines coming into st pancras are not working, which is severely affecting services from east Midlands Trains, who are advising passengers not to travel at all. It is also affecting thames link, which uses part of the route. But for those that know, st pancras is also an international terminal, Eurostar Services to brussels are delayed by up services to brussels are delayed by up to an hour. You will always get people around this part of the station, but right now there are plenty of people staring at times on the boards, seeing their services are no longer running. It does not stop there airports as well, luton, heathrow, gatwick, people across the uk will be travelling there to go abroad, they have suffered severe delays and cancellations because of thunderstorms across mainland europe. I am joined thunderstorms across mainland europe. Iamjoined by thunderstorms across mainland europe. I am joined by the independenfs europe. I am joined by the independents travel editor, we love a bit of disruption from unusual weather, this will further add to questions around infrastructure. Weather, this will further add to questions around infrastructurem certainly does. Part one of the cunning plan yesterday worked really well no rails buckled as far as i know, they halved the maximum speed limit to 60 mph or less. But the overhead lines, massive problems, both here and elsewhere in the country. And i dare say somebody somewhere is going to be saying on monday morning what about if we only iuii monday morning what about if we only run deysel trains on days like this . But im afraid as you say the flights are where the real problems are today. I have counted 60 British Airways alone cancellations to and from heathrow airport, mostly short haul continental services, but some trans atlantic as well. And at gatwick it is pretty awful, easyjet has cancelled dozens of services because of the bad weather overnight, they say. There seems to be an argument around compensation. Most operators are saying if you have a season ticket and you were hoping to travel on thursday you will be compensated, but otherwise it doesnt go much further and that has angered some groups. How do you seeit . Has angered some groups. How do you see it . The delay repay scheme works in that if yourjourney is a nightmare you get your money back, but it doesnt cover consequential losses if you missed an important event for example if you have a ticket. So some people are saying we should be more like the Airline Compensation scheme where you get real cash in your hand on top of the ticket price. Meanwhile, the airlines are blaming everything, air Traffic Control, bad weather, anything but themselves to avoid paying out compensation. But anybody watching this at any of the airports, if your flight is delayed or cancelled the airline has to provide you with a hotel, meals, another flight on a Different Airline to get you on your way as swiftly as possible. Many will be watching this concerned about weekend travel plans on the trains, what is your advice . As always at this time of year, hope for the best but be prepared for delays and disruption. We already know there are problems on the west coast main line north of crewe. I hope things are getting back to normal, but allow plenty of time, and carry water. Network rail have apologised, they say repairs to the overhead lines are gone well but they will need the whole weekend to restore normal service. The recruitment of 20,000 new Police Officers will begin within weeks, Prime MinisterBoris Johnson has said. But some forces are concerned they dont have enough Training Instructors and Police Stations to support such rapid expansion. There are currently 122,000 Police Officers in england and wales. When theresa may became home secretary in 2010, there were 143,000 officers. Mrjohnsons extra 20,000 officers would therefore make up the numbers cut by the conservative a decade ago. New policing minister Kit Malthouse told bbc breakfast how the government intended to fund the policy. We are going into the Spending Review with a number of 20,000 as a promise, and the finances will have to back fit. In the end the money will come from general taxation or indeed from some of the headroom we have fiscally on the borrowing. The Prime Minister has said this is an absolute priority for him, that is why he is announcing it is one of his first big policy announcements. So the money will be earmarked as a priority through the treasury and the new channel though a chancellor. If there was a representative from the labour party on and they propose this, the first question or one of the questions would be how can you make an announcement or a proposal without having accurately costed it and just say we will resort to further fiscal borrowing . We have accurately set a number, we think, which is. No, you said roughly. And there comes a point in government where you have to make a commitment about output and then worked on input to make it fit. Ealier i asked the shadow policing minister, labourmp louise haigh whether she was pleased at the announcement. I take no pleasure as well countless Police Officers over the country, that the horrendous cuts over the last few years has had unimaginable consequences. And that when the previous Prime Minister accused the police of crying wolf she was absolutely mistaken. So it is galling to see the very same politicians that have voted for every single cut over the last few yea rs now every single cut over the last few years now admitting that they were wrong and reinvesting in the police, it breaks my heart to think of the numbers of officers, really experienced, talented officers we have lost over the last nine years. And the huge uphill struggle we will have to recruit the same numbers back again, just to put it in the same place we were in 2010. But if i think, is a former special constable myself, of the challenges facing the police now, they were a huge increase in Violent Crime and the resources to tackle that, which eve ryo ne resources to tackle that, which everyone agrees are notjust about the number of officers but about protecting children as early as possible, so the lack of Youth Services, the lack of sure start, the lack of Mental Health, the lack of diversionary activities. David jamieson is the police and crime commissioner for the West Midlands, he gabve me his reaction. I welcome you money and new officers in the police force. We have been saying this, ive been saying it for four or five years now that by co nsta ntly four or five years now that by constantly cutting the resources to Police Forces we have seen the outburst of crime. We here have had the biggest cuts of all the forces in the country, we lost over 2000 officers and a quarter of our budget. But this is not the only thing we need to look at. I welcome that and i am looking forward to going into a period of expansion rather than contraction. New rules mean new ridge recruits must have a degree, will that be difficult in terms of attracting the numbers misterjohnson wants and needs . Terms of attracting the numbers misterjohnson wants and needs . They dont need a degree but they need to study for a degree, so the training they did previously, there was not a formal qualification for it. So it does require more time, but it is not a problem to admissions. We here in the West Midlands have not had a problem in the past of recruiting people, we have always had a lot of people, we have always had a lot of people from all the Diverse Communities here in the West Midlands, and we havent had a problem. Our Home Affairs Correspondent danny shawjoins me now its a big number over a relatively short period, what are the challenges . It is a big number, in fa ct challenges . It is a big number, in fact this is destined to be the biggest Recruitment Campaign ever for the police, certainly in modern times, that has ever been undertaken. If you go back at the last a0 years they have been three major surges of recruitment but theyve never come close to meeting this particular ambition of 20,000 within three years. The main issues are for some forces it is going to be beating off competition from other employers, where as really fierce competition for skilled labour, particularly in london and the south east. If you have Police Forces like the met police and the surrounding forces such as essex, kent, thames valley, etc, all recruiting at the same time, i think there will be some difficulties in attracting the right calibre of candidates. For otherforces, attracting the right calibre of candidates. For other forces, that may not be a problem. But what will bea may not be a problem. But what will be a problem for some areas is this requirement that all applicants either need a degree or be prepared to study for one on the job. That may put off some people and it will certainly limit the number of potential applicants. So those are two problems, there is also a logistical problem in that the infrastructure to train, to that, to ensure people are getting the training they need on the job, ensure people are getting the training they need on thejob, and having somewhere to base themselves because they have been so many station closures, 600 over the past nine years or so, the infrastructure isnt in place at the moment, so that will have to be brought up to speed. So lots of challenges, even if they can reach the target given that it will bring numbers to 2010 levels, will that be enough to deal with the challenges Police Officers face . Certainly it will help and i think the public will welcome it, the service will certainly welcome it. It will certainly ease pressure on existing Police Officers if you didnt get more people investigating more Police Officers on the streets, there is a possibility you may be able to start to grip the serious crime problems we have and also raise those clear up rates, the detection rates which have been falling over the past few years. But many are saying it is not the only answer. You have more complex crimes, online crimes, crimes which require additional specialists to be able to analyse mobile phones, smartphones and computers, and those skills are in demand. And also you need investment in technology, perhaps making use of the latest ai techniques. So there needs to be investment there and also investment potentially in the Forensics Market, which is struggling in some areas at the moment. Big challenges ahead. Thank you. Borisjohnson is expected to continue his Cabinet Reshuffle today, with a number ofjunior ministerial positions still to be filled. Last night the former brexit minister steve baker turned down a request to return to the department for exiting the eu. Mr baker is a prominent member of the pro Brexit European Research group, who repeatedly voted against theresa mays deal. He tweeted to say that he cannot repeat his experience of powerlessness as a junior brexit minister. He said he had total confidence in mrjohnsons promise that the uk would leave the eu by october 31st, but warned that disaster awaits otherwise. Its being reported that there is anger among tory eurosceptics towards Dominic Cummings, mrjohnsons new special adviser, who they say is snubbing members of the erg when it comes to cabinet positions. In a further sign of the ergs stance, the groups vice chairman Mark Francois said it would oppose any attempt by mrjohnson to bring back the deal thrashed out with brussels, even if he succeeded in removing the irish backstop the most contentious element of the divorce deal. Our Political CorrespondentJonathan Blake is at westminster. Are these signs of an early rift in the new government . It isnt a rift in his government but it is an example of things not quite going Boris Johnsons way. Example of things not quite going borisjohnsons way. Steve baker is someone who i think would rather have inside the tent than out of it. He isa have inside the tent than out of it. He is a prominent member of the European Research group, that eurosceptic group of tory mps who made life so difficult for theresa may when she was trying to get her deal through parliament. But he was clearly annoyed by not being offered a more senior role, and that is probably why he turned it down, along with as he said in his tweet last night a frustration that he did not want to feel the powerlessness of being a junior minister at the department for exiting the European Union when, in his eyes, the real work to prepare for an ideal brexit is being driven by the Cabinet Office and number ten downing st. So a sign perhaps that someone who might feel like a natural fit for a borisjohnson government might feel like a natural fit for a Boris Johnson government is might feel like a natural fit for a borisjohnson government is not necessarily going to come on side. Borisjohnson necessarily going to come on side. Boris johnson might find himself looking over his shoulder and seeing what steve baker has to say in the house of commons at some point soon when parliament reconvenes. It is michael gove, the new chancellor of the duchy of, who has been tasked with preparing and coordinating preparations for a no deal brexit across government. Weve been hearing from him first thing this morning. Weve got a united cabinet at the united conservative party. The premise to got off to a fantastic start, very successful Cabinet Meeting yesterday. And in the commons he was absolutely dominant. But youre now responsible for no deal with less than hundred days to go. Can you really prepare . Than hundred days to go. Can you really prepare . Absolutely. A lot has been done by the excellent Civil Service so there is a lot still to do so im heading off to work now. Are you election ready, mister gove . Theres been lots of reaction to this commitment on new police figures, 20,000 over three years. Is it being seen as a positive, has it gone down well there . Yes, it is the kind of promise a politician loves to make, and it is very hard for people to argue with it, to promise as you are hearing j