And the soil is waterlogged. One farmer in wiltshire says the losses are heart breaking. Our reporter liz beacon has the story. So this is our wheat thats been damaged by the wind and the rain, as you can see. For a farmer, august should be one of the busiest times of year, harvesting crops. This year, the Unrelenting Rain has put paid to that and everythings ground to a halt. Its pretty depressing and its pretty heartbreaking because weve gone to lot of effort to grow this wheat and, of course, weve spent all the costs on it, so were completely cost stacked now, and without selling it, we cant, you know, we cant reclaim those costs. So we are. Yeah, its actually a lot worse than i thought. Tom collins is a fourth generation farmer here on his family farm. He knows it can rain in august but, after one of the wettestjulys on record, he believes Climate Change is having huge consequences for his business. What we really want is a level price at a time like this. If you worked in a shop and you earn £30,000 one year, then £40,000, then £25,000, and youre trying to pay your mortgage every month as a flat line and run a business, so were just trying to shake out all the volatility and try and get a flat, you know, a flat price for our grain, which is much better to run a business. Then you can budget and go forward and make investments and etc, etc. And do you think this prolonged spell of wet weather will impact grain prices and consumers, ultimately . Domestic probably will go up £3 or £4 a tonne. I dont think it will have a huge effect, i think it can be absorbed in the supply chain, but if it continues, it will have an effect. If we if we dont get some nice weather at the end of august, if august is all wet, a wetjuly then a wet august, it will start to have an effect. This section of his crop has been totally flattened by the wet weather. When it starts to seed, its getting to the point where it may no longer be salvageable. Tom needs dry weather in the next 48 hours before itll all go to waste. On another part of the farm, tom is using a dryer to dry out the grain. Its costing him an extra £300 a day. Once the grain has been harvested and dried, its stored in this grain store. At this time of the year, it would normally be half full. As you can see, its completely empty. The nfu says farmers are used to working in unpredictable weather. What they do need, it says, is better support from the government. And without it, farmers like tom are left looking to the sky. Potholes are a major problem for vehicles and passengers alike on roads across the country. First responder nick utton from nottinghamshire says his car was so badly damaged by a pothole it took two weeks to repair leaving him unable to work. And hes furious hes not eligible for compensation. Well one council says they are continually inspecting the roads and carrying out a programme of repairs. Rachel royce reports. This is where mike utton nearly came a Cropper Driving his car home from work on the busy west leake road on a gloomy dark winters night. So this is where you were, what happened . How dangerous did it feel . Extremely dangerous and, as you will see when you have a look at the road and vehicle that is about to go past us, the speed that vehicles do go along this road is phenomenal. And it was pitch black. Theres no lights on the road and extremely dangerous and there is a very sharp blind bend just past where i got. Hit the pothole. The urgency with which potholes are fixed depends on their condition at inspection. Those deemed a real emergency should be repaired within two hours. Other categories take either 28 days or 90 days. Workers for Nottinghamshire County Council are today Mending Potholes which appeared in east leake after the winter. We have a team of inspectors out every day monday to friday looking at the roads picking up on any actionable defects, actionable potholes that make cause harm, injury or damage to highway users. And that gets programmed into the works for us. The public are encouraged to contact the council to report potholes. Additionally, a new website gives information about when theyve been mended. The Highways Agency which is responsible for major roads says weather can affect how quickly potholes can be repaired. We try and fit in repairs as much as we can during the warm, dry weather. Rain obviously can be a slight challenge for us. Mike spent £180 getting the two wheels on his car fixed. He applied for compensation from the council but has been told he is not eligible. Basically saying that theyd inspected the road to make weeks inspected the road two weeks before the incident and that theyd got 28 days to repair it according to the highways act. Mike is not alone in failing to get compensation from the council for pothole damage. Out of 548 claims since january, only 25 have received compensation. Potholes can be dangerous and are very much a source of concern to motorists. Nottinghamshire county council says it is doing what it can with its programme of inspections and repairs but for motorists like mike, its not enough. Rachael royce, bbc east midlands today, nottinghamshire. Taylor swift is edging closer to becoming a billionaire thanks to her hugely successful sold out the eras tour. The show is set to last another year. The grammy winning singer has increased her personal fortune to 740 million up from 570 million in april. Robbie robertson the lead guitarist for The Rock Group the band has died at the age of 80. The canadian American Group spent years as Backing Musicians for bob dylan. After leaving the band robertson went on to Great Success as a film composer. Tim allman looks back at his life and career. By may the 10th, richmond had fell. 1976 the bands farewell concert and the night they drove 0ld dixie down. The night they drove old dixie down. When all the bells were ringing. He may not have provided the vocals, but this was very much the work of Robbie Robertson. A canadian writing a song about the american civil war, full of passion, poignancy and power. Tributes poured in on social media following the announcement of his death. Singer songwriter neil diamond said, the Music World Lost A great one with the passing of Robbie Robertson. Keep making that beautiful noise in the sky, robbie. Ill miss you. And the rolling stones� ronnie wood said Robbie Robertson was born in toronto in 1943. He left home at 16 to pursue a music career, forming the band in 1967. They made their name as a Backing Group for bob dylan, helping influence his transition from folk artist to rock star. After the band broke up, he pursued a solo career, but also became a film composer, forging a close Working Relationship with the director martin scorsese. Robbie robertson carried on working pretty much until the day he died. He once said of his music that he started from a place where he had no idea what to do, and then some light shines through and it turns into something magical. Guitarist, singer and composer Robbie Robertson whos died at the age of 80. Fancy owning a piece of twitter . Billionaire owner elon musk is putting twitter building signs and other items from the company up for auctionjust weeks after the firms rebranding as x. Among the 584 lots on offer are coffee tables, outsized bird cages, and Oil Paintings of images that went viral. Also listed are tens of desks and chairs, a dj booth, and enough Musical Instruments to equip a band. And before we go a Special Edition 50 pence coin has been created to mark the coronation of king charles. Five million coins will be issued, with a design based on westminster abbey, where the coronation took place. There are currently 27 billion coins in circulation from the queens reign. Now its time for a look at the weather with ben rich. For many parts of the uk, it feels as though summer has made a return. The warmest weather weve seen for some time but it may not last long because on the Satellite Picture we can see this of cloud out to the west, a front that will bring something of a change. Ahead of that, a feed of southerly winds and some warm air spreading across the uk. Feeling quite humid in places. While we will continue to see some spells of sunshine, there are some quite large areas of cloud around and one or two showers breaking out. Some across wales, some parts of england, more cloud generally rolling into Northern Ireland with a strength and breeze. But in the best of the sunshine, highs of 27 or 28 degrees. I mentioned that Weather Front out to the west, that is going to make its move as we head through this evening and tonight, bringing some outbreaks of potentially heavy and thundery rain across Northern Ireland, up across scotland. Some patchy rain into northern england, not very much rain further south but a fair amount of cloud on what will be a pretty warm and muggy night. 16 or 17 degrees the low for some of us. Here is our Weather Front moving its way eastwards, lingering in the north of scotland, quite a soggy day to come across parts of the northern isles. Then its a mix of sunny spells and showers. Some of the showers will be on the heavy side. Could see generally cloudy Weather Clinging on across the south east corner. Still quite warm across parts of Eastern England but turning cooler and eventually a little bit fresher from the west. Then we head into the weekend with this area of low pressure quite close by. This is going to bring some showers or some longer spells of rain, particularly across the north and the rest of the uk. On saturday, outbreaks of heavy rain at times across scotland, Northern Ireland, northern england, parts of wales. Further south and east, not as many showers, more in the way of sunshine and still some relative warmth, 24 degrees in norwich. Cool and quite breezy further north and west and then as we head into sunday, again it is a story of sunny spells and showers. Some of the showers heavy, possibly thundery but not as many down towards the south and east. Temperatures north to south, around 18 to 22 degrees. As we head into next week, will continue to see some showers at times. But there are some signs that things might start to warm up again towards the end of the week. Live from london, this is bbc news. Wildfires tear through the Hawaiian Island of maui. 36 people are dead. 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