if you were in the area, please think back and let us know if you have any information. a guitar teacher one of many tenants evicted because of rent arrears during the pandemic despite a promise covid wouldn t leave anyone without a home. employees in much of the uk could be given the right to request flexible working from their first day in a job. and could covid give some people an allergic reaction to hair dye? and coming up on the bbc news channel, holders europe are in relaxed mood as they attempted to win over the american fans ahead of the start of tomorrow s ryder cup in wisconsin. good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. the government says more energy firms may go bust over the next few weeks. already 1.5 million energy customers are being switched to new, potentially more expensive suppliers, because so many companies have gone out of business. their collapse follows a huge rise in the cost of wholesale gas. in the commons this morning, the gover
good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the rmt union has suspended strike action planned from tomorrow, after the train operating companies promised to table a pay offer. the union has said it will now enter into a period of negotiations with network rail and the operators, meaning the walkouts planned for tomorrow, and november 7th and 9th are off. let s get more on this from our transport correspondent katy austin. i think that this was unexpected. yes, this is a significant moment, i think. this is the first time in a quite long running dispute that the rmt have called off, or suspended plant strike action for the purpose of facilitating more talks. now the rmt says eight has now had a commitment from the train companies, there will be an offer made because there will be an offer made because there has not been an offer made so far. they also say that network rail has now committed to talks without conditions attached. speaking to people in the rail industry, they say the
in july, not the record breaking heat we saw injuly, more a sustained period of very hot and dry weather. that will be uncomfortable for most and of course dangerous for some. always more refreshing towards coastal areas with a sea breeze. on the south coast we recorded 29 celsius earlier on today. those temperatures not as high as we will see later in the week, but still 32 degrees out towards western areas. 26, 20 7 degrees for eastern scotland and northern ireland. always cooler and cloudier with weather fronts towards the north west of scotland through the north west of scotland through the western isles. a warmer night tonight, temperatures down to the mid teens. missed and low cloud for northern ireland perhaps through the thames valley as well. some of that cloud could continue on and off in patches through the day tomorrow, but for most, blue sky and strong sunshine. temperatures reaching 34, 30 five celsius maybe for parts of the midlands on thursday. it will always
senior republicans in the us condemn the fbi s search of donald trump s florida home. the white house insists it only learned about the operation from media reports. four days of extreme weather is forecast in england and wales. it comes as environmental groups say some rivers are starting to dry up seriously impacting wildlife. that, as western europe is facing its worst drought in decades with water levels in rivers and reservoirs already running low or even dry. a beluga whale that swam up the seine river in northern france and became stranded, has been removed from the water in the first stage of a rescue operation by marine experts. # we re walking in the air.# the author and illustrator raymond briggs, best known for the 1978 classic, the snowman, has died, aged 88. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. debts owed by uk consumers to energy suppliers have tripled since last september, according to the comparison service uswitch. almost
about their campaign. the kind table, and pupils across the country are competing to be crowned a rocky roads. crowned rock heroes. good morning. it s thursday the 6th july. welcome to bbc newsroom live the chairman of the iraq inquiry, sirjohn chilcot, has told the bbc that the former prime minister, tony blair, was not straight with the nation , or his inquiry, about the decisions made in the run up to the iraq war. speaking for the first time since the publication of his report a year ago today, sirjohn told the bbc why he thinks mr blair made the decisions he did, and about mr blair s state of mind at the time of the inquiry. the iraq inquiry by sirjohn chilcot took 7 years and ran into two million words. the main findings were that policy on iraq was made on ‘flawed intelligence and assessments‘. and the planning and preparation for the country after saddam hussein was ‘wholly inadequate.‘ in response to sirjohn‘s interview with the bbc a spokesman for mr b