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a plot twist in the world of cinema. top gun and bond draw in the crowds but one of the world s biggest chains says a lack of blockbusters is hurting the industry. i ll be looking at what s going on. dina asher smith is calling for more research into the effect periods have on performance as she reveals that was the reason she pulled up with cramp in the 100 metres final. and we meet the women united by grief, putting together a giant quilt to remember those lost to suicide. good morning. a day of sunshine and showers today, most across northern ireland and scotland, one or two into north west england. sunny spell developing towards the south, all of the details in about ten minutes. it s friday 19th august. our main story. wales first hosepipe ban for more than 30 years comes into force today across pembrokeshire and parts of carmarthenshire. the bans begin as the wider south west wales area will also be declared as being in drought, as the effects of the driest year since ....
good morning from birmingham, where the marathons will be finishing here in victoria square this morning at the commonwealth games after an opening day when all the home nations won medals, including golds for england and scotland. and it s a fairly muddy start to the weekend, but there is some rain around as well. i will have your full forecast details here on breakfast. it s saturday 30 july. our top story: rail passengers face more disruption later as train drivers from seven operators go on strike in a dispute over pay. the industrial action coincides with the commonwealth games and the first day of the english football league season. here is our transport correspondent katy austin. it s the latest strike to hit the railway this summer. it involves train drivers working seven operators. some routes will have no services at all, others only a very limited number. heathrow express and london northwestern are also affected, even though they are not directly part of the dispu ....
controlled nuclear power plant, the un chief calls for zaporizhzhia to be demilitarised. and finland s prime ministerfaces a backlash after a leaked video shows her dancing and singing at a party with celebrity friends. she says she did nothing illegal. hundreds of thousands of students across england, wales and northern ireland have been receiving their exam results today. a level, t level, and btec students have all been marked based on exams for the first time since two years of covid disruption. compared with 2019, when exams were last sat in person, there s been a i9% increase in students gaining a place at their firm or insurance choice university. the proportion of students in england, wales and northern ireland getting top a level grades has fallen since the record high of last year, but is higher than 2019. 36.4% of pupils have achieved a star and a grades. and for the new t level exams, where students split time between classroom learning and industry placemen ....
gas, the electricity companies, particularly the water companies. i think there are questions to be asked about whether these industries are properly regulated, because when you look at not only the salaries of these chief executives, but also the bonuses and tips they are being paid, and it s a nice table in the metro, naming and shaming photographs of some of the big packages. then you look at the performances, you look at there are so many leaks and these old pipes that they are pumping more sewage into our seas and rivers. but they are about to impose, and some have already imposed, hosepipe ban and some are about to. and ijust think that the ordinary person who s paying the charges for these senses, it s actually pretty fed up. so the regulators i think have failed to do theirjob, they failed to hold these companies to account and make sure they deliver a proper performance. and certainly in the case of the water companies, the likelihood of climate change, we ll s ....
strike, but two. they ve identified a huge crater off the coast of africa of a similar age to the one in the gulf of mexico associated with their extinction 66 million years ago. hello, and welcome to our look ahead to what the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are sian griffiths, who s the education editor at the sunday times, and the broadcaster and journalist james lewer. 0 nto onto tomorrow s front pages. let s start with the i that says liz truss is to be told by the office for budget responsibility that she has billions of pounds less than she thought to fund her promised tax cuts. the ft has another story about the frontrunner to be the next prime minister, saying she has city of london s top regulators in her sights with an immediate review if she wins. now to exam results day, as the daily telegraph features a picture ofjoyful students celebrating with the headline that 20% of our top university places have gone to foreign students. the daily mirror ....