theirjourneys being told not to travel unless their journeys are being told not to travel unless theirjourneys are essential and there are no trains at all running out of london s king s cross. across europe, the heatwave has brought deadly wildfires in france, spain, portugal and greece, with thousands forced to flee their homes. and we ll be answering your questions about how to keep cool and safe in these record temperatures. also this lunchtime. pay rises are about to be announced for more than two million public sector workers, including doctors, nurses and teachers. conservative mps are voting now in the party leadership race, whittling the current four contenders down to three. and laura muir wins the first medalfor great britain at the world athletics championships. and coming up on the bbc news channel, ben stokes plays his final one day international for england later in their series opener against south africa at the cricket grounds where it all began. good afterno
30s across wales, the same across northern england, northern ireland approaching 30 degrees as well this afternoon and up to around 28 celsius three parts of central scotland. there is exception to this hot story, it is a bit more refreshing on some of the beaches but the northern and western isles, here we have temperatures in the mid to high teens, a good deal more comfortable than for some of you. we have cloud and tonight we will see outbreaks of rain. sunny story for many. a bit of cloud floating around here and there and there will be again through tonight but most places staying dry. notice i m stopping at midnight to show the temperatures, tough night to get to sleep. at midnight temperature still across much of england and wales in the mid to high 20s. they are not going to drop a huge amount as we go through the rest of the night and into the morning. what we will see across many parts of england and wales is a tropical night where temperatures stay above 20 degrees
the world will stop warming. we ll bring you all the latest on the impact of the heatwave. our other main story this lunchtime: five will become four the latest round in the battle to become the next prime minister takes place later today. commentator: and it s a fifth title! unbelievable! and a record fifth women s 100 metre world title for jamaica s shelly ann fraser pryce, but there s disapointment for gb s dina asher smith, who finishes fourth. and coming up on the bbc news channel, after winning the first two one day internationals, england s women take on south africa, looking for a clean sweep in the third and final odi in leicester. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the uk s first ever red warning for extreme heat has come into effect, meaning there s a danger to life and the threat of major travel disruption. the red alert covers much of england from london and the south east up to york and manchester. parts of england could be hotter than the we
It is britain s hottest day ever. the uk record temperature was broken today even before lunchtime. provisionalfigures from charlwood in surrey show temperatures hit an unprecedented 39.1 degrees celsius this morning, and in other parts of the country they re forecast to go even higher above a0 degrees. the met office has just said a0 degrees has been broken at heathrow. the big thing is we are all at risk with this heat, so you shouldn t go out during the middle of the day. temperatures are really going to be extreme. the extreme heat has meant widespread transport disruption, with rails buckling and train cancellations. the heat is causing another day of rail disruption with passengers being told not to travel unless
This is charlwood in surrey an hour ago it was the hottest place ever recorded in the uk. in the last minute that s just been surpassed by heathrow airport. the record there, a0.2 celsius. in droitwich, an early dip after the warmest night ever on record. and just ahead of further dangerously hot weather. we record. and just ahead of further dangerously hot weather. we are all at risk here dangerously hot weather. we are all at risk here with dangerously hot weather. we are all at risk here with this dangerously hot weather. we are all at risk here with this seat dangerously hot weather. we are all at risk here with this seat so - dangerously hot weather. we are all at risk here with this seat so you - at risk here with this seat so you shouldn t go out in the middle of the day. the temperatures are really going to be extreme. but there are people who are more vulnerable. i was speaking to someone here with heart failure to stop those with chronic health conditions will be more