7,000 extra hospital beds this winter including in pop up sites the nhs in england unveils its plans to cope with expected pressures. and the shortlist is announced for hosting next year s eurovision song contest seven uk cities are in the running. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news channel. a drought has been declared across more than half of england, after the driestjuly on record in some areas of the country. it means water companies can impose stricter measures over how we use water at home and at work. a drought is defined by a lack of water due to extreme weather that has been built up over time. the four stages are normal, prolonged dry weather, drought and severe drought. eight areas have been moved to the third stage, including devon and cornwall, solent and south downs, kent and south london, herts and north london. as well as east anglia, thames, lincolnshire and northamptonshire, east midlands. in the wake of low rainfall and high temperatures, water c
North yorkshire, one of 27 newly designated Bathing Sites. Some brave souls are already in the water of the river nidd but how clean is it . Arsenal take the premier League Title Race to the final weekend. Even the heavy rain at old tafford couldnt stop them as they beat Manchester United. And were set for a thrilling finish to the season. Idid it i love you top boy, happy valley and the Sixth Commandment were some of the big winners at the Bafta Television awards but the crown left empty handed. Good morning. Yesterday was the warmest day of the year so far. In chertsey, the temperature reached 27. 5 celsius. Today, rain is coming in from the south west, affecting some western areas. Dry, sunny and warm further east. I will have all the details later. Its monday, 13th may. New evidence has been uncovered that the British Government was warned by its own Embassy Staff in the us about the risk of hiv from contaminated blood in the early 1980s. Its now thought more than 1,200 nhs patient
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and sent us the latest. well, apec has started here and it s really a huge moment for the city of san francisco. it s the biggest summit to be held here since the united nations charter was signed here in 1916. and this is really a huge economic summit. you re talking about more than 50% of all of the world s trade belongs to the 21 nations who ll be attending here this week. and we re talking about 40% of the world s population, by the way. so it s a big economic conference. but by far the biggest ticket item here is the meeting betweenjoe biden, president biden, and his counterpart in china, president xijinping. now, relations between those two nations have not been particularly good of late. they last met last year in indonesia. and since then, you had that moment where the american government shot down a chinese spy balloon. you ve had flaming tensions in the south china sea. and you ve also had joe biden ramping up a ban on high level ships, which really hurts the chines
female president. the frontrunner, claudia sheinbaum, and her main rival, xochitl galvez, are well ahead of the only male candidate in opinion polls. ms sheinbaum, who is a former mayor of mexico city, has the backing of the outgoing president, lopez obrador. it s been the most violent election campaign in modern mexican history. over 20 local candidates have been killed across the country during the campaign, and two people were killed in separate attacks at voting centres in the central state of puebla. our correspondent in mexico city, will grant, before we get into the candidates, tell us what it s been like covering this campaign, considering how violent it has been. if campaign, considering how violent it has been.- violent it has been. it has been very violent it has been. it has been very violent. - violent it has been. it has been very violent. i - violent it has been. it has been very violent. i made violent it has been. it has l been very violent. i made it out t