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a change in the law is set to give couples more say over wedding venues and ceremonies in england and wales. good afternoon. in the last hour, the met office has said that a new provisional uk temperature record has been set with 40.2 degrees registered at heathrow. if confirmed, it will mean that today is officially the hottest day in this country since records began. the previous record of 38.7 degrees was set three years ago. the met office had already said that last night was the hottest ever recorded in the uk, with temperatures failing to fall below 25 degrees in some places. network rail has issued a do not travel warning for anyone travelling through the zone covered by the extreme weather warning. the east coast main line out of london s kings cross is closed and there will be no thames link for great northern services running north from london all day. many other lines are subject to speed restrictions. the hot weather is also putting pressure on the nhs emergency ....
the fight to tackle flames ripping through forests in south western france. they have been battling these fires for days. 1a,000 people have now been evacuated across the area of gironde. it went so fast. and the fire, too, was big, big, big. my friends woke me up and i was like, 0k, what do i take in my room? manon was working and living at a local campsite. for now, this conference and is her home. it s also become an office for this campsite workers. the region s beaches and forests a huge attraction, but now plans have changed. right now, this morning, we took the schedule on monday. we re calling everybody, saying, no need to move. come on monday. we do the same for tuesday, and so on and so on. others here wait for news, or the chance to dash home to fetch what they left behind. we re trying to get our cat, so we re going to go to the village, escorted by police, and try to get the cat and get out. you can see the smoke billowing in the distance and it was no ....
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Or the chance to dash home to fetch what they left behind. we re trying to get our cat, so we re going to go to the village, escorted by police, and try to get the cat and get out. you can see the smoke billowing in the distance and it was not like that a couple of hours ago. and it means that people who are waiting here to be quickly escorted back into the village of cazaux, to fetch pets that were left behind, perhaps personal belongings as well, that s been put on hold. authorities say around 100 square kilometres of forest have been ravaged by fire here. there are two main blazes one a little inland, another right by the coast. translation: this is a very dangerous time of year - for wildfire risk, and we are seeing significant instances of fires reigniting. temperatures are set to edge towards a0 degrees in the coming days. the dune du pilat is a famous tourist destination but, this year, the views are hard to see. jessica parker, ....