the wildfires, blamed on climate change, that raged this summer in california we have a special report from one town that was engulfed in flames and burned to the ground. it s running down the road towards you. get out now. we grabbed the dogs, and we grabbed our suitcases. and we got in the truck, and we left. i m ben mundy with today s other main stories. a new record for the number of migrants crossing the english channel in a single day a thousand people made the journey on thursday. the latest ons covid survey shows infections are falling in england and wales. but the trend is uncertain in northern ireland. good afternoon from glasgow and bbc news coverage of cop26 the united nations climate change conference. a new draft agreement was published this morning it hasn t been signed off yet but it s our latest update on where negotiations, going on behind me, appear to be heading. one change in the new draft is an apparent softening of government requirements to r
the channel in a single day 1,000 people made the journey yesterday. the chair of essex county cricket club resigns, after being accused of using racist language at a meeting in 2017. he strongly denies the allegation. and, could a judge in the us end the controversial legal arrangement that has controlled many aspects of britney spears life for 13 years? good afternoon. hello, a very good evening. and we are into the final hour of climate conference. 0fficially we are into the final hour of the summit, we ve just been told by the president see that a third draught of the text will be published in the coming hours, followed by another stock take a where we are with the expectation that the negotiations will continue past the deadline, which is 6pm locally, into the night. the closing ceremony will resume in the coming hours, it started in part yesterday, to formally accept those parts of the text in which there is consensus. this morning, the second draught was publishe
with high pressure just to the south, it looks like we won t see much if any rain across central and southern england and south wales and the rain on monday, perhaps across the north and west of scotland, into northern england, maybe across north wales and some patchy rain for northern ireland. by and large, the further south and east you are, it should be drier, increasing cloud after a sunny and frosty start. and also a milder afternoon after that cold and frosty start. still some rain in the forecast on tuesday and wednesday, particularly the further north and west you are. further south, it stays dry for much of the week and we will all see something colder by the end of the week. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. emergency workers in morocco inch closer to rescuing the five year old boy who s spent five days trapped in a well. here s the scene there now. it is too narrow for an adult to get in to rescue him but rescuers are said to be as close to a metre away from
it s saturday 8th july. our main story: tributes are being paid to the eight year old girl who died when a car crashed into her school in wimbledon on thursday. she s been named as selena lau. her family says she was adored and loved by everyone . another eight year old girl and a woman in her 40s are still in a critical condition. a woman who was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving has been released on bail. louisa pilbeam reports. an intelligent and cheeky girl, adored and loved by everyone. selena lau s family have paid tribute to the eight year old. she was killed when a land rover crashed through a fence at the study preparatory school in wimbledon, where an end of school school tea party had been taking place. 12 people taken to hospital, among them another eight year old girl who remains in a life threatening condition. a woman in her 40s is in a critical condition. large numbers of people have been coming to the school to lay flowers and ref
action in what will be the biggest ever nhs walk out in england. we are still hopefully on track and getting waiting lists below a year at the end of march. the more strikes we have, the more challenging that becomes. at the moment, ourstaff challenging that becomes. at the moment, our staff are working incredibly hard to get the waiting lists down. let us know how the strikes are affecting you and do you support them? you can get in touch with your thoughts on this story and the rest of the days news by contacting me on twitter @annitabbc or using the hashtag #bbc your questions we re bringing you special coverage of breaking news this hour a powerful earthquake which has struck northern syria and south eastern turkey, killing more than 640 people. the tremor had a magnitude of seven point eight, and struckjust before dawn. the epicentre was in the turkish province of gaziantep but buildings collapsed hundreds of miles away, and there are also reports of many casualtie