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
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Of climate change says the wellbeing of people worldwide is at the mercy of an addiction to fossil fuel. the annual review in the lancet medicaljournal says global warming is increasingly affecting the foundations of human health. the report says heat related deaths are rising, along with mosquito borne diseases such as malaria and dengue fever. professor kathryn bowen from the university of melbourne is one of the report s authors. we know that deaths can arise from floods, for example, from heatwave events. but there s also sickness and morbidity, as we would say, from other sources. so mental health impacts, for example, we re getting a much better handle on, that there are mental health impacts arising from climate change. so we talk about these direct impacts from extreme weather events, for example, but also indirect. and indirect impacts also include things like reduced food security, as a result of a crop