the airport cope with staff shortages. heathrow is pushing ahead with plans to forced airlines to reduce passenger numbers to help the airport cope with staff shortages. politicians in sri lanka begin the process of choosing a new president, after mass protests drove ex president rajapaksa to resign and flee the country. and an unprecedented win. ireland make history with their first ever series win in new zealand. a meeting of the government s emergency cobra committee is taking place this afternoon, to discuss how to respond to the record temperatures that are expected to hit parts of the uk next week. a national emergency has been declared after a red extreme heat warning was issued for the first time, meaning there s a risk to life. jon donnison reports. at the bristol harbour festival this weekend, a cold shower, more than welcome. and with potentially record temperatures forecast for early next week, this summer s heatwave is entering uncharted waters. well, i don t lik
next two people wanting to fly, and over the next two weeks we are about to enter at the next two weeks we are about to enter at the peak next two weeks we are about to enter at the peak of the peak summer season politicians in sri lanka begin the process of choosing a new president, after mass protests drove ex president rajapaksa to resign and flee the country. and an unprecedented win ireland make history with their first ever series win in new zealand. good afternoon. welcome to the bbc news channel. a meeting of the government s emergency cobra committee has taken place this afternoon to discuss how to respond to the record temperatures that are expected to hit parts of the uk next week. a national emergency has been declared after a red extreme heat warning was issued for the first time, meaning there s a risk to life. jon donnison reports. at the bristol harbour festival this weekend, a cold shower more than welcome. and with potentially record temperatures fo
in new zealand. good afternoon. a meeting of the government s emergency cobra committee has taken place this afternoon to discuss how to respond to the record temperatures that are expected to hit parts of the uk next week. a national emergency has been declared after a red extreme heat warning was issued for the first time, meaning there s a risk to life. jon donnison reports at the bristol harbour festival this weekend, a cold shower more than welcome. and with potentially record temperatures forecast for early next week, this summer s heatwave is entering uncharted waters. well, i don t like the heat. it s all right at the moment, it s all right in the shade, but i do burn too quickly. for those climate sceptics, i think this is evidence that something s definitely happening, so, you know, people need to take a bit of responsibility, definitely. he can t be in nursery for the full day because it s going to be far too hot for him, so he ll be home for the afternoon in a p
clipping spells and some showers. some when clipping the spells and some showers. some when clipping the coast of kent and also sussex clipping the coast of kent and also sussex. ~ ., ., , ., . sussex. more details later. when, she sa s. the wet weather s leading to an influx of slugs in our gardens. we ll be finding out how to deal with the slimy pests. it s tuesday 18th june. our main story. millions of eligible people are being urged to register to vote in order to have their say in the general election, ahead of the deadline at midnight tonight. previous voters who have moved address, changed their nationality, or their name will also need to re register. it comes as parties return to the campaign trail today, with just over two weeks left until polling day. 0ur political correspondent ben wright has the latest. labour s campaign is captured in one word and so far it is a pitch keeping sir keir starmer s party miles ahead in the opinion polls. yesterday, the labour
of symi last wednesday, his body was later recovered on a remote hillside following a four day search. from symi, our correspondent joe inwood reports. it was here on a rocky hillside that michael mosley was found. he was just metres from safety when he was seemingly overcome by the heat and collapsed. the people of this island and the greek authorities had done everything they could. despite that, he was not found for nearly four days. it was on that beach of agia marina that the body, which has now been identified as michael mosley, was found. he was found lying just to the right side of that fence you can see over there so really close to where people would have been relaxing and playing on this popular and busy beach. we spoke to a police source who said that the body of michael mosley had been there for a number of days. that the body of michael mosley had it was a tragic end to a story that had begun on wednesday when michael mosley left the beach where he d been with h