Roger harrabin, Bbc News. Time for a look at the weather heres matt taylor. Good afternoon. Looking lovely in the sunshine in cornwall this afternoon, but temperatures already 21 degrees in the midlands and for all of us, the rest of the week is set to get potentially warmer and more humid. If you are after rain for the garden, some essential Energy Scenarios will be disappointed, or glad, depending on your point of view. Nothing expected. And eastern areas, rain will come and go in the west, Western Scotland and Northern Ireland the hottest. The wettest. In Northern Ireland, after a bit of a cloudy day so far, there will be brighter breaks to the east through this afternoon. Sunshine to the east of Scotland Lifting temperatures to 2122, widely Blue Skies across the east of wales and Eastern England, temperatures 22 to 25. This evening will be fine, partly clear skies across wales, england and eastern scotland, Western Scotland to Northern Ireland, clouds thickening up Northern Ireland
Dozens of major websites offline. And after Ollie Robinson, a second England Cricket Player is now under investigation for posting offensive material in the past. Hello, a very warm welcome to Bbc News. The Health Secretary Matt hancock has announced extra testing with Military Support for parts of greater Manchester And Lancashire to help with rising cases of the Delta Variant, which first emerged in india. The move comes with the same Travel Guidance currently in place for bolton, which warns people to minimise travel in and out of the area. Working with local authorities, we are providing a strengthened package of support based on whats working in bolton to help greater Manchester And Lancashire tackle the rise in the Delta Variant that were seeing there. This includes rapid Response Teams, putting in extra testing, Military Support and supervised in School Testing. I want to encourage everyone in Manchester And Lancashire to get the tests on offer. We know that this approach can wo
into poland. violent storms have caused flooding and mudslides in canada. and coming up, the world s most wanted cyber crime suspects living freely in russia. hello and welcome to bbc news. the cost of living has reached the highest rate in almost a decade due to rising fuel and energy costs. inflation is now more than doubled the bank of england s target. consumer prices were 4.2% higher last month than a year ago. the costs of transport, gas and electricity bills, as well as second hand cars climbed. in september inflation was 3.1%. the bank of england s aim is to keep inflation to around 2%. rising prices are putting new pressure on households and businesses. economists are debating now how much of the surge in inflation can be blamed on the pandemic and how long it will last. our reporter colletta smith has been speaking to people in halifax. it s lunchtime at nursery. and with 63 hungry mouths to feed the staff here have their hands full. paula has increased her hours re
from the bela rusian from the belarusian side, migrants started throwing rocks and bricks and branches towards the polish horses and it is a scene of chaos here 7 forces. and just how dangerous was a russian missile test for the international space station? it s been condemned by washington but moscow says the debris poses no threat . here in the uk, the former yorkshire cricketer azeem rafiq has given harrowing evidence to mps about how he was bullied and racially abused at the club. and he accused english cricket of institutional racism. just to warn you, some of the details are upsetting. pretty early on, me and other people from asian backgrounds, there are comments such as you lots it over there, nearthe comments such as you lots it over there, near the toilets. therejust seems to be an acceptance in the institution from the leaders and no one ever stamped it out. azeem rafiq was speaking to the digital, culture, media and sport select committee. and this is why. in 202