everywhere but some into the start of next week. until then we have the weather warning for extreme heat. across much of england as far north as the pennines, eastern wales, and devon and cornwall. that is in place until the end of the day on sunday with the heat uncomfortable for many and dangerous for some. still weather fronts in north west scotland. yesterday, aberdeenshire saw 31 but cloudy here today. the majority have blue sky and sunshine with temperatures rising steadily. almost 3a degrees in west sussex at the moment and we have a few hours of heating left so high temperatures today and warm tonight. clear skies. some mist and low cloud across north sea facing case. the isle of wight saw a tropical night with temperatures not dropping below 20 celsius which could happen tonight and also on the south coast of wales. tomorrow, more sunshine in mainland scotland with cloud to east facing case. the majority have blue skies, and temperatures could peak at 37 celsius most
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
cluster bombs to ukraine. we re getting new video showing the after math of a russian attack on a ukrainian aid center. four people killed there. general keith kellogg. the war beat goes on, general. good morning to you. coming up on day 500. on this 155 artillery, just should we be talking about that publicly? yeah, bill, first of all thank you for having me. look, it is really okay to be talking about it. frankly, we re not running low in the sense of war reserve. we keep a four-month supply of 155 ammunition and others in our reserve stocks. we started doing that after the first gulf war and kept six months and went back to four months. but here is the thing that is more important. that is a tell. he said something that is not being spoken about. the fact is that the ukrainian counter offensive is not going well. the reason why it is important
new request to put in a hosepipe ban, which is part of our drought management plan, that customers will respond, and that will help us preserve stocks and get us into the winter when we will hopefully then see a good recharge, and we can start to lift the hosepipe ban as soon as we start to see some significant rain fall. now, many viewers say that we should not be in this situation because you should have spent more money on sorting out leaks. what would you say to them? well, we have been achieving our leakage target for the last two years. this year, we are on target to achieve our leakage target. over the last ten years, we have spent £500 million, and we are at the forefront of some leakage technology, including satellites. at the moment, we have got additional gangs on, working 2a/7. we are fixing around 200 leaks a week at the moment, trying to get all visible leaks done within a8 hours. but of course, customers will still see some leaks, and we are prioritising getting round t
well, paul, we spoke injuly and we said then it had been an incredibly dry spring and it was looking like a very dry summer. since then, we have seen a heatwave which has set all new records, and that has happened in yorkshire as well as across the country. and we have seen that continue over the last few weeks to the point where we are now, which isjust below 50% of the reservoirs. do hosepipe bans actually make a difference? we have seen other companies in the south have brought hosepipe bans in and we have seen a 10% reduction in their demand. so we know that yorkshire customers have responded very well to our last pleas and we hope that, in this new request to put in a hosepipe ban, which is part of our drought management plan, customers will respond. and that will help us preserve stocks and get us into the winter, when we will hopefully then see a good recharge and we can start to then lift the hosepipe ban as soon as we see some significant rainfall. many viewers say that we sho