the airport cope with staff shortages. a meeting of the government s emergency cobra committee is to take 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 has more. 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, cos it s going to be - far too hot for him, so he ll be home for the aftern
The next area expected to be affected by storm harvey. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. Sirens sound as north korea fires a missile overjapan the Un Security Council is to hold an emergency meeting later in response. Its 5 oclock our top story. A major dam outside the us city of houston has begun to overflow as authorities struggle to cope with the disastrous flooding brought by Tropical Storm harvey. We will head straight to texas tonight. Lets cross to our correspondent Laura Trevelyan in la grange in texas. Welcome to la grange which is a microcosm of the devastation across texas right now landed heading to the state of louisiana. It is a small town 100 miles west of houston and it is inland and yet the Colorado River broke its banks because of that extraordinary rainfall that happened in the aftermath of hurricane hardly and we have seen historic levels of flooding and peoples homes and businesses have been the ruin. The storm is not finished yet. Just think of what happene
Surgeon concussion and when i was there the surgeon had a big graph of head injuries. Did you get some head knocks . I think you always do in the way that we played, definitely. Not often concussed but a few banks to the head. A lot of people in scotla nd the head. A lot of people in scotland 1 in scotland, so around 500 sufferers. And quite a large majority probably would have played by. Majority probably would have played rugby. I do not think there is any connection to it,. I do not think anyone in the game has ever had a bad word about you. What has the reaction been from people you do not even know . Outstanding. The reaction from everyone, really, especially by from everyone, really, especially rugby players. Some we know and some we do not. The support has been unbelievable and very humbling. I could not believe it. It isjust unbelievable and very humbling. I could not believe it. It is just the by could not believe it. It is just the rugby public. He is now challenging all his
Hes an indian, your majesty. And im the queen of england, i will have whatever help i require. Will gompertz, bbc news. Thats almost it from us. Newsnight is coming up on bbc two. Heres emily. Tonight, Hurricane Harvey becomes a test for the president. Donald trump lands in texas as the floodwaters rise. And we ask if the knives are now out for boris johnson. Join me now on bbc two. Here, on bbc one, its time for the news where you are. Good night. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im leah boleto so much to get through tonight. The west indies ray of hope another century from shai who steers the windies to a famous test win at headingley. Is sanchez bound for city . Theres a £50 million bid on the table tonight but arsenal reject it. First konta, now kerber the defending champion is dumped out of the us open in round one. Well start with cricket and an historic day at headingley where the west indies won their first test match in this country for 17 years when they beat england by five
aware this is not an ideal world. broadening the professional team is really important. we have to look at the type of work that is being asked to provide - and that definitely needs a review. i also think we need . to review the resources going into general practice. the government says it is working hard support and grow the gp workforce, by boosting recruitment, addressing some of the reasons why doctors leave and encouraging them to return to practice. 0ne scheme sees doctors being offered financial incentives in places like scarborough, where it is hard to recruit. nice to meet you. as the pressures on general practice increase, so do the calls for change. ireland and england s men s rugby union teams have both produced memorable 2 1 series wins, after away victories over new zealand and australia respectively. ireland secured their first ever series win over the all blacks, after beating them 32 22 in the third test in wellington. it s the first time in almost 30 years the all