East anglia and the south east three leading telecoms staying predominantly dry through the day. And although it will be fairly bosses have written cloudy, temperatures will get up to the british prime minister, to 25 or 26 with a few questioning his ability to deliver glimmers of brightness. But for northern england, a promise to rollout full fibre southern and central scotland, broadband years ahead of schedule. There is a met Office Yellow in an open letter, the heads warning thats been issued. Of three trade bodies say the pledge it covers the potential for some will require 100 commitment of those hit and miss thunderstorms from the government, which could dump 30 110 millimetres including further investment of rain in some places in the space in skills, and a reduction ofjust a couple of hours. In red tape and taxes. That could cause further travel disruption. Maybe some localised flash flooding. But as is the nature with showers, some places will fall between them and stay compl
Weekend in a row. Another weekend, another street in hong kong, as the riot police come in with full force to try and clear the streets. Talks resume, aimed at averting strikes by thousands of Heathrow Airport workers. He would come to the side of my bed and just scream. We have parents separating. Its definitely getting worse. And the Victoria Derbyshire programme reports on what experts call a hidden Public Health crisis over sleep. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon. Efforts to prevent a derbyshire dam from collapsing close to the town of Whaley Bridge have entered a third day. Emergency services are in a race against time to pump water out of the toddbrook reservoir and reinforce the dam. There are fears that more wet weather tomorrow could see water levels breach the dam causing serious flooding and a danger to life in Whaley Bridge. This morning some residents whod spent a second night away from their homes were being allowed to return briefly to collect esse
In fact, you know the potential destruction that can wreak on the whole of the village below. Telecoms bosses question the governments ability to deliver the fastest possible broadband across the uk by 2025. A day to remember for rory burns as he hits a first test century to give england the advantage heading into day 3 of the first ashes test against australia. And breakfast enters the robot wars, but can our machine overcome the heavyweight champion of the world . Good morning. Dry weather on the way for the majority of the uk today. Tomorrow it looks like face the prospect of further heavy showers, particularly across Northern Britain. More coming up. Its saturday 3 august. Thank you forjoining us. Our top story thousands of people in derbyshire have spent a second night away from their homes as Emergency Services continue efforts to prevent a dam from collapsing. Some residents in Whaley Bridge will be allowed to return briefly today to collect essentials. Jane Frances Kelly has mo
Told it could be a week for they are allowed to return for good. The home secretary tells criminals they should literally feel terror at the thought of breaking the law. The authorities in hong kong are preparing for a ninth consecutive weekend of protests. Both pro beijing and pro democracy activists are preparing to hold simultaneous mass rallies. And click looks at the Technology Used in producing food with less environmental impact. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Our top story today engineers have spent the night pumping thousands of gallons of water from the toddbrook reservoir, in derbyshire which is threatening to burst through a dam and flood the town beneath it. Attempts have been made to shore up the dam at Whaley Bridge, which was damaged on thursday, and yesterday raf helicopters spent hours trying to reinforce the structure. The Authorities Say there is a substantial threat to life if it fails completely and a Severe Weather warning remains in place for the areas
Talks resume, aimed at averting strikes by thousands of Heathrow Airport workers. And click looks at the Technology Used in producing food with less environmental impact. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon. Efforts to prevent a derbyshire dam from collapsing, close to the town of Whaley Bridge, have entered a third day. Emergency services are in a race against time to pump water out of the toddbrook reservoir and reinforce the dam. There are fears that more wet weather, tomorrow, could see water levels breach the dam causing serious flooding and a danger to life in Whaley Bridge. This morning some residents, whod spent a second night away from their homes, were being allowed to return briefly to collect essential items. Our correspondent, charlotte gallagher, is in Whaley Bridge. Military operations enter a third day, an raf helicopter a familiar sight and sound here. Crews using sandbags to try to stop homes and businesses below a stream turn to a torrent under ma