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and thats bbc news at six. huw edwards will be here at ten oclock but now it is time to join our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday — im lizzie greenwood—hughes — heres a sneaky peak of some of todays line up for you. were live at the home for golf — st andrews where the 150th open championship is undeway. out but not down — northern ireland want to end their euros with a good the first briton to win a stage at...

if youvejustjoined us, a very warm welcome to the programme, and it is very warm. as youve been hearing, much of europe is grappling with an extreme heatwave with devastating wildfires impacting many parts of the region. the european commission is warning nearly half of european union territory is now at risk of drought. so, what impact is this having on farming? well, some farmers have radically changed their work practices, for example, working at night to minimise the risk of a spar...

a change in the law is set to give couples more say over wedding venues and ceremonies in england and wales. good afternoon. in the last hour, the met office has said that a new provisional uk temperature record has been set — with 40.2 degrees registered at heathrow. if confirmed, it will mean that today is officially the hottest day in this country since records began. the previous record of 38.7 degrees was set three years ago. the met office had already said that last night was t...

top universities in particular, skews — top universities in particular, skews towards people from the so—called best schools, the most hi-h so—called best schools, the most high performing schools. and that doesnt _ high performing schools. and that doesnt necessarily correlate with the talent — doesnt necessarily correlate with the talent there. long—standing evidence — the talent there. long—standing evidence also that a level results, people _ evidence also that a leve...

that the russians had full control of the city. weve been hearing these claims, actually, from yesterday, and these claims have not been confirmed yet by the ukraines general staff, the armed forces of ukraine, neither by the local administration and authorities. what we can say with certainty, of course, is the situation in lysychansk has been very intense for quite a while now. after the battle for severodonetsk, lysychansk was the key focus of the russian offensive, their ground for...

blood in the 70s and 80s had suffered "incredibly bad luck". a mans been arrested on suspicion of murdering 36—year—old zara aleena — attacked while walking in east london on sunday. mps will vote later on plans to give the government powers to scrap post—brexit trade arrangements for northern ireland. the eu says its a breach of international law. at wimbledon, british number one emma raducanu is through to the second round — with a victory in straight sets in her debut on c...

and how this. local health bodies to tender out contracts for certain services. the report here from the lancet, saying that billions of pounds of tax—payers cash was handed to private companies, and saying this has been associated with a drop of care quality and higher rates of treatable mortality. it certainly the case that outsourcing can be more expensive and potentially lead to lower quality... but we need to remember, its not the consumer in charge, its the government entity th...

well, im afraid to say tonight the situation is looking even more dire here in paktika, we are seeing hundreds of hundreds of families who have been left homeless. in other news, russian forces continue their advance on ukrainian held towns in the donbas. we join a group of volunteers rushing to evacuate civilians from the area. and after a three—year hiatus, the iconic music festival glastonbury open its gates and welcomes back the fans. we start in afghanistan, where a powerful ear...

over the coming days. this morning, were heading to horse guards parade, where for the first time in two years, well witness the full splendour of trooping the colour — the queens birthday parade. this evening, as dusk falls, its the lighting of the beacons — therell be thousands of them aflame across the four corners of the united kingdom and beyond to the commonwealth — it promises to be quite a spectacle. tomorrow morning, well be heading east along the river thames to st paul...

in the last few days but still some showers interspersed with sunshine. you can see where those showers have been congregating scotland and east anglia and the midlands. through the rest of the afternoon some heavy showers across the eastern side of england remaining. feeling warmer than yesterday in the mid to high teens. much of the showers fade away leaving clear skies for many some patchy rain in the far west of northern ireland and through parts of eastern england and south east e...