there are calls for the government to do more to help families with the cost of living. we ll have the latest. i mean, it sjust frightening really. becuase it s such a huge amount of money, and you can t get round it. there s things that you can t change. also this lunchtime. the leader of al qaeda, ayman al zawahiri, is killed by an us drone strike in afghanistan. 12 year old archie battersbee. the supreme court has received an appeal to postpone the withdrawal of his treatment, which was due to begin today. cosmetic procedures like botox and fillers should be better regulated, say mps, to stop people who are struggling with their appearance from being exploited. and how a global operation helped separate conjoined twins. these three year old brothers are now recovering in hospital, after surgeries using virtual reality. and coming up on the bbc news channel. in a dramatic final, wales men beat england in the lawn bowls pairs event to win commonwealth games gold. good aftern
windy out there as well, 100 millimetres plus of rain fell in the cumbrian fells last night, not unusual. this morning, about 50 millimetres across the north welsh mountains as well. you can see here, the rain is steadily starting to clear away, the rain is steadily starting to clearaway, but the rain is steadily starting to clear away, but it is still heavy for a few spots. showers following, and drizzle around the hills and coasts further south as well. but not where we need it, across southern and eastern areas, still dry and warm here, becoming drier and really warm across scotland and northern ireland as well. because of the breeze, we are seeing the fern effect, so that lifts the temperature east of the hills. 25 in the east of scotland but as much as 30 in the next hour or two in the south and east. it will feel oppressive again through the night, uncomfortable for sleeping, like last night. more rain to come in the north, so we maintain temperatures in the mid teens h
a u turn for tory leadership contender liz truss, dropping regional pay plans for millions of public sector workers. one of america s most wanted man, ayman al zawahiri, an architect of the 9/11 attacks is killed in a us drone strike. needs a good solid dismount, double front somersault with a half turn. what a performance from joe fraser. and the 23 year old hometown favourite takes his third gold medal at the commonwealth in birmingham. and coming up on sportsday on the bbc news channel. an emotional win for wales at the commonwealth games here in birmingham as they beat england to gold in a thrilling final of the men s pair bowls. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the energy company bp has reported its second highest quarterly profit in its history. between april and june, the firm made a profit of £6.9 billion, that s three times the amount for the same period last year. the company says its oil trading performance was exceptional and that it expects to pa
western isles first thing tomorrow. temperatures tonight sitting in the mid if not high teens so another uncomfortable night out there but it s a warm start tomorrow and a zone of cloud and patchy rain all the way from the south west to the wash which will work to the south east and not much rain at all for the gardens in the south and then sunshine breaks through more widely. a few showers dotted around through scotland and northern ireland in the afternoon and the of heavy and thundery one and starting to feel fresher but a reasonably humid day across england and wales, especially east anglia and the south east, 29 or 30 degrees but humidity dropping a little and you will notice it in birmingham tomorrow but with increasing sunshine for the commonwealth games. a fine end to tomorrow, a few showers through scotland and northern ireland and northern england to take us through the night and into thursday morning and starting to feel more comfortable out there but we still see