Is duly elected member of parliament for the said constituency. Cheering the liberal democrats win the brecon and radnorshire by election borisjohnsons effective majority in parliament is nowjust one. My very first act as your mp, when i arrive in westminster, will be to find mr Boris Johnson, wherever he is hiding, and tell him it loud and clear, stop playing with the future of our communities. July may have been the hottest month the world has ever known. And drivers on this american road get the shock of their lives, when a plane lands alongside them. And coming up on bbc news, england lose an early wicket as jason roy falls for ten, on day two of the first ashes test at edgbaston. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Raf helicopters are trying to save the dam in derbyshire, amid fears it could burst and engulf much of the town of Whaley Bridge. The chinooks are dropping bags of sand, gravel and stone to shore up the dam wall. Experts say the situation is critical. Around 1,500 residents were moved out of their homes yesterday. The Prime Minister has said his thoughts are with them, and the governments Emergency Committee cobra will meet this afternoon. From Whaley Bridge, laura foster reports. The rain has gone but the hard work goes on. Chinook helicopters have been flying in every ten minutes since 5 30am, each armed with tonnes of sand and gravel. They have moved 200 tonnes so far, but engineers say they need to move at least double that to shore up the dam wall. All of the gravel coming local quarries. Its a difficult cry ask task. We have to get as low as we can. You can see behind us the guys and gals are taking a bit of time to get in there because we have to make sure it is done not too high to put more stress onto the dam, but we have to get them into centimetre square areas. It is like a lego block we areas. It is like a lego block we are building, put a foundation in there and carry on building on top of each other. The prop the problem is this spillway, damaged after a months worth of rain fell in a week. It has put home injeopardy. Worth of rain fell in a week. It has put home in jeopardy. The worth of rain fell in a week. It has put home injeopardy. The plan worth of rain fell in a week. It has put home in jeopardy. The plan for the Fire Services to stop what is coming into the reservoir using the chinook and the raf coordinated to dam up those in lights, and of the same time to get as much water out of the reservoir as we can. There is still a risk it could collapse . Yes, the Structural Engineer is very concerned about that. And basically, the information we have had is we have to do something here because it is not going to go away on its own. Meetings like this have been happening throughout the night and all through this morning. It is a joined up operation. Right now the operation the engineers are 21 more water pumped in. The idea is if you can reduce the amount of water in the reservoir, it reduces the pressure on the dam. After the dam spillway partially collapsed yesterday afternoon, People Living in Whaley Bridge were told to evacuate is the time could be flooded. Most stayed with friends and family. Some were put up in hotels. Others used camper vans. My houseis hotels. Others used camper vans. My house is about 30 feet from the river, so it is pretty risky, really. I dont know, if the dam went, i dont know if we would have a house, to be honest. The Prime Minister is called an emergency cobra meeting this afternoon to discuss the situation. Engineers are still assessing what caused the damage to partially collapse but all the people who live here care about is that the warm, sunny weather continues and if, and when, they may be able to go back home. And we can speak to laura now. Laura, what is the latest on those effo rts laura, what is the latest on those efforts to save the dam . Well, they are working very hard in order to do exactly that. There is still an immediate danger to all the houses that lie in Whaley Bridge below this dam. But Emergency Services have teamed up, they are working around the clock. Through the night and this morning. The truth is they are bringing in even more tonnes of ballast to give more support to this dam wall. They are also bringing in even more water pumps to suck or pump the water out of the reservoir. The truth is the engineers are not going to be completely happy this situation is completely safe until the water level on one side is lower than damage to the wall on the other side. Now the warm weather is on their side. That explains why the mood has changed a bit from the nerves that were around last night. But still, there is serious concern that this dam may in fact flood the town that it surrounds. Laura, thank you. Laura faster in Whaley Bridge. Laura faster. 0ur science editor, david shukman, is here. David, tell us about the challenges the engineers are facing . You mentioned a race against time. You could also see this as a test of strength between the weight of the water in the reservoir and the strength or condition of the dam holding that water back. The big unknown here is that when the water ove rflowed unknown here is that when the water overflowed down that slipway, and moved those enormous concrete panels, because the flow of water was so strong, exposing the mud of the embankment underneath, we still dont know what condition that left things in. How weak is the dam . What does that mean for the future . Until people now, they have to deploy these emergency strategies, reducing these emergency strategies, reducing the water level, shoring up the dam itself, hoping it will be enough. Some people are asking whether our infrastructure generally is fit for purpose in an era of Climate Change when we are seeing dramatic flooding . That is right. This was built in the 1830s, with mud and clay. A very similar kind of dam nearly broke in yorkshire, near rochester, did i mean rochester . Sorry, ive forgotten the name cracks appeared after a torrential downpour and people were evacuated. The motorway was threatened. All of that meant there were questions raised. Does this ageing victorian infrastructure, is it Strong Enough to cope with the kind of conditions we are seeing . Climate scientists are very clear. They say it is absolutely certain that as air gets warmer, as it is, it can hold more moisture, which means you get heavier downpours. So the kind of conditions that we are seeing that lead to this threat right now in derbyshire, is the kind of thing we can expect to see more of. That means they will have to be a very careful look at whether all of the dams around the country built in victorian times are fit for purpose. David, thank you. David shukman. Borisjohnsons effective parliamentary majority has been cut to just one, after the liberal democrats won the by election in brecon and radnorshire. The party overturned a conservative majority of 8,000 to clinch the seat byjust over 11100 votes. Labour were beaten into fourth place by the brexit party. The new mpjane dodds said voters had chosen hope over fear. Tomos morgan reports. Ina in a brexit voting area, a remain party coming out on top. In a brexit voting area, a remain party coming out on toplj in a brexit voting area, a remain party coming out on top. I do hereby declare that jane dodds is duly elected member of parliament for the said constituency. The clear message from the constituencys new mp to borisjohnson. From the constituencys new mp to Boris Johnson. My very first act as yourmp, when Boris Johnson. My very first act as your mp, when i arrived in westminster, will be to find mr borisjohnson, wherever he is hiding, and tell him it loud and clear, stop playing with the future of our communities. It was celebrations all around in brecon this morning. The liberal democrats victory means the party finally has a seat again in wales and it is a first boost for their new leader. This result sends the message that liberal democrats are winning again. And it comes off the back of her local election success, our best ever European Election results, and it is clear that people dont have to settle for either borisjohnson orjeremy corbyn. The liberal democrats are providing a positive alternative and here in brecon and radnorshire people have voted for that in their droves. This by election was triggered following conservative chris davies conviction in march of submitting false expenses. The result means the tories have a narrow majority of just one in westminster. It is never easy having a tiny working majority but the broader point is it will not distract us from what we have explicitly promised to do. That is deliver brexit so we can seize the opportunities it provides. This constituency lies within the county of rural powys, where the brexit party came out on top in the european parliamentary elections. It comes as no surprise that the brexit party came third. And brexit was no doubt a hugely contributing factor amongst constituents. We voted to come out and that is the reason we are here. It is driving us up the wall. I have heard too much about brexit, yes. I voted liberal alliance. The narrow victory for the lib dems was helped by the other remain parties, clyde comrie and the greens, choosing not to stand, handing the victory to jane dodds with just over a thousand votes. Labour suffered a significant blow, falling to fourth, prompting further questions about its stance on brexit. Ambiguity has not helped us in the last few years. We have tried to say to brexit voters, we are in favour of brexit, but we are in favour of remain. Without a doubt this is a blow for the new Prime Minister. He was in wales only on tuesday and came to the constituency to try and gather support for his man, but that just wasnt enough. His first Electoral Task failed. Boris johnsons task of getting any future brexit vote through parliament has become trigger. Trickier. 0ur political correspondent, peter saull, is in westminster. Is this a by election result with a wider, potentially wider, political significance . Yeah, the lib dem leaderjo swinson said this proved borisjohnson has leaderjo swinson said this proved Boris Johnson has no leaderjo swinson said this proved borisjohnson has no mandate to deliver. He will not change in strategy. He will go ahead with this do ordie strategy. He will go ahead with this do or die idea of us leaving the European Union on october 31. That is clearly a blow to the new Prime Minister. Having said that, many people were predicting that the conservatives would lose more votes in this by election to the brexit party. There is a little bit of evidence of a boris bounce. But if he is going to win a majority at a general election, he needs a johnson jump general election, he needs a johnson jump ready to regain seats like this and take seats in other parts of the country. You can understand why he might be tempted to go into a general election at some point soon, where the Brexit Party Show no sign of going away. It would be a risk if he went into an election having not delivered a brexit. The temptation is there because of the parliamentary numbers here. The governments working majority down to one. We saw how difficult it was, time and time again, for theresa may to pass legislation. When mps return here after their summer break, there could be some pretty massive parliamentary battles ahead. Not least the prospect of a confidence vote in the new government. Peter, thank you. July may have been the hottest month the world has ever had. Provisional figures suggest Global Temperatures last month were 1. 2 degrees above pre industrial levels. The uk recently experienced its highest ever recorded temperature 38. 7 degrees in cambridge and this summer has seen weeks of sweltering weather across europe. Heres our science correspondent, pallab ghosh. Its not water theyre walking through, but a heat haze on the streets in japan. And it has been the same story across many parts of the world. Record temperatures in finland. A three week heatwave in china, too. And now its official. July is one of the hottest, if not the hottest, on record. And july isnt alone. 2019 has been very warm globally. Each month so far is among the four warmest for the month in question. And june has been the highest ever. This particular month has been very warm, but to me this is not really the main point. The main point is that not only this month has been very warm, but last month was very warm. All months during 2019 were very warm in terms of comparing with other years. And that trend is not likely to stop unless we do something about curbing Greenhouse Gas emissions. The results are based on billions of measurements from satellites, ships, aircraft and weather stations all across the world. These latest figures are part of long term trend in rising Global Temperatures. Computer models of the impact of Climate Change predict that more summer temperature records are likely to be broken all across the world more often. And a separate assessment by the World Weather attribution group shows the fingerprint of Climate Change on the current heatwave in western europe. Temperatures are up to three degrees hotter than they otherwise would have been, because of Greenhouse Gases created by human activities. This record shows that the average temperature around the world in july was about 1. 2 degrees above its preindustrial rate. Now thats getting very close to the 1. 5 degree threshold the country signed up to in the paris agreement, and will put pressure on governments that they really now have to act urgently and set a plan to cut their emissions down to zero by the middle of this century. Individual heatwaves cant be pinned to human created global warming. But the increase in extremes of weather that we are beginning to see, is in line with the predictions made by Climate Change experts, and they say they are likely to get worse and more frequent. Pallab ghosh, bbc news. So how much warmer is your city . To find out how where you live might be affected by Climate Change, and what can be done about it, go to bbc. Co. Uk news. More than 50,000 people are facing disruption to their travel plans, after the collapse of two package holiday firms. Super break and super breakm are both in administration. Our personal finance correspondent Simon Gompertz reports. Yes, it is the holidays and a terrible time for a holiday provider to go under. Super break has 400 people has 400 people overseas and many bookings, many in the uk. And many customers have but hotels via laterooms. Because the payment go straight to the hotel, they should be ok. The stories have been emerging on social media are people who think their breaks might be ruined, including winter bookings in iceland, for instance. We have researched the company thoroughly before we paid out the money and there was no hint at that time, just a month ago, that there was any Financial Difficulties at all. Super break was drumming up business close to its end, never too late to visit manchester, it said. And in a statement after its failure, it added that hotel only bookings can be cancelled and people might be asked to pay twice. This is a massive worry for thousands of people who might have booked tickets to shows in londons west end or entries to a theme park, along with the hotel rooms to put the family up for tonight. And the concerns are, well, there hassle factor, trying to sort it all out, whether they will be allowed in and whether they will lose their money. There is some reassurance, their deep, the aquarium in hull, would honour any bookings. Legoland said they were charge 50 of the gate price. Travel body abta says people should be able to get their money back later. L rail ticket plus a theatre ticket is a holiday which will be protected by abta. If you have a package holiday plus a light, that will be protected by atol. If you have accommodation only, Hotel Booking on its own, that will not typically be protected. Abta advises those on a break paying for the hotel should get receipts and if it is a package, they will be reimbursed after making a claim. The governor of the bank of england, mark carney, has warned that many businesses could quickly find they are not viable, if the uk leaves the eu without a deal at the end of october. He also told the bbc that food and fuel prices could rise, and incomes could also be hit. It is not your usual halloween nightmare but the fear is that on 0ctober nightmare but the fear is that on october the 31st, a no deal brexit could me a slowdown in inputs entering the country and this time, it could also hit firms hard, making many of them unprofitable. Mark carney says he is not playing at the scare. With nodeal, the shock to the economy is instantaneous and insta ntly, the economy is instantaneous and instantly, you have these supply, not just instantly, you have these supply, notjust disruptions, so i am not talking about just the notjust disruptions, so i am not talking aboutjust the issues at the ports, which are real, but you actually have businesses that no longer are economic. The wellknown risk is that a shift to the World Trade Organisation regime means higher tariffs added to imported or exported goods. But what mark carney is saying is that it could also be inflationary in other ways. Mark carney has highlighted two things that could happen in a no deal brexit, one is that the pound gets wea ker brexit, one is that the pound gets weaker so your pound buys you fewer dollars or euros to buy imported goods with so those prices go up. The other thing that could happen is the supply of goods from abroad going through our ports and airports slows down and that could also push up slows down and that could also push up price