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theirjourneys being told not to travel unless their journeys are being told not to travel unless theirjourneys are essential and there are no trains at all running out of london s king s cross. across europe, the heatwave has brought deadly wildfires in france, spain, portugal and greece, with thousands forced to flee their homes. and we ll be answering your questions about how to keep cool and safe in these record temperatures. also this lunchtime. pay rises are about to be announced for more than two million public sector workers, including doctors, nurses and teachers. conservative mps are voting now in the party leadership race, whittling the current four contenders down to three. and laura muir wins the first medalfor great britain at the world athletics championships. and coming up on the bbc news channel, ben stokes plays his final one day international for england later in their series opener against south africa at the cricket grounds where it all began. good a ....
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 the hottest ever recorded in the uk, with temperatures failing to fall below 25 degrees in some places. network rail has issued a do not travel warning for anyone travelling through the zone covered by the extreme weather warning. the east coast main line out of london s kings cross is closed and there will be no thames link for great northern services running north from london all day. many other lines are subject to speed restrictions. the hot weather is also putting pressure on the nhs emergency ....
Social care officials in the uk deliver a scathing assessment of the governments handling of the pandemic in a leaked letter they describe the distribution of protective kit for carers as shambolic. And the 99 year old war veteran captain tom moore completes 100 laps of his garden before turning 100 himself raising over £12 million for the nhs. Im surrounded by the right sort of people, so yes, i feel fine. I hope youre all feeling fine too. Hello and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. Were covering all the latest coronavirus developments here in britain and globally. And here, the uk Health Secretary says everyone can see it is too early to make changes to the nationwide coronavirus lockdown. Matt hancock says a formal decision will be announced this afternoon. The Opposition Labour Party says it will back the government, but is asking for more ....
I do stay because i do actually love the job. i don t know what else i d do because i ve done it that long. but sometimes you do think, is it worth it? their boss says he s increased staff pay by 11% and the mileage allowance by 33%, but people are still leaving. since april, we ve lost 10% of our workforce, staff saying they just cannot afford to do the job. it s costing them sometimes in excess of £30, £a0 a week in order to be able to drive to their clients to deliver the quality service they want to deliver. i am extremely worried, probably the most worried i have ever been. cath roth runs council care services in leeds. she says more government funding is needed now as the pressures will increase overwinter. we have areas of the country where we have care deserts, and it causes real hardship for families that are struggling to care for their loved ones on their own. at its worst, i think it places ....