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across the uk. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines: newly—appointed chancellor nadhim zahawi and transport secretary grant shapps announce they'll be standing for the conservative party leadership. the president of sri lanka announces he'll step down on the thirteenth ofjuly after protestors storm his official residence and set the prime minister's home on fire — it's over the handling of the country's economic crisis. the body of japan's assassinated former prime minister is brought home. police admit security flaws over his shooting. health warnings are issued as southern an...

convoy of ships. warnings that millions of children in england could go hungry this summer because councils have reduced or scrapped free school meal vouchers over the holidays. french officials trying to rescue a beluga whale trapped in the river seine come up with a new strategy to free it — find out how they plan to return it back to sea. and 72 artefacts forcibly removed from benin city during a british military incursion in 1897 will be returned to nigeria by a london museum. good afternoon. hopes are high of a truce between israel and gaza after three days of violence that's ...

so some torrential thundery downpour is likely first thing tomorrow morning. they will gradually drift away by lunchtime leaving a legacy of cloud perhaps the many. but then dryer and brighter conditions. a little bit more comfortable tomorrow, we are starting to lose that humidity. 15 to 23 degrees. another weather front bushing and on friday, this one a bit of a nuisance, some showers before a little bump of high pressure builds behind. friday is a really messy story, there will be some showers around, will cloud the further north and west, dry with some sunshine out to the east an...

good morning. the governor of the bank of england has defended the decision to raise interest rates, saying there's a "real risk" of soaring prices becoming "embedded". yesterday, the bank warned the uk will fall into recession as it raised interest rates by the largest amount in 27 years. the uk economy is forecast to shrink in the last three months of this year, as the bank predicts a recession that will last well into next year. the bank says that sharp increases in energy prices will push inflation to more than 13% — a 42 year high — and that the value of people's incomes is ...

experiences its biggest ever outbreak of avian flu. good morning from birmingham, where england are celebrating a double diving gold — one for the team's teenage star at her first commonwealth games and another for the most experienced diver retaining his title. it's friday the 5th of august. our main story. a hosepipe ban will come into force in parts of southern england later today, as recent extreme temperatures and a lack of rainfall continue to put pressure on waterways and water supplies. southern water said the move, which affects the isle of wight and parts of hampshire, wa...