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and the heat is on — the met office says today could be the hottest day of the year so far. some parts of the uk will be hotter than athens and ibiza today. what's it like where you are and how are you coping? get in touch @annitabbc and use the #bbcyourquestions. also coming up, birth control for grey squirrels as scientists hope to control an expanding population and save our native reds. hello and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary, liz truss, is the latest senior cabinet member to enter the conservative leadership race. ii contenders are now in the running. conservative...

Britain's next prime minister. boris johnson stays at number ten until then. tax has emerged as one of the key pledges among candidates, but questions have been raised about how they will be paid for. appearing on the today programme earlier, the business secretary said tax increases aren't the way to encourage growth. there is no way we are going to increase the economy and help our future for our children without incentivising some investment and we do not do that by raising taxes to the highest level since 1949. it does not make sense. i5 the highest level since 1949. it does not make sense...

Older people and pets. there is a heat health alert for england, the uk health security agency and the met office have issued levels two and three health alerts. level three, for the east of england, south—east and london, level four is the highest which would see a major incident declared. with the heat over the next few days, it's notjust daytime temperatures that will be well above average, but night time as well. we will see heat exhaustion, a likely outcome for many who are out in the day during the afternoon. the strong july sunshine, uv levels of seven and eight, and temperatures, we'...