Its been the hottest day in august for 17 years, as large parts of the uk experienced high temperatures and the south of england baked in a heatwave. London reached just over 36 degrees celsius. People are advised to avoid busy beaches and maintain social distancing throughout the weekend, with the warm weather set to continue. Sangita myska reports now from southend on sea. Sun, sea, sand and social distancing. This is british summertime in our new normal. The sun seekers of essex today flocked to southend sea front as temperatures here and across englands Southern Coast have soared. The government is urging people to keep their distance from one another, but with limited success. When we got here we suddenly realised there was a lot of people in a very small amount of space. So were going to try our best to keep our distance from everybody else. Its difficult when its so crowded everywhere, isnt it . Yeah, not many people wear masks in shops around here, ive noticed. Well, i was stuc
Face coverings have become of areas that well see japan remembers the victims compulsory in more public the focus of the heat of nagasaki, 75 years spaces in england and scotland. Again during sunday. After the atom bomb people visiting museums, we start with some very high cinemas, and places of worship will have to cover their faces temperatures in the morning was dropped on the city. In the south east corner of england, in england and the new rule perhaps 19 20 degrees. Applies to any sales area again, its cooler as you had no compromise in congress further north, maybe 11 5 on how much to fund out of work thats open to the public in in the north west of scotland. Scotland. Katy austin reports. Americans, so President Trump forces though his plans with executive orders. The big screen is back. In between, we have a paradise polluted. Ten of cinema chain vues 90 got this zone more oil spills from a stricken sites reopened yesterday, of cloud thats pushed ship off the coast of includi
The threat of a heavier one brushing the coast of sussex and kent. Here, temperatures could be no lower than 19 20 tonight. Quite a contrast again across the uk. Much cooler in the highlands and scotland, 4 5 with some mist and fog patches. Tomorrow, many places will have a dry day with some warm sunshine developing. These are light showers, maybe getting all the way to Northern Ireland, will fade away and well see the cloud thinning and breaking, retreating back to some of those north sea coast from northumberland down to lincolnshire. I think well stay rather cool here with that onshore breeze as well. An easterly breeze means its always going to be warmer in western parts of scotland. The highest temperatures will again be through the midlands, southeast wales, the west country, southeast england and east anglia. 3a or 35 is our high on sunday. Gradually, that heat will ebb away next week, but its a very slow process, and the heat is always going to be more focused to the southeast
The number of companies in the uk planning mass redundancies in june was five times higher than during the same period last year, according to figures obtained by the bbc. Airbus, royal mail and hsbc were among nearly 1,800 firms which announced job cuts in june. Heres our Business Correspondent katy austin. In late may, liz received the news she had been dreading, work had dropped off at the mailing firm she had worked and she was being made redundant from her adminjob. I feel like iamon from her adminjob. I feel like i am on the scrapheap if im honest with you. Its a massive impact. Initially, sheer panic, how i gotta get through this, how i gotta get through this, how are going to cope . Even with support like the fellow scheme, the crisis has hit thousands of businesses hard. Among the Larger Companies that announced redundancy plans in june were airbus centrica and the restaurant group, the owner of ben jerrys. The restaurant group, the owner of ben jerrys. There are fears of furt
Now on bbc news, its witness history. Hello and welcome to a special edition of witness history with me, razia iqbal, here at the British Academy in london as we present five Amazing Stories from the world of art. Coming up, how the acclaimed british sculptor henry moore changed modern art. We speak to the man who wrapped the reichstag in 1995 and a nigerian artist inspired by the Oil Pollution of her homeland. Plus the pioneer who photographed tsarist russia in colour. But first, we go to china where in 1974 an accidental discovery revealed one of the wonders of the world. A vast Terracotta Army which laid buried beneath the earth for more than 2000 years. Archaeologist li xiuzhen worked on the astonishing find. Newsreel it is a vast pottery army that is slowly being unearthed from the tomb where it has lain for more than 2000 years. Now to something more modern. The british artist henry moore revolutionised the world of sculpture during the 20th century, changing the way we see the h