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like nothing else in my life. good morning from edgbaston ahead of the second day of an ashes series that s so far lived up to all the hype. a brilliant century from joe root and brave battling by england helped them to nearly 400 before they turned the pressure onto australia, with this opening test intriguingly poised. and ian wright, ken bruce and davina mccall are among those in the king s first birthday honours list. it will feel increasingly humid this weekend when the sun is out but more cloud around and the increasing chance of thundery showers especially tomorrow. all the details here, on breakfast. it s saturday the 17th june. around 500 people are still missing at sea after a boat, carrying migrants, sank off the southern coast of greece on tuesday. at least 78 people have died. the greek authorities are now facing mounting questions about whether more could have been done to prevent the tragedy. louisa pilbeam reports. this new footage is said to show the boat in ....
have gone over it. the overnight temperatures did not drop below 25 degrees for some, emily more in yorkshire was one of the hottest spots. the daytime has certainly gone, as ipm spots. the daytime has certainly gone, as 1pm the first a0 celsius day in the uk at heathrow. wales saw their hottest day yesterday, not quite so hot today, potentially getting hotter in scotland to break the national record under northern ireland things have already started to cool down. and in northern ireland. in western areas we have the first signs of some fresh air pushing on, across central and eastern parts of the heat continues to build. temperatures will drop a little across the southernmost counties, they be dropping a little london areas but from london northwards towards parts of the east midlands, lincolnshire and yorkshire we could she democracy temperatures topped ai we could she democracy temperatures topped a1 or a2. temperatures will drop further across northern ireland in ....
Passengers began arriving back in the uk from rhodes overnight on scheduled flights, and our reporter simon hare was at east midlands airport, to hear about some of their experiences. here at east midlands airport in leicestershire, we ve seen scheduled flights returning from rhodes overnight and many relieved holidaymakers and their relatives here in the arrivals lounge. we ve heard stories of evacuation, of power cuts at hotels, holidays cut short and lots and lots of smoke from those wildfires in rhodes. close up, it looked like hell on earth, to be honest. and, you know, there s a lot of fire, but ijust hope everybody is ok. we heard multiple sirens this morning. all the power went off, so we were panicked. you saw everyone coming out in their balconies trying to see what s going on. no one was telling us anything. i think we went to some ....
Of the actual hotel staff, knew that there was fires and stuff, but i don t think anyone realised how bad it was when you re like, no, the centre of it. yeah. we got to the airport ati am. so yeah. you had to wait 16 hours for yourflight home. well, many flights and holidays to rhodes have been cancelled, but flights to repatriate stranded holidaymakers are still going ahead. and later today, easyjet putting on an extra two flights as well. and if you ve got a holiday or a flight to rhodes booked in the near future, the advice is to contact your travel operator or hotel. simon hare, bbc news, east midlands airport. travel expert simon calder will be here at 6:30am with help and advice for those hoping to travel to greece or looking to get home. plans to prioritise building new homes in inner city areas rather than ....