:00:00. > :00:08.Nine Britons are now known to be among 298 people who died
:00:09. > :00:14.when a Malaysia Airlines passenger jet crashed in Ukraine.
:00:15. > :00:19.There's international shock and anger as suspicion continues to
:00:20. > :00:23.fall on pro-Russian separatists for shooting down the airliner.
:00:24. > :00:26.Tributes to the dead, as stories begin to emerge
:00:27. > :00:32.of some of those who died on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17.
:00:33. > :00:36.It is an absolutely appalling, shocking, horrific incident that
:00:37. > :00:42.has taken place and we have got to get the bottom of what happened.
:00:43. > :00:45.We'll be live in Russia with the latest on the investigation
:00:46. > :00:55.Israel prepares to significantly widen its ground operation in Gaza
:00:56. > :01:01.Peers debate controversial proposals to allow doctors to help terminally
:01:02. > :01:09.3,000 lightning strikes in two hours as storms hit the UK.
:01:10. > :01:14.The Met Office warns of a heatwave for parts of England.
:01:15. > :01:17.How councils are not using their powers to stop homes being
:01:18. > :01:22.An investigation's launched into the finances of this Kilburn
:01:23. > :01:49.Good afternoon and welcome to the BBC News at One from
:01:50. > :01:52.Schiphol Airport in the Netherlands from where Malaysia Airlines flight
:01:53. > :02:01.Four hours later, the plane crashed in eastern Ukraine, and
:02:02. > :02:04.though it's not yet been confirmed the suspicion is that it was shot
:02:05. > :02:08.down, possibly by pro-Russian separatists, though Moscow and
:02:09. > :02:15.289 people died, among them nine Britons.
:02:16. > :02:18.In a moment we'll be reporting on some of those who died
:02:19. > :02:21.in the crash and we'll be live in eastern Ukraine.
:02:22. > :02:28.But first, Nick Childs on the morning's developments.
:02:29. > :02:33.The chilling tell-tales of an air disaster in the midst of conflict.
:02:34. > :02:40.Whose consequences are reverberating around the world.
:02:41. > :02:43.The scene of devastation has also been a bitter battlefield.
:02:44. > :02:46.It brings a dreadful new dimension to an ongoing crisis.
:02:47. > :02:50.Accusations have been flying and emotions boiling over.
:02:51. > :02:54.As international calls grow for a thorough investigation.
:02:55. > :03:06.We ask all respective governments to participate in this investigation
:03:07. > :03:10.and to support the Ukrainian government to bring to justice all
:03:11. > :03:18.these people who committed this international crime.
:03:19. > :03:25.The moment of deadly impact. The Ukrainian government
:03:26. > :03:28.and their Russian backed separatist opponents have been pointing
:03:29. > :03:31.the blame for this at each other. In this amateur video, incredulous
:03:32. > :03:39.onlookers are already talking of the plane being shot down.
:03:40. > :03:42.TRANSLATION: I express my condolences on
:03:43. > :03:46.behalf of the Russian Federation. I want to underline that this
:03:47. > :03:49.tragedy would not have happened if this land was in peace or
:03:50. > :04:04.at least combat operations had not been resumed.
:04:05. > :04:12.It is obvious that the state on whose territory this happened
:04:13. > :04:15.bears the responsibility for this.
:04:16. > :04:20.A carpet of condolence outside the Dutch embassy in Kiev.
:04:21. > :04:28.Most of the victims of this huge tragedy were Dutch but among
:04:29. > :04:34.the many nationalities it is now thought there were also nine
:04:35. > :04:37.Britons. Many of those aboard were heading to an Aids conference in
:04:38. > :04:39.Australia. For the Netherlands it is a tragedy on an international scale.
:04:40. > :04:45.We have to get to the bottom of what happened and how this happened. We
:04:46. > :04:50.have to find more information. On the ground, the pro-Russian
:04:51. > :04:55.separatists have been pushed back by the government. There have been
:04:56. > :05:00.growing charges of heavier Russian weaponry reaching them. Russia
:05:01. > :05:03.denies this. The speculation has focused on this missile system as
:05:04. > :05:07.the weapon that may have brought down the plane. It is in the
:05:08. > :05:14.Ukrainian and Russian arsenals but most theories centre upon it being
:05:15. > :05:22.in rebel hands. It would almost certainly have to be supplied from
:05:23. > :05:25.Russia. The smaller systems that we have seen in rebel hands in recent
:05:26. > :05:44.months are not capable of reaching our line at that alter -- altitude.
:05:45. > :05:47.At the crash site a search and recovery operation is well under
:05:48. > :05:52.way. Human cost of this is already painfully clear but what the
:05:53. > :05:57.political and diplomatic impact of this tragedy will be, for good or
:05:58. > :05:59.ill, in a crisis that has already involved Ukraine and the
:06:00. > :06:02.international community, is less clear.
:06:03. > :06:05.The stories of some of those who died on Flight MH17
:06:06. > :06:08.As many as 100 were researchers, health workers and activists
:06:09. > :06:17.travelling to an international conference on Aids in Australia.
:06:18. > :06:24.An Australian family lost relatives on yesterday's flight and also on
:06:25. > :06:27.the Malaysia Airlines flight that went missing in March. Among the
:06:28. > :06:34.nine Britons was
:06:35. > :06:36.Glenn Thomas, who worked for the World Health Organisation in
:06:37. > :06:37.Geneva. Two others, John Alder and
:06:38. > :06:40.Liam Sweeney, were Newcastle United fans on their way to see
:06:41. > :06:56.their team play in New Zealand. to die tributes for the passengers
:06:57. > :07:01.and crew. Beyond the wise and wherefores of the disaster are 295
:07:02. > :07:09.personal tragedies, 295 grieving families. It has emerged that among
:07:10. > :07:20.the victims was Lee Sweeney, a Newcastle United fan heading to New
:07:21. > :07:26.Zealand to watch the team with his friend John -- Liam Sweeney. They
:07:27. > :07:32.have been involved with the club for a long time. People would know them
:07:33. > :07:41.in the community. Another of the Britons on board was Glenn Thomas.
:07:42. > :07:46.He was working at the World Health Organisation. He was one of dozens
:07:47. > :07:53.of delegates on the flight on the way to an International aids
:07:54. > :07:59.conference in Australia. He was a wonderful person, a great
:08:00. > :08:06.professional and more than that, a wonderful human being. If it is
:08:07. > :08:13.confirmed it will be a terrible loss for all of us. This mobile phone
:08:14. > :08:22.footage posted on the internet apparently shows the moment before
:08:23. > :08:30.take-off. The familiar routine of boarding a plane. Just hours later,
:08:31. > :08:32.everyone on the flight was dead. The crew perished along with the
:08:33. > :08:40.passengers. One of those on the staff list, a 41-year-old, was only
:08:41. > :08:45.on board after swapping a shift with the colleague at the last minute.
:08:46. > :08:51.Most of those who died were from the Netherlands. This man was going on
:08:52. > :08:54.holiday with his girlfriend. He stopped before boarding to take a
:08:55. > :08:59.photograph of the airliner and posted it on Facebook with the
:09:00. > :09:11.message, if the plane disappears, this is what it looks like.
:09:12. > :09:25.The finger of blame is being pointed at pro-Russian separatists. What is
:09:26. > :09:28.the Kremlin saying? They have blamed Ukraine and said that it is Ukraine
:09:29. > :09:32.who has to be held responsible for the crash because it happened on
:09:33. > :09:39.their territory, there is space. The reaction from the Russian Federation
:09:40. > :09:44.was a bit limited, apart from condolences from Vladimir Putin and
:09:45. > :09:49.the call for Ukrainian responsibility. It was the phrase
:09:50. > :09:55.from their Foreign Minister saying that Russia is ready for open and
:09:56. > :10:05.proper investigation, international investigation, and ready to support
:10:06. > :10:15.it. There will be much more coming up throughout the programme.
:10:16. > :10:17.There are still no answers this afternoon as to why
:10:18. > :10:20.Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 came down over Ukraine yesterday.
:10:21. > :10:23.The plane's flight path took it over Donetsk in the troubled region
:10:24. > :10:25.of eastern Ukraine, a route some airlines had chosen to avoid.
:10:26. > :10:38.This scene of utter destruction is where the investigation will begin.
:10:39. > :10:42.It is likely to be a complex process. Experts will want to take a
:10:43. > :10:46.close look at the wreckage but while the inquiry is being led by Ukraine
:10:47. > :10:51.the area is controlled by pro-Russian separatists submitting
:10:52. > :10:55.access could prove difficult. It is vital that they do because the state
:10:56. > :10:59.of the wreckage and the way it has fallen they are made provide
:11:00. > :11:05.valuable clues about what happened. Experts said is likely it was
:11:06. > :11:09.destroyed by accident. If you had binoculars you would have been able
:11:10. > :11:15.to tell because even at 33,000 feet, it is pretty high, but it is an
:11:16. > :11:19.average sort of cruising height, it is a dot in the sky and if you
:11:20. > :11:25.happen to have some missiles and an itchy trigger figure you might not
:11:26. > :11:29.look too carefully. Later the wreckage may be taken away for
:11:30. > :11:35.further investigation. Some may be reassembled like these pieces of the
:11:36. > :11:39.flight alone up over Lockerbie in 1988. It is believed the aircraft
:11:40. > :11:48.was hit by a powerful surface to air missile. A Russian design weapon
:11:49. > :11:54.enveloped during the Cold War for shooting down fighter planes. If it
:11:55. > :11:59.was then the deputy should help to identify who was responsible. They
:12:00. > :12:06.will be looking for fragments going through the structure. What sort of
:12:07. > :12:09.pattern, direction. Ideally they will want to find these fragments
:12:10. > :12:19.and perhaps find fragments of the missile at Dell. -- itself. They
:12:20. > :12:23.will also be keen to find the black boxes. There have been unconfirmed
:12:24. > :12:27.reports they have been found by separatist forces and one may be on
:12:28. > :12:32.the way to Moscow. That is likely to raise concerns that key evidence
:12:33. > :12:33.could be tampered with. There are calls for the inquiry to be handed
:12:34. > :12:37.over to an independent team. The Prime Minister chaired a meeting
:12:38. > :12:39.of the government's emergency Our political correspondent Iain
:12:40. > :12:50.Watson is outside Downing Street. What emerged from the meeting? The
:12:51. > :12:56.Prime Minister has called this incident appalling and horrific and
:12:57. > :13:00.said, if as seemed likely that the plane was brought down, those
:13:01. > :13:02.responsible must be held to account. Several things were decided. Britain
:13:03. > :13:05.is calling for a special Several things were decided. Britain
:13:06. > :13:09.is calling for a meeting of the UN Security Council this afternoon.
:13:10. > :13:17.They wind an independent investigation, that is the main
:13:18. > :13:23.focus and we are already despatching a accident investigators to Kiev.
:13:24. > :13:31.We'll also need Russian agreement. Cameron is seeking to speak to
:13:32. > :13:36.Vladimir Putin and Barack Obama and the UN Secretary General. We are
:13:37. > :13:39.also sending a team of police officers to help the repatriation of
:13:40. > :13:46.British and Dutch bodies, victims of this incident. That lives lost in an
:13:47. > :13:51.incident, it is becoming clear from the meeting, political implications
:13:52. > :13:59.could be very found and long-lasting.
:14:00. > :14:09.There's more information on this story online.
:14:10. > :14:16.There will be continuing coverage on the BBC news channel.
:14:17. > :14:18.Israeli troops, backed by tanks and warplanes, have pushed into Gaza
:14:19. > :14:21.as part of a ground offensive that began yesterday evening.
:14:22. > :14:23.The Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this morning that
:14:24. > :14:29.Israel was prepared to significantly widen the ground operation.
:14:30. > :14:31.24 Palestinians died overnight, including a five-month-old baby.
:14:32. > :14:38.Israel's military says the purpose of the ground attack is
:14:39. > :14:41.to target tunnels dug by Hamas along the border.
:14:42. > :14:45.Heavy fighting was also reported further south in Rafah, from where
:14:46. > :15:00.It began with the heaviest barrage so far. Shells and rockets fell
:15:01. > :15:07.throughout the night. The Israeli military moving to a new phase.
:15:08. > :15:11.throughout the night. The Israeli With a stirring message from their
:15:12. > :15:16.commander, the army moved in in tanks and on foot. The Israelis say
:15:17. > :15:19.they want to destroy tunnels used by gunmen to sneak into Israel.
:15:20. > :15:40.TRANSLATION: My expansion of the ground operation.
:15:41. > :15:44.But a new phase begins a new wave of casualties. More desperate scenes at
:15:45. > :15:49.the hospital this morning. He wails that his two nieces were killed, his
:15:50. > :15:53.brother 's daughters. This five-year-old was alive but her hand
:15:54. > :16:00.was fractured and possibly her skull. They hit our house, says her
:16:01. > :16:04.father. We had 70 or 80 people inside looking for
:16:05. > :16:06.father. We had 70 or 80 people inside century and then they
:16:07. > :16:09.us. Other people are on the move. Gravely ill patients were rushed to
:16:10. > :16:15.this Gaza city clinic late last night. Their hospital was under
:16:16. > :16:20.fire. It is too dangerous to stay, too dangerous to leave them. There
:16:21. > :16:26.was dark smoke and inhaling such smoke is too dangerous. For me and
:16:27. > :16:32.for them. So I had to leave. Why is the hospital? EXPLOSIONS
:16:33. > :16:36.While we talk a salvo of Hamas rockets is fired from the building
:16:37. > :16:42.nearby. How, I wonder, can this be helping? Heave me a human being that
:16:43. > :16:51.I hit you, put you in the corner and I ask you not to respond, just sit
:16:52. > :16:54.there. -- give me. We went to see the hospital for ourselves. The
:16:55. > :16:57.border is just across a nearby field. Israel says rockets were
:16:58. > :17:03.fired from the hospital itself, a claim the Palestinians deny. The
:17:04. > :17:08.staff and the patients save this hospital was hit many, many times.
:17:09. > :17:10.The first time was a week ago and by last night it is simply becoming
:17:11. > :17:14.unbearable. It seems pretty clear that the Israelis don't want anyone
:17:15. > :17:18.staying in this part of the Gaza Strip. Yesterday's talk of a
:17:19. > :17:23.cease-fire is already a distant memory. If anything, things are
:17:24. > :17:29.getting worse. Paul Adams, BBC News, Gaza. We can talk who is live
:17:30. > :17:34.in Gaza and in a moment to Chris Morris who is on the Israeli border.
:17:35. > :17:37.Paul, Hamas say Israel will pay a high price for the invasion but it
:17:38. > :17:43.is Palestinian casualties that are rising. That's right. It is fighting
:17:44. > :17:48.talk but the figures speak for themselves. It's been about 17 hours
:17:49. > :17:53.since the Israelis started their operations on the ground inside the
:17:54. > :17:57.Gaza Strip. In that time according to the Palestinian health Ministry,
:17:58. > :18:01.the Gaza health ministry that is, some 24 people have been killed.
:18:02. > :18:05.Another three children have been hit. This is the third time in three
:18:06. > :18:14.days that a group of children from the same family have been hit to the
:18:15. > :18:22.north of here. In that time one Israeli soldier has been killed in
:18:23. > :18:26.the start of the ground operation. 267 Palestinians, we believe, and
:18:27. > :18:29.two Israelis have been killed since this operation began and on top of
:18:30. > :18:31.that we believe in excess of 20,000 Palestinians are on the move in
:18:32. > :18:36.various parts of the Gaza Strip. Chris, on the Israeli border,
:18:37. > :18:41.preparations seem to be going on to extend the ground action. It is a
:18:42. > :18:47.possibility on the border. Throughout the day we have heard
:18:48. > :18:51.bumps of outgoing fire into Gaza. The Israeli Prime Minister Mr
:18:52. > :18:55.Netanyahu has said there could well be an escalation. Why is that? He
:18:56. > :18:59.has already said you cannot take out tunnels and hidden rocket launching
:19:00. > :19:03.sites from the air and you cannot do it with a limited ground invasion
:19:04. > :19:10.either. Let me show you where we are, across their are the
:19:11. > :19:15.Palestinian towns. We know there have been Israeli forces on the
:19:16. > :19:19.ground in those two towns and it is possible many more will be going
:19:20. > :19:24.across in the coming days. How long this will last we don't know. The
:19:25. > :19:30.last time the Israelis went into Gaza in 2008-2009, it lasted for
:19:31. > :19:34.three weeks and resulted in the deaths of 1400 Palestinians and 13
:19:35. > :19:35.Israelis. Chris Morris and Paul Adams in Gaza, thank you very much.
:19:36. > :19:41.The time is 1:19pm. Our top story this lunchtime: Nine
:19:42. > :19:44.Britons are confirmed dead in the crash of a passenger plane in
:19:45. > :19:46.Ukraine with 298 people on board. And coming up -
:19:47. > :19:49.3,000 lightning strikes in two hours across the UK - with the
:19:50. > :20:03.highest temperatures of the year Later on BBC London, heading for
:20:04. > :20:18.Glasgow. We catch up with the Reading man bowling for Commonwealth
:20:19. > :20:23.glory. And tipping the scales: Can a new project helped cut
:20:24. > :20:25.The House of Lords is debating controversial
:20:26. > :20:28.proposals to change the law to allow what is being called "assisted
:20:29. > :20:32.The bill proposes that doctors should be allowed to prescribe
:20:33. > :20:34.a lethal dose to terminally ill patients who wish to die -
:20:35. > :20:39.The patient must be judged to have fewer than six months to live.
:20:40. > :20:50.Our political correspondent Ben Wright is in Westminster.
:20:51. > :20:58.What have the peer 's been saying? The red benches and the public
:20:59. > :21:02.gallery here are packed. Around 130 peers have asked to speak in today's
:21:03. > :21:07.debate, a huge number and evidence of how much interest there is in
:21:08. > :21:10.this context, highly emotive issue. There are protests happening
:21:11. > :21:12.this context, highly emotive issue. Parliament. Supporters of the bill
:21:13. > :21:23.are chanting "we want choice" and their opponents chant "we want
:21:24. > :21:27.life." The Lord has put this bill forward. They have demanded
:21:28. > :21:32.Parliament must address the issue of assisted dying. The current
:21:33. > :21:37.situation leaves the rich able to go to Switzerland. The majority reliant
:21:38. > :21:40.on amateur resistance. The compassionate are treated like
:21:41. > :21:45.criminals. There are no safeguards in respect of undue pressure, and
:21:46. > :21:50.many people caring so much for those they leave behind dying earlier and
:21:51. > :21:55.alone, because they fear implicating their loved one in a criminal
:21:56. > :22:01.enterprise. It is clear from speeches that Lord Falk Anah has
:22:02. > :22:04.support. The speech is being made at moving and very powerful -- Lord
:22:05. > :22:08.Falconer. Others find his proposal a horrific prospect. Baroness Finlay
:22:09. > :22:12.is a crossbench peer and president of the BMA and an expert in
:22:13. > :22:14.palliative care. In her view the bill would be a step towards
:22:15. > :22:16.euthanasia. This is about licensing doctors to
:22:17. > :22:19.supply lethal drugs to some of their patients
:22:20. > :22:23.and helping them to commit suicide. However long their life really
:22:24. > :22:27.might otherwise have gone on for. I have seen the strongest people,
:22:28. > :22:32.including politicians and senior doctors be the most
:22:33. > :22:37.vulnerable when facing dying. Vulnerable to coercive influence,
:22:38. > :22:48.vulnerable for their fears. The debate will run until around 8pm
:22:49. > :22:51.this evening. But even this Lord Falconer's bill passes the House of
:22:52. > :22:54.Lords it's very unlikely it will clear the House of Commons within
:22:55. > :22:59.this Parliament. The Prime Minister is opposed to this measure on
:23:00. > :23:02.assisted dying. I would say that politically this issue of assisted
:23:03. > :23:08.dying certainly is now picking up pace. Bank you very much.
:23:09. > :23:11.Four in ten adults in England could be offered cholesterol-reducing
:23:12. > :23:15.drugs to protect them against heart attacks and strokes.
:23:16. > :23:17.It comes after the health regulator NICE recommended
:23:18. > :23:20.statins should be extended from high-risk to low-risk patients.
:23:21. > :23:25.But some doctors fear the move could do more harm than good.
:23:26. > :23:28.A warning, this piece by our health correspondent Dominic Hughes has
:23:29. > :23:31.For years, cholesterol-lowering statins, the
:23:32. > :23:34.most prescribed drug in the world, were being offered to people at
:23:35. > :23:49.Now the medicines watchdog in England NICE is recommending that
:23:50. > :23:52.offered even to those patients at low risk, arguing that prevention
:23:53. > :23:56.It is why we use vaccines and immunisation, to prevent disease, it
:23:57. > :24:00.is why we use drugs to lower blood pressure to prevent heart attacks
:24:01. > :24:03.and kidney disease and it is why we are using statins now in this new
:24:04. > :24:06.guidance, to reduce the number of deaths,
:24:07. > :24:14.heart attacks and strokes for people, when they can be prevented.
:24:15. > :24:17.NICE estimates that extending the use of statins would mean
:24:18. > :24:20.an additional 2.5 million people in England may end up being
:24:21. > :24:26.prescribed drugs, costing the NHS about ?52 million a year.
:24:27. > :24:29.NICE believes that could potentially save as many as 4,000 lives a year.
:24:30. > :24:32.Some are uneasy at the prospect of otherwise healthy people taking
:24:33. > :24:56.Almost every man of about 60 years of age, and every
:24:57. > :24:59.woman above 65 eligible for me that is putting statins into the
:25:00. > :25:02.I think we are medicalising a condition that is normal ageing.
:25:03. > :25:04.Doctors union has rejected the guidelines.
:25:05. > :25:06.Nice insists its findings are based on the most
:25:07. > :25:09.The argument reflects broader concerns about the medicalisation
:25:10. > :25:12.A leaked government report into claims that hardline Muslims
:25:13. > :25:15.tried to infiltrate schools in Birmingham is said to have found
:25:16. > :25:17.evidence of "coordinated action" to introduce what it describes
:25:18. > :25:20.And in the last few minutes Birmingham
:25:21. > :25:22.City Council has published its own findings into the allegations.
:25:23. > :25:25.Alex Forsyth is outside the Council House in Birmingham.
:25:26. > :25:33.There are two reports out today, although one of them is a leak. Do
:25:34. > :25:37.they come to the same conclusions? Broadly, yes. This all started with
:25:38. > :25:40.an anonymous letter that claimed there had been a plot by some
:25:41. > :25:46.hardline Muslims to take over some schools in Birmingham. Five schools
:25:47. > :25:50.were placed into special measures by Ofsted and denied any wrongdoing.
:25:51. > :25:54.There was a number of wider investigations. One of those was
:25:55. > :25:57.commissioned by the Department for Education and findings were due to
:25:58. > :26:00.be published in the next few days. The Guardian newspaper claims it has
:26:01. > :26:04.seen a leaked draft copy. It says it has found evidence of a sustained
:26:05. > :26:09.uncoordinated agenda to impose a hardline string of Islam on
:26:10. > :26:14.children. It says this was an intolerant agenda and it appears to
:26:15. > :26:18.be a deliberate attempt to convert secular state schools into faith
:26:19. > :26:22.schools. As you say, in the last few minutes we have also been given a
:26:23. > :26:25.copy of the report by Birmingham City Council into this affair. It
:26:26. > :26:29.also found that some individuals were trying to impose Islamic
:26:30. > :26:33.principles on some schools in an inappropriate way, but did not find
:26:34. > :26:38.any evidence of an organised plot to take over schools. So there are some
:26:39. > :26:40.are differences between the conclusions. What they agree on is
:26:41. > :26:44.something has gone wrong in the schools in Birmingham and the
:26:45. > :26:47.question is how to resolve patent power to stop it happening here or
:26:48. > :26:54.elsewhere in future. Thank you for joining us.
:26:55. > :26:57.Lightning struck more than 3,000 times in two hours in the UK
:26:58. > :27:00.as storms moved across the country overnight and this morning.
:27:01. > :27:02.The Met Office has issued a heatwave alert for southern
:27:03. > :27:04.England and the Midlands, with temperatures set to climb
:27:05. > :27:13.Here is our correspondent, Joe Black. They have been bathing in
:27:14. > :27:18.this light in Cheltenham since the 30s. Back then some protection
:27:19. > :27:24.didn't seem such a concern. That all these years later and despite all
:27:25. > :27:27.the warnings not every swimmer was wearing sunscreen today. -- sun
:27:28. > :27:32.protection. I wouldn't put it on before I got in the water but would
:27:33. > :27:35.not laze around in the sun after. It is a personal decision whether you
:27:36. > :27:40.would or not but I just choose not to. When the temperatures rise Ian
:27:41. > :27:47.Barton and his team are on the lookout. If they think people are
:27:48. > :27:52.burning up they intervene. We notice if they have problems with sun they
:27:53. > :27:56.go red and we will suggest to them to cover up and get out of the sun
:27:57. > :28:00.for a bit and put on some cream and obviously drink lots of water during
:28:01. > :28:03.the day. Already temperatures are soaring across the South, South
:28:04. > :28:08.East, East Anglia and here in the Midlands, with some place is
:28:09. > :28:12.expected to reach highs of over 30 degrees -- places. The advice from
:28:13. > :28:18.experts on how to cope in a heat wave isn't exactly new but it's an
:28:19. > :28:22.important message nonetheless. People will find it hard to
:28:23. > :28:26.recognise the signs of overheating and older people living on their
:28:27. > :28:29.own, it would be good if people can check up on family members, friends
:28:30. > :28:33.and relatives, who might be struggling in the heat and might not
:28:34. > :28:40.have remembered some of the simple ways that they can keep cool in the
:28:41. > :28:44.hot weather. Our travel plans may also be affected. This lunch time
:28:45. > :28:48.network rail is introducing speed restrictions on parts of the rail
:28:49. > :28:57.network, disrupting some services into this evening's rush and beyond.
:28:58. > :29:03.On the beach here in Southwold sun-worshippers continued to soak up
:29:04. > :29:05.the heat. Last night's thunderstorms came and went but forecasters say
:29:06. > :29:12.there are plenty more to come. Joe Black, BBC News. Plenty more to
:29:13. > :29:13.come. And here for more detail is John Hammond with the weather
:29:14. > :29:22.forecast. The atmosphere is in a volatile
:29:23. > :29:26.state. Heat and humidity generating these storms. We saw some last night
:29:27. > :29:35.and you have sent in your photos. This was the shot taken from Bath.
:29:36. > :29:38.These were the lightning strikes in Sussex. These storms have been
:29:39. > :29:42.moving northwards through the early hours. You can see how much
:29:43. > :29:45.lightning there was. It wasn't raining everywhere because some
:29:46. > :29:48.places avoided the storms and that is a taste of what is to come this
:29:49. > :29:54.weekend. There will be torrential downpours in some places and others
:29:55. > :29:59.of avoiding it entirely. The storms are still rumbling across parts of
:30:00. > :30:03.Scotland and still catching some showers as well. In between some
:30:04. > :30:07.sunshine in northern parts of Scotland, although the east coast is
:30:08. > :30:11.notably cooler than the rest of the country, just in the mid teens here.
:30:12. > :30:14.Those other storms across central Scotland. One or two are developing
:30:15. > :30:17.with high-temperature is across the heart of England. They could be
:30:18. > :30:21.intense but localised. A lot of sunshine across central and southern
:30:22. > :30:24.areas and temperatures already reaching 30 degrees, racism in day
:30:25. > :30:30.and an oppressive day. High humidity. It is deceptively quiet
:30:31. > :30:36.but don't be fooled because another clump of storms will come out of
:30:37. > :30:42.France. They will be more widespread and up through the heart of England
:30:43. > :30:47.and parts of Wales as well. -- and intense day. It will not be easy
:30:48. > :30:51.sleeping because of the heat but also possibly could have the thunder
:30:52. > :30:54.and lightning. This clutch of storms moves its way northwards through
:30:55. > :30:58.other parts of England and Wales and into parts of southern Scotland,
:30:59. > :31:01.grazing Northern Ireland. Then it brightens up across the southern and
:31:02. > :31:06.central areas and then we could well see some more storms developing late
:31:07. > :31:10.on in that a particularly. We could see is intense downpours. Getting
:31:11. > :31:13.the detail of this will not be easy, such is the volatility of the
:31:14. > :31:18.atmosphere at the moment. But the storms could well cause some serious
:31:19. > :31:22.issues locally. That has prompted The Met office to issue an amber
:31:23. > :31:24.warning. Be prepared. There could well be problems with the storms,
:31:25. > :31:30.torrential downpours depositing several inches of rain in a short
:31:31. > :31:35.space of time. Other places will avoid the storms entirely. The plume
:31:36. > :31:38.of storms moves up to the north-east and many other places will see some
:31:39. > :31:42.brightness but again high humidity and further thundery downpours could
:31:43. > :31:45.develop. Keep your eye on the forecast over the next few days as
:31:46. > :31:51.it will change by the hour. Thank you for joining us. A reminder of
:31:52. > :31:55.the top story this lunch time: nine Britons are confirmed dead in the
:31:56. > :32:00.crash of a passenger plane in Ukraine with 298 people on board.
:32:01. > :32:03.That's all from us this lunch time but they will be continuing coverage
:32:04. > :32:04.throughout the