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From BBC News 00:00 — Jun 21, 2026
BBC News 00:00 — Jun 21, 2026 — starts at 0:00
There is a growing expectation in Westminster that Sir Kier Starmer could set out a timetable to step away from number ten as soon as the morning. Earlier, the business secretary Peter Kyle said the Prime Minister was reflecting on political realities. Andy Burnham, who won the Makerfield by election last week, is widely tipped to replace Sir Kir. Our political editor Chris Mason says what's up to the Prime Minister is the timing of his exit. Barreling down on the west coast mainline towards London Euston tomorrow, one Andy Burnham, he will be sworn in as an MP and there will be a growing expectation from the minute he arrives around what might happen next. From the Prime Minister's perspective, robbed as he has been of so much of his authority , the one element of agency he retains is being able to control what he says next and when the family of the driver who was killed in the train crash near Bedford on Friday say they are devastated by his loss. Sean Burton who was sixty died when the East Midlands railway train he was driving crashed into the back of another . Services between Bedford and London St Pancras are expected to be disrupted for the next week because of work to remove the trains. The Met Office is warning that extreme heat in parts of England and Wales over the next four days could affect people's health and daily lives. Forecasts suggest temperatures could reach highs of thirty eight Celsius in places with an ambuler due to come into force. Much of Europe is also sweltering in the heat wave. These residents were trying to stay cool in Paris. We came here to the river to swim. Yeah, it's just so hot out there. It's terrible to sleep at night. You just got to deal with it, I guess. I think I'm just using the same techniques as everyone else. Keep your shutters down, your windows closed. There's lots of water points all over Paris. Go to work if you have AC or go to the gym. One of the all time greats of tennis Serena Williams has accepted a wild card to play in the women's singles at Wimbledon this year. The forty four year old came out of retirement earlier this month when she competed at Queen's Club in London . A live stream from a honey buzzard nest in Sussex is giving wildlife lovers an unprecedented glimpse of one of the UK's rarest birds of prey . A oneround hundred and thirty pairs migrate from West Africa each spring to nest in British woodlands. One pair has laid two eggs in Ashdown Forest where a camera has been installed close to the nest. These bird watchers say it's fascinating. I have had a look at the Odstream. I thought it was excellent because you get a very close up view of a bird that you wouldn't ever see that close up. They're a migrant so they're coming in in mid May . They'll be gone by the end of September , so it's an opportunity to see a bird that you wouldn't otherwise see.
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