Extreme heatwave forecast for Southern England

There are growing signs that Sakir Starmer is on the brink of announcing his resignation as Prime Minister, possibly as soon as this morning. Senior Cabinet colleagues have told Sakir, who spent the weekend mulling his future, to set a timetable for his departure. Just seventy two hours ago, Downing Street insisted he would fight any leadership challenge, but that's now considered unlikely. The new MP for Makerfield, Andy Burnham, is making his way to Westminster, where he'll be sworn in later today. Our correspondent Greg McKenzie says Sir Kirit may aim to leave office at the end of the summer. Insiders say probably September would be the exit point that would give him enough time to get his defense investment plan over the line in time for the upcoming NATO summit planned for July. So as for Andy Burnham, he is expected in Parliament today . So today u,ltimately , we will find out whether the Securist armor is planning to resign and whether Andy Verdin will head for a leadership challenge. The former Labour leader Lord Kinick thinks the BBC told the BBC that any transition of power must be quick and smooth. I just want us to ensure that the Labour Party is not conveying the impression to the country that we're more concerned about ourselves than we are about the well being of the nation. First of all, because that's our duty and secondly our reality , but thirdly, because to do otherwise is lethal . The UK's record for the hottest June temperature looks likely to be broken this week, with forecasts as high as thirty eight Celsius for parts of Southern England. A met office amber warning for extreme heat is in place until midnight on Thursday, covering much of the south and east the Midlands and parts of Wales. Tropical nights are likely for some areas too when temperatures don't drop below twenty celsius, our climate editor Justin Rollitt reports. During the coming week, the MET Office is warning this heat wave will continue to build and and. The peak is now expected on Wednesday or Thursday with temperatures into the mid thirties across most of England and Wales. The all time record for June thirty five point six Celsius could be smashed, with some parts of the south potentially reaching a sweltering thirty eight Celsius . New checks on safe sleep practices are to be introduced in nurseries in England from this autumn alongside an extra three thousand unannounced offset inspections each year. The change from the Department for Education follows a number of safeguarding incidents, including two separate convictions of nursery work ers for the manslaughter of children in their care. Haley Hassel reports. Sleep practices such as how and where a child is put down for rest and whether they are checked on will be considered at all off stood inspections of early years provid ers from September . It says that if routines fall short, it will be reflected in the rating awarded. Dangerous sleep practices were discovered at two separate nurseries in which children were killed in twenty twenty two. A fourteen month old baby died at Fairytales Nursery in Dudley after being tightly wrapped in a sleeping bag with a blanket over his head. The nursery worker involved was jailed in April Rail passengers who use the Midland Main Line route through Breedford are being asked to only travel if absolutely necessary after Friday's crash. The driver who was killed in the collision between two trains was named yesterday as sixty year old Sean Burton. Nine of the injuries remain in a critical condition in hospital. The line between Luton and Bedford will be closed until Sunday with significant disruption expected through the week. The discount website Woucher has apologised after customers were sent an email which appeared to mock last week's incident at a zoo in Cambridgeshire where a young child had to be rescued from a crocodile enclosure. It understood the three year old was attacked by at least one of the reptiles. The marketing email ed urg customers to snap up a selection of deals quicker than a croc can catch a kid. The company said the wording was unacceptable and it was extremely sorry . Tennis and Serena Williams is to make a surprise return to the women's singles at Wimbledon after accepting a wild card for this year's tournament. The forty four year old who's won the Wimbledon singles title seven times came out of retirement earlier this month. She's already been given a wild card to pay in the doubles alongside her sister, Venus Williams.