Extreme Heatwave and Rail Disruption

There are growing signs that Sakir Starmer is on the brink of announcing his resignation as Prime Minister, possibly, as soon as this morning. Saki has faced growing pressure to set a timetable for his departure after his potential leadership challenger Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by election for Labour last week. Our chief political correspondent Henry Zeffman is monitoring developments from Downing Street. We don't know definitively that Sakhstahmer is going to resign , but we do know that it is the widespread expectation of people at all different levels of the Labour Party, including some quite senior people who remain loyal to Sakhir Stahmer that he is going to resign . And that suggests when you combine it with the fact that there's been rampant speculation for the past twenty four hours and more , that Sekistar is about to resign, which hasn't really been dampened down by Downing Street . The Education Minister Baroness Jankie Smith says the Prime Minister will make his own decisions about his future. He's also of course been thinking about what the best thing to do given some of the challenges that we know he's facing , what the best thing for the country is to do, and that's what the Prime Minister always focuses on and that's what he's been thinking about over the weekend. 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 Rollout reports. During the coming week, the MET Office is warning this heat wave will continue to build and expand. 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. Pakistani and Qatari mediators say progress has been made in peace talks between Iran and the United States in Switzerland in a joint statement at the end of the first round of discussions, they said the two countries had agreed on a mechanism to end the fighting in Lebanon talks are due to continue for the rest of the week. 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 of Education follows a number of safeguarding incidents in nurseries, including two separate convictions of nursery workers for the manslaughter of children in their care. Rail passengers who use the Midland Main Line route through Bedford are being asked to only travel if absolutely necessary after Friday's cr ash. The driver who was killed in the collision between two trains was named yesterday as sixty year old Sean Burton. Nine of the injured 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, Simon Browning reports. Only travel, if necessary is the message from the Transport Secretary, Heidi Alexander after Friday's collision. A reduced tens service will run from London and Pancras to Luton, where trains will terminate. All East Midland services heading south will end at Bedford. Limited rail replacement buses are in operation and ticket restrictions have been eased to allow people to travel on alternative routes. Yesterday, the East Midlands railways driver who died was named as Sean Burton. His family said they were devastated by his loss. The investigation into how the collision happened continues. Cape Ver havede continued their unlikely progress in the Football World Cup. They drew two with Uruguay in Miami after holding European Champions Spain to a draw. With Saudi Arabia in their final group game next weekend, they remain on course for a replace in the knockout stages of the tournament, the BBC 's Paul Unio was broadcasting live with fans from the tiny Atlantic archipelago when Cape Birds scored their first goal. I personally think so far Kafuer has been playing great. He's been matching Uruguay's treasure , that's a good , that's a good already . The kid has made history tonight. Sprouting a lab bullying. You guys see who's history we are going to the next race. Why do you make a legal everybody wrong