Weather Warnings and International Sports

Signs are growing that Sakir Starmer could set out a plan to stand down as Prime Minister as early as tomorrow. He's been under intense pressure from labour colleagues following Andy Burnham's return to Westminster , our political correspondent Joe Pike's been following developments. Everything I've heard from senior figures in government points to one probable eventuality that the man who arrived in Downing Street victorious less than two years ago may soon be going in the opposite direction , his authority drained away. Many in Labour are now talking about Kistama but about who and what comes next . A train driver who died when two passenger trains collided near Bedford on Fridays been named as sixty year old Sean Bur ton. His family say they're devastated and their thoughts are also with those affected by the incident. Dozens of passengers were injured, nine people remain in a critical condition in hospital. A thirty two year old man from Syria has been arrested on suspicion of manslaughter after a woman died attempting to cross the channel in a small boat yesterday. She was found unresponsive in a dinghy carrying more than ninety people and died despite receiving medical treatment. The Met Office hass ised anu amber warning for extreme heat from early tomorrow morning covering much of southern and eastern England and some parts of Wales. From Wednesday, the warnings extended to encompass most of Wales, Greater Manchester, Lancashire and Yorkshire. Temperatures could reach thirty eight Celsius or beyond in some areas this week. The climate scientist Dr. Samantha Burgess says there's a simple explanation. Weather is the cause of heat waves and we've always had heat waves, but climate change is making them hot ter, making them more frequent and making them last longer. The heat that we're facing at the moment is truly exceptional for the time of year. Iran and the US have started face to face talks in Switzerland on extending their ceasefire into a long term peace deal. Speaking at the summit, the U. S. Vice President JD Vance called the negotiations historic and said he hoped the two sides could reset their relationship . Cricket and England have suffered a cr ushing defeat in the second test at the Oval against New Zealand who won by two hundred and fifty three runs. The result sets up a decider at Trent Bridge on Thursday when Ben Stokes will return as England captain. Joe Root, who's been standing in for him is philosophical about the team's prospects. Obviously frustrating to be steered here this side of the result, but very quickly we got to learn from some of the small areas and mistakes going into a series defining game at Trent Bridge. So all to play for, lots of look forward to . And the fact that the game comes around quite quickly, I think it's a pretty good thing for us. And RNLI Lifeboat Station welcomed a fourth generation of the same family. Ellie Guy, who's eighteen or follow in the footsteps of her great grandfather, grandfather and father by working at Eastbourne station in Sussex. She says seeing her dad come home happy and proud to be part of the RNLI made her want to be part of that as well.