Extreme Heat Warning and Sports Records

The newly sworn in MP for Makefield Andy Burnham says he will stand to replace Sir Kier Starmer, who announced his resignation as Prime Minister this morning. The former health secretary , Wrees Steting, has given Mr Burnham his backing , despite previously saying he would run in any leadership contest. The BBC understands that the Chief Secretary to the Prime Minister, Darren Jones, hasn't ruled out putting himself forward for the job. The leader of the Green Party, Zach Polanski, said Labour had lost the trust of the country. They can change the leadership. I think people are increasingly looking to the Green Party who actually want to see bold leadership. We want to make hope normal again. And what does that mean? Practically? That means making sure we're protecting everyone in this country, our teachers, our nurses, our doctors, our cleaners, all the people who are out there every day working really hard . A thirty six year old man from Edinburgh has appeared in court charged with five counts of attempted murder linked to terrorism after a series of attacks in the city on Friday. Lewis Hawkes, who was also charged with robbery and breach of the peace did not submit a plea . The former Democratic Unist Party leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has been found guilty of eighteen historical child sex offences, including one count of rape after two women accused him of sexually abusing them as children. The judge said he faces a lengthy prison term when he is sentenced in September . The Met Office is warning that extreme heat for large parts of England and Wales could lead to serious illness or danger to life when a red alert comes into force on Wednesday. People are being urged to consider changing their daily routines. An amber alert is already in place. The BBC weather forecaster, Darren Bette, says the temperatures could be record bre aking. Across the whole of the country temperatures are going to rise, but it's going to be across England and Wales that we'll see the highest temperatures and we've got thirty seven on the chart could potentially get higher Wednesday, Thursday, thirty eight to possibly even forty degrees which, is completely outrageous . And especially when you think of what the record june temperature currently stands at thirty five point six that was set in ' fifty seven and nineteen seventy six Argentina's Lionel Messi has become the all time leading scorer at the Men's Football World Cup, overtaking Germany's Murrasav Closer who has sixteen goals. Messi's seventeenth goal at the finals gave his country a one mill lead against Austria before his eighteenth sealed a two nil victory in stoppage time. John Bennett was watching. The historic moment came seven minutes before half time as Leonore Messi made a signature run just inside the box to slot home into the bottom corner. He could have broken the record even earlier but he put a penalty wide of the post. Messi's taken twenty eight World Cup appearances to overtake Mirislav closer. His first World Cup was in two thousand six when he became the youngest player to represent and score for Argentina at the tournament. Since then he scored every World Cup apart from the twenty ten competition in South Africa. Messi turns thirty nine on Wednesday