Summary
The UK experiences one of its hottest days on record, with a high of 38.1C recorded in Suffolk.
Adam is joined by BBC Weather presenter Matt Taylor and Dimitri Zenghelis, from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change, to discuss the warm weather.
And Tom Tugendhat has been knocked out of the Tory leadership race. Adam and Alex go through the results from the latest round of voting.
This episode of Newscast was made by Tim Walklate and Clare Williamson, with Alix Pickles and Chris Flynn. The technical producer was Gareth Jones. The assistant editor was Sam Bonham.
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | BBC Sounds, Music, Radio, Podcasts. |
| 0:05.0 | Hello, it's very, very hot, but you knew that already. |
| 0:08.8 | Back in my news-drawn days, one of the classic things we do |
| 0:11.8 | is to find out how zoos are coping, |
| 0:13.4 | because they always had to do innovative things |
| 0:16.0 | to keep their flock cool. |
| 0:17.5 | And we're gonna do that here on newscast |
| 0:19.2 | because we're gonna go to Chester Zoo |
| 0:21.2 | and speak to Mike Jordan, who is the zoo's animal |
| 0:23.8 | and plant director, and he's speaking to us |
| 0:25.7 | from the Avery surrounded by flamingos and ducks. |
| 0:28.3 | Hi, Mike. |
| 0:29.1 | Hi, Adam. |
| 0:29.9 | I'm going on to the humans in a second, |
| 0:31.1 | but how are the flamingos and ducks coping |
| 0:33.0 | with the sky-high temperatures? |
| 0:35.4 | Well, the flamingos and ducks that you can see behind me |
| 0:37.9 | aren't doing too badly at all. |
| 0:40.0 | Of course, I've had all of the birds in here |
| 0:42.1 | from the Caribbean, so it's probably more like the climate |
| 0:46.8 | that they're adapted to. |
| 0:48.6 | But quite a few other birds in the zoo |
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