One person has died after two trains collided in Bedford, UK, according to British Transport Police.

The East of England Ambulance Service said a total of 89 people have been injured, with 11 of them suffering “very serious injuries”.

A major incident has been declared, with firefighters, police and ambulance crews at the scene.

The trains involved were the 16:40 from Corby to London St Pancras and the 15:50 from Nottingham to London St Pancras.

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Thursday was the hottest June day on record in the UK.

A temperature of 36.4C has been recorded in Somerset. This beats the previous record, set just yesterday. A red weather warning for extreme heat has been extended into Friday for parts of the country, and at least six NHS trusts in England have declared critical incidents.

Adam is joined by the BBC’s Climate Editor, Justin Rowlatt, and Professor Ed Hawkins MBE, climate scientist at the University of Reading.

And, how optimistic are business leaders for the next government? Adam speaks to BBC Business Editor, Simon Jack.

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04:13 What does the 1976 heatwave tell us about climate change?
07:44 What does a new report say about the UK’s emissions?
12:45 How can the UK adapt to climate change?
16:07 What will the timeline for the Labour leadership contest look like?
23:05 How are business leaders reacting to Andy Burnham’s possible premiership?

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Mercy and Goodness are the first pair of conjoined twins to have parts of their new skulls designed using mixed reality.

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At least 164 people have been killed in Venezuela after two powerful earthquakes struck, just a minute apart.

The second was the strongest to hit the country since 1900, and caused more than 100 buildings to collapse, the UN said.

Rescuers are searching the rubble in Caracas and the state of La Guaira, and one man in the capital said it felt like “the world was moving for a long time”.

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At least 235 people have been killed and 4,300 injured in powerful back-to-back earthquakes that hit Venezuela on Wednesday.

Many more people are feared dead, with others left homeless or too afraid to stay in damaged, unsafe buildings sleeping in the streets after the disaster.

Rescuers are searching the rubble in Caracas and the state of La Guaira for the second night, and people have been heard calling for help from under the debris of collapsed buildings.

The quakes, with magnitudes of 7.2 and 7.5, hit a minute apart. The second was the strongest to hit Venezuela since 1900.

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