junior doctors in england walk out for six days. also tonight... how many of you? me and my daughter, she's three years old. a three—year—old and her ma. the dramatic rescue of a mother and child — after storm henk brings widespread flooding. more than 100 people are killed in iran by two explosions. the new year brings new hope for some homeowners as mortgage rates are cut. the medieval cemetry unearthed near cardiff — bodies buried 1500 years ago reveal new secrets. and he finishes it on double ten. and the teenage sensation — will 16—year—old luke littler make it big tonight in the world darts championship final? also in this news hour on bbc london... coming up in sportsday later on the hour on bbc news, the rise of luke littler ahead

of the greatest night of his darts career. we will see where it all started for the 16—year—old. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the longest strike in nhs history is in under way — afterjunior doctors in england began their six—day walk—out in the long—running dispute over pay. thousands of routine appointments and operations have been postponed as hospitals focus on emergency care. the strike started at 7am this morning and will end at 7am next tuesday january 9th. doctors in wales will also go on strike for three days from january 15th. a pay increase of 8.8% has been awarded by the government and they have offered an extra 3% on top of that. but the doctors�* union — the british medical association — says that is still not a credible offer that reflects the rise in inflation.

the government says the union's demands are unrealistic. in scotland, doctors have already agreed to a 12.4% pay rise. 0ur health editor hugh pym has been at university college hospital london since the start of the strike this morning. facing up to the first day of strike action, ben, the lead consultant in the emergency department. good morning, everyone. good morning. how was your night? we were handed a 15... 15 patients waiting. that's a lot more than we normally have. junior doctors who've been on overnight hand over to the consultants who'll take over. and aphra is supporting the strike action. i'm only two years into being a doctor, so knowing the longevity of the career and seeing how many of my friends have already left go to australia, i think on balance it's an issue about retention rather than pay. and the hospital, along with others in north london, is coming under pressure. we're seeing high numbers of attendances in emergency departments, in nearby hospitals. we're having lots of ambulances coming both to ucla and also

to the other hospitals. 0k. so we could do with a few more discharges, guys... it's 9.30 and a key planning meeting has to work out how to free up more beds for new patients. not the best position to be in, particularly with the junior doctor industrial action going on. so we all know what we need to do. we'll try and get you home today. we'll try and get everything sorted. and louisa, who's a matron, is hoping danny can be discharged after an operation. but hopefully third time lucky. because of the doctors�* strikes, her ward has to take in some emergency patients, as well as those recovering after surgery. it has been frustrating. i think it's, we want the best for our patients. so it's feeling for the patients and also for the nurses because the nurses want to give that expert care. and when you're looking after patients that aren't your speciality, you're not necessarily doing that. and i think that's always something that they struggle with. hi.

i'm calling you because we need to reschedule your— appointment due to strikes. here's a part of a hospital you rarely see — staff who have to call patients with bad news about cancellations on strike days and try to rebook them. they are in pain. so i understand that they can be |aggressive, although i'm tryingl to calm them down and i'm trying to find a new date. _ i'm trying to make things right. that's what we aim for. every bed you see here has a patient in it. it's the middle of the day and the emergency department is filling up. ben's a consultant helping cover the strike. he'll be working nearly 70 hours over the six days. it's so tiring to do this 24/7 cover. we can't do it for much longer than the six days we're going to attempt to do. but how does six days feel? i enjoy my work, but it's going to be busy and it's going to be hard. and after the sixth day, i'm going to be pretty exhausted. the message today is

that the hospital's extremely busy but safe, though they are nervous about the next five days. and hugh is with me. the striker is clearly going to have a big impact over the next five days but the question is how much longer the nhs can deal with these drugs, the nhs can deal with these drugs, the long—running dispute. yes. the nhs can deal with these drugs, the long-running dispute.— the long-running dispute. yes, i think the reality _ the long-running dispute. yes, i think the reality is _ the long-running dispute. yes, i think the reality is they - the long-running dispute. yes, i think the reality is they won't . the long-running dispute. yes, i think the reality is they won't be i think the reality is they won't be any talks while the striker is ongoing. the government has made clear it won't talk to the british medical association as long as action is pending or taking twice. ministers argue they have done deals with most other health unions in england, two senior groups of doctors have put out offers to their members to at least vote on them, why can't thejunior members to at least vote on them, why can't the junior doctors committee do the same? they feel that talks are continuing with. the bma view is no credible final offer was come up with by the government also talks next week seem possible although i gather it does need a bit of preparation, talks about talks. that being said as i have seen

today, health leaders are critically worried about the next few days was up worried about the next few days was up we have seen some hospitals in england declaring critical incidents. that could be normal winter pressures but certainly does not making life any easier with junior doctors on strike.- not making life any easier with junior doctors on strike. hugh pym, thank yom — iran's supreme leader says there will be a harsh response — after more than 100 people were killed by two explosions in the southeastern city of kerman. the blasts happened near the grave of a senior military leader, who died in a us drone strike in 2020 as huge crowds gathered to mourn him. caroline hawley reports. they were paying their respects to qassem soleimani. the bombs were partly set off by remote control. whoever did this was clearly aiming to cause mass casualties. the iranian red crescent said their efforts to evacuate the injured were complicated by the size of the crowds. the first bomb was followed

swiftly by a second deadly explosion. it comes four years of the day since qassem soleimani was killed himself in an american drone attack while on a visit to iraq. general qassem soleimani was a huge figure in iran, commander of the powerful revolutionary guards, responsible for arming its proxy militias in the middle east, including hezbollah in lebanon and forfunding hamas. he handed bloated following among supporters of the iranian regime. his funeral was attended according to estimates by more than 1 million attended according to estimates by more than1 million mourners. so who would have wanted to attack the commemoration of his death and why? the most telling thing here is that this attack does not fit any modus operandi of what they as well as have traditionally done. they are looking for a specific individuals, not for large events with lots of people. there are at least two groups that have a history of doing just this type of thing in iran. the

sunni jihadist _ just this type of thing in iran. the sunni jihadist groups on him suspicion but this is likely to fall, although no group has yet claimed to have carried it out. the iran supreme leader of the i had to said there would be a harsh response. it is the deadliest attack in the country in decades and can only increase tensions in a region thatis only increase tensions in a region that is already a tinderbox. holly, bbc news. russia and ukraine have agreed to exchange hundreds of prisoners of war after what moscow described as "difficult" negotiations. each side has released more than 200 military personnel in what's thought to be the biggest exchange yet. some of the ukrainian soldiers returning were captured the city of mariupol in the early stages of the full—scale invasion. a 15—year—old boy has been arrested on suspicion of murder after a teenager was stabbed to death on new year's eve. harry pitman, who was 16, died following an altercation on primrose hill in north london just before midnight, when people had gathered to watch the fireworks display.

an 18—year—old man has also been arrested on suspicion of affray. hsbc has become the latest big uk lender to start the year with mortgage interest rate cuts. it comes after the uk's biggest lender, the halifax, cut some rates by almost one percentage point. 0ur cost of living correspondent kevin peachey is here. so, what's the prospect for people with mortgages in the coming year? more than1.5 more than 1.5 million homeowners are going to be renewing their mortgages because their current deal is expiring this year. that new deal is likely to be more expensive so this renewed competition between lenders is really good news for them, it may relieve some of that financial pain and might make it a bit less intense. rememberthat and might make it a bit less intense. remember that landlords, the pressure on them my teaser little and that could feed through to tenants who may see those rent rises go a little less sharply. all

this is possible because economists are predicting the next move in the bank of england's benchmark rate will be down and so that is already fed through to mortgage lenders�* on funding costs, so that is why the halifax, the uk�*s biggest lender, has been able to announce this quite chunky fall and others like hsbc tomorrow and others will announce further, will see further reductions. it does depend on what deal you have got. it will depend on your circumstances. another warning that brokers expect more rate cuts to come, but it won�*t fall to the ultralow levels we have benefited from for a decade or so.— from for a decade or so. kevin, thank yom _ a motorist has been killed after a tree fell on his car during storm henk that swept across large parts of the uk yesterday. high winds caused widespread travel disruption and thousands of homes lost power. almost 300 flood warnings are still in place in england, scotland and wales due to heavy rain. there�*s one severe flood warning — meaning a potential threat to life —

in tenby in wales. phil mackie has the latest. it is not looking good for ian harris. this is the fifth big flood since he moved in in 2016. this level of flooding used to be called a 50 year event. now it is happening annually. it a 50 year event. now it is happening annuall . , , , annually. it is pretty frequent full socket never _ annually. it is pretty frequent full socket never used _ annually. it is pretty frequent full socket never used me _ annually. it is pretty frequent full socket never used me like - annually. it is pretty frequent full socket never used me like this. l annually. it is pretty frequent fullj socket never used me like this. it is getting worse and worse the effect affected bacon with tomorrow will get very close to the record set four years ago. sometimes you get a sharp peak and it drops very quickly and it can go up in a day or so. other quickly and it can go up in a day or so. 0thertimes quickly and it can go up in a day or so. other times it can really stretch out. this looks like a long stretch. it is not going to go down quick. stretch. it is not going to go down auick. , , quick. he is well prepared. he has lived here for— quick. he is well prepared. he has lived here for awhile. _ quick. he is well prepared. he has lived here for awhile. paul- quick. he is well prepared. he has lived here for awhile. paul wasn'tl lived here for awhile. paul wasn�*t so lucky. he hasjust lived here for awhile. paul wasn�*t so lucky. he has just moved lived here for awhile. paul wasn�*t so lucky. he hasjust moved here lived here for awhile. paul wasn�*t so lucky. he has just moved here and thatis so lucky. he has just moved here and that is his car. it probably right. we have got flooding and i have just recently— we have got flooding and i have just recently moved into newbottle flats over here _ recently moved into newbottle flats over here. it went off on sunday evening —

over here. it went off on sunday evening i— over here. it went off on sunday evening. i move the cart, this is where _ evening. i move the cart, this is where i— evening. i move the cart, this is where i was _ evening. i move the cart, this is where i was advised to move it. as you can _ where i was advised to move it. as you can see — where i was advised to move it. as you can see overnight it has got worse — you can see overnight it has got worse. , ., , you can see overnight it has got worse, , ., , ., you can see overnight it has got worse. , ., , _ you can see overnight it has got worse. , , ,, ,,., worse. this was all caused by storm henk which — worse. this was all caused by storm henk which has _ worse. this was all caused by storm henk which has cost _ worse. this was all caused by storm henk which has cost one. _ worse. this was all caused by storm henk which has cost one. a - worse. this was all caused by storm henk which has cost one. a man - worse. this was all caused by storm i henk which has cost one. a man whose car was hit by a tree in gloucestershire. though there were many lucky escapes and brave rescues. , ., ., ., rescues. three-year-old and her mum. like this one — rescues. three-year-old and her mum. like this one in — rescues. three-year-old and her mum. like this one in birmingham. _ rescues. three-year-old and her mum. like this one in birmingham. he - rescues. three-year-old and her mum. like this one in birmingham. he is - like this one in birmingham. he is going— like this one in birmingham. he is going to— like this one in birmingham. he is going to pull— like this one in birmingham. he is going to pull in— like this one in birmingham. he is going to pull in the _ like this one in birmingham. he is going to pull in the bridge. - like this one in birmingham. he is going to pull in the bridge. get- like this one in birmingham. he is going to pull in the bridge. get my bab out going to pull in the bridge. get my baby out of — going to pull in the bridge. get my baby out of the — going to pull in the bridge. get my baby out of the car, _ going to pull in the bridge. get my baby out of the car, she _ going to pull in the bridge. get my baby out of the car, she is - going to pull in the bridge. get my baby out of the car, she is only - baby out of the car, she is only two, _ baby out of the car, she is only two. i— baby out of the car, she is only two. i don't _ baby out of the car, she is only two, i don't know what she was shouting — two, i don't know what she was shouting i_ two, i don't know what she was shouting. i have got kids. it is just— shouting. i have got kids. it is just instinct. i had to do something.— just instinct. i had to do something. just instinct. i had to do somethin.. ., , , something. there are still hundreds of flood warnings _ something. there are still hundreds of flood warnings in _ something. there are still hundreds of flood warnings in place _ something. there are still hundreds of flood warnings in place and - something. there are still hundreds of flood warnings in place and a - of flood warnings in place and a severe one on the river near tenby in pembrokeshire. an earlier severe warning in the river in northamptonshire has been removed. backin northamptonshire has been removed. back in worcester they are dealing with the port flood since october. there are lots of flood defences

along the severn but many had to do the work for themselves. reluctant family beat their own fault flood wall and it is working well. this is becoming a familiar scene for people in worcester but to familiar? these sorts of big floods didn�*t used to happen nearly as often and now they seem to be happening nearly every year. the expected peak care isn�*t until tomorrow night by which time the river may come close to the record— four years ago. for those trying to keep water out it would be a worrying 2a hours. phil mackie, bbc news, worcester. the world of darts has never seen anything like it. 16—year—old luke littler has already made history and nowjust one more match stands between him and the pdc world darts championship title. the final is tonight — he�*ll face the new world number one at alexandra palace in london. 0ur sports correspondent natalie pirks is there. a big night. a huge one. luke

littler said — a big night. a huge one. luke littler said he _ a big night. a huge one. luke littler said he would - a big night. a huge one. luke littler said he would stick - a big night. a huge one. luke littler said he would stick to l a big night. a huge one. luke l littler said he would stick to his pre—match routine to rival. at midday, have an omelette for breakfast, then pizza for dinner. so far, so teenager, night after night on that key, is composed performances has belied his years and tonight if he wins he will become the youngest world champion endorse history, a full eight years younger than michael van gerwen was when he broke that record just over a decade ago, but first the new fresh prince of the palace would have to beat the new world number one luke humphreys if he is to be crowned the king. amidst the fireworks and the fanfare, one boy was living out his teenage dream. and he finishes it with double 10! as fans chanted his name, luke littler looked ice—cold on the oche. this 16—year—old is too cool for school. i don�*t have any gcses! everyone has probably got more than me. but, yeah, young dart players, hopefully they do look up to me

and if you do practice, you can be where i am. winning the big one on debut is not unheard of at the palace. rob cross did the very same in 2018 but last night luke the nuke blew him away. well, that win already earned littler £200,000 and a win tonight could pocket him a sweet £500,000 after a run that has produced record viewing figures for the sport. at first it was a bit of a novelty, you know, a 16—year—old. next thing he is in the final and the whole world is talking about him. it has been a remarkable story and one that i think transcends darts and just takes the sport to a different level. it would not be the first time a teenager has stunned the sporting world. at wimbledon in �*85 the unranked 17—year—old boris becker became the youngest man to win a tennis major. at 15, tom daley became the ten metre platform world champion after he had burst onto the scene at the beijing olympics the year before. and in 2021, british wildcard

emma raducanu completed herfairy tale run to win the us open atjust 18. littler was still in nappies when he threw his first dart and he has made making the final look like child�*s play, but his opponent, luke humphries, is on some run himself. this picture of the pair playing, when littler was 12, four years ago, shows the transformation both players have been on. humphries has lost more than four stone since then and credits it with helping him become the number one player in the world. so tonight will see a battle of two lukes but who will keep a cool hand? natalie pirks, bbc news, alexandra palace. nick garnett is at the st helens darts academy, where luke littler has trained since he was a boy. this is where he became as cool as a cucumber and learned to never be

flustered, never looked anything other than completely and totally relaxed. here at the club, they have never had things so good. there are so many people wanting to sign up and play darts here they had to put on a waiting list. 80—90 young people come here every week to try and play darts, some behind me at the moment, some on their way to watch the final tonight. they are so young here when they start playing that they even have to have those blue steps to reach up to the boards to get their darts back after throwing them! it�*s an amazing atmosphere here and people say they�*ve never seen anything like it, that this is the way to popularise the sport and make sure it is available to everybody who really wants to play. as i said, they start so young and the kid going so much that there is no way this, no matter what happens tonight, it can�*t be good news. of course, he is only 16 so no matter what happens, he cannot go to the bar here and have a celebratory drink!—

the time is 19 minutes past six. our top story this evening... the longest strike in nhs history begins asjunior doctors in england walk out for six days. and coming up, the students at schools affected by dangerous concrete are told exams won�*t be changed to help them. coming up in sportsday later in the next 12 minutes on bbc news, there�*s a lucky break for emma raducanu ahead of the australian open. she won�*t have to qualify for the first grand slam of the year. investigators injapan are searching for the flight recorders from a passenger plane which was involved in a crash at one of tokyo�*s main airports yesterday. officials say the black box from the other aircraft in the collision, a coastguard plane, has already been recovered for examination. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin is here with more. thanks, sophie.

these are the shocking images of the plane engulfed in flames yesterday. the hundreds of passengers on board and the crew escaped, but five people in the coastguard aircraft it collided with lost their lives. today a transcript of air traffic control interactions around the time of the crash has added some detail to how events unfolded. here�*s where it happened. tokyo�*s haneda airport. at 5:a4pm local time, the japan airlines plane, an airbus a350, was granted to permission to land. a few seconds later, a coastguard plane carrying aid for earthquake victims was ordered to stop at a holding point, safely away from the runway. but once on the ground, the airliner was in a collision with the smaller coastguard aircraft. that was at 5:47pm, according to the original timestamp on this video. you can see the fireball that erupted. the plane continued down the runway in flames. this video, taken by one passenger, shows the panic on board. the plane came to a halt here,

and then the 367 passengers got out using emergency slides, seen in this phone footage. as i said, a transcript of air traffic control exchanges has been released today. bbc verify has also obtained audio of these conversations around the time of the incident. for example... most of the sound is very unclear. but from our analysis and the transcript, something important emerges — there�*s nothing to suggest the coastguard plane — seen in this archive video — was given permission to enter the runway, leaving the question of how it ended up there. the aircraft could have crossed a red stop bar, a series of red lights across a taxiway. very unusual, if that was to happen. did they hear a take—off clearance for another aeroplane and mistook it for themselves? or perhaps the dtc actually cleared them to line up on the runway. that will come out

in the investigation. we�*ve found information that suggests the series of lights at the relevant holding point may not have been working. but experts point out there are other visual cues, like painted markings. this is the wreckage of the coastguard plane. when it came to the evacuation from the passenger plane, japan airlines says the announcement system malfunctioned, so cabin crew were left telling people what to do with a megaphone and their own voices. but some see the evacuation as a remarkable success. all the circumstances were conspiring against any degree of success for the crew. this was an accident on an arriving aircraft at high speed, with literally seconds notice. there are emergency situations where pilots can brief the cabin crew to prepare — that was not the case this time around. japanese authorities have begun their investigations into what led to the crash, that killed five people. the uk�*s air accidents investigation branch said this afternoon it will send inspectors to tokyo to help, because the airbus�* engines were made in the uk.

sophie. katy, thank you. the government says pupils in england whose studies have been disrupted by the presence of dangerous concrete in their schools, known as raac, will not be given extra help in their exams. some students have been unable to access specialist rooms such as science labs and others have had to change courses just months before their exams. many are worried about how it will impact their future. 0ur education correspondent hazel shearing reports. this is the raac. it is roofing the whole building. students at shoeburyness high school in southend have had to change their gcse subject from design and technology to 3d design because they cannot get to the machinery they need. it is very, very difficult, partway through a course to be told you suddenly don�*t have an option you had before. we would never want to do that but what we were looking at was the least worst option for them. one of them is in an it room so it's not even an actual woodwork room. these a—level students are still hoping for special consideration in their exams.

we found out about the closure at the start of year 13. - it had such a shocking effect on us. i cried, because it was very, like, worrying. l we were using stanley knives and, like, rulers, instead of the laser cutter. it's notjust going to be like a little problem, it is a big problem. hadleigh high school in suffolk has had to close all of its science labs and fill the playground with two—storey temporary classrooms. they are cold, they are echoey, it�*s not how we teach at this school. we get great results. it is disappointing but the children are better with us than at home. what help do you want to see for students taking their exams this year? i would like the exam boards to understand that our children have not had the specialist provision that every other child they are competing with in the exam season has had. the department for education said in a statement...

in a later statement, it added that it had asked exam boards to agree to coursework extensions where possible. st leonard�*s catholic school in durham says dealing with raac has been an extremely challenging experience forfamilies, students and staff, and it is in discussions to ensure its students are not disadvantaged. nicola cook wants special consideration for her son, who has his a—levels coming up at the school. he said to me the other day that, "oh, mum, i�*m kissing my a—stars goodbye, i�*m not going to be able to get that now." it is frustrating. we need the government to come together and to really understand what the impact of this is. the government says the 231 schools confirmed to have raac in england will get funds for refurbishment or rebuilding, but teaching unions say it should set out a clear timeline for getting things back to normal. hazel shearing, bbc news. it�*s lining up to be a momentous year in politics, with a general election almost

certain before the end of 202a. and with the main parties taking a brief break from the cameras, today it was the turn of a couple of the smaller parties to kick off the year. 0ur political editor, chris mason, is here. thanks sophie. let�*s talk quickly about the liberal democrats and reform uk. mps aren�*t back at westminster until next week. but politics is waking from its christmassy slumber. i know what you�*re thinking ? tell us when the general election is going to be. well, i would if i could, but i can�*t, because we don�*t know for sure. plenty think the autumn is most likely. the liberal democrats are chipper. they have 15 mps at the moment, out of 650 in total. they don�*t really do subtlety in their campaigning ? leader ed davey pretended to be a removal man today. their strategy is to ruthlessly focus on 30 to a0 places where they think they can win, including a handful of places in surrey he visited today, including guildford. here in surrey, if you want

to beat the conservatives, you vote liberal democrat, but in large parts of the south of england and the south—west, in other parts of the country, liberal democrats are the powerful vote if you want to unseat the conservative mp. that is why today i have launched ed davey�*s tory removal service! also out and about today, reform uk. they have no mps and winning any seats will be incredibly difficult. but they do scare some conservatives. thye used to be called the brexit party, led by one nigel farage ? now back from his lucrative critter—munching escapades on i�*m a celebrity. reform, though, is led by this man, richard tice. he is categoric ? his party will stand in every seat in england, scotland and wales. they want a big cut in income tax and much tighter immigration restrictions. some wondered if nigel farage would turn up at eight reform news conference today but he

i asked richard tice, where is nigel farage? nigel is enjoying himself, having got back from the jungle, and he is assessing how much help, what is the best way that he can help. did he have a better appointment this morning than coming here? you can absolutely be assured nigel is giving very serious... and i�*m very clear — the more help, the better. because it�*s a big job, running an election... he�*s not turned up. he has got to work out exactly what role he wants to play and a good poker player doesn�*t show their hand too early. the scottish national party, plaid cymru, the green party, the northern ireland parties and others are also limbering up for an election campaign year, as are the prime minister and the labour leader, keir starmer. we�*ll hear from both of them tomorrow. sophie. chris, thank you. a medieval cemetery has been unearthed near an airport runway in cardiff. the 70 graves found have provided a rare glimpse into life in britain 1500 years ago. as well as skeletons, the team found fragments of dishes and cups, rebecca morrelle reports. uncovering a medieval mystery.

just outside of cardiff, archaeologists have discovered a graveyard they think is 1500 years old. the bodies, buried so long ago, are giving an insight into a period we know little about. each one of these is a grave, and the team have excavated 18 so far, but they think there could be more than 70 at this site. now, they�*re all aligned in the same position, running from east to west. and in some of them the skeletons are flat on their backs with their legs outstretched. but in others, like this one over here, the skeleton is in a really unusual crouching position. why this is isn�*t clear. were burial practices changing over time? or was there something else marking these people out as different? the skeletons are being carefully excavated and they�*re already providing clues about who these people were and what they did. we have some teeth that are very worn in kind of a funny way.

that might indicate the use of teeth as tools, maybe for textile work, leatherwork, basketry, and where they�*re pulling something through their front teeth. that is glass. a shard of fine french glass has just been discovered. probably the rim from a cone beaker, so which would have looked - like an ice cream cone. a really nice find. it�*s just one of an array of artefacts, from fragments of pottery, perhaps from north africa, to a tiny carved peg. this little object is manufactured from animal bone. could be a peg for fora gaming board. it suggests people were coming to the cemetery to meet up — the living and the dead existing together. they are burying their dead, but they�*re also undertaking other forms of activity and social practice, including eating and drinking and feasting. the items unearthed in the cemetery suggest that the people were of a high status. the next step is to work out exactly who they were.

archaeologists hope their excavation will reveal much more about the medieval way of life that�*s remained an enigma for so long. rebecca morelle, bbc news, cardiff. you can watch more about the medieval cemetery on digging for britain on iplayer right now. time for a look at the weather. here�*s elizabeth rizzini. hello and thank you and good news today if you are a duct or a swan, not so good for the rest of us of course. we are only three days into the month but already some spots in lincolnshire have seen the whole average january month�*s lincolnshire have seen the whole averagejanuary month�*s rainfall, nearly that anyway —— if you are a duck or a swan. still potentially more rain to come and there are over 260 flood warnings are still in force, and a severe warning in place in tenby in wales, and most of the warnings across the welsh marches and central and southern england and the midlands. still a messy picture overnight, a good scattering of

showers, more wet and