leaving thousands without power, and transport chaos. british airports are facing delays in implementing new advanced security scanners, which were supposed to put an end to the 100ml limit on liquids. and anticipation builds, as hollywood prepares for the oscar nominations. strong winds and heavy rain across the uk have left tens of thousands of homes without power and have caused extensive travel problems for the morning rush hour. trains have been suspended and flights cancelled. parts of northern ireland, northern england and scotland have seen the strongest winds in 10 to 20 years. gusts of up to 99 miles per hour were recorded in northumberland. yellow rain warnings remain in place for many areas. for an idea of the power of the storm, take a look at this footage from lincolnshire, where a car and driver had a narrow escape after a roof was blown off a building. security cameras in the town of belton captured the incident last night.

live now to belfast and our correspondent sara girvin. there's correspondent sara girvin. been a lot of disruption gci’oss there's been a lot of disruption across northern ireland and specifically belfast. the across northern ireland and specifically belfast. across northern ireland and secificall belfast. . ,, specifically belfast. the main issue across ireland _ specifically belfast. the main issue across ireland this _ specifically belfast. the main issue across ireland this morning - specifically belfast. the main issue across ireland this morning as - specifically belfast. the main issue across ireland this morning as the l across ireland this morning as the restoration of the power supply because we were told at the height of things last night a 118,000 homes were without power, the latest result is that's down to about 110,000 result is that's down to about 40,000 homes and we are told hundreds of extra staff have been made available to try and get power restored and are still lots of travel disruption. we had cancelled flights, trains, ferry crossings, over 100 flights cancelled at dublin airport, we are told some people

waited up to ten hours on some flights did not land for they were meant to but we heard from belfast international airport this morning, so thanks largely back to normal although we should expect the backlog to make things difficult trying to travel. we've been hearing a lot of talk about obstacles, more than 1000 reports across the country, things like trees down across roads, and rail lines, trendlines, debris is well and i'm that clear operation continues and it is ongoing at the moment we have had a message from the police service of northern ireland saying that they got a load of course yesterday about the storm, more than 600 and put significant pressure on the 999 system. they are asking anyone who is out and about travelling today to leave extra time for the journey, travelling today to leave extra time for thejourney, to travelling today to leave extra time for the journey, to expect delays and travel if they need to do so.

the cleanup operation is underway and we expect it to take some time but the good news is the lens, gusts of up to 80 or 90 miles an hour, they have lessened and the cleanup operation continues. fire they have lessened and the cleanup operation continues.— they have lessened and the cleanup operation continues. are we getting any indication _ operation continues. are we getting any indication of _ operation continues. are we getting any indication of whether _ operation continues. are we getting any indication of whether there - operation continues. are we getting any indication of whether there is i any indication of whether there is worse weather to come?- any indication of whether there is worse weather to come? there will be another weather _ worse weather to come? there will be another weather warning _ worse weather to come? there will be another weather warning this - another weather warning this afternoon, we are told it will not be as severe as the ferocious gusts of wind that we saw from storm isha into the laws of this morning and another word on the care of operation because it slightly more complicated here in northern ireland because of industrial action. last thursday tens of thousands of public sector workers walked out over a day of action over pay but for some that started a week of action so people like the forestry service, wrote celibacy would usually be responsible for moving fallen trees and debris are not available because

they are on strike so we are told private contractors are being used on the cleanup operation may take longer. we are not sure if that would be complicated by any more wind and rain to come but that is the concentration today to get this cleared up and let people travel freely again. cleared up and let people travel freely again-— cleared up and let people travel freel aaain. ., ~ , . freely again. thank you very much for that update. _ freely again. thank you very much for that update. that's _ freely again. thank you very much for that update. that's the - freely again. thank you very much for that update. that's the update | for that update. that's the update in northern ireland. as we have said there have been disruptions and delays and pallor has been out in other parts of the uk. let's show you some of the pictures. coming in from around the uk. this is the scene in blackpool. as you say, very stormy waters and this was cornwall. porthleven. again, this is a life short of the same harbour that we showed you a couple of minutes ago,

looking slightly calmer now. the weather has calmed down a little now but it has left a lot of problems. not least tens of thousands of homes across the uk without electricity. parts of northern ireland, northern england and scotland seeing the strongest winds they have seen in 10-20 strongest winds they have seen in 10—20 years. just to recap, 45,000 people without power in northern ireland over night, a thousand of west england, 3000 in wales. there's been a lot of train services disrupted, mostly in scotland. a good service expected in most areas of england and wales after fallen trees and debris were cleared. that life short from porthleven in cornwall. showing a real contrast to what we saw some hours ago. the waters were much more choppy. but of

course we will throughout the day on bbc news be reporting across the uk on the impact of the storm day storm isha and we are running a life coach on the bbc news website with more details and we have got lots of posts from all around the uk. the labour leader sir keir starmer has accused the tory party of trying to find "woke agendas" in britain's civic institutions so that the party can then attack them. speaking at a conference in london, sir keir said the conservatives were waging a war on "the proud spirit of service in this cou ntry". the tories seem set on sabotaging civil society to save their own skins. they have got themselves so tangled up in culture wars of their own making that instead of working with the royal national lifeboat

institution, an organisation that the late queen was pitching up for 70 years, to find real solutions to stop the small boats, the rhetoric has helped demonise them. instead of working with the national trust so more people can learn about and celebrate our culture and history, they have managed to demean their work. in his desperation to cling onto power at all costs, the tory party is undertaking a kind of mccarthyism trying to find woke agendas in the institutions they once regarded with respect and let me tell you, waging a war on the of service in this country is not leadership, it is desperate, it is divisive, it is damaging. and it comes to something when the tories are at war with the national trust. that is what happens when politics

of self—preservation prevail over commitment to service. people who are getting on with things that actually matter, saving lives, supporting those in need, serving others, get caught in the crosshairs of division and destruction. so the relationship between government and civil society needs a reset. because you should feel that you can speak up you should feel that you can speak up on behalf of the people you serve without fear, call out injustice where you see it, continue to push us all to be and to do better. that was sir keir _ us all to be and to do better. that was sir keir starmer _ was sir keir starmer speaking earlier. some of the uk's biggest airports could miss thejune deadline to install new scanning technology — that will allow passengers to take higher volumes of liquids through security. at the moment they must be in containers of 100 millilitres or less. the new scanners will get rid of that limit but challenges

in installing them mean that not all airports will have them in place in time. 0ur transport correspondent katy austin has been looking into this. since 2006, getting ready for a flight has meant checking you comply with strict rules around liquids in your hand luggage. at the moment, any liquids you take through airport security have to be in containers of no more than 100 millilitres, and they have to go inside a clear plastic bag. new hi—tech ct scanners should mean the end of those rules. they're already used in some other countries and at some airports in the uk. travellers we spoke to were keen for the requirements to change. it's just a faff, isn't it? because you have to kind of think about what you're taking and then you forget to do something and it's your most favourite expensive perfume, and then you have to leave it at security and then go and buy it again when you get to the other side. has that happened to you? yes, a few times.

0n yeah, for me, it's easy to remember because i'm used to it. but when i travel and when i go, when i see like people around me all the time, they don't necessarily know that there is this rule. the government set the 1st ofjune this year for all major airports to finish installing the new equipment, but some will miss that deadline. gatwick and manchester airports insist they've made a lot of progress, but won't have the new scanners in place at all security lanes until next year. britain's biggest airport, heathrow, also can't guarantee finishing the job byjune. in many cases, getting them in has been challenging. they're very heavy. sometimes the floors in the actual terminal have to be reinforced. the cost is really high for these particular scanners. it's the latest technology. there are supply chain issues in being able to source the correct parts and get those functioning properly. and also, airports have to retrain their staff. the upshot is that instead of the liquids rules being completely eased in time for the summer holidays, it's likely to be a mixed picture.

we're now going to go into a situation where different airports have different rules. so at some places you will need to get the liquids out in advance. in others you won't. and that has the potential to create further confusion and create further delays. you only need a couple of passengers to not be prepared to end up having to wait an extra ten, 20, 30 minutes. the department for transport said it was in regular contact with airports. it may consider extending the deadline where it thinks it's appropriate, but isn't ruling out imposing penalties. if you are travelling this summer, even if the airport you're leaving from has eased its liquid rules, the one you come home from may not have. so, do check. new scanners should eventually make the airportjourney much smoother, but there could be some turbulence along the way. katy austin, bbc news. for more on this we're joined now by aviation and travel analyst, sally gethin.

welcome to the programme. we saw in that report some of the delays are due to the equipment, simple things holding this up so far is this the case? , ., holding this up so far is this the case? , . ., , ., , , case? they are really not simple thins, case? they are really not simple things. they _ case? they are really not simple things, they are _ case? they are really not simple things, they are complex - case? they are really not simple things, they are complex pieces| case? they are really not simple l things, they are complex pieces of equipment that cost an absolute fortune. heathrow has spent nearly £50 million on these scanners and the infrastructure needs to be changed, physically to support them because they're so heavy, they need reinforcing from the floors. they are complex pieces of kit. staff have to be retrained to manage them. they are ai enabled ct scanners that provide 3d imaging and you can tilt and rotate the image is to get a better view of the contents of each bag and they show up everything in the back so everything has to be investigated when the banks go through and then add a large

international airport for example like heathrow, they have to manage the flow of passengers so they have to keep them sterile from other flows of passengers safe from arrivals and yes, reports are saying the government kept chopping and changing the deadlines. this has also muddied the waters in terms of rolling them out.— also muddied the waters in terms of rolling them out. very complex boxes and machinery — rolling them out. very complex boxes and machinery that _ rolling them out. very complex boxes and machinery that have _ rolling them out. very complex boxes and machinery that have to _ rolling them out. very complex boxes and machinery that have to come - rolling them out. very complex boxes and machinery that have to come in i and machinery that have to come in to make this happen. what often confuses me is that when i travel three different airports there are different rules and regulations and in some countries there is not necessarily be 100 millilitres limit or is there, different rules on show something so why has this come in and why is this so important that it meets the deadline ofjune? you are riaht meets the deadline ofjune? you are ri . ht about meets the deadline ofjune? you are right about airports, _ meets the deadline ofjune? you are right about airports, they _ meets the deadline ofjune? you are right about airports, they are - meets the deadline ofjune? you are right about airports, they are like . right about airports, they are like living creatures, really. they have

to keep operating 24/7 in many cases while they are rolling out any new technology. so it's sleight of hand for airports to do that, it's quite a just a good exercise and the reason they are being introduced as there is a big drive in the long run ironically to improve passengerflow so once they are installed, this business of killing and having to take everything out of your bag will not be needed. you will still have some limits on some things you can take through the scanners but at the same time it will reduce all those bottlenecks so that is the ultimate goal, to speed things up. but it's a patchwork around the world and in the uk for example, airports must pay for these pieces of equipment themselves whereas in the us it is covered by the state. so there are different ways and strategies by different ways and strategies by different countries to get these pieces of equipment rolled out and

of course this has a rather erratic impact on the whole of the international network at airports. sadly, thank you so much for taking us through that. the duchess of york, sarah ferguson, has been diagnosed with skin cancer. doctors found a malignant melanoma after several moles were removed during her treatment for breast cancer last year — but her spokesperson the 64—year— old was in "good spirits". 0ur royal correspondent daniella relph reports. sarah, duchess of york was last seen in public with the royal family on christmas day, when she went to church on the sandringham estate. it was the first time she had been here alongside the royals in more than 20 years. her appearance with the royal family came after a difficult few months. the duchess was diagnosed with breast cancer after a routine screening. during her subsequent treatment, doctors decided to remove a number of moles. one was found to be cancerous. they discovered a malignant melanoma.

in a statement a spokesperson for the duchess of york said... the duchess has also praised the vigilance of her doctors in detecting the problem. news of her condition comes after a challenging few days for the royal family. the princess of wales remains in hospital in london, recovering after undergoing abdominal surgery. and the king will be treated for an enlarged prostate this week. he's expected to be admitted to hospital for an overnight stay in the coming days. daniela relph, bbc news. with more on this and let's speak to our royal correpondent sean coughlin who's in the newsroom. what more do we know about the condition of sarah ferguson? this

mornin: condition of sarah ferguson? this morning she _ condition of sarah ferguson? try 3 morning she posted an instagram message saying she was shot by finding out that she had been diagnosed for a second time with cancer in the space of a little over six months. she has spoken about being in good spirits and glad to have the support of her family and friends but it must have been quite a blow to her in what has been a year of ups and downs and i think now people wonder if what happens next and hoping the best for her. undergoing examination is to make sure this has been caught early. this sure this has been caught early. as we saw in that report, we were and we saw in that report, we were and we are expecting king king charles to be admitted to hospital at some stage this week for treatment on his prostate. d0 stage this week for treatment on his rostate. ,., ~ ., stage this week for treatment on his rostate. ~ ., ., , ., ., ., prostate. do we know anymore or not? we do not know— prostate. do we know anymore or not? we do not know when _ prostate. do we know anymore or not? we do not know when that _ prostate. do we know anymore or not? we do not know when that happen - prostate. do we know anymore or not? we do not know when that happen but| we do not know when that happen but we expect it this week so i expect we expect it this week so i expect we will hear after it has happened. it has been a week of quite

surprising royal health news, as you heard in the report. the princess of wales is in hospital and will be there this week and also, as you say, making king is said to have his procedure so at the moment, we have three royal health stories running at the same time, all of which perhaps might encourage people to get themselves tested in many ways. without knowing exactly what will happen with the duchess of york, she has been very public about wanting other women to get checked, as has the king about his enlarged prostate. the king about his enlarged rostate. ., ~ the king about his enlarged rostate. ., ,, , ., the king about his enlarged rostate. ., ,, i. the king about his enlarged rostate. ., ,, . ., prostate. thank you so much for brinuain prostate. thank you so much for bringing us _ prostate. thank you so much for bringing us up-to-date - prostate. thank you so much for bringing us up-to-date with - prostate. thank you so much for| bringing us up-to-date with that.

headteachers in england will start being contacted about new inspections at their schools from today. changes are being brought in after a school inspection was found to have contributed to the suicide of primary head teacher ruth perry last year. here 5 our education editor branwenjeffreys. is it possible you could come and speak to the parent, please? the phone rings all day at most schools, but today the inspectors will start calling, warning some headteachers they'll get a routine inspection visit tomorrow. 0fsted is making changes to rebuild trust with schools. we have to remember that the most commonly used word by our members when describing their inspection experience is "brutal". so there's a long way to go and our members will still be nervous, but these are positive first steps. so we're going to welcome them, but we're going to have a healthy level of suspicion, as well, at the same time, until we see the actions that prove the intent. an inspection at caversham primary school contributed to the suicide of headteacher ruth perry. speaking to us for our documentary, ruth's sister told us why change was needed. ruth said that that first meeting — she said she felt... it was just absolutely relentless. she couldn't. .. it felt like her head wasn't working properly. she was just in a complete state.

she kept repeating this, saying, "i'm devastated, "i'm broken, i'm traumatised." so inspectors have had some mental—health training. schools can raise concerns. a request can be made to pause an inspection. if a head teacher is very distressed, inspectors will leave, and return — the next day, or up to five days later, when support is in place. these changes are driven by the new chief inspector, who says this is just the beginning. parents will be asked for their views later this spring. 0fsted says a tragedy like the death of ruth perry should never happen again. branwen jeffreys, bbc news. now on to the movie industry — all eyes will be on los angeles

tomorrow for an announcement that will reverberate in film circles around the world. the oscars nominations will be revealed in an early morning press conference. what names will be on that coveted list? which films will be recognized? tom brook has been finding out. several films are expected to get multiple nominations, among them christopher nolan's 0ppenheimer. highest grossing film of last year, barbie, the much respected epic... film—maker yorgos lanthimos. ten movies will be nominated for best picture. but this year everyone agrees, even the biggest names in the business, there is no paucity of strong candidates. i've been thinking about the movies killers, 0ppenheimer, poor things, so many. the color purple. so many wonderful movies this year. that is the most exciting part,

to be able to be here and other places around people that made those movies. at awards in recent times, 0ppenheimer has prevailed. it could bring cillian murphy in the leading role a best actor award. but he faces tough opposition from actor paul giamatti. portrayal of an ancient history teacher at a private job private boarding school in the holdovers. you are getting a lot of attention for your work right now. does that affect your self—esteem? i guess it bumps it up, sure, how could it not? it is a very nice thing. i think it does. i think it takes it up and notch. not too much! best actress seems destined for emma stone, who gives a marvellous performance in poor things. that prize could easily go to lily gladstone portrays and sage woman

in martin scorsese's killers of the flower moon. gladstone thinks it portrays a turning point in the lives of indigenous people. you like to have so much indigenous talents to be on display, telling the story that people have gotten very skewed fantasised versions of to get more real telling of that. and to have the 0sage nation involved so heavily. it feels historic. british talent has a long tradition of picking up oscar nomination. in addition to 0ppenheimer�*s cast and crew, carey mulligan plays leonard bernstein's wife in maestro. and for the holocaust film, jonathan glazer. andrew scott could get nominated for his role in andrew hayes but gave a man's story all of us strangers. i love the fact it has been marketed without embracing the gay love story out of it because that's what used to happen. i was thought it was a weird creepy thing to do

and also slightly nonsensical. award season is of course taking place against the backdrop of some sobering realities of the outside world. the conflict in the middle east, ongoing war in the ukraine and very politically divisive presidential election campaign here in the us. but awards contenders maintained that the oscar nominations and the associated hoopla do have relevance in these strife—torn times. we believe 0scar season and some of the films can help people address problems in the real word and can unify. going into a movie theatre and sitting in the dark with strangers and filling your common humanity is the power of film. and it has helped society but now society is unimaginably confused. entertainment is great but we are at a critical point on the planet. so i'm very excited when a film actually goes after something in our soul and in our consciousness. something that we need

to understand what we have done if we are to move forward. audiences for the oscars have declined in recent times the event has become a diminishing spectacle but this year with two blockbusters, barbie and 0ppenheimer, expected to be heavily nominated, the academy feels that more people around the world will tune in giving the telecast a significant and much needed ratings pump. tom brook, bbc news, new york. that announcement will come in early in the morning from los angeles and we will have special coverage tomorrow afternoon. now it's time for a look at the weather with carol kirkwood: hello again.

we've seen quite a bit of disruption due to storm isha, which is now pulling away into the norwegian sea. we also had some strong gusts of wind. in brizlee wood, in northumberland, 99 mph. for the rest of the day, it's going to be very windy, but slowly it will start to moderate and we are looking at some sunshine and blustery showers. you can tell from the isobars that it is windy. the showers are continuing, some of them wintry in the mountains of scotland. elsewhere, the odd rumble of thunder, you could see some hail. there will also be some sunshine as well. as we go through the afternoon, temperatures peaking at around about 11 degrees in the south, seven or eight in the north. it's going to be a little more chilly than yesterday. as we head through the evening and overnight, we start off with a lot of showers. eventually, most of them will fade. we will have some clear skies,

allowing some frost and the risk of ice to form across parts of scotland and northern england. then we have the next area of low pressure coming our way, introducing thicker cloud. there will be heavy rain and the wind will also strengthen. as we go through the course of tomorrow, that area of low pressure moves from the west towards the east. you can see from the isobars wherever you are it is going to be windy, but we don't expect this one to be as impactful as storm isha was. nonetheless, it will bring in some heavy rain, exacerbating the risk of flooding with some transient snow in the hills of scotland. it's going to be windy as well. a wee bit milder, six in the north, more widely we are looking at 11 or 14 degrees. tuesday into wednesday, it continues to pull away toward scandinavia. still a windy day during the course of wednesday but as the ridge of high pressure continues, things will settle down. a mostly dry day on wednesday. a few showers becoming confined to the north and west, but later in the day you will find more cloud and drizzly,

murky conditions coming in across parts of the south and the south—west, with highs up to 12 degrees. beyond that, the outlook remains fairly changeable. we will have fronts coming in from the atlantic, bringing in wet and windy conditions at times. equally, there will be some sunny spells.

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you're watching bbc news and we're bringing you continuing coverage of storm isha. strong winds and heavy rain have left tens of thousands of homes without power and caused extensive travel problems for the morning rush hour. trains have been suspended and flights cancelled. parts of northern ireland, northern england and scotland have seen the strongest winds in ten to 20 years. gusts of up to 99 miles per hour were recorded in northumberland. yellow rain warnings remain in place for many areas. we'll have the latest from the bbc weather centre and our correspondents across the uk. but i want to show you some of the latest pictures we are getting into the bbc from across the country. shocking footage that demonstrates the power of the storm. it's from lincolnshire. a driver had a narrow escape after a roof was blown off a building and just missed his car. security cameras in the town of belton captured the incident last night, as the village was battered

by storm isha.