a major hurricane travelling towards the coast of texas has developed into a category four storm, with sustained winds of 130 miles an hour. thousands of residents have boarded up their homes and fled. up to a metre of rain is expected to fall on texan cities. president trump has granted a pardon tojoe arpaio, the self—proclaimed "toughest sheriff in america," less than a month after he was convicted of criminal contempt in a case involving his department's policy of racial profiling. the president has frequently praised arpaio for his hardline immigration stance. two police officers in london have been slightly wounded tackling an armed man outside buckingham palace. a man in his 20s has been arrested. the metropolitan police said it was too early to speculate on a motive. it's one of the busiest motorway junctions in the country with more accidents than any other in england. but plans to improve the m25 atjunction 10 could threaten a number of rare trees and plants at the historic wisley garden.

tim muffett reports. traffic versus tranquillity. at the royal horticultural society, a row is taking root. it seems a mad proposal to take down these trees which has been suggested. we are never going to be able to replace them. they are wonderful. we should be nurturing bees and looking after them for the future. it is madness. the problem is the nearbyjunction where the. it is congested and has the highest accident rate of any junction in the country and improvements are needed. that one proposal could see the a3 expanded

and 2.5 acres of woodland destroyed along with 500 trees. it has high—profile support. this is a giant redwood. you have heard of these. massive. 0ver giant redwood. you have heard of these. massive. over 100 giant redwood. you have heard of these. massive. 0ver100 years giant redwood. you have heard of these. massive. over 100 years old. these. massive. 0ver100 years old. 0ne these. massive. 0ver100 years old. one of several down this great strip. this along with magnolia is and camellias would all go. 0ther plans are being considered, but it is imminent. it is widely accepted by all sides that changes need to come. the junction needs improving. are used that word every day. i am a commuter coming from london. but there is a brownfield site on the other side of the road. these trees can live for hundreds more years. this is for future generations.

highways england said this in a statement. upgrading the junction will do this. a decision is expected in the next few weeks. concerns over these trees have stepped up a gear. tim muffett, bbc news. in a moment it'll be time for the film review. but first, here's click. driving in india is an experience.

the roads are cramped, the horn is omnipresent and the rules are... well, the rules are here somewhere, i'm sure of it. and that's why we won't be doing a piece about self driving cars in india any time soon. despite the fact that it seems like everyone in india travels in the car, that's not true by any means, many people choose to travel by train instead. but, if you think that's any less intense, think again. yeah, about those rules. mumbai central station is a massive heaving hub connecting the city to the north and east of india. but, if you look closer you'll see something else connecting the commuters to the rest of the world. 116 wireless access points provide free wi—fi to anyone with an indian phone number.

it has been provided by google which at the moment says about 2.5 terabytes are being downloaded here every day. and here's the interesting part — this is notjust about this station, along india's railway tracks lie 115,000 kilometres of optic fibre and google is piping internet access down those cables to feed wi—fi access to 114 other train stations as well. i caught up with the man overseeing the project while he was waiting for his train. if you had to take one place in the country where you want tremendous fibre and you had to have reliable power, relatively speaking power is a challenge across the country and you had to have an entire country walking there at that one place, there is only one place that is the railway stations. can you guarantee that all services on google's wi—fi will be treated equally? absolutely, i think the whole

motivation for us, if you look at the reason why we did this, was to see if we can provide an open internet, completely open with access for the entire web, the way the web was designed. so, there is a fibre—optic network that's rolling out from train stations like this to the vast rural areas of this enormous country and david reid hopped on a train to find out what affects that's having elsewhere in india. it's hard not to be romantic about india's railways. british colonial rulers laid tracks for control, shifting resources mostly out and prising open markets. now, it's about moving people, millions a day thanks

to optic fibre, data. i took the train here to jaipur to investigate, it has proper broadband and it's free. apart from some controversy at another station where commuters were using free wi—fi to download hard—core pornography, the provision of high—speed wi—fi has been almost universally praised. 90,000 people pass through jaipur station every day. i'm using my wi—fi for entertainment, the news, the office work. ifind it quick, yeah. for this studentjournalist it means she can keep tabs on breaking stories. in the morning the world changes like...

there are so many things that have changed so i have to come and check. indian stations are full of thriving businesses feeding off, or simply feeding the thousands streaming through them every day. free wi—fi has actually been a boost to local businesses here, this man runs a tea store on the station platform, he's making more money now that his customers can make online payments to him. translation: i use the wi-fi when my ag signal doesn't catch. when that's not working i used the wi—fi. especially when a customer is paying through digital payments, i needed to confirm that i have received the payment. digital payments are worth about 40—50% of my takings. this is music to the ears of people managing india's railways, a nationalised industry that runs at a loss. they are thinking that high—speed wi—fi could be a good pull for a station like jaipur,

they plan to build a huge concourse and attract retail and service businesses. it mightjust be an earner. as wi—fi expands and becomes taken for granted then i think people will transact more and more of their business. jaipur is a kind of domestic, tourist hub and an international hub of high repute. people are coming out here from all parts of the world so now when you have a huge concourse it becomes an area where you can have shops, entertainment spots... for google, more people online is more people to sell to, india's railway is the country's backbone, its public wi—fi is poised to be as least as far reaching. this is the anjuman—urdu primary school in the town

of kundapur in kamataka. my name's spencer. this 155 kids here from grades one through to seven and a whole bunch of dedicated teachers. and this is how they start their day. they sing. over in this classroom things are a little more serious. at the back of the projector there is a device which is plugged in and is running videos on english, maths, and science. the videos are made for the entire region, but then they are dubbed in different dialects, different languages, depending on where they are being sent to.

today we are learning about fractions. it is a great teaching tool as long as there is electricity. but there are plenty of times when there isn't. translation: this is a new school. earlier it would have been difficult to teach due to power cuts. we would get electricity in the mornings, but as the day passed by in the afternoon we would have power cuts for more than two hours. that's why the projector and tablet are hooked up to this box, which is itself attached to a solar panel on the roof. together they can provide up to five hours of electricity a day, meaning that classes don't have to be interrupted or cancelled if the power cuts out. translation: then we started using solar power as it is an easy and natural source of generating electricity. we have introduced the study of generating power through solar energy to our students and are teaching them the importance of working with it. we also explained to our students that this process will help us in the future to generate electricity.

this whole system has been provided by the selco foundation, an indian charity with the hope to alleviate poverty by improving access to energy. with this students can get better education. and then there is no problem of electricity. at any time they can take their students to the classroom, they can teach through this medium. selco and other ngos they work with pay for half of the cost of installing the projector and solar system. the other half comes from local schools or local government. how important is the projector? translation: before this project came into use it we had very few students. but since we have started using the solar power, our number of students has increased in a good way. we have students coming to us from different villages to learn. and not only students, we have other schools coming down to our institute for smart classes. the smart class is a good way of teaching kids these days. they seem to enjoy and learn more than usual. after we introduce smart class our school stands proudly

in the educational sector. we plan to grow large as the years pass by. cool 0h! chuckles the same system is already in hundreds of rural schools and they are aiming to add hundreds more this year. and it's notjust key for schools. across rural india businesses can be helped massively by having a reliable power supply. sumana is a seamstress who lives a short drive from kunapur. she became the main breadwinner for the family after her father was taken ill. the more clothing she can repair the more she gets paid. with her old hand operated sewing machine she could fix a couple of items a day, but thanks to the solar panels on her roof her electric machine can whizz through five or six clothes per day.

plus, she has a fan, a tv, and a light, so she can work earlier and later. 0ne quarter of india's rural population lives below the official poverty line. that's 216 million people whose livelihoods could be improved by the addition of basic facilities like electricity. and, of course, one key way of helping people out of poverty is education. it's always such a privilege to come to a place like this and see how the simplest technology can make a world of difference. that's it from india for the moment. you can see plenty of photos and more backstage gossip on twitter. thanks for watching.