is this bbc news, i'm carole walker. the headlines at 3pm. as texas continues to cope with the floods from storm harvey — the storm moves east — inundating the city of port arthur and closing the country's largest oil refinery. i live in houston where the storm has passed but the impact of the flooding is devastating neighbourhoods and the water levels are still rising here. north korea calls the firing of a missile overjapan a "first step" in military operations in the pacific, after the un unanimously condemned the country. theresa may welcomes a multi—million pound trade deal for the luxury car maker aston martin on her first visit to japan as prime minister. kezia dugdale resigns as leader of scottish labour. she says she's leaving the party in a better state than she found it — but it's time to "pass the baton" to someone else. prince william and prince harry visit a memorial garden for their mother on the eve of the 20th anniversary of her death. the duchess of cambridge joined the

princes on a tour of the white garden at kensington palace, planted to mark two decades since princess diana died. a hard drive containing unfinished works by terry pratchett has been crushed by a six—and—a—half tonne steamroller — as per his wishes. the fantasy novelist died in march 2015 after battling alzheimer's disease. welcome to houston, a city where so many neighbourhoods are underwater. i'm ina many neighbourhoods are underwater. i'm in a suburb to the west of houston, the storm has passed, but

look at the impact. we have cars submerged, home completely flooded, rescue boats going door to door this morning. i've seen at least three in the last 15 minutes. what's happening here is because the reservoirs outside houston are for, the authorities are doing timed releases from the dams to stop the reservoirs overflowing, but that means this neighbourhood is still flooding from those timed releases and people here tell me the waters are still rising. it's an extraordinary state of affairs, 13,000 people have been rescued in houston and surrounding areas. 10,000 people in one shelter in houston, more shelters opened last night, more than half a million cars damaged, untold damage to people's properties. the death toll keeps rising. no accurate figure on that. the storm has gone east, but it has pummelled port arthur, a town to the

east where the mayor has said we are a city underwater. help is on the way. dramatic scenes here in houston, my colleaguejohnny dymond reports. plucked from the flood water. lifted from a rooftop, a mother and child. 0ne from a rooftop, a mother and child. one of so many rescues in a city turned into an inland sea. from across the us have come volunteers with their boats, now the only way to reach many residents as the water has risen and risen and risen again. this is a bad storm. they said it was catastrophic, it's catastrophic. as soon as it started to creep up to the front door we had to get out of there. it's overwhelming, i've been crying all morning. thousands have left their homes in the city to find food and a drive floor in shelters. even veterans of fierce weather are

stunned by this storm. catastrophic for everybody in houston, i'm from here and i'd never seen anything. i lived in south carolina for years, we nt lived in south carolina for years, went through a lot of hurricanes and i've never seen anything like this before. empty homes have made a tempting target for criminals. the police are overstretched. the city's mayor announced a night—time curfew. there are too many people from across our city, too many residents, out of their homes. and they are in shelters. i don't want them to have to worry about someone breaking into their home, looting, doing anything of that nature, while they are away. there was no forced evacuation of the city. most stayed in their homes. now those homes are underwater and help is desperately needed. the water, the current is very strong. and a lot of people

don't want to leave their homes. they've got to keep coming back out here. when we come back they decide to leave. we try to get them out as quick as possible. the scale of the floods is breathtaking. houses and roads, shops and hospitals, submerged. reconstruction will be a huge task, but is now saving lives is the priority, with residents almost swept away by surging storm water. johnny dymond, bbc news. as jolly was reporting, the effect of the flooding is catastrophic. as we look at this neighbourhood we're in, a suburb of houston, what would normally be a well—to—do suburb of houston, look at the impact of flooding. look at these cars, people have had to abandon their cars, people have had to abandon their homes. just think, we've had 50 inches of rain falling in at least one district of houston in the last

five days, more rain than houston would normally get in a year. so the impact has been absolutely ruinous and the city is just trying to cope with the fact that in some districts, even though the storm has passed, there is still more flooding on its way because of these timed releases of water from the reservoirs to avoid yet more catastrophic flooding. it's a com plete catastrophic flooding. it's a complete emergency situation here and joining me to talk about this situation now is mr adams, a local resident, thank you for being with us. resident, thank you for being with us. you're quite welcome. your home is just over there but the water is coming towards you, even though the storm has passed. i had to come out and see for myself. it's kind of devastating. looks kind of dire right now, but hopefully it'll get better. what has it been like the last five days in houston as you've experienced this emergency of hurricane harvey and the

extraordinary aftermath of the rainfall? i spent a lot of time listening to weather, news, trying to keep up—to—date with how it was going to affect me. i've been pretty much dry, certain parts of the area it is pretty dry. do you feel enough warning was given by authorities in the city, given the flooding we are seeing now? it's kind of hard to say, we had one of these about nine yea rs say, we had one of these about nine years ago, a hurricane, direct hit. after going through that, you kind of get a little experience of what's happening and you wait for it to pass over. i think it was enough warning. the hurricane is pretty slow, it gets here in a week or two, you can prepare, decide what to do, get out or whatever. when you see your city, houston, like this, what goes through your mind?m your city, houston, like this, what goes through your mind? it goes with the territory. we've had these since i was the territory. we've had these since iwasa the territory. we've had these since i was a little kid. you've got to

figure every ten years or so there will be a storm, you just hope it doesn't come towards you. what impact do you think it'll have on the city with so many people homeless, so many properties flooded, so many roads impassable? at this point it's up to the federal government and everything. i know they are putting things in order. they normally do pretty good with these kinds of things. have you had any neighbours or friends these kinds of things. have you had any neighbours orfriends badly affected by this? no, i talk with most of my family and everybody is sort of dry. i know somewhere somebody is not doing as well, as good. the city imposed a curfew, there is a curfew from midnight to 5am to stop looting, do you think it's a good move? yes, a good move. there are some individuals be out there doing things. you can hear helicopters over all night but nobody needs to be on the street but

late at night anyway. henry adams, thank you forjoining us. good luck with flood recovery. that is a voice from houston. this is a city in a state of catastrophe this morning, this is the fourth—largest city the united states. an entire neighbourhood underwater. what this has experienced in the last five daysis has experienced in the last five days is something almost unprecedented in the history of the united states and the warning from the national weather service is that there is still possibility of life—threatening flooding in houston. meanwhile to the east there is an emergency situation unfolding as east texas is pummelled. the only good news is that the storm has finally gone inland, it's in louisiana, it's moving up, up to the north, away from the coast. thank goodness. still the impact of louisiana and even tennessee is something going on. a quite extraordinary situation here.

authorities warning they are still in the emergency stage. it'll be a long time before we can get to recovery. in the last two minutes we've had an update from the federal emergency management agency, which is dealing with the situation. they say more than 195,000 people have already registered to receive assistance from the federal emergency management agency and 30,000 people are currently being housed in 230 shelters. that is according to the latest official figures coming in. 195,000 people already registering for help as a result of those floods. let's take a look at some of the other numbers behind the storm which has left so many people displaced. it's broken a new rainfall record for the us continent

with 51.88 inches of rain since the 28th of august. 1a trillion litres of water has dropped from storm harvey. with another 5 trillion litres expected to come. with me now is nick miller from the bbc weather centre. thanks forjoining us. we were hearing from laura that the storm has moved inland, that it's heading north. what can you tell us about what we can expect from this storm now? whilst there are still people, us states in the path of the storm, that haven't experienced anything yet, it is good news it's gone inland because any tropical weather system inland because any tropical weather syste m o nce inland because any tropical weather system once it has moved inland can no longer tap into its fuel, its fuel is warm ocean water. inland it'll fuel is warm ocean water. inland it‘ ll start fuel is warm ocean water. inland it'll start to weaken even more than it'll start to weaken even more than it has already, and eventually dissipate. it'll move quicker now as well, once inland, move up towards

kentucky at the weekend, close to 0hio, a more rapid movement means although it will produce risks of flash flooding as it takes the path from louisiana to ohio, no one place will be under prolonged rain, which is what we've seen in texas. though there are difficult times ahead for other us states at risk of flash flooding, the worst of the rainfall that can still be dumped from this storm looks to be over now, as it is inland and moves north. as we've seen inland and moves north. as we've seen from laura, the disaster continues beyond the end of the rainfall around houston and other parts of texas, other places in the path of the storm. we're talking about the fourth—largest city in the us, inundated, 195,000 people now needing help, why did this particular storm do so much damage? i was working when this was about to make landfall and some of the rainfall forecasts were hard to believe. you reported some of the

numbers as it has conspired and in some cases it has exceeded those forecasts. the hard to believe has become reality, that is the reality of what people in texas and parts of louisiana are living through because this storm just meandered, but it made landfall in texas, along the coastline, to louisiana. very slow moving so any tropical storm, any hurricane, will produce flooding rain. it's capable of dumping a huge amount of moisture. it did that day after day over some of the same areas because it wasn't moving and it was close enough to the warm ocean water to tap into that to keep its fuel feeding into the system. the slow movement close to the gulf of mexico was a nightmare scenario, the worst—case scenario, and it was already strong in the first place, category four major hurricane making landfall. those things combined makes this into what we're seeing now, unprecedented. with impact

beyond anything experienced, a quote from the us national weather service. you talk about this being unprecedented but do we think it is a one—off or is there a wider pattern, something we can expect to re—occur in coming months and years? it's hard to pinpoint what has happened with one storm and link it to any greater trend, you need more evidence to do that. there are basic science, warmer air can contain more moisture that condenses out into rainfall. we are seeing warmer than normal ocean water, that is fuel for the storms. in that respect you are loading the dice towards stronger hurricanes. there are so many factors going on, there isn't a simple answer. how can tap in, the overall weather pattern in north america at the moment has led the storm to stay in the same place. 0thers move inland and quickly. 0n wider issues, the sign suggests, the

science suggests, with a warmer world you increase the likelihood of extreme rainfall events. president trump has responded to north korea's missile tests. he said... north korea says its firing of a ballistic missile overjapan is the first step of military operations in the pacific. the united nations security council unanimously condemned the test, in a statement issued after an emergency meeting last night. the diplomatic unease coincides with theresa may's visit to japan — she's urged china to put more pressure on north korea to stop its missile testing programme. but beijing said there's too much focus on sanctions, and not enough on peace talks. 0urfirst report is from yogita limaye, in the south korean capital seoul. this is the rocket that flew over japan on tuesday morning, according to north korean state television.

it's believed to be a hwasong—12 medium—range missile, the kind pyongyang has threatened to fire at the us pacific island of guam. and north korea has said tuesday's test was the first step towards that plan. its leader, kim jong—un, monitored the launch and has ordered more such missile drills aimed at targets in the pacific ocean. the threat is very serious. the indication that there are going to be more launches came from kim jong—un himself, so it's definite, they are going to launch more missiles. we should take it seriously because north korea has already said that it's going to advance toward the capability of delivering a nuclear warhead to an american city. the tests that have been announced will be an important step along the way. north korea's fierce response came as the united nations security council was meeting in new york. all 15 members of the group condemned pyongyang's actions. the world is united against north korea.

there is no doubt about that. it is time for the north korean regime to recognise the danger they are putting themselves in. but no new sanctions were announced by the council. south korea has welcomed the un statement, but is pushing for tougher measures against north korea, as are the us and japan. but even the stringent sanctions passed by the security council earlier this month, banning major exports from north korea and putting economic pressure on the country don't seem to have worked so far. prime minister theresa may is visiting japan a day after a missile flew over the country. the threat from north korea, high on the agenda. well, i want to work with prime minister abe, to work with other international partners, to do what we all want to do, which is to stop north korea from conducting these illegal activities. we want to work with international partners to see what further pressure can be brought on north korea and, of course, particularly look at what china can do to bring pressure on north korea. beijing has hit back

at the prime minister for her comments, saying she should first ensure the country is fully implimenting sanctions. china has also blamed the us for escalating tensions and has heavily criticised the joint military exercises being conducted by american and south korean troops. translation: china stands opposed to any chaos or war on the peninsula. enhancing war on the peninsula will not help towards achieving the goal of demilitarisation or regional stability. on tuesday, south korea also released video of its own missiles, a response to north korea's test. both sides are caught up in a cycle of aggression. while north korea is high on the agenda, theresa may is also hoping to discuss a post—brexit

trade deal, on herfirst trip to japan as prime minister. she's described japan as a like—minded nation, and a natural trading partner — though the country has been forthright in expressing concerns about the impact of britain's departure from the eu on its uk—based firms. a warning that this report from rupert wingfield—hayes contains some flash photography. arriving injapan's second city 0saka today, theresa may has landed in the middle of a new north korean missile crisis. but it is primarily trade that japan wants to talk to the british prime minister about this week. and in particular the deal she is negotiating for britain to leave the european union. i'm going to be talking to my japanese counterpart prime minister abe this week about the future relationship between the united kingdom and japan. about how we can build on what is already a good strong relationship, but build on that in the areas of security, defence and yes, trade. and look to the arrangements that we can put in place when we've left the european union.

mrs may was greeted by the japanese prime minister shinzo abe in the ancient capital of kyoto. at a buddhist temple she was treated to a cup of tea. a very japanese one. despite mrs may's confident words, these two leaders are far apart on the issue of brexit. japan is deeply concerned about britain leaving the european union. it is by far the largest asian investor in the uk. over the last 35 years over 1000 japanese companies have invested in britain, creating 150,000 jobs. japanese business owners said their investments were made because britain is in the eu. we are probably the largest asian investor in this country and it all started when margaret thatcher promoted britain as the bridgehead into the european market. the japanese companies bought that and came in great numbers. there will be much talk here this week of the strength and depth of anglo—japanese ties. but if britain is heading for a hard

brexit, those ties are going to be put under severe strain. rupert wingfield hayes, bbc news, in tokyo. we've been hearing more about those discussions between theresa may and shinzo abe. it looks like the international security situation has very much dominated the first day of discussions, the first of theresa may's visit, because of the circumstances in which she arrived. we are told the discussions between theresa may and shinzo abe have very much focused on security in north korea and have touched on brexit. primarily the prime minister has told mr abe the uk stands shoulder

told mr abe the uk stands shoulder to shoulder with japan in the face of the north korean aggression. they also discussed the importance of the show of unity from the un security council, about this international situation. the un security council had earlier roundly condemned the illegal missile testing by north korea. another elements discussed between theresa may and prime minister abe was possibilities are putting further economic and political sanctions on north korea. they say they will be continuing that conversation tomorrow. we're told they touched on brexit, something very important to theresa may to discuss. but the climate in which she has arrived means, of course, japan is particularly focused on more immediate events over security. it's like your way home more about this. mrs may talks generally about how the uk will

continue to work with international partners to try to keep up this pressure on north korea. many thanks, emma vardy. the headlines bbc news: as texas continues to cope with floods from storm harvey, the storm moves east, inundated the city of port arthur, closing the country's largest oil refinery. north korea says the firing of a missile overjapan was the first step of its military operations in the pacific after the un security council unanimously condemned the country. president trump says talking is not the answer to defusing diplomatic tensions. prince william and prince harry visit a memorial garden for their mother on the eve of the 20th anniversary of her death. in sport liverpool and arsenal have opened talks about alex 0xlade—chamberlain, liverpool looking to sign him after he refused a move to chelsea.

concerns for the health and workload of men's tennis players according to david hagerty, afterfive top players missed the us open through injury. the head of the final and decisive test against the west indies, the ecb have announced 0tis gibson is tojoin and join indies, the ecb have announced 0tis gibson is to join and join the south africa setup as bowling coach. more on those stories in ten minutes. prince william and prince harry are due to visit a memorial garden for their mother this afternoon, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of her death. the white garden in the grounds of kensington palace is dedicated to the life and work of diana, princess of wales. the princes will also meet representatives of charities she supported. 0ur correspondent richard lister is at kensington palace. tell us a bit more about the visit. this was a visit organised so the

princess could pay tribute to their mother's life and the work she did in various charitable causes. she had a handful of causes she was devoted to it in the final year of her life, as she scaled right back in terms of the amount of charitable institutions she worked with. it was only half a dozen or so she paid particular attention to. it was representatives of those charities that her sons met today in the white garden, a couple of hundred yards away from here. i'm at the southgate of kensington palace. you can see the gates over my shoulder. attached are flowers and photographs of diana, princess of wales, much as was the case 20 years ago after the announcement of her death. there was announcement of her death. there was a sea announcement of her death. there was a sea of flowers. many people have come to remember that moment and many people are hopeful of seeing the princes themselves though we've heard nothing confirmed from the

palace. to talk about diana's charitable legacy i'm joined by juliet lion, former director of the prison reform trust and involved in childline. give us a sense, particularly recently, how the prison reform trust benefited from the fundraising juggernaut that was diana princess of wales. as you know, after her death a lot of money was raised in her honour, in her name, and we were lucky at that point to obtain a grant, a lasting legacy grant, from the diana princess of wales memorial fund. it was specifically to reduce child imprisonment. to what extent was it successful? that is the good story. after five years working from 2007-2012, we after five years working from 2007—2012, we were able to reduce the number of children under 18 going to prison by almost half. 0ver 40%. going to prison by almost half. 0ver a0%. today there are fewer than 1000

children in prison whereas then there were over 3000. many charities have similar stories because of the amount of money they were able to receive as a result of diana's name and childline was another charity you were involved with. that one was particularly close to her heart. yes, it was the only time i met her. she had an abiding interest in disadvantaged children and young people and she supported childline. very strongly. we believed prison reform would be something she would have wa nted reform would be something she would have wanted to support, particularly in relation to vulnerable children. it was a real pleasure to be involved in something alongside local authorities, alongside police, other charities, we were able to make a significant impact.|j other charities, we were able to make a significant impact. i saw one majorfigure in the make a significant impact. i saw one major figure in the charity world quoted as saying she was perhaps the most significant contributor to that world, the world of charity and

fundraising, of the 20th century. does it sound like hype or can you accept that? i don't know to be honest but when i was director, for quite some time, 17 years, the largest grant we ever received. 0ne and a half million. it felt huge for and a half million. it felt huge for a small charity and meant we could employ a dedicated team that would work really closely with local authorities. we call the programme out of trouble because the aim was to help children get out of trouble before they got into such deep trouble that present looks like where they were headed. that generosity and ability to use money in that way i think was very productive and saved millions and millions in terms of the expenditure you would have expected once children get into that degree of difficulty. thanks forjoining us on this wet afternoon outside kensington palace. there are a few hundred people here, perhaps put off

now by the persistent rain that's been going on all afternoon. hoping for a chance to see either of the princes come out and see the gate behind us. that is not confirmed and the princes have made clear this is to bea the princes have made clear this is to be a low—key day. their meetings earlier were behind closed doors and they don't have any other public events they don't have any other public eve nts o n they don't have any other public events on the schedule over the next couple of days. if you're struggling with debt, you're more likely to have your credit card limit raised without asking. that is according to research from citizens advice, which found nearly one in five of its customers have been given access to more credit without requesting it. the charity wants a ban on credit extensions without the cardholder's explicit consent. here's andy verity. borrowing on credit cards has been growing by 9%. farfaster than wages. and citizens advice says irresponsible practices are keeping people in debt they can't get out of. tracy banham ran into trouble when her small—business hit difficulty. she and her partner used credit

cards to plug the financial holes. then sickness struck, then separation, and it was all too easy to find a temporary solution by borrowing more. she racked up debts of £37,000. it got to the point where i was just paying off interest, basically. at one point on one credit card, i was paying £700 a month and probably £60 of that was just coming off the debt. that was just one of the credit cards. the latest figures from the bank of england confirmed consumers have borrowed just over £200 billion on unsecured loans. with about a third of that on credit cards. yet one in five borrowers have been given higher credit limits without asking for them. 0n 2.2 million credit card accounts borrowers spend more on charges and fees than on repayments. pushing them further into debt. citizens advice says if that goes on for two years, lenders should have to contact borrowers and offer help such as suspending interest payments. credit card holders can still be

left more money to borrow and spend on what they like without lenders ever carrying out checks to make sure they can afford to repay it. ten years after a crash that was caused by reckless lending. citizens advice said that is wrong and affordability checks should be required whenever credit limits on credit cards are extended. we also think that the regulator can play a bit more of a role so that when credit limits are extended, and this is done in agreement with the customer and the company, that there should be more of an affordability checkjust to make sure that people can afford to pay back the money they are borrowing. the body that represents most credit card lenders, uk finance, says it is taking steps to prevent struggling borrowers being offered more credit, and that it is working with regulators to help people manage their debts. andy verity, bbc news. police are investigating after fireworks were set off in a pizza

shopin fireworks were set off in a pizza shop in liverpool. the box of fireworks exploded in kirkdale with pa rt fireworks exploded in kirkdale with part of the ceiling coming down as staff ran for cover. the motive for the attack is as yet unknown. police are investigating possible links to are investigating possible links to a shooting on the same road two days previously. members of staff have spoken to police after finding a shot gun pellet in the shop after the shooting. dramatic pictures, no reports of any injuries. now let's catch up with the weather. the rain has got a bit longer left before clearing away this evening. sunshine to be found elsewhere in the uk. if you heavy showers with scotla nd the uk. if you heavy showers with scotland and northern ireland. through the night many places becoming dry. still a few showers heading into coastal areas. a cold

one tonight. single figures in the countryside. quite a chilly start in the morning. many of us dry with sunshine. parts of north wales and north—west england, around liverpool bay perhaps could see some intense downpours early on. elsewhere cloud bills and showers break—out. light winds are slow—moving and could be heavy with thunder and hail possible. sunny spells in between. a warmer day for east anglia and south—east england compared with today. chilly again on thursday night. a dry start to the weekend, it looks like sunday will have rain heading in from the west. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 3:30pm. as texas continues to cope with the floods from storm harvey the storm moves east, indundating the city of port arthur and closing the country's largest oil refinery. north korea says the firing

of a missile overjapan was "the first step" of its military operations in the pacific, after the un unanimously condemned the country. within the last hour, president trump tweeted that "talking was not the answer" to diffusing diplomatic tensions. theresa may welcomes a multi—million pound trade deal for the luxury car maker aston martin on her first visit to japan as prime minister. kezia dugdale resigns as leader of scottish labour, saying it is time to "pass on the baton" to someone else. she says she is leaving the party in a much better state than she found it. prince william and prince harry visit a memorial garden for their mother on the eve of the 20th anniversary of her death. now, time for the sport. transfer deadline day tomorrow, and there are a couple of big deals still in the works. our sports reporter

david 0rnstein is here to talk us through the headlines. let's start off with alex 0xlade—chamberlain because it looked for a while like he might be going to chelsea but now it looks like liverpool have come calling. it's interesting because alex 0xlade—chamberlain had been the subject of an agreed deal between arsenal and chelsea. £40 million was the fee settled on. but he rejected it. he was of the understanding that he was going to leave arsenal where he's playing at right wingback, to join chelsea. he said i don't want to do that, i actually want to join liverpool, his boyhood club. at the time they put the lead hadn't put in an offer. they have now, that's been rejected. he'll either go to liverpool and play centrally or stay at arsenal. that's one to keep an eye on. what about ross barkley? it looks like chelsea have mist out on

alex 0xlade—chamberlain. looks like chelsea have mist out on alex 0xlade-chamberlain. everton's valuation is just shy of £50 million. he only has a year left on his contract. it is likely they've rejected a bid from chelsea for £25 million. they are going to have to meet somewhere in the middle. i suspect that might be done before the deadline. however, if he doesn't everton a re the deadline. however, if he doesn't everton are happy for him to stay and he is suffering from a long—term injury at the moment. also possibly coming in chelsea is danny drinkwater of leicester city. he's put ina drinkwater of leicester city. he's put in a transfer request, however leicester don't want him to leave. 0nly leicester don't want him to leave. only a year ago he signed a new contract until 2021. both clubs are farapart in their contract until 2021. both clubs are far apart in their valuations. if chelsea really want him they might get it done. thank you. hours left to go before the deadline at 11 o'clock tomorrow night. plenty more to come. more on the bbc sport website. the most powerful man in tennis,

president of the itf david haggarty has said there are concerns over players health, and that their needs to be "robust conversations" about their calendar. this comes as five top players, including three former champions, are out of this year's us open with injuries. i think that the leaders that we have today in the sport are very open to this conversation. they are concerned about the health of the players but also the success of tennis. i think that next week when we have the stakeholder meetings, i know that this is to be discussed and i'm sure we will have some robust conversations. the game, i think the itf will play a role as will all seven governing bodies and stakeholders. england's professional rugby union players are to take part in a major study of concussion and brain injuries this season. it's thought it's the biggest of its kind to take place in the history of uk sport. it involves a pitchside saliva swab to diagnose brain injuries. 0ur rugby union reporter chrisjones earlier told me this could be a major breakthrough. what this research will give us as

an objective test of head injury. at the moment our tests are very subjective, we ask the player how they feel, we assess their balance, we assess their memory, their ability to manipulate numbers. they are either subjective or indirect markers of the injury. what this test would give us would be an objective marker of a brain injury. ahead of england's third and final decisive test against the west indies the ecb has announced that bowling coach 0ttis gibson is to quit his position tojoin cricket south africa as head coach. gibson will leave at the end of the current test series against the west indies. england, meanwhile, have named the same 13 players for next week's final decisive test at lord's. that's all the sport for now. we'll bring you more later including all the news in the build—up to tra nsfer all the news in the build—up to transfer deadline day tomorrow. tropical storm harvey has moved east

to neighbouring louisiana, after battering the city of houston in texas for the past four days. thousands of people there have fled their homes in search of emergency shelter amid severe flooding. residents in port arthur, texas, 90 miles east of houston, are said to be in "survival mode". 195,000 people have registered with the us government for financial assistance due to the flooding in texas. i'm joined by helen parker in houston who is visiting her sister and found herself stranded in flood water. thank you forjoining us, helen. tell us what happened. we weren't flooded ourselves but it may be flooded now, i don't know. we we re be flooded now, i don't know. we were watching the news about the levies that were holding the reservoirs, and we were just in the shadow of the levy. we were all so

hemmed in by the outlet channels. we only had one route out of our neighbourhood. 0ur neighbourhood was relatively dry, there was some flooding starting a few streets away, and it was rising, but wejust decided we didn't want to wait until the root out was blocked. so we left really early in the morning when we heard that the levies that were starting to spill over, we just decided it was time to get out. were you able to get out, did you have a car? we left in the car and the underpass will still dry. we managed to get out fine. that was fine. then

we drove around. we drove west in between the two reservoirs, and tried to find our way, we were offered accommodation by quite a number of people who were texting us. number of people who were texting us. but we just couldn't get through, we kept coming to flooded roads and couldn't go any further. at one point we had to go back down the wrong way on the highwayjust to get back to a road to go somewhere else. eventually we realised we were stuck and so we went to one of the shelters in the area in a high school. they were actually fall is we we re school. they were actually fall is we were turned away from there as well. in the end we went back to the house to get the trailer, which then we brought back. we had been offered

the driveway of some strangers, we slept there in the trailer overnight. a pretty unnerving situation? yes. there's eight of us squeezed into the trailer. thank you very much for talking to us. kezia dugdale has resigned as leader of scottish labour saying it's time to pass the button. she said the party had been revitalised during her two years in charge and it was time for a new leader with fresh energy, drive and a new mandate. she has previously criticised jeremy corbyn but designed shoot —— denied she was under pressure to leave. simple question, why stand down? most political leaders quit at a moment of crisis, something terrible's happened.

i've decided that i think the labour party's very much on its uppers. it's made a tremendous amount of progress from the state that i found it in, two, two and a half years ago when it was literally on its knees. now it's time to pass that baton on to the next person. why? i mean, have you found it frustrating, have you found it difficult? i think you say in your resignation letter, it has been fulfilling but also challenging? i inherited a party, people didn't really know what the labour party stood for any more. i used to hear that all time. so i have made the case for progressive taxes, i have made the case for federalism. why not keep making that case then? why go? i think i have established these as the big issues in scottish politics now, not least educational inequality. and i have enjoyed sparring with the first minister week in, week out, around that. but the work that has to happen now, that's for the next person. two years seems like a very short period of time but actually, when you look at the immensity of what's happened in scottish politics over that, from the independence referendum, to two general elections, a scottish parliament election, a local government election, a referendum on europe.

i mean, the immensity of that is huge and it's had its toll on many people, not least myself. do you thinkjeremy corbyn can go on to become prime minister? do you think he's the right leader for the labour party? i absolutely do believe that he can and will go on in the role that he's doing. he will have my full support in doing that. you will back him in that? of course. and it's not the reason you're leaving? categorically not. but you spoke out against him and criticised, you were critical of him in that earlier period and perhaps some on the left have never forgiven you for that? that may be so. i did that 14 months ago. i haven't said a critical word aboutjeremy since. on a personal level we continue to get on extremely well and i wish him every success for the future. and i will be there right by his side to campaign for him to be the next prime minister. are you going before you were pushed ? absolutely not. i'm going on my terms. i have assessed the situation that the scottish labour party faces, i have looked at my own life and decisions that i want to make around it and i have decided this is time. kezia dugdale, thank you very much. thank you. in a moment a summary of the business news this hour, but first the headlines on bbc news.

as texas continues to cope with the floods from storm harvey the storm moves east, inundating the city of port arthur and closing the country's largest oil refinery. north korea says the firing of a missile overjapan was "the first step" of its military operations in the pacific, after the un sceurity council unanimously condemned the country. president trump says "talking is not the answer" to diffusing diplomatic tensions. prince william and prince harry visit a memorial garden for their mother on the eve of the 20th anniversary of her death. in the business news. evacuations and shutdowns, the ceo of shell is a disruption caused by storm harvey will continue for weeks but expects a limited impact on production capacity with little

disruption on world markets. we will hear from disruption on world markets. we will hearfrom him in a moment. the co—operative group has entered exclusive talks to acquire nisa. the firm is understood to be considering a £140 million bid which will overta ke a £140 million bid which will overtake the wholesale business supplying 3000 nisa stores. the co—op has replaced saint breeze as the front runner for nisa. as the uk prime minister meets herjapanese counterpart, aston martin has announced a £500 million trade deal between the uk and japan. they aim to increase exports to japan, opening new offices and expand its dealer network. theresa may called the investment vital as britain prepares to leave the eu. storm harvey has made landfall again in the us state of louisiana after hovering in the gulf of mexico. as thousands of people brace themselves, businesses are also counting the cost. a significant part of the us oil industry is based along the golf of mexico where harvey has already caused shocking amounts of damage.

our business editor simonjack has been speaking to the ceo of shell about the impact of the hurricane on their employees and the business, including deep water facilities and a petro—chemical plant, which both had to be shut down. 0ur regional headquarters, and also our global headquarters for a number of businesses that we have. so we have quite a few people in houston, downtown and to the west side of it. but of course we have a large refining and petrochemical operation. in the gulf of mexico we have a very large deepwater operation. and we are constructing new assets as well, in the area as a matter of fact where the hurricane made landfall. 0k, and just assess the impact of this, how material has it been on people, production, how long do you think it will last? it's early days, sign in. it's early days, simon. first of all, i think it's fair enough to say that it has had major impact and disruption on our employees, as you can imagine. we've all seen the pictures, i get very periodic updates on how the situation is. many, many of our people, as many as with others as well have been displaced.

have either major damage or issues with their home, or with family members. we've had to put people up in temporary accommodation. so i think the disruption for our staff is absolutely very substantial. of course in general, life has been disrupted. difficulties also for people to go around, get to work. as a matter of fact, we had to shut down our refining and petrochemicals complex in anticipation of all of this. we have had some significant flooding. it doesn't look like we have a lot of wind damage, but still it's out of commission and will take some time to restore that. and we had to evacuate one of our deepwater facilities in the gulf because it was in the path of the hurricane. but also there, it doesn't look as if there is major damage. even where the hurricane made landfall, where we are constructing one of our next big deepwater projects, it looks as if the damage is also limited. so, yeah, it will be a disruption for weeks still to come,

but unfortunately it's not the first time that we've had to deal with major disruption in the gulf. just give us a sense of where this ranks in terms of disruption. it is right at the top of things. whether it's the worst of the second worst, it's hard to say. a lot of it still has to play out. of course, if you have to shut down a very large refining petrochemicals complex, we had to shut down the entire pipeline system around it. the whole network of facilities in the ship channel has been disrupted. the ship channel itself is congested with debris. if you see how much disruption there is to people and therefore the capacity to restore, ithink, yeah, this is a major thing. where it ranks is hard to say but it is a major event for the industry, and of course for

the people of houston. and what about the impact on production, is that a material impact on your production capacity? i would say that it's actually quite limited, in the bigger scheme of things. so of course we have one of our facilities which we had to evacuate, perdido. let's see when it comes back, that can be a matter of a few days or weeks, ora bit longer, depending on whether there is damage or not. but in the bigger scheme of things, that is not that material. so i don't expect to see disruption on world markets as a result of this. that was the ceo of shelled ben van beurden. ——shell. young people don't feel prepared to enter the workforce. that's according to the youth charity the prince's trust who have spoken to thousands of young people, teachers and workers from across the country, to understand their experiences of developing "soft skills" such as team work, communication and resilience.

russell knight is senior head of 0utreach, assessment and outcomes at the prince's trust. thank you forjoining us. give us a brief definition of what are the soft skills young people say they are missing? bank having me on the programme. these things like confidence, communication, resilience. soft skills but core skills that are really important to getting a job, maintaining a job and then being successful and thriving in the environment. what our young people telling you, that they don't have them or how to develop them? that's correct. not all people but people we surveyed who had just finished their gcses, 43% declared they didn't feel confident that they had the ability to communicate in the working environment. they didn't have the skills to get a job. the most important thing from this is that over 60% of those young people know how important it is. they no they need to getjobs but they don't

feel equipped at the moment. the uk has record low unemployment. i young people saying they are struggling to get work? partly still struggling to get work? partly still struggling to get work. i think that first step is very challenging. however the environment we work in these days is very different. young people who don't attain at school often have two or threejobs don't attain at school often have two or three jobs they need to hold down, they need to be resilient, confident, they need to have the ability tojuggle confident, they need to have the ability to juggle a number ofjobs to pay their rent and put food on the table. thank you. a lot of analysts are very focused on currencies at the moment. an interesting story between the pound and the euro. the euro is getting stronger and the pound weaker, many suggesting we could see parity by the end of the year. hss share price is down 12% after a profit warning theyissued is down 12% after a profit warning they issued this morning. the ftse

in general is up half a percent. that's all the business news. now the great british bake—0ff without mary berry, or mel and sue, seemed unthinkable to many of the programme's fans, after its controversial move to channel 4. but the first episode of the new series, which aired last night, appears to have been a success. 6.5 million people tuned in, which is channel 4's biggest overnight audience in five years. this series has three new presenters, with sandi toksvig, noel fielding and newjudge prue leithjoining paul hollywood on the team. 0ur entertainment correspondent lizo mzimba was watching. can you see it? i can't see it anywhere. big white tent, 12 new bakers. sorry, sue, you did say white tent... some things have changed, no mel and sue, or mary berry, other things feel reassuringly familiar. leaving the bases uncovered. how are you going to pour your chocolate before it hardens... a total of 6.5 million viewers tuned in to the show, including these loyal fans. bake 0ff! cheers, guys.

hello, bakers, and welcome to the fabulous bake 0ff tent. i mean, i still miss mel and sue but i'm 0k. i haven't missed them. ifeel like i'm cheating saying it, but i haven't missed them. on your marks. get set. bake. the viewing figures are significantly down on the more than 10 million who watched it on bbc one. but 6.5 million still represents a ratings success for channel 4, who said they needed 3 million to break even. the test now is will people carry on watching? were they watching because they were inquisitive or because they are true bake 0ff fans and want to continue? there is always the chance the audience will grow as well, as it has historically, over a series of bake 0ff. but they might fall off as well. don't celebrate too soon, but it looks good at the moment. channel 4's chief creative 0fficerjay hunt said the great british bake 0ff‘s audience last night proves it still one of the country's favourite shows. i'm delighted millions watched the new team put 12 magnificent bakers through their paces. it is the largest share of young audiences we have had for a show for over a decade.

a large proportion of young viewers is of course crucial in attracting lucrative advertising that willjustify the £25 million a year channel 4 is paying to love productions to broadcast the show. channel 4 will be hoping lots of viewers who watched the show grow over six years on the bbc will stay with it in its new home. viewers like the very first bake 0ff winner, edd kimber. the show is very, very special to me. i was a very different person when i did it. it was seven years ago and i have seen it go from this tiny little thing to this huge national, international news story. so i have my fingers tightly crossed because i really want it to succeed and i think it really did. bake off is now channel 4's most popular show, the question for the future is will it continue to be one of the nation's favourite, too?

a computer hard drive containing unfinished works by terry pratchett has been crushed by a steam roller. as per instructions left by the fantasy novelist. it is thought up to ten incomplete novels were flattened at the great dorset steam fair by the 6.5 tonne steam roller. terry pratchett died aged 66 in march 2015 after battling alzheimer's disease. time for a look at the weather. is it getting any better, nick? there are signs things will settle down at least into the start of the weekend. we are seeing some sunshine although you may find a few passing showers. persistent rain affecting much of east anglia and southee england. most of the rain in the south—east

but showers in northern ireland and scotland, just one or two for wales and western england. here is the pattern going into this evening. away from this area to the east are lots of england and wales is dry but some hefty showers in northern ireland and scotland. it's notjust wet in the south—east, it is much cooler compared with yesterday. you'd be lucky to reach 15 this afternoon. nowhere is particularly warm across the uk today. it always feels better way you some sunshine. if you showers still lingering in the midlands. 0ne if you showers still lingering in the midlands. one or two showers in north—east england, north—west england looking fine. the showers in northern ireland hard to miss those in scotland north of the central belt mainly. this evening the rain will move away from east anglia and the south—east. showers continuing in western coastal areas. many places becoming dry and clear.

temperatures lower than this in the countryside, mid single figures in some places. be aware there could be some places. be aware there could be some hefty downpours in north wales and north—west england tomorrow morning, they could cause if you travel difficulties. after a sunny start the cloud builds and showers break—out. in the afternoon it is sunshine and showers with slow—moving, heavy and thundery possibly with hail, downpours. certainly a warmer day in east anglia and south—east england compared with today. thursday evening, still showers around, eventually fading. thursday night it looks like being a chilly night. on friday a lot of dry weather around with one or two showers especially in eastern parts of england. those will be dry on saturday with cloud and sunny spells. high—pressure is settling across the uk. it won't last long. low pressure and weather fronts to the west meaning things

will go downhill, saturday night and into sunday. they could be heavy rain in western parts of the on sunday. this is bbc news, i'm carole walker. the headlines at 4pm. as texas continues to cope with days of rising flood water — storm harvey moves east threatening thousands more homes. residents of the city of port arthur take refuge in a bowling alley — after more than 20 inches of rain fell overnight. babies also lost their lives. three babies in your building? yes, in the first section. i'm in the second section. they were trying to get out. president trump says talking is not the answer — when it comes to responding to north korea's missile tests. theresa may says the uk will stand shoulder to shoulder with japan over the threat — as she makes herfirst visit as prime minister. campaigners warn that raising credit card limits could be pushing people already struggling with debt into further difficulties.

prince william and prince harry visit a memorial garden