i was hanging on miles to go. i was hanging on gritting my teeth. i managed to believe in myself and dig deeper. i was thinking, if i canjust sit believe in myself and dig deeper. i was thinking, if i can just sit on him, hawick sprint. you can see more on all of today's stories on the bbc news channel. the next news on bbc one is at half past six, bye for now. hello, this is the bbc news channel. we are going to get a full sportsround up now and cross to the sports centre tojoin sportsround up now and cross to the sports centre to join my colleague. the premier league action is already under way today, the first of two matches sees frank de boer fighting for his first win as the crystal palace manager. his side travel to turf moor to face burnley after three defeats to start their season but ten minutes in, it's the worst possible start, a short back pass gifting chris wood a goal on his

first start for burnley, i—o gifting chris wood a goal on his first start for burnley, 1—0 to the home side. the late kick off sees swansea city hosting newcastle united. newcastle have travelled without their manager, he's too weak to travel to the game after an operation. it will bea the game after an operation. it will be a new start for boni though, he signed for swansea for the second time on the final day of the summer tra nsfer time on the final day of the summer transfer window. he says he turned down other offers because his two sons are big swansea fans. it's like afamily sons are big swansea fans. it's like a family first. it's like a family, so a family first. it's like a family, so when you're home, i think you feel better than ever and your mind physically and mentally, everything's clear in front of you. when you go outside, yourfamily everything's clear in front of you. when you go outside, your family go outside, you see them and their faces and they really enjoy it. there is nothing better than this. sirmo farah has there is nothing better than this. sir mo farah has won the great north run for sir mo farah has won the great north runfora sir mo farah has won the great north run for a record—breaking fourth time ina run for a record—breaking fourth time in a row. he took the lead in the half marathon distance with 200 metres to go. he crossed the line in

south shields in a time of one hour six seconds. he retired from the track last month to concentrate on road—racing and, with it being a couple of weeks since his last track race, he says his lack of training had an impact. four miles to go, i was just hanging on gritting my teeth, two miles, as i got closer i managed to believe in myself and dig deep. i was thinking, if i sit on him at the end, i can reflect. will there be time when you are on holiday to sit back and look back at your incredible career. you have lurched from one season to the next, have you ever had time to take stock? not at all. when i hang my shoes up for good, that is when you look back and think, i did that! the track is done, it's time to move on and enjoy it, be happy, be relaxed and enjoy it, be happy, be relaxed and just enjoy it really. the women's race was won by mary katani,

she controlled the race from start to finishzth. simon lawson won the men's wheelchair race. chris froome will take part in the cycle race in spain this afternoon. today's stage is largely a procession into madrid and, having finished runner—up three times, froome calls victy an incredible feeling. it's obviously moments like this now that make all the sacrifices, all the time away from home and from family, it's moments like this that makes it all worth it —— victory. it's emotional. such an incredible feeling. after victory in the third test over west indies and a career best figures of

7-42, indies and a career best figures of 7—1i2, james anderson's returned to in number one test ranked bowler in the world. the 35—year—old became the world. the 35—year—old became the first englishman to take 500 test wickets in the series clinching win, topping the rankings first time over a year ago. that is all the sport from me. crystal palace are trailing at burnley i—o. you can follow that one on the bbc sport website. back now to our top story, hurricane irma, reaching the us state of florida. it's brought with it winds of 130mph, roads in the florida keys flooded and 250,000 people left without power. the us national weather service warning people should take cover because of what they call an extremely dangerous and life—threatening situation. we can speak to major richard rand from the miami police department. thank you very much for being with us. give us an idea of what the picture is like there in miami? sure, no problem, in

my backdrop there are some trees blowing in the wind and some rain on the ground. this storm just keeps getting worse and worse and closer and closer. it's taken a slightjog to the east which is going to affect us to the east which is going to affect us quite a bit. we do have a lot of power lines down. we have transformers that are exploding, causing minorfires transformers that are exploding, causing minor fires and, u nfortu nately causing minor fires and, unfortunately when the winds get to 40mph sustained, we can't send emergency services out so 40mph sustained, we can't send emergency services out so it's so important that people stay in their homes and not venture outside. it's just not safe right now. how many people do you think have left the whole area, left the city and how many have stayed, any idea? it's a very eerie feeling outside to look outside on a sunday morning and, as you can see i've been standing here for ten minutes and not one car has passed by. this is one of our busiest roads. we are a

city of 60,000 people. it's a very eerie feeling. people have been heeding our warning and i think by us heeding our warning and i think by us getting out and telling people how dangerous this storm is, people are taking it serious and so are we. in terms of the rest of florida, we gather it's already hitting the florida keys, in fact we havejust had word that one person had dieded ina had word that one person had dieded in a pick—up truck crash caused by the hurricane in florida keys, so obviously there they're taking the brunt of it right now? yes. it's moving north and so conditions are just going to worsen for us in north miami beach. we are about three—and—a—half hours from key west and, as the storm moves north, it will bring with it some ferocious winds and we are expecting a lot of trees down, power lines down, about 20 minutes ago, there was a massive power loss at the emergency operation centre which was very concerning. but we are back up and

running on generators for now. hopefully we are taking it minute by minute as everyone else should be, hunkering down and listening to whatever source they have, whether it's internet, news or following whatever source they have, whether it's internet, news orfollowing us online. as you were saying, once the winds reach a certain strength, it's just not safe for your officers to two out ant streets even though they might want to to help people if they have to? one to have woshes things that can happen for police officers, for them to rush to an emergency when conditions aren't safe and now we have an emergency becausenow one of our officers have been involved in an accident or something has happened to them, so i can tell you that in—between the squalls, we are watching the winds very, very, very closely and monitoring them. when we can get emergency personnel out, we are sending them out asap. 0ne can get emergency personnel out, we are sending them out asap. one of the biggest concerns during times like this is people coming in and committing crimes, breaking into houses and cars and i can tell you that we are trying to stay

positioned in areas of the city that we can respond quickly, appropriately in time to save lives and protect property. great to talk to you, thank you so much for your time major richard rand, thank you. we can also talk to our bbc weather presenter thomas shaft knacker who is driving in a car in tampa which we are hearing is going to be badly affected by the hurricane in the coming hours. tomasz schafenacke. we are hearing that a person has died in the florida keys, underlining the deadly power of this hurricane? absolutely. the problem with the storm is it's going to generate such a life—threatening storm surge. that is something being talked about on television here and on the radio

over and over again. they are using the words deadly. a governor yesterday used the word that, staying for example in low—lying areas around naples is the equivalent of committing suicide. it isa equivalent of committing suicide. it is a big storm surge of up to 10 feet high, but people have heeded the warnings, they have been fleeing their homes out of state or into shelters. we are currently en route to our very own hurricane shelter. it's going to be a hotel in this instance. this is where we are going to spend the night here in tampa. the storm is still way to the south of us. around 12 hours away. the weather is still going downhill, we can feel the force of the storm and we have been hearing about the conditions going downhill in miami which is to an extent meet logically looking at it is only being side swept by the hurricane but still the effects of it in miami. it's close

to naples, fore myers, sarasota and in the evening, directly over tampa. what happens after it travels through florida? does it then start to lose some of its power and strength as it travels over land? absolutely. hurricanes thrive from the energy stored in the ocean. that is what gets them going. it's the rotation of the eartha gets them spinning in the first place. currently, the eye of the hurricane is over water around the florida keys, the water is very warm, that is where the storm is thriving. as soon is where the storm is thriving. as soon as is where the storm is thriving. as soon as the storm hits land, it will start to lose its energy. the eye of irma may be scraping the coast or possibly making a land fall. at the moment, the hurricane centre says it will be just about running parallel to the coast until it makes land

fall here in tampa. 0nce to the coast until it makes land fall here in tampa. once it does that, it will then make a slight turn towards the north into florida and then eventually into the states further north and from then, the storm will very quickly lose its intensity for two reasons; it will not have any more energy source from the ocean that, is one, and also the friction of the land will start to disrupt the circulation around the eye, but hurricane force winds are still expected the travel very deep inland and these winds will cause quite a bit of damage, even areas further north outside florida. tomasz take care, thank you very much. we can also speak to a deputy director of the us emergencies with save the children. she worked with those affected by hurricane harvey and she's now preparing to go to florida. a very busy time for you obviously. what are you aiming to do

in florida? yes, thank you so much. save the children has been responding to us disasters since hurricane katrina and in overa disasters since hurricane katrina and in over a decade of experience, we know that children are the most vulnerable. we focus on protecting children and families in the immediate aftermath of the disaster and all the way through the recovery. there are about four million children currently in hurricane irma's projected pathway which is a significant number. hurricane irma is one of the strongest storms ever recorded in history and so we know the impact is going to cause devastating loss, children are going to lose their communities, their homes, their schools, their valuables and personal belongings. so we do everything that we can to get children back into a sense of normal as quickly as possible. our immediate focus is supporting children in emergency shelters. we go in and set up a global programme called child friendly spaces which

isa called child friendly spaces which is a safe space with trained save the children staff and volunteers where we do arts and crafts, sports, drama, reading books, just things that get children back into that sense of normalcy, routine, structure, allows them to be kids again and forget about the disaster around them. and for very young children, it must be really bewildering to be in a hurricane, you know, not having been in one before maybe, not knowing really what a hurricane is? absolutely. for the youngest children, this is a very scary time. they've lost their protection mechanisms. we focus on making sure that the families immediately after disaster, we get them prop—up cribs, strollers, hygiene supplies because often times in these shelters they are sleeping in cot after cot side by side and there are no provisions available for infants and young children, so we provide those essentials that keep the youngest

children safe and protected. we also know that there are thousands of childcare centres who will be affected by hurricane irma. in hurricane harvey there was about 4,000 childcare centres that were in the impact zone and we have already identified over a thousand that need support in the texas area. childcare programmes fall outside of federal assistance and recovery funding, so save the children is prioritising getting those programmes back up and operational as quickly as possible because we know that when children go back to childcare, parents can then focus on going back to work themselves and focussing on the long—term recovery. themselves and focussing on the long-term recovery. and do you know which areas of in in you are going to be working in in particular, which areas you think might be worst hit? no. right now we are currently watching for the greatest impact, it seems it will be on the western side but we want to make sure we are reaching the children that most need us. reaching the children that most need us. so as soon as the storm makes

its way north of florida, we'll be in wherever the greatest need is. very good luck to you with all of that. save the children heading to florida there to help those affected by hurricane irma. let's check out the latest weather prospects here with ben rich. we have an unsettled turbulent week in prospect here at home. of course it's all relative. i want to give you an update on hurricane irma. we have been looking at the pictures. miami looks severe but it's not in the heart of this storm. the heart of the storm is now pushing close to the florida keys. you can see hurricane irma here on the satellite. wind gusts stronger than 130mph,130mph satellite. wind gusts stronger than 130mph, 130mph is the steady wind thatis 130mph, 130mph is the steady wind that is blowing. stronger gusts, a lot of rain moving north, that will cause flooding. a storm surge to the

coast will also cause flooding. this storm is going to cause further major problems. back home, it's a bit quieter. still quite bluesly through the next few days, cool with downpours. the rain working its way eastwards at the moment. the showers following on behind, they're hefty with hail and thunder. sunny breaks as well and temperatures around 14-18. through the evening, this area of low pressure will be drifting across the north of scotland. further south, notice the white lines squeezing together. that shows that we have a very windy spell tonne way, easily seeing gales for coastal parts of wales and the south—west. quite a few showers as well. where the winds remain light across north—east scotland, here could just bea north—east scotland, here could just be a fairly chilly night. generally speaking, temperatures holding up due to the strength of the wind. tomorrow morning, there could be some travel problems, particularly across wales and south—west england. if you are out and about early, bear

in mind there could be some delays to your monday morning commute. some heavy showers as well blowing in on the strong winds across the south—west and wales up into north—west england. not as many showers across east anglia and the south—east but still a blursry morning and a blustery morning too in the north, northern ireland, quite a few showers, some heavy with hailand quite a few showers, some heavy with hail and thunder. brighter weather in the east of scotland. through the day tomorrow, we'll continue to see the strong winds. it's going to be a blustery day wherever you are. gusty winds as well could cause some problems. a real rash of showers, some heavy, some thundery, some sunny breaks inbetween. temperatures 15—18. then as we get deeper into the week, we see another day of heavy rain and sunny spells. heavy rain on tuesday night, remaining unsettled through to the end of the week. this is bbc news. i'm annita mcveigh. the headlines at 2pm — hurricane irma slams

into the florida keys with winds up to 130 miles per hour. 0ver six million people have been ordered to leave their homes as the storm inches closer to the mainland. we do have a lot of power lines down, transformers are exploding causing minorfires. as hurricane irma moves into the gulf, it could still push a catastrophic wall of water inland, exacerbating this deadly storm surge we are all talking about. this is the scene live in miami, described asa the scene live in miami, described as a ghost town, as the storm approaches. overnight cuba has been battered — there's been significant damage