part of the reason that so many were caught on the hop could be found in a now infamous forecast the previous day... apparently a woman rang the bbc and said she had heard there was a hurricane on the way. well, if you are watching — don't worry, there isn't. the most lasting effect was the devastation of ancient woodland. emmetts garden near sevenoaks lost 95% of its trees to the gale. some were more than 300 years old. we lost our electricity for nine days. our telephone for five days. our water supply for four days... caught up in the storm, nature expert matthew oates remembers a change of emphasis during years of recovery. the managers were under terrific pressure from a lot of local people, to clear up and replant. then we found that actually, if you left the woods to themselves, they would regenerate naturally. not necessarily with like for like, but nonetheless you would get woodland back very quickly. that's what happened. a lot has changed over the last three decades. we now have the technology to predict and prepare, as we have seen in the case of ophelia.

but perhaps the biggest lesson we learned from the great storm was the sheer power of nature to recover from disaster. robert hall, bbc news, at scotney castle, kent. many parts of the uk have been experiencing a red sky for most of the day. experts say storm ophelia picked up saharan dust from north africa, and dust from wild fires in spain and portugal, producing an eerie effect which made the sun appear red — and provided plenty of people with opportunities to take some memorable photos. newsnight is coming up on bbc two. here on bbc one it's time for the news where you are. welcome to sportsday. mahrez strikes

as leicester salvage a draw at home to west brom in the premier league. anthonyjoshua's opponent is named ahead of the defence of his world titles. and the changes in welsh by titles. and the changes in welsh rugby which could affect one of the team's biggest stars. it has not been the start to the

premier league that leicester would have hoped for as they were held to a 1-1 have hoped for as they were held to a 1—1 draw with west brom. the former champions remain in the bottom three with one win from eight league matches will not long ago the king power stadium was the home of the champions but the summer of 2016 now feels a distant memory, leicester started this game in the bottom three, and to climb up the table they must speak the war, tony pulis‘s west brom do not make it easy, but this was a first half short of quality. for leicester it feels like wins of change have come in, those who once mesmerised are now misfiring, mahrez high and wide. the visitors had barely has sight of goal until this. nacer chadli's stunning strike lifting the gloom, they were set up for the awayday smash and grab but

leicester and mahrez could summon the old style. the algerian finding a finish more reminiscent of the good times, in a match neither deserved to win, in a night short of skill, and a different night in store tomorrow when the champions league returns. to have as much possession as we did, and then to go a goal down, you are worried about how it affects the players, but we changed the shape and to a man they went about it and maybe they put the game at risk of it for my liking, but they showed the spirit we have got and the resilience and also i think we deserved to go. when we scored we became more comfortable and disappointed we have conceded but every game in this league is a tough game and i said this before, you look at leicester's bench and the players they have got there, never mind the starting 11, every team outside the top six, there's

not much between them and everyone is strong, it was a real tough league. every game, unless you are right on it, you won't get what you deserve. the newcastle owner mike ashley has put the club up for sale, he said the club needed a clear direction and a path to a bright and successful future. newcastle have been relegated twice since he took over. the newcastle fans will be excited about the prospect of new money being invested, and alan shearer has a picture of people jumping for joy, because shearer has a picture of people jumping forjoy, because mike ashley has been a devizes figure and there have been processed is against him and there have been two relegations as well since he took charge —— divisive figure. he has put money into the club to save them from financial review, and there is no guarantee, but many newcastle fans

will be happy with this —— financial ruin. the draw for the fa cup third round —— first round has been made. hyde united will be at home to the mk dons. details on the bbc website. northern ireland will discover their play—off fate tomorrow. they will be one of the unseeded sides, and they could face the likes of italy or asia for a place at the world cup —— croatia. chelsea ‘s women will meet the swedish team rosenberg. anthony

joshua will defend his title is. more than 70,000 tickets have been sold and it will be his first fight since stopping wladimir klitschko at wembley. the ospreys scrum—half is has appointed he will not be able to play for wales when he joins: next season “— play for wales when he joins: next season —— the ospreys scrum—half is disappointed he will not be able to play for wales when he joins the french club toulon next season. a bullying scandal british swimming,

and the ipcc have said they are fully aware of the story and they are in contact with the british swimming association regarding the matter, after more details emerged about the climate of fear that existed within the organisation. british swimming apologised to 13 of their para swimmers last week. england fly to australia later this month, for the ashes, butjonny ba i rstow has month, for the ashes, butjonny bairstow has already had to deal with the challenge two —— a challenge few of us have had to deal with, the suicide of his father. for the first time jonny bairstow has spoken about his experiences as he releases his autobiography. he's been speaking to our sports correspondent, joe wilson.

jonny bairstow is a world class cricketer. for england he's essential — a rock. a batsman and wicket keeper, just like his father. he played for england too. the link between son and father is unmistakeable. that's a brilliant catch by bairstow. .. david bairstow played cricket for yorkshire for 20 years, but he never sanonny grow up. when jonny was eight, he returned one evening with his mother and sister to discover that his father had taken his own life in the family house. me and my sister were both very, very young. in some ways, yes, you do remember everything that went on because you will remember that. at the same time, there are bits of it that you choose not to remember, that you choose to park. like i mentioned in the book, there is no need to be angry for many, many years, or anything like that. the comparisons with his father were inevitable once jonny became a cricketer. he only ever imagined a career in sport. jonny has tried to stop answering questions about why his father took his own life, but it's clear as he dealt with retirement, his wife's illness, david

struggled with emotional pain he couldn't express. almost that it's not culturally allowed to talk about emotional feelings and depression or whatever it might be. do you feel that's changed in your world, in your experience as a sportsman, is that culture changed? i think there's a different view on it now, definitely. i think that there's obviously sports psychologists, yeah, doctors now will see different things. but there's still not a single thing that you can say, right, you've got depression, because there are so many different aspects of it. you've got mental health issues, anxiety, you've got this, that and the other. you can't say, right, you've got a snotty nose, you've got a cold — that's easy. i wonder if reading that book and maybe hearing you talk about it might make somebody think twice about taking their own life? what do you think about that — if that could be a result

from you writing this and talking about it? yeah, i think it potentially could do. everyone's going to react to it in a different way. people have had setbacks from early on in their life, then there's no reason why you can't go on and still succeed. you talk in the book about how, you know, your dad would be proud of you and what you've done in cricket — of course he would be. i also reckon he'd be proud of you for the way you've talked about this and dealt with it in the book? yeah. who knows but... i'd hope so and i think he'd be very proud of the way becky and i have turned out. thanks for your time. thank you. back to football,. this is what cork city's ground looks like after storm ophelia blew the roof off one of the stands at their turners cross ground. the team are due to play derry city at home tomorrow night, with cork needing just a point to clinch the league of ireland title. parts of the roof have been blown into surrounding gardens.

the game goes ahead with that stand closed. for now, that is all from sportsday. coming up, we have the papers. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the former trade minister, lord digbyjones and the political commentator, daisy mcandrew. tomorrow's front pages. "red october" says the metro, as the country's skies changed colour due to hurricane ophelia, dragging in tropical air along with dust from the sahara and debris

from fires in spain and portugal. meanwhile, "rage of ophelia", leads the i, as the storm battered parts of britain with strong winds and waves. the times reports that new peerages will have a 15—year time limit under a plan to shrink the house of lords. the mirror reports on royal mail, claiming shareholders are paid half a million pounds a day, amid cuts to services. the guardian says theresa may's attempt to open talks on a brexit transition period look doomed to fail, as brussels hardened its approach. the express says the chancellor has been warned to ditch a budget plan which it says would raid a tax relief on pensions to fund giveaways for young voters. and the ft hails a new dawn in astronomy as scientists record a cataclysmic collision between two neutron stars, 130 million years after it happened. thanks forjoining us. let's start

with the times and the 15 year limit on peerages, digby, as someone who has a seat in the lords, good idea? a very good idea, and i would go further. i would a very good idea, and i would go further. iwould put a very good idea, and i would go further. i would put an age limit on them. at the moment there is no age limit, why not 80 or 75? if people don't turn up, that is fine. i would like to take the power of patronage way from leaders of parties and leave that to an independent commission, and if you commit a criminal offence, goodbye, and unafraid the 92 hereditary peers they might justify inclusion unafraid the 92 hereditary peers they mightjustify inclusion because of what they do, but not because of daddy. —— i'm afraid. if you did that hampered the limit on it, you then don't overrule the

democratically elected chamber —— if you did that and restricted the limit. usual influence and power to represent different parts of society. —— use your influence. i think this is an excellent idea, and i would like to see the comments coming down from 650 to 600, as well —— the house of commons. coming down from 650 to 600, as well —— the house of commonslj coming down from 650 to 600, as well -- the house of commons. i agree, something has to be done about the house of lords, we have set this, for many decades. some for hundreds of years. it is completely bloated and there are people who have only got their peerages, present company excluded, for nefarious reasons and backscratching. the whole history of the honours system has been sullied and i'm not a fan of abolishing the tyre lords. —— the entire.