this is bbc news. the headlines at four. a man is killed after flash flooding in the west midlands with some areas getting more than a month's rain injust one hour. the clean—up operation is under way, but weather warnings remain in place for several parts of england. a migrant from mali is to be made a french citizen after scaling a building in paris with his bare hands to rescue a dangling child. i asked him, wasn't he frightened for his own life. he said no, at that moment he wasn't thinking of himself, he was thinking of the child. as soon as he started to climb, he was scared that the child would get tired and let go. the labour partyjoins calls to change abortion laws in northern ireland, following the referendum in the republic. from sparkling sea to magnificent moorland, the 840 bus route from pickering to whitby in north yorkshire has been voted britain's most scenic. coming up... trish adudu meets gosp—ability choir, who wrote a special song to celebrate the royal wedding of prince harry and meghan markle. good afternoon and

welcome to bbc news. a man's been killed after storms caused flash flooding across the west midlands, with more than a month's rainfall hitting parts of birmingham yesterday in the space ofjust an hour. the man, a pensioner in his 80s, died in walsall after his vehicle became submerged. met office amber weather warnings for rain and thunderstorms remain in place this afternoon for east anglia, london and the south east and the south west. the south east could also experience the hottest day of the year so far. our correspondent caroline davies is in walsall and joins me now. now it is quite a sunny day but it

would have been a very different scene yesterday. behind me you might be able to see a wooden gate over there. according to an eyewitness that we spoke to, this is where the water that flooded the bridge came out. if you follow that road down, you will see the railway bridge. that was the spot where this gentleman was caught in his car and where he later died. we understand that the ambulance services at one point had to swim to rescue him, he was then put on a raft and floated away from there. the clear up operation is of course under way. here you can see the water has almost entirely receded but it was a very different picture yesterday afternoon. wading through floodwater this is selly park in birmingham

and across the city residents struggled to get help after sunshine chant to downpours. after sunshine turned to downpours. we saw through social media that there was flooding in the selly park area so i left a little bit of time and took a drive back up. the road was closed and eventually i ended up getting a lift home on a kind of raft with the fire service who kindly brought me to my front door. in some areas a months worth of rain fell in a few hours. west midlands fire brigade attended over 100 weather—related incidents. there were so many calls that at times they were dealt with by the london fire brigade. cars and houses completely flooded out, cars probably up to about four foot right up to the windows and houses completely flooded out. my car was struck by lightning and my screen cracked. i don't think that this is safe. it was not only in birmingham, in northampton roads flooded.

welshpool saw the same. while temperatures may be soaring in other parts of the country, here the clean—up is just starting. the weather here seems nice today. the weather here seems nice today. the clear up has started already booked for the family of the gentleman who did die, they will be coming to terms with this tragic event. thank you for that update. i'm joined now by preet gill — the labour mp for edgbaston — one of the worst affected areas in birmingham. good afternoon to you. let's just talk about some of the devastation we have managed to film in your

area. what are constituents coming to you with, and what are their worries? as you indicated, the constituency of edgbaston has been absolutely hit, there are roads that we re absolutely hit, there are roads that were closed, obviously people could not drive safely through. we saw ca i’s not drive safely through. we saw cars abandoned, buses getting stuck, homes flooded, and i went out yesterday into the constituency to see the level of concerns people we re see the level of concerns people were raising with me through facebook and on twitter, and clearly i tweeted and said actually only necessary people really should not be driving. we know that there are amber warning is still in place from the met office. are you satisfied enough is being done to protect properties from further rainfall like this? i think there has been a clearup, like this? i think there has been a clear up, the council started last night clearing up the debris, working with severn trent. the

council have said they will look at the weather warning for the rest of the weather warning for the rest of the week and make sure that where sandbags are needed for example other services are required that they will be willing to do that at that but we need a long—term strategy to address this.|j that but we need a long—term strategy to address this. i was going to push you on that next to widen it out a bit because we have the same problems in essex couple of yea rs the same problems in essex couple of years ago, i can tell you that because my home was devastated and we re because my home was devastated and were hundreds of others. it was described as a one—off, it could happen again. we are not coping, are we, with the changing climate? are you going to take this up in parliament? don't worry about your daughter, if she wants to come on television that is fine. hello! you

are right, there's an opportunity to talk to the water companies and we need to have a longer term strategy. what are we going to do in the next 20 years, what kind of investment is we know the jains consistently cannot cope with the level of rainfall we have, we cannot say this isa rainfall we have, we cannot say this is a one—off incident and we know this continues to happen, and you are absolutely right we do need a longer term strategy and we will be pushing the water companies and the council to come together and look at this because the west midlands deems to be consistently affected. it's not just for to be consistently affected. it's notjust for us, it to be consistently affected. it's not just for us, it is future generations like your daughter. many thanks, i will let you get back to keeping her occupied! a malian migrant hailed as a hero in paris after scaling a building to rescue a small boy who was dangling from a balcony is to be made a french citizen. mamoudou gassama has been widely praised for saving the the four year—old. earlier this morning he met french president emmanuel macron who honoured him with a medal of courage. from paris, lucy williamson reports.

france has nicknamed him spiderman. his real name is mamoudou gassama. when he saw a toddler dangling from a fourth floor balcony, the malian immigrant ran straight past the crowd of onlookers and began to climb. in less than a minute he had scaled the outside of the building. a neighbour holding onto the toddler until he arrived. with one leg swung across the balcony, mamoudou swept the child to safety, to cheers from the crowd below. the child's father is now being questioned for apparently leaving him at home alone. this morning mr gassama was invited to meet president macron, who asked whether he had stopped to think before climbing. no, he replied, i wasn't thinking about anything, i just climbed. once i had started, god gave me the courage to continue. afterwards when the police arrived, i started trembling. the president awarded mr gassama

a bravery medal and certificate and has invited him to apply for french citizenship. mr gassama is now planning tojoin the country's fire service. he previously had documents allowing him to work in italy but not to enter france. the video of his dramatic ascent has now been viewed millions of times on social media. before the french authorities even knew he was here, mamoudou gassama was already a nationwide hero. lucy williamson, bbc news, paris. a car collided with pedestrians in stockport last night, killing a man and injuring others. police have launched a murder investigation. greater manchester police were called to the salisbury nightclub in the area of brinnington. it's thought a black audi a4 collided with a number of people before fleeing the scene. a man in his 30s died later in hospital. pressure to relax

northern ireland's strict abortion laws is intensifying with labour adding its voice to calls for change. it comes after friday's historic referendum in the republic of ireland. mps from across the commons say women should have the same rights in all parts of the uk, but downing street insists it's a matterfor northern ireland. the dup, on whom theresa may relies for a majority in parliament, says it will not be bullied into accepting abortion. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris page, is in belfast and explains how the law in northern ireland differs to the republic. currently a woman can only have an abortion... howeverwhen currently a woman can only have an abortion... however when you look at their wider political picture in

northern ireland what's interesting is none of the five main parties are in favour of extending the law in the rest of the uk to northern ireland. you have a range of political opinions, the dup very strongly against the law, the second biggest party. their current position doesn't go as far as the irish party in dublin, they plan to pass legislation to legalise terminations under any circumstances. then sinn fein may relax their position further at their conference in a few weeks of their conference in a few weeks of the fact there is growing pressure on the westminster government to legislate to relax abortion laws in northern ireland, particularly in the absence of the devolved government in stormont. a man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering an eleven—year—old girl and a 31—year—old woman. the pair were found seriously injured by police at a property in gloucesterjust before five o'clock this morning, and declared dead at the scene. the arrested man is 28 years old.

police have appealed for witnesses. 0ur correspondent martin jones is at the scene. officers were called here tim dexter way in gloucester at around ten to five this morning where they found a 31—year—old woman and 11—year—old girl dead in one of the houses behind me. the 28—year—old man has been arrested on suspicion of murder. i spent the morning speaking to residents here, all of them said this is normally a quiet street and many expressed shock particularly because it happened in the small hours of the morning and none of them heard anything. they awoke to police activity outside their homes. several of them have expressed their shock and one said he has seen a pool of blood on the pavement outside his flat. we have seen forensics officers going about their work this morning, we have also seen many offices escorting people who

live here through the cordon to their homes because a large area remains cordoned off this afternoon. it remains an active investigation although they are appealing for anyone with more information to contact them. police have arrested three people suspected of drug dealing at a dance music festival in portsmouth, where two people died at the weekend. the news comes after 18—year—old georgia jones and 20—year—old tommy cowan were named as those who died after falling ill at the mutiny festival on saturday night. they were among 15 revellers admitted to hospital from the event that night, with organisers issuing a warning over "high strength or bad batch" of drugs. our correspondent katy austin has been following the story and joins me. i believe tommy cowan‘s father has been talking to reporters? that's right, he went to the scene of the mutiny festival today, with

otherfamily of the mutiny festival today, with other family members to lay flowers, and he spoke very emotionally about how he had been in hospital with his son as he lay dying, how he held his hand in those final moments. he wa nted hand in those final moments. he wanted to warn people who might be considering drugs not to do it. he didn't want his face shown on camera, however didn't want his face shown on camera , however you didn't want his face shown on camera, however you can hear him speaking to the bbc reporter. it's no good saying don't do drugs. all i can say is take this on board, look what's happened. if you want to end up that way, carry on. if you don't, just don't even think about it. we know that the further person as well in addition to the two who died was ina well in addition to the two who died was in a critical condition but we know they have now stabilised. hampshire police haven't explicitly linked the two deaths to drugs, however the mother of georgia did say to people she wanted them to use

her daughter's death as a wake—up call and didn't want anyone else to ta ke call and didn't want anyone else to take anything ever. event organisers had issued a warning about what they thought might be a high—strength or bad batch substance on site. today police have been investigating what they say was the supply of drugs to they say was the supply of drugs to the festival and have arrested three people all in their early 20s, all from places near portsmouth in the hampshire area on suspicion of supplying class a drugs and all three of those people remain in custody. thank you for that up date. a 15—year—old boy has appeared before magistrates in sheffield charged with murder. it's over the death of 15—year—old sam baker,