and it was eight hours. it's therapy for me, it's a focus, it's a sense of purpose. it's, erm... does it help you deal with the grief of...? yeah, initially, it did, very much so. and it was... i'm privileged to be able to do it. might have another sitting, but you're welcome to look at it, if you want. yeah, sure, i'm excited. 0k. here we go. let's have a look. wow, grahame, that's so good! well, people will definitely know that's me, i think. ten years down — with half of st davids�* locals painted — and, eventually, the final touch will hopefully see these works displayed in the city hall. i tell you what, i'm going to... i'm just going to keep doing them. paint until the brush drops out of my hands. he laughs tomos morgan, bbc news, st davids. we are heading up to look at the

weather prospects. before we do that, we havejust had weather prospects. before we do that, we have just had an update on the last few minutes. we were talking earlier about storm babet. we are just hearing from angus council that it is telling 350 households that they must evacuate in the brechin. that news is through in the brechin. that news is through in the brechin. that news is through in the last few minutes and that gives you a sense of the scale of that situation. let's get a weather forecast wherever you live in the country. chris fawkes is here with the weather. a lot of difficult at times coming. ifeel this isjust the a lot of difficult at times coming. i feel this is just the start of it. the met office have issued a rare red warning covering angus where we have seen evacuations and also aberdeenshire, dundee, perth and kinross. it is the chelation of rain building up over the next few days that will cause problems with flooding from various parts of the country as we will see in this forecast. —— the accumulation. storm

babet causing problems, bringing milder bumping against this area of high pressure in scandinavia. these fronts cannot move and they get stuck across the same area, very active, bringing that torrential persistent rain with rainfall totals building up causing problems. it is notjust rainfall, we are seeing gusts into the 70 mph is across eastern scotland. the wind is strong enough to bring down trees which could cause disruption. for northern ireland, england and wales, a mild day of sunny spells and heavy showers, but the focus has to be on scotland, where today and tonight and into the first part of tomorrow we have a number weather warning for heavy rain. these communities in these areas could see serious flooding. but this more focused area, the rain is going to be so intense that there could be some communities that get completely cut off by floodwaters due to the torrential nature of the rain. so extreme rainfall from this storm system, getting heavier throughout the afternoon and overnight, torrential, driven in by strong

gusty winds. it turns wetter for england, wales and northern ireland overnight with heavy bursts of rain developing across many parts of the country. let's look at the weather picture into tomorrow. still rain to start the day in scotland. even as we see something of an improvement with the weather is the day goes by, the rain stops perhaps, all that water still comes down the catchment. so even after it stops raining, the flooding can still get far worse for some communities before it starts to get better and at the same time, we see that really heavy rain setting in places across england, wales with amber weather warnings in force through friday, friday night in the first part of saturday around the scottish borders, the peak district and the pennines and north wales. so these areas could also see flooding issues. heavy rain overnight for these areas. as we go into saturday, something of an improvement in that something of an improvement in that some of the heaviest rain starts to ease. however, storm babet is very likely to lead to some significant

flooding, some communities could get completely cut off by the floodwaters, disruption has started to happen and is likely to become much more widespread over the next few days. thank you so much. and that's bbc news at one. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. england make the changes, ahead of their world cup semifinal with champions south africa. we'll tell you who's in and who's out of the rugby world cup. can bangladesh hold out and inflict india's first loss at the cricket world cup? to host the 207 runs if they are to make it three wickets from four. and becker says he is coaching one of

the men's top ten players. he is back. hello and welcome along to the programme. the countdown is on, ahead of england's huge semifinal at the rugby world cup in paris as steve borthwick�*s side prepare to the face might of world number one side, and the champions south africa. three changes for england, following the win over fiji. as expected, freddie steward replaces marcus smith — withjoe marler back in the side — and george martin replacing ollie chessum. 13 of england's squad played in the 2019 rugby world cup final, when south africa, who started as underdogs, triumphed 32—12. this time, though, england are very much the outsiders. the last time the two sides met was last year, when south africa comfortably claimed victory at twickenham. a match that marked the end of eddiejones�* reign as england coach. here's a check on england's starting 15, then.

confirmation there of the inclusion of steward, marlar and martin. vice—captain ellis genge drops to the bench alongside george ford as owen farrell retains his fly—half role. meanwhile, the defending champions, south africa, are unchanged from the 15 that beat france in that thrilling quarter final on sunday night. that means marnie libbok continues at fly half, ahead of handre pollard while cobus reinach keeps his place ahead of faf de klerk. when we had the selection meeting as a coaching group and with other selectors, there were lots of discussions, but at the end of the day, we felt that everybody that's played on sunday had a proper performance as an individual and as a team, they played quite well together, so looking at that, we decided to just go for continuity. so england take on south africa

on saturday, but the first semi final takes place tomorrow evening — with argentina up against new zealand also in paris. the pumas have defied expectation, after losing heavily to england in their first group match, reaching the semis for the third time in world cup history. they face a huge task against the all blacks, though, who are coming off the back of that epic quarterfinal win against ireland. we will have to improve our performance, because the stage gets bigger and bigger at this time of the tournament and you have to grow your game. that is a strong focus and so we are not buying into anything about favouritism or underdogs, or whatever it is, it doesn't make a difference to us, we know we have to perform at our best, and that is how we will approach this game. india are looking to match new zealand's four wins out of four at the cricket world cup. the hosts need to beat bangladesh in pune. bangladesh got off

to a flying start with their openers, putting together a stand of 93 inside 15 overs. once that partnership was broken though, the tigers stuttered with spinner ravi jadeja capturing two quick wickets, much to the delight of the home crowd. india continue to chip away, and bangladesh ended on 256 for eight. work for india to do. liverpool forward mohamed salah has called on world leaders to do more to stop people being killed in the conflict. the conflict in israel and gaza. the egyptian international said aid to gaza must be allowed immediately, after hundreds were killed at an explosion at a hospital on tuesday, something which salah described as horrifying. it is not easy to speak at a time like this. there has been too much violence and too much heartbreaking brutality. the escalations in recent weeks are unbearable to witness. all lives are sacred and must be

protected. the massacres need to stop. families are being torn apart. what is clear now is that humanitarian aid to gaza must be allowed immediately. the people there are in terrible conditions. scenes at the hospital last night were horrifying. the people of gaza need food, water and medical supplies urgently. i'm calling on world leaders to come together to prevent a further slaughter of innocent souls. humanity must prevail. on the pitch, the season could be over already for brazilian striker neymar. the 31—year—old was taken off on a stretcher in tears during their 2—0 defeat by uruguay, in world cup qualifying on tuesday. he landed awkwardly after a challenge in the first half, and is set to have surgery after suffering a ruptured anterior

cruciate ligament and miniscus. neymar, who's brazil's all time men's leading goal—scorer, now faces a race for the copa america, which starts in mid june next year. in women's football, spanish head montse tome says the country's football federation never had a problem with playerjenni hermoso. the midfielder has been recalled to the squad for the first time — since being kissed by the then spanish football president, luis rubiales — after winning the world cup final. hermoso — who said the kiss was not consensual — was then left out of the next squad announcement following the tournament — but tome insists that was simply to protect hermoso. translation: there was never a roblem translation: there was never a problem with — translation: there was never a problem with her. _ translation: there was never a problem with her. we _ translation: there was never a problem with her. we made - translation: there was never a problem with her. we made a - translation: there was never a - problem with her. we made a decision to not include her on the previous list because we wanted to protect her. reports that it would be the best for her and for all others at the time. was it a sports decision? yes, it was. when you take those decisions, you take into account different circumstances, and only those who work here on a daily basis know all about those things and have all the information.

the legendary american tennis player billiejean king has said she's keen to see a world cup of tennis which would combine the women's competition that bears her name with the men's davis cup. king accepts though that there are "a thousand questions" which would need resolving before the two tournaments can become one. tournament director conchita martinez said she would also be in favour, so long as women get equal time on the show courts and the same access to the practice courts. well, king also believes the wta will hold tournaments in saudi arabia in the coming years, hoping that such a move will bring change to the country. saudi arabia has been linked with a move into tennis in recent months, following substantial investment in golf, football and boxing. the thing i am concerned as a woman, i want change if we go. but i am big on engagement and inclusion, so it is a tough one. but i know people will go there. the wta played in

qatar and took tennis there, and we still have a tournament over here. i think we are the first women for athletes to go there. the first women for a bid to bid to go to japan in 1973, so we kept spreading the word. i think you have to think about a lot of things. the way they treat women, they way they treat a lot of things. but 70% of the population is under 30 years old and they want change. boris becker has announced that he's the new coach of denmark's world number six player holger rune. becker — who won wimbledon champion three times in the 1980s — was released early from a uk prison last december having been found guilty of hiding £2.5 million worth of assets and loans. 20—year—old rune has been tipped as a future grand slam champion, but has won only one match since this year's wimbledon. that is just about it from us, but you can get more and all of the

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are being driven onto shore by the high winds, with heavy rains. the worst of the storm has yet to strike in scotland, but preparations for flooding and high winds are already under way. this picture shows the flood gates closed in the centre of perth, alongside the river tay. and you can see here how sandbags and flood gates have already been put in place at one building in nearby aberfoyle. with supplies of sandbags having been placed nearby on standby, for when they might be needed. aberdeenshire council has a live shot of stonehaven harbour. this is the scene there live now. you can see the wind whipping up the waves, and making the camera shake. the gusts are also driving the rain into the shore. so, why is this storm so dangerous and how often are we likely to see events like this? chris fawkes from our weather team joins me now. just give us some analysis of the storm. why is it considered just so

dangerous? storm. why is it considered 'ust so dangerous?— dangerous? well, firstly, we will start off with _ dangerous? well, firstly, we will start off with the _ dangerous? well, firstly, we will start off with the idea _ dangerous? well, firstly, we will start off with the idea that - dangerous? well, firstly, we will start off with the idea that red i start off with the idea that red weather warnings aren't issued very often. this is our top level of weather warning here in the uk, and the heavy rain warning enforceable parts of aberdeenshire, dundee, perth and kinross, along with angus, where in brechin, just over the last half hour, we have had reports of 350 properties being evacuated. this isjust 350 properties being evacuated. this is just the start of what i fear it will be a very impactful weather event. it is notjust across scotland where we have these weather warnings. the red warnings, yes, it is focused across eastern scotland, but the other areas of northern scotland where some communities could see some severe flooding impacts. but there is more concentrated red weather warning area is where the rain will be so extreme that we could actually get some communities getting completely cut off by the flood waters, and i have to say, through friday and into friday night, we also have some amber weather warnings burger

southwards. why is all this happening? as