devastating, no matter where you live in the country. this is an issue that affects us all. the two boys were 12 years old at the time — the youngest convicted murderers since the killers ofjames bulger. also on the programme... more than 60 flood warnings are in place in england as heavy rain causes flash flooding and travel disruption. questions for the doctors regulator after it refused to investigate a woman's complaint about alleged medical malpractice at harrods when it was owned by mohamed al fayed. nicola bulley�*s partner speaks out about the impact social media speculation over her disappearance had on him and his family. when you experience something like this, you realise what a huge monster it can be, i guess. a year since the famous sycamore gap tree was cut down, saplings from the tree will be planted across the country. and coming up on bbc news,

we'll tell you who each of the four british clubs involved will face in the women's champions league group stage, with celtic becoming the first scottish side to ever get this far. good afternoon. welcome to the bbc news at one. two boys, both aged 13, have been detained for at least eight and a half years after becoming the uk's youngest ever knife murderers. the boys were 12 when they used a machete to kill 19—year—old shawn seesahai in wolverhampton. the pair, who can't be named because of their age, are the youngest convicted murderers since the killing of james bulger in 1993. our midlands correspondent phil mackie is at nottingham crown court. phil, what happened at sentencing? this was the day where the two boys

who are now 13 learned they will serve a minimum of at least eight and a half years in custody before they were eligible for parole, but this is probably one of the most shocking cases of the scourge of knife crime that has hit this country over recent years where even more and more younger people are carrying these large weapons like machetes and using them against one another. in this case it was against another. in this case it was against a 19—year—old and the murder was carried out by two 12—year—old boys. a machete around a foot and a half long, more than the length of half of the body of one of the boys in court today. it has been a difficult one for the family, particularly of the victim who lived in the caribbean island anguilla, following today by video link, and it's barely ten months since this whole tragedy began to unfold in wolverhampton park. this is the last image

of shawn seesahai, taken a few minutes before he was fatally attacked in a wolverhampton park. he'd come to the uk from his home in the caribbean island of anguilla for medical treatment after suffering a detached retina in a basketball game. he was repeatedly stabbed in a savage attack after a chance encounter with the two 12—year—olds. after i hear that call that says shawn got stabbed, i don't know what happened after. i think i maybe threw the phone, i don't know, i can't remember what happened. i, like, was left in shock. just hours before it was used to take his life, one of the boys posed for this photo with the machete. it was nearly a foot and a half long and was found hidden under one of their beds. they chopped his leg, they chopped his arm, they chopped a piece of his head out. they stabbed him through and through. they killed my son like they are killing a dog or something, you know? because they were so young, in court the judge and barristers didn't wear wigs and gowns, and specially trained staff and family members sat with the boys for support. today they were told they must serve

at least eight and a half years in custody before they are eligible for parole. shawn was only 19 when his life was taken at the hands of two boys, then aged just 12, who had armed themselves with a machete. that reality has had a huge impact on us all. it is both shocking and saddening. shawn seesahai's family couldn't afford to come back to the uk for sentencing because they'd spent all their savings on coming here for the trial. shawn's body was repatriated, and he was cremated, and his family came here to one of his favourite spots to scatter his ashes. but half a world away from the uk, they are still struggling to cope with what happened. it's so hard right now. i can't even explain, but it's very hard now. it will bring back our memory, from the day he died and everything i did, and bring his ashes here, it's so hard. the family watched today's hearing via a video link. they know that whatever happens to the boys who killed him,

nothing will bring their son back. phil mackie, bbc news. i have just i havejust come i have just come off the phone to them and neither is happy with the sentence, they think the judge has been too lenient. suresh said the judge has done a good job but i'm not satisfied with the justice system and said 15 years would have been better because they would come out and still have a life at the age of 20. maneshwary said all the children in the uk will see they only get eight and a half years and they will do the same thing. she is really unhappy and said their daughter is really unhappy and cannot even talk at the moment as a result of those sentences. we will wait to hear more sentences today, but this is one of the worst cases of knife crime in this country and the two killers, now 13, are the youngest knife killer is ever

convicted in the uk.- youngest knife killer is ever convicted in the uk. phil, thank ou. there's more on this story in a special documentary, killed by kids — the machete murder, which will be available to watch this evening on bbc iplayer. 62 flood warnings are in place across england, and one flood alert remains in wales, after heavy rain caused traffic disruption this morning, including the closure of the m5 motorway in gloucestershire, and rail lines in oxfordshire. one part of north yorkshire has seen a month's worth of rain in just two days. jessica lane has the latest. for people out and about in parts of the country today, the heavy rain which fell overnight and this morning on an already saturated ground made getting around it off. near bristol, some drivers were stranded. i near bristol, some drivers were stranded. . , , stranded. i have never seen it this bad before- _ stranded. i have never seen it this bad before- i _ stranded. i have never seen it this bad before. ithink— stranded. i have never seen it this bad before. i think it's _ stranded. i have never seen it this bad before. i think it's gone - stranded. i have never seen it this bad before. i think it's gone up . stranded. i have never seen it this bad before. i think it's gone up a i bad before. i think it's gone up a little bit since _ bad before. i think it's gone up a little bit since this _ bad before. i think it's gone up a little bit since this morning. - bad before. i think it's gone up a little bit since this morning. it i little bit since this morning. [11 does little bit since this morning. it does flood every now and again but not this bad. does flood every now and again but not this bad-— not this bad. because of the fields, there is a lot _ not this bad. because of the fields, there is a lot of _ not this bad. because of the fields, there is a lot of fields _ not this bad. because of the fields, there is a lot of fields that - not this bad. because of the fields, there is a lot of fields that are - there is a lot of fields that are flooded — there is a lot of fields that are

flooded i— there is a lot of fields that are flooded. , . ., flooded. i believe in climate change and frankly i — flooded. i believe in climate change and frankly i think _ flooded. i believe in climate change and frankly i think we _ flooded. i believe in climate change and frankly i think we are _ flooded. i believe in climate change and frankly i think we are seeing . and frankly i think we are seeing the effects of it.— and frankly i think we are seeing the effects of it. national highways sa nearl the effects of it. national highways say nearly 8 _ the effects of it. national highways say nearly 8 million _ the effects of it. national highways say nearly 8 million litres - the effects of it. national highways say nearly 8 million litres of - the effects of it. national highways say nearly 8 million litres of water| say nearly 8 million litres of water has been pumped away from the road network so far today, enough to fill more than three olympic —sized swimming pools. part of the m5 was closed overnight and people had to be rescued from their cars. and on public transport, the picture wasn't much better. flooding has seen trains cancelled. parts of the country saw more than a month's worth of average rainfall in a day earlier this week and it caused problems in this village in bedfordshire, in the middle of two rivers. there would normally be a footpath alongside them here. this is totall footpath alongside them here. ti 3 is totally unprecedented over what anything that has happened before. we have seen the highest levels on this river ever known. that we have seen the highest levels on this river ever known.— this river ever known. at telford united, they _ this river ever known. at telford united, they were _ this river ever known. at telford united, they were left _ this river ever known. at telford united, they were left with - this river ever known. at telford united, they were left with a - united, they were left with a swimming pool instead of a football pitch as the stadium flooded in just a few hours. in oxfordshire, roads

have flooded. here and everywhere the water is high, there is a warning to be aware of the dangers. don't be near the edge, stay away. the world can be fast flowing and dangerous, so also keep your animals and children away from it as well because we don't want people falling in, because we know there has been a real risk to life in the past. there is still some _ real risk to life in the past. there is still some flood _ real risk to life in the past. there is still some flood warnings - real risk to life in the past. there is still some flood warnings in . is still some flood warnings in place this afternoon, in parts of yorkshire, the midlands and the south—west of england. for many people though, today is the time to assess the damage and hope the water will now start to go down. jessica lane, bbc news. joe inwood is in bedfordshire. joe, that area had already seen flooding earlier this week. it looks like the difficulty continuing.— it looks like the difficulty continuin.. _ it looks like the difficulty continuin.. , g ,, ., ~ continuing. yes, jessica was talking about assessing _ continuing. yes, jessica was talking about assessing the _ continuing. yes, jessica was talking about assessing the damage - continuing. yes, jessica was talking about assessing the damage and i continuing. yes, jessica was talking i about assessing the damage and that is what is happening behind me. this is what is happening behind me. this is a village outside bedford and there's about 30 properties here that are either at risk of flooding

or some further down have water going on. it's only 20 centimetres also according to the rescue guys, but that is enough to do real damage to flooring in properties and really ruin somebody�*s house, and this is something they are concerned about round here because the great river ouse that way, there are concerns it could burst its banks. you can see it is high and flowing quickly. the good news is there are no more severe weather warnings in place, no more rain will be falling here or much of the rest of the uk, but we still have water that has fallen on higher ground which will run down and could cause more problems. joe. and could cause more problems. joe, thank ou. formerjournalist russell findlay has been announced as the new leader of the scottish conversatives. he pledged to change the party under his leadership and be a voice for "decent, mainstream scotland". he's replaced former leader douglas ross, who stood down during july's general election. the first minister of northern ireland,

michelle o'neill — the first irish nationalist to take on the role — will give her speech at the sinn fein conference this evening. the party is holding its annual gathering in athlone in the irish republic, where it will contest a general election in the next few months. wonderful, wonderful, wonderful. the legendary "voice of snooker" clive everton has died age 87. he worked for bbc tv for over 30 years from the 1970s. the world snooker tour said he was one of the greatest commentators and the voice of the sport. the partner of nicola bulley has described the online obsession with her disappearance as a "monster". paul ansell has been speaking on a bbc documentary about nicola. she went missing while walking her dog last year, and was later found drowned. the case attracted amateur detectives and conspiracy theorists

from around the world. our correspondent nick garnett reports. emergency. hello. my partner left this morning at 8:30 to take my two children to school, and the dog went with her... the last time nicola bulley left home, and a frantic phone call to police. the school'sjust rung me to say that they've just found the dog, and my partner's put her phone down on a bench and the dog lead, and she's nowhere to be seen. when i got there, i got handed willow, and then i was handed nikki's phone, and i'm just sort of stood there like, "well, what? what? " the search begins. the focus is the river. there was a possibility that she'd entered the water. there was a possibility that she was ill or injured on land. in my mind, she was in the water. if nikki had walked off in a different direction and maybe climbed over a fence and gone across fields, then why would willow still be between the bench and the water? one morning i got up.

and the youngest one, she says, "it's cold, isn't it, nanny?" - so i said, "yeah." she said, "oh, i hope mummy's 0k . and she's not cold and hungry." l for days, they searched — a mystery which captured the imagination of social media around the world. and you can just see people's minds ticking over, like what is going on here? none of this... none of this is making sense at all. there was an update a couple of days ago... on tiktok, i started to do the lives and we got over 1,000, sometimes nearly 2,000, so you could see it escalating. social media. nikki used it more than i did because she used to sell stuff, so she would do live videos. hello, good afternoon. i hope everybody's having a lovely saturday. - when you experience something like this, you realise what a huge monster it can be, i guess. i was getting direct messages from people that i've never met.

at no point was paul ever a suspect. he had not left the house until he was contacted by the school. lancashire police attempted to quell speculation, but revealed private information about her struggles with alcohol and the menopause. when you are being told that people are threatening to publish stories that you know will damage the family, you have to take some action. three weeks after nicola was last seen on a sunday morning, a body was found in the riverjust a mile from where she went missing. i knew at that point l that it must be nikki. as far as nikki going missing and the mystery to it, - i guess, it was just an accident. it doesn't always have to be something sinister linked i to something that happens. sometimes bad thingsjust happen. ijust wish it hadn't happened to us. i that was nick garnett reporting. the search for nicola bulley will be

broadcast on bbc one next thursday, and will be available to watch on bbc?iplayer. the independent doctors' regulator, the general medical council, refused to investigate alleged medical malpractice at harrods in 2017, because it said too much time had passed and the case wasn't in the wider public interest. our correspondent tom symonds can tell us more. tom, this relates to a woman who had to undergo a medical examination? absolutely, and it relates to a wider question as to whether there were opportunities to find out what was going on at harrods. this recruited to harrods in 2008 had a very intimate medical examination. it found she had an infection and she was given a prescription to go get something from the chemist. but then she was asked to go and see mohamed al fayed, she said he was wearing a dressing gown and immediately asked her, "got that

thing taken care of? did you pick up that then?" she felt he was talking about the need of the medical test result. she claimed she was traumatised about what happened to the general medical council nine years later. she said her medical information had been inappropriately shared, but the gmc said it couldn't investigate because it has a rule that it can only look at things that have happened in the last five years unless they are really serious, and it can waive that rule, and if there is a reason within the general public interest. it said that didn't count in this case. the victim in this case has said that she is furious at that still, and that a minute level of investigation could have revealed that major things were going wrong. the gmc said in a statement today, "we will carefully assess any new concerns raised with us and any existing information we hold." the justice for harrods

us and any existing information we hold." thejustice for harrods group has said today it is now representing 60 people in its legal claims potentially against harrods. tom, thank you. you can watch the documentary that prompted so many women to come it's called al fayed: predator at harrods, and it's available on bbc iplayer. the time is 1:16. our top story this afternoon... britain's youngest knife murderers — two 13—year—old boys are sentenced to a minimum of eight and a half years in custody for murdering shawn seesahai. and thejust stop oil protestors facing jail for throwing soup the first man to admit riot during summer disorder has been jailed for four years. and coming up on sports day on bbc news, england and australia have spent the morning weather—watching with the home side hoping to level the one—day series at lord's. england were two down before victory in durham on tuesday.

the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, is expected to address the united nations general assembly in new york this afternoon, as he faces international pressure to agree to a ceasefire with hezbollah in lebanon. both sides continued to attack each other overnight. the uk government has asked commercial airlines to provide extra flights to allow british nationals to leave. our middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest. answering force with force. a rocket launched by israel's iron dome defence system over haifa bay, intercepting hezbollah's latest missiles fired from lebanon. and across the board at smoke rises after fighter jets strike what israel says our hezbollah targets. hundreds have been killed and many more wounded, including children. the scale and type of injuries we

have seen is truly terrifying, says this doctor. hospital staff are overwhelmed. at the un general assembly the uk isjoining the us led push for a three week truce. i call on israel and hezbollah, stop the violence, step back from the brink. we need to see an immediate ceasefire. to provide space for a diplomatic settlement. and we are working with all partners to that end. �* ,., . working with all partners to that end. �* ., ,., working with all partners to that end. ., . end. but so far, israel has re'ected the calls from its i end. but so far, israel has re'ected the calls from its allies. its i the calls from its allies. its military has been told to continue fighting with full strength. at the moment that means an aerial campaign, but plans are laid for a ground incursion to push hezbollah away from the israel lebanon border. translation: we away from the israel lebanon border. translation:— translation: we are centrally re arina translation: we are centrally preparing shoulder _ translation: we are centrally preparing shoulder to _ translation: we are centrally preparing shoulder to shoulder| translation: we are centrally i preparing shoulder to shoulder with the northern command for a potential

ground manoeuvre. we are preparing for its activation if there is a decision from more senior ranks. find decision from more senior ranks. and as more reservists are called up, it is still not clear what israel's politicians will decide. amid tensions with washington, israel now says it shares the aims of the international ceasefire plan. it wants its citizens, displaced by 11 months of fighting with hezbollah, to be able to go home safely. but domestic politics is getting on the way, just as it has with the gaza ceasefire efforts. and in gaza, war continues to take its toll. displaced families clearing up after another deadly israeli air strike yesterday on a school turn shelter. israel says it was targeting hamas fighters. with the israeli prime minister speaking at the un general assembly later, many will be looking for signs of how the conflicts in this region could end. yolande knell, bbc news, jerusalem.

we can go live now to our middle east correspondent in beirut, hugo bachega. people there are braced for more. . ~' bachega. people there are braced for more. . ~ ., , bachega. people there are braced for more. . ~ .,, .,, more. yeah, i think there was hope esterda more. yeah, i think there was hope yesterday that _ more. yeah, i think there was hope yesterday that a — more. yeah, i think there was hope yesterday that a ceasefire - more. yeah, i think there was hope yesterday that a ceasefire could i more. yeah, i think there was hope yesterday that a ceasefire could be | yesterday that a ceasefire could be reached. i think the mood is much more pessimistic today and it's very difficult to see how a ceasefire can be achieved right now, because the israelis are saying that this offensive against hezbollah will continue with these air strikes targeting positions all across the country. there is even the possibility of a ground incursion into southern lebanon to create a so—called buffer zone in the south and push hezbollah away from the border. hezbollah has not given any sign that it is willing to back down. it has continued to attack israel with rockets and missiles, so it's very difficult to see how a ceasefire can be achieved. and obviously this conflict is putting a lot of pressure on public services here in lebanon, hospitals are

struggling to cope with the sheer number of casualties from these israeli air strikes. tens of thousands of people have been displaced because of these attacks, so these calls for de—escalation so far unable to stop the violence. hugo bachega, thank you. a major report has called for significant changes into how the police handle reports of stalking. the independent office for police conduct, his majesty's inspectorate of constabulary, and the college of policing have jointly recommended 29 measures, including making the law easier for officers to understand and apply. our special correspondent lucy manning has the details. wafah chkaifi was stalked, then murdered. all she's going to be to the police, a statistic, but to us she's not a statistic, you know? she was a sister, she was a mother. the 43—year—old had reported her ex partner leon mccaskie to the police, leading to a stalking protection order. but he broke it and then wasn't arrested, leaving him free to kill.

that confidence has completely been lost by so many women. and she is not the first and she's not going to be the last. so clearly there's an issue. do you think the failure to deal with the stalking led directly to your cousin's death. yeah. 100%. so i think they need to change the stereotype that stalking isjust a small thing, when it's not. and actually take it seriously, to stop the stalking from leading to murder. now the police watchdog has found cases like wafah's aren't being taken seriously enough, and the police need to make significant changes. we are finding, unfortunately, the victims are not receiving the service that they should consistently. in many cases, investigations are inconsistent and they are not being believed. from the outside it i looks like a non—violent domestic — it isn't. if you actually take a step back, it's stalking... i in east london, officers are being trained. although the report found the police's understanding of stalking is improving,

some victims, they said, were being left at serious risk, the law on stalking needs to change and chief constables need to act now to ensure cases are properly investigated. i think what the report demonstrates is that front line officers don't understand the way that stalking shows itself. so we need to train police officers to recognise the course of conduct and the context of those behaviours, because that's what actually shows you that this is stalking, the psychological terror it's causing the victims. the police accept change is needed to protect the vulnerable victims. the report in response to this super complaint shows that on occasions women and victims of stalking have been let down. but we also found good practice and we are also making a number of very clear recommendations about how we make this better for the future. their failures on stalking leave women at risk and have very real consequences. her contagious laugh. her smile.

she was beautiful. yeah, she was honestly irreplaceable. to us... our lives will never be the same. never. lucy manning, bbc news. a clean—up operation is underway in florida and georgia after they were battered by hurricane helene. it's one of the most powerful storms ever to hit the us gulf coast, killing at least three people, and causing damage worth an estimated $5 billion. the winds are losing power as they head inland but the us national hurricane centre says conditions remain life threatening, as will vernon reports. it's one of the most powerful storms ever to have hit america. bringing heavy rain and wind speeds of 140 mph. up to 20 feet of sea water surged ashore, overwhelming coastal towns and bringing down trees and power lines. over1 million homes

have lost electricity. we heard a big bang and the garage door kind of caved in and all the water came rushing into the house like a giant stream. so we grabbed the dogs and ran as quickly as we could with just what we had and our dogs and that's it. rescuers battled through the flood waters to reach those in need. officials say the death toll could rise. when floridians wake up tomorrow morning, wherever you're waking up to a state where, very likely, there's been additional loss of life, and certainly there is going to be loss of property. you're going to have people who are going to lose their homes because of this storm. mandatory evacuation orders had been issued for parts of florida, with one official calling the storm and survivable. the storm unsurvivable. the police in taylor county, florida sent this chilling appeal to those who chose not to evacuate,

urging them to write their name on their arm in marker pen so they could be identified when the worst happens. and the storm is now on the move, thrusting northwards into the state of georgia. the governor has declared a state of emergency. at this point it doesn't really matter what category this storm is, it's one of the biggest that we've ever seen in the atlantic from a size perspective, on the width of it. over, you know, around 500 miles wide. as helene leaves widespread flooding in its wake, officials say power cuts could last for days or even weeks. warnings remain in place for 60 million people across the united states. will vernon, bbc news. our broadcast partner cbs news correspondent, dave malkoff, is in atlanta, georgia, now, which was hit by hurricane helene after florida.

we can get a sense of what's been happening from where you are. imilieu happening from where you are. when ou saw happening from where you are. when you saw what — happening from where you are. when you saw what m3 _ happening from where you are. when you saw what m3 mike _ happening from where you are. “airmen you saw what m3 mike was happening from where you are. “lamest you saw what m3 mike was talking about, that area where the storm came ashore was 270 miles from where i'm standing right now. this is atalanta, in north georgia, the state above florida. that shows how widespread, fast—moving and strong helene actually was. this is an apartment complex, look at this car right here, completely underwater. there“s right here, completely underwater. there's a couple down there that are underwater all the way up to the rooftop. this one has got to the bonnet right underneath the water at this point. but there are lots of people who are in these apartments back here. i am told the swift water rescue team is back on its way back here. they were over here... inaudible studio: we lost a bit of the sound

there from dave but we could certainly get a sense of the scale of the impact of what has happened there. some welcome news, now, if you're filling up a vehicle this weekend. petrol and diesel prices have fallen to their lowest in three years, according to the rac. our business correspondent ben boulos has been looking at the numbers. just two years ago, remember, many drivers were forking out nearly £2 a litre for petrol. now lower global oil prices and a stronger pound are among the reasons why petrol and diesel prices are at their lowest at the pump for three years. a litre of unleaded petrol is now £1.35, while diesel a little higher at an average of £1110. the rac calculates that means you could fill up a typical family petrol carfor under £70. take a look at a couple of graphs to see where we've come from in terms of the price. the graph for petrol and diesel, the spike on each of them in the summer of 2022 was caused by the outbreak of the war in ukraine and a surge in global energy prices. injuly two years ago, petrol was at a record

average of £1.92 a litre, while diesel — a similar trend — was up at £1.99. but as wholesale prices have tumbled, we've seen that mirrored at the pump prices, steadily falling to these three—year lows. so, good news for drivers. but the rac, other motoring groups and the regulator, the competition and markets authority, have all been critical of supermarkets recently which sell the majority of petrol and diesel in the uk, saying they haven't previously been passing lower wholesale prices on to us as customers. so, is that changing? i think we're definitely in a better place with fuel prices now. we have greater transparency as a result of the temporary scheme in which 1a or 15 of the biggest retailers in the country are providing prices to the competition and markets authority on a daily basis. we're analysing that data and that's how we can see prices are coming down.

i think there's always scope to go further. i think we always would expect retailers to do more, and it's important to shop around for the best price. of course, there is some uncertainty about what will happen to fuel duty and whether the temporary 5p cut will be kept or reversed. we'll find that out in the budget at the end of october. thank you to ben boulos for that. twojust stop oil activists who threw soup over vincent van gogh“s sunflowers have been jailed. phoebe plummer and anna holland attacked the painting at the national gallery in central london, before glueing their hands to the wall beneath it. divya talwar was at southwark crown court for the sentencing. divya, what did the judge tell them? how long did they get? this sentencing _ how long did they get? this sentencing has _ how long did they get? in 3 sentencing has literallyjust been handed down in the last few minutes ljy handed down in the last few minutes by thejudge. he handed down in the last few minutes by the judge. he called the actions

of phoebe plummer and anna holland idiotic and criminal. he said his sentencing would take into account deterring other people from carrying out stunts. anna holland received 20 months custodial sentence while phoebe plummer received 2a months in sentencing. before sentencing, phoebe plummer said she had made a lengthy address to the court, and in that she said she made her choices and she was happy with them. she told thejudge, i and she was happy with them. she told the judge, i would and she was happy with them. she told thejudge, i would implore and she was happy with them. she told the judge, i would implore you told the judge, i would implore you to consider that it's notjust myself being sentenced but the foundations of democracy. the judge said the two showed no remorse, and he hoped sentencing today would deter other people from carrying out similar publicity stunts.— a reminder of our top headline this afternoon... britain's youngest knife murderers,

two 13—year—old boys are sentenced to eight and a half years in custody for murdering shawn seesahai with a machete. and the end of coal power in the uk as britain's last coal—powered electricity plant prepares to shut down in just a few days. we'll have a full forecast in the next half hour, but it's time now for a quick look at the weather. here's stav. thank you, it's been a thoroughly wet morning across central and southern areas with numerous flood warnings in force for england and wales. the weekend promises a brief respite thanks to a brief ridge of high pressure. but cold northerly winds will dig in this afternoon and tonight it will be culled with a touch of frost in places. this is the high pressure i“m touch of frost in places. this is the high pressure i'm talking about, saturday looking the best day of the weekend but we have another area of low pressure spinning its way up from the south during the course of sunday. so plenty of sunshine for many central and southern areas on saturday but it will be turning increasingly wet and windy for

sunday. more for you later. a year to the day since the sycamore gap tree was cut down, sparking widespread outrage, the national trust is offering communities the chance to continue its story. 49 saplings have been grown from twigs and seeds recovered from the tree, which stood next to hadrian's wall in northumberland. our reporter harriet bradshaw has been to find out where some of the new sycamores will grow. when something that meant so much to people was hacked down, it felt like the end of the sycamore gap tree. but months later, careful crafting and sowing of young twigs and seeds has led to this, a little forest of saplings. so, chris, the last time i was here, i could hold these seedlings in my hands. what's happened to them? well, they've grown a little bit. here they are. oh, crikey! look at that. that one“s taller than me. you can't help but feel hopeful handling new life and seeing

the roots here are established. but the question now is, where will their new homes be? the national trust wants these saplings to be symbols of hope and healing. each tree will go to a very special place. one of the first will be planted here in memory of 12—year—old fergus. everybody, it“s fergus from yardy“s cricket channel. and today we're going to be looking at the sweep shot. let's go. we're going to start on one knee. fergus was an absolute delight. um, it was a joy and a real privilege to be his mum. fergus was planning a trip to walk hadrian's wall, along which the sycamore gap tree was nestled. but he never made it. yesterday, they gave me some news. i have some sort of cancer in my leg. he was diagnosed with primary bone cancer — osteosarcoma. your worst fear after your child dies is that he'll be forgotten.

since fergus died, nature has been a constant source of strength to us — its power to regenerate and to console. take me to where this tree is going to go, then, ruth. this is the spot we chose. fergus came here every day. there's something about the story of the new life being created from the sycamore gap that made me think of all — all the children affected by childhood cancer. they deserve a second chance of life. the original sycamore was 49ft tall, and there will be 49 saplings for communities to apply for. it's really satisfying seeing how well they've done actually. it was a little bit touch and go at the beginning. the trees will be going to projects such as this — tina“s haven in easington

on the durham coast. sue robson's daughter tina died in 2020, aged 35. following her death, sue wanted to create a wild sanctuary — a place of recovery for others dealing with the problems tina faced. when tina died, my hope died with her. and, equally, when that beautiful tree was cut down, you know, it was a violent, devastating act. but where the parallel came in was about those themes of hope, of nature, of recovery. having the tree, you know, such a significant symbol of hope is absolutely massive. they“re being called trees of hope for the people and communities they“ll become part of. harriet bradshaw, bbc news. our correspondent alison freeman

is at the visitor centre near to where the tree original stood. and you have something significant there. , , , ., ., there. this is it, the star of the show, if there. this is it, the star of the show. if you — there. this is it, the star of the show, if you like. _ there. this is it, the star of the show, if you like. this - there. this is it, the star of the show, if you like. this will i there. this is it, the star of the show, if you like. this will be l there. this is it, the star of the l show, if you like. this will be the centrepiece of an exhibition celebrating the life of the sycamore gap tree. it is part of a huge exhibition created by a group of artists and it's made up of four panels, each one representing the seasons. this is the winter panel, we have the autumn one that the sycamore gap trunk features in because that was the time of year it was cut down. we travel through to spring and summer. when you add up the lengths of all these magnificent wooden panels, that makes up the height of the sycamore gap tree. as you are saying, today is about hope and moving forward. what's happening is, this final panel, the summer panel, is made up of a group of leaves. they all look plain at the moment but there has been a series

of workshops going on today where young people have been writing on it there pledges to nature, how we can make the world a better place. they will be fixed up here and make a beautiful, brightly coloured display and it will be the centrepiece of the exhibition which starts tomorrow. the exhibition which starts tomorrow— the exhibition which starts tomorrow. �* ., ., «e the exhibition which starts tomorrow. �* ., ., ,, , ., still to come on today's programme, the end of the road for cds in cars, as research shows no new models are being fitted with the once must—have gadget for in—car entertainment. now it's time to join our colleagues with the news where you are. on bbc london this lunchtime — critics of the soon—to—open hello and welcome to sportsday. i“m hugh ferris. our top stories this lunchtime: for the first time, scottish eyes have been on the women's champions league group stage draw after celtic became one of four british clubs to be part of the elite 16. a delayed start at lord's as england

attempt to level the one—day series with australia, but the game is soon to start. from track star to training others, britain's fastest man takes on a new challenge back home in london. hello again. the women's champions league group stage will have a much bigger british presence this season after four clubs made it through. among those in the draw that's taken place this lunchtime is celtic, making history by being the first scottish team to make it this far in the competition's history, courtesy of a play—off win over vorskla poltava of ukraine. celtic were already leading from the first leg and this was the moment they wrapped things up. shannon mcgregor with the emphatic header giving celtic a 2—0 win on the night. the players making sure they soaked up the moment with the fans, while their head coach admitted she couldn't explain the excitement to be one of the elite 16 clubs in europe.

we've got the confidence and at half time to know that we can do this. and, yeah, i think the second half we were really, really good. just crazy. like, two weeks ago ijust signed. so to now be playing in the champions league, scored a goal and really good for scottish football to have a team now in the group stage of the champions league. and i'm just delighted that it's us that's managed to do it. manchester city and arsenal also won their play—offs comfortably, so all three joined chelsea in the draw. it is the wsl champions that celtic will play in group b after the two were drawn together in switzerland. there are four groups of four, with the top two of each going through to the quarterfinals. here's the full draw, then. celtic and chelsea's group also includes real madrid, while manchester city will meet defending champions barcelona in theirs. arsenal have bayern munich among their group opponents, while two former winners, lyon and wolfsburg, are in group a. matches start the week after next and go through to mid—december.

the men“s european competitions are already in full swing and the opening week of the europa league brought wins last night for rangers and tottenham, whose kick—off against oarabag was delayed by more than half—an—hour after their opponents“ six—mile journey to the stadium took two and a half hours. it then got worse for the team from azerbaijan because they faced ten men for almost the whole game after radu dragusin“s red card just seven minutes into the game. they then missed a penalty and lost 3—0 to spurs. summer signing dominic solanke completing the victory. the first goal comes from us pressing, you know. we were pressing with ten men and we win the ball high up and, you know, which is which was what we wanted to do, and we end up scoring a goalfrom it. so i think, um, yeah, for the most part, i think the boys, you know, showed that intent. that's the kind of team we want to be. and, you know, whatever challenge we have before us is to tackle it that way.

rangers“ win over malmo provided a milestone moment for the club as they got their europa league campaign off to a positive start. rangers took the lead in the first couple of minutes. nedim bajrami adding the finishing touch. their second came late on. ross mccausland giving phillipe clement's side their first ever win on swedish soil. next to lord“s, where england are continuting their attempts to salavage their one—day series against old rivals australia. stand—in skipper harry brook“s maiden odi century helped the home side to a win in durham on tuesday, but this has been the scene in london for a majority of the day so far. a 12.30pm start was delayed and they've just had the toss after the clean—up. australia won it for the first time in the series and they have decided to bowl first when the match starts at two 2.00pm. it will be reduced to 43 overs a side. the extraordinary start to kamindu mendis“ test career has continued with the batter scoring a fifth century in just 13 innings for sri lanka, matching the record set by the legendary australian sir don bradman. kamindu is also the first batter in the history of test cricket to make a 50—plus score in each

of his first eight tests and ended sri lanka“s first innings on day two of the second test against new zealand on 182 not out, reaching 1,000 runs with the final ball before his team declared, also matching bradman as the third fastest to achieve that feat. britain's olympic triathlon champion alex yee returned to the top of the podium this morning in china as he beat his great rival to win the world triathlon series event in weihai. yee had admitted to feeling really mentally tired after recent defeats to new zealander hayden wilde in london and chicago followed his gold in paris, but early today it didn't show as yee finished 46 seconds ahead of leo bergere of france, with wilde was nowhere to be seen. yee leads the overall men“s rankings before next month's championship final in spain. that was a triathlon, for sure. for me, ijust wanted to come back and have fun. the last few weeks have been so chaotic, this

is what i absolutely love doing. just being on that course with these guys, racing hard, racing honest, i couldn't ask for much more. yeah, i'm really pleased with that race and that's the race to be proud of. this race was a stand—alone race by itself. torremolinos will be a stand—alone race by itself. that's how i will treat them. just loving racing and enjoying it. the hard work had all been done before at the olympics to deliver before the olympics to deliver the best race i could. yeah, i'm just going to have fun in that last race. hopefully put a smile on everyone“s face and give everyone a show. in the women's race, beth potter finished 17 seconds behind the winner, germany's lisa tertsch, as fellow britons georgia taylor—brown and kate waugh finished third and fifth respectively. potter is second in the overall rankings behind the olympic champion cassandre beaugrand going into that final race. i really enjoyed that. i will go

into malaga in a pretty strong position and fight for my title again. six weeks on from anchoring teamgb to a relay bronze at the paris olympics, britain's fastest man was back in london to look to the future. zharnel hughes launched a new sprint academy this week to give others the chance to do what he's done. there wasn't a shortage of young people from south london taking inspiration from the british 100 metre record holder. chris slegg was there. so you just go into the blocks. so it's just like this. learning from the very best. some of these south london youngsters were trying athletics for the first time today. their coach? britain's fastest man, zharnel hughes. this is what. it is on the starting line. nice and quiet. shh! one of the young ladies said to me that she absolutely loves track and field, but she plays basketball, so i feel as if she gets involved with, you know, with a local club just to feel out what track and field is like. you may never know. she may convert to track and field. i was quite nervous, but once

i was down there and i got into it, i felt much better. so yeah, it felt good. he really walked me through it very well. he went slowly and i feel like i learned a lot. - days like today are critical for some of our young people arriving. it's the first time they've been on a train at 1a or 15 years old. so we, you know, people like us exist to make sure these opportunities are there. zharnel hughes has the baton. japan take a safe change and it's filippo tortu again. zharnel hughes coming through. tell me how it felt this summer because you went for it in that home straight to bring us home in third place and to be on the podium with your team—mates and that that bronze medal. describe those feelings. surreal, surreal moment. i said to louis, i said, listen, you're going to go on the podium today. you're not going to leave here without anything. and we got on the podium and i touched him on the shoulder and i said, see. in new york last year, he ran 9.83, beating linford christie's record to become the fastest brit of all time, just one of many achievements that also include

winning gb“s first world championship medal in the event for 20 years, when he took bronze in budapest. if you've got to choose one, what is the highlight? what means the most to you? i would go with getting that individual medal last year in budapest. i rememberjust crying my eyes out and looking up on the scoreboard and seeing my name there. most importantly, i want to be in the middle of that podium next time instead of being on the side. gold may be his one day. today was a golden day for all. chris clegg, bbc news. british number one jack draper continues to stack up statement wins, the quartefinals of the japan open. this is draper's first tournament since reaching the semi finals of the us open

and beat the world number 8 in straight sets in tokyo — a third victory over a top 10 player this year. just a line of breaking news for you this lunchtime before we go. manchester city manager pep guardiola has in the last few moments confirmed rodri will miss the rest of the season. guardiola says the midfielder had surgery today on an anterior cruciate ligament injury and will play no further part this season. plenty more on all those stories over on the bbc sport website, where you keep across the day's play at lords between england and australia in that fourth one—day international, but that is all our sport for now, so it's time to hand you back to the news at one and lewis vaughan jones. will shut down in a few days, ending 140 years of coal power in britain. the closure of the facility in ratcliffe—on—soar in nottinghamshire, will make the uk the first g7 country to completely phase out coal from its electricity production. our climate editorjustin rowlatt has this report.

you“ve almost certainly seen ratcliffe—on—soar power station before. it is right beside the m1, just south of nottingham. these mighty cooling towers have been a landmark here in the east midlands for decades, but you don't normally get a view of them quite like this, do you? now, they will be around for the next couple of years, but they are slated for demolition. they're going to be blown up. in fact, the whole site is going to be cleared to be replaced with a zero carbon energy and technology park. new industries, newjobs for the east midlands. its closure marks the end of an era for the uk. coal made modern britain. it powered the industrial revolution, bringing jobs and wealth, as well as keeping our homes warm and our lights on. but the boom couldn't last. plans to close less profitable pits spurred the miners“ strike in the mid “80s. the violent clashes failed to keep the pits open.

it left a bitter legacy of unemployment and poverty in the area. there is a sense of grim resignation among the workers here. yeah, the emotions are building as we're getting closer to the 30th of september, and we've seen the coal go in and we know there's no more coming in, so, you know, will we, won't we do one last winter? we're definitely not. this place used to be running most of the time, generating electricity for 2 million uk homes. it used to employ 850 people. now it's less than 200. and in the last few years, they've only fired the place up when the uk is really short on power. i think it's just a shame that obviously the power station is having to close. we've worked so hard to make it one of the cleanest. but obviously, given the age of the plant, it's probably about right for us to close and make room

for more renewable energy. closing ratcliffe is an important step towards the government's target — fossil—free electricity by 2030. some analysts say it can't be done in that time. and when you see the scale of this place, you get a sense of the size of the challenge it represents. going fossilfuel—free will mean a big reduction in planet—warming emissions, but it won't be popular with everyone. it will also mean more pylons, more solar farms, and more wind turbines across the country. justin rowlatt, bbc news, ratcliffe—on—soar. now, they've helped most of us to get through many a long journey but could it be the end of the road for cd players in cars? none of the largest manufacturers fit them in new models, according to research from the consumer group which?. our reporterjohn maguire has been taking a drive down memory lane to see how in—car

entertainment has changed. archive: sir herbert austin, | as he now was, decided to put motoring within the reach of all and the baby austin, one of the most famous cars in the world, was born. once we were able to hear anything above the racket made by car engines and wind noise, designers and engineers set about putting the road trip to music. music: axel f by harold faltermeyer. from radio through various tape machines, then on to cds. when compact discs were first revealed for the home, they were just as magical as the motors. this new long—playing record looks very similar to a video disc we've shown you before. the surface is covered by a layer of transparent plastic, so you don't have to worry about grubby fingers 01’ even scratches. but, in today's world, music comes from clouds and notjust purple rain. we actually scoured the new car

availabilities and found that just none of them, in the mainstream cars at least, came with a cd player. and thatjust means, as far as we're concerned, it is the death of the in—car cd player. we're now in a world of apple carplay, android auto, bluetooth, and cdsjust don't have a part in that any more. the apparent demise of the in—built cd player is disappointing for the music industry after a recent resurgence in disc sales. it's a kind of chicken and egg situation, so if you start to take cd players out of cars, you will encourage people to buy less cds, which is not something that we want to do when people are actually choosing to, you know, go back into the cd market. there was a time when getting your motor running and heading out on the highway required these — travel sweets — one of these, that's a road atlas, kids, and a whole floor full of cds, or a container to keep them in. this one“s done a few miles, i can tell you. oh, oasis!

i wonder whatever happened to them. at his garage in somerset, jordan staples says the in—car entertainment is never a deal breaker, perhaps, though, just the ice—ing on the cake. there might be the odd time. maybe like more like older people maybe or something, they want to know. but younger people, i feel like they kind of know all about it, orjust know that they can get in and connect their phone and play their music. so it's not something i see happening much, to be honest. so you just plug a phone in? yeah. orjust like bluetooth, so you don't even need to plug it in. just literally go into your settings, click bluetooth, connect to it and that's it, you can play your music. easy as that. of course, these days you don't even need to press a button. play oasis. navigating to oasis centre. no. play oasis. now playing genesis. oh, forget it. just put blur on. navigating to burton.

ugh! i think i'll download a mindfulness podcast instead. john maguire, bbc news, somerset. jon showing his age. now the weather with stav. good afternoon. it“s good afternoon. it's been a soaking wet morning across central and southern areas. we had renewed flooding in places. through the afternoon conditions will brighten up afternoon conditions will brighten up the southern and south—eastern areas which had a very wet start today. this active weather front brought heavy rain falls, pushing south into the near continent. lots of isobars in the chart, strong northerly wind dragging arctic air south across the country. it will brighten up but also turn a lot cooler to what to expect at this time of year. the raid from earlier this morning, the heaviest rain in the south east midlands, south—east england, pushing south. showers peppering north and western coasts,

some wintry elements across the hills in northern scotland because thatis hills in northern scotland because that is cooler. plenty of sunshine filtering its way south as we move through the afternoon. it is an improving picture but the wind is a feature making it feel quite bracing out there particularly on the north sea coast where it will be strong. temperatures, single digits across northern scotland, 11—13 further south. we are below for this time of september. the show was continuing around the coast, some cloud pushing into north—west scotland. elsewhere under clear skies it will turn quite cold with a touch of frost likely for parts of northern england and into eastern scotland but recovering a little for north—west scotland where we have the cloud coming in. a chilly night to come nonetheless. saturday, a ridge of high pressure building and bringing settled and dry weather, much—needed dry weather for england and wales and sunshine after a chilly start. starting with cloud and showers across scotland and northern ireland, tending to filter south into north and west

england and wales but staying mostly dry from the midlands southwards and it will help the temperatures to 15 degrees. another chilly day to come, only low double figures across the north. another chilly night on saturday night with an area of short lived high—pressure giving way to another area of low pressure hurtling in from the southend west during sunday. we start to chilly and bright in the north and east, staying dry across northern and eastern parts although the cloud will build. northern ireland, wales, the midlands and southern and south—west england will turn wet and windy with a couple of yellow wind warnings for south—west england and wales for sunday. temperatures, mid—teens in the south and cooler further north. unsettled start to the new week and from tuesday onwards, which is the start of october, it settles down with some sunshine around and then more unsettled weather towards the end of the week. that's all from today's bbc news at one. enjoy the rest of the day.

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live from london, this is bbc news. israel's prime minister says ceasefire talks will continue, even though he's called for more strikes on his even though he's called for more strikes on hezbollah in lebanon. the israeli benjamin netanyahu is due to speak at the united nations in new york shortly.

213—year—old boys are sentenced to a minimum. more than 60 people have now come forward alleging abuse by former harrods boss mohamed al fayed, lawyers say. helene weakens to a tropical storm as it moves over the us state of georgia after battering florida with powerful winds and severe flooding. hello, welcome to bbc news now, three hours of fast—moving news, interviews and reaction. the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is due to speak at the un general assembly in new york within the next hour, with close attention on what he says. we'll bring you live coverage, with expert analysis of that speech. hopes of a ceasefire between israel and his brother seem to have receded, with both sides continuing to launch cross—border rocket fire. lebanon's national news agency says israeli air strikes have intensified overnight and in one strike in southern lebanon, a family of nine were killed. from jerusalem, yolande knell reports.