they say it is going to be difficult. there is not much that scares me but this has got me a little on edge. also on the programme... don't dig into the past — that's what post office chief executive nick read says he was told about the horizon it scandal when he took over in 2019. a heated exchange, as the prime minister faces questions from rishi sunak about the economy and the row over gifts. more bereaved parents can apply for formal recognition of the loss of their baby during pregnancy, as the government removes a cut—off date. breaking records and in style — cricketerjoe root becomes england's leading test scorer of all time.

the us state of florida is bracing itself for what could be the worst storm in a hundred years. there are huge trafficjams across the state as more than five million people respond to evacuation orders ahead of hurricane milton — which is expected to hit tonight. flights between the uk and florida have been cancelled, with the foreign office urging britons already in the state to follow instructions from local authorities. it's moving across the gulf of mexico, where warmer waters have contributed to its intensity. so far, milton has reached a wind speed of 160mph. it's already brushed past mexico — where it caused coastal flooding.

these nasa images from space show the eye of the storm as it heads towards the florida peninsula. with the latest, our correspondent phil mccann reports. so right now on seven news... florida is bracing for hurricane milton this morning. milton continues to be a dangerous category five hurricane, expected to bring life—threatening storm surge and dangerous winds along florida's gulf coast. time is running out before the storm makes landfall. | florida has been warned, and people living there have been preparing and leaving in the state's biggest evacuation effort in years, ahead of what forecasters say could be the worst storm to hit in a century. it's been pretty, pretty crazy. even people that are from tampa and are from florida have told me that this is not normal. really anxious. we have two young kids. it's scary.

parts of the state are now eerily quiet, apart from the warning sirens. this time, even some of the most hurricane—hardened residents have heeded the orders to leave. there's a lot of locals, people that have lived in tampa throughout their entire lives, and they usually stay during hurricane season. they'll tough it out. but even those people look at what could happen here with hurricane milton, and they're getting out of dodge. they're finding any way to evacuate. milton has already brushed past mexico's yucatan peninsula, where there's been coastal flooding and power outages, but the damage has been described as minor. since then, the storm has strengthened over the warm waters of the gulf of mexico to a category five with sustained wind speeds of 160mph. it's expected to double in size before hitting florida head on, striking near the city of tampa, an area home to more than three million people. ten tampa bay. this is a weather impact alert.

we just got the very latest in from the national hurricane centre. they are now forecasting 10 to 15ft of surge for pinellas county. whoa. it's the storm surges that are causing the most concern. and all this as debris still litters the streets from hurricane helene just two weeks ago, itself the deadliest hurricane to hit the us mainland in nearly 20 years. more than 200 people were killed. we always tell folks to run from the water, hide from the wind. you can really shelter from very strong hurricane force winds, but you can't really shelter from water. and that's why it's imperative people either evacuate vertically or inland or ideally both. and i think that might be it for this week. it isn'tjust homes that have been evacuated. tourist attractions in the sunshine state have been taking precautions, too. airports have been closed, but time to prepare is running out. phil mccann, bbc news. gordon carrera is in tampa. gordon, what is the situation there?

yes, here in tampa at the rain is certainly beating down at the moment. this is actually normally one of the busiest districts within tampa. and as you can see behind me it is deserted, there is almost no one out on the streets here. there are mandatory evacuation orders for certain parts of the city, those most at risk of flooding but not all of the city, including the place where i am now. i havejust been talking to the chief of police for tampa, who was telling me that even in those mandatory areas that are some people that haven't left in the police are going door to try and persuade them that they do need to get out because of the risk. they are closely tracking the storm here and trying to work out exactly where it will make landfall, whether it will come right here in tampa on the coast orjust slightly will come right here in tampa on the coast or just slightly further down, that could make a big difference because of the storm surge, where it hits could beat i2

because of the storm surge, where it hits could beat 12 to 15 feet high and do significant damage. but wherever it hits that is going to be high winds and a lot of rain coming. gordon with the update from tampa florida, thank you. this is the scene in fort myers beach at the momentjust off the south—west florida coast. darren has been looking at the latest forecast and can tell us more. darren, how do we expect the next few hours to go?— few hours to go? well, this particular— few hours to go? well, this particular hurricane, - few hours to go? well, this particular hurricane, nina, | few hours to go? well, this i particular hurricane, nina, is different from her lean, it will hit a different part of florida, much more densely populated part of the state and it is moving more quickly. what has been so different about this hurricane is how quickly it has strengthened and deepened. running away from the yucat n peninsula it is now bearing down on florida. just a short time ago it was a category for her again, almost five, maximum sustained winds... the track is crucial, a little further south of

tampa, heading more towards sarasota in fort myers. the track is crucial because you have the strongest storm surge, the most dangerous storm surge, the most dangerous storm surge on and to the south of where it makes landfall and there could be a storm surge of 15 feet. a lot of flooding, notjust from the storm surge but from the rain that is going to continue. the heaviest rain is more likely to be a little bit further north across the state and more than 100 millimetres of rain. they could be as much as 18 inches of rain that could bring flooding. while it might not be so wet that the south of florida that there is even the risk of tornadoes. this hurricane is going to move very quickly and by the end of thursday it will have cleared away from the east coast, it will move away quite quickly and then the clear up can begin. nina. quickly and then the clear up can begin- nina-— the inquiry into the horizon it scandal has been hearing evidence from the chief executive of the post office. nick read said that when he joined the organisation in 2019 he wasn't

told of the scale of the scandal. he said the focus was on moving forward, not on addressing any wrongdoings. he has been accused by sub—postmasters of failing to bring about sufficient change. our correspondent, emma simpson is at the inquiry. emma, what else have we heard this morning? nina, nick read is the most keenly anticipated witness in this final phase of the inquiry, which is all about the here and now, including whether the culture towards sub—postmasters has changed. and as you say, we started in 2019, the year that he joined. you say, we started in 2019, the year that hejoined. nick read you say, we started in 2019, the year that he joined. nick read told the inquiry that he was told by the post office's top lawyer that he didn't need to dig into the past. and he went on to say there was a degree of denial in the business, that the horizon scandal that had been through this epic legal action, that they had underestimated the

implications of what losing this case would mean.— implications of what losing this case would mean. ., ., ~ . ~ ., case would mean. looking back, would ou auree case would mean. looking back, would you agree that — case would mean. looking back, would you agree that this _ case would mean. looking back, would you agree that this description - case would mean. looking back, would you agree that this description is - you agree that this description is of a leadership team in 2019 that was living — of a leadership team in 2019 that was living in something of dreamworld, given the content of the horimus— dreamworld, given the content of the horizon'sjudgment? | dreamworld, given the content of the horizon's judgment?— horizon's 'udgment? i think it would be horizon'sjudgment? i think it would be impossible _ horizon'sjudgment? i think it would be impossible not _ horizon'sjudgment? i think it would be impossible not to _ horizon'sjudgment? i think it would be impossible not to conclude - horizon'sjudgment? i think it would be impossible not to conclude that. | be impossible not to conclude that. nick read _ be impossible not to conclude that. nick read said _ be impossible not to conclude that. nick read said to— be impossible not to conclude that. nick read said to begin _ be impossible not to conclude that. nick read said to begin with- be impossible not to conclude that. nick read said to begin with the - nick read said to begin with the focus was on the trading profits and trying to reduce the government's subsidy. but of course the post office and nick read became embroiled in controversy, as the full scandal emerged and its subsequent handling of it. from getting compensation out of the door to sub—postmasters and nick read's peiand to sub—postmasters and nick read's pei and his apparent obsession with it. he is giving evidence for three days, under pressure to explain his actions and what he has actually

changed. actions and what he has actually chan . ed. ., actions and what he has actually chan . ed. . ., actions and what he has actually chanced. . . , ., actions and what he has actually chanced. . ., , ., ., changed. emma, with that update from central london, _ changed. emma, with that update from central london, thank _ changed. emma, with that update from central london, thank you. _ after keir starmer�*s reshuffle of his downing street team, he faced mps at prime minister's questions. he's been under pressure for accepting gifts, his policy on winter fuel payments and the resignation of sue gray. 0ur political correspondent damian grammaticus has this analysis. three months in and he has already had to restructure his top team. sir keir starmer�*s premiership has been buffeted by revelations of gifts ta ken buffeted by revelations of gifts taken and tensions among his advisers. plenty of ammunition then for an opposition to seize on. mr for an opposition to seize on. m speaker, tomorrow the government will publish their anticipated changes to employment law. given the weekend's events... given the weekend's events... given the weekend's events, when did the prime ministerfirst become a weekend's events, when did the prime minister first become a convert to fire and rehire? i’m

minister first become a convert to fire and rehire?— fire and rehire? i'm very pleased and proud _ fire and rehire? i'm very pleased and proud that _ fire and rehire? i'm very pleased and proud that tomorrow - fire and rehire? i'm very pleased and proud that tomorrow we - fire and rehire? i'm very pleased and proud that tomorrow we will| and proud that tomorrow we will publish — and proud that tomorrow we will publish the bill that would be the biggest _ publish the bill that would be the biggest upgrade of work is's rights in a generation. that will do two things. — in a generation. that will do two things. mr— in a generation. that will do two things, mr speaker. firstly, it will -ive things, mr speaker. firstly, it will give people basic dignity at work. secondly, — give people basic dignity at work. secondly, it will help grow our economy, _ secondly, it will help grow our economy, something that the last government absolutely failed on the 14 long _ government absolutely failed on the 14 long years. government absolutely failed on the 14 long years-— 14 long years. rishi sunak return to the budget. — 14 long years. rishi sunak return to the budget. trying _ 14 long years. rishi sunak return to the budget, trying to _ 14 long years. rishi sunak return to the budget, trying to tease - 14 long years. rishi sunak return to the budget, trying to tease out - 14 long years. rishi sunak return to the budget, trying to tease out if. the budget, trying to tease out if more taxes on more borrowing are coming. more taxes on more borrowing are cominu. ., more taxes on more borrowing are comin-. . _, ., coming. can he confirm that when he romised coming. can he confirm that when he promised not — coming. can he confirm that when he promised not to _ coming. can he confirm that when he promised not to raise _ coming. can he confirm that when he promised not to raise income - coming. can he confirm that when he promised not to raise income tax, i promised not to raise income tax, national insurance or vat, that commitment applies to both employer and employee national insurance contributions? brute and employee national insurance contributions?— and employee national insurance contributions? ~ . ., ., , contributions? we made an absolute commitment — contributions? we made an absolute commitment in _ contributions? we made an absolute commitment in relation _ contributions? we made an absolute commitment in relation to _ contributions? we made an absolute commitment in relation to not - commitment in relation to not raising — commitment in relation to not raising tax on working people. he of course _ raising tax on working people. he of course was — raising tax on working people. he of course was the expert's expert on raising — course was the expert's expert on raising taxes. and what did we get in return— raising taxes. and what did we get in return for— raising taxes. and what did we get in return for it? we got a broken economy, — in return for it? we got a broken economy, broken public services and

the £22 _ economy, broken public services and the £22 billion black hole in the economx — the £22 billion black hole in the economy. we are here to stabilise the economy and we will do so. facing — the economy and we will do so. facing the — the economy and we will do so. facing the charge broken promises are coming, sir keir starmer wanted to ditch the gloomy time and sound more upbeat. he to ditch the gloomy time and sound more upbeat-— to ditch the gloomy time and sound more upbeat. he has raised the door to raising--- — more upbeat. he has raised the door to raising... including _ more upbeat. he has raised the door to raising... including pensions- more upbeat. he has raised the door to raising... including pensions and i to raising... including pensions and fiddling the figures that he can borrow more. and he talks about what he has achieved, economic confidence is plummeting, growth is now stalling on the uk's borrowing costs are raising on his watch. edi stalling on the uk's borrowing costs are raising on his watch.— are raising on his watch. of course we have got _ are raising on his watch. of course we have got to _ are raising on his watch. of course we have got to take _ are raising on his watch. of course we have got to take tough - are raising on his watch. of course l we have got to take tough decisions but when _ we have got to take tough decisions but when investment is pouring in, as it has _ but when investment is pouring in, as it has been in recent weeks, when the nhs _ as it has been in recent weeks, when the nhs strikes are coming to an end, _ the nhs strikes are coming to an end. when— the nhs strikes are coming to an end, when houses are getting built, we are _ end, when houses are getting built, we are delivering the biggest upgrade of work as's rights in a generation, it is time for them to accept _ generation, it is time for them to accept that— generation, it is time for them to accept that we are fixing the foundations.— foundations. and the liberal democrat — foundations. and the liberal democrat leader _ foundations. and the liberal democrat leader had - foundations. and the liberal democrat leader had the - foundations. and the liberal- democrat leader had the falkland islands on his mind on how they might be impacted by discussions with the eu.

might be impacted by discussions with the eu-_ might be impacted by discussions with the eu. ~ ~ , with the eu. when the prime minister reed negotiates _ with the eu. when the prime minister reed negotiates the _ with the eu. when the prime minister reed negotiates the trade _ with the eu. when the prime minister reed negotiates the trade deal- with the eu. when the prime minister reed negotiates the trade deal can i reed negotiates the trade deal can you remember the overseas territories? and can he ensure that british citizens fishing off the falklands can sail proudly under the unionjack. edi falklands can sail proudly under the union jack. , . ., , union jack. of my uncle nearly when his ship was — union jack. of my uncle nearly when his ship was torpedoed _ union jack. of my uncle nearly when his ship was torpedoed defending i union jack. of my uncle nearly when | his ship was torpedoed defending the falklands _ his ship was torpedoed defending the falklands. they are british and they will remain— falklands. they are british and they will remain british. a falklands. they are british and they will remain british.— will remain british. a personal ri oste will remain british. a personal riposte from — will remain british. a personal riposte from a _ will remain british. a personal riposte from a prime - will remain british. a personal riposte from a prime ministerl will remain british. a personal- riposte from a prime minister trying to reframe the debate and regain the initiative. damien grammatical is, bbc news, westminster —— damien grammatical us. israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has made a direct appeal to the lebanese people to throw out hezbollah, and avoid what he's described as the "destruction and suffering like we see in gaza." in a moment, we will speak to yolande knell injerusalem. first our middle east correspondent hugo bachega joins from beirut. hugo, a clear warning. how's it been received?

yeah, nina, free your country from hezbollah was the message in english by the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to the people of lebanon. now, as a former british intelligence chief said a few days ago, many people here in lebanon dislike hezbollah but they dislike israel more, so i don't think this message will resonate here. there is a long history of israeli violence here in lebanon, so i don't think a lot of people are paying attention to what the prior minister has to say. now obviously has beloved word has been weakened by these israeli air strikes. the leadership has been eliminated but the group hasn't been destroyed. and here in lebanon, his brother were is more than a militia, it is a political party with representation in parliament —— hezbollah. it has significant support. so you maybe able to destroy hezbollah, or we can then militarily but the ideology is

likely to persist. the group is not going to disappear from likely to persist. the group is not going to disappearfrom lebanon. but obviously a lot of people here remember what happened during the civil war between 1975 and 1990 and they are now wondering what is going to happen to this country after this war is over. to happen to this country after this war is over-— war is over. hugo in beirut, thank ou. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell is injerusalem. yolande, later today president biden is expected to speak to israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu. what will be discussed? well, from what we understand it has been very tense between these two leaders and they haven't actually spoken for several weeks. they have got so much to discuss. israel's ongoing fighting against hezbollah, its aerial bombardment, the widening ground offensive in southern lebanon, the fact that israel is still under rocket fire to civilians —— two civilians have been killed in the north of the country this lunchtime by a rocket hit. israel's ongoing war with gaza as well of course. and now israel's renewed

ground offensive in the north of the strip and we have been hearing about palestinians fleeing from their homes there. 0nce palestinians fleeing from their homes there. once again. but really the next big question is what israel is going to do in response to that massive missile attack by iran last week. and we understand that these two men are going to be discussing israel's plans. it said it wants to carry out really a major attack in retaliation. the big question is whether it can do that without drawing in its closest ally the us. the time is 13.16. our top story this afternoon. a life or death choice — millions in florida are told leave now — your life is at risk as america prepares for the worst storm in a century. delays, roadworks and trafficjams — familiar frustrations for drivers — now the best and worst motorways have been named in a transport survey. coming up on bbc news.

more bereaved parents in england will now be able to apply for a certificate to formally recognise the loss of their baby. the government has removed a previous limitation, which meant only those who'd experienced a miscarriage since 2018 could apply. our health correspondent sophie hutchinson reports. it's estimated that every year there are more than a quarter of a million miscarriages in the uk. charlie day was heartbroken when she lost a baby, a boy named rory, at 11 weeks this summer. she says receiving an official certificate made the world of difference. it's literally changed the whole

grieving process for us. having that document, it has meant that we're not just a statistic. that actually, rory existed, and we were able to name our baby. we were able to be placed on that document as his parents. and for us, that's just really been incredible that our baby's life has recognition. you know, for anyone who has lost... former coronation street actress kym marsh lost a baby boy and says the new certificates will help with the grieving process. my archie was here. i gave birth to him, i held him, we had a funeral, you know, and he mattered. he mattered to all of us and for us to not get anything that recognised that he was here was absolutely heartbreaking because he was a little person and he was our little person. previous rules restricted certificates to babies lost from september 2018 onwards, but from today, new rules mean that anyone in england over the age of 16, whose pregnancy ended before

24 weeks, can now apply for a certificate regardless of how long ago they lost their baby. the certificates include the mother, father and baby's names and the date of the loss. former children's tv presenter baroness floella benjamin experienced three miscarriages. she introduced a private member's bill in the house of lords in 2017 for baby loss certificates. she told me of herjoy about the change in the rules. i had three miscarriages and i think about them all the time when it comes to that certain time of the year, and i think there are lots of women like me, and men, because men suffer too. my husband and i, we used to cry together when i went through a loss. and i know there are men out there who will be pleased that finally there can be some sort of recognition because the grief never leaves you. and will you be applying for certificates for the three babies that you lost? not everybody wants that

certificate, but for those who feel as if they can have something that recognises their loss, why not? you don't have to do it if you don't want to, but i certainly will be applying. the certificates are an option for all eligible parents and are provided free of charge by the nhs. sophie hutchinson, bbc news. conservative mps will decide today which two of the remaining three candidates for the leadership of the party will make it through to a ballot of all members, with a new leader being elected in november. kemi badenoch, robertjenrick and james cleverly remain in the race after tom tugendhat was eliminated yesterday. we're joined now by our political correspondent, ben wright — ben, what can we expect today? well expect the unexpected in a tory leadership contest but right now tory mps are being cajoled by the

three remaining campaigns for the palm are being twisted, jobs are being promised. ithink palm are being twisted, jobs are being promised. i think there are two things that are pretty clear towing into the final vote, the first that james cleverly has the momentum, the former foreign secretary. in the vote yesterday he leapfrogged his rivals and unless something totally extraordinary happens it looks certain he will be one of the two candidates to go through to that vote of the tory party membership. the only thing thatis party membership. the only thing that is clear is there is a knife edge battle for second place, there is kemi badenoch the former business secretary on the right of the party, poll suggests she is very popular among the tory grassroots. but she really is in a tough fight with robertjenrick the former immigration minister who has put that issue at the heart of his campaign. i really mentioned james beverley the former foreign and home secretary, he made the best speech at the tory party conference last week and that put him in a good place. there arejust 121 week and that put him in a good place. there are just 121 tory mps, small shifts support can make a big

difference and we will find out the result at 3:30pm. the bbc has seen a copy of a report completed by the royal college of surgeons for great 0rmond street hospital. it looks at the care children received from one of its former surgeons, mr yaserjabber. the hospital is reviewing more than 700 children who were under his care. our health editor, hugh pym is in london. hugh what have we learnt today? just to go through some of the detail, great orminced are looking at the 700 cases and so far have discovered that 39 which have been fully investigated did involve harm in some cases to young patients, lifelong injury and even amputation in one example at least. great 0rmond street says it is carrying on with this review and has expressed its sincere apologies to the families. we've learnt today that actually yaserjabber the

orthopaedic surgeon worked at five different london hospitals. great orminced at the chelsea and westminster as the bbc revealed two weeks ago but also through private hospitals, stjohn and saint elizabeth, the portland hospital and the cromwell hospital. stjohn and saint elizabeth said he did not carry out paediatric procedures there, all these hospitals are doing their own reviews of what may have happened in the past involving the surgeon who actually ceased to have a license to practice in the uk earlier this year.— a license to practice in the uk earlier this year. and remind us of the detail in _ earlier this year. and remind us of the detail in the _ earlier this year. and remind us of the detail in the report? _ earlier this year. and remind us of the detail in the report? it - earlier this year. and remind us of the detail in the report? it is - earlier this year. and remind us of the detail in the report? it is from | the detail in the report? it is from the detail in the report? it is from the r0 al the detail in the report? it is from the royal college _ the detail in the report? it is from the royal college of— the detail in the report? it is from the royal college of surgeons - the detail in the report? it is from the royal college of surgeons asl the detail in the report? it is from i the royal college of surgeons as was commissioned by the great 0rmsary trust and it finished a year ago. but details of only really started to emerge in the past week or so. it was clearfrom one to emerge in the past week or so. it was clear from one leak that it was a pretty damning report about unnecessary surgery being carried out on children but the full report although redacted has been sent to some of the families today and the bbc has seen a copy. and it does

identify significant issues in relation to patient consent, families not being told after surgery when complications had occurred and different procedures carried out and generally criticism of the culture in the orthopaedic department. of the culture in the orthopaedic department-— the association ofjewish refugees has paid tribute to holocaust survivor lily ebert, who has died at the age of 100. lily had a very special relationship with her great—grandson, dov, and together they used social media to reach millions of people. she was also painted as part of an exhibition at the queen's gallery in buckingham palace where she met king charles, then prince of wales. joe root has become england's all—time leading test run scorer. he needed 71 runs to overtake sir alistair cook's record, which he eased past this morning on day three of england's match against pakistan, scoring a boundary

to reach the milestone. a few moments ago, england were 481 for 3 with root still at the crease after another phenomenal innings. 0ur sports correspondent, joe wilson reports. wednesday morning in milton. here he comes once again. classicjoe root. lovely. in a turbulent, complex world, he is composure. certainty. a dozen years of perfect timing. four more runs here meant 12,473 englishmen have played test matches since 1877, of them all, root is now the top scorer. a dedicated group of travelling supporters in pakistan. a modest acknowledgement from the record breaker. joe root grew up in sheffield with younger brother billy, who's also a cricketer. today's billy's wedding day in wales. and absolutely, that's where their dad is. i've got two sons, both played professional cricket. equally proud of them.

um, but pride only goes so high. you know, i'm as proud as watching my kids as anybody else might be watching their their children perform dancing or gymnastics or tennis or cricket or rugby, whatever. it's the same emotion, but i am very proud. joe root first played for england aged 21. he captained the test side 64 times. that's a record. now released from that responsibility, he can just bat. root was battling cramp in the multan heat. but would anything stop him making a hundred? certainly not. this is a batter�*s match. at times it seemed impossible for pakistan to take a wicket. look at harry brook here. even when the ball hit those stumps, the bails stayed on. keep going. brook rarely slowed on his journey to his hundred. england were nearing pakistan's first innings total with these feats of scoring. joe root played loads of test cricket because england love the format. other nations are less certain.

free tickets tempted some to the stadium on a working day. a stalemate kind of match. elevated by root�*s endurance. joe wilson, bbc news. a survey of 9,000 motorists suggests that the m42 — between worcestershire and leicestershire — is the most unpopular main road in england. the independent watchdog travel focus says drivers blamed roadworks, potholes and delays. ben boulos can explain. it is a familiar tale. traffic, endless roadworks, and the state of road surfaces are among the main reasons why people dislike the roads they drive on, according to the watchdog transport focus. it asked more than 9,000 drivers about their last journey on a major road, and here are the results. the best road by far was the a19 in yorkshire, with a driver satisfaction score of 85%. the best motorway was the m40 linking london with birmingham, followed by the m4, which runs

from london to carmarthenshire in west wales, both scoring more than 75%. now you probably have your own opinions on this next one, but the worst rated road? well, that was the a12 in the east of england atjust 55%. the m42 in the midlands scored as the worst motorway at 56%, and the m62 that runs through the north of england at 60%. so what are the reasons behind these ratings? well, one driver told transport focus they disliked the m42 because of its roadworks, potholes and delays, describing it as a terrible road to drive on. a user of the a12 was unhappy with the state of the road and how it had been maintained, which appears to be a sticking point for a lot of drivers. fewer than half said they were satisfied with the way roadworks were being managed, and that's a similar figure to last year's survey. 0verall, just over two thirds

of drivers were satisfied with the last journey they took on one of these major routes. however, that's dropped slightly from 73% last year. as a lorry driver, sam spends most of her working life on the road. and here's what she told us. improvements that could be made to motorways to make my life easier would be less smart motorways. i don't think i know a single lorry driver who agrees that smart motorways were a good idea. bring back the hard shoulder. my least favourite road at the minute has got to be the m6. the roadworks have just been dragging on for so long, and it's a section of road that i have to drive through every day and every day, it's just carnage. one of my favourite roads has got to be the cat and fiddle. it's just really scenic, really pretty. there's a nice pub on the top as you get through the hills and, yeah, it's just a lovely road to drive on. so if you're having a nightmare journey on the roads today, you may seek comfort in the fact that others may be having a similar experience.

if you've got a road you particularly like, perhaps don't tell too many or you may find it all gets rather crowded! an image of a swarm of toad tadpoles captured by a photographer while snorkelling for hours through a lake in canada, has won this year's wildlife photographer of the year competition. the image by the canadian marine conservation photojournalist shane gross beat more than 59 thousand entries from 117 countries and territories, to scoop the top award in its 60th year. he was awarded the prize at london's natural history museum and said he had to move carefully through delicate silt and algae to ensure a clear view — and wasn't sure if it was any good until he got home. some of the other winners include this image of a leopard seal below sea ice. it was taken by matthew smith and was the winner in the underwater category. robin darius conz took this picture of a tiger on a hillside overlooking a town. igor metelskiy spent six months following a lynx to capture this shot of it stretching in the sun.

and the winner of the young photographer competition was 17—year—old alexis tinker tavalas, from germany. this image called "life under dead wood" it shows a springtail — just two millimetres long — next to fruiting slime mould. a reminder of our top headline this afternoon. a life or death choice — millions in florida are told leave now — your life is at risk as america prepares for the worst storm in a century. the dream becomes a reality for the amputee lionesses who've now raised enough money to compete in the football world cup next month. 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 darren bett. we have a bit more rain around to date mainly affecting northern england and north wales. to the south fewer showers and temperatures

in the south—east could reach 17 degrees for but in scotland struggled to get in double figures and that is because we have a northerly wind beginning to develop across northern parts of the uk and thatis across northern parts of the uk and that is going to sweep south of night pushing in colder air overnight in time for tomorrow. so these are the temperatures tomorrow afternoon, a real change to come across southern areas of the uk with across southern areas of the uk with a top temperature of 12 celsius. more later on. the government has been detailing its plans for the rental market in england as its renters' rights bill returns to parliament. the centrepiece of the legislation is a ban on no—fault evictions — which currently allows landlords to evict tenants with two months�* notice without providing a reason. according to the charity shelter, roughly 500 private renters are served a section 21 notice — or a no—fault eviction — every day. and figures show that more than 26,000 households have been threatened with homelessness due to no—fault evictions in the past year.

the national residential landlords association has said it is vital the bill is "fair to both tenants and landlords". a similar ban on no—fault evictions was introduced in scotland several years ago. 0ur social affairs correspondent michael buchanan has been looking at its impact. what england is planning, scotland has done years ago. no fault evictions were banned here in 2017, but it hasn't stopped landlords behaving badly. people find it really difficult to find properties that are inexpensive. and the reason you had to change properties was because your landlord evicted you. yes, that's right, yeah. luke humberstone was evicted from his flat in paisley after complaining about the state of it. the radiators were leaking so they needed repaired. the boiler was leaking, that needed replaced. his landlord said he was going to sell the flat, but instead relet it at a higher

rent, exercising his tenants rights, luke sued his landlord for wrongful eviction and won over £2,000 in compensation. what makes me sick now is that that landlord is still a landlord. you know, there's not been any real repercussions. they're paying me the compensation on a payment plan out of the increased rent that they're charging for the property that's been let out. now, that's ridiculous. there should be more of a consequence for not maintaining a property and for wrongfully evicting someone. landlords in scotland can evict a tenant by saying they planned to sell the property, but in 1 in 5 cases, they don't actually do so, according to a recent report. there needs to be better enforcement so that tenants feel confident to be able to get support, information and advice and actual enforcement when it's needed. so there is not that fear of raising issues. legislation is relatively easy to bring in. it's actually making sure it happens. that's the key thing. despite giving tenants more rights, scotland is in the midst of a housing crisis with record numbers of families living

in temporary accommodation. landlords point out that since the law was changed in 2017, there has been a reduction in the number of private rented properties available to let. many landlords are saying actually this is too risky a business to be in. in england we could see something very similar to what we have here in scotland, and that's landlords leaving a lack of accommodation and rents going up. despite some ongoing problems housing experts say the scottish rental reforms have made tenants feel more secure in their properties. it has been a positive move for both tenants and landlords, maybe a bit more weighted on the tenant's side, so getting rid of time limited tenancies like six, six months and a year, for example, that's been good for their security. and the rule around only increasing rent once a year has been really positive for them too. scotland's earlier adoption of rental reforms have given tenants more rights, including making it harder for landlords

to regain their properties. but homelessness is a national emergency here because ultimately, like every other uk nation, the country has simply not built enough affordable homes. michael buchanan, bbc news. still to come on today's programme, sophie from romania's story — we'll hear from former bbc correspondent and sophie's owner rory cellan—jones about helping this timid dog to face the world outside. now it's time to join our colleagues with the news where you are. hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm hugh ferris. the top stories this lunchtime. afterjoe root�*s record breaking runs in pakistan, we speak to his father, on a big day for the whole root family. klopp's newjob — the former liverpool boss is back in football, but not as a coach.

and the rugby player heading for cancer surgery, after originally thinking she simply had something stuck in her throat. emma wassell tells us how her teammates have helped her cope. hello again. joe root�*s record—breaking day has helped england rack up the runs on day three of the opening test against pakistan. after passing sir alistair cook's mark in the all—time england scoring rankings, he went on to extend another record he already owned, with a 35th test century. harry brook has also chimed in with a hundred, his fourth in as many tests in pakistan, as england reply to the home side's first innings of 556. the day has just finished with england 64 behind.

but it has been root�*s day, with his dad matt among those celebrating, and for more than one reason. well, ithink forjoe, i mean, obviously it means a lot to be england's highest ever test run scorer. um, but for him, he's not really a milestone sort of a player. you know, he just, he just bats. just wants the first objective always will be to try and win the game and score as many runs as possible to try and facilitate that. i think ben stokes said that he is selfless in his batting because he's always attempting to do the best for the team, but i guess if you just bat and you concentrate on batting, the records kind of look after themselves. yeah. pretty much. it does tend to take care of itself. um, obviously his average is 50. so, if you go every time you go out to bat, he scores 50, then it's going to put the team in a good position. the pride that he has might be felt a little later in his life, perhaps

when he's able to look back, but without being rude. matt, you're a lot older. you can have that pride now. you are able to have that context. so how proud are you of what he's been able to do? 0h incredibly proud. i mean, you know, i've got two sons. both played professional cricket. equally proud of them. but, you know, pride only goes so high, you can only, um, you know, i'm as proud as watching my kids as anybody else might be watching their their children perform dancing or gymnastics or tennis or cricket or rugby, whatever. it's the same emotion. yes. particularly today, matt, because it's a very special day for billy, joe's younger brother. yeah. i'm currently down in south wales for billy's wedding to lucy. they get married this afternoon at four, so, uh. oh, what a night it's going to be tonight. i think for most fathers of the groom, there is a list ofjobs that you have to do on the day of the wedding, before the moment itself. did you ever think that doing media on behalf ofjoe was one of those things that you'd be doing on billy's wedding day? joe never stops surprising me, so anything's possible.

we've spent the whole time talking about the fact that records just look after themselves. but, as you say, joe's average means that, if he carries on playing as he is, he'll be at least second in the all time list in about, what, a year and a half, two years. is that something that you can look at even if he doesn't? well, if it happens, it happens. i mean, if he stays fit, there's no reason he couldn't even beat tendulkar. because i think his love for the game is, is such that, um, the motivation will be there, but it's whether or not, you know, he's, um, he's 34, in december, which isn't really old for a batsman, but, um, who knows? you know, if he can stay fit, there's no reason he couldn't go on to beat tendulkar. maybe. i don't know, we'll have to see. scotland are chasing 167 in an effort to avoid the defeat that will almost certainly end their hopes at the women's t20 world cup. their opponents south africa, who are battling england forfirst place in group a, scored 166 for 5 in their 20 overs in dubai,

with tazmin brits and marizanne kapp both top scoring with 43. scotland are struggling in reply, they're currently 69—8 after 13 overs. england have added two uncapped players to their squad for the nations league matches against greece and finland, with curtisjones of liverpool and newcastle's tino livramento joining up after three players withdrew through injury. interim boss lee carsley also has fitness doubts overjack grealish and captain harry kane, who's spent the last two days doing individual training. england's first match of the two is against greece at wembley tomorrow night. jurgen klopp has a newjob, his first since leaving liverpool. the german manager has been appointed the global head of soccer for the red bull clubs. it's not a hands—on coaching role for klopp, who left anfield after nearly nine years, saying he needed a break. instead, he'll lead the strategy for rb leipzig, red bull salzburg, as well as the teams the energy drink own in mls and brazil. it's being reported in germany that the contract includes an exit clause, which allows him to take over the national team if it becomes available.

ahead of rugby league's grand final this weekend, hull kr's mikey lewis has been named this year's man of steel, the award given to the super league's best player. lewis scored 19 tries, as he helped his side to second place and their first grand final appearance this saturday. york valkyrie's georgie hetherington won the woman of steel. a scotland international rugby player who was diagnosed with a tumour in her chest last month has been speaking about her determination to battle back to fitness. emma wassell, who has 67 caps for her country, initially thought she had a piece of bread lodged in her throat, but will have surgery in a few weeks and claims her team—mates have pulled her through the most difficult few months of her life. she's been speaking exclusively to chris mclaughlin. 29—year—old scotland international emma wassell has an incredible story to tell. everything i say now is recorded. i think i've got something stuck in my throat.

like, that was the only thing that made sense. the doctorjust said, no, it's a tumour. it was just like a what? how? she was given a biopsy and told she'd need an operation at her bedside, her team—mates were there round the clock, feeding her, supporting her. always there when she woke up. something, probably. my biological family is small. it's very, very small. but rugby has given me a huge family. albeit not biological. they have supported me in a way that i don't even... i just feel so fortunate. there's people that, like, ifeel like i have the biggest family in the world.

all the more special, as she lost her mother suddenly just six months ago. it must give you enormous pride, though, that she would have so much pride in you in terms of how you've dealt with this. yeah. and there's one thing that i will never, like, i will carry with me forever. i know how proud she was. she was unbearably proud. and so many strangers know about me because of her. she'll have an operation to remove the tumour later this month. then she's determined to get back on the field for her country. i've spoken to so many athletes, professional athletes who have been injured, who have been ill, and i have never met someone so desperate to get back

to the sport they love. i do it to myself, i do it to my team—mates who have, yeah, picked me up and dragged me through these past couple of months and i'm due to my mum, i will for the foreseeable and i will go out and make myself proud and continue to to make her proud. chris mclaughlin, bbc news. wimbledon line judges are out and will no longer be calling out. from next year's tournament, the all england club has broken with tradition to replace them with an electronic system that reacts within one tenth of a second of the ball landing. the sight of the immaculately dressed officials standing or crouching at either the side or ends of the courts has been a part of the grand slam

for nearly 150 years. but instead the championships will adopt live electronic line calling, the technology already widely used in the sport, including at the australian and us 0pens, with the all england club saying testing showed it's robust enough. standing, crouching and avoiding 100 mph serves, not to be seen again at wimbledon. there's more sport at the bbc sport website and app. you'll be able to get some reaction to the day's play in pakistan. but that's it for now, so it's time to hand you back to the news at one team and nina warhurst. to leave their homes. this is the scene in fort myers beach at the moment just off the south—west florida coast. cbs news correspondent nicole valdes is in fort myers now

where hurrican milton is expected to make landfall on wednesday night. nicole, what's the situation there? good morning. as you can see it is all calm for now but in just a few hours this will not be a safe place for anyone to be as the threat or a catastrophic storm surge just inches closer anywhere from eight after 12 feet of water could quickly submerge the roads that we are standing on. and that's why buildings like the one behind we have several layers of protection in place. be that plastic wrapping, sandbags, tape and as you can see some cases large tubes that are filled with water themselves. essentially meant to act as an oil boom to divert the water away from the building. that is at least the hope. will it be enough is the big

question. but unfortunately local officials are warning those who live in the area that there could be lethal force that they expect to see from herrick and milton.— lethal force that they expect to see from herrick and milton. nicole with that update. — from herrick and milton. nicole with that update, thank _ from herrick and milton. nicole with that update, thank you. _ england's amputee lionesses will be attending the first ever amputee football world cup in colombia next month after raising enough money to cover the cost of taking part. if you were watching earlier in the week you'll know that they set out to raise £50,000 but since the bbc featured their story the former england and chelsea captainjohn terry has taken them under his wing. our sports correspondent, john watson, has more. the dream is a reality. the amputee lionesses are off to the world cup. i get a bit emotional sometimes, you know, because obviously it was a horror two years and now that i have a family around me, you know,

all these women are so amazing and, oh, ijust, i get emotional because they're all amazing. the former england and chelsea captain, john terry, welcomed the team to chelsea's training ground, having seen and been inspired by their story. it's yesterday afternoon, kind of seen the tweet, so we retweeted it. you've been there, you've played at a world cup. what's it going to be like for them now? well, hopefully they go a little bit further than we managed to. it's been a whirlwind day for the amputee lionesses and annabelle kiki, who appeared on breakfast yesterday morning before being driven down to the training ground for the next stop on their world cup journey. every girl on that team deserves this and i just want to say a massive thank you to everybody who's donated because you you got us to this world cup. before appearing on breakfast this week, the team were still short of their £50,000 target, but thanks to the generosity of the viewers and now support here from across the football community they're heading to the tournament in columbia next month.

they've been on a journey for the last year, trying to raise funds for being able to go to the world cup in colombia. we've managed to help and you guys have as well. so a big thank you for helping them as well. but they're absolutely delighted. we've managed to get them to their target, which means they'll be going to the world cup. you can now book flights. absolutely fantastic. yeah. the girls are on the way to to colombia. it's unbelievable. it's about time we took disabled people seriously as athletes as well. photographed here in the england kit they will wear at the tournament. their stories continue to inspire other girls that they too can become amputee lionesses. it's about showing them, these younger girls like you can also go to a world cup. yeah, yeah. you know, abled, disabled. it doesn't mean you can't play football. and being an amputee has changed our lives. um, for obvious reasons sometimes. but, you know, bringing football into our lives is, you know, been a lifesaver for me. it's always been my safe space. so now that we get to offer

that to younger people, itjust makes it even more important that we get out and do what we're doing and getting , like, getting it known out there and getting these girls the support they deserve. and it means that, you know, next 20 years, we're going to have so many girls built up with experience and strength, and itjust shows them that they can do whatever they put their mind to. it's been an incrediblejourney for annabelle and two other members of the team who actually met on the eurovision stage, performing with sam ryder. his song mountain was written about the amputee community. just honestly so inspiring to see and to meet you all today. so we've got a couple of surprises. the owners of chelsea have opened their box for you tonight. the ladies game, which we're going to invite you to, which is very kind of the football club. they've opened the doors for you to come and have a little kickabout today, which we've already done. i've been showing up as well, so hopefully they won't show that.

and having been invited byjohn to round off the day watching chelsea women in a european match at stamford bridge last night, it was smiles all round as they now prepare to perform on the biggest stage of all. it's coming home! next month. for more than a year, thousands of people have been following the heart—warming progress of the timid dog from romania who was rescued by former bbc technology correspondent rory cellan—jones and his wife diane. they've been documenting the life of sophie as they nurse her back to health, and try to encourage her to face the world outside. joe inwood has been to see how she's getting on. there we are, that's better. come on, then. taking sophie from romania for a walk is never easy. but this is progress. there have been big breakthroughs and then big setbacks. big breakthroughs in, you know, getting her out, walking and then expanding that and,

um, going on long walks and taking her in the car to places. the good thing is she has got more, in the house. she's got a lot more affectionate and trusting and lies back for belly rubs and so on. so that's good. but it's always frustrating when we go back a step. did you have any idea how much work taking sophie on was going to be? god, no, no. i mean, we'd had a rescue dog who was a bit nervy, but nothing on this scale. and she is, you know, she dominates our lives, mine in particular. presumably, though, you would advise anyone thinking about getting a dog to think very carefully before. i'd say meet the dog. you hadn't met her? no, of course not. because she was in romania. oh, i thought you'd gone over. no, no, no, she. she arrived on a transport. we'd seen a clip of her looking veryjolly and lively.

that was a bit misleading, really, about her. 0bviously her personality. we've taken her on board. she's part of our family. we can't give up on her. the paparazzi are after you again. you mean you were a very well—known bbc correspondent? but is it fair to say you've possibly become better known as a social media dog owner? definitely. i was walking around here the other day and somebody stopped me and said, um, she's more famous than you, mate. and i said, you're absolutely right. good throw. there we are. all i needed was bribes. good girl. well done. that was pretty amazing. uh, i don't think, well, i don't think i've seen a stranger give her a treat before. well, this is a morning of breakthroughs all right.

joe inwood, bbc news. now the weather with darren bett. the weather is going to look and feel a little different in the next couple of days as we turned drier and temperatures will be dropping with some frost around as well. we do have a lot of cloud around today and that has been bringing with it some rain and some drizzle. this is the radar picture, the rain in northern england and north wales has eased a little but there are showers coming down from the north. and we are seeing some showers bring out in the south, not as many or as heavy as we had yesterday. and with some sunshine in the south—east temperatures still could reach 17 degrees. further north getting colder because of the wind direction changing to a more northerly wind and the wind picking up as well pushing south overnight. the strongest of the wind heading down across the north sea coasts. and

that will push in rain and drizzle across england and wales. some wintry showers over the mountains in scotland possible but away from those clear skies in scotland and a frost quite likely as well. across more southern areas temperatures held up without cloud and are still some rain around first thing. that will move away and then we are all in the same boat, many places dry were some sunshine, some showers coming in on that wind which is always going to be strong down the no seacoast. and here it will feel particularly cold i think during thursday. but temperatures elsewhere, still around 10 degrees orso elsewhere, still around 10 degrees or so in southern scotland but 12 degrees in southern england. that is quite a drop from what we've seen. and whilst we lose that northerly wind, cold air is still going to be in place for the end of the week. the wind is more westerly across scotland on friday bringing more cloud and showery rain. elsewhere the wind really quite light, and should be dry were some sunshine. there could be some frost though

early on friday. and after that with the cold air in place, temperatures again around 11 or 12 degrees. heading into the weekend, that big area of low pressure is not going to affect us but we do have one in north bringing some outbreaks of rain across scotland and northern ireland. the rain will still be around as we head into saturday, perhaps edging down into england and wales and hoever that some showers break out as well. some wintry showers again could return to northern parts of scotland in a northerly breeze. still quite cold air in place on saturday, we could see temperatures in the south—east up see temperatures in the south—east up to 13 or 14 degrees at best. then things start to because the wet weather is moving away, high pressure is going to build in across the uk and that will settle things down for the second half of the week and. so this is the picture for sunday, looks like it's going to be dry, the wind will be light on sunday with some sunshine. there could be some early mist and fog in the morning and those temperatures after a chilly start still just 12

or 13 degrees. so drier weather to come in the next few days but it is going to feel quite a bit chillier. darren, thank you. a mass evacuation is underway in the us state of florida in anticipation of hurricane milton's landfall on wednesday night. this is the scene just off the south—west coast in florida. millions have been urged to leave their homes. this is the scene in fort myers beach at the momentjust off the south—west florida coast. to follow the progress of hurricane milton and for more details, the bbc website will have all the latest information. that's all from today's bbc news at one. enjoy the rest of the day. goodbye.

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