well . well. >> morning 930 on monday the 25th of november. live across the uk. this is britain's newsroom with andrew pierce and ellie costello. >> storm babet leaving a trail of destruction with hundreds of warnings still in place and at least five deaths reported since the storm hit . the storm hit. >> we are live here in south wales in what the first minister of wales describes as absolutely devastating scenes. hundreds of homes and businesses flooded the clamour for a general election. >> a petition accusing the labour government of going back

on its promises is edging towards 2 million signals. buyer's remorse , assisted dying buyer's remorse, assisted dying bill mps backing the bill claim they have enough support for it to pass. >> but could a split in the cabinet cause chaos? >> the wicked stepmother, who a new royal documentary causes outrage with its labelling of queen camilla. no less. i met harry at a polo match. >> i asked him about camilla and his face darkened and he said everyone treats her like a goddess. but in fact she's the wicked stepmother . wicked stepmother. >> band aid at 44 decades since the song, do they know it's christmas? first stormed the charts. and all these years later, it's still making headunes. headlines. yeah. very controversial. band aid 40 this

yeah controversial. band aid 40 this year. ed sheeran saying that if he'd have been asked, he would have said he didn't want his voice on the track because his understanding of the track has changed in the last ten years. >> it put it. i'm old enough to remember it. it put poverty in africa on the map. in a way we hadnt africa on the map. in a way we hadn't seen for a very long time. all sorts of people got involved and millions were sent around the world, not just from britain, from all around the world. now, whether ethiopia used that money wisely or not is another matter, but i think it was the right thing at the time. >> yes. well, bob geldof says, despite what you might think about the song, hundreds of thousands of people, if not millions of people have been pulled out of poverty as a result of band aid. let us know what you think on that one. gbnews.com/yoursay . now let's gbnews.com/yoursay. now let's have a look at the news bulletin with tatiana sanchez . with tatiana sanchez. >> ali, thank you very much. and good morning. the top stories from the gb newsroom. storm babetis from the gb newsroom. storm babet is bringing further widespread disruption with pubuc widespread disruption with public transport affected after devastating flooding over the

weekend. great western railway says it suspended services on all key routes due to flooding and fallen trees. the operator's network runs between london paddington and both south—west england and south wales. there are still hundreds of flood alerts in place and a major incident declared in south wales. hundreds of homes were left underwater. roads were turned into rivers , and winds of turned into rivers, and winds of up to 82mph were recorded across parts of the uk. over 300 flights have been cancelled so far, and it's only the second storm of the season . in other storm of the season. in other news, bar staff will be trained to deal with incidents of drink spiking. under government plans to tackle violence against women and girls, number ten announced that workers in the night time economy will be instructed on how to spot and prevent cases, as well as help collect evidence under a new pilot programme to be rolled out from next month. the plan is for up to 10,000 bar staff across the country to be trained by spring. next year. further details will be

discussed at a meeting in downing street today between the prime minister and chief constable's transport bosses and industry executives, sir keir starmer has reiterated plans for spiking to become a specific offence, as he hopes a change will give people the confidence to come forward. spiking is already a crime that falls under assault, but campaigners say creating a specific offence will help stamp it out by showing a zero tolerance approach. london's metropolitan police said reports of spiking increased by 13% last year. the government is reportedly split over the assisted dying bill ahead of its vote in parliament on friday. it follows a string of senior labour figures coming out against the motion, including former prime minister gordon brown, as well as cabinet ministers including the justice secretary shabana mahmood, health secretary wes streeting, the education secretary and science secretary peter kyle. but while the government may be split on the issue, mps sponsoring the bill are confident there is enough support for it to pass through. and davina mccall says her short

term memory is a bit remiss as she recovers from brain tumour surgery. the tv presenter looked visibly emotional as she posted a video of herself in bed, updating her instagram followers on her condition , saying it had on her condition, saying it had been a mad time. she expressed an enormous, heartfelt thank you to people who had messaged after the 57 year old revealed this month she had a benign brain tumour. a colloid cyst, which she described as very rare. >> i think when something like this happens. i just feel so grateful . i've always been grateful. i've always been grateful. i've always been grateful. i've always been grateful. i've been really lucky in my life, but i feel unbelievably grateful right now . unbelievably grateful right now. so thanks for everything , all of so thanks for everything, all of you. i'm on the mend. i'm resting. i'm sleeping loads, and i feel really good, i just. >> and those are the latest gb news headlines for now. i'm tatiana sanchez. more from me in half an hour for the very latest gb news direct to your smartphone, sign up to news alerts by scanning the qr code,

or go to gbnews.com/alerts . or go to gbnews.com/alerts. >> good morning and welcome. this is britain's newsroom live across the uk on gb news. i'm andrew pearson, this is the fabulous eddie costello. >> oh it's good to be with you as always. very nice. now this weekend, lots of wind, lots of rain, lots of snow. did you suffer with it over the weekend? i did my bins. sleet, sleet where you were. yeah. >> and high winds. i'm in north london. the north london are in trees. a lot of trees. oh, my word. you walk branches, boughs big, big lumps of trees have come off. it's very disruptive for traffic. >> yeah. i tried to go for a walk yesterday, and there were risky panels down, and i was actually very concerned going past building sites that something was going to come off. you do need to take heed if you're out and about. >> but we were lucky compared to wales and scotland and other parts of the country. >> absolutely. because storm

babet has ravaged certain parts of the country this weekend with at least five deaths suspected to have been caused by the storm. >> 200 flood alerts are still in place and a major incident declared in south wales. so it's not over just yet. >> well, over 300 flights have been cancelled so far and beanng been cancelled so far and bearing in mind this is only the second storm of the season. >> let's talk to gb news reporter adam cherry, who joins us from the eye of the storm yesterday at least pontypridd in south wales. adam, are they recovering mopping up or is there more to come ? there more to come? >> yeah. morning, guys. it's a little bit calmer this morning than it has been over the weekend. just even getting here was was very difficult, as you said, or as you heard during the news bulletins, a lot of rail closures and a lot of difficulty with travelling. so just to get here took us about 3.5 hours via car. our train was cancelled. now we're here. things are starting to calm down the riverbed. we're standing next to

the river taff, over my right shoulder. in the last 24 hours, that rose very quickly broke the bank and several of the streets to my right, just off camera, were flooded. there were some flood defences in place because they did have a bit of an advance warning. but nonetheless, when mother nature takes hold, of course it's devastating. now, storm dennis, about four years ago was a was a similar experience for the people here. so they are a bit frustrated that not more has been done in the intervening penod been done in the intervening period to prepare for this sort of thing. a little bit better. the council did put out an advance warning and there's a there was a major incident declared, but nonetheless, there are questions for national resources wales, why they didn't act sooner, why they didn't declare this or warn the residents about this quicker. and that's the feeling i've been getting. speaking to residents over the last few hours, one of shock and devastation, as you would expect, but also frustration that the authorities perhaps didn't move quickly enough and didn't learn lessons from just a few years ago . from just a few years ago. >> lessons are going to have to be learned, aren't they? because

some of the papers this morning