we may be making hilda ogden — the movie, so we'll see. character. if we had half of her character, we'd be better people. and jean alexander's nieces were delighted. she would have been amazed, she would have. amazing. wejust said, more money than probably her mum ever saw in her life. 30 years after hilda ogden left coronation street, and her actual curlers could be headed for the big screen. colin paterson, bbc news, southport. now, we will be taking live coverage of tim farron‘s manifesto launch and the lib dem election pledges in about 15 minutes. if you want to see 100 days plus, you can see it in a moment on bbc four. i'm for the weather. it has been a tonne of england to catch up on rainfall today after some dry weeks. let's take a look at the radar and satellite rickshaws. underneath this band of rain, some we re underneath this band of rain, some were wet day. it is moving now. not eve ryo ne were wet day. it is moving now. not everyone had it in wales but most parts saw the rain. now across eastern england. it produced some part

everybody loved hilda ogden, didn't they?curlers in myself, so that to me just would be brilliant to get that. but anything, anything that she has touched, that was hers. i would just be made up with. we had an estimate on it of 1000 to 2000 to begin with and then somebody walked in about ten minutes ago and said they thought it might make 5000. i really don't know. one item not for sale today, her famous flying ducks. they were owned by coronation street, but this is an auction absolutely packed with hilda history.

hilda ogden's costume worn byjean alexander and it is up for auction today.ike 29 million people, the episode where stan passed away, it is a third of the british population. a phenomenal amount of people. and the fact she has worn this in every episode apart from when she was going out. i am using that word again, iconic. it is media history and i am hoping that it will go to either a collector who will let people see it for a museum or gallery. who knows? what kind of price are you expecting to go for? that is the $64,000 question. $64,000? you never know because we have had interest from italy, america, canada. we estimated it at 1—2,000. we have had somebody else coming in and saying it will make 5000. the sky is the limit. how did it come to be up for sale? we were asked by the family if we would clearjean alexander's house because they have taken their memories out of the house, the rest they haven't got room for and wanted other people to be able to enjoy a memento ofjean alexander the person rather than just hilda ogden. that is what people have the c

everybody loved hilda ogden, didn‘t they?hat was hers. i would just be made up with. we had an estimate on it of 1000 to 2000 to begin with and then somebody walked in about ten minutes ago and said they thought it might make 5000. i really don‘t know. one item not for sale today, her famous flying ducks. they were owned by coronation street, but this is an auction absolutely packed with hilda history. let‘s ta ke let‘s take a look at the weather now and go over to nick millerfor the forecast. it‘s all about the rain this afternoon with a soaking evening rush—hour on the way across the large swathes of england and wales. sunspots have already received 25 millimetres of rain. over the past few hours, you can see the extent of the rain on the satellite picture. it will pull away from parts of wales that have already seen rain, but a couple of pictures i want to show you. the rain has shown up in york, paddle sweep, and it has been a very soggy afternoon in dorset with a few more hours of this rain still to come. this is what we

and items by worn by one of television's best loved characters, coronation street's busybody hilda ogden, have sold for more than £4000 at auction. good evening and welcome to bbc news. we are reporting live tonight from bethnal green in east london, where the liberal democrats and their leader, tim farron, havejust launched their pa rty‘s leader, tim farron, havejust launched their party's general election manifesto. in a speech on the stage at the podium just behind mea the stage at the podium just behind me a few minutes ago, tim farron said that a hard brexit would be a time bomb underneath our economy that could wreck the national health service and schools for decades to come. he also said there should be a second referendum on brexit for the people, not the politicians, to decide. he said that nigel farage ‘s policies and those of ukip had been taken over policies and those of ukip had been ta ken over by policies and those of ukip had been taken over by theresa may. let's listen to what the liberal democrat leader said in bethnal green. nobody knows what brexit will look like, th

everybody loved hilda ogden, didn't they? you know, everyone had an aunty or a nan or somebody like that. and shejust reminded you of a typical northern lady. i always put my own curlers in myself, so that to me just would be brilliant to get that. but anything, anything that she has touched, that was hers. i would just be made up with. we had an estimate on it of 1000 to 2000 to begin with and then somebody walked in about ten minutes ago and said they thought it might make 5000. i really don't know. 0ne item not for sale today, her famous flying ducks. they were owned by coronation street, but this is an auction absolutely packed with hilda history. time for a look at the weather. here's jay wynne. yesterday was interesting as it was the warmest day of the year so far, with the top temperature of 26 degrees. also the warmest day in scotla nd degrees. also the warmest day in scotland at 22 degrees. this morning we had muddy conditions in the south—east. and we have all this cloud, a dividing line between the warm and muggy a

as soap busybody hilda ogden's pinny and curlers go up for auction.nd welcome to bbc news. the chairman of an influential us congressional committee is demanding that the fbi hands over all records of contacts between its former chief, james comey, and president trump. the documents are at the centre of claims that the president asked mr comey to drop an investigation into links between his former national security adviser, michael flynn, and russia. the allegations, in the new york times, have been denied by the white house. wyre davies reports. donald] trump, the 45th president of the united states, is barely four months into office — yet he's dealing with an almost daily drip of damaging allegations. the latest — that he tried to influence an fbi inquiry. in february, one of the president's closest allies was forced to resign, when it emerged that mike flynn, then the national security advisor, misled the administration over his contacts with russian officials before mr trump took office. now an explosive accusation from the new york times that the

and items worn by one of television's best loved characters, coronation street's busybody hilda ogdenve sold for more than £4,000 at auction. it's five o'clock. our main story — the liberal democrats are putting another eu referendum at the heart of their general election manifesto — which was launched earlier today. the party said it would "let the people decide" whether brexit happens, once negotiations have finished. the party's leader tim farron says the decision to leave the eu could "wreck" the lives of future generations. let's go live now to east london — ben brown is there. we are here in bethnal green in east london and tim farron injust a couple of hours will launch the liberal democrats general election ma nifesto liberal democrats general election manifesto with the offer of a second referendum at the heart of it. tim farron saying it will give the people the final say on europe. the party is making other promises, including a promise to legalise cannabis and tax the sale of cannabis and tax the sale of cannabis which it says would bring in about £1 billion per year. it i

and she was famous for her trademark headscarf and pinny — now coronation street's hilda ogden's trademark are going under the hammer. the liberal democrats are putting another eu referendum — this time on the actual deal that has been struck , at the heart of their general election manifesto. the party said it would "let the people decide" whether brexit happens, once negotiations have finished. the party's leader, tim farron, says the decision to leave the eu could "wreck" the lives of future generations. here's our political correspondent chris mason. tim farron went back to school this morning. the lesson? how the liberal democrats think the country should be run. front and centre was brexit, and how it should be handled. at the heart of our manifesto is an offer to all of the people in our country that no other party is making, which is that we do not have to accept whatever deal we get back from the brexit negotiations, but the british people, you, should have the final say. if you do not like what theresa may comes back with, you should have the right to vote to remain. the lib demo