the revamp of london's waterloo station is costing £800 million. 19 platforms are being closed, which means a significantly reduced service while it is carried out this phase of the upgrade is due to be finished by 28th august. let's talk to our reporter at waterloo station, simonjones. looking quieter than last time i spoke to you, simon, but you're probably in a different part of the station. explain what is happening and what sort of stories passengers have been telling you. yes, we have been moving around the station to give you an idea of what's going on throughout the course of the morning. now, already, this is the busiest station in the country. but the aim is to increase the capacity by 30%, but to do that, is going to be short—term pain for some long—term gain. by closing the ten platform the idea is they are going to extend four of them to take increasingly longer trains so they can carry more passengers. now people here just getting can carry more passengers. now people herejust getting on can carry more passengers. now people here just

the revamp of london's waterloo station is costing £800 million.latforms are being closed, which means a significantly reduced service while it is carried out. this phase of the upgrade is due to be finished by the 28th of august. our correspondent simonjones has been at waterloo station all day as the partial shutdown of this most busy of stations began. this work is going to last more than three weeks. that is already the busiest station in the country. the plan in the future is it will get even busier with 30% more capacity. they have already started the work behind me. this is one of the platforms they are going to lengthen so that they can take longer trains in future, and that means more passengers. work started there, we are told it is going to last 24/seven. so we have a rather strange sight of ten platforms completely taken out of service. for a saturday, no passengers at all on these, which is rather unusual. we have only seen the side of workmen on those platforms. some people arriving at the station have heard, it has been publicised fo

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the revamp of london's waterloo station is costing £800 million. the station's i9 platforms are being closed, which means a significantly reduced service while it is carried out. this phase of the upgrade is due to be finished by the 28th of august. let's talk to our reporter at waterloo station — simonjones. work starts today, but what prep is in place, leading up to the 20th of august? work already under way to change some of the platform there and to tell customers that the next three weeks or so are going to be extremely busy. to give you a sense of what goes on here, we've come up here for the bird's eye view to look down there at the concourse. the first ten platforms have been taken out of service for the next three weeks. the reason for that is they are going to lengthen four of the platforms so they can take longer trains. the idea is that will mean they will be able to deal with even more passengers here in the station. but beyond platform ten, when you go to ii and beyond that, that part of the stations operating normally. so you can see

the head of network rail has apologised after passengers travelling into london waterloo, the uk's busiest yet more delays. the station had reopened today after three weeks of engineering works. but rush hour services on several lines into waterloo this morning were cancelled, after signalling problems. and euston station in london has reopened after an exploding e—cigarette sparked an evacuation. the station was closed for around 90 minutes while british transport police investigated the incident. officers explained that a "small contained explosion" had caused the security alert and that nobody was injured. theresa may has been accused of "watering down" plans to tackle excessive executive pay. from nextjune, britain's biggest firms will have to reveal how much more their chief executives are paid, compared with the average worker. but critics have called the government's attempt to make boardrooms more transparent and accountable "feeble" and not as radical as originally planned. our business editor simonjack reports. a leadership and an election pitch to a party and a public that had l

the revamp of london's waterloo station is costing £800 million.he station's i9 platforms are being closed, which means a significantly reduced service while it is carried out. this phase of the upgrade is due to be finished by the 28th of august. let's talk to our reporter at waterloo station, simonjones. hello, those barriers, how long are they being shut for? this work is going to last for more than three weeks. this is already the busiest station in the country. the plan as it will get busier, with 30% more capacity. they have already started the work behind me. this is one of the work behind me. this is one of the platforms they are going to lengthen, so they can take longer trains in future, and that means more passengers. work started there. we are told it will last 2a seven. we are told it will last 2a seven. we have a strange sight of ten platforms taken out of service. no passengers on these on a saturday, rather unusual. we've only seen the sight of workmen on those platforms. some people arriving at the station have heard about this. it

the revamp of london's waterloo station is costing £800 million.of the station's i9 platforms are being closed, which means a significantly reduced service while it is carried out. this phase of the upgrade is due to be finished by the 28th of august. let's talk to our reporter at waterloo station, simonjones. are those barriers shut behind you? is that the first sign of what is coming up? it's already started. you've got ten platforms that have been closed. normally, the busiest time of day, he gets 600 passengers arriving every single minute. but looking very different here. the first ten platforms completely shut, and the idea is that over this three—week period, the platforms will be extended, so they can take longer trains and carry more passengers in the future. so you have strange situation where there is half of the railway station is not as busy as it normally is, but if we move around, you can see this half of the station is actually very busy. because this is a cut—off point, no platforms working from here, but they are running from this

waterloo in london.land's first openly gay prime minister will attend a pride event in belfast later — as he warns the "clock is ticking" on brexit talks. the british hacker who helped stop a cyber attack on the nhs is spending the weekend in a us prison after being accused of creating software that steals customers bank details. youtube insiders tell the bbc that child protection measures at the video sharing website are failing. good morning and welcome to bbc news. sir mo farah has been celebrating victory in last night's10,000m at the world championships, describing it as one of the toughest races of his career. the 3a—year—old, who is due to retire at the end of the season, now has his eyes on completing a third successive world double, by winning the 5000 metres next week. natalie perks has all the details from the london stadium, where usain bolt also took to the track. music: "god save the queen". it has become a familiar scene here. the smile, the anthem, the gold. but this win was arguably the

the revamp of london's waterloo station will cost £800 million. station's 19 platforms, which means a significantly reduced service while it is carried out. this phase of the upgrade is due to be finished by 28th august. let's talk to our reporter at waterloo, simon jones. what have passengers been saying to you so far, simon? well, some passengers have arrived here knowing that they were facing disruption, but for others the message had not got through. in this station, some 99 million passengerjourneys are made to more from the station each year, so when you take out some of the capacity, it is going to have a huge impact. let me show you the situation on this platform, rather strange, workers there, but you have got the macro passengers at all, because ten of the platforms are being taken totally out of service over the next three weeks. that is so that four of the platforms can be extended to increase the capacity of the station, so they can accept longer trains. the boards are showing that trains are still departing, but there are far fewer t

ten platforms will be closed at london waterloo until the end of august as part of an £800 million revampr us now. simon, it is a station i know very well, waterloo, very busy — this is going to cause quite a bit of disruption for people travelling up from the south—west of england, isn't it? yeah, the warning is it will cause huge disruption, and that is because 99 millionjourneys will cause huge disruption, and that is because 99 million journeys are made each year to and from this station, so when you take out a lot of the capacity, it is going to have a big impact. if you look at the platform here, a pretty unusual sight at this time of the morning, no passengers at all, because ten platforms have been taken out of service. that is because they are planning to extend four of them to increase capacity at this station over the next three weeks or so. now, if you take a look at at the boards, you can see trains are still running, but the warning is that there will be much reduced capacity over the following period. now, passengers here are just trying to make sense of it all. the warning

an £800 million revamp will close ten platforms at london waterloo station to prepare for longer trainsassengers. the work is due to be finished at the end of august. now, we've all been there, probably. happily driving along a road, minding our own business, when a cat or even a fox darts out in front of the car. but imagine having to swerve to avoid this. damn. look at the size of thing. it's a rhino, i know! this is the scene that confronted motorists in the indian state of assam, when a rhinoceros strayed onto a road and started charging oncoming cars. some fairly nifty reversing going on by that vehicle. the region is home to 70% of the world's greater one—horned rhinos. luckily, for both rhino and motorists, this one eventually headed off into a nearby field. it's a rhino. yes, i know it's a rhino. well spotted! the irish prime minister will take part in belfast city's pride festival today. he's has already made waves on his first visit to northern ireland with his comments on brexit yesterday. gay marriage is still not legal in northern ireland and the relatively new taoiseach wi

speaking to an industry analyst on whether network rail are to blame for the latest delays at london waterloo's all ahead on bbc news. president trump has arrived in texas with his wife, melania, to see for himself the damage caused by tropical storm harvey. the authorities are urging residents, who live close to a levee which has been breached by floodwaters, south of the city of houston, to leave their homes immediately. the national guard says more than three and a half thousand people have been rescued from their homes in the last few days. donald trump has been receiving a briefing on the relief effort from local leaders and this is what the president had to say. local leaders and this is what the president had to sayli local leaders and this is what the president had to say. i want to thank my staff and my cabinet, quite a few of them are here. when you add it allup a few of them are here. when you add it all up you will be helping a lot of people in texas and doing a fantasticjob. we of people in texas and doing a fantastic job. we have of people in texas and doing a fantasticjob. we h

the revamp of london's waterloo station is costing £800 million. reduced service while it is carried out. this phase of the upgrade is due to be finished by the 28th of august. our correspondent simonjones has spent the day at waterloo. this work is going to last more than three weeks. this is already the busy station in the country, it will get even busier, with 30% more capacity. how will they do that? they have already started the work. this is one of the platforms that they will lengthen so they can take longer trains in future, and that means more passengers. work started there, we're told it will last 21w. so what we have is a rather strange sight of ten pavon is completely taken out of service. so for a saturday, no passengers at all on these, rather unusual. we've only seen the site of workmen there. some people arriving at the station heard about this, it has been publicised for the past year. others haven't, but they've been greeted with signs like this, telling people they have to go down there to get on trains. i'm got people here offer

the revamp of london's waterloo station is costing £800 million.ed, which means a significantly reduced service while it is carried out. this phase of the upgrade is due to be finished by the 28th of august. our correspondent simonjones has been at waterloo station since this morning. it is a very busy station, and at the busiest times, you've got 600 passengers arriving here every single minute. so if you take out some of the capacity, that is going to have a big impact. ten platforms being taken out of service, so four of them can be extended. to try and mitigate against that, they've actually reopened five platforms over there, which used to serve the eurostar trains, before they moved to st pancras. they've been mothballed, but now they've been reopened to try to improve the capacity. but people are still being told there will be far fewer trains. the advice is to stay at home if you don't have to come here, perhaps work from home, if you are commuting, or even take your summer holidays. but passengers i've been speaking to here this morning ar

more than half of platforms at london's waterloo station are closed so they can be extended to accommodatet. adina campbell is at waterloo for us now. this is a major multi—million pound project at waterloo. it's affecting half of the station here with platforms 1—10 behind me, completely shut to rail passengers at the moment, but on that site platforms are still open. work here started on saturday. today has been the real test for commuters who had faced some disruption on theirjourney, but as you said, many trains have been running to timetable. it comes as no surprise that work to upgrade the uk”s busiest train station has taken years of planning. the scale of the project is huge. it involves hundreds of network rail engineers, closing ten of the station's platforms, with disruption to thousands of commuters. i'm fed up, fed up. considering how much you've got to pay, it's ridiculous. it's inconvenient, i guess, for tourists and people who have to work, but at the same time, what can they do? this was waterloo this morning. packed platforms with people scanning information boards. and t

it's britain's busiest station, but almost half the platforms at london waterloo are now shut due tonecessary to improve services. emma simpson is there. emma, it still looks busy behind you. it is busy, george, but the trains have been replaced by noisy diggers in this part of waterloo. this is possibly the biggest and most complex engineering that this train station has seen in a century. ten platforms are closed until august 29, the day after the bank holiday. that is practically half the station. it is going to involve around 1000 engineers and on—site workers doing shifts around the clock. what they are basically doing, i don't know if you can see it, is extending the platforms to allow longer trains. this will eventually mean an extra a5,000 passengers will be able to go to and from waterloo during rush hour every day. that's the game. but the pain is big disruption. but for months now, the real bosses have been urging passengers to work from home, find alternative routes, even go on holiday. they do seem to be heeding that. because we have had no payoffs today. one commuter sa

train companies have warned of significant delays at london's waterloo station.latforms will be closed for construction work for more than three weeks. time to cross to the bbc sport centre now for sportsday. good evening, i'm olly foster, welcome to the london stadium, this is world athletics sportsday these are our headlines this evening. katerina johnson thompson hits a low in the highjump. she's up against it in the heptathlon. the evening session gets underway in the next half an hour. we are going to see usain bolt‘s final individual race in a major championships. and will mo farah make it back onto the track or has the 10000 meters taken it's toll? i'm katherine downes with the rest of the day's sports news for you live from the bbc sports centre. also coming up in the programme: england on top in the final test of the series against south africa — james anderson with four wickets at old trafford. and celtic burst into the new scottish premiership season with a 4—1 win over hearts. good evening, the london stadium is filling up, it is going to be another s

the head of network rail has apologised after passengers travelling into london waterloo, the uk's busiestation had reopened today after three weeks of engineering works, but rush hour services on several lines into waterloo this morning were cancelled after signalling problems. the president of the european commission, jean—claude juncker, has told the british government that none of its brexit position papers is "satisfactory" and an "enormous" amount needs to be settled before talks on a trade deal can begin. one of the key issues brussels wants to agree on first is the status of more than 3.5 million eu nationals who live and work in the uk. our correspondent, emma simpson, has been talking to some of them about their concerns. david lenehan runs a small family business in blackburn repairing and revamping old industrial parts, he says his foreign staff are crucial. there's amilcar from spain. and lucas from poland. ramadan‘s from bulgaria. aru nas from lithuania. there's danesia from slovakia. and finally lisa, who moved here two years ago, from france. am i allowed to stay or shall i

london. work will also be happening at waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street, and paddington.also expected to be busier than normal, especially on monday. traffic is going to build through the course of the weekend, it is actually going to pick on monday with around 5 million leisure journeys on our roads. that is people headed back after the school holidays ahead of the new school term starting but also people looking to enjoy day trips. passengers on roads, railways are in airports are being advised to give themselves plenty of time to travel to avoid disruption. 0ur correspondents adina campbell is at euston station and dan whitworth is on the m6 near knutsford. and our correspondent adina campbell is at euston station. euston is going to be closed, but disruption will be felt across the whole country. that is right. in the last couple of hours, it has got so much busier here at euston station. doubled the number of people arrived since we got here this morning, and many other stations across london and another part of the country will be feeling this rush as we head into t

train companies have warned of significant delays at waterloo station in london.en of the 19 platforms will be closed for construction work work for more than three weeks from today. sport now, and time for a full round up from the bbc sport centre. the action is under way at the london stadium for the world championships. the noise hasjust

london. work will also be happening at waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street, and paddington.also expected to be busier than normal, especially on monday. traffic is going to build through the course of the weekend. it is actually going to peak on monday with around 5 million leisure journeys on our roads. that is people headed back after the school holidays ahead of the new school term starting, but also people looking to enjoy day trips. passengers on roads, railways or in airports are being advised to give themselves plenty of time to travel to avoid disruption. our correspondent dan whitworth is on the m6 near knutsford. what's expected there in the coming hours? the rac is forecasting that between three o'clock this afternoon and seven o'clock this evening to be one of the busiest periods of the entire weekend in terms of traffic. monday another highlight in terms of the number of vehicles on the roads. they are expecting 5 million cars to be on the roads on monday. we've been here all afternoon. there's a lot of traffic but it's moving relatively freely. good news at the

rail travellers are being advised to avoid london waterloo until thursday — after a train derailed earlye taken to hospital. it means 13 platforms are now out of use — 10 were already closed for engineering works. in a separate incident a train has hit the buffers at kings cross station. a spokesperson from great northern said the train came into contact with the buffers at low speed at twenty past six this morning. the rail accident investigation branch has been informed. in a moment, a summary of the business news this hour but first the headlines on bbc news: brexit secretary, david davis, says the government wants to negotiate a temporary customs union with the eu for when the uk leaves. the grenfell tower public inquiry will examine issues including the cause of the fire and the actions of authorities before the blaze. mudslides and floods in sierra leone have killed more than 300 people. thousands more have enforced to flee from their homes. in the business news... the headline rate of inflation stayed steady last month — at 2.6%. that's unchanged from june, thanks to a fall in fue

rail travellers are being advised to avoid london waterloo until thursday — after a train derailed early platforms are now out of use — 10 were already closed for engineering works. baby boxes containing essential items such as clothes, books and blankets are being delivered to new mothers across scotland for the first time today. the cardboard boxes also include a mattress, so can be used as a cot. our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. a first look at a scottish baby box for these mums and mums to be. oh, a blanket as well. from today, all expectant mothers in scotland will receive a box like this. it doubles as a crib and contains dozens of items which could help parents in their child's first few months of life. i think it's excellent. as first—time parents we are a bit like, what do we need, what do we not need. it's good to know that they have covered everything that we're going to need from the start. i really like the idea of it being a safe sleeping space, probably more for use during the day rather than at night—time, i think i would it as a living space, for putting

disruption expected from major upgrade works at london waterloo — the uk's busiest railway station —aterialised with trains quieter than expected. good evening and welcome to bbc news. new laws are to be introduced, giving people greater control over what happens to their online personal data. the government says the legislation offers "the right to be forgotten," with proposals in the data protection bill making it easier to withdraw consent for information to be used. companies will also have to obtain "explicit" consent, rather than using pre—selected tick boxes, to gather details online. here's our political correspondent, leila nathoo. your data, giving companies all sorts of intimate details about how you live your life. now a new law is supposed to give us all more control. it allows you to keep up with the change in technology. companies will have more accountability and consumers are going to have more control. the new law includes the right to be forgotten, making it easier to find out what the tech companies hold on you and get it raised. there will be an end to tick boxes

rail travellers are being advised to avoid london waterloo until thursday — after a train derailed earlyrain was hurt. three other people were treated at the scene by paramedics, but none taken to hospital. it means 13 platforms are now out of use — ten were already closed for engineering works. india's prime minister, narendra modi, has led his nation in marking the 70th anniversary of his country's independence from britain. in a speech in delhi, he said he wants to transform india into a prosperous and technologically—advanced nation. the creation of india and pakistan in 19117 led to a million deaths, and the displacement of about 12 million people. reeta chakra barti is in amritsar in punjab. i'm in the golden temple in amritsar. this is one of the holiest sites of the sikh religion. there are many people still coming into worship. there are hymns played throughout the day and night. this temple is in punjab. punjab was one of the areas worst affected when india and pakistan were created 70 years ago. yesterday i reported from pakistan because it celebrated its anniversary of indepe

more than half of platforms at london's waterloo station are closed, for extension work, to accommodateugust. adina campbell is at waterloo for us now. it was all right this morning, what about this evening? it is starting to get a bit busier here at waterloo station, you may see behind me there are queues of people building up looking at information boards over there. as you say, this morning it was quite quiet, not as many people as expected. this is a major multi—million pound project, affecting half of the station here. platforms 1—10 behind me are completely shut to rail passengers at the moment. work started on saturday but this has been the real test for commuters, who faced some disruption to their journey. it comes as no surprise that work to upgrade the uk”s busiest train station has taken years of planning. the scale of the project is huge. it involves hundreds of network rail engineers, closing ten of the station's platforms, with disruption to thousands of commuters. i'm fed up, fed up. considering how much you've got to pay, it's ridiculous. it's inconvenient, i guess, for

rail travellers are being urged to avoid london waterloo after an incident where a train derailed onse, ten were already closed for engineering works. the actions of kensington and chelsea council are to be considered in the grenfell tower fire inquiry. the government says the inquiry will also examine the cause of the fire — which left at least 80 people dead. but some of the broader social questions provoked by the blaze won‘t be addressed. 0ur correspondent frankie mccamley is in west london. take us through what the inquiry will look at and what the reaction has been. the scope of the inquiry is much wider than the leading judge suggested. at first he said it may only look into the cause of the fire and widespread so quickly and what lessons can be learned to protect others in the future. but after analysing 500 and more written statements, he has now brought in those terms of reference to not only look at the cause and spread of the fire, but also to look at the design, construction and refurbishment of g re nfell tower. to look at tower blocks on the whole across the uk and reg

an £800 million revamp will close ten platforms at london waterloo station to prepare for longer trainsfordshire butcher says he has made a friend for life after rescuing a stray lamb with a broken leg. sean landy found lily the lamb shivering in a hedge near his farm in audley last week. barely a week old, she's now moved in with the sheepdogs in the kitchen. mr landy‘s confirmed that lily definitely isn't going to end up on a plate. after a thrilling opening night at the athletics world championships, let's find out what's in store for fans today. jess is at the london stadium for us this morning. jess, good morning. the fact that you have moved from the track into the stand is a pointer that activity is starting there and they have kicked two of? yes, very much. hello. final preparations are underway for the beginning of day two of these world championships here at the london stadium. there are various staff around, mowing the grass, setting up the high jump. staff around, mowing the grass, setting up the highjump. staff are cleaning the highjump. staff are cleaning the seats, sweepi

south west trains passengers heading into the country but my busiest train station at london waterloocredit without consent to be stopped. uk finance, which represents some of the country's biggest lenders, says it is working with regulators to help people manage their debt. new research suggests the distinctive rings of saturn may be considerably younger than previously thought. data gathered by the probe, cassini — which is orbiting the planet — suggests they may be only 100 million years old. it indicates they could be the crushed remains of a moon or comet. sadly, cassini is transmitting its final burst of data, before it plunges into saturn's atmosphere and burns up. a dramatic way to bow out. thanks for being with us on breakfast this morning. in the wake of tropical storm harvey, president trump is facing arguably his biggest challenge since taking office injanuary. yesterday he flew to texas to assess the damage and relief effort for himself. during the visit mr trump said "texas can handle anything" — but how has he handled the federal response? one that he says should stand

there are also issues at london bridge, london charing cross, and waterloo east which serves south—easterngramme, that will run until saturday, so not a happy time for commuters here in london. the united nations security council is expected to hold an emergency meeting about the north korean missile launch later. speaking ill of the us representative said something serious as to happen. we are going to talk about what else is left. no country should have missiles flying over them like those 130 million people in japan. it over them like those 130 million people injapan. it is unacceptable and they have violated every single un security council resolution we have had so i think something serious has happened. our correspondent is in washington. nikki haley seeing something serious as the happen. we have already had sanctions agreed by the un security council in the last few weeks, what more can be done? that is a very good question whether anything serious can happen at least in the short term because those sanctions agreed a few weeks ago were quite serious, the doctors sanctions the un h

more than half of platforms at london's waterloo station are closed, for extension work, to accommodateis at waterloo for us now. this is a major multi—million pound project here at waterloo. as you said, it is affecting half of the station here. platforms 1—10 behind me are completely shut for rail passengers, and that it has platform is still open. the work started on saturday but today of course has been the real test for commuters faced some disruption to their journey, but as you said many trains have been running to timetable. journey, but as you said many trains have been running to timetablem comes as no surprise that work to upgrade the uk's busiest train station has taken years of planning. the scale of the project is huge, involving hundreds of network rail engineers, closing ten of the station's platforms with disruptions —— disruption to thousands of commuters. and fed up. considering how much we have to pay as well, it is ridiculous. quite inconvenient for tourists and people who have to work, but i guess that the same time they need to do the repairs, so what can we do? t

an £800 million. revamp will close ten platforms at london waterloo station to prepare for longer trainser says he has made a friend for life after rescuing a stray lamb with a broken leg. an unusualfriend an unusual friend for a picture to make. —— butcher. sean landy found lily the lamb shivering in a hedge near his farm in audley last week. barely a week old, she's now moved in with the sheepdogs in the kitchen. mr landy‘s confirmed that lily "definitely isn't going to end up on a plate". that is a relief. i know a couple of farmers and you think they always have to be heartless, but they are not. they have to care for the animals, and they do, and they feed them by hand and rear them and everything. they all have hearts. the cow was she is fitting in with the dogs. you are absolutely right. 0ne the dogs. you are absolutely right. one of my oldest friends as a farmer and all of their animals are almost like hats. yeah, it is a business, but they still love them. so, last night was quite thrilling. the world athletics championship. fans can look forward to more excitement on the weeken

rail travellers are being advised to avoid london waterloo until thursday — after a train derailed earlyncident means 13 platforms are now out of use — 10 were already closed for engineering works. the actions of kensington and chelsea council are to be considered in the grenfell tower fire inquiry. the government says the inquiry will also examine the cause of the fire — which left at least 80 people dead. but some of the broader social questions provoked by the blaze won‘t be addressed. 0ur correspondent frankie mccamley is at grenfell tower in west london. the scope of the inquiry is more broader than originally suggested by thejudge. he said initially broader than originally suggested by the judge. he said initially the quienjiri may only be able to look into the fire, why it started, why it spread so quickly and what lessons could be learned. however, he says after he read more than 500 letters from the local community and people who lived in the tower and extended the consultation period for a matter of weeks, he said he came out with braid terms, not only looking at the cause of t

networks face a second day of disruption this morning, following yesterday's train derailment at london waterloohey are expecting during the rush hour. many of the trains here have been terminated here and absences are being warned that the trains will be either cancelled, delayed, or advise. the warning is, this could go on until tomorrow. we mustn't forget also that waterloo station is undergoing some major works. £800 million worth of engineering work. therefore, now, after that around yesterday, there are 13 out of 24 platforms out of use. in the last few minutes, it's been announced that manchester arena, the site of that horrific bomb attack in may which claimed 22 lives, will reopen next month. the venue will host a fundraising concert on saturday 9th september called ‘we are manchester‘ to honour those impacted by may's atrocities. the event will feature some of manchester's biggest music names including noel gallagher's high flying birds, courteeners and blossoms. the venue has said that public safety is their priority and they're doing all they can to keep people safe. all profits from

london. work will also be happening at waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street, and paddington.usier than normal, especially on monday. traffic is going to build through the course of the weekend. it is actually going to peak on monday with around 5 million leisure journeys on our roads. that is people headed back after the school holidays ahead of the new school term starting, but also people looking to enjoy day trips. passengers on roads, railways or in airports are being advised to give themselves plenty of time to travel to avoid disruption. and a short time ago adina campbell gave us this update from euston station in london. this is what a bank holiday friday rush—hour looks like. queues of people over there as they look at those information boards, hoping to make their way home tonight. notjust commuters, but people hoping to make their way to parts of the uk and beyond for the bank holiday. this, of course, is part of the engineering work going on. euston station will close as of tomorrow for two days as part of this widespread engineering work. a multi—million pound pr

engineering work is taking place at five of london's main stations. waterlooo trains from scotland and the north of england to london on the west coast mainline on saturday and sunday. services from the midlands will only run as far south as southampton. —— northampton. great western services out of paddington to wales will be disrupted until next month, with no services between newport and cardiff this weekend. king's cross station in london is expected to be very busy, and it won'tjust be the stations. road traffic is expected to be 20% greater compared to last year's summer bank holiday. 5 million people are predicted to take to the roads on monday alone. travel trade organisation abda says nearly a quarter of a million passengers will use heathrow today, and over 300,000 will use gatwick over the weekend. so, whether it's planes, trains or automobiles, it's going to be a busy few days. rail operators are saying to check before you go on yourjourney, or indeed heed advice and don't travel at all. but there are lots of things to travel for this weekend. the

london. work will also be happening at waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street, and paddington.also expected to be busier than normal, especially on monday. traffic is going to build through the course of the weekend. it is actually going to peak on monday with around 5 million leisure journeys on our roads. that is people headed back after the school holidays ahead of the new school term starting, but also people looking to enjoy day trips. passengers on roads, railways or in airports are being advised to give themselves plenty of time to travel to avoid disruption. with the disruption on the railways there's expected to be increased pressure on motorways. earlier our reporter dan whitworth sent us this update from the m6 near knutsford. i must mirror what adina was just saying in her report, we've been here for a couple of hours now and the traffic really starting to build up, really starting to get heavy. the rac is actually broadcasting that the busiest times this weekend will be between three and seven this afternoon, all day on monday, when it's expecting around 5 million

london. work will also be happening at waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street, and paddington.ads are also expected to be busier than normal, especially on monday. traffic is going to build through the course of the weekend. it is actually going to peak on monday with around 5 million leisure journeys on our roads. that is people headed back after the school holidays ahead of the new school term starting, but also people looking to enjoy day trips. passengers on roads, railways or in airports are being advised to give themselves plenty of time to travel to avoid disruption. and we're going to talk to adina campbell at euston station and dan whitworth who's on the m6 near knutsford in cheshire now. we heard in your report how things we re we heard in your report how things were looking a while ago, how are things as the afternoon has gone on? well, this is what friday afternoon getaway looks like. the queues of people are building behind me. you may be able to see them looking at information boards. of course it's set to get even busier as commuters make their way home and those

london. work will also be happening at waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street, and paddington.so expected to be busier than normal, especially on monday. traffic is going to build through the course of the weekend. it is actually going to peak on monday with around 5 million leisure journeys on our roads. that is people headed back after the school holidays ahead of the new school term starting, but also people looking to enjoy day trips. passengers on roads, railways or in airports are being advised to give themselves plenty of time to travel to avoid disruption. 0ur correspondents adina campbell is at euston station and dan whitworth is on the m6 near knutsford. give us a sense of how things are looking? well, it has got a lot busier in the last few hours. you may be able to see the passengers behind me looking at those information boards head of their travel plans this weekend. of course it is set to get even busier as we enter the friday afternoon, freddy afternoon peak period. use i'm in my report before, but here is ross eastern from network rail. remind us why this work

london waterloo starting to get busy again this morning. lots of passengers here. or london bridge until saturday for engineering works. trains are diverting to cannon street, victoria or blackfirars. and the overground is part suspended between edmonton green and cheshunt. and on the roads, camden road is closed in both directions between camden and lower holloway after a collision. let's have a check on the weather now with georgina burnett. good morning. looking like another warm and sunny day today. things are on the turn. make the most of it. yesterday, largely dry with some sunshine around. temperature wise, very much dependent on whereabouts you are. cloud increasing from the north—west, a cold front is approaching. although we are staying in the warmer air, the further south east you are, the more chance you have of reaching 27 degrees. the north—west, likely to get to just below the mid—20s. overnight, things a little cooler. a bit more comfortable for sleeping. temperatures 13—1a degrees. some rain coming through, and a northerly wind picking up. outbreak

train companies have warned of significant delays at waterloo station in london. ten of the 19 platforms will be closed for construction work for more than three weeks from today. the mother of a british hacker has said it's "hugely unlikely" her son sold software used to steal bank details. marcus hutchins, who helped stop a global cyber attack that crippled the nhs, is being prosecuted in the us. the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, says it's "only a matter of time" before same—sex marriage is introduced in northern ireland. on day two of the world athletics championships, britain's katarina johnson thompson sees her hopes of heptathlon gold fade as she flops in the high jump. now on bbc news, click. this week: the sun's the star, as it defeats ice cream. powers roads. and dazzles geeks. take them off, guys, you're indoors. they're ugly. huge. and they ruin the landscape. but we do kind of need them to get from a to b. but sometimes a road can be more than just a road. and that's the idea behind a french government backed initiative using the massive space gi

train companies have warned of significant delays at waterloo station in london.en of the 19 platforms will be closed for construction work work for more than three weeks from today. now on bbc news — we're talking a lot today about the world athletics championships which are taking place in the olympic park in london. well, four—time olympic champion michaeljohnson takes a look back now to london 2012. this summer, the greatest athletes on the planet will return to the scene of the 2012 olympics as they compete to be crowned world champions. london has been here before. and is well versed on how to rise to the occasion. five years have passed since london 2012. but the memory of those golden moments shines brightly still. it was britain's most successful olympics for more than a century. day after day of trial is almost blurring into one. above all others, one saturday would come to be remembered. jessica ennis won heptathlon gold. greg rutherford won gold in the long jump and mo farah won 10,000 metres gold, all in the space of 44 minutes. every games needs a ho

engineering work is taking place at five of london's main stations. waterlooaddington will have greatly reduced services. euston will be closed completely on saturday and sunday. work on hs2 means there will be no trains from scotland and the north of england to london on the west coast main line on saturday and sunday. services from the midlands will only run as far south as northampton. great western services out of paddington to wales will be disrupted until next month with no services between newport and cardiff this weekend. king's cross station in london is expected to be very busy. and it won'tjust be the stations. road traffic is expected to be 20% greater compared to last year's summer bank holiday. 5 million people are predicted to take to the roads on monday alone. travel trade organisation abta says nearly a quarter of a million passengers will use heathrow today, and over 300,000 will use gatwick over the weekend. so whether it's planes, trains or automobiles, it's going to be a busy few days. 0ur reporter adina campbell is at euston station in ce

more than half of platforms at london's waterloo station are closed, so they can be extended to accommodatet in the new series of strictly come dancing. the 30—year—old singer from the saturdays said she was "so excited" to be a contestant in the dancing competition. the new series starts on bbc one next month. that's a summary of the latest news. join me for bbc newsroom live at 11am. here's some sport now withjessica. good morning. dave four of the world athletics championships. quiet at the london stadium with no morning session so we are reflecting on yesterday and what was two different reactions to two different medal ceremonies with warm applause for jessica ennis—hill as she received a retrospective gold medal but booing forjustin gatlin as he received his ioo forjustin gatlin as he received his 100 metres gold. great britain have only won one gold medal so far but hoped the best at night as laura muirand laura hoped the best at night as laura muir and laura weightman go in the 1500 metres final. laura muir is hoping to do the 5000 and 1500 metres double. sophie hitchon is a medal h

train companies have warned of significant delays at waterloo station in london.the 19 platforms will be closed for construction work for more than three weeks from today. the mother of a british hacker has said it's "hugely unlikely" her son sold software used to steal bank details. marcus hutchins, who helped stop a global cyber attack that crippled the nhs, is being prosecuted in the us. the irish prime minister, leo varadkar, says it's "only a matter of time" before same—sex marriage is introduced in northern ireland. on day two of the world athletics championships, britain's katarina johnson thompson sees her hopes of heptathlon gold fade as she flops in the high jump. now on bbc news. what's it like when one of your parents comes out to you as gay? it happened tojillian stewart — her mum ended a relationship with her father before going on to become the first lesbian to marry a same sex partner in scotland. butjillian has never really explored how her experience contrasted with that of her brothers and sisters until now. all: five, four, three, two, one! che

london. work will also be happening at waterloo, london bridge and paddington.ier than normal, especially on monday. traffic will build over the weekend and it will peak on monday, with around 5 million leisure journeys on oui’ around 5 million leisure journeys on our road. that is people heading back over the school holidays, also people looking to enjoy a date trip. passengers are being advised to give themselves plenty of time to travel to avoid disruption. adding that give us this update from euston station. this is what the bank holiday friday rush hour looks like. queues of people building as they look at the information board is hoping to make their way home tonight. notjust is hoping to make their way home tonight. not just commuters is hoping to make their way home tonight. notjust commuters but people hoping to make their way to parts of the uk and beyond for the bank holiday. this is part of the engineering work going on. euston station will close tomorrow for two days as part of this widespread engineering work. it is a multi—million pound project. n

today was meant to see waterloo station in london get back to normal, after nearly a month of disruptionces on several lines into britain's busiest railway station were cancelled, amid signalling problems. the head of network rail has apologised to passengers. 0ur correspondent dan johnson reports. the train now arriving at waterloo is delayed and crowded. again. and that's one of the better services. some passengers waited ages for trains that never arrived, others got on board only to find they were being taken to a different station. they are getting used to this, after a miserable month of disruption. but this morning was supposed to be different. i'm not surprised, let's face it. we've all been saying we were sure it would be overrunning. so i had to get a train to canning street, walk from canning street to bank, get the tube from bank to waterloo and now i am waiting for a train to kingston. improvement is good but yeah, it's a bit annoying. network rail‘s orange army took over waterloo at the start of august, under a huge project to extend the platform is so longer trains can del

and it's war at waterloo station in london as signalling problems angered commuters on the very day itns after weeks of engineering works. president trump has arrived in texas, to assess the damage caused by storm harvey, as floodwaters across the state continue to rise. in houston, more than 30,000 people have been forced from their homes. there have been record levels of rainfall, with areas sinking under a metre of water. but the greatest danger may be around the corner, with rising levels of several rivers. a major dam to the west of houston has begun overflowing, as harvey pushes the reservoir over capacity. let's go live to our correspondent laura trevelyan who's at la grange in texas, about a 100 miles west of houston. welcome to lagrange in texas, a small community reeling from the devastating impact of the flooding in the wake of hurricane harvey. it's a microcosm of communities across texas. what's happened is more than 300 homes were evacuated as the colorado river broke its banks. homes have been absolutely devastated. all of this as president trump comes here to the lone s