one of good morning from waterloo station. 0ne ofa good morning from waterloo station. ss london where

good morning from waterloo station. one ofa good morning from waterloo station. e of a number of train stations gci’oss one of a number of train stations across london where delays are likely this august as engineering work starts. all the details shortly. and here at the london stadium it was a disappointing night for great britain at these world athletics championships. there was heartbreak for heptathlete katarina johnson—thompson, who was one of those who missed out on a medal. and coming to a street near you, the growing number of bikes you can rent and then leave anywhere when you've finished. and carol has the weather. today a band of rain crossing england and wales, not getting to the far south—east until later and the far south—east until later and the highgate sunshine and showers, the highgate sunshine and showers, the heaviest of which will be in scotland. more in 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story. new laws which will give people more control over what happens to their personal data online are to be introduced. the government is billing t

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

let's talk to our reporter at waterloo station, simonjones. 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 getting on to trains you can see up there on the platform information that services are rubbing, but they are vastly reduced because of lack of capacity, but what they have done interestingly is re—open the five platforms. they haven't been use

let's talk to our reporter at waterloo station, simonjones. ose 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's been publicised for the past year. 0thers haven't, but dave been greeted by signs telling people that platforms are closed. we've got people here offering advice to passengers who are turning up. some of them having heard about this, some of them in

before 7am we reopened waterloo station completely delivering what will soon be an enormous benefits or some patients. unfortunately this isn't the only major london station where passengers have seen disruption. there are also issues at london bridge, london charing cross, and waterloo east which serves south—eastern passengers. that is due to major works on the thames link programme, 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

the revamp of london's waterloo station is costing £800 million. f 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

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

let's talk to our reporter at waterloo station, simonjones. eekend, but it still looks pretty busy behind you simon. what's been happening?m looks pretty busy behind you simon. what's been happening? it is a very busy station. at the busiest times you've got 600 passengers arriving here every single minute. so if you ta ke here every single minute. so if you take out the capacity, that's going to have albig impact. ten platforms being taken out of service. so four of them can be extended. to try to mitigate against that, they've actually reopened five platforms over there which used to serve the eu rostar over there which used to serve the eurostar trains before they moved to st pancras. they have been mothballed, but now they have 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're commuting 01’ even work from home if you're commuting or even take your summer holidays! passengers i have been s

live at waterloo station.nships in london, with the heptahlete katarina johnson—thompson finishing fifth, while holly bradshaw said she was "heartbroken and confused," after only coming sixth in the pole vault. the home crowd's disappointment, gave way to excitement after a thrilling women's 100m, as america's tori bowie powered her way to gold, beating the favourite, and olympic champion, elaine thompson of jamaica. well, andy swiss is at the london stadium for us today. welcome to the london stadium after what has been such a dramatic weekend. so many talking points, but the biggest is that win forjustin gatlin over usain bolt in the men's 100 metre final. justin gatlin is a two—time drugs cheat and his father has now criticised the fans here for booing him, saying it was disrespectful to the sport. but it didn't stop them last night. announcer: gold medallist and world champion, representing the united states of america, justin gatlin. cheering and booing. to boo or not to boo, that was the question for one

the revamp of london's waterloo station is costing £800 million. atforms 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 for

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 th

the revamp of london's waterloo station is costing £800 million. d, 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 are

today was meant to see waterloo station in london get back to normal, after nearly a month of disruptionnes into britain's busiest railway station were cancelled, after signalling problems. the head of network rail has apologised to passengers. this is what some commuters had to say. ijust decided this is what some commuters had to say. i just decided to take it in this is what some commuters had to say. ijust decided to take it in my stride. i knew it was going to happen so i'm not going to let it stress me. i'm not surprised, let's face it, we are all saying we were sure it would be overrunning. improvement is good but it's a bit annoying. a project like this is extremely compensated. we've had 1000 people working round—the—clock, 24 hours a day and seven days a week for the last three and a half weeks to deliver. it's important to remember that before 7am this morning we reopened waterloo station completely, delivering what will soon be of enormous benefit to passengers for decades to come. philip haigh from rail magazine is with me in the studio. interesting couple of vox pops there,

dan johnson, bbc news, at waterloo station.s, the financial conduct authority says fewer than half of people who were mis—sold payment protection insurance, or ppi, have claimed compensation. the regulator is launching its own advertising campaign to encourage people to act, before the deadline in two years time. 0ur personal finance reporter kevin peachey has more. both were prolific in the 905. payment protection insurance. and arnold schwarzenegger. surprise! now the actor is the head of a campaign by the financial regulator. come on! explaining that compensation claims will be terminated in two years' time. after the 29th of august 2019 you will no longer be able to make a ppi complaint. bye bye's for the ppi. quite. ppi was designed to cover loan repayments if policyholders fell ill or lost theirjobs. it was mis—sold to people like eddie. he fought a three—year battle to get his money back. first offer that they gave was £2.86, whereas the actual amount they ended up paying me was a four figure sum. i had an account with t

passengers have been advised to avoid waterloo station all—day stoppila sunzu, you are being advised e same time as pakistan, which held its own independence events yesterday. the bbc‘s india correspondent sanjoy majumder is in delhi. what‘s happening today, sanjoy? the buildings you see me two behind me were used by the british empire and now it houses the government of india. —— me —— see behind me. narendra modi addressed the nation. it is something every single prime minister has done since independence for a country some thought would fall apart for a country some thought would fall a pa rt after for a country some thought would fall apart after independence, it has managed to endure the functioning democracy and the prime minister paid tribute to the fact india is one of the fastest—growing economies in the world but also took time to reflect on some of the problems. the problem of kashmir with neighbouring pakistan, dispute with neighbouring pakistan, dispute with china on the border and also horrific tragedy last week when 60 children were killed in a hospital, an allusion to

waterloo every day. in fact, it's the uk's busiest station.esponsible for track maintenance and some of britain's biggest stations. 1,000 engineers and site workers will be working on the upgrade every day. and it will mean longer platforms and bigger trains, making room for more seats and creating extra space for passengers. i realise it's going to cause some disruption for people. and i apologise for that. but on the other hand, i think passengers understand that this sort of work is really necessary to transform their journeys for years ahead. but transport groups say rail passengers will feel the effects of such widespread work. these works are going to mean a month of real disruption and delay, notjust here at waterloo station but on other parts of the network which will be taking the strain as passengers plan alternative journeys. but hopefully it will be a case of short—term pain for long—term gain. the improvements are expected to provide 30% more capacity for passengers during peak hours from december next year. the works are expected

getting waterloo station back up about. to say, it has not gone according to plan for networkrail this morning. you can see delays and cancellations. there have been £800 million worth of engineering work undertaken here to create longer platforms and have four longer trains. it has been described as some of the biggest and most complex work ever done by the company. for that reason, they say they are having complexities and problems with signalling this morning. for safety, it is putting delays on the early services. how that will pan out during the day, we don't know. i have seen trains starting to come and go from here, so it is looking hopeful. and also to say, it is confusing, we have seen works at euston and so on, london bridge. a whole series of works peaked during the bank holiday weekend. they are trying to get back to normality. they may be doing it. it does not look very busy. you get the feeling many people are still on holiday. look very busy. you get the feeling many people are still on holidaym isa many peop

incidents involving trains at london stations this morning — a train has derailed just outside waterloo stationitting a freight train at low speed — no—one was injured in the incident, though passengers have been advised to avoid the station all day. that was at 5.40 this morning, and in the last hour a train is reported to have hit the buffers at kings cross. we will have latest on both incidents throughout the programme. do get in touch on all the stories we're talking about this morning — use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the standard network rate. the top story today... the government is to outline plans to negotiate a temporary customs relationship with the eu, immediately after brexit. ministers want to ensure that an arrangement, similar to the current customs union, will remain in place until a final trade settlement takes effect. the brexit secretary — david davis — says it will mean businesses avoid "unnecessary disru ption". our political correspondent leila nathoojoins me now from westminster. what is the shape of what they're talking about? awana

station. 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

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

waterloo every day. in fact, it's the uk's busiest station. which is responsible for track maintenance and some of britain's biggest stations. 1,000 engineers and site workers will be working on the upgrade every day. and it will mean longer platforms and bigger trains, making room for more seats and creating extra space for passengers. i realise it's going to cause some disruption for people. and i apologise for that. but on the other hand, i think passengers understand that this sort of work is really necessary to transform their journeys for years ahead. but transport groups say rail passengers will feel the effects of such widespread work. these works are going to mean a month of real disruption and delay, notjust here at waterloo station but on other parts of the network which will be taking the strain as passengers plan alternative journeys. but hopefully it will be a case of short—term pain for long—term gain. the improvements are expected to provide 30% more capacity for passengers during peak hours from december next year. the work is

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 offeri

waterloo. south west trains have advised thousands of customers not to use its services into london today. chi chi izundu is at london's vauxhall stationither 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 the concert will raise money for the manchester memorial fund. a homeless man, hailed as a hero for helping victims of the manchester bomb, has

the commuter train partially left the tracks pulling away from the waterloo station this morning. nobody needed medical care and now travelers can not get to 13 platforms of waterloo. >>> and a public injuriy into a disastrous fire at the a partme complex begins today. it is by the local council and building codes and the controversial cladding that may have accelerated the blaze. >>> still ahead on "action news" at 12:30, another check of the soggy forecast for you outside as we look live sky 6 hd showing you the ben franklin parkway. david murphy has the update from accuweather. switch to fios gigabit connection with tv and phone for $79.99 a month online for the first year. plus hbo for one year and multi-room dvr service for two years, all with a two-year agreement. and switching has never been easier. get out of you contract with up to a $500 credit to help cover your early termination fee. go to fiosgigabit.com >>> tesla up veiled the tiny house. the house is being towed around australia by a tesla model x car, australia was chosen because it gets the the highest solar radia

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

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

an £800 million revamp will close ten platforms at waterloo station to prepare for longer trains andrs. the work is duty be finished at the end of august. animal story time, we have got a few of them, it is saturday morning! and alligator was spotted relaxing by a la ke alligator was spotted relaxing by a lake in somerset. the reptile was seen getting out of the water at a reservoir by a bristol water engineer. a spokesperson could not confirm the species, the staff member bumped into it during a routine survey. it is only two but long. it was captured, we are saying he, we don't know if it is he or she, it is waiting to be collected by the rspca. | she, it is waiting to be collected by the rspca. i dodged know—how use excel alligator, i wouldn't want to! —— i don't know how you sex an alligator. we are all very excited about how mo farah did last night, and of course tonight usain bolt is running, and lots of others as well. we are also excited because paula radcliffe is going tojoin us excited because paula radcliffe is going to join us soon. no stranger to athletics success, she's

around £800 million is being spent to revamp ten platforms at waterloo station, to account for longernger trains and create extra space for passengers. it is due to be finished at the end of august. we have all been there. happily driving along, minding our own business, when a cat or a fox or a dog darts out in front of the car. imagine having to swerve to avoid this. down! look at the size of the thing! it is a rhinoceros. it is a rhinoceros, i know. it certainly is! well spotted. as long as it is running away from you, you would be fine. if you are in that redcar, reversing very quickly, you would be quite concerned. the rhinoceros decides to charge it. that is what confronted motorists in the indian state of assam. the rhinoceros went into the road and started charging ca rs. into the road and started charging cars. the region is home to 70% of the world's greater one horned rhinoceros is. an impressive bit of reversing. it was fine. it went into a nearby field, and the rhino was fine. so were the cars. let's look at the front pages. well, who do you think is going to be on most o

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 erupted here because the 100 metre heats are going on behind me. lots for fans to cheer about this morning. double was flying. laying down a marker, 13.33, a personal best. now underway in the highjump in the heptathlon and wanting to carry on her momentum. some of the best athletes in the world. the olympic champion cruised through his 400 metres heat. not such a good day for great britain because rooney is out of the 400 metres. in a tough heat but disappointed. lots happening here, really lively on play2—mac —— j two. so much to look forward to this evening. the opening day was sensational with bolt and farah. back this evening, bolt, in the semifinals of the 100 metres. there are three british men in the semis, too. also in

repair, that has shut down huge number of stations in the south—east, including euston station, waterloo stationny of the tracks are unusable there. karen —— charring cross and cannon street at liverpool street station, a lot of trains are not running and thatis a lot of trains are not running and that is forcing people onto the roads. you have this tragic incident as well. thank you for now. the most powerful storm to strike mainland america in more than a decade has made landfall in texas. hurricane harvey has brought winds of 130mph to coastal areas and is expected to move on to louisiana in the coming days. some residents are reported to be trapped inside collapsed buildings. the emergency services say it's too dangerous to respond to some calls. david willis reports. harvey hit texas hard overnight, bringing with it high winds and heavy rain. a category four hurricane, capable of causing catastrophic damage. billed as the most powerful storm to hit the us mainland in over a decade. this is going to be a very major disaster. this is harvey from above, a malevolent storm system ten miles wide

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

almost half of the platforms at waterloo station have been closed since the 5th of august as engineers longer trains. mark carne said the £800 million overhaul of the station would help increase capacity by 30%. danjohnson is at waterloo for us. ican imagine i can imagine that passengers were not in use this morning at this additional disruption to their travel. is there any disruption still continuing? there are certainly is, yes. it has been a miserable month for people who commute in and out of waterloo, and it was all supposed to be so different this morning. the project was supposed to have been completed and they expected the trains to be back on time. there was quite a lot of disruption this morning with trains delayed and cancelled. if we look up at the departure board, you can see there are quite a few trains that are delayed or cancelled. network rail is hoping that they will get things back to normal by around lunchtime. it was all down to this engineering work overrunning, the project to extend the platform so the station can take longer trains. that engineering work was me

that has had a knock—on effect at some other busy london stations such as clapham junction and vauxhall. waterloo that, if you can ta ke they are suggesting that, if you can take annual leave or work from home, thatis take annual leave or work from home, that is a good idea, as well. work is expected to continue for three weeks. it is due to finish on august 28, the bank holiday weekend. it means there will be 30% extra capacity for passengers from december 2000 and 18. —— december 20 18. jeremy clarkson has said he won't be back at work for quite some time after being diagnosed with pneumonia. the former top gear presenter was admitted to hospital in majorca, where he's on holiday with his family. he said it was the first time he'd been off sick since he started working in 1978, and thanked fans for all their good wishes. an apparent ban on staff speaking any language but english in a sports direct store in bangor is to be investigated by the welsh language commissioner. it is understood a notice — printed on sports direct—headed paper — was posted on a wall telling staff to only speak english f

good service on the rest of the line. 0n the trains: additional engineering works at waterloo stationhello, good morning. today should be a pretty nice day of weather across the capital. there will be less cloud than we saw yesterday. more in the way of sunshine. but a slightly fresher feel to things. and temperatures are already lower this morning than they have been in previous morning. we've also got some early mist and fog around. that shouldn't last too long. it will lift and clear fairly quickly. sunshine eventually emerging. the little cloud here and there. and a westerly breeze around, as well. top temperatures very pleasant, 22—23 degrees and we should stay dry. now, through this evening and overnight, pretty nondescript, really. there will be some late sunshine around, largely clear skies overnight. lows of around 12—13 degrees and some early mist and fog again tomorrow. but tomorrow another nice day of weather, in fact, temperatures even higher, maybe up to 24 degrees and sunny spells on offer. this is what we think will happen over the bank holiday weekend. it's not going

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

south west trains has a special timetable for that upgrade at waterloo station.ve a check on the weather now with kate kinsella. good morning. were in for a rather wet couple of days here in the south—east. heavy outbreaks of rain, some slow—moving potentially thundery showers as well and the met office has issued a yellow a weather warning for the heavy rain. not only for today but also for wednesday as well. there may be a dry spell or two first thing this morning but that rain moving in, the wind is fairly light so any heavy showers will be slow—moving and that could lead to maybe some localised flooding. it's going to feel quite cool as well, maximum temp 17 or 18. overnight tonight we could get a bit of rain but some drier spells as well. the minimum temperature quite warm, not drifting down too far from today's maximum, around 13 or 14. you may get a dry start first thing on wednesday but another band of very heavy rain moving in and the met office, as mentioned, has another weather warnings in place for that so maximum temperature again tomorrow cool and a

waterloo station that was supposed to get back to normal today that several trains were cancelled thised to passengers. let's get an update from danjohnson. passengers. let's get an update from dan johnson. how is passengers. let's get an update from danjohnson. how is it looking? still some trains are delayed and some cancelled as well, some people will have long delays getting home tonight. they had disruption on the way in this morning and this comes on top of that miserable months of disruption throughout the services coming into the station because network rail was carrying out work to make platforms longer so that longer trains could eventually come here and more passengers will be able to get through. this is already the busiest transport hub in the uk and today it has not been as busy as normal because of the time of year. that is why network rail took the opportunity to do this work now but things overran this morning and that army of engineers were here for a bit longer than they should've been. that prompted the disruption and although train services tried to get back on tra

the station had reopened today after three weeks of engineering works. but rush hour services on several lines into waterloocelled, 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 lost faith in big business. we all know that in recent years the reputation of business as a whole has been bruised. that when a minority of businesses and business

theirjourneys disrupted today because of major improvement work at britain's busiest railway station, waterlooforms are closed so they can be extended to accommodate longer trains. network rail has warned of "challenging days" ahead for passengers. security forces in venezuela are searching for 10 men who escaped with weapons after they tried to storm an army base in the city of valencia. the president nicolas maduro congratulated the army for successfully stopping the assault — although two people died during it. earlier, a video posted on social media showed uniformed men saying they were rising against a murderous tyranny. greg dawson reports. venezuela has grown used to rebellion, but this time it was different. a small group of men in military uniform openly defying their president. translation: this is not a coup. this is a civic and military action to restore constitutional order and save the country from total destruction, to stop the murders of our youth and relatives. as members of the military, we demand that the will of the people be recognised to free themselves of tyranny. any ho

a further five platforms at waterloo station are due to be closed, with only a quarter of services expectedion. let's have a look at the travel situation now. it's all looking good on the tubes this morning so far. but moving onto the roads: in tulse hill, norwood road is closed between tulse hill gyratory and trinity rise. it's for repairs to a burst water main. and in tooting: church lane is closed for repairs to another burst water main. now here's georgina burnett with the weather. good morning. it's looking like quite a decent day today. a few mist and fog patches first thing, but for many a bright start the day. it's looking largely as well. there is this rain to the north. it is unlikely we will see that, but we have this cloud which would move to the north—east through the morning. either side of that good deal of brightness. temperatures up to about 25 celsius and just a light westerly breeze. in west london today it is starting to feel slightly fresher as conditions come through the night as well. some clear spells overnight, looking like it will stay dry. cooling down last night,

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

the head of network rail has apologised after passengers travelling into london waterloo, the uk's busiest railway stationed 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 have to go back

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

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

travel disruption continues at britain's busiest railway station as signalling problems cause delays at waterlooday it was supposed to fully reopen after a month of engineering works. in a moment it will be time for sportsday. but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. as the third round of brexit negotiations continue in brussels, we look at whether the british proposals are enough. at 7, we'll be live in texas with our correspondent to get the latest from trump's visit to the disaster zone. and just after eight, we'll be speaking to an industry analyst on whether network rail are to blame for the latest delays at london waterloo. that'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.