i did 12 man known last year for somerset. but to get this opportunity, ijust year for somerset.this opportunity, i just cannot wait and hopefully if i do get the nod i will give it my best. some people have said there's a lot pressure butjust for myself i have always backed myself, i think more pressure, just an amazing opportunity. just to cement my place hopefully as you said. one of the guys that missed out, james vince, you played against him in the county championships and he scored a double century against you yesterday. surprised that he has been dropped? with the nokia yesterday, and the day before it was a proper innings, he stopped them basically from letting us win. he was awesome and i think yes, he batted superbly. 3a long ovaries at him and he did not give me a chance. so it must be cursing for him by the innings that he showed yesterday, you can see the standard of international cricket. we help you step up to those same standards and congratulations on getting your caller. let's round up some of the day's other sports stories now. rugby union , the wales and lion

lords but he was 12th man once for somerset. somerset.e root, he is ready. is ready. what he wants to do in the game and how he will approach this week. how he will approach this week. making their debut, which is really exciting for me as captain. exciting for me as captain. want to do is give him the cap and get out there. get out there. he has approached this really well. this really well. have a good start to what is hopefully a very long career. hopefully a very long career. has been recalled to take his place batting at number seven. batting at number seven. licence to thrill with his big hitting. hitting. things to stop it being the same old same old for england. same old for england. have at least been fairly consistent. consistent. it and last time around they could only draw the four match series. only draw the four match series. can follow it across the bbc radio and online. and online. been raining at lords but it will now be sunny. now be sunny. a sign of summer if ever there was one. a british summer! thank you. speak to you

jon kay, bbc news, somerset. our top story this lunchtime...police in new york. he's expected to face sexual misconduct charges. and coming up... high spirits in kiev, where liverpool fans are finding their voices in the run up to tomorrow's champions league final. coming up on bbc news, rory mcilroy‘s back in contention at wentworth. a birdie—filled second half at the pga championship set the standard for the rest to follow as the northern irishman attempts to win the tournament for a second time. more relatives of people who died in the grenfell tower fire have been remembering their loved ones on this, the fifth day, of the public inquiry into the disaster. 72 people were killed by the fire which took hold in the early hours of 14th june last year. all the testimonies have been upsetting — with many harrowing in their detail. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. brothers, sisters, cousins, friends, fathers and mothers. this week, they have all come to make their statements. today, the memories were of an entire family lost in

from one of oui’ such as this in somerset from one of our weather watchers.ving gradually towards the west you notice the weatherfronts moving gradually in across these western areas of the uk. the rain already starting to move towards northern ireland, it will continue to spread into western scotland. a few showers ahead of that across wales, further east, drier and brighter and much improved across eastern and south—eastern areas of england. temperature is a good 10 celsius higher than yesterday, much lighter winds, good 10 celsius higher than yesterday, much lighterwinds, drier conditions. further north and west, temperatures about ten to 15. the weather front bringing the rain towards the west will gradually move further east, some heavy pulses of rainfora time further east, some heavy pulses of rain for a time tonight into wednesday morning, spreading into the far south—east of england. a frost free night, those temperatures higher than last night's. ranging from around six in the north, ten in the south. wednesday's forecast starts rather cloudy, quite

jon kay, bbc news, somerset.lisbury — that's been sealed off since the nerve agent attack nearly 12 weeks ago — has reopened to the public. barriers had been in place to protect the area where sergei skripal and his daughter yulia were found slumped on a bench in the maltings. officials say that the scene has now been decontaminated and is safe for the public. a report commissioned by the snp to make the economic case for an independent scotland has said immigrants could play a crucial role in the country's future prosperity. the growth commission, which was set up two years ago, also recommends that an independent scotland should keep the pound for at least ten years. our scotland editor, sarah smith reports. the price of a drink may not be the most important issue when choosing your country's future what currency your country's future what currency you might use to purchase that beer oi’ you might use to purchase that beer or anything else in independent scotla nd or anything else in independent scotland is a b

jon kay, bbc news, somerset. what a remarkable man.be be back on again. president trump has indicated that the cancelled summit in singapore with the north korean leader kimjong un could take place after all. our north america editorjon sopel is in washington for us... hard to keep up. what's your reading of the situation? when i stood here yesterday, it was not going to happen because of north korea's anger and hostility. a lot can change. what seems to have happened is that koreans issued a consolatory statement last night saying more or less, any time, anyplace, anywhere, we will meet the president and we want this summer to go ahead. donald trump spoke in washington this morning, and then a little while ago, just as he was boarding a plane, he said, do you know what? in singapore it could still happen. thousands of journalists in washington... very sorry, journalists in washington... very sorry, we journalists in washington... very sorry, we had technical problems with the satellite feed there. ministers from australia and the neth

the chance to sample the smog of other world cities, courtesy of these pollution pods installed at somerset house. within each pod there is the pollution from different cities. notjust a question of the pollution being greater or lesser, a question of what makes up that pollution. for example in london, we have diesel emissions whereas in sao paulo where they use ethanol as their main fuel we have a very vinegary sense to the air. the exhibit has now finished but visitors can still see the union jack installed on the roof. it reacts to london's air quality, turning a dirty grey when the city is particularly polluted. lovely! if any millennials are heading south, they might want to grab their flat caps and flat whites and visit a popular uk seaside destination that has been nominated the world's most hipster city. brighton came top in a survey by relocation website movehub, ranking nearly a50 cities comparing their amount of cafes, record stores and vintage shops against the number of residents. if you are prone to bouts of homesickness, this nomad couple have found a novel solution. they br

based didn't want to lose as a majority stake in the plant in somerset west what it produces that is covered by south africa. in theory south africa has very tough regulations on what can be exported and imported and it is supposed to keep track of all the items that go in and out of the country but the problem with that is that there is no record at all of things like factories and manufacturing facilities that all exported so we've seen. two to which countries are exporting. nation factories exporting entire factories is an important aspect of audi m's business strategy. impressive product food for you includes the comprehensive artillery suite in the world we also empower our clients with ten key client engineering solutions. in all run mittal danelle munitions says it has exported a total of thirty nine arms factories the german boss of the rhine metal subsidiary handles the fact that these factories are clients to make their own weapons. but it is hard to find out who the customers being. africa actually are. what is known is that the run mattel subsidiary was involved in the co

fifty kilometers east of cape town on the way to the somerset west township is the headquarters of the company that built the factory it's a huge complex with tight security a site of national strategic importance which is why filming is actually prohibited to watch trans bad a familiar blue logo pattern of rime atop this branch is called the now munition audi m m presents itself as a premium manufacturing. precision. famous. battle tested you see where every detail. with its mission critical there is no. compromise. this is with the middle should stay in. their ultimate. some transmissions for when you choose little to no munition audi aim is mainly an export driven company and they are one of the most successful companies into africa they have got a tenth of. every year they employ over two thousand people and they all crying at. the factories all even running double shifts because they're also busy. one of. success stories on the defense industry side of. the story began a decade ago when run motown started a joint venture with the state run south african company denounce it. in two

the chance to sample the smog of other world cities, courtesy of these pollution pods installed at somerseton from different cities. notjust a question of the pollution being greater or lesser,

the somerset spinner replaces his county team—mate jack leach who broke his thumb while training yesterdayt he'd been called up by national selector ed smith, whilst shopping for furniture. i was with my girlfriend and we were in the ikea store, and we were in mid—argument and i got a phone call, but i did not have his number, so i was quite keen to carry on the debate. amazing opportunity for me 110w debate. amazing opportunity for me now to grasp potentially my dream come true. i never played at lords, so we would be my first test match. to get this opportunity, ijust cannot wait, and hopefully if i do get that nod, i will give it my best. some people have said there is a lot of pressure to it butjust from myself, i have always backed myself but more pressure it is an amazing opportunity, hopefully. meanwhile, ireland have been beaten in their first ever test match, losing by five wickets to pakistan in dublin. having been made to follow on after their first innings, the hosts were looking to mount an incredible comeback. pakistan needed 160 for victory but looked in trouble at one stage

it's courtesy of these pollution pods installed at somerset house.ution from different cities in the world. notjust a question of the pollution being greater or lesser, it's a question of what makes up that pollution. for example, in london, we have diesel emissions whereas in sao paulo where they use ethanol as their main fuel we have a very vinegary sense to the air. we weren't allowed to use the real pollution within the domes because if we put in those fumes, we would kill people. we have had to recreate all of the pollution is using safe chemicals. we have had requests from china, oslo, paris. we really do plan to take this around different cities in the world. the exhibit has now finished but visitors can still see the union jack flag installed on the roof. it reacts to london's air—quality turning a dirty grey when the city is particularly polluted. lovely! if any millennials are heading south of the capital, they might want to grab their flat caps and flat whites, and visit a popular uk seaside destination that has been nominated the world's

for the first time, 96—year—old jim booth is describing the moment he was attacked in his somerset homehit me six times on the head, as well as more on the arms, with the claw side. each time between it, shouting, "money, money, money!" somehow, jim booth managed to stagger out of his house into the lane to alert neighbours, even though he had a fractured skull, he was concussed and was covered in blood. to suffer that level of abuse with a hammer, most people would expect that to be fatal. but as i said, it showed jim's strength of character and resilience which helped him pull through. maybe it was his military training, butjim reckons he did not go down without a fight and took on his attacker. i punched, i hit him, that's right. and i couldn't. .. i think i probably defended myself. but i am saying, i blame myself, because i was special services, you know, and i think i should have really been able to deal with this, but i didn't. i was too old, obviously. two days later, joseph isaacs was arrested. i am not saying anything until i have seen my lawyer. thejury was told he had been t

it is essentially what dom bess revives, just 20 years old and caught up in the team because his somersetn thumb and dom bess took a phone call about his selection mod furniture shopping with his go for it. has been to lords once before as a 12 man. he enjoyed the lunches. what he will bring to the team is positivity. don, in terms of what time of older you see yourself as, when you are a start of a run—up with the ball in your hamlet you think is going to happen? wickets, hopefully. attacking off spinner. that is the thing i get very competitive. which isa thing i get very competitive. which is a trait of mine i think. again it depends on the role of the situation and everything. you are always looking for wickets, aren't you? get, you are. has there been any progress on the situation was not i need to get over to ikea because i have been needing some sofas. it still hasn't been purchased? well, no. as soon as i was straight out that i placed a phone to mum and dad. i need to have a quiet word with ikea because i think they have got a bit of press about it as well. i need a sofa. at this

home bya he was attacked in his somerset home by a bogus builder wielding a claw hammer. of as well as more on the arms with the claw hammer with the claw side of it. each time between it, it was shouting, money, money, money! he somehow managed to stagger out of his house into the lane to alert neighbours even though he had a fractured skull, he was concussed and covered in blood. to suffer that level of abuse with a hammer, people would expect that to be fatal, but it is his strength of character and resilience that helped him walk through. maybe it was his military training, but he reckons he would not go down without a fight and took on his attacker. i hit attacker. ihit him. attacker. i hit him. i couldn't believe it. i think ijust defended myself. but i was special service and i think i should learn how to deal with this because i should not be too old. two days later, joseph isaacs was arrested. the jury was told he two days later, joseph isaacs was arrested. thejury was told he had been traced after using the war veteran's stolen bank cards. jim hopes he will soon

jon kay, bbc news, somerset.urt charged with rape and sexual abuse. his attorney says he will plead not guilty. a 96—year—old d—day veteran speaks of surviving a hammer attack, as a man is jailed for 16 years for attempted murder. president trump says the planned summit with north korea could still go ahead, despite cancelling the meeting yesterday. sport now. and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's lizzie. thanks, robert, good evening. jurgen klopp has spoken to the media and of his champions league final tomorrow admitting no one expected them to get this far. liverpool will be definite underdogs when they take on the record—breaking overtime renders real madrid in the ukrainian capital, butjurgen klopp is confident real madrid having come up against a team like his. you see real madrid playing in different games against our players, teams, and you think wow, they are really strong. but they never play us. that is another part of the trip. and we are liverpool, and not only a really good foot

jon kay, bbc news, somerset.d his summit with the north korean leader kimjong—un might take place next month after all. speaking to reporters a day after abruptly pulling out of the planned meeting, mr trump said, "they very much want to do it, we'd like to do it." in a moment we'll hear from president trump himself but first here's laura bicker with the view from seoul. three, two, one! blast! this was north korea's big moment — the destruction of its only known nuclear test site. a grand gesture to show it was serious about its planned meeting with the us president. hand—picked journalists were shown tunnels where the state tested its nuclear weapons. before they were blown to smithereens. blast! but barely had the dust settled when donald trump decided the longed—for summit was off. some in south korea could not contain theirfury. they feel their best hope at peace in decades is now slipping away. in a statement through state—run media, pyongyang attempted to take the moral high ground. "the unilateral announc

i have come from froom and somerset. anyone from a broad? from canada. from calgary.we're the little red pods at the bottom. we had a good spot. without it was going to be very quiet tonight with the ladies we met on the train, but now given all this we are not quite sure. we will have a great evening. we bought some down. you all met on in barricades and did you make franchise for life? yes. it's lovely to me you all. had a great day tomorrow. cheering so there they all are. i don't know if we have knoll on the high street. we do. he is out there with more the crowds. it has been a long day, christian. people still digesting that side of the tuque of cambridge, and prince harry when they made their way out through the castle gates and met well—wishers. people still really soaking up the atmosphere. people are very happy and looking forward to the big day. we are going to actually try to speak to a few people who were lucky enough to actually meet prince harry and the duke of cambridge. what are your names? stephanie. and joffe. you quys names? stephanie. and joffe. y

jon kay, bbc news, somerset. after a 61—year—old female carer died after suffering head injuries. diedfering head injuries. happened in north london, that is as much as we know. much as we know. arrested on suspicion of murder, a 61—year—old female carer has died. 61—year—old female carer has died. let you know, that is just through from scotland yard. this is bbc news at five, the headlines. charged with rape and sexual assault against two women. his attorney says he will plead not guilty. could still go ahead, after cancelling the meeting. as a man is jailed for 16 years for attempted murder. madrid have not played a team like his before. his before. completely collapsing in the mountains. mountains. opening, already a head by 107 runs, 291-5. opening, already a head by 107 runs, 291—5. 291—5. more sport for you just after half past. of the public inquiry into the disaster. of 14th june last year. with many harrowing in their detail. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. brothers, sisters, cousins, friends, fathers and mothers. this week, they have all come to make thei

there's a recall forjos buttler and also a first call up for the somerset spinner dom bess. 0ur sportsment. here is the brief, you take over responsibility for picking an england cricket team after a winter when they fail to win a test match ata time when they fail to win a test match at a time when the ecb are concerned whether young people are even interested in cricket at the moment. ed smith is the man leading the selection panel. he sounded very enthusiastic and excited about his role today and posed for photos and then spoke about his first test match selection. who are the men or perhaps who will read that enthusiasm onto the playing field. here's how it works. joe root moves to number three, jonny

severe storms in north wales, pushing towards somerset and south wales.still going to season further showers the day and anything from north wales to the midlands, nowhere near the intensity or widespread nature of last night. some big gaps in between. greater manchester, liverpool, merseyside areas, as well as through manchester but it will brighten up and feel humid in the south. after some rain in the next few hours, sunshine overhead. coventry, the chance of one or two isolated showers. blue skies overhead, 27 degrees high in the highlands. return tools eastern coats of scotland. one or two showers will keep going, humid start a bank holiday monday in the south, with temperature is in the mid teens. big bank holiday monday itself, isolated showers, most places will be dry, if you see a shower you could just pop up in parts of south and central england once again. the grey load cloud, eastern coastal counties may stay cool and temperatures into the mid—20s and one or two isolated showers look out for. it's a battle of high pressure in the north, low pr

for somerset off—spin add—on their skid marks something more special, his england test career. —— but career. they lost captain joe root shortly after. pakistan were bowling really well and were in no mood to let up. ali picked up his second of the morning. with england‘s winter of discontent continuing into summer, alastair cook remained defiant and here was another half—century as he jonny bairstow, and later ben stokes looked to put england on the front foot. yet every time the host rallied pakistan stopped them in their tracks. losing alastair cook for 70, their tracks. losing alastair cook for70, a their tracks. losing alastair cook for 70, a big their tracks. losing alastair cook for70, a big blow, and it their tracks. losing alastair cook for 70, a big blow, and it would become a great day for pakistan after that. the fielding matching the quality of the bowling is the final five wickets fell for 16 runs after tea. all out for only 184, england have to respond. a combination of broad and all of the mod cons cricket had to offer did just that. there will be no doubting which one

cloud in south wales and devon and somerset which would tend to break up.d sunny and quite nice. 0n the north sea coastline with onshore wind, more cool. 14—15. this evening and overnight, and the clear skies, once again, quite cold, but not as cold as the previous night. that weather front on the satellite picture is still making inroads into the west introducing a bit more cloud. later we will see the odd spot of rain from that. temperatures overnight, 5-7. from that. temperatures overnight, 5—7. tomorrow, starting off on that pippy note. cloud in the west introducing rain in the west of scotland. the odd spot in northern ireland. this band of rain will go east through the day. tending to wea ken east through the day. tending to weaken and fragment as it does so. in the sunshine, pleasant. 17—18, perhaps 19. it is still cool along the north sea coastline with the onshore breeze. saturday, another nippy start to the day. a lot of blue sky to start with. a weather front towards the west introducing cloud. blue sky developing in the pennines and wales, south

that the world's become a multi-polar world more than just a look at russia they've got china and somerset you've got your and you've got the united states and the united states there's not it's not adjusted they don't do that because they're saying that these other countries threaten the global balance what is that the global balance of us to germany and say that's exactly the global balance of us that you have been a latymer putin threatens that much more than anybody else in an economic sense china threatens that but in a military sense you have to remember that the united states and russia control ninety three percent of the world's nuclear weapons peter just a moment let's listen and just very quickly. surely say. oh. now if it came out sure. but ok now. now i'm going to just dance here. not your. own in upper. class. so if you continue showing these live pictures here just moments now to be inauguration of the russian president vladimir putin let's return to our guest. here live in the studio some are already asking at this point if there's another if we're going to look at one or tw

extortion unit at the national crime agency, joanne bocko, the cyber protection officer for avon and somersethe had been a victim of blackmailing by a gang based in the philippines. she asked jon pearn about what happened to him? ijust befriended someone by mistake and got chatting to the person and and mentioned about going on skype. and that is when it all curtailed off. obviously the woman showed me things and that, and the next thing i know i am being blackmailed for £500, which i thought was quite funny because i did not have £500. and i basically told him where to go, i wasn't interested. with which they got quite narky and wanted to show my nieces and nephews and everything the details they brought down. i said, "show them, i will only laugh." so i didn't really do nothing. i just feel sorry for the victims, to be honest, the ones that have killed themselves, i wish their stories could have gone out earlier. stay with us, john, because i am interested to hear your thoughts on what everyone has got to say here. and i want to bring in ron, if i can. ron, tell me what happened to your nep

avon and somerset police say they believe this is the first life sentence handed to someone for throwing.4% in april, its lowest level for over a year. the fall, from 2.5% in march, will ease the pressure on households. but analysts say it could prove short—lived, with petrol prices climbing to their highest level for more than three years. andy verity has been looking at the figures. view all seems to go up so steeply and when it comes down it comes down slowly. . you only have to ask what has been fuelling inflation and you already know the answer. given the rising cost in petrol driven by a recent surge in the price of oil, the surprise this time was that inflation was not higher. surprise this time was that inflation was not higherlj surprise this time was that inflation was not higher. i never know when it is going to stop turning over! it wasn't that long ago, you could fill your car up for 40 ago, you could fill your car up for a0 or £50 but now you are right £60, £70. it is like a fruit machine that never pays out! the average petrol price is lower than the peak of five yea rs pr

joseph isaacs — who's forty — attacked jim booth at his home in somerset last year.s and arms — but insists he has not been left terribly ‘het up‘ by the attack. he hit me six times on the head, as well as more on the arms, with a claw hammer, and the claw side of it too. each time between he was shouting "money, money, money." i think i probably just defended myself, because he was hitting me, you know. but i'm saying i blame myself because i was special services, and i think i should really have known how to deal with it. i didn't, too old, obviously! worse things happen at sea, as they say. cycling, and britain's chris froome has had one of the best days of his career — powering into the lead at this year's giro d'italia. the four—times tour de france champion went into today's stage in fourth place, but after a stunning mountain ride he now leads by a0 seconds. here's our sports correspondent andy swiss. it was perhaps the ride of his life. chris froome on the brink of history after one of cycling's most staggering displays. he begun the day back in fourth, his h

. >>> a high school freshman in somerset, new jersey, collapsing and dying in gym class today.just 14. they did perform cpr. there's still no word on the cause tonight. >>> the massive plant fire we're watching in texas city, texas, tonight. a huge fireball and dark plume of smoke coming from the center point energy facility. the fire caused by an exploding transformer. no injuries have been reported thus far. >>> when we come back tonight, made in america is back. stops in detroit, chicago and new york city this evening. something growing for your mom. ur mom. - [announcer] what if the vacuum head was reborn? shark has added a rotating soft brush. so while deep-cleaning carpets, you can also grab large particles, pull in piles and directly engage floors. duo clean. invented by shark. at fidelity, our online u.s. equity trades are just $4.95. so no matter what you trade, or where you trade, you'll only pay $4.95. fidelity. open an account today. you'll only pay $4.95. essential for the cactus, but maybe not for people with rheumatoid arthritis. because there are options. like a

watcher photos first thing this morning in somerset. morning in somerset. —— this isjust one of our weathers of wednesday morning. morning. temperatures staying up at about seven up to 10 degrees. seven up to 10 degrees. showers, some could be on the heavy side. side. compared to today, ten to 12 degrees. degrees. above the average into the bank holiday weekend. holiday weekend. temperatures in london, 22 on bank holiday monday. london, 22 on bank holiday monday. some sunny spells for many of us as we end the week. we end the week. to where they should be for the start of may. bye—bye. and sally bundock. a test of his metal! before they're hit with tariffs on steel and aluminium. live from london, that's our top story on tuesday, 1st may. nerves of steel! exemptions on its metals tariffs. also in the programme... what's up at whatsapp? parent company facebook. the bank holiday, london is open and bp is the stock to watch.

karen is on the line from somerset, new jersey. do you think politics of overtaken college commencements? caller: thanks for taking my call. bs, i do. graduating from medical school on thursday, and hard, watched him work so and it is so stressful, and now -- almost through the culmination -- of course he has to go through residency now -- but he has had such a great accomplishment to get to where he is now, in he also has insurmountable debt. and i want him to be celebrated. i want him to be encouraged. i want him to have people give him hope, more than what we can give him, and that should be done by people who have an optimistic outlook for the future of our children. i do not think politicians should be allowed a commencements. they, no matter what side you are on or what you there is going to be fully half of that audience that does not agree with you. and creates a feeling of, for me anyway, it creates an annoyance. to look at the commencement speaker as an opportunistic person trying to put forth something from him instead o

even and somerset police say they believe this is the first life sentence handed to someone for throwingry, sajid javid, has told police officers that he is standing with them on the front line. in a speech to the police federation of england and wales, which aimed to win over his audience, mrjavid assured them he would provide the resources they needed to get the job done. a warning, daniel sandford's report contains a racially—offensive term. just over three weeks into the job, with murder and violent crime rising and the threat from terrorism still severe, sajid javid came to birmingham knowing he needed the police on his side. to win them over he reminded them that his brother is a police officer and recalled the extremely racially offensive language he heard when his brother took him for a ride in a patrol car. teenagers giving them the middle finger, swearing and spitting. and worst of all, at one point, when his car approached lights and slowdown, one teenager leaned over and yelled at my brother, you lackey bustard. let's reset the relationship between the government and the poli

it's courtesy of these pollution pods installed at somerset house.we have diesel emissions whereas in sao paulo where they use ethanol as their main fuel we have a very vinegary sense to the air. we weren't allowed to use the real pollution within the domes because if we put in those fumes, we would kill people. we have had to recreate all of the pollution is using safe chemicals. we have had requests from china, oslo, paris. we really do plan to take this around different cities in the world. the exhibit has now finished but visitors can still see the union jack flag installed on the roof. it reacts to london's air—quality turning a dirty great when the city is particularly polluted. lovely! if any millennials are heading south of the capital, they might want to grab their flat caps and flat whites, and visit a popular uk seaside destination that has been nominated the world's most hipster city. brighton came top by a relocation website ranking nearly a50 cities comparing their amount of cafes, record stores and vintage shops against the number of r

these are the ones affecting worcestershire, and these ones, devon, cornwall, and parts of sun somersetent down here, there will be some further showers today, some on the heavy and thundery side. north, lovely day. losing the morning low cloud, 27 in the highlands today and to the south coast we could head to around 20—27 degrees two. the biggest we can still ongoing in swansea, greater chance for showers and sunder storms in coventry, i fear —— chance for showers and sunder storms in coventry, ifear -- biggest weekend. at the same time there will be more low cloud back off the north sea into these eastern costal counties. bank holiday monday is with us, and you know what, for the most it will be a dry day. one or two isolated showers, and that is the keyword. very few of you will see them. we start pretty grey across the eastern is caused in scotla nd across the eastern is caused in scotland and and some english counties will see grey all day long. then the cloud will break up. good spells for many. 0ne then the cloud will break up. good spells for many. one or two, very few, showers

avon and somerset police say they believe this is the first life sentence handed to someone for throwingell tower fire have been remembering their loved ones, on the third day of the public inquiry into the disaster. 72 people died after flames engulfed the tower in west london lastjune. angus crawford reports. child speaks in her native language. a voice from the past, and message home to the family she loves from a child on holiday. fethia hassan, just four, hugging her three—year—old sister hania. 0n the left, their mother rania. all of them died in their flat on the 23rd floor of grenfell tower. thank you, bye—bye! in the inquiry room, total silence. the chairman visibly moved. it's difficult for me to explain how i feel now she's gone... rania's niece gave a video tribute on behalf of her mother, who is too ill to speak herself. i watched her grow into a young woman. i prepared herfor her wedding and helped her put on her wedding dress. i was there when she gave birth, and i watched her children grow with mine. never in my life have i thought that i would be at her funeral. tony dis

and england have called up uncapped somerset the lead done best for the first test against pakistan.utler who is in the squad for the first time since 2016. he has not played first class cricket this year but has been going well in the ipl. meanwhile ireland had been beaten in their first—ever test match losing by five wickets to pakistan in dublin. having been made to follow—on after their first innings the hosts were looking to make an incredible comeback. paxton looking in trouble in one stage but the tourist steadied themselves and they had an unbeaten run and reach their target with five wickets in hand. simon yates has tightened his grip on the pinkjersey at the gerald italia after the longest stage in the race, stage ten. the 25—year—old finished safely in the main group and has now held the leaderjersey forfour main group and has now held the leader jersey for four stages. main group and has now held the leaderjersey forfourstages. chris froome is two and half minutes behind him. that is all the sport for now. much more on the bbc sport website. some breaking news from westmi

the coastline of south wales, devon, cornwall, somerset, much like yesterday in the weekend.own in northern england heading towards the wash. for most of us, largely dry. 8— 11. northern ireland, another weather front is waiting. first thing tomorrow morning, starting off with the dregs of the weather front. that clears away. the sun will come out across many central and eastern areas. the west, with the weather front, bringing more substantial rain from northern scotland all the way down towards cornwall. temperatures will be dipping a touch. as we go through the rest of the week, that is the scenario. a weather front from the west moving east through the day or through the night in the south—east and east anglia. temperatures will get back to where they should be. for some, a little bit below. the weather has been topsy—turvy in the last few months. enqueue. it is lovely to have you on the programme. —— thank you. it has been a weight but it has been well worth it. i asked this question this morning. have you got post—bank holiday blues or are you raring to get back to work

some more vocal somerset more subtle and implicit than others. i want to take a sharp turn now. tonight has done basically nothing to incorporate african-americans into the unfolding story of loyalists versus patriots in the american revolution. in the time i have left, i want to try to fix that. by the eve of the american revolution, slavery was a fact of life. for hundreds of thousands of african-americans. as war broke out in 1775, any british spy sneaking around the colonies would of come across about 75,000 black slaves waiting in rice paddies in south carolina. blacka hundred and 87,000 slaves working in the tobacco and wheatfields of virginia, delaware, maryland. and tens of thousands more working as dockworkers and domestic servants from savannah and charleston in the south to philadelphia, new york, newport, boston in the north. over the next eight years of war, both the continental army in the british army would appeal to black americans for manpower and for logistical support to prosecute the war. my arguments over these next few minutes is that how free and responded

somerset spinner dom bess will make his debut.r about what he wants to do in the game and how he's going to approach this week. and that's all you can really ask of someone making their debut. it's really exciting for me, as captain. all you want to do is get given your cap and get out there, so he has approached this week really well and hopefully he can have a good start to a good, long career. simon yates is four days away from making history at the giro d'italia as he tries to become the first briton to win the race. he finished in the main bunch on a wet stage 17, to keep his 56—second lead intact. today will be tough — the first of three mountainous stages that will decide who finishes on top of that podium in rome. unai emery can "drive the next chapter" at arsenal after being introduced as the club's first new manager in 22 years, according to the club's chief executive. emery had his first look around the emirates stadium since being chosen to succeed arsene wenger. the spaniard said he can't wait to get going. i am very

karen is on the line from somerset, new jersey.you think politics of overtaken college commencements? caller: thanks for taking my call. bs, i do. graduating from medical school on thursday, and hard, watched him work so and it is so stressful, and now -- almost through the culmination -- of course he has to go through residency now -- but he has had such a great accomplishment to get to where he is now, in he also has insurmountable debt. and i want him to be celebrated. i want him to be encouraged. i want him to have people give him hope, more than what we can give him, and that should be done by people who have an optimistic outlook for the future of our children. i do not think politicians should be allowed a commencements. they, no matter what side you are on or what you there is going to be fully half of that audience that does not agree with you. and creates a feeling of, for me anyway, it creates an annoyance. to look at the commencement speaker as an opportunistic person trying to put forth something from him instead of lo

that acquisition and they would have been pretty much locked out of india if they were wal-mart somersethat doesn't mean roic is going up, return of investment is going up you have to continue to fight this battle. on the other hand, when you get back 33% growth. people should pay attention to that we've paid amazon for one heck of a long time now. i think this is a two-horse race, i think it's a three-horse race, amazon and ali baba and wal-mart i do think we're going to see this sort of set him out to maybe a little lower return business going forward, but the good news is on wal-mart's case, both sides are true. they can still buy back stock. they can still do whatever they want to do, because they're so well capitalized and they make a lot of money unlike amazon, is the reason >> but the amazon investor is different the amazon investor is willing to take that trough. the wal-mart investor may not be that's just the fact of the matter right, jan the amazon investor is willing to endure a lot more pain so we're seeing amazon world trade center aggressive whole foods, 10% off products,

bess has only played 16 first class matches for somerset but was called into the england squad last weekdidn't even play. i was iwasa i was a 12th man, so i enjoyed lunches and stuff. we were tucking into lunch last year. i think i put on quite a bit of weight then. amazing, and amazing occasion. it was my first time properly up here in london. i was a bit of a tourist as well. a big moment ahead of his first test. that's all the sport for now. we'll have more for you in the next hour. ijust want i just want to bring you ijust want to bring you some news from the newswires, that tesco is shutting down tesco direct, which will put 500 jobs at risk. there will put 500 jobs at risk. there will be plenty more that in our business news, i'm sure. a national service of remembrance has taken place in manchester to mark one year since the attack at manchester arena. my colleague, annita mcveigh, is in manchester and joins me now. thank you very much. we are still outside the cathedral where that national service of commemoration ended about half an hour ago. prince william and theresa may are st

and yesterday we also honored of the eugene cole somerset county sheriff's department. he was killed in the line of duty, mr. speaker, a few weeks ago. his name will be added to the memorial wall next year. my heart goes out to the families of these two brave law enforcement officials whose lives were both tragically cut short. as police week comes to a close, let us all remember and recognize the immeasurable carriage, sacrifice, and dedication that law enforcement personnel across our nation dedicate. every day they put their lives on that thin blue line that keeps our families safe and our communities strong. mr. speaker, sometimes they don't return home. may the good lord accept nathan and eugene to rest in peace. maine, america, and our world is a much better place because of their good work and their sacrifice. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentlelady from north carolina rise. >> ask unanimous consent to address the house for one minute. the speaker pro tempore: without objection, the gentlelady is recognized. ms. foxx:

jon kay, bbc news, somerset. let's go to our correspondent scott ellis in taunton.t door bell. that door bell. years and afterwards his family made a statement. a statement. honourable gentle compassionate and generous person. generous person. great—grandchildren to whom he is known simply as the legend. known simply as the legend. father was subjected to a brutal and cowardly attack inside his home. cowardly attack inside his home. miraculously, the left for dead and against all the odds he survived. against all the odds he survived. battled with the pain and the long—term effects of the injuries. long—term effects of the injuries. he is truly inspirational. the safety and security of his own home. home. all that this was a denial of attempted murder. attempted murder. remarkable man and wishing him all the best for his 97th birthday. the best for his 97th birthday. thank you very much. appearance at manhattan criminal court for arraignment. our correspondent nada tawfiq is in new york. october we've now seen him twice in public? public? taken to the criminal court