today at 2: off the rails: cable damage causes major disruption at london's paddington station, and brings travel chaos across the south of england and wales. well, they tell me there's an alternative route. i have to go from here to waterloo, from waterloo to reading and from reading then to parkway, which is going to take us about another hour and 30 minutes on top of ourjourney. are you confident of a brussels breakthrough? sticking with the chequers plan: theresa may heads to brussels for brexit talks — with little sign of any optimism. theresa may will be here in brussels in little over two hours for a crucial meeting with donald tusk, the european council president and end at 27 litres. we will bring you all of the reaction from brussels throughout the afternoon. saudi arabia under pressure, as the us secretary of state meets the turkish president over the disappearance of a saudi journalist. coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. olly, not much cricket...? no, i know you're going to the weather next, that's all they're talking about in sri lanka. it looks like another wash—out

have faced major disruption, after cable damage caused delays and cancellations, in and out of london paddington. thousands of people on sickness benefits will receive backdated payments of thousands of pounds, after a government miscalculation. turkish investigators enter the residence of the saudi consul in istanbul, to gather more evidence about the suspected killing of the saudi journalist jamal khashoggi. and, the owner of fulham football club withdraws his £600 million bid, to buy wembley stadium. it's 5 o'clock. our main story is that the prime minister insists her brexit proposals, are still alive, as she arrives in brussels, for the eu summit, with fellow leaders. later tonight, theresa may will try to convince them to back her approach, especially on the question of the irish border. but expectations of a breakthrough are said to be low. earlier, in the house of commons, labour'sjeremy corbyn said that mrs may's brexit plan, agreed at chequers in the summer, was "dead". mrs may arrives in brussels amid speculation the transition period, after britain's departure from the eu, could be c

thousands of services have been cancelled in and out of london paddington, after power cables were broughtown last night. bottlenecks have built up at other stations, including reading. network rail says the disruption is expected to last all day. they are saying the alternative is going from here to waterloo, waterloo to reading, then reading to parkway, that will take another hour, 30 minutes on top of the journey. we'll have the latest live from our correspondents. also this lunchtime: are you confident of a brussels breakthrough? the prime minister is heading to brussels to address european leaders at a crucial summit about brexit. the us secretary of state meets the turkish president to discuss the fate of the saudi journalist last seen two weeks ago. shops in canada start selling cannabis legally — it's become only the second country in the world to allow its sale for recreational use. and, a particularly warm welcome for the duke and duchess of sussex in australia, the five—year—old boy who appears to be their biggest fan. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news: to

a damaged power line near london paddington causes rail delays on services to the west country and heathrowrt also coming up, a traditional maori welcome for the duke and dutchess of cambridge meghan and harry arrive in new zealand for the last stop on their 16—day tour. and lewis hamilton only has to get seventh place in today's mexican grand prix to win the championship, we'll bring you the latest in sportsday at 7—30. the bbc has been told the owner of leicester city football club was on board the helicopter that crashed and burst into flames moments after taking off from the team's stadium last night. vichai srivaddhanaprabha is thought to have been on board with four others. he bought leicester city eight years ago, pouring millions of pounds into the club — which helped it win the premier league title in 2016. sima kotecha's report contains flashing images. imac and hours up to the final whistle this. a huge fireball, people stunned and shocked the welder. the bbc understands the chair and owner of the city football cloud was on board. he could be cloud to new heights he came into the

our correspondent simonjones is at london paddington station. we canjoin him now.ing a huge effect, simon. bring this up today to the impact of it. this is one of london's busiest railway stations. 100,000 passengers pass through here each day. but look at that departure board behind make it is empty because no trains are arriving, no trains are departing. some passengers have still arrived still trying to travel. there are alternative drugs they could attempt but not from here. many are simply playing the waiting game. no services this morning, potentially nothing until this afternoon. we have learned from the train manufacturer hitachi that it is one of its trains that caused the problems with overhead power lines near ealing last night. it says an investigation is under way. something like this has not happened before. for passengers who have been caught up in this, it has been a frustrating time. how long are the problem is likely to go on for? the problems are likely to last well into the rest of the day. we can die a travel expert, travel calder. what you mak

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rail passengers are facing major disruption on routes in and out of london paddington station. ces running between slough and paddington after overhead electric cables were damaged at ealing. trains between paddington and heathrow airport are also not running. network rail said services are likely to be affected all day. the duke and duchess of sussex have spent a second day touring australia on their first official royal visit. they arrived in new south wales but had the show stolen from them by a young boy who took rather a shine to the royal couple. ignoring the royal protocol of a formal handshake, the five—year—old stepped in and hugged both meghan and harry. that's a summary of the latest bbc news. i think that so adorable, i might be getting old! here's some sport now with 0lly foster. wales have gone top of their nation's league group after beating the republic of ireland 1—0 in dublin. harry wilson scored that fantastic free—kick in the second half. another defeat for germany leaves them bottom of their group. france came from we hind to win 2—1 thanks to two goals from

some trains are now running in and out of paddington station in west london, after damage to overhead power lines caused severe disruption. three men, who became the first anti—fracking protesters to be jailed in the uk, are freed afterjudges ruled their sentences were "excessive". and the owner of fulham football club withdraws his £600 million bid to buy wembley stadium. in a moment, it will be time for sportsday. but first, a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. we'll be have the latest from brussels, as theresa may tries to seal a brexit deal with eu leaders. we'll have an update from london's paddington station where rail passengers are facing disruption due to ongoing delays caused by damaged power cables. and we'll be speaking to a victim of modern slavery, as figures from the salvation army reveal a sharp rise in the number of cases here. that's all ahead on bbc news. now on bbc news, it's time for sportsday. hello, and welcome to sportsday, i'm katherine downes. divisive from the start, shahid khan withdraws his bid to buy wembley, because of the disagreem

a damaged power line near london paddington causes rail delays on services to the west country and heathrowry arrive in new zealand for the last stop

a day of major disruption and cancellations after severe damage to overhead power lines near london paddington west england, south wales and heathrow airport, emerged after an electric train was tested on the line last night. 0ur correspondent tom burridge has more details. a wall of passengers inching towards the few trains that ran. then, an early—morning squeeze from reading into london. it still felt like a rush—hour here mid—morning. a bit of a nightmare. i've missed my meeting. i'm still going! it's just been hell. it's just been hell, and i'm just thinking, why on earth don't we renationalise the trains. passengers perplexed, frustrated... seeking answers. rejigging journeys took time. cashain david is currently five minutes late for a job interview in cardiff. i've been standing here for just under an hour. with three different times, and then kept delay... oh, it's now come up as cancelled! after being delayed for the last half an hour. disruption began last night. getting home to cardiff became an ordeal. tried to get out of reading last night at 8:30pm. ended up having to stay in re

a day of major disruption and cancellations after severe damage to overhead power lines near london paddingtonuth—west england, south wales and heathrow airport and emerged after an electric train was tested on the line last night. 0ur correspondent, tom burridge, has more details. a wall of passengers inching towards the few trains that ran. then, an early—morning squeeze from reading into london. it still felt like a rush—hour here mid—morning. a bit of a nightmare. i've missed my meeting. i'm still going! it's just been hell. it's just been hell, and i'mjust thinking, why on earth don't we renationalise the trains. passengers perplexed, frustrated... seeking answers. rejigging journeys took time. cashain david is currently five minutes late for a job interview in cardiff. i've been standing here for just under an hour. with three different times, and then kept delay... oh, it's now come up as cancelled! after being delayed for the last half an hour. disruption began last night. getting home to cardiff became an ordeal. tried to get out of reading last night at 8:30pm. ended up having to sta

services into and out of london paddington, one of the country's busiest stations, were brought to a and major disruption. 0ur correspondent ben ando is at paddington station. imean, i mean, it's hardly been the finest day in the long history of eisenberg kingdom brunel‘s celebrated railway station here in paddington. it's just over 24 hours since that train brought the cables down in west london, causing chaos and destruction. this evening, here, people symptomatic. passengers are arriving. some trains are running. there is an air of calm. —— people seem pragmatic. but that was not the case earlier in the day when there was anger and frustration, as our transport correspondent reports. a wall of passengers inching towards the few trains that ran. then an early—morning squeeze from reading into london. it still felt like a rush—hour here mid—morning. a bit of a nightmare. i think i started at half seven this morning from molesey. got to london, then found out they were cancelled. had to change at waterloo and now i've come on but the train i came in on was delayed a lot as well, i th

today at 2: off the rails: cable damage causes major disruption at london's paddington station, and bringswaterloo to reading and from reading then to parkway, which is going to take us about another hour and 30 minutes on top of ourjourney. are you confident of a brussels breakthrough? sticking with the chequers plan: theresa may heads to brussels for brexit talks — with little sign of any optimism. theresa may will be here in brussels in little over two hours for a crucial meeting with donald tusk, the european council president and end at 27 litres. we will bring you all of the reaction from brussels throughout the afternoon. saudi arabia under pressure, as the us secretary of state meets

services into and out of london paddington — one of the country's busiest stations — were brought tochaos and major disruption, as our transport correspondent tom burridge reports. a wall of passengers inching towards the few trains that ran. then an early—morning squeeze from reading into london. it still felt like a rush—hour here mid—morning. a bit of a nightmare. i think i started at half seven this morning from molesey. got to london, then found out they were cancelled. had to change at waterloo and now i've come on but the train i came in on was delayed a lot as well, i think because of the lines. it'sjust been hell and i'm just thinking, why on earth don't we renationalise the trains? that's what i'm thinking. passengers perplexed... frustrated... seeking answers. rejigging journeys took time. this man is currently five minutes late for a job interview in cardiff. i've been standing here for just under an hour, with three different times and then... oh, it's now come up as cancelled, after being delayed for the last half an hour. would it make you think about getting the train

rail passengers are being told a near—normal service is likely to run to and from london paddington todaywell, it is very busy and people are arriving a5 normal. i have seen a few cancellations, but that's mostly for the heathrow express, which is on a reduced service. i would say the majority of trains are leaving and arriving at paddington a5 majority of trains are leaving and arriving at paddington as normal. engineers have been working all night to repair the overhead cables that were damaged on tuesday, and they've managed to do that on all they've managed to do that on all the lines bar one, and that won't be taking a electric train5. that will have knock—on effects for twyford and maidenhead stations. people, though, are being urged to check before they come because things are still before they come because things are 5till settling down. now, the damage was caused by an hitachi te5t train that was going between bristol and london on tuesday, and that is part ofa london on tuesday, and that is part of a £500 million investment programme by gwr into its high—speed rolling stock. tha

that line out of paddington, massively important piece of railway for everyone in great west end, but also heathrow express and transport for londonre you heading to? bristol, i'm a bit late. back in reading, more services moving as the day moved on. but the rail network across west england and south wales is by no means back on track. tom burridge, bbc news, reading. as of today, you can get stoned in canada legally. it is now the largest country in the world to legalize recreational marijuana. and where there's a high, there's money. pot has become a multi—billion dollar industry in canada as samira hussain reports from ontario, canada. there's quite a lot of business in it. doob, ganj, weed. call it whatever you want, the fact is, canada's cannabis industry is coming into bloom. this is no ordinary grow, it is a high—tech operation that produces a staggering amount of legal marijuana. we are like a tech company that produces cannabis. it was about the idea that this had to be done and probably was more about tech. inside this vault is where they keep the stuff that is ready to ship. security is tight, unsurprisingly, considerin

network rail has said passengers could face more disruption on journeys to and from paddington station in west londone damaged during testing of an electric train. the manufacturer of the test train, hitachi, has promised a "full and thorough investigation". 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge has more details. a wall of passengers inching towards the few trains that ran. then, an early—morning squeeze from reading into london. it still felt like a rush—hour here mid—morning. a bit of a nightmare. i've missed my meeting. i'm still going! it's just been hell. it's just been hell, and i'mjust thinking, why on earth don't we renationalise the trains. passengers perplexed, frustrated... seeking answers. rejigging journeys took time. cashain david is currently five minutes late for a job interview in cardiff. i've been standing here for just under an hour. with three different times, and then kept delay... oh, it's now come up as cancelled! after being delayed for the last half an hour. disruption began last night. getting home to cardiff became an ordeal. tried to get out of reading last night at 8:

commuters face major disruption at paddington station in london today. chess of sussex have spent a second day touring australia on their first official royal visit. they arrived in new south wales, but had the show stolen from them by a young boy who took rather a shine to prince harry. the couple then visited a farm that has been badly affected by droughts. melbourne is the next stop on their tour tomorrow. over the years, we have brought you some spectacular advances in robot technology. but take a look at this. # uptown funk. it is indeed a dancing robot dog, from the technology firm boston dynamic. it certainly has the moves. do you think it is as disobedient as my do you think it is as disobedient as 7 do you think it is as disobedient as my dog? are you having difficulties with your dog? it is getting better, but thanks for giving everyone an update. coming up, matt will have the weather. sally is here with news... you were telling us yesterday about an england win. yes. and today another freekick from harry wilson. which i think it's fantastic. yo

network rail has said passengers could face more disruption on journeys to and from paddington station in west londonin on thursday morning, after overhead power lines were damaged during testing of an electric train. the manufacturer of the test train, hitachi, has promised a "full and thorough investigation". our transport correspondent tom burridge has more details. a wall of passengers inching towards the few trains that iran. then an early—morning squeeze from reading into london —— that ran. it still felt like a rush hour here mid—morning. felt like a rush hour here mid-morning. a bit of a nightmare. i missed man—eating. iam mid-morning. a bit of a nightmare. i missed man—eating. i am still going stockley has just been hell. it has been held. why on earth are we renationalising the trains? passengers perplexed, frustrated, seeking answers. rejigging journeys took time. this man is currently five minutes late for a job interview in cardiff. i've been standing here for just interview in cardiff. i've been standing here forjust under one—hour, with three different times and then delay, oh, it hasj

trains running in and out of paddington station in london have been disrupted for the second time this power cables. services to the west country and to heathrow airport were affected. the line has now been re—opened and most trains are running normally. three teenagers have been arrested in halifax in west yorkshire on suspicion of murder after a 17—year—old boy was stabbed. forensic officers have been working at the scene, where two males were found with stab wounds last night, and a third with a head injury. all were taken to hospital, but the 17 year old died a short time later. the chancellor, philip hammond, is preparing to unveil his budget tomorrow, saying that in the event of a no—deal brexit, it would have to be followed by another emergency budget. he's warned future plans for government spending more on this in the paper review. but in the meantime, news from brazil. we understand jair bolsonaro has won a convincing victory in the brazilian presidential election. his supporters are out on the streets celebrating. more on this shortly, hoping to cross to our correspondent in

trains running in and out of paddington station in london have been disrupted for the second time thisto the west country and to heathrow airport were affected. the line has now been re—opened and most trains are running normally. three teenagers have been arrested in halifax in west yorkshire on suspicion of murder after a 17—year—old boy was stabbed. forensic officers have been working at the scene, where two males were found with stab wounds last night, and a third with a head injury. all were taken to hospital, but the 17—year—old died a short time later. some shareholders in ryanair have called for changes in the company's governance structure. the local authority pension fund forum wants reform following the recent industrial disputes involving airline management and disgruntled staff. germany's ruling parties have had a second electoral upset in a fortnight, after exit polls showed voters in a key state turning away from them. the results in the central state of hesse, where the city of frankfurt is situated, could plunge both parties of angela merkel‘s coalition government into

network rail has said passengers could face more disruption on journeys to and from paddington station in west london

good morning, i'm in little venice in central london, a short way away from the congestion of paddingtonre talking ducks through the morning, the canal and river trust reminding us not to feed the ducks bred but we look at some of the options you could use to feed the ducks. they're probably all asleep, as some of the country are at this time of the morning. not a bad start for many. most places dry at the moment but the forecast is for mist and fog. a murky night in england and we, that could hamper the morning commute. a bit sluggish on some of the roads as well. brightening up here but in scotla nd well. brightening up here but in scotland and northern ireland, seen some rain. it comes from a weather front pushing into the north—west of the country and with it you will see isobars tightening, a stronger breeze to come, touching gale force wind times, maybe 50 mph gusts in the far north of scotland and that will bring rain at times in northern ireland this morning and through mid—morning into the afternoon in parts of scotland, heading south. brightening up in northern scotland later.

london. many have taken to twitter to voice their concerns. the health and safety executive said it had no reports that could be linked to a smell. new coins celebrating paddingtonnt has unveiled two new designs for 50p pieces which will feature the much—loved character. they enter circulation this month to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the bear, named after the london station. let's take a look at the travel situation now. there is a good service on the tubes this morning. 0n the roads, there is traffic on the a13 building westbound from dagenham into barking. it is slow on the a205 south circular westbound towards forest hill station, due to temporary lights and gas work near waldram place. now the weather, with elizabeth rizzini. hello, good morning. yesterday we got to nearly 25 celsius in north—west london. today, well, that averages would be quite as high but still pleasantly warm to this time of year. some good spells of sunshine, a bit more cloud around in yesterday. quite breezy and there will be some showery outbreaks of rain later on through the afternoon into the evening. now, it is a very mild start to the morning. we have some showers earli