going forward, what is the environment agency looking to do next?0 47, but we as people do heed those warnings. titled could the weather with neck. more wet weather is moving into the west from for the uk so we took advantage of a rare dry day across the book of the uk. a good amount of was high on offer. sweeping eastwards overnight not just was high on offer. sweeping eastwards overnight notjust rain but snow to the higher parts of the pennines and more especially in scotla nd pennines and more especially in scotland north at the central belt. wrote to be modest hills will see a chelating snow into the morning affecting some of the higher routes into the morning as well. at least this wet weather is moving on through and not hanging around too long in any one prettier place. there will be quite gusty winds around with temperatures going up after a chilly start. into tomorrow, the persistent rain clearing away in the persistent rain clearing away in the east of inman and then showers coming in on this brisk growth westerly widths. some wintry on hi

i would urge the environment agency to ta ke would urge the environment agency to take it seriously andor it but obviously we haven‘t heard from the environment agency. we will try to get a response from them to what you are saying. in the meantime, what volu nta ry are saying. in the meantime, what voluntary effort is going on in the village? there are a certain number of people who are fortunately drive. there are few that are helping visiting every house. we are visiting every house. we are visiting every house with an old person. we believe everyone who has a need at the moment is being met. the risk is that now the initial evacuation has taken place, those who feel they can stay as things are, they need this floodwater pumping out before any more arrives andi pumping out before any more arrives and i put the case is strong as i can. you are getting an engineers assessment, not just a can. you are getting an engineers assessment, notjust a politician. you are saying those from your background in engineering as well. it is crystal clear that the capacity at present is insufficient an

it reads "the environment agency is continuing to operate and check flood defences and pumps to manage of water as it moves through the catchment". the agency goes on to say, that infrastructure and pumping has so far helped to protect 4,000 properties from flooding. let's talk now to lord deben, he's the chair of the committee on climate change and a former environment minister and hejoins me now from suffolk. how likely is it that we are going to see more flooding of this type in the future? it's notjust likely, is certain. this is what climate change means. we will have more pressure, more floods unless we take action. we will have more awful problems like these villages are facing today. when you see action, you mean action against climate change, but what about the action to protect more properties? we've heard complaints that the authorities aren't doing enough. of course that is part of it. this will go on, even if we win the battle against climate change. because even if we get down to net zero and the rest of the world follows, the fact of the matter is, there is enough climat

the environment agency says flooding still poses a danger to life in south yorkshire, with seven severe flood warnings in place along the river don. angela merkel leads events in germany to mark 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall and urges people to stand up forfundamental values. translation: the values of europe, rule of law, the preservation of human rights, they absolutely cannot be taken for granted. india's supreme court rules that the disputed holy site of ayodhya should be given to hindus who want a temple built there. catastrophic bushfires in eastern australia kill at least three people and force thousands from their homes. and it's a "happy 50th birthday" to the american children's tv series sesame street. and one of the most powerful people in global media, the boss of the walt disney company, speaks to the bbc about his 15 years in charge. it's a busy day on the campaign trail, with less than five weeks until the general election. the conservatives have unveiled plans to train more gps — whilst labour and the liberal democrats are focussing on increasing support for

well, the environment agency has sent this statement about the floods.onment agency is continuing to operate and check flood defences and pumps to manage the huge volume of water as it moves through the catchment" — it goes on to say, that infrastructure and pumping has so far helped to protect 4,000 properties from flooding." we will bring you more as soon as we get it in the course of this evening here on bbc news. the conservatives and labour have clashed over their spending plans with the tories claiming a jeremy corbyn led government would bring an economic crisis ‘within months'. the chancellor sajid javid said today that labour would spend over a trillion pounds in office — a figure dismissed by labour as ‘bad maths‘ and an ‘absolute work of fiction‘. here‘s our political correspondentjessica parker. the two men competing to run the country‘s finances. the conservatives claim that labour‘s plans amount to an unaffordable splurge. but is there maths up to scratch? every single costing in this dossier that we‘ve published today has either come from

around newark, the environment agency is wanting to potential flooding to properties.obile homes and some of the residents were being urged to move their mobile homes to higher areas if they could. there is a raster centre that has been opened up at the sports centre so that flood peak is going down the river trent and some of the communities further down are being warned of possible flooding. and the bad news is more rain so the flood levels could fall a little and then rise again on monday. i want to pick up on that timeframe again. the most frustrating thing is for people who have had the damage and not knowing how long it will last, they will be peaks how long it will last, they will be pea ks and troughs, how long it will last, they will be peaks and troughs, is there a sense from anyone trying to predictjust how long this will go on? certainly, the environment agency is a saying in south yorkshire the flooding could persist until wednesday so thatis could persist until wednesday so that is obviously a long time scale for people in that area. the environment agenc

the environment agency put out a notice at 5pm on friday, basically, "stand down, there won‘t be homesduckett has worked on these fields all his life. he says poor river management is to blame. there‘s no doubt about it. part of the problem is the river don, which drains this area, is not receiving any maintenance whatsoever. the environment agency says natural flood management has a role to play, but flood defences are important. 0ur flood defences have protected 4,000 properties but of course unfortunately, there are still 300 that have flooded. and to protect more properties tonight, the raf has been brought in, dropping supplies in the bentley area, ten miles away. the local pub in fishlake has become a refuge. it‘s on higher ground and has gas, a place to sleep and get a hot meal. the first night, everyone was devastated, weren‘t they? absolutely devastated. we had grown men crying, which were horrific but spirits have lifted now, haven‘t they? they are able to cook meals because people have been donating food at the local church. food that‘s being distributed by a force of volunt

joining me now is matthew gable from the environment agency.om. you have been looking at some of the work going on in your part of the country. you overlap with the derbyshire. what in terms of the impact, and with yorkshire very close to hand, to go up there and talk to your operators there, what has been the principal problem with the river don? it is the sheer volume of water, we have had a very high level of rainfall, possibly the third or fourth highest on record, so it is sheer volume of water. compounded on thatis sheer volume of water. compounded on that is the amount of saturation in the ground. with the ground being so wet, any rainfall is immediately going into the river, so the rivers are reacting quickly. backin are reacting quickly. back in the early summer, your chairwoman in launching the strategy was talking about some of the consequences of the changing climate and you can't isolate individual weather incidents to that, but the cumulative effect was the way the events will become a more common and more persistent. in terms of

the environment agency says flood defences have reduced some of the impact, prompting more debate about where the money has been spent. life sentences for the parents of six children who murdered two teenage sons a day after trying to poison them. in hong kong, police warn that the rule of law is ‘on the brink of total collapse‘ after months of pro—democracy protests. and — the spats between raheem sterling and joe gomez are just like a family disagreement, according to the england manager. and at 11:30, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers henry zeffman, political correspondent for the times, and kezia dugdale, the former scottish labour leader. stay with us for that. good evening. the prime minister, who's facing criticism for his response to the severe flooding in parts of northern england, has announced more support for the communities affected. boris johnson was speaking after chairing a meeting of cobra, the cabinets emergency committee. he said the situation was ‘an absolute tragedy‘ but labour and the liberal democrats have again said that a ‘nationa

the environment agency have been sending out flood alerts. ge. this village has not flooded in 100 years. that is quite an important to point to make. on friday at 1700 hrs, we were informed via the environment agency, to basically sand down. any sandbags delivered... there was no risk of flooding. by nine o'clock that evening it was absolutely evident the properties were starting to be flooded in a rapid way. just to clarify, within two hours of you being told there was no risk of flooding, you were pretty clear that there was going to be flooding? absolutely. the fire service have said to me it is unprecedented, the amount of water that there was. 20 minutes, it to two feet. if it was unprecedented, given the position you find yourself in, do you have any civilly for those who told you there was not the risk of flooding? absolutely none whatsoever. the farmers that you have just interviewed, i know them all really well. they have the knowledge of this area. they know, as i do, but if you don't maintain something, whether it be a car, whether

the environment agency says flood defences have reduced some of the impact, prompting more debate about where the money has been spent. the money forflood protection is allocated according to the number of people who'd benefit from it. so the big cities do well, smaller communities are bound to lose out. we'll be reporting live from the village of fishlake near doncaster, one of the worst—affected areas. also tonight: life sentences for the parents of six children, who murdered two teenage sons, a day after trying to poison them. in hong kong, police warn that the rule of law is ‘on the brink of total collapse', after months of pro—democracy protests. and — the spats between raheem sterling and joe gomez are just like a family disagreement, according to the england manager. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news. we'll bring you the latest as wales, northern ireland and england women are all in action this evening. good evening. the prime minister, who's facing criticism for his response to the severe flooding in parts of northern england, has announced more support for the communities

according to the german environment agency wood stoves account for 20 percent of the particulate matter emitted in the pm $2.00 size range in germany that figure is rising. power plants are still the biggest emitters with 26 percent 2 thirds of these emissions stem from coal fired power plants traffic takes 3rd place with 19 percent of the share contributed by agriculture is just 5 percent. but the german environment agency only measures direct emissions your slowly felt is a professor of atmospheric physics at the max planck institute for chemistry his findings are quite different lady fell says there's another culprit responsible for polluted air livestock. yeah. the animals bear a share of responsibility for the problem this from a great sustainably but whenever you buy cheap meat from a conventional factory farm you're making a decisive contribution to the creation of atmospheric particulates matter. how was that possible layfield explains the following distinction primary particulate matter is emitted directly into the atmosphere when matter created for example by tie aware of or e

i believe the german environment agencies figure of 5 percent is too low. or 70 percent of find particulate matter is formed in the atmosphere it isn't released in some way as dust is formed chemically. making a point here and been livestock manure is spread as fertilizer in the fields and the ammonia it contains escapes into the atmosphere only or so escapes from the stables and particulate matter is formed when ammonia combines with nitrogen oxides from road traffic if i stop being. laid felt alarming conclusion some 40 percent of all the fine particulate matter in germany is generated by agriculture and above all by factory farming. omonia gas from farm in your blankets the ground and reacts among other things with nitrogen oxides from traffic to form ammonium nitrate in the atmosphere it may be carcinogenic high omonia levels are produced in northwestern germany a center of industrial animal farming west winds carry the gas across the country meat production is a key industry in germany could that be why there's so little public debate about agriculture

particularly for those areas in doncaster where there is severe flood warnings issued by the environment agency, meaning there is a risk to people, homes and lives there. obviously really busy night for everyone there and a busy day ahead, luxmy, thank you very much for that update from rotherham, luxmy gopal. we can talk to martin sapcote, manager at carphone warehouse in the meadowhall centre near sheffield, who spent most of the night at meadowhall. we do appreciate you talking to us this morning, i know you haven't had very many hours of sleep, at what point did you realise you wouldn't be getting home to your own bed? probably about 5:30pm, when it was cancelled. did you attempt to get

some river levels will rise for a good few hours yet, so worth heeding all the data from the environment agency. five severe flood warnings at present, but you can see on the map that there are hundreds elsewhere. severe flood warnings because danger to life and property, and hopefully we want see too many more of them. yes, a very busy picture on that map, as we can see. just looking ahead slightly, will conditions improve, or more rain on the way? we have got a bit of respite, more rain across some areas through tomorrow, it looks like the areas hit by flooding will avoid the worst, but heavy rain in the midlands could cause issues tomorrow, and we could be talking about disruptive snow in wales and the midlands, but overall things are improving. thank you very much, matt taylor. the scottish national party will launch its election campaign later with a pledge to protect the nhs from trade deals with foreign nations. speaking in edinburgh, party leader nicola sturgeon is expected to say the snp will ensure the health service

sheffield in a report earlier, and doncaster is an area of concern at the moment, because the environment agencyas issued five severe flood warnings in the past hour or so for that area around a part of doncaster just slightly north of doncaster. and even though the rain has held off so far today, it is nothing like what we saw all throughout yesterday and last night, the torrential downpours, but there is still concern about the rising river levels. the river don is at a level

member of the environment agency to come here who could make a decision as to get some pumps here?ell into their 90s has said there is no way this water will go anywhere, it's in a holding pattern until we get pulled out. just to say, we are showing the audience pictures that you have let us audience pictures that you have let us use, showing us around your home and your spa us use, showing us around your home and yourspa and us use, showing us around your home and your spa and we've been told by the environment agency they are going to start pumping which presumably is something. in the last 40 minutes they have got in contact, we've got a gentle man here who i've now met, he has enough authority to have agreed, he's met with the commanderfrom have agreed, he's met with the commander from the fire service, they are working together now, on they are working together now, on the back of one of the local tractors to identify the points where pumps need to be and the good news is they are going to start activating the pumps and start getting the water out of this village so people can

and can we coordinate with the environment agency? are the pumps going to be switched back on? going to go? there is so much water around this area that you can see, never mind what you can't see. so what is the disaster recovery plan? please tell us. pam webber speaking to me a little earlier on from fishlake. very angry with the response of the local authority there. the headlines on bbc news... the royal family and senior politicians joined military veterans and religious leaders at the cenotaph to remember those who lost their lives in conflict. in the election, there's a row over spending after the conservatives publish what they claim would be the cost of a labour government. floods in south yorkshire continue to cause chaos with seven severe warnings still in place — meaning there's a danger to life. at least six people have died in a cyclone near the border between india and bangladesh. it's brought winds of up to a 135 kilometres an hour, and heavy rain. tim allman reports. in the city of khulna, the wait was over. the storm had finally arrived. heavy rain and strong w

the environment agency continues to warn there's a danger to life from high river levels in south yorkshire, with seven severe warnings still in place. we've had no sleep for two days, we keep getting calls, from people who have got no, they have got no supplies, no drinks, no food. authorities in australia are warning of a "catastrophic" bushfire threat to sydney and surrounding areas. three people have lost their lives. coming up at 2.30, the highlights of the last week in parliament before december‘s general election. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the conservatives have claimed labour would cause an economic crisis "within months" of winning the general election. the tories say a jeremy corbyn led government would spend over a trillion pounds in office. labour has dismissed the figure as an ‘absolute work of fiction‘. here's our political correspondent helen catt. labour has said it wants to spend big if it wins this election, to bring about what it calls a programme of radical change. but the conservatives are keen to suggest it would spend too much, recklessly so. they've cal

the environment agency continues to warn there's a danger to life from high river levels in south yorkshire — with seven severe warnings still in place. we've had no sleep for two days. we keep getting calls coming in. people have got no supplies, no drinks, no food. an update on that statement from doncaster council, we have received a short time ago, saying that they are concerned over some reports that some residents remain in the area. the council is unable to offer support on the ground support to residents in severe flood warning areas but there is a rescue crew on hand which can get people out if they want to get in touch. they say that they have set up a dedicated centre for all fishlike residents. the environment agency does not expect flood waters in the area to go down for at least the next 2a hours. and now on bbc news — victoria derbyshire takes a look back at some of the highlights from her programme this week. hello, welcome to our programme. over the next half an hour, we'll bring you some of the highlights and original journalism from our show in the last week. on tuesday,

now, the environment agency say it is a delayed reaction.ably expecting that to happen sometime early this evening. so everybody here in tewkesbury and the environment agency too keeping a very close eye on what happens with the waters here. there have been clashes in hong kong between police and pro—democracy protesters. these scenes took place near the polytechnic university where police fired tear gas and petrol bombs were thrown. earlier, in a highly unusual move, chinese soldiers based in the territory left their barracks and helped dismantle barricades, set up by protesters. counting of votes is under way in sri lanka after people cast their ballots in a presidential election with a high turnout of around 80%. the main contest is between the former defence secretary, gotabhaya rajapa ksa, and the housing minister, sajith premadasa.the election comes just seven months after a terrorist attack killed more than 250 people. the bbc‘s yogita limaye reports from colombo. buses carrying muslim minority voters, attacked by unidentified gunmen

the environment agency says flooding still poses a danger to life in south yorkshire, with seven severe flood warnings in place along the river don. angela merkel leads events in germany to mark 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall. translation: i remember you, the people who found their death their death at this wall because they were looking for freedom. i also remind you of those trying to escape and who were imprisoned. india's supreme court rules that the disputed holy site of ayodhya should be given to hindus, who want a temple built there. catastrophic bushfires in eastern australia kill at least three people and force thousands from their homes. and the click team investigate claims that 56 networks could damage our health, that's in half an hour. health and childcare take centre stage today, as the political parties continue their general election campaigns. labour is promising to open a thousand new sure start children's centres in england as part of a £45 billion investment package. they will also offer 30 hours of free childcare for all children aged between two and fo

i think emergency services, local authorities, environment agency have been working flat out to deliverponse. i know there will be people who feel that isn't good enough. i know there are people who are worrying about the damage to their homes, who will be worried about their insurance situation, worried about the losses that they face. all i want to say to those people is that there are schemes to cover those losses, that we do ensure that people will have protections against flood and those are certainly being activated now. more details from downing street on with those schemes actually are. a little after that clip from the prime minister, 7:15pm tonight, some details from the government. and it's curious, there is still a government, despite it being an election campaign, and you still get their reaction. what do we find out in addition to when it armed forces being deployed to help with the recovery effort. they also say that there will be a community recovery grant which is organised by the local government department, equivalent to £500 per eligible household to help with the im

the environment agency has warned people to stay away from swollen rivers. meaning a danger to life — are in place along the river don in south yorkshire, and there are more than 60 other flood warnings in place. my colleague clive myrie is in doncaster tonight. yes, huw, on ourway into on our way into the city today we saw some streets, submerged cars, com pletely saw some streets, submerged cars, completely un—possible, then the river don, a full five metres higher thanit river don, a full five metres higher than it should be this time of year. in areas it has ever they might burst its banks and you can see what it has done to this area behind me, this road completely un—passable. my correspondent danny savage spent some time today with the rescuers and the residents trying to deal with all of this mess. as floodwaters rose rapidly across the east midlands, derbyshire and yorkshire, a woman died after being swept away in rowsley, near matlock. she went missing in the early hours near here, and her body was recovered from the river derwent in darley dale th

the environment agency continues to warn there's a danger to life from high river levels in south yorkshire, with seven severe warnings still in place. we've had no sleep for two days, we keep getting calls, from people who have got no, they have got no supplies, no drinks, no food. australia's prime minister warns of a "difficult" week to come from the "catastrophic" bushfire threat to sydney and surrounding areas. three people are known to have lost their lives. voters in spain return to the polls for the country's fourth general election, in as many years. and the victoria derbyshire programme travels to norway to investigate the shocking scale of self—harm material being shared on instagram. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the conservatives have claimed labour would cause an economic crisis "within months" of winning the general election. the tories say a jeremy corbyn led government would spend over a trillion pounds in office. labour has dismissed the figure as an ‘absolute work of fiction‘. here's our political correspondent, helen catt. labour has said it wants to spend big,

earlier i spoke to matthew gable from the environment agency.ad a very, very high we've had a very, very high level we've had a very, very high level of we've had a very, very high level of rainfall, possibly the third or fourth highest on record. so, it is the sheer volume of water, and compounded on that is the amount of saturation in the ground, so with a ground being so wet, any rainfall that does fall is immediately going into the river so the river are reacting really quickly. this is still a live incident, we are still on the ground responding, we are working fantastically with all of the other emergency services and the local authorities as well to make sure that people who have been displaced from their homes have got somewhere to go and obviously making sure that as the water moves down the river network, we are warning and informing those people that may be impacted further down. and that is our current focus, watching the peak of water as it moves downstream into the watercourses. the response effort continues around the river don, o

can we coordinate with the environment agency? are the pumps going to be switched back on?s so much water around this area that you can see, never mind what you can't see. what is the disaster recovery plan? please tell us. we will try and get hold of doncaster council and get some answers for you. for the moment, thank you very much for talking to us. good luck to you and we hope that you are able to rebuild your business on your property. thank you. labour has criticised conservative attempts to unpick their spending plans as the political parties continue their general election campaigns. the conservatives say labour's spending plans would cost the country an extra one point two trillion pounds over the next five years. but labour has dismissed the figures as "fake news", calling them an "incompetent mish—mash of debunked estimates and bad maths". 0ur political correspondent, helen catt, is here. never to be a case of bad mathematics. i am often accused! labour and the tories trading insults over their spending plans. it is about how they have been put together. the cons

now, the environment agency say it is a delayed reaction.entually they meet here and they reach a peak. and they are probably expecting that to happen sometime early this evening. so everybody here in tewkesbury and the environment agency too keeping a very close eye on what happens with the waters here. now it's time for a look at the weather forecast. a bit more patchy rain to come over the next 2a hours. could be further problems early next week, but i will get to that any moment. we will start off looking at what is going on in venice. you might remember on tuesday, we severe flooding, and we got a repeat performance in some respects coming up tomorrow. 1.6 metres above normal, be one of the top five aqua altas. that is due to low pressure in the mediterranean, a surge of water being shoved up the adriatic towards venice, which is causing the problems here. and that same area of the pressure will get pretty close to our shores in a couple of days. more on that any moment. for the time being, for the rest of tonight, quite cloudy conditio

we were told by the environment agency at four o'clock that the river would peak between five and six be a great risk of flooding. several the residents have left the village because of that, but i'm convinced now that we will not get flooded. would have you done with your livestock? it is limited to what we can do with it. you can't put them in the back of the van and take them somewhere else. finding somewhere to ta ke somewhere else. finding somewhere to take them would be difficult. if i get flooded, they will get flooded. and what harm can it do if they get caught in deep mud and floodwater? you could lose them. it could be days until they get somewhere dry where they could lie down. they could be fine. it is difficult but feeding them will not be easy if you cannot get them warm. what sort of flood defences can you put in place, is there any point? not really. there are some flood defences around this village which we have repeatedly asked the environment people to take notice of restoring them and preserving them. but nobody seems to know who is responsible for that. it bothers

the environment agency operates the defences in this part of the river don's system.r basis and we have a continual programme of that work. we don't make decisions in terms of opening or closing defences or pumping stations in this vicinity that could mean that one community was affected over another. the competing interests of town and country of those who work the land and those who live on it, always find balances but at the moment fishlake's feeling the impact and there is more rain forecast. dan johnson, bbc news, fishla ke in doncaster. the pm will chair a meeting of the government's emergency committee, cobra, tomorrow, to discuss the flooding situation. let's speak to peter pridham the church warden at st cutherberts church in fishlake, who decided not to evacuate. hello, peter. good evening, thank you for having me. first off, why did you not evacuate? the promise of evacuation or multiple in this village. there are lots of people with livestock and animals. it is not just delete is with livestock and animals. it is notjust delete is simply dust easy tojump o

now, the environment agency says it's a delayed reaction.lly they meet here and they reach a peak. and they are expecting that to happen probably sometime early this evening. so everybody here in tewkesbury and the environment agency too keeping a very close eye on what happens with the waters here. andrew plant in tewkesbury. now it's time for a look at the weather with stav danaos. it has been rather cleverly across much of the country today, glimmers of sunshine here and there but this evening and overnight we will hold on to evening and overnight we will hold ontoa evening and overnight we will hold on to a lot of cloud. this weather front bring an increase in cloud to scotla nd front bring an increase in cloud to scotland and northern ireland. not quite as cold here as the previous night but this week whether front bringing rain to northern england and wales in the far south—west. sunday, a similar sort of picture, still this weather front across parts of northern england and wales. heavier bursts of rain across the north—east, so quite

the environment agency says 42 flood warnings are still in place, including 5 severe warnings on theaster. the local council says it's concerned that some residents in the village of fishlake are refusing to leave their properties despite extensive flooding, with more rain expected over the coming days. 0ur correspondent dan johnson sent this report from fishlake tonight. 0n the low, flat land east of doncaster, fishla ke is a village still under water. three days on now, and its residents are still coming to terms with what hit them when the river don overflowed. it was just coming up out of the floor, so only a little bit trickled at times... some have lost their homes, others, their business. but at the spa pam runs and lives above, it's both. and today she checked her insurance and the news only got worse. we've lived here since 2004, it was covered completely. but now there's a clause being put into it, as an exemption to flood and where do you find some solace? if i could go away to a workplace and just throw myself into still being able to run the business, but i can't. some s

the environment agency urges people to stay away from riverbanks in areas where more than 50 flood warningsre in place, including seven severe warnings, meaning there's a threat to life. ceremonies are taking place in germany to mark 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall. india's supreme court rules that the disputed holy site of ayodhya should be given to hindus who want a temple built there. catastrophic bushfires in eastern australia kill at least three people and force thousands from their homes. now, it's time for the travel show. ade adepitan is in germany as it marks 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall. this week on the travel show, i find out how punk helped to end the cold war. also on this weekend's special programme, we are off to bulgaria to visit an iconic relic of its communist past. powerful, powerful architecture. and we meet the people in latvia recreating a good night out, eastern block style. wow! i think that will warm me up! this weekend marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall, back in november 1989. poland was the first eastern bloc countr

we got no response from the environment agency. i was ringing the environment late friday night. clear that fishlake were underwater. why wasn't we want? doncaster council their workers couldn't get out to us, we will have some workers on sunday. 0n saturday, i were questioning their workers and they said, they'd only got four members of staff and they we re got four members of staff and they were employed in bentley. i said it wouldn't have been so bad if you'd come to fishlake but for people, all of these people were on standby, where were they? you feel let down andi where were they? you feel let down and i think our viewers can absolutely understand why you might feel like that. james, you are a cattle farmer in somerset and you we re cattle farmer in somerset and you were badly affected by flooding in 2013, 14? do you feel that some of the promises that were made to you back then haven't been delivered on? well, in somerset, my form flooded in 2012, 2013, 2014. my parents house, my house, and my farm workers cottage flooded along with 200 other houses. we managed to get enou

the environment agency continues to warn there's a danger to life from high river levels in south yorkshire — with seven severe warnings still in place. sport, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. good afternoon. there was a flashback to the summer, as england's cricketers needed a super over to beat new zealand in their fifth and final t20 international. they were tied after ii—overs each in auckland, the match shortened because of the weather. so, just like the world cup final between the same two sides, they went to a super over. england scored 17 runs and restricted new zealand tojust 8 for their over. it means england win the series 3—2, and the former england bowler steve finn says there's plenty to get excited about. it all looks very healthy at the moment. i think series like this where guys come in and stake a claim in their first series to really put their hand up and say, "i belong in international cricket. i can do that and i can perform to the best of my ability and do what i think." and bring that to the international scene, i think the guys have done that here. i th

the environment agency have got to sit up, listen to what the people...have been saying for a long time, listen to what they're saying. parts of south yorkshire and lincolnshire have been badly hit by heavy rain, with around 500 homes flooded in doncaster and 1,200 evacuated. in the last 24 hours, the water has gone down substantially. yesterday, this spot was covered in two to three inches of water and you couldn't see this road behind me. but there is still much more to be done. residents still cannot get into their homes and there are still some roads completely submerged in water. and it's not over yet. there is more rain to come this afternoon and overnight. it's been a very wet autumn so far. some of the flooded regions have had twice the expected amount of rainfall. there is more of it to come today, about an inch worth, not enough to cause further river flooding, but it is topping up the water that's already lying on the ground. there are more than 40 flood warnings in place across the country, meaning flooding is expected. more than a dozen of th

the environment agency have given usa really.onment agency have given us a clear steer that when there was a severe warning in fishlake there was a risk to life and we had liaison officers here but we we re and we had liaison officers here but we were mainly working with the emergency services who are the visible face for the people of fishlake and i understand how frustrating that has been for them. for us it's been about coordinating and supporting the rescue effort and now thank heavens the flood warning has been lifted and it's about being fully present and supporting the community and the surrender situation. rain forecast today and it's starting to fall now. what will you do today to help people? we are deploying resources in stainforth and fishlake. and we have a community hub in stainforth at the moment which is providing advice and information and you have seen all kinds of lorries and vehicles driving past as we talk, sandbags and various support for the area. we are mindful of the rain tonight and we are working closel

the situation outside the church tonight is that the environment agency have done an excellent job ande done an excellentjob and we now have heavy duty, 12 inch pumps, possibly some 24 duty, 12 inch pumps, possibly some 2a inch pumps coming as well to let us 2a inch pumps coming as well to let us tackle this very large quantity of water lying in the surrounding area. it will take quite a long time to clear, and we will always have the risk that a further inundation of heavy rain would make things difficult but, practically speaking, because the environment agency and the fire brigade got pumping early... heavy rain can make things difficult but, practically speaking because, for the present time, it's looking good and as though the situation is stable, and we are grateful to all the persons who have contributed and donated towards this exercise, remarkable donations. we've had people coming from 60 miles away. i had a man contacted me from cornwall this morning. he said, i haven't got much money but i want to do something for the children in the village. i said, i think we've got about

adrian gill from the environment agency has hightailed it from the control centre. we with water levels ? to it, where are we with water levels? we are still in doncaster and we had a lot of rainfall across the catchment in the last 24 hours with high levels in sheffield moving down on the river levels are picking in doncaster but we expect them to stay very high for several hours. that is causing disruption and there is some overtopping as well which is causing risk to properties. this is not 2007 and defences, to be fair, have failed in a lot of areas. but we are seeing overtopping, it is escaping? it is. the rainfall in the last 24 hours has been similar to 2007, river levels had got close to then and it is a different event but we are seeing impacts, particularly in doncaster, were civil defences are overtopping and we see disruption to the road network and flooding to businesses and properties and that is something we need to keep an eye on in the coming hours. like 2007, this is a big area for you and the emergency services to monitor, it is a certain amount o

the headlines: the environment agency says flooding still poses a danger to life in south yorkshire,

the environment agency says flooding still poses a danger to life in south yorkshire with seven severeod warnings along the river don. angela merkel weeds events in germany to mark 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall. now, inside out. hello, i'mjacey normand, and welcome to inside out north west. on tonight's programme... we investigate the dangers posed by cheats on the roads who've never taken their driving test. people are out there, becoming victims of car crashes, fatalities, no fault of their own, because the people's stupidity feeling they don't need to have a drivers licence. a charity reveals how gardening could be the perfect tool for coping with depression. it has given my family have their freedom back, given their daughter, they mum, their sister and friend back. and the bits of rubble left lying on the beach which tell the story of the blitz. i can see people's lives and homes amongst the rubble. have you ever noticed bad driving on the road and wondered if the person responsible had actually passed their driving test? i've been investigating the growing number of

the un environment agency says over the next decade, global emissions need to fall by more than 7% everyr to have any chance of avoiding warming the planet by more than 1.5 celsius. even the current rise in temperatures is having an effect, as droughts become more common all over the world. australia has seen one of its longest dry spells. that's made the massive bushfires in new south wales and queensland even worse. and in zimbabwe in southern africa, serious drought is threatening urban and rural life. the bbc‘s stephen sackur has just been there. when the zambezi river is in full flow, you can see why the explorer david livingstone called it "a view for the angels." but look at the falls now. this is what southern africa's prolonged drought means. the volume of water is down by two thirds. here we are at this viewpoint. yes. it's called the horseshoe falls viewpoint, but there's no falls? yes, steve. the change in — the low falls, they're becoming more frequent. who knows — maybe one year there'll be no fall completely, no water. two hours north of victoria falls is hwange national p

but the environment agency says the 20 million pound flood defences built after the 2007 floods — significantlyas like meadowhall in sheffield. severe flood warnings around the river don have been in place since friday. about 400 homes have been flooded and 1200 properties evacuated. 0ur correspondent, dan johnson, has been in the village of fishlake — parts of which have been underwater since last week. this is the church that has been the centre of the community response here. so most of them admire about this being put together but there's frustration as well. they said if it's not an emergency they don't know what is and tonight there's more equipment being brought into this village to try and read it of the floodwater thatis that is set through their homes and on the fields around fish lake. there could be more rain on the way later this week. right through, it has ripped flooring up. in the furthest reaches of fishlake, this is how life has been since friday. they are cut off and barely coping. you have been living like this for five days? yes, trying to keep warm, sweet. no heating, no p

the environment agency operates the defences in this pa rt of agency operates the defences in this partand we have a continual programme of that work. we don't make decisions in terms of opening or closing defences or pumping stations in this vicinity that could mean that one community was affected over another. the competing interests of town and country of those who work the land and those who live on it, always find balances but at the moment fishlake‘s feeling the impact and there is more rain forecast. dan johnson, bbc news, fishlake in doncaster. britain‘s economy has grown at the slowest annual rate in almost a decade, according to official figures — just 1% in the year to september. it has, though, avoided going into recession. 0ur economics editor faisal islam has the details. at this warehouse for a top tyre fitter in peterborough, business remains resilient, even as the impact of a world of economic uncertainty can be felt. the consumer is holding up, but fears around supply disruption and price rises linked to brexit have held back investment. a lot of the supply into our bu

labour is saying that there is been a 20% cut in the environment agency and this is the public body whichldlife, natural disasters including flooding. i am struggling a little bit to find these numbers so a little bit to find these numbers soi a little bit to find these numbers so i went to labour desk where exactly they got from and they are pointing towards earth, which is a journalism project followed by greenpeace we look at the data, text from 2010, but 2030 and what the data shows that injanuary 2013, there are 13,000 staff employed by there are 13,000 staff employed by the agency by january 2018, have fallen and 10,500 and 33 and that is where you get that number. if you get the very latest figures, which you can get the september this year, then you'll find that the staff count has picked up slightly to 10,713, so that's still down the course of the january 2013 figure. and the lib dems have been talking about more money that they put into defences and there were the government. the lib dems are supporting this flood fund which would come from boris and this fund is necessary to t

we are live in doncaster where the environment agency have warned that the river don will remain at dangerous levels for many hours yet. we'll have the latest from the worst affected areas. the other main stories on bbc news at 5pm... the scottish national party launches its election campaign saying it's seeking an alliance with other parties to lock the conservatives out of government, and promising to stop the nhs being privatised. we will fight tooth and nail any attempt to expose the national health service to a post—brexit trade deal with donald trump. a teenager who murdered his 17—year—old girlfriend ellie gould in a "frenzied attack" is jailed fora minimum of 12—and—a—half years. authorities in australia say an "unprecedented" number of emergency—level bushfires are threatening the state of new south wales. and the good liar pits sir ian mckellen as a conman who targets a wealthy widow played by helen mirren. find out what mark kermode thinks of that and the rest of the week's top releases, in the film review. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at 5pm. a woman has died after bei

let me read to you and our viewers what our environment agency has said in response to this.4 --> 4294966103:13:29,430 feel that it there must be many people who don't have that luxury at the moment. of course, and as i say, our sympathies do go out to everyone affected, especially in residential areas. i do know that farmland has to come further down the list. but our argument and our concern is that it is going to cost us so much to get back to normal now. we're just going to be expected take the cost on the chin. henry, really good to talk to you this morning. that is henry ward. it gives you a really clear picture, of what not only here but so many families are going through at the moment, and just in desperate need of some sort of help and assistance. we will put some of his points to michael gove a little bit later on bbc breakfast. here is carol with a look at this morning's weather. and it looks cold out there this morning. that's right, it is cold out there. across scotland and northern england there is a widespread frost. not only will it bea widespread frost. not o

the environment agency urges people to stay away from river banks in areas where more than 50 flood warningsre in place, including seven severe warnings, meaning there's a threat to life. ceremonies are taking place in germany to mark 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall. india's supreme court rules that the disputed holy site of ayodhya should be given to hindus who want a temple built there. catastrophic bushfires in eastern australia kill at least two people and forced thousands from their homes. and the travel show heads to berlin to find out how punk helped to end the cold war. that's in half an hour's time. health and childcare take centre stage today, as the political parties continue their general election campaigns. labour is promising to open 1,000 new sure start children's centres in england as part of a £45 billion investment package. they will also offer 30 hours of free childcare for all children aged between two and four. the liberal democrats are also revealing plans for free childcare for working parents, offering 35 hours of childcare from the age of nine months for 4