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these include yorkshire failing to serve halal food to include yorkshire failing to serve halalfood toormer players, a former coach regularly using racist language, jokes about religion making azeem rafiq feel comfortable about his faith and he was bullied about his faith and he was bullied about his faith and he was bullied about his weight and lack of fitness. yorkshire have today apologised to azeem rafiq and his family, clearly admitting that there is no question that azeem rafiq, during his first spell as a player at yorkshire, was the victim of racial harassment. today's statement, brookshire chairman roger hutton reiterates... —— yorkshire chairman. you would think that the work that the county and the sport and all sports have been... undertaking in recent years, certainly the momentum that we have now, that that question should not be asked now in 2021 of what needs to change. i would like to say that those processes are already and should already be in place because if they are not that we have got some serious problems. yorkshire have been invited to speak to us tonight, but

the solicitors, south yorkshire police because they are paying out bare minimum.y i had suffered. 0urfreedom of information request has revealed that 103 compensation claims have been made to south yorkshire police by victims of child sexual abuse in rotherham, around half of them are yet to be settled and in total south yorkshire police has paid out of a £3 million in legal fees alone to lawyers. a spokeswoman told us our solicitors are not paid to refute claims, they are paid to review, assess and investigate them thoroughly as any amount claimed as compensation is paid using public money. to date we have received 103 claims, at present there are only 18 active claims in the group at various stages of review. the remaining claims have either been settled, denied or closed due to inactivity by the claimants�* solicitors. 0ne victim we have spoken to first lodged her claim in 2014. she got a pay—out in 2018, four years, is that acceptable? i would sooner see that timescale shorter but that is the question of the victim, we want to make sure they are fairly treated

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afghans are arriving into yorkshire. also provided things like prayer mats, basic clothing and hygiene products directly into the hotels. foodbanks are also playing a vital role, supporting people who have seen the worst of humanity. as a lot of my friends have been arrested. some of them killed. nobody stands up for afghanistan to help them. please, i want to help my whole family there. she cries. there are concerns about the quarantining for covid. afghan refugees could face months living in hotels because of a lack of available accommodation. they've gone into the quarantining and that was understandable, but not beyond that ten days there is the level of frustration building up in the families as to what is going to happen next and these are bigger than average families. in some families you've got eight or ten people and we are already struggling with housing stock as it stands, particularly bigger housing. the death of a five—year—old afghan refugee at a hotel in sheffield last month offers a glimpse of a system un

and coming up on the bbc news channel: yorkshire cricket apologise to their former player azeem rafiqe was the victim of racial harassment and bullying. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. tomorrow night, britain's emma raducanu will step on court for her first grand slam final at the us open. it has been a fairytale run so far for the 18—year—old from from south east london, who only left school this summer. raducanu had to play in the qualifying rounds just to make it through to the main tournament. and last night, she became the first qualifier in history to get to a grand slam final. it is an extraordinary achievement. but can she go all the way? from new york, samira hussain reports. announcer: from great britain, emma raducanu! from the moment she stepped onto the court it was clear the british teenagerfrom kent had won the hearts of new yorkers. the famously fickle fans of flushing meadows were on team raducanu. before each game, commentators had asked if this was the moment emma raducanu would buckle under the pressure. delivering blistering shots like this one, s

paul murphy, bbc news, on the east yorkshire coast.t wales being treated for covid, a leading consultant there says staff are under as much pressure — if not more — than at any point health ccorrespondent 0wain clarke reports. make deep breaths and your please. i now through your nose. 0k? learning how to breathe again. this is what the third covered wave looks like an intensive care hospital. west wales and parts of mid wales escaped the worst of the first and second waves, the area's lead critical care doctor says the pressure now as is intense as ever. across our health board, we are have funding for 22 critical care beds and 11 patients are now covid positive patients and being treated for covid. so it's probably more than what we had throughout the period when it was difficult, you know, in the first two waves. it's probably the same or sometimes even a little bit higher. as covid cases have surged locally, the health board has had to close wards that some hospitals and suspend some surgery to cope. high vaccination rates to help

and something a little bit lighter we've also got the yorkshire banksy.o report with a street artist making a bit of a name for himself in leeds, so there's a couple of things for us. ifan morganjones, for you what is top of the agenda? well, it's the matter that the welsh governments are introducing - i ozone cleaning devices to cleanl classrooms in wales and that has attracted lots of comments, not just from welsh media i but from uk media as well. shazia, i know your newsroom is still very much in the making, but what are you concentrating on, despite that? well, i'm excited to explore how the migrants have access to the vaccine. we've seen nhs england information about how people don't need an proof of address or an id to register at gps yet they are still barriers and we need that information to get to the people that need it. we need journalist from those communities to advocate that. ok, that's a flavour of my four as of the stories we're looking at there. lorna, tell us a little bit about archant. the titles in the regions that you cover. archant,

this one was from the ampleforth area of north yorkshire. thanks for sending us that one.start to the morning. thanks to the weather watcher, alison, for that early—morning sunrise picture. now, today, there will be a lot of dry and bright weather to come with some sunny spells coming through the cloud. however, it's not going to be like that everywhere. in wales, we've got rain on the way, and that rain may also affect parts of northern england. more on that in just a second. here's the satellite picture showing a big loop in thejet stream powering this main area of low pressure just to the west of spain and portugal. however, we do have a weather front close enough to the jet to feel some influence, and it's this that's going to bring the threat of rain. it's going to be pushing into wales. we've already seen the rain arrive in snowdonia, but the rain gets more extensive here through the rest of the day and will move its way eastwards. so we'll probably see some rain getting into northern england around towards greater manchester, merseyside, the north west midlands, and

last week at bridlington beach in yorkshire, unite union| beach in yorkshire, unite union organised this and anti—poverty campaigners. tote economy, health care and anti-poverty campaigners. we are facin: a anti-poverty campaigners. we are facing a crossroads _ anti-poverty campaigners. we are facing a crossroads where - anti-poverty campaigners. we are facing a crossroads where the i facing a crossroads where the government faces a choice. it has said it is committed to improving the lives on the lowest incomes but the lives on the lowest incomes but the depth of that commitment will be revealed this autumn when it decides whether or not to go ahead with the cut to the incomes of the poorest people in our country.— cut to the incomes of the poorest people in our country. ministers say the extra £20 _ people in our country. ministers say the extra £20 a _ people in our country. ministers say the extra £20 a week _ people in our country. ministers say the extra £20 a week was _ people in our country. ministers say the extra £20 a week was always i the extra £20 a week was always meant to

it's after a review of the club found there was insufficient evidence that yorkshire was "institutionallyat he's "looking for the right platform to name names, dates and every inch of detail" of his racism and bullying allegations. he went on to say that he "needs and deserves closure, and it's clear that won't come because the game wants to stay as it is and not welcome people from all walks of life." the independent review upheld seven of his 43 allegations of racism and bullying while he played at the club. andy murray has urged british tennis officials to capitalise on emma raducanu's us open victory by bringing more and more children into the sport. murray feels raducanu's win provides a "huge opportunity" for the sport in this country. raducanu is continuing to enjoy the limelight in new york, attending the met gala last night. her extraordinary victory over the weekend was watched by millions around the world — including murray, who praised her performance and said the lta needed to make the most of the situation. incredible, what she did there. i think, obviously, for a lot of the

north yorkshire fire and rescue service said its crews freed the male officer from the wreckage.ce have told us that two of their fast response cars were involved in a collision with a red seat ibiza car at around 11:30pm. hundreds of people were trapped in the traffic afterwards, and during that collision, one would presume it was high—speed, one of the cars hit a bridge. you can see the extent of the wreckage down here at the wreckage of the seat ibiza and the patrol car. because of the nature of this event, the independent office for police conduct is involved in this as well. we know the police car had an injury in one of the passengers, and there were four people in the seat ibiza, through sustained injuries, two of them managed to free themselves, two others had to be freed by the emergency services. one has a serious neck and back injuries, we understand. at the moment, we suspect the motorway will be open with the next hour or so, but recovery is ongoing as we speak. drivers are still being advised to ignore this section of the eastbound m62 for the time being. blackpool�

this one was from north yorkshire.ks to weather watcher alison for that early morning sunrise picture. today there will be a lot of dry and bright weather to come with some sunny spells coming through the cloud. however it will not be like that everywhere. in wales we have rain on away and that we will also affect parts of northern england. more than that in just parts of northern england. more than that injust a parts of northern england. more than that in just a second. he is the satellite picture showing a big loop on the jet stream polling this main area of low pressure to the west of spain and portugal. we have a weather front close enough to the jet to feel some influence and this will bring the threat of rain. it will bring the threat of rain. it will push into wales. we have already seen wayne arrive in snowdonia but it gets more extensively through the rest of the day and will move eastwards so we will properly see rain getting into northern england around greater manchester and merseyside and the north west m

and humberfor especially in the north—east, yorkshire and humber for example and thatis yorkshire andng the extra money. what is your perspective on this because in a previous life you were an english teacher so you are suddenly faced with kids all of whom have this lack, that is quite a problem to deal with in the classes. it makes a huge demand on the professional skills of teacher because they have to first of all provide an assessment of how much learning lost has been for different children. it will be the same, some children. it will be the same, some children at home have access to remote learning, some have rooms to work in, some have parents, others don't. in all classes there will be differential losses of learning from children, then you have to work out how he will address those gaps in different children. and actually, because learning time has been lost, teachers have also got to think what is the essential knowledge and skills which are needed and what can we leave to be caught up another time? because we have a curriculum thatis time? because we have a curriculum that

picking up, geraldine, on that subject, the yorkshire post, which has one of its wonderful photographsit does a lot of these, people engaged in manual skills, particular those ones that are very much individual led, in this case, a master armour working in his workshop in chesterfield. fantastic photo. they have a little story underage saying, actually, a campaign expert on this particular subject says, guess what, manifesto breaking tax rates won't solve problems in social care. again, geraldine, another reason why the ministers might wonder why they might not want to lay their selves on the line for this. it is on the line for this. it is relevant. _ on the line for this. it is relevant, because - on the line for this. it is relevant, because the l on the line for this. it 3 relevant, because the yorkshire post was my former paper! mike is quite right, and he has been begging on for years, as we all have, and he is on the front line of it for some he is seeing the sharp end of this and he is someone who really wants ministers to be held accountable on this and says no one is going to

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ranging from the scotsman to the yorkshire post, - a real range of regional, national and local titlesk the interesting thing| with what we done this year since march is try to take . a new approach with digital first, only publications. so national world was the first of those to l launch in late march. we are now five months in, just over five months - and are getting to the stage j now where we are launching new city brands across some| of the major cities in the uk. so yeah, there is a lot- of competition in the regional media but i think it's an exciting time. - and we are trying to do things a little bit differently. - i want to talk more about those city brands in a moment. but with the launch of nationalworld .com. my understanding of that is that it's a national news site but the contributors are regional reporters. so how does that change the flavour of what you're telling people? it's interesting one. i think we are unique i in the sense that we are a national news brand but we are based - right across the uk. so i'm in edinburgh, i we have editors in the midlands, york shir

sweeping across you've got the yorkshire dales in the background.he south pennines to be recognised as a national landscape which she believes will help protect it. it would certainly give everyone a sense of place, somewhere that's well known. but for us, it's very much bringing that investment into the area. this deserves being looked after. it deserves that investment and for us, the community and the landscape has great diversity and we think that should be celebrated. the south pennines park covers 460 square miles, cutting across greater manchester, lancashire and yorkshire, and it's home to 450,000 people. why notjust have this area designated a national park? very simply, we don't want to be bound by the legislation that might bring us. what we want is a park that's agile, that can adapt to the challenges that it faces, and we think that this new approach, doing things differently, will help us to achieve that. this is a local landmark, the singing ringing tree. walkers here told us why they think the area is so special. it'sjust stunning —

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and in rural north yorkshire, for many, it provides a valuable income.s season there will be no more than eight. it's a massive blow the local economy and the thousands of people whose livelihoods depend on it. with a young family to support, for caterer becky housman, the timing couldn't be worse. she was booked to provide food at 30 grouse shoots this season but now almost every booking has been cancelled. if you haven't got shooting in these tiny economies, what have you got? you haven't got any income to these places, so then people don't want to live here, and it willjust go to rack and ruin. that is the knock—on effect of losing shoot days. there'sjust no money. a few miles down the road in the village of laskhill mandy has the similar concerns. she runs a bed and breakfast but this year shooting guests are as hard to find as grouse on the moor. the whole ethos of this area - in the winter months is shooting. and, love it or hate it, i i can't knock it because it provides me with a business. to take that revenue out - of the equation is a significa

north yorkshire fire and rescue service said its crews freed the male officer from the wreckage.s happened at around 11:30pm last night. the eastbound section of the m62 remains close, nearly 14 hours after the incident took place. west yorkshire police have told us that two of the fast response cars were involved in a collision with a red seat ibiza. it was around 11:30pm. hundreds of motorists were trapped in the resulting traffic chaos and has to be freed eventually by highways england officers. during that collision, one would presume it was high—speed, one of the patrol cars hit a bridge extension. you can see from the pictures of the the extent of the wreckage from both the red seat ibiza and indeed the patrol car. because of the nature of this event, the independent 0ffice car. because of the nature of this event, the independent office for police conduct is involved in this investigation. we know that the police officer in one of the response cars suffered a serious injury, we understand, to a leg, not life—threatening, but there were four people in the seat ibiza, three

tracey huston, director of colleague experience at yorkshire | of colleague experience at yorkshire building ages of 25 and 45. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt. hopefully feeling no frustration with the weather this morning! irate with the weather this morning! we have all with the weather this morning! - have all been there, as i have with the weather computer! the weather not too bad but this will be a rare sight today, a beautiful shot of a rainbow in the highlands from one of our weather watchers. this is not typical because for most it will be a day of blue skies overhead, lovely mid—september day for the vast majority. there will be some changes as we go through into afternoon, and we will talk about this area of cloud pushing off the atlantic and creeping towards northern ireland and western scotland. getting progressively cloudier after some morning sunshine and some more spots of rain. clear away from north—east england, but much of scotland, england, but much of scotland, england and wales having a dry day were some good, long spells of sunshine, before that rain

across north yorkshire, there are 1000 care worker vacancies. are the right number of staff with the skills to deliver high quality care. zoe conway, bbc news. our social affairs correspondent alison holt told us more about the staffing pressure facing the care sector. care homes were really hard hit by covid and at the start of the vaccine will not, take up by staff or slow, but it is a sector that has real problems when it comes to staffing. it entered the pandemic with 112,000 vacancies in england and it is now having the same troubles as other areas like retail or hospitalityjust for recruiting people. wages tend not to be very high, you have to be the right sort of person to do the job, it is difficult to recruit the right people and whilst most people have now had their first dose of the vaccine, there are still 10% who have not and replacing those 10% will be very difficult. from a care provider described it yesterday as being a perfect storm, the mandatory vaccinations add another layer of difficulty. government guidance that came out ye

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and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel, yorkshire apologise to their formereem rafiq after a report found that he was the "victim of racial harassment and bullying," during his time at the county. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. after a stunning victory in new york, 18—year—old emma raducanu has become the first british woman to reach a major singles tennis finalfor 44 years. the teenager — ranked 150th in the world — beat the 17th seed, maria sakkari, in straight sets in their semi—final at flushing meadows. emma raducanu said after the match that it was "absolutely mind—blowing" to have made it to the final. she'll play another teenager, canada's leyla fernandez, tomorrow evening. our sports reporter laura scott is at emma's old school in bromley, in south london. yes, it was here at her primary school that the first signs of her sporting talent became clear when she won all the sprints on sports day but few could have believed she would go on to achieve what she has at such a young age put her relentless run at the us open has been aston

police say they have finished searching a lake in north yorkshire as part of their investigation intoleading the inquiry says nothing of obvious significance was found. 0livia richwald reports. cloudier lawrence went missing on march 19, 2009. she had failed to for work as a chef at university of york. in the 12 years since she vanished there been several police services comic searches and arrests but claudia has never been found. then two weeks ago police brought in diapers, forensic archaeologist and sniffer drugs as they announced a major search of fishing lakes at sand hutton in york. but despite the exhaustive operation, during which one of the lakes was trained, today north yorkshire police confirmed that nothing of obvious significance had been found. some small items have been recovered but they may prove irrelevant to the investigation. claudia's family including her mumjoan have been kept informed. meanwhile, the police say that high—profile information has led to new information from the public so while the searches have continued the investigation continues. —— while resea

this one came from north yorkshire, thank you for that once, and further south, hampshire also gettingome sunny spells coming to the cloud. but it will not be like that everywhere. in wales, rain on the way, and that may also affect parts of northern england. more on that in a second. satellite picture showers a second. satellite picture showers a big leap in thejet stream power in this main area of low pressure just to the west of spain and portugal. however, we do have a weather front close enough to the jet2 feel some influence, and it is thus that will bring the threat of rain. pushing into wales, we have already seen rain arrive in snowdonia, but even gets more here through the rest of the day and move east, or some rain probably getting to northern england around greater manchester, merseyside, the north west midlands, and probably this rain will extend across the pennines and to parts of yorkshire. so for example, you might see some rain in sheffield later today. further north, a lot of bright weather, some showers for north—east scotland, but feeling cooler and fresher compared

with some spectacular sunrises for some of your earlier this morning, this one was from from north yorkshiret in just a second. here is the satellite picture showing a big loop of the jet stream pullimh this main area of low pressure just to the west of spain and portugal. however we have a weather front close enough to the jet to feel some influence and this will bring the threat of rain. it will push into wales. we have already seen rain arrive in snowdonia but it gets more extensively through the rest of the day and will move eastwards so we will probably see rain getting into northern england around greater manchester and merseyside and the north west midlands and probably extend across the pennines into yorkshire so you may see rain in sheffield later. a few showers in north east scotland but feeling much cooler and fresher compared to recent days with some sunny spells towards the south—east. that's where the warmest weather will be, highs of 21. overnight rain in parts of england and wales. to the north of this, for scotland and northern ireland clear and cold, much colder than recent

the core and cut in the towns of lancashire, the towns of yorkshire.at maritime and fishing economies of our seaports. these are places made britain the envy of the world. we cannot make the nation we want without them. the lesson is that a secure, well—paid workforce skilled people in high—class work, protected by good trade unions, is not separate from good business. it is the definition of good business. applause. and good business and partners. i have no that the small businesses of this country are the next generation of wealth creators. i want to see enterprising, creative countries. i went to see them make a profit and employ more people. i want to create the conditions in which inventive small businesses can grow into inventive big businesses. but we don't give ourselves the best chance. i have lost count of how many business leaders have told me that if they wish their time horizon could be longer. so, when i say that labour pledges to change the priority duty of directors, to make the long—term success of the company priority, we will do it t

and a lovely end of the day captured by a weather watcher sue in west yorkshire.ok at this one, a downpour crossing the skies in warwickshire captured by weather watcherjack. right now if anything, the rain is getting a bit heavier, a bit more extensive as well as it marches its way across wales, midlands, across northern england and scotland. slowly we are starting to see the rain ease off across westernmost areas of northern ireland. so here it should be a reasonably dry start to the day on sunday. but otherwise, many of us will see at least some rain during day on sunday as these areas of rain continued to push their way eastward. the rain is going to get increasingly heavy later in the day across eastern areas across england. where the rain is going to grind to a halt and the amount of rain we see from place to place is going to vary quite a bit. but there will be a few areas that pick—up is much as 30 or a0 mm. there is a risk of seeing some localised surface water flooding across the east. many western areas actually, the weather will improve through sunday

very light winds, high—pressure, clear skies, though much like this morning parts of yorkshire, the welsh, down the west country favoured the poor visibility first thing on thursday. a mild night, temperatures no lower than double figures for many. the sun is still strong enough to burn off any mist or fog quite quickly thursday morning. then a pretty glorious day for the majority, we should lose any early showers in the north—east of scotland, but from the afternoon the picture changes for northern ireland, more cloud around. but pleasantly warm, temperatures around average for the time of year, 21 and 22 degrees. the cloud coming into the west is the forerunner of this weather front that will the west of the uk for friday. when i say set, it looks like it is literally going to do that, stick in one place, meaning the likes of northern ireland very wet day friday. rain eventually fringing into the west of scotland, wales and the south—west later in the day. quite a big east—west contrasts to end the week. 22 or 23 and sunshine further east. looks like scotland and northern ireland will b

across north yorkshire there are 1000 care worker vacancies.e shortfall? is it right to make covid jabs compulsory?- the shortfall? is it right to make covid jabs compulsory? covid “abs compulsory? there are a lot of covid jabs compulsory? there are a lot of things _ covid jabs compulsory? there are a lot of things we _ covid jabs compulsory? there are a lot of things we need _ covid jabs compulsory? there are a lot of things we need to _ covid jabs compulsory? there are a lot of things we need to do - covid jabs compulsory? there are a| lot of things we need to do urgently about the challenges facing the workforce, and compulsory vaccination is a part of that, but it isn't the full picture. we are hearing from members that they are losing large numbers of staff, and it has accelerated very quickly over the last month and a bit. i think what we need to do is to look at a whole range of different initiatives that might support things. one of the things we are asking government to look at very urgently is to bring in some sort of retention or tha

across north yorkshire, there are 1000 care worker vacancies.umber of staff with the skills to deliver high quality care. zoe conway, bbc news. we are hoping to speak shortly to a care worker impact situation. there are some technical problems. but we hope to speak to her soon. let us talk about the situation regarding ambulances in scotland. the scottish government has requested military assistance to help deal with a crisis in the scottish ambulance service. the situation was brought to light at first minister's questions when the leader of the conservatives, douglas ross, highlighted the case of a man reported to have waited 40 hours for an ambulance. our scotland reporterjames shaw told me more about what had happened to the patient involved. this is gerald brown, 65 years old. he waited 40 hours for an ambulance in glasgow. by the time it arrived, he had already died. and his son says that he was told by his gp that if the ambulance had arrived in time, then his father would've survived. that was the headline case brought up by the conserva

max foster, cnn, north yorkshire, england. >>> still to come on cnn, frustrations are mounting in thewhere hundreds of thousands of people are still without power and other essential items. plus a hurricane in the atlantic has just been declared a category 3 storm. we'll share what we know about it just ahead. ou. walter, twelve o' clock. get em boy! [cows mooing] that is incredible. it's the multi-flex tailgate. it can be a step, it can even become a workspace. i meant the cat. what's so great about him? he doesn't have a workspace. the chevy silverado with the available multi-flex tailgate. find new adventures. find new roads. chevrolet. when you really need to sleep you reach for the really good stuff. new zzzquil ultra helps you sleep better and longer when you need it most. it's non habit forming and powered by the makers of nyquil. new zzzquil ultra. when you really really need to sleep. do you struggle with occasional nerve aches, weakness or discomfort in your hands or feet? introducing nervive nerve relief from the world's number 1 selling nerve care company. as we age, natur

of the country, and a lovely end to the day, captured by weather watcher sue in wakefield in west yorkshiree of those downpours have been captured by our weather watchers as well. for example, look at this one — a downpour crossing the skies of nuneaton captured by weather watcherjack. right now, if anything the rain is getting a bit heavier, a bit more expansive as it makes its way across wales, the midlands, northern ireland and scotland. slowly we're starting to see that rain ease off across westernmost areas of northern ireland. so here it should be a reasonably dry start to the day on sunday, but otherwise many of us will see at least some rain during the day on sunday as these areas of rain continued to push their way eastwards. now, the rain is going to get increasingly heavy late in the day across eastern areas of england, where the rain is going to really grind to a halt. and the amount of rain we see from place to place is going to vary quite a bit, but there will be a few areas that could pick up as much as 30 or a0 mm. there is a risk of seeing some localised surface water flood

and a lovely end of the day captured by a weather watcher sue in west yorkshire., some of those downpours been captured by our weather watcher. look at this one, a downpour crossing the skies in warwickshire captured by weather watcherjack. right now if anything, the rain is getting a bit heavier, a bit more extensive as well as it marches its way across wales, midlands, across northern england and scotland. slowly we are starting to see the rain ease off across westernmost areas of northern ireland. so here it should be a reasonably dry start to the day on sunday. but otherwise, many of us will see at least some rain during day on sunday as these areas of rain continued to push their way eastward. the rain is going to get increasingly heavy later in the day across eastern areas across england. where the rain is going to grind to a halt and the amount of rain we see from place to place is going to vary quite a bit. but there will be a few areas that pick—up is much as 30 or a0 mm. there is a risk of seeing some localised surface water flooding across the east. man

the former yorkshire cricketer azeem rafiq has taken to social media after an independent review upheldlub "institutionally racist." rafiq tweeted that he's "looking for the right platform" to name "names, dates and every inch of detail" of his racism and bullying allegations. he went on to say that he "needs and deserves closure," and it's clear that won't come because the game wants to stay as it is, and not welcome people from all walks of life. and sri lanka seamer lasith malinga, the most successful bowler andy murray, who won the us open, said it is important to build on achievement. taste said it is important to build on achievement.— said it is important to build on achievement. we knew she was extremely _ achievement. we knew she was extremely good. _ achievement. we knew she was extremely good. she _ achievement. we knew she was extremely good. she hadn't - achievement. we knew she was - extremely good. she hadn't competed much for— extremely good. she hadn't competed much for the last 18 months or so with school— much for the last 18 months or so with school and coronavirus.

let's move on to the yorkshire post. this is a really interesting story.ckground in cities, really interesting talk about the difficulty labour might have in being able to win seats in rural areas. , ., u, , being able to win seats in rural areas. , ., , . ., ., . ~ areas. yes, of course, a lot of talk about in this _ areas. yes, of course, a lot of talk about in this from _ areas. yes, of course, a lot of talk about in this from angela - areas. yes, of course, a lot of talk about in this from angela rayner l about in this from angela rayner about in this from angela rayner about the one of the liberal party need to do to win over voters. there was a used number of seats they would need to win, notjust in urban areas of course and they will need some rural voters they wanted to win back some of the previous voters that labour had that turn to the conservative party in 2019. this is a really and there is a lot going on in the labour party this week and quite a lot of internal drama that i think is really frustrating people and angela rayner is thinking abou

but on the whole it is sunshine across the vast majority of the uk, mid high 205 as far north as yorkshire5 in scotland, 30 degrees possible in the midlands, i think wednesday is going to be every bit as hot across central parts of the uk but notice the lightning flash there's that indicate thunderstorms reaching south—west of the uk. slightly fresher air, 19 degrees in plymouth. still 29, that is a big the contrast, there will be a nasty weather front bringing contrast, there will be a nasty weatherfront bringing big downpours and thunder and lightning. that will spread across the country wednesday night, into thursday, you can see the thrust of the showers moves touted the west and the north. but i think anywhere possible, those downpours on thursday. and quite a bit low to their temperatures, we are back into the low 205. some of that heat hanging on to east anglia. a brief spell, let us call it a mini heat wave. enjoy it why it lasts. that's all from the bbc news at six so it's goodbye from me , hello there, and welcome along to sportsday. i'm gavin ramjaun. a ruthless display from ind

much cooler in stornoway, 18 celsius, but the mid—20s for the lowlands of scotland, 27 for yorkshire,to get 30, it will be the hottest day since 23july, after a relatively cool august, because the temperatures never really got that high during august — a little unusual. so this is what it looks like on wednesday, the weather map. you can see a low pressure approaching us, weather fronts here too. these are showers and thunderstorms reaching southwestern parts of england and also wales, some showers getting into northern ireland too, but the rest of the country is still basking in that summer sunshine — temperatures just shy of 30 celsius, i think, on wednesday. i mean, they could reach 30 once again, but look at that, plymouth there, cornwall and devon, only around 19 celsius. and then wednesday night into thursday, those showers spread across the country. there could be some showers and thunderstorms almost anywhere, really. and on thursday itself, you can see it's much fresher across the uk. some of that warmth is still left around lincolnshire and east anglia, but the vast majority

and much cooler in stornoway, 18 degrees, but the mid—20s for the lowlands of scotland, 27 for yorkshireill be the hottest day since the 23rd ofjuly, after a relatively cool august, because the temperatures never really got that high during august — a little unusual. so this is what it looks like on wednesday, the weather map. you can see a low pressure approaching us, weather fronts here too. these are showers and thunderstorms reaching southwestern parts of england and also wales, some showers getting into northern ireland too, but the rest of the country is still basking in that summer sunshine — temperatures just shy of 30 degrees, i think, on wednesday. i mean, they could reach 30 once again, but look at that, plymouth there, cornwall and devon, only around 19 degrees. and then wednesday night into thursday, those showers spread across the country. there could be some showers and thunderstorms almost anywhere, really. and on thursday itself, you can see it's much fresher across the uk. some of that warmth is still left around lincolnshire and east anglia, but the vast majority of us

police in north yorkshire say their operation to drain lakes and search woodland in relation to the disappearancecant discoveries. claudia lawrence has not been seen since she failed to arrive for work at the university of york in march 2009. she was part of one of the most successful british female bands of all time, with 20 consecutive top ten singles. now tributes have been paid to the girls aloud singer sarah harding, who has died at the age of 39. she was diagnosed with breast cancer last year. our entertainment correspondent, lizo mzimba, looks back at her life. his report contains some flashing images. after three months of competition, the moment her dream came true. ..sarah. cheering. but sarah harding could scarcely have imagined the success that would follow. every one of their first 16 singles a top ten hit. thanks to a collection of irresistibly catchy songs, they were soon selling thousands of singles... # sound of the underground...# ..and performing to sold—out audiences. # if i had a promise from you... # sarah brought powerful vocals and a willingness to be portrayed... # makes

and a lovely end of the day captured by a weather watcher sue in west yorkshire.t to form, heavy showers crossing the midlands, some of those downpours been captured by our weather watcher. look at this one, a downpour crossing the skies in warwickshire captured by weather watcherjack. right now if anything, the rain is getting a bit heavier, a bit more extensive as well as it marches its way across wales, midlands, across northern england and scotland. slowly we are starting to see the rain ease off across westernmost areas of northern ireland. so here it should be a reasonably dry start to the day on sunday. the rift deepens between france and key western allies over a cancelled submarine contract — the french foreign minister says relations with australia and the us are in crisis. from paris, here's hugh schofield. for the americans, the australians and the british, it's a new alliance to ensure stability in the pacific and thwart the strategic ambitions of china. but australia's decision to buy nuclear submarines from the us has left the french feeling stunned

and a lovely end of the day captured by a weather watcher sue in west yorkshire.those downpours been captured by our weather watcher. look at this one, a downpour crossing the skies in warwickshire captured by weather watcherjack. right now if anything, the rain is getting a bit heavier, a bit more extensive as well as it marches its way across wales, midlands, across northern england and scotland. slowly we are starting to see the rain ease off across westernmost areas of northern ireland. so here it should be a reasonably dry start to the day on sunday. but otherwise, many of us will see at least some rain during day on sunday as these areas of rain continued to push their way eastward. the rain is going to get increasingly heavy later in the day across eastern areas across england. where the rain is going to grind to a halt and the amount of rain we see from place to place is going to vary quite a bit. but there will be a few areas that pick—up is much as 30 or a0 mm. there is a risk of seeing some localised surface water flooding across the east. many western