but for me and the _ website and the bbc sport app. me and the team, we _ website and the bbc sport app. but for me and the team, we will - website and the bbc sport app. but for me and the team, we will see i website and the bbc sport app. but i for me and the team, we will see you again a bit later on. good afternoon. i'm samantha simmonds. scotland is preparing for the arrival of storm babet. the met office has issued a rare red warning — which indicates a potential risk to life from flooding and high winds. in the last hour, angus council has told people living in 350 homes in breekin to evacuate, as a precautionary measure. rest centres will be open from three o'clock — and people have been asked to bring their own sleeping bags and supplies. the area has flooded in the past, and there are fears the waters could rise over the top of the defences. babet has already moved across ireland, causing severe flooding. these pictures were filmed a short time ago near aberdeen. you can see how the waves are being driven onto shore by the hi

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc. coe team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. some fresh autumn weather on the way. chilly even for some of us in northern parts of the uk, but certainly nothing out of the ordinary. it's been so mild across many parts of the country so far this month. so we're back to really where we should be this time of the year. so this is what's happening on thursday. this is the air mass, the temperature of the atmosphere. so still some warmth and humidity across the south. in fact, temporarily thursday into friday, we'll see a resurgence of that warmth as the wind direction changes temporarily from the southwest. but then come saturday and sunday, it's a northerly and that autumn chill arrives touch of frost across northern areas by night, even a little bit of wintriness across the scottish hills. so let's have a look at the forecast then through the early hours, really quite cloudy and wet across some southern parts of the uk. but to the north of that it's generally clear and chilly. in the

you can get all the latest sports news at the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.com/sportt centre, goodbye. hello there. we've started this week off on a fine note, but things are turning more unsettled now tuesday onwards, and by the end of the week, it'll be turning windier with plenty of blustery showers. so, rain at times over the next few days, but there will be some drier, brighter, sunnier moments at times. the pressure chart for tuesday is pretty complicated. we've got a mess of weather fronts across the country, so generally cloudy, i think, today, with variable amounts of rain. i think most of the rain, persistent at times, will be across northern and eastern england — areas that really don't need any more rainfall, so we have a met office yellow warning in here in force for tuesday up until around lipm. elsewhere, there will be some sunshine around — best of it, scotland, maybe southern england, but even here, there'll be a few showers as well. temperatures, 10—15 degrees, and winds will remain light and variable for many. now, as we head through tuesday night,

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.ukn soon. goodbye. from me and the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. so far this october, we've been building in some pretty big contrasts in terms of rainfall. parts of the south haven't even had a single drop of rain yet, whereas across northern scotland, aboyne in aberdeenshire, we've already had 113 millimetres of rain. that's already more than an average 0ctober. and of course, we're only a third of the way through the month. then we had these temperature contrasts on tuesday — 26 degrees in writtle near chelmsford in essex, just 13 in lerwick, behind a cold front across the far north of scotland. and over the next few days, as that cold front pushes its way gradually southwards, we are going to see those temperatures drop away. and certainly by the time we get to the weekend, we'll all be feeling as if autumn has firmly arrived. mind you, for some of us, the temperatures will be dropping as we look at the weather into wednesday. here's our cold front,

you can get all the latest sports news on the bbc sport app or from our website. centre, goodbye for now. hello. some of you may be forgiven for thinking that summer has returned this weekend. yes, for some of you, the weather is set to get a lot warmer. but before you get there, at the moment, cloud is thickening to our west and we have rain on the way as well for quite a few. now we're starting to see rain edge into northern ireland. that's going to be turning steadier and heavier over the next few hours, but some patches of rain also for the southwest of scotland, the north—west of both england and wales. with extensive cloud around, it's a mild start to thursday morning, with temperatures into double figures widely. but across the northern half of scotland with some clearer skies here — we're starting on a chilly note. now, through thursday, this low pressure is the system that's bringing the rain. so it's going to be quite windy. you can see some fairly tightly packed isobars there. the rain at its heaviest in the morning across northern ireland. that wetter

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.comort centre, goodbye. hello there. once again, the weather is going to make the headlines over the next few days. we have another named storm following on from storm babette. this time it's ciaran, expected to arrive wednesday night into thursday. yes, damaging gusts of winds, but more importantly, widespread heavy rain falling on already saturated ground. that could cause some issues. before that, though, we've got an amber weather warning that remains in force until 9am this morning. we're likely to see this relentless feed of wet weather, with that easterly wind. so a further 70—100 millimetres of rainfall where we've already seen some flooding. so there could be some further issues this morning. we'll also see some wet weather as well spilling across parts of north—west england, down through lincolnshire, east midlands, over into the london area. south of that, slightly brighter skies for a time, but by the end of the afternoon, more wet weather starting to push into the south—west

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.comat the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello there. it's been a fine start to the week, thanks to a ridge of high pressure. we've had some sunshine, chilly nights, mind you, with some frost and fairly cool days. tuesday, the last of this settled, chilly weather, because by wednesday onwards, we start to see low pressure taking over, bringing gales, heavy rain, but also milder air too. now this area of low pressure has been named storm babette by the met office. that's going to continue to push northwards, affects our shores wednesday, thursday, merges with a larger area of low pressure — and that area of low pressure itself will affect us for the end of the week and into the weekend. so rainfall totals really mounting up across the board, but particularly so across more northern and eastern parts of the country. and we do have some concerns for eastern scotland, which could see heavy and persistent rain throughout this week, which could lead to localised flooding. of course, the ground is p

there's more on those stories and all the latest sports news on the bbc sport app and our website. e bbc sport centre, good night. hello there. we have more unsettled weather on the way for the last few days of october with more rain falling on very saturated ground in areas which still have flooding. and we're likely to see further issues at times. so unsettled, rain at times, but especially wet for eastern scotland. it's all down to low pressure anchored to the west of ireland. it's a huge area of low pressure with showers and bands of rain spiralling around it, and even some little low pressure systems running around it, such as this one, which could impact parts of england and wales on saturday night to bring a spell of very wet and windy weather. now, watch out for some very dense fog patches across the east midlands into eastern england, certainly for lincolnshire, certainly through the morning rush, but they should tend to lift into low cloud. we start off with some sunshine, and then we'll see showers develop across southern and western areas where it'll be quite breezy in t

their sense of space awareness while in the air you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport appest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. hello. following on from our very warm september, october has also started on a warm note — particularly towards the south. that's the way it'll stay through the next few days, at least. we're looking at some warm days ahead, particularly towards the south. mild nights with no frost around, and some rain at times through the week ahead, too. so we've got a few fronts around — one of them producing quite a lot of cloud and outbreaks of light patchy rain over the next few hours across parts of southern england, wales, too. so a murky start here, some low cloud, fog and drizzle around coasts and hills. very mild in the south to start monday morning, 111—15 celsius. further north, though, we're looking at temperatures in single figures from the word go under those clearer skies. and we'll keep some sunshine across scotland, northern ireland, and northern england, too. one or two blustery showers in the far northwest. further south across th

bbc four at ten o'clock tonight. you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app or from our website — that's bbc.co.uk goodbye. you're watching bbc news. i'm lukwesa burak. labour leader sir keir starmer is about to use a speech at his party's conference in liverpool to promise to "build a new britain" if the party wins power at the next election. he's expected to outline plans to give extra powers for housing to local mayors and call for a "decade of national renewal", suggesting he's aiming for at least two terms in power. live now to our political correspondent nick eardley in liverpool. we are now to find out about, why labour? it we are now to find out about, why labour? , , , ., ., labour? it is impossible to ignore that labour _ labour? it is impossible to ignore that labour has _ labour? it is impossible to ignore that labour has a _ labour? it is impossible to ignore that labour has a spring - labour? it is impossible to ignore that labour has a spring and - labour? it is impossible to ignore i that labour has a spring and instead given the polls in recent months, the victories, but there has

don't forget, you can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app or from our website as wellthat's bbc.co.uk/sport, but for me and the rest of the team at the bbc sports centre. goodbye for now. hello. well, so far this month, many parts of the country have been experiencing unseasonably warm weather. but now the transition to something colder is upon us. and before that happens, a lot of rain through the early hours across many parts of england and wales. the colder weather has already reached scotland and northern ireland. the colder winds are coming in from the north. so clearer spells here and colder in the morning. but across the bulk of england and wales it's overcast. outbreaks of rain heavy at times. this is the weather front and once it clears away that colder weather will sweep in from the north. so still a very mild morning in the south, the mid—teens. and then it's difficult to summarise the weather through friday across england and wales because it will change quite a bit from heavy rain to sunny spells, perhaps some thunderstorms, gusty winds. it's about 50 mile

you can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app, or our website.a beating australia in the cricket. huge celebration there. but for now, from all of us, goodbye. hello. the weekend weather brought some extremes to the uk. we had the very wet weather in scotland, and then on sunday, it was exceptionally warm across so many other parts of the country. in northern ireland, 22.6 celsius — the warmest october day since the �*60s. about 2a in wales — that's the warmest in over a decade. and in london, nearly 26 celsius — about the warmest day in october since 2018. now the rain from scotland is petering out, some areas have had about a month's worth of rainfall recently. and the overall weather pattern is still showing a dip in the jet stream here, which is shunting that warmer atmosphere from the south. so once again, it will be exceedingly warm, not just here in the uk, but across many parts of western and also central europe this week. so the headline is one of a warm start this week — but not completely dry, there is some rain on the way — particular

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk fire overnight has disurpted thousands of passengers and halted air traffic. we hear the fire is believed to have started on a diesel vehiclejust before nine o'clock last night and at level three of terminal two. witnesses saw the saw a car exploded and set off explosions in other vehicles. something like 1500 cars it is believed within the car park and has been huge disruption the airport itself with flights cancelled and flights delayed but they are due to resume in the next couple of hours. wandsworth prison in south—west london has been described as unsafe and inhumane, according to the prisons independent monitoring board. they said they'd seen no real progress" in the past year, which reflects the failures of the prison system as a whole. the report was written before the alleged escape by daniel khalife last month. bhavanni vhadi has more. built during the victorian era and now not fit to function effectively, a damning new report found wandsworth prison in south—west london to

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website, but from me and goodbye. hello there. let's take a look at the latest weather for the week ahead. on wednesday, we did have some sunshine around, but it was a very wet start to the day across southern counties of england, particularly through hampshire and the isle of wight. you can see flooded roads there in east cowes on the island, not far from the ferry terminal. and whilst we did have a met office amber warning out for that heavy rain, it was significant. some parts of the island, in knighton, for example, seeing three weeks' worth of october rainfall injust over 12 hours. looking to the next few days, we hold on to this static pattern, really, of low pressure systems after low pressure systems bringing outbreaks of rain and their associated weather fronts with the jet stream running to the south of us, directing them towards our shores. here is thursday. we've got outbreaks of rain from the overnight period working their way northwards towards the north—east of england and across parts of scotl

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.ukarm first few days of october, following on from the record breaking september. well, joint record, as you can see, for maximum temperatures that was tied with the record set in 1895. now, all that heat and humidity has triggered some thunderstorms during the latter part of monday — they've continued through the night. lots of excess rain, standing water, slow to clear away. as well as that, this weather front here as well, just lingering in south—eastern parts first thing. so a bit misty and a bit grey, showers following towards the north. this is the weather system i talked about, the rain starting to ease, but leaving lots of damp, misty, murky weather and then potentially some thunderstorms following in the wake of that weather front. certainly a fresh night and a cool night to end in the north, but it will still be quite muggy in the south with that lingering misty, low cloud and damp weather, perhaps a few thundery showers across southern areas first thing. but in terms of dry we

quite i think that message is quite powerfut _ you can get all the latest sports news from the bbc sport app hello there. well, storm babet continues to push northwards across the uk. its impacts are likely to be felt for much of the rest of the week. in fact, the met office has issued its highest level of alert. it's a rare red warning, in force for rain, valid from 6pm on thursday evening, right through until midday on friday. it's for north—eastern areas of scotland, parts of angus and southern aberdeenshire. the totals are really going to start to stack up. the rain is quite widespread across the uk as we head through the rest of the week, but nowhere more so than across north—eastern areas of scotland, where there could be as much as two months�* worth of rainfall by the time we get to the end of the day on friday, around 200 to 250 millimetres of rain. and that heavy rain is moving northwards. this is storm babet, of course. the winds are strengthening out towards the east coast of scotland. gusts of wind here of around 70 miles an hour. the winds lightening towards the south. it's tur

you can get all the latest sports news, of course, from the bbc sport app orfrom our website.eam, bye—bye for now. hello. the outlook is a mixed bag. we're expecting rain most days, but it won't be raining all the time. there's certainly some sunshine in the forecast, and wednesday will bring exactly that. let's have a look at the big picture, though, across the atlantic and europe, and you can see this perpetual low pressure around our neck of the woods pushed by this jet stream. in fact, another area of low pressure towards the end of the week. so, a really unsettled picture, a typical autumn, really. and if we have a look at the rainfall accumulation over the next five days, i think all of us are in forfurther rain. typical colours there, so those sort of darker blues around 30—40 millimetres. but some parts of the country, for example, eastern scotland, over a period of five days, could see close to 100 millimetres of rain, but that's only going to be in a few spots. again, that rainfall will be spread out over a much longer period of time compared to what we had in recent

you can get all of the latest sports news from the bbc sport app or website.f slightly drier, quieterweather at the moment as storm babet has cleared away. but there are still plenty of flood warnings in force, particularly through central parts of england. now, monday will see quite a chilly morning, even some icy stretches, but a largely dry day for many of us once again. now for the rest of the overnight period, the early hours of monday morning, we have got some rain sitting out to the west here. but for most of us, clear skies, some mist and some fog patches and temperatures even in our towns and cities close to freezing in the north. could be a bit colder than that in the countryside. so certainly a little bit of ice on any untreated surfaces for parts of scotland and northern england too. now through the day, we've got low pressure trying to squeeze its way in from the west. high pressure, though, holding on, a ridge of high pressure across the near continent. so that's how we start the day largely dry under that area of high pressure. mist and fog patc

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.ukws. let's start in manchester. let's start in manchester where the chancellorjeremy hunt will be addressing the conservative party conference in shortly, which we will be bringing you live here on bbc news. some senior tories, including the former pm liz truss, are piling on pressure for tax cuts. but mr hunt has insisted there will be no tax cuts this year, but doesn't rule out anything for next year. it's the second day of the conference and earlier, the transport secretary announced what he called a "comprehensive plan to back drivers". i'm calling time on the misuse of so—called 15 minute cities. there's nothing wrong with making sure people can walk or cycle to the shops, that is traditional town planning. but what is different, what is sinister and what we shouldn't tolerate is the idea local councils can decide how often you go to the shops and that they russian who uses the roads and when and they police at all with cctv. as i said before, the former prime minister liz truss ha

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.ukou're watching bbc news. i'm catherine byaruhanga. let's get more now on the meeting between the home secretary suella braverman and the head of the metropolitan police about the force's response to pro—palestinian demonstrations in london at the weekend. the met said it had "not identified any offences" in a video posted online showing a man chanting the word "jihad" at an islamist group rally — separate from the main march. within the past hour, met commissioner mark rowley has been speaking about the meeting. we all recognise this is really unprecedented times. the convergence of a range of issues starting from hostile stakes, the iranian threats that have been pushed out across the world including onto the streets of the uk with 15 threats over the last 18 months. the horrific and gruesome terrorist attack by hamas killing over 1000 jews which is staring up issues across the world including here, causing anxiety and fear. and also, aggravating our own threats here. we've got over 5

you can get all the latest sports news on the bbc sport app or from our website. this weekend. yes, for some of you, the weather is set to get is thickening to our west and we have rain now we�*re starting to see rain edge into northern ireland. that�*s going to be turning steadier the north—west of both england and wales. with extensive cloud around, it�*s a mild start to thursday morning, with temperatures into double figures widely. but across the northern half of scotland with some clearer skies here — we�*re starting on a chilly note. now, through thursday, this low pressure is the system that�*s bringing the rain. so it�*s going to be quite windy. you can see some fairly tightly packed isobars there. the rain at its heaviest in the morning that wetter weather then swings across scotland, northern england, wales and some damp weather too, of england probably staying dry until after dark with some bright spells coming through the cloud. and for many areas of the uk, temperatures are running above average. evening trickling down across parts 0n into friday�*s f

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.ukort centre, goodbye. the environmental activist greta thunberg has been arrested at a climate protest in london. she had joined a group demonstrating against the oil industry and the funds it uses around the world. it's not yet clear why she was detained — we'll bring you more details on that when we have them here on bbc news. wages are outstripping inflation for the first time in nearly two years, according to official figures. the office for national statistics said that regular earnings rose by a near record of 7.8% in the three months to august. that means wages are now rising faster than prices for the first time since october 2021. live now to drjeevun sandher, head of economics at the new economics foundation and a former treasury official. just explain what this means today. it means way is ofjust about stopped falling but of course that is not a cause for celebration, take a step back, our wages are about £1000 lower than a decade ago and the reason for that is lack of public

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app or from our website — that's bbc.co.ukbye. hello, you're watching bbc news. i'm catherine byaruhanga. we have some breaking news. the bbc has learnt from an official uk source that "more than ten" british citizens are feared dead or missing in israel after the weekend's attack by hamas. with more on this, here's our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford. daniel, what can you tell us? whenever there is a natural disaster or in this case an act of war, there is a unit within the uk police, the disaster victim identification unit he tries to work out which british citizens have been caught up in the events and that unit has been working away since saturday morning to try to work out which british citizens have been involved. my understanding from our uk source says that the numbers they have now reached into double digits. we have got to ten or more people to have appeared to have either been killed or missing after the events of saturday morning. dead or missing is relevant, because in some places it has not been possib

there's plenty more on the bbc sport app, as well, but from myself, paul scott, and the whole sportsdaytime. hello, there. it's been a fine start to this week, but things are set to turn more unsettled, very autumnal, and even quite stormy, as we see strong winds, gales, and heavy rain spreading northwards across the uk. so some of this rain and strong wind likely to cause some disruption, towards the end of the week. now, it's storm babet, which the met office have named, will be pushing northwards during wednesday, wednesday night, across the uk, then parking itself across the north of the uk for thursday and friday. so rainfall totals really will be mounting up, and i can show you this, in fact, on the rainfall accumulation anomaly — you can see all areas seeing a lot of rainfall, but it's eastern scotland, parts of northeast england, that bear the brunt. some of the heaviest of the rainfall sits here, where we have some concerns with the risk of some localised flooding, but because of the recent flooding across scotland, the ground is saturated, the met office have issued an amber w

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.uk're watching bbc news. i'm celia hatton. we are going to take you to some live images now... i apologise, we don't have any live pictures to take you to. we are going to move on. as we have been hearing, prime minister rishi sunak is in sweden today. mr sunak is meeting with regional leaders to discuss russia's full—scale invasion of ukraine and the group's continued cooperation with nato. but, unsurprisingly, the questions the prime minister was asked from the media centered on the israel gaza war. take a listen: well, it's good to be here in sweden for thejef summit. we've had very productive discussions today, firstly on our collective support for ukraine, where it was also good to hear direct from president zelensky, but also we've discussed the appalling situation in israel, where we are united in condemning this act of terrorism and condemning it in the strongest possible terms. and are the discussions varied? one of the things thatjef does very well is work together to combat hy

as always, there is much more on our website and the bbc sport app where you can read more about thell of the football from all over the world. but that's it for me and the team from all of us here. goodbye. hello there. it's going to stay very unsettled across the uk as we head through this week with low pressure still very much in charge. so long spells of rain, heavy thundery, downpours, the winds are likely to pick up at times. and we'll also see on wednesday night into thursday, our third named storm of the season storm ciaran named by the met office on sunday. and those rainfall totals are really going to start to stack up again as we head through the next five days. you can see all the blues on our rainfall accumulation chart here. more wet weather for flood stricken areas such as eastern parts of scotland. now low pressure is centred out towards the west of ireland, just sending bands of showers swirling around. it should be a largely dry start to the day across scotland, but it is quite a chilly one and it's still quite breezy for many, particularly towards the channel coast

you can keep up to date with that and all the other latest sports news from the bbc sport app, orfromllo, you're watching bbc news. let's stick with sport news, and as we've heard, the men's cricket world cup started in india today with the hosts favourites to lift the title. the love of the sport runs deep in india. in a small village, an enthusiastic girls' cricket team is breaking traditions and dreaming big. our south asia correspondent samira hussain reports from punjab. the pure joy of cricket. these players are part of the gulab cricket academy. all girls, all from neighbouring villages, and all heart. in rural communities, girls don't usually get these kinds of opportunities. they are the lucky ones, playing on a cricket pitch in the heart of farm country. this girl has been on the team since it started four years ago. she plays with passion and dreams of making it big. translation: when we are playing i a match i feel like i am wearing i a jersey for team india. when i play i feel only one thing, that i am not playing for india now, but i will play for india's cricket team so

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that�*s bbc.co.uksited a jewish school in london to underline his support for the community. it comes as london�*s metropolitan police reported a rise in anti—semitic attacks, and, on friday, threejewish schools in north london closed over security fears. mr sunak spoke to a reporter after meeting with students. well, i�*ve come to thisjewish school this morning specifically to demonstrate my solidarity with thejewish community here in the uk and let them know that we�*re going to do everything in our power to keep them safe. last week i met with the community security trust and police chiefs. we provided more funding for the community security trust. that�*s the organisation that helps keep schools, synagogues and otherjewish community institutions safe. we spent time with the police to make sure they have all the tools, powers and guidance they need to police protests over the weekend appropriately and strike that right balance. it�*s a difficultjob, but i�*m grateful to them for everything that they

you can get all the latest sports news at from the bbc sport app, orfrom our website — that's bbc.co.ukd the rest of the team at the bbc sport centre, goodbye. returning now to the conflict in the middle east — and western diplomats say they're conducting intense discussions with israel about the future for gaza, trying to find a political solution to the war. uk foreign secretary, james cleverly, is in abu dhabi in discussions trying to get aid into gaza and foreign nationals out. well, of course, there is a risk that this escalates and spreads across the region. it is in nobody�*s interest for that to happen. i've spoken extensively with the political leadership in all the countries around israel's border — including with lebanon — and we are working to try and make sure that this does not become a regional conflict. and to iran, we've made it clear it would be completely against their own interest to see this escalate. we do not want to see the militia groups or terrorist organisations that we know they fund to get involved in this. we need to de—escalate. we need to get the humanita