this is a picture in tonbridge, taken on wednesday, and still lots of flood warnings in force for thursdayy rain on the way. low pressure moving its way south—west. that will bring heavy rain late morning and into part of dorset, devon and cornwall and spreading eastwards towards london and kent as we head into the afternoon. further north, some drier weather through part of the midlands into wales and scattered showers to the north of that. quite blustery conditions. top temperature is cooler than recent days, seven or 8 degrees for many. let's focus on the heavy rain in the afternoon. there could be 20 to 50 millimetres of rain in the south, falling on really saturated ground so flooding could be exacerbated and that rain only slowly edging away towards the east as we head to this evening and overnight. march i was coming in tonight across the north—west of the uk, north—east scotland staying pretty windy and wet through the night. but there will be colder than recent nights, temperatures coming down to two to 4 degrees. friday, the area of low pressure will clear away but this low press

previously we've done it with the tonbridge young farmers, as me and my brother matt are members.ily through our farm. we asked for a minimum donation of £10 a tree, and all the money goes straight to the charity. and then we'll come along this coming weekend and collect the tree with our tractor and trailer. the charity they're collecting for is the country trust. it takes children on farm visits highlighting the importance of sustainability, like recycling your christmas tree. for more stories from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. this year sees 2 billion people go to the polls. 50 nations will be voting in a mammoth year of elections. in a few days' time, it'll be bangladesh. the south asian nation, home to 170 million people, was praised for its economy growth story, but is now in the midst of a cost of living crisis. democracy is under the microscope, too. incumbent prime minister sheikh hasina is expected to win a fourth term, thanks in no small part to a boycott by the main opposition party, who have accused the government of violently

multiple trees have fallen on the line between vettel and tonbridge so no trains running between thoseruns that railway line or having to send out crews to help remove the tree so it's not a quick and easy operation. thameslink had a trampoline on the line between venom and chilling today. because of that, services be disrupted, the trembling slightly easier to remove than some of the trees that have fallen down. we mentioned scotrail being one of the areas particularly badly hit. scotrail telling our colleagues on bbc radio scotland that train services are expected to reopen gradually between late morning and early afternoon but the crucial thing is all services will remain suspended until network rail has inspected all the roads across the country for safety reasons. we have been looking at the picture over london but let's go to cornwall. we have had the live view of porthleven. you see the waves crashing into the most southerly port in the country but as we heard from sarah keith lucas o'neill, the strong winds have passed over but on those strong winds, overnight costs between 70

the trees issue, the l national rail website says no trees running from redhill to tonbridge, due to the railway line. there was also a trampoline on the line between rain and gillingham. this is the issue for the cruise, they need to check each bit of the line and that will take time? ii each bit of the line and that will take time?— each bit of the line and that will take time? if you think about it, ou have take time? if you think about it, you have had — take time? if you think about it, you have had wind _ take time? if you think about it, you have had wind up _ take time? if you think about it, you have had wind up to - take time? if you think about it, you have had wind up to 99 - take time? if you think about it, | you have had wind up to 99 mph, take time? if you think about it, i you have had wind up to 99 mph, i think in yorkshire it was 75 mph. all sorts of debris could fly the tracks. you know, it is not necessarily as simple as let's move a trampoline and let's move a tree. they have to inspect every bit of that line. i'm glad you raised it, it's one of the reasons they