lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow.n west yorkshire this evening as the first event to mark bradford's status as the uk's city of culture for 2025 will go ahead, despite the icy temperatures. the open—air event, titled rise, has been co—created by the bradford—born magician steven frayne, formerly known as dynamo. more than two—hundred performers will take to the stage at city park. let's speak to our media and arts correspondent david sillito who's in bradford .. i'm glad to see you have taken your big coat! it i'm glad to see you have taken your his coat!— your big coat! it is -2 at the moment. — your big coat! it is -2 at the moment, and _ your big coat! it is -2 at the moment, and when - your big coat! it is -2 at the moment, and when we - your big coat! it is -2 at the i moment, and when we arrived your big coat! it is -2 at the - moment, and when we arrived it was 41 — moment, and when we arrived it was 41 it — moment, and when we arrived it was 41 it is _ moment, and when we arrived it was —11. it is nippy! bradf

lorna gordon reports.gers on board. some here taking the trip specially to witness the long—awaited maiden voyage. it is just quite exciting to at last get a chance to be on the boat and come across here. and what i�*ve seen so far is absolutely beautiful. it�*s so fresh, like getting a new car. hopefully there will be less cancellations, there will be more capacity for people to get on and off the island. it remains to be seen, i suppose, but fingers crossed. it has been really difficult, especially this year, - because the ferry has been off so often. - you can be on the island for two or three days with no ferry- service at all, so that can be - difficult, especially for people who need to get over to the mainland for appointments and things like that, i so hopefully this isjust going to be a bigger, . more reliable ship. the ferry is seven years overdue and hundreds of millions of pounds over budget. the saga of costly delays and technical problems cost islanders dear. it�*s been difficult for islander

let's head to lorna gordon.ure where you are, lorna. ~ ., ., ., lorna. ten o'clock tomorrow morning is when the — lorna. ten o'clock tomorrow morning is when the red _ lorna. ten o'clock tomorrow morning is when the red warning _ lorna. ten o'clock tomorrow morning is when the red warning kicks in - is when the red warning kicks in here. the winds start hitting south, south—west right across the central belt, that is an area home to around 3 million people, more than half of scotland's population and includes its two biggest cities, edinburgh and glasgow. the danger two life comes from flying debris and falling trees and police warned it will be hazardous to be out and about. they haveissued hazardous to be out and about. they have issued an advisory saying they don't want to see people on the roads, people travelling in the affected areas. there are also school closures, hundreds of thousands of pupils are expected to miss their classes for the day. the disruption tomorrow will be significant. disruption tomorr

lorna gordon, bbc news, glasgow.eme court will hear closing arguments today in a case over whether tiktok should be banned in the country, if it doesn t separate from its chinese owner bytedance. the split is required by a biden administration law which says it's necessary to protect national security. tiktok and some its content creators have argued the ban would violate their first amendment rights to free speech. tiktok says it's used by around 170 million americans. the new law is set to take effect in nine days time. 0ur north america technology correspondent lily jamali has more. well, congress passed that law in april on national security grounds. lawmakers expressed concerns that tiktok�*s chinese ownership, bytedance, means that the data of millions of americans could be compromised, and that they are also prone to manipulation by china's communist party. tiktok has consistently denied those allegations. they have expressed confidence that they will get the outcome that they seek from the supreme court. pres

there has been extensive disruption that is lorna gordon in scotland. reduced weather warnings — compared to ireland, northern ireland and scotland. our correspondent, danny savage, is in penrith. i think it's important to point out that it was an amber weather warning, which was in place across northern england. still in place, obviously not as severe as what we had in scotland and northern ireland. however, by early afternoon here in cumbria, the m6 was littered with lorries and vans which had been blown over onto their sides by strong cross winds over a stretch from carlisle down to tebay. we saw several of them throughout the early afternoon. elsewhere, we had plenty of tiles blown off roofs as well. we're in penrith earlier. several streets were closed off by the police because it was dangerous to walk down them because debris was still coming off the roofs. lots of the other transport disruption in the north of england was pre—empted, though. the a66 was shut from midnight last night, that's still closed and the west coast and east coast main line

the west coast of scotland, south ayrshire, and the isle of arran. 0ur scotland correspondent lorna gordon't normally attract this attention but this is the glenn sannox and took its first passengers this morning from the scottish mainland to the island of arran. it has come in four times over budget in seven years late, the cost for the two ferries running at around £400 million. it's indicative of a problem across the west coast ferry network where the fleet is ailing and ageing and the average age of the ten major vessels on the calmac fleet is more than 23 years old. breakdowns are common, islanders suffer delays and problems with business and sometimes going to the problems w

sarah girvin is in donaghadee, lorna gordon is in glasgow. first, let's speak to chris.ure like there in county mayo? yes, there in county mayo? it is here in ireland's atla ntic yes, it is here in ireland's atlantic coast that storm eowyn made landfall and the red warning has now actually expired. then and western counties of ireland. as you can still see, it is quite blustery nonetheless. about 70 miles north in county galway, at five o'clock this morning, the weather station recorded a gust of 114 mph, the strongest ever wind registered in ireland. all in all it has been a pretty rough few hours and the clean—up is only starting. after gathering force over the sea, storm eowyn hit ireland with its full fierceness. early this morning, winds which were already strong, turned savage. at galway aquarium, the gusts pushed flood water into the car park. further north, the town of westport in county mayo took its share of the battering. looking out to sea, the winds are at their maximum strength, and it's obviously too dangerous to go outside into a storm of that ferocity, s

our scotland correspondent lorna gordon reports. hey, girls, thank you very much. support and advice. paul and barry volunteer here. they're both in recovery after years of abusing drugs. talking about like heroin and that. i started taking like 14, 15 a day and just get worse. it just progresses. you're smoking it one minute and the next minute you're jagging it and then in the prison, for years. been very lucky to come out of the overdoses. and what i see with a consumption room is so many people are dying on the streets. and what we need to remember is that's somebody's son or daughter or uncle. you need to remember that and give these people a chance. around 100 people every month are dying from drug misuse in scotland, and the issue is most acute in glasgow. preventing deaths is one of the aims of this new facility, which will be the only one of its kind in the uk. that area is a using space. they'll speak to nurses about the equipment they're going to use today, and they'll be given a clean set of equipment. do they bring in their own drugs or do you provide