amol rajan, bbc news., that several people have been killed in what is being described as a terror attack. a car drove along a path for pedestrians and cyclists in what police are describing as a terrorist attack. we are waiting for a news conference in new york for an update on the situation. i think it's about to start. you're watching those live pictures with me. we're going to hear from the commissionerjames o'neill of the new york city police department. i think the mayor of new york is also there. let's listen in. good afternoon everybody. steve are we good? good afternoon everybody. steve are we good 7 all good afternoon everybody. steve are we good? all right. keep in mind this incident occurred a little more than two hours ago, all the information that we're giving you right now is preliminary and subject to change. after i speak you will hear from the governor and the mayor. bill sweeney is standing up here with me too. members of my executive staff. we have members of the state police. first i w

amol rajan, bbc news., ladies and gentlemen. best remembered perhaps as team captain of the bbc‘s never mind the buzzcocks, he was the youngest winner of the perrier comedy award backin winner of the perrier comedy award back in 1990. many parts of the uk have been experiencing a red sky for most of the day. scotney castle in kent was badly damaged in the great storm of 1987. women's raging at 100 miles an hour ripped trailers off the ground. group of houses all but swept away. the most devastating storms in 1703. it caught the southern half of the uk totally by surprise. gusts of up to 115 miles an hour ripped 15 million trees from the wet ground, tore off roofs and cut power to thousands of homes. 18 people were killed and the damage ran to over £1 billion. andrea pell celebrates her 30th birthday today. her mother still remembers a hazardous dash to hospitalfor the birth. as we got further and further, the storm got worse and worse. trees started falling in front of us and behind us. at one stage, we ju

amol rajan, bbc news.al executive committee has told the bbc she was raped at the age of 19 at a party event by a party member, and was then persuaded by a senior labour official to drop her allegations. bex bailey is now calling for an independent agency to investigate reports of assault and harassment within the party. 0ur political correspondent vicki young reports. bex bailey has decided to speak out. she hopes talking about her personal ordeal will help change the way all political parties handle allegations of sexual misconduct. she says she was raped at the age of 19, and the party didn't do enough to help. was raped at the age of 19, and the party didn't do enough to helplj was seriously sexually assaulted at a labour party event by... it wasn't an mp, but someone who was more senior. to me, i told a senior member of staff. it was suggested to member of staff. it was suggested to me that i not report it. i was told if i did it might damage me. i wasn't given good advice, i wasn't given a procedure

amol rajan, bbc news.ort and he joins us via webcam now. david, thanks so much forjoining us again here on bbc news. ijust wondered how are you now? in terms of gambling? yeah. just a haunting i've got (inaudible) and who do you blame or what do you blame for your addiction? to be honest, first and foremost, i have to blame myself, because it's me that pressed the button. it's me that put the money in the machines or transferred the money into betting sites. first and foremost myself. but after that, once i'd lost the average man's intelligence to deal with this sort of thing, i needed help and that i believe is a duty of care on the industry to put that help in place. what role did these fixed odds betting terminals play in your problem? very little really, that sounds a bit of a dead end comment to give you, but i was averse to going out in public and gambling. they're semipublic because they're in betting offices. though i may have dabbled, i soon moved onto a secretive way of losing lots of money and t

amol rajan, bbc news.re being sifted out of one of the largest reservoirs in the midlands. it's to make way for essential maintenance work on bittell reservoir in worcestershire. the operation will take two weeks, and cost hundreds of thousands of pounds. sima kotecha has the story. it usually holds a billion litres of water, to feed into neighbouring canals and rivers, but up at bittell reservoir, nestling on the edge of rural worcestershire, is being drained for urgent repairs. the fish, however, won't be left high and dry. today, a rescue mission is underway to make sure they stay alive during the process. there's bream in here definitely. large nets are being deployed to capture them and it's costing tens of thousands of pounds, so why do it? fish are an important part of the ecosystem. they're food for birds like herons, kingfishers, and even perhaps the occasional otter would visit here as well, so it's important that we save the fish. but wading through the thick silt and handling the slippery, ofte

amol rajan, bbc news.and asked him about the significance of the asa ruling. it's the first of its kind on snapchat which is a new platform but social media advertising is a growing part of what we do. the key thing is that these celebrities are followed because people are interested in their original opinions. if what they are saying is controlled by an advertiser or brand and they've ta ken controlled by an advertiser or brand and they've taken money and entered into a transaction to say it, that isn't their opinion, that's advertising and they need to be upfront with people and make it obviously identifiable as advertising. it strikes me that it must be very hard to monitor this. snapchat particularly, these things disappear so quickly. there is an avalanche of stuff, notjust on snapchat but all social media. how do you at the asa monitor this stuff? consumers can bring complaints and it sometimes only ta kes complaints and it sometimes only takes one complaint to see the advert banned and we have offic

me now is our media editor amol rajan.e retail high—street aspect and the people that go into gamble. this review was meant to come out in june, gamble. this review was meant to come out injune, was delayed because of the snap election, it's an announcement about a snap consultation, the one hard proposal is this idea to radically reduce the amount people can spend on this fixed odds betting terminals, the bookies clustered in high streets. these terminals have two main features, you can bet very quickly, within 20 seconds you can bet again and again to £100 and tracy crouch the minister said they want to radically reduce that threshold and increase the gap between beds. the gambling industry i am sure in this consultation will be lobbying very ha rd to consultation will be lobbying very hard to say it should come down from 100 to £50, people worried about addiction and the fact these shops tend to congregate in poor areas say they need to reduce it more to £2 to stop people getting into the habit of addictive gambling. up