radio four today programme. —— regular recognisable voice on radio fourtoday programme. —— radio regular recognisable voice on radio four today programme. —— radio four. do you stay here with us on bbcugh, flooding continued to be of concern, particularly in the passage of this area of low pressure. storm conall, named by the authorities in the netherlands, where gusts of wind could reach 80 miles an hour, bringing some disruption. for us, it brought some quite heavy rain across southern coastal counties of england. across the flood—hit midlands, there was less rain from that — about 10—12mm — and so the flooding across the midlands didn�*t really worsen. and i�*m pleased to say the severe flood warning that we did have around northampton has now lifted. these flood warnings in central southern england, they were new warnings as a result of the passage of storm conall. but over the next few days, this area of high pressure is going to keep many of the weather fronts at bay from the midlands and central southern england, and so there�*s going to be time for those flood waters to ebb away. there will be a significant reduction in the number of flood warnings over the next couple of da

bbc world news and has also presented the news at 6pm and a ten p. this year she fronted the news that several general election debates and is recognised on radio four�me. she willjoin bloomberg and be it editor at large in its weekend edition. the shortlist for the wildlife photographer of the year people's choice award have been announced. they include pictures from around the world of all sorts of wildlife — from big cats, to birds, whales and frogs. the contest aims to show of earth's wildlife in its full glory, but also show some of the threats and challenges animals face, too. the photos were selected from nearly 60,000 entries by the natural history museum in london, and by an internationaljudging panel. now the public can have their say on the images, voting for their favourite picture online or at the wildlife photographer of the year exhibition at the museum in london. you are watching bbc news. the uk's foreign secretary, david lammy, has been facing questions for the first time from the foreign affairs select committee. david lammy has been outlining his strategy for britain's future relationship with a new us administration, as well as c

well, i heard a judge on radio four the other morning, and i thought, i don't still listen to the bbc sadly sacrilege on this channel. >> sadly i do, but a very good but on this particular interview it was interesting because the judge said we the judiciary, are very unhappy with this. we have not had an impact statement on this. we really we've got to judge something with the facts and they are concerned. how do they get the facts? how do they know that the person sitting there has made the right decision without coercion, without persuasion, without all kinds of things from family members or from friends or from anybody else? and that's to me, i think, a big and they should not rush this . this was pushed not rush this. this was pushed out by starmer. this is another classic starmer mistake. and you do not rush. you don't rush to. do you mean he's really don't he's using the backbencher kim leadbeater to put out a debate that he feels he wants to support. regrettably, i think it's certainly in my time. controversial issues were pushed out by backbenchers , not the out by backbencher

. >> and june spencer, who played matriarch peggy woolley in the bbc radio four's the archers , bbc radio the archers, had died at the age of 105. spencer had played the character since the show's first episode in 1951, and only announced her retirement in 2022 at the age of 103. credited as being the longest serving character in the programme, june passed peacefully in her sleep in the early hours of this morning . early hours of this morning. it's been announced that the princess of wales is to attend two remembrance day events this weekend. buckingham palace said kate would attend both the remembrance sunday service at the cenotaph and the festival of remembrance at the royal albert hall tomorrow. but the palace says that the queen's attendance at the remembrance events will be subject to medical advice nearer the time. queen camilla is unwell with a chest infection and was forced to pull out of engagements earlier this week. those are the latest gb news headlines. for now, i'm several more in half an hour. >> thank you sophia. now, with donald trump, the new us president, and keir sta