rebecca morelle, bbc news, thejurassic coast in dorset. and to mark the anniversary a spectacular lighting ceremony was set up by the hollywood sign trust. millions of people visit this tourist attraction every year in search of a photo or selfie of those huge, world famous white letters. to celebrate, the hollywood sign trust lit up the letters with the original 4,000 vintage bulbs that illuminated the real estate sign hollywoodland back in 1923. hello again. yesterday it was a wet and a windy day. we had gusts up to 80 miles an hour around north wales, but that was all because of storm elin, which has cleared away to the east, and today we have this area of cloud moving in all linked into storm fergus, which is mostly going to affect the republic of ireland. there will be little if any impact to the uk, but we will have some rain moving and spreading north and eastwards across many areas. the winds are strengthening later around those irish sea coasts, as we go through this afternoon it will push into scotland, clearing for much of engla

a dorset wheelchair basketball coach has won this year's bbc south unsung hero award.in the �*80s and �*90s and has even set up some teams in poole, but — following the pandemic — terry wanted to start again. my full name is terry dennis and i coach the dorset demons wheelchair basketball team. there was no wheelchair basketball in dorset, everything had fallen apart, so in 2021, i applied for some funding to run some taster sessions — just to see if there was a need for wheelchair basketball in the county. and it proved very successful. we've been training here ever since. it's turned into something special. my confidence has skyrocketed. my anxiety is very much gone. —— my anxiety is pretty much gone. this is my life now. i'm enjoying it so much. loved every second of it since the first taster day. without him, i don't know what i'd do to this day and i'm _ thankful to have him. he gives it his all. even when he's poorly and sick, he's still here. and he'sjust brought so many people, whether they're disabled or not, together, and it'sjust brilliant. describe terry as

rebecca morelle, bbc news, thejurassic coast in dorset.n trust. millions of people visit this tourist attraction every year — in search of a photo or selfie of those huge, world famous white letters. to celebrate — the hollywood sign trust lit up the letters — with the original four—thousand vintage bulbs that illuminated the real estate sign — hollywoodland — back in 1923. they also bought 400 gallons of white paint to give the letters a makeover. you can see more you can see more of you can see more of that on the website. stay with us, more coming up website. stay with us, more coming up shortly. hello. another wet day for many of us. and further rain and wind to come for a time at least this evening, particularly across western parts of the uk, around the irish sea. but then later tonight and towards the early hours, the skies will clear and the winds will fall light. now, if we look at the satellite picture, this swirl of cloud that is actually storm franklin moving across the island, bringing severe gales there. reports of even the o

rebecca morelle, bbc news, thejurassic coast in dorset.t was swimming close to the shore. the whale can be seen straying into shallow waters in an area near perth — and attracting the attention of people at the beach. the whale later managed to swim back into deeper waters, before heading back out to sea. a marine biologist told the bbc that the whale could have been at risk of stranding, and that this kind of behaviour is "unusual and perilous". finally — here in the uk, members of the royal family have unveiled their official christmas cards. the prince and princess of wales have opted for a black and white family portrait showing william, catherine and the three children looking relaxed injeans and white shirts. that's in contrast to king charles and queen camilla, who have gone for a more formal look in their card — which shows them in full regalia in the buckingham palace throne room on coronation day — may 6. that's all for now — stay with bbc news. hello. for the second evening in a row, we've seen gusts over 70mph hit west wales. o

earlier, the home in dorset. were brought back on board the vessel in october. we're in other news today, the child serial killer lucy letby has been found unfit to practice. at a hearing this afternoon in letby had told the nursing and midwifery council she didn't object to losing her credentials . but she said she credentials. but she said she maintained her innocence. in august , the 33 year old was august, the 33 year old was sentenced to 14 whole life orders after she was convicted of the murders of seven babies and the attempted murders of six others . the head of thames water others. the head of thames water has told mps the company doesn't have enough money to cover its ballooning debts. the uk's biggest water supplier was £1.35 billion of external debt, down with the first 190 million due to be repaid in april next year. it comes days after interim bosses said immediate and radical action was needed to secure the company's financial future . members of the fire future. members of the fire bngades future.

rebecca morelle, bbc news, thejurassic coast in dorset. and partially sighted gamers have often been left out of the fun, but new technology and some gaming companies are working to change that. andrew rogers reports. video games have never looked better. with lifelike visuals and stylish cinematics, many are a feast for the eyes. but some players have to rely on other senses. players like ben, also known as sightless kombat. he is testing out a new kind of game codenamed project black kat, based entirely on sound. there are basic visuals there that can be used to play the game with sight, but also, as well, there is menu narration, so it will speak the menus as you go through. automation: audio glossary, j button two of five, a to select. and it will speak the tutorials. there is audio description, as well. a long, cold corridor extends before you. | slightly ahead to the right is a wooden crate. - it is kind of handholding, but it's a way of doing it that feels relatively dynamic as you play through. he is also an ambassador for the roya

this is a barge moored in portland in dorset and which can house around 500,000 people. 0ffice spokesperson people. the incident involves an asylum seeker on the bibby stockholm. it would be inappropriate to comment further at this time. and you can see the bbc website, where we do have live updates on this breaking story, which is that an asylum seeker is reported to have died on board the bibby stockholm barge in dorset. and now we have the weather, with carol kirkwood. hello again. there's been some heavy rain already this morning, a lot of which is now moving away into the north sea, but will linger across scotland. and for the rest of the week, there will be some rain at times, not as heavy as today. it's going to be blustery at times as well. but towards the end of the week, it looks like it is going to turn that bit drier for most of us. now, what we have currently is that area of low pressure which is driving our weather. it's slow—moving. in the centre of it, there's hardly a breath of wind, so any showers in the centre will also be slow—moving. the first front clearing away, but t

the snout was discovered by a fossil enthusiast near kimmeridge bay in dorset. was excavated by a team dangling off ropes halfway down a fast—eroding cliff face. it was all followed by a bbc documentary team and sir david attenborough. in these waters, underneath my feet, lurked the ultimate marine predator, the pliosaur. this gigantic reptile grew to more than 12 metres, powering through the water with huge paddle—like limbs. it would have terrorised the oceans. this is a surface scan of the skull of the pliosaur. scientists have learnt that it had a bite force similar to a t—rex. what we're looking at here is the top predator in the environment. you know, this animal had a huge bite. it would have been able to eat pretty much everything else that was around in the water at that time, including some other very large animals. the exact location where the pliosaur�*s head was found is a closely guarded secret. the rest of its skeleton is probably still there and the team wants to get it out. i will stick my life that the rest of the animal is there. it won't be l

rebecca morelle, bbc news, thejurassic coast in dorset.mming close to shore. the whale can be seen straying into shallow waters in an area near perth and attracting the attention of people at the beach. the whale latest one back into deep waters before heading back out to sea. that is all the time we have for here on bbc news. do keep watching. hello. for the second evening in a row, we have seen gusts over 70mph in west wales. of course, on saturday evening, it was storm elin that brought the very strong winds — whereas on thursday evening, it was storm fergus, with a top of 74mph recorded at aberdaron. now those blustery conditions will tend to ease over the next few hours, with the winds picking up across the midlands, east anglia, and southern counties of england — might be strong enough to wake you from your slumbers. further north, the winds will be that bit lighter, and it's here where we will see the lowest temperatures. in scotland, 2—5 celsius, otherwise the winds keeping those temperatures up for northern ireland, england, and w

the snout was discovered by a fossil enthusiast near kimmeridge bay in dorset.iff face. it was all followed by a bbc documentary team and sir david attenborough. in these waters, underneath my feet, lurked the ultimate marine predator, the pliosaur. this gigantic reptile grew to more than 12 metres, powering through the water with huge paddle—like limbs. it would have terrorised the oceans. this is a surface scan of the skull of the pliosaur. scientists have learnt that it had a bite force similar to a t rex. what we�*re looking at here is the top predator in the environment. you know, this animal had a huge bite. it would have been able to eat pretty much everything else that was around in the water at that time, including some other very large animals. the exact location where the pliosaur�*s head was found is a closely guarded secret. the rest of its skeleton is probably still there and the team wants to get it out. i will stick my life that the rest of the animal is there. it won�*t be long before the rest of the drop site and gets lost so it would be advant

the dark clay of dorset�*s kimmeridge bay is rich in fossils. why is that?dden away for millions of years. it's only now, as the rocks crumble, that these fossilised skeletons are finally being revealed. the exact location where the pliosaur�*s head was found is a closely guarded secret. the team believes the rest of the skeleton is still embedded in the cliffs. i'll stake my life on the rest of the animal is there, that's for sure. really, it should come out because it's in a very rapidly eroding environment. this part of the cliff is going back by feet a year and it won't be very long before the rest of it sort of drops out and it gets lost, so it would be advantageous to do this because the opportunity is once in a lifetime. the pliosaur will be put on display in dorset in the new year and it will bring scientists from all around the world to study it, to learn more about this monster of the seas and the world it lived in all those millions of years ago. rebecca morelle, bbc news, thejurassic coast in dorset. absolutely amazing. stay with us here on bbc n

stockholm barge in portland in dorset at around 622 this morning.crews is now they are conducting an investigation that has been opened and the coroner has been informed as well at this stage, we don't know the person's age. we don't know their country of origin or what caused their death. what we do know is that there have been unconfirmed reports of suicide that we cannot obviously confirm freedom from torture has responded, saying that until this government stops forcing refugees into unsafe and undignified accommodation, we will continue to see horrific stories of deaths. so suicide attempts, serious health issues and unnecessary suffering . care and unnecessary suffering. care for calais issued a similar statement as well. and we know that 39 men who previously stayed on the barge had issued a letter to the home office describing how they found conditions on the bibby stockholm terrifying , like stockholm terrifying, like a prison. they said it left them feeling stressed and anxiety . feeling stressed and anxiety. and they reported in that lett

uh, sufficiently acquainted with the tuesday with dorset costume and customs. but but the picture is sandwiched by two very sombre , sandwiched by two very sombre, um, headlines. we have israel in war on seven fronts. as minister, this is about the gaza war, which israel . uh, yes. so war, which israel. uh, yes. so have l war, which israel. uh, yes. so have i. and the israeli defence forces have warned that this is going to only intensify. but on top of that, the main headline is thc ghq chief warns ministers over government by whatsapp. so this has been a big issue. of course, we've followed the covid inquiry and this is a staple of our time when ministers at at all rates at all ranking, uh , ranks, uh, they ranking, uh, ranks, uh, they communicate through whatsapp and the risk is of course, transparency. they can pull a hillary clinton at any time , uh, hillary clinton at any time, uh, if you like. and just say messages better reference , isn't it? >> losing your phone in the nonh >> losing your phone in the north sea. that was a great way to go. >> that was

dorset police confirmed last tuesday that the man had died on board the accommodation vessel based atn was from albania is the pouch as part of the government's efforts to cut us accommodation and its can house up to 500 single men, awaiting the outcomes of their asylum applications. —— the barge. there are reports from ukraine that some frontline military operations are having to be scaled back because of a shortage of artillery shells. there is continuing doubt over funding from international allies, but the deputy defence minister has told the bbc he is confident that funding will carry on. general ivan gavryliuk told abujalil abdurasulov that ukraine is making plans to increase its domestic military production. translation: the problem of ammunition shortages, i particularly with artillery rounds will not go away. in the short term, ukraine has decided to address this issue by increasing the production of kamikaze drones. next year, we have an agreement with the netherlands and they plan to provide two billion euros in support. as for the us, the congress is supposed to approve ne

now, one part of the country sensitive to more rain is dorset, where we've got a number of flood warningshere could be 20—30 millimetres of rain here. you can keep up to date with the flood warnings online. we could see the risk of flooding increasing this weekend with more rain moving in. and this is the rain that's heading in at the moment from the southwest. we've got this rain still across scotland leftover from earlier on that is moving northwards. allowing that rain to come in from the southwest and usher in some milder air as well as some stronger winds as well. so for many parts, it's going to be a wet start. and because of that, we're looking at a mild start to saturday, no frost this time. you can see the extent of the rain across england and wales and northern ireland. it's going to move northwards and eastwards. could be quite heavy for a while. for england and wales, we should eventually see some sunshine coming in from the west. the odd shower but rain could return to northern ireland, and it looks quite cloudy for scotland with some rain from time to time. mild though tempe

rebecca morelle, bbc news, thejurassic coast in dorset.ridge, it ran on the flat area, past the service area, and then it started to climb slowly up to get to the top of these hills here. and the first blast we did, we threw rock everywhere. i was sheltering in a ditch because it was coming down on top of me. and neil wasn't the only one who had rock flying at him from the construction. this local in tickenham had a rock narrowly miss his house in 1970. ifound just outside was a large lump of rock, which apparently had come from the top here by the blasting. as a bit of a motorway nerd myself, i have always been obsessed and fascinated by this structure on the m5. think how many holidays and family trips have come down this stretch of motorway and driven past the high—low bit. no one in 1973 thought this structure would still be here, seeing millions of cars going for it. it's one of our iconic structures, it's a bit of a gateway to the southwest. 50—year—old structure is a bit like a 50—year—old person, a 50—year—old car. it needs mainten

two-year-olds' pre-schooling in 2023, but the illustrative 2024-25 department for education funding to dorsetng looks to be a net 17p per hour less than it is today, and that is giving west dorset preschools some nervousness about their sustainability. will my right honorable friend support me to ensure that educational funding formulas will take into account the challenges of rural living and allow excellent preschools to -- >> in a couple of years' time, we will have increased spending to over £8 billion every year on free hours and early education, which will help working families with childcare costs, indeed, it is the single biggest investment in childcare in england ever. but my honorable friend makes an excellent point, and that is why we will ensure that there is a discretionary supplement in the local authorities' local funding formula for rural communities to account for the smaller economies of scale, so that they can continue to deliver their very vital work. >> nine months on from the windsor framework, i thank the prime minister for his ongoing efforts to restore the northern ir

to give you some background to that a vast barge which has been moored off the coast of dorset sinceages there of _ further. and we are seeing some images there of the _ further. and we are seeing some images there of the bibby - further. and we are seeing some - images there of the bibby stockholm, and this is part of the government's plan, housing like this is part of the government's plan to move asylum seekers away from expensive accommodation.— seekers away from expensive accommodation. . , ~ _ accommodation. that is right. asylum seekers are frequently _ accommodation. that is right. asylum seekers are frequently housed - accommodation. that is right. asylum seekers are frequently housed in - seekers are frequently housed in hotels around the country while they are awaiting the outcome of their asylum application. the home office, when it's first came up with this bibby stockholm idea, said it would help relieve pressure on the taxpayer. as you say, claiming that it would be less expensive to accommodate asylum seekers on the barge rather than in hotels. when those asylum seeke

this area of low pressure has brought quite a bit of rain, especially towards parts of wiltshire, dorset, somerset. that heavy rain moved eastwards, will stay cloudy and quite showery for many parts of england and wales. still quite a bit of snow over the higher ground of scotland and northern england. showers coming in here, but sunny spells for much of scotland and northern ireland. maximum temperatures this afternoon 6-8. maximum temperatures this afternoon 6—8. through this evening, we continue with that cloud. outbreaks of patchy rain across many parts of england and wales, particularly heavy towards the north—east of england. there could be a little wintriness over the high ground, but with clear skies over scotland and northern ireland, here we will see a frost. england and wales, temperatures about 3—6. during tuesday, we continue with a lot of cloud, some drizzle and showers and places. gradually, that clears towards the east. there will be lovely sunshine across scotland and northern ireland, but it stays quite cold on tuesday. temperatures 3—4 — five celsius. across england an

that is, until he fell for kindergarten teacher, kathryn dorset.came a marriage, a career, and a baby. but would stephen disappeared, detectives wondered if there was a drop in his seemingly normal life. but even they could not have imagined the sinister scheme at the heart of this case. here is andrea canning with shattered bonds. >> 9-1-1 wears the emergency? >> there's a fire burning. >> it might be a car. >> you think it might be a car? >> as a hot, office nights turned in today. the car burst into flames. the sound woke up to neighbors in a quiet street on the jersey shore. no one knew how it happened, or why. when those questions were finally answered, a bigger mystery unraveled. ♪ ♪ ♪ only four miles from their, but a world away was a closely cul-de-sac. where this family lived. everyone near the door sets, there was thomas busy with his wrist fridge ration business but not too busy to lend a hand. the wife leslie, a school board member. and the daughter, kathleen, a kindergarten teacher. kathleen loved her work, left her parents, and seemed

protest rally in front of dorset arms factories in england. in this demonstration, under the title of closing these factories , it was held. british citizens demanded the closure of pro-israel weapons factories. the perfumers also called for an immediate ceasefire in gaza . in glasgow, scotland, protesters gathered in front of the ba shipbuilding company. they asked the british government to support a permanent ceasefire in gaza, cut ties with the occupying regime and stop arms trade with this regime. in other news in scotland, a citizen who was with the leader of the british labor party in one of the trains this country had faced him and severely blamed him for refusing to call for a cease-fire in the gaza strip. this citizen says how many more children should be killed . the process for you to request a cease-fire. the contradictory statements of the american statesmen and their allies regarding human rights in ukraine and palestine have caused the westerners themselves to consider human rights as a tool to achieve their political goals whil

now, one part of the country sensitive to more rain is dorset, where we've got a number of flood warningsllimetres of rain here. you can keep up to date with the flood warnings online. we could see the risk of flooding increasing this weekend with more rain moving in. and this is the rain that's heading in at the moment from the southwest. we've got this rain still across scotland leftover from earlier on that is moving northwards. allowing that rain to come in from the southwest and usher in some milderair as well as some stronger winds as well. so for many parts, it's going to be a wet start. and because of that, we're looking at a mild start to saturday, no frost this time. you can see the extent of the rain across england and wales and northern ireland. it's going to move northwards and eastwards. could be quite heavy for a while. for england and wales, we should eventually see some sunshine coming in from the west. the odd shower but rain could return to northern ireland, and it looks quite cloudy for scotland with some rain from time to time. mild though temperatures 8—9 in scotland

now, one part of the country sensitive to more rain is dorset, where we've got a number of flood warnings20—30 millimetres of rain here. you can keep up to date with the flood warnings online. we could see the risk of flooding increasing this weekend with more rain moving in. and this is the rain that's heading in at the moment from the southwest. we've got this rain still across scotland leftover from earlier on that is moving northwards. allowing that rain to come in from the southwest and usher in some milderair as well as some stronger winds as well. so for many parts, it's going to be a wet start. and because of that, we're looking at a mild start to saturday, no frost this time. you can see the extent of the rain across england and wales and northern ireland. it's going to move northwards and eastwards. could be quite heavy for a while. for england and wales, we should eventually see some sunshine coming in from the west. the odd shower but rain could return to northern ireland, and it looks quite cloudy for scotland with some rain from time to time. mild though temperatures 8—9 in

protest rally in front of dorset arms factories in england.this demonstration, under the title of closing these factories, it was held. british citizens demanded the closure of pro-israel weapons factories. the protesters also demanded an immediate ceasefire in gaza. in glasgow, scotland, protesters gathered in front of the company ba shipbuilding they asked the british government to support a permanent ceasefire in gaza, cut ties with the occupying regime and stop arms trade with this regime. in another news in scotland, a citizen who met the leader of the british labor party on one of the country's trains scolded him severely for refusing to call for a ceasefire in the gaza strip. this citizen says: how many more children should be killed before you ask for fire. in continuation of the fridays of anger march, the people of five provinces of our country came to the streets today to express their disgust. declare themselves against the zionists' crimes against humanity. our compatriots in central provinces, hamedan, kerman, fars semnan declare

now, one part of the country sensitive to more rain is dorset, where we've got a number of flood warningsres of rain here. you can keep up to date with the flood warnings online. we could see the risk of flooding increasing this weekend with more rain moving in. and this is the rain that's heading in at the moment from the southwest. we've got this rain still across scotland leftover from earlier on that is moving northwards. allowing that rain to come in from the southwest and usher in some milderair as well as some stronger winds as well. so for many parts, it's going to be a wet start. and because of that, we're looking at a mild start to saturday, no frost this time. you can see the extent of the rain across england and wales and northern ireland. it's going to move northwards and eastwards. could be quite heavy for a while. for england and wales, we should eventually see some sunshine coming in from the west. the odd shower but rain could return to northern ireland, and it looks quite cloudy for scotland with some rain from time to time. mild though temperatures 8—9 in scotland to a

one part of the country sensitive to more rain is here in dorset and it is going to be a mixed bag thisnd this will bring us our first band of rain of the weekend. ahead of that we still have cloud in the north and some rain here. that will head up to northern scotland, allowing the next batch of rain to sweep up from the south—west, heading to northern ireland and much of england and wales by the morning. on saturday. a mild night. this is the main rain, could be heavy at time and it will head north and east. followed by sunshine in england and wales. more rain comes back into northern ireland and we keep cloud and rain for much of the day in scotland. temperatures here 8 or 9. up to 1a in the london area. it is going to be windy. the winds picking up in northern ireland and much of england and wales. gusts of 60 or 70mph around the irish sea coasts. tomorrow night the winds ease and we will keep some rain for a while in the north. another band of rain

the g 2 and a small car from dorset, which of laura selves under the deal name for $24000.00 euros. the cars are not quite as cheap as in china because they have to be retrofitted at great expense. everything from seat belts to airbags on account of european safety regulations. you would you want small cars to have equipment that much is vehicles that can go to 100 kilometers on the track. there's no difference, not even in the safety requirements. is just us in china or in asia also in india have a lot of vehicles that cost well under $10000.00 euros, which i don't think will be available here. ready and from 2024, every car registered in the you will have to have complex driver assistance systems that can regulate the speed and warren, when the car leaps its lane, as well as extra bells and whistles like driver driving us detection. that's where the beauty of traffic and technological hurdles that the use, imposing on the small cost sector or a hindrance to shop prices on the small chinese cars have to undergo a radical overhaul to qualify for you home, a location. not every cheap

joining me now from dorset is lucy thompson who campaigns to raise awareness about the danger of drinkhit you because two of your friends had their drinks spiked, backin friends had their drinks spiked, back in 2021. so, hearing about the comments made byjames cleverly, what went through your mind? yeah comments made by james cleverly, what went through your mind? yeah i think it is absolutely _ what went through your mind? yeah i think it is absolutely sickening, - what went through your mind? yeah i think it is absolutely sickening, a - think it is absolutely sickening, a senior minister in charge of keeping women and girls are safe things that something like this is a laughing matter. it happened to my friends and within half a day of putting out and within half a day of putting out a call for survivors to share their stories, the account i set up was inundated with hundreds of responses. if you ask any of your friends, if it hasn't happened to them, they'll know someone who has been affected by this so it's really upsetting. been affected by this so it's really u-asettin. been affe

the albanian asylum seeker was found unresponsive aboard barge in dorset on aboard the barge in dorseter said. they weren't there weren't thought to be any suspicious circumstances surrounding his death. a pre—inquest review is to be introduced in the new year. and that's the latest from the gb newsroom . you can get more on newsroom. you can get more on our website gbnews.com . our website gbnews.com. >> thank you sam and you join us. there's been a mass shooting in prague. 11 are dead, 33 injured, including nine seriously. i'm joined in the studio by mark white, our homeland security editor. mark a dramatic event. what's the latest out? >> well, the operation is still on going in the sense that the police are still trying to clear the university . there are the university. there are charles university, right , right charles university, right, right in the centre of prague itself. we've seen live images from prague that show that operation underway with the emergency services surrounding the university and the old square. we've just got a hold of some other video that hopefully we can

now, one part of the country sensitive to more rain is dorset, where we've got a number of flood warningsan keep up to date with the flood warnings online. we could see the risk of flooding increasing this weekend with more rain moving in. and this is the rain that's heading in at the moment from the southwest. we've got this rain still across scotland leftover from earlier on that is moving northwards. allowing that rain to come in from the southwest and usher in some milder air as well as some stronger winds as well. so for many parts, it's going to be a wet start. and because of that, we're looking at a mild start to saturday, no frost this time. you can see the extent of the rain across england and wales and northern ireland. it's going to move northwards and eastwards. could be quite heavy for a while. for england and wales, we should eventually see some sunshine coming in from the west. the odd shower but rain could return to northern ireland, and it looks quite cloudy for scotland with some rain from time to time. mild though temperatures 8—9 in scotland to a high of 14 in the sout

now, one part of the country sensitive to more rain is dorset, where we've got a number of flood warningsod warnings online. we could see the risk of flooding increasing this weekend with more rain moving in. and this is the rain that's heading in at the moment from the southwest. we've got this rain still across scotland leftover from earlier on that is moving northwards. allowing that rain to come in from the southwest and usher in some milderair as well as some stronger winds as well. so for many parts, it's going to be a wet start. and because of that, we're looking at a mild start to saturday, no frost this time. you can see the extent of the rain across england and wales and northern ireland. it's going to move northwards and eastwards. could be quite heavy for a while. for england and wales, we should eventually see some sunshine coming in from the west. the odd shower but rain could return to northern ireland, and it looks quite cloudy for scotland with some rain from time to time. mild though temperatures 8—9 in scotland to a high of 14 in the southeast with some late sunshine. i

vicki young- — an asylum seeker on board the bibby stockholm barge in dorset has died.ocked off portland, houses people awaiting the outcome of their asylum applications. campaigners say it is a human tragedy for which the government must take responsibility. our home affairs correspondent daniel sandford is with me now. what more can you tell us? the bibby stockholm is a large accommodation barge and a cheaper alternative the government says, to keeping asylum seekers and hotels. it first hit the headlines in august when it was closed almost immediately after it opened because of fears over legionnaires�* disease. now there has been a sudden death. police say they were called just after 6.20 this morning and are investigating the circumstances that several sources have told the bbc it is thought the man may have taken his own life. charities that work with asylum seekers say that people staying on the barge are a bit isolated because it is in a restricted area of the port. so although they are free to come and 90, although they are free to come and go, they have to go

an asylum seeker has died on board the bibby stockholm barge in dorset. south coast, was adapted to house people awaiting the outcome of their asylum applications. campaigners say it is a human tragedy for which the government must take responsibility. here's our news correspondent danjohnson near the barge. it's not possible to get very close to the bibi stockholm because it's in the secure part of the harbour here in portland. this is the best view that we can get. there doesn't seem to be any particular extra activity around the barge, just a handful of people coming and going. but we know the police are investigating the circumstances around this sudden death, which was reported in one of the cabins here at around 6:00 this morning. and the home secretary has referred to it in the house of commons, saying that the circumstances will be looked into. but he couldn't give any particular detail at this stage. this was the sort of thing that people had been warning about, the impact that living on something like that could have for the men who are containe

now, one part of the country sensitive to more rain is dorset, where we've got a number of flood warnings be 20—30 millimetres of rain here. you can keep up to date with the flood warnings online. we could see the risk of flooding increasing this weekend with more rain moving in. and this is the rain that's heading in at the moment from the southwest. we've got this rain still across scotland leftover from earlier on that is moving northwards. allowing that rain to come in from the southwest and usher in some milderair as well as some stronger winds as well. so for many parts, it's going to be a wet start. and because of that, we're looking at a mild start to saturday, no frost this time. you can see the extent of the rain across england and wales and northern ireland. it's going to move northwards and eastwards. could be quite heavy for a while. for england and wales, we should eventually see some sunshine coming in from the west. the odd shower but rain could return to northern ireland, and it looks quite cloudy for scotland with some rain from time to time. mild though temperatures 8—9

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