danjohnsonjoins us from portland in dorset.ut the circumstances of this incident? it's not clear yet exactly what went wrong last night. we know there were two helicopters low—flying out at sea off the coast here in conjunction with the aircraft carrier hms queen elizabeth. these were night—time flying exercises. when one of those helicopters was forced to ditch into the water. to my crew members were rescued and taken to hospital and didn't suffer serious injuries —— two crew members. but sadly a third, his body was recovered. the prime minister, the defence secretary and the head of the navy come the first sea lord, all expressed their sympathies. that's the man has not been named but we understand he was based at the royal naval station yeovilton at somerset. we know that there will be a full investigation into the circumstances of this incident but the weather last night here was much better than it is now. we understand it was clear and dry so that investigation will explore exactly what went wrong with this helicopter, wh

elon musk frankly gave me the most beautiful endorsement he had dorset me all the time he says this is a guy that's is the only guy that will save our country has been very generous. and i think he makes an unbelievable product but you have to be able to also sell gasoline powered cars. we have a gasoline. and they want to use something we don't have. but china has because for the batteries and everything in china has uncontrolled that markets. but the problem is they don't go far, and they have other problems like if it's cold you get a bit cold up here it does not work too well and the cold. and a lot of assets into. and he will do great. his car is fantastic. but you have to be able to have other type like hybrids, hybrids are good it's a good thing. you have to be able to do that. i'm going to end that mandate can you imagine they want almost immediately go to all electric. and we don't have a lot -- and that's electric take care of ourselves you go to california they have blackouts and brownouts everything all day. california is a mass. they have the governor of california gavin h

south that we've got that threat of big thunderstorms through the west midlands, wales down towards dorset devon, for instance, as well. 16 to 23 celsius for most of us, some sunshine holding on for east anglia and the south—east for a good part of the day. always coolerjust along that north—east coast and that low cloud and mist and murk willjust drift its way further west as we move through the course of tonight. there'll also be another batch of showers moving into the far south. another mild night for most of us, with temperatures remaining in the mid—teens in the south. into single figures across the north of scotland under clearer skies. now through the day tomorrow, we start off a bit like today with quite a bit of cloud, should thin and break with some sunshine developing, but then that threat of heavy showers and thunderstorms, hail could be mixed in and some torrential downpours through parts of the midlands, wales and the south—west of england. again, this area most prone, but there could be one or two elsewhere. temperatures about 16 to 23 degrees again on saturday, so fine in

leftenant rhodri leyshon died when his merlin helicopter came down on wednesday off the coast of dorsetother servicemen survived. his family says he was immeasurably loved by his parents, siblings, partner, and friends. the number of endangered puffins on the farne islands has increased by 15% despite worries about the impact of bird flu. the national trust has declared that the population is "stable" after rangers counted more than 50,000 breeding pairs on the site, which is off the northumberland coast. a national memorial is going to be placed in st james park next to the mall in honour of her majesty queen elizabeth the second. sunday is the second anniversary of her death at balmoral at the age of 96 sport — and at the paralympic games, great britain has now won 42 gold medals — surpassing their haul from tokyo 2020 with two days of competition at the paris games left to go. wheelchair fencer dimitri coutya won gold in the men's individual epee category. his achievement followed successes for cyclist dame sarah storey, who won her second gold of the games in the women's c4—5 road r

billy monger was on the dorset coast yesterday, completing a 1.2 mile sea swim, 56—mile cycle followedly will have to cover double that distance in the hawaiian heat. it's been multiple double amputees that have attempted this challenge, and they haven't been able to finish because of the scale of the challenge. so there's no there's definitely not one part of me that's underestimating how hard it is going to bejust to finish in under 17 hours, let alone try and break that record of 16 hours 26. it's probably going to be the toughest thing i've ever done. he's had to learn to swim in open water, how to adapt to cycling with prosthetics, and how to run long distances with blades. the ironman in hawaii is widely regarded as the toughest one day endurance event in the world. i've been training since october of last year, doing about between 10—20 hours of training a week. so yeah, you could say i'm feeling ready for it. but equally, nothing can prepare me for what i'm going to face out in hawaii. as hard as this challenge is, this is another level again. the amount of equipment, i mean, c

the helicopter crashed off the coast of dorset on wednesday night dunng of dorset on wednesday nighten elizabeth. an investigation into what caused the aircraft to ditch is ongoing. the police watchdog will probe the release of footage to the media of an incident at manchester airport. it comes after a mobile phone video clip of an officer kicking and appearing to stamp on the head of farage armas, went viral on social media as he and his brother mohamed ahmed were restrained by officers. further footage obtained by the manchester evening news emerged days later , which showed the days later, which showed the immediate lead up to the incident on the 23rd of july. in other news, boris johnson has suggested prime minister sir keir starmer and home secretary yvette cooper are to blame for the most recent deaths in the channel after the government scrapped the rwanda plan. it follows a tragic incident this week where 12 lost their lives when a boat capsized , the when a boat capsized, the deadliest crossing this year. former prime minister mr johnson says the government must act for keir

coastline , ditched off the dorset coastline, killing the 31 year old.rhodri's family described him as talented, passionate , strong and loyal . passionate, strong and loyal. the snp has called on the prime minister to u—turn on plans to cut winter fuel payments. research has shown that close to a million pensioners in scotland received the payments between 2022 and last year , but under 2022 and last year, but under new plans by the labour government, 87% of those would lose that financial support. more heavy rain is expected across the uk today, with many still at risk of flooding. the met office has said a new band of heavy and thundery rain will arrive on the south coast today and will make its way north overnight. it says some places could see up to 100mm of rain, and there was a risk of power cuts and flooding and cause difficult driving conditions . in difficult driving conditions. in sport, britain's jack draper has crashed out of the us tennis open after being sick four times dunng open after being sick four times during his semi—final. the brit

but yesterday rachael griffin, the senior coroner for dorset , ruled that coroner for dorset, ruled thatnding roberts tragic and untimely death. miss griffin acknowledged there were individual errors, but said they do not amount to a systemic failure. roberts mother said this the home office don't want to engage with us. everything is wrong in this country and it will continue to happen again . will continue to happen again. peter wallace roberts's heartbroken stepfather, said this. there were so many warning signs that he should not have beenin signs that he should not have been in this country here, and yet the home office did nothing at all about it. so the simple question tonight is this is it time somebody in the home office was held accountable for the tragic loss of tom roberts? okay. let's get the thoughts now of my panel. and i'm joined by the daily telegraph superstar columnist allison pearson. lord bailey, the conservative peer. and also by matthew laza former labour adviser. welcome back to the show. i found that incredibly difficult to read out. i read that 5 or 6 times a da

the helicopter crashed off the coast of dorset on wednesday night dunng of dorset on wednesday nightxercise with hms queen elizabeth. an investigation into what caused the aircraft to ditch is ongoing . the aircraft to ditch is ongoing. now the home secretary has chaired a summit addressing the escalating crisis of people smuggling across the english channel. the meeting followed a tragic incident this week where 12 lives were lost when a boat capsized. the deadliest crossing this year. yvette cooper has been joined by key cabinet ministers, intelligence officials and law enforcement agencies to target criminal smuggling networks. she says there's a moral imperative to act and wants to see tighter collaboration with european partners. >> command to go after the criminal gangs. they should not be able to get away with making profit in this way and we need to build on some of the progress that's been made , increasing the that's been made, increasing the work with our european partners as we've been doing in recent weeks and even in the last few weeks. we've seen the work with bulgaria

let's bringing dorset jabari and bear with them on that. tell us more about these evacuation orders and the reports of loud explosions in the southern suburbs of able to dawson yes. how are you? these really military issued a warning to residents who evacuated about an hour ago at fault in certain areas, 3 locations within the southern suburb, this of the routes. and they said that as they are, if they are near these locations, that they are a near interest in facilities belonging to has the law. and that's uh, the is rarely military. we targeted them with full force and for their, for their own safety. people must evacuate buildings immediately and stay at a distance of the less than 500 meters. now, in the past 1520 minutes, we have heard at least 2 loud explosions from the southern areas of the capital. we're about less than 10 kilometers away from those areas. and at the 1st, as air strikes, we heard was a hitting an area called like lucky as well as the 2nd one would weighs in the southern suburbs of at here. and it was loud enough tha

we already know from the police a boat involved in this in the initial inquiry called the dorset bellere was a suggestion it might have been involved in this, but the coroner in this case has now ruled today that that vessel was not involved in any way in this incident. the evidence in this case will continue this afternoon, and it will conclude towards the end of next week. duncan, thank you. duncan kennedy reporting. a former harrods boss has told the bbc he witnessed "abhorrent" behaviour from the department store's owner mohamed al fayed, but not sexual abuse. james mcarthur, who was harrods chief executive for ten months in 2008, said al fayed made inappropriate jokes and acted unprofessionally, but that he was unaware of allegations of sexual abuse or an investigation by the metropolitan police. the number of illegally modified electric bikes confiscated by uk police forces has increased significantly. in the last 12 months, more than 900 illegal e—bikes were seized, compared with 511 for the previous year. that's according to 27 forces that provided data. the number of housing

the helicopter crashed off the coast of dorset on wednesday night dunng of dorset on wednesday night during the training exercise with the hms queen elizabeth aircraft carrier. in an investigation into what caused the aircraft to ditch is ongoing . the aircraft to ditch is ongoing. in other news, a 27 year old painter and decorator has been sentenced to nine years in prison for his role in a violent riot outside a rotherham hotel housing asylum seekers. sheffield crown court heard thomas birley engaged in what the judge described as grotesque acts of violence, fuelled by malicious and ignorant social media posts. the judge called it one of the most serious cases of the rioting , imposing an the rioting, imposing an extended five year licence because of what he called burley's ongoing dangerousness. now the home secretary has chaired a summit addressing the escalating crisis of people smuggling across the english channel. the meeting followed a tragic incident this week where 12 lost their lives when a boat capsized. the deadliest crossing this year. yvette cooper has been joined by k

one person has died after a royal navy helicopter ditches in the sea last night near dorset.istry of defense is that helicopters were taking part in a night exercise when the incident occurred. lucy b has replaced her legal team and is planning a new appeal. a former neonatal nurse, one of the uk's most notorious modern serial killers convicted in two separate trials of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven others under her care. indecent assault charges in the u.k. against the disgraced hollywood for producer harvey weinstein have been discontinued in their prosecution. cps said it made the decision after reviewing the evidence in the case and concluding there is no longer a realistic prospect of conviction. 72-year-old was charged in 2022 with two counts of indecent assault dating back to 1996. the chief prosecutor at the international criminal court has told the bbc justice must be seen to be done, after seeking an arrest warrant in may for israel's prime minister and the defense minister. he was also seeking mourns for three hamas leaders, two of whom have s

the merlin mklr people were on board the merlin mk4 during a night exercise when it ditched off the dorset coastline, killing the 31 year old. a statement from rodger's family described him as talented, passionate , strong and talented, passionate, strong and loyal. it said we will always have him in our hearts. our wonderful boy . the snp has wonderful boy. the snp has called on the prime minister to u—turn on plans to cut winter fuel payments. research has shown that close to a million pensioners in scotland received the payments between 2022 and 2023, but under new plans by the labour government, 87% of those would lose that financial support . more heavy rain is support. more heavy rain is expected across the uk today, with many still at risk of flooding. the met office has said a new band of heavy and thundery rain will arrive on the south coast today, and it will make its way north overnight . make its way north overnight. britains jack draper has crashed out of the us open after being sick four times during his semi—final. the british number one had hoped to emulate the likes of and

north—west include sunny spells, further south the threat of thunderstorms to the west midlands, wales, dorsetlways cooler along the north—east coast. the low cloud, estherand cloud, esther and will drift further through the course of tonight and another batch of showers moves into the far south. temperatures remaining in the mid—teens in the south, could just get into single figures across the north of scotland and clearer skies. tomorrow starts with quite a bit of cloud which had thin and bright —— break with sunshine developing, that the threat of heavy showers and thunderstorms, hail mixed in a potential downpours. there could be one or two elsewhere, temperature is about 16 to 23 on saturday, so fine in between the showers and sunshine in the north, which will be the picture on sunday. for northern ireland to western scotland sunny and warm, cool and cloudy around the north—east coast, further south the showers and thunderstorms will be heavier and more frequent, there could be frequent hail and lightning. things turn cooler and more unsettled into next week, a more autumnal spell of weat

the helicopter crashed off the coast of dorset on wednesday night during the training exercise with hms queen elizabeth. an investigation into what caused the aircraft to ditch is ongoing now. the home secretary has chaired a summit addressing the escalating crisis of people smuggling across the engush of people smuggling across the english channel. the meeting followed a tragic incident this week where 12 people lost their lives when a boat capsized. the deadliest crossing this year so far , yvette cooper has been far, yvette cooper has been joined by key cabinet ministers intelligence officials and law enforcement agencies to target criminal smuggling networks. she says there's a moral imperative to act and wants to see tighter collaboration with european partners . the government says it partners. the government says it has no plans to send prisoners to estonia. addressing rumours on policies to ease overcrowded jails, it comes as the uk prison population hit a record high this morning, now reaching 88,521 inmates, 171 more than last week's peak. downin

in decades. dorset jibari algebra 0. they was one of the most and it has moved now from the lebanese capital he has. the law has confirmed the one of the senior commanders abraham co basically was killed today in that strike that is really targeted stripe on the southern cell, but a favorite that densely populated area. we've also heard that about 2 hours ago. there wasn't really strikes in g a, which is a coastal town about 2025 kilometers from where i'm spending this, according to local media, was an industrial site next to a petrol station. and that's also a follows further strikes here in lebanon, on a, from these really ministry in southern lebanon. there are palestinians who has been displaced before syrian to have been space and been going through very recently. and you have the people here in beirut who attends, you know, we've had 3 days of strikes, induction that was friday. that was yesterday. and now today to strike in the southern soap of adult. you know, if this missile strike in g a, i knew about 20 kilome

dorset avari algae 0. they roots. meanwhile, air raid sirens have sounded across central israel into the view of israel's ministry says a muscle was fired from human and intercepted humans who 2 groups that are the most of the killing of us. and us run the on the south side from level non landed on the outskirts of occupied jerusalem rates are and sounded near any legal settlement was ringing on the sold, his life was from amman, jordan, and that's because these are the government's band. i'll just do it from reporting from israel and tell us more about this. miss ald stripe from liber non, what's happened which is in the last several minutes, we're a so hearing of air raid sirens. and drone infiltration is along the border in northern israel. but within the last hour, these really military has said that one rock, it was launched from lebanese territory and landed in the outskirts of occupied east jerusalem near illegal is really settlements. these really authorities are saying that there are now power out

ok, thank you for all those updates. dorset and jabari up at displacements send 10 favorite for us. so let's go to stephanie deca. she's not even amman. jordan, that is the coolest because these rarely governors find out, is there a from reporting in side israel? so stephanie, if you can bring us up to date with all the, the license lines, a you a guessing from israel, i mean, within the last 2 hours or so, we got this update from the is really ministry saying that it was cooling up. it's was that troops along its northern florida. what else of we had yes, it's pulling up 2 bags of reservist as they say to the northern come on to help operational activities. i think, you know, a lot of speculation, whether a ground defensive as dividends need to, we need to be cautious, is, are, all does rely a lot on their reserve. is contingencies these days, 11 months, into very active war. and of course, that more than border is now an active wars zone. having said that, they also say that they have hit $280.00 has a bullet targets throughout the day. 60 of those, these ready army is cooling int

where is really strong, it's been taking place. dorset jabari will bring us to move from the capitol. they routes and from a non stephanie deca will tell us what we're hearing from israel. first, let's go to zane a call to who is near the city. if tar at the scene of the is ready a tax. so there's a lot of panic. as you can see, people are leaving the area because there's been another is really air strike these . the airstrikes have been happening since the early hours of the morning. in fact, in recent days, and we are very, very close to the southern city of tire, that is a very densely populated city, some 25 kilometers from the border. the feeling here is that the is really military wants to drive people out of southern lebanon, causing another crisis that could be used as leverage against has the law not able to reach the price of the price. so there's a lot of chaos here. they are very that there's going to be another strike there's, there's panic and chaos. we are very close to one of the most densely populated citizens in the south of the country. this conflict is moving beyon

than 60 others were wounded among those killed as a senior commander of hezbollah. abraham a que dorset jabari has more from bay re scrambling to find survivors. after his railey strikes his building in a crowded residential area of southern berry, several people were killed and dozens injured.

throughout the city of 2 and a half 1000000 people. israel saying it was attacking a command center as dorset jabari reports. as does come over by roots a hope, said israel with the please to stop it. escalating the tax 11 on were shattered. 10 massive air strikes. targeted buildings in di suburbs, south of the capital of the aftermath in this residential neighborhood was devastating. the rescuers and nearby residents rushed to search the rubble for survivors. dot jo has been hit by israel several times this week. by fridays attack is by far the largest that will be the hudgens. it is in the strike felt like an earthquake of the ground was shaking there. i was on the 7th floor in the southern suburbs and saw a strange mass of fire. the entire building was shaking and it has affected me psychologically on a lot of the more them if you know some of this was a painful strike with innocent civilians affected. what can we say? there are a bunch of criminals, 11 these, i'm not fighting them or bombing buildings like they all have you look at the, israel's military was work the just the 5 bombing a

also tonight: one person has died after a royal navy helicopter ditches in the sea off the coast of dorset — the woman whose husband is on trial accused of inviting dozens of strangers to rape her while she was drugged. and 13—year—old iona winnifrith, the youngest member of the paralympicsgb team, wins silver in paris. and coming up on bbc news, the nations league gets underway this evening, with scotland saying they want to "feel the love again" from fans after a poor

the is ready army for some residents of the some suburbs of able the southern type of sea evacuate dorset . jabari is in the lebanese capital for his bring us up to speed with what's happened to the door. so a lovely is rarely mirrors had military carried out at least 7 airstrikes and the southern suburbs of the capital, including neighborhoods, oven bears, as well as a lackey which is close to the airports. now, based on the 4 digit we've seen come out from those neighborhoods in da here, it appears that residential buildings were once again targeted and at least 4 or 5 of the residential buildings have been completely leveled in certain neighborhoods . now, according to these rallies, they didn't put out a warning issue and residents to evacuate certain areas within da here saying that they're going to be using a full force to attack what they called. whereas the law, so strong assets within these areas and these neighborhoods, but to many people are telling us now that they have also struck various other neighborhoods that were not part of the back to ration order. of course, all this

now facing some of the worst is rarely bombardment in decades. dorset jibari algebra 0, they root. right, well, um, also one this story and the latest developments we have to correspondence shortly. we'll go to home to some foods in jordan's capital bought 1st. all of them austin, who's in beirut already that. yep. and they are okay. all about tell us more about what's been happening. yep. as well basically we've just heard that hezbollah has confirmed the one of his senior commanders abraham co base. he was killed today in that strike that is rarely targeted stripe on dawson, the southern cell, but a favorite that densely populated area. we've also heard that about 2 hours ago, there wasn't was really strikes in g, which is the coastal town about 2025 comes from where i'm spending this, according to local media was an industrial site next to a petrol station. and that also follows further strikes here in levon, on a, from these really ministry in southern 11 known there were 3 more since you and i last spoke. so that brings the total up to $43.00 just in the last few hours. and al

the people that has been internally displaced dorset jabari algebra 0. they was to goes and i was 16 people have been killed and this really strikes across calls early on thursday. this includes 2 children and a woman killed in this way. the attacks and con eunice owners will say being killed and then attack on giovanni, a refugee camp of the north. several other wounded people were taking the hospitals from jamalia. and then also the, the strip. let's have to go so now where does the rest buy from his rouse assaults on palestinian civilians? families power company assume is outside of the i likes the hospital and day around paula and central gaza direct more residential buildings, flats, and more civilians. paying the price for israel's ongoing war and goes yeah, enormous numbers of residential homes have been homage by these verify to get some boost hoftedler unit start us patients. stations close to a gauze, a boat is empty, has been massively hit thing. very densely populated areas are the most of the strength in the central area. oh, and the cell th

south that we�*ve got that threat of big thunderstorms through the west midlands, wales down towards dorsetdrift its way further west as we move through the course of tonight. there�*ll also be another batch of showers moving into the far south. another mild night for most of us, with temperatures remaining in the mid—teens in the south. into single figures across the north of scotland under clearer skies. now through the day tomorrow, we start off a bit like today with quite a bit of cloud, should thin and break with some sunshine developing, but then that threat of heavy

exactly, you know in explaining the sci-fi from in - explaining the sci—fi from in dorset that it doesn'tnse to me that her would kill hostages because they've kept, we forget that had two young israelis, one of ethiopian origin, another in gaza for almost ten years. they were there as bargaining chips to get released long—term as israeli prisons. so, it really doesn't fit the narrative, the picture, the experience that suddenly i think the end game has to be negotiations. i i think the end game has to be negotiations.— negotiations. i cannot see that happening _ negotiations. i cannot see that happening as _ negotiations. i cannot see that happening as long _ negotiations. i cannot see that happening as long as - negotiations. i cannot see that i happening as long as netanyahu is pursuing his military goal because let's face it, if he signs a ceasefire which is essential, if we're going to have the exchange of hostages, he is effectively signing his own resignation. because, the day he signed a ceasefire will be the day of accountability of october seven happened, why there was a breach

dorset avari algae 0. they roots to let join me now is professor seldom bar account, professor of public policy at talent bin holly for university here in dough. so just want to take a look at the reaction we've had. we've had from washington now statement released by president joe biden describing the coming of the house on us for our law as an act of justice. what was also interesting salt on is that in that same statement, he said that he directed his defense secretary to enhance that defense post in the region. we don't know exactly what that means in terms of more american forces or is it sort of resources being deployed to the region? is that concern in washington about the vis triggering an all out war? well, the concern is always being the, but i think this statement is very disappointing because it, we'd have expected him to try and de escalate and try and guide everyone back to the political process. the to himself has been shop running throughout. over the last few weeks, his invoice is being ve

helicopter when it ditched into the english channeljust off the english channeljust off the coast of dorsetme to help in the recovery operation. they did manage to rescue two of the crew and the third, they recovered the body. we don't know whether it is a man or a woman, which of the crewjust along the pilot or the navigator, for example — its a survive. this is a very, very sad news, news — this is a very, very sad news, news that_ this is a very, very sad news, news that everyone connected with news that everyone connected wilh our— news that everyone connected with our armed forces dreads and all— with our armed forces dreads and all my thoughts are with the family and friends and the colleagues today. i've been able — colleagues today. i've been able to— colleagues today. i've been able to share my condolences with _ able to share my condolences with navy _ able to share my condolences with navy personnel and i'm here — with navy personnel and i'm here with _ with navy personnel and i'm here with the first sea lord is. here with the first sea lord is a — here with the first sea lord is

exercise along with the other helicopter when it gazed into the english channeljust off the coast of dorsetom air sea rescue nearby came to help in the recovery operation and as i said they did manage to rescue two of the third they recover the body. we don't know whether it's a man or woman and we don't know which of the crew, with navigator, pilot, was who survived the did not survive. the defence secretary described the news of the crash is dreadful. this defence secretary described the news of the crash is dreadful.— of the crash is dreadful. this was ve , of the crash is dreadful. this was very. very _ of the crash is dreadful. this was very. very sad — of the crash is dreadful. this was very, very sad news. _ of the crash is dreadful. this was very, very sad news. it's news i very, very sad news. it's news everyone — very, very sad news. it's news everyone connected with our armed forces— everyone connected with our armed forces dreads. in all my thoughts are with _ forces dreads. in all my thoughts are with the family and the friends in the _ are with the family and the friends in th

his merlin helicopter came down off the coast of dorset. two other servicemen survived.ty queen elizabeth the second. sunday is the sendon anniversary of her death at balmoral at the age of 96. the co—leader of the green party of england and wales has accused labour of "knowing the price of everything and the value of nothing". addressing the party's annual conference in manchester, adrian ramsay attacked the government's approach on taxation, housing, the nhs, and water pollution. the greens enjoyed their most successful general election ever back injuly, winning four seats. ?here's hannah miller. full of hope and promising change. this is a green party with more power and influence than ever, and its message is clear. because in so many areas, ones that matter deeply to so many of us, labour is getting it wrong. like denying winter fuel payments to millions of pensioners, giving the green light to new climate—destroying airport expansion and to sticking with the cruelty of the two—child benefit cap. the green party has plenty of reasons to cheer, with more mps, council

dorset avari algae 009. i'm going to be here in a couple of minutes with more than her, as well as confirmation that there's liter hudson, this charlotte has been killed and is really strikes. these are life pictures from baby boot. where is where the strikes are continuing on robotics and stay with us on august, the is really forces seek to silence the truth. cindy occupied westbank storming and shutting down houses. here was bureau and romano. the truth must be protected and hurt. and the stories of real people must be told. this is not just an attack on journalism. it's an attack on the world's right to know journal. this is not of coolant or pressing it is a section of the yellow dab ticket number just outside made degrees field spinning many and so for the to so for it to the city, hundreds of thousands or falls from their homes. the floods portable part of crisis here that killed thousands, destroyed private and public property, as well as its restructure. the flood cost mold on each stomach, any infra

the merlin helicopter was training with the hms queen elizabeth aircraft carrier near dorset. the man who died has been informed and an investigation has begun. a court in france has heard shocking testimony from a woman whose husband is accused of enlisting dozens of strangers to rape her — after having her drugged. the abuse is said to have gone on for over a decade — with the husband filming what happened. today, gisele pelicot — who has waived her right to anonymity — told the court of her horror at discovering what had been done to her. 0ur paris correspondent andrew harding has the story, and his report contains distressing detail. in a courthouse in the city of avignon, one woman's voice shook france to the core today. this is gisele pelicot, walking tall, choosing to face the cameras as she came to tell her bone—chilling story. 0n trial here are these 51 frenchmen, all accused of raping pelicot as she lay unconscious in her own bed, drugged by her own husband. in the courtroom, facing that husband, pictured standing here, pelicot described the moment her happy marriage

the merlin mk4 dunng were on board the merlin mk4 during a night exercise when it ditched off the dorset coastline, killing the 31 year old. a statement from rodger's family described him as talented , family described him as talented, passionate, strong and loyal. it said we will always have him in our hearts. our wonderful boy . a our hearts. our wonderful boy. a pro—uk rally is scheduled to take place in glasgow later today, organised by edl founder tommy robinson, who has been warned that anyone engaging in disorder will be arrested and could face prosecution with scotland's first ministerjohn scotland's first minister john swinney stating there is no place for what he called right wing thuggery in scotland. meanwhile, a counter—protest has been organised by stand up to racism. a source for the royal family has said that the king's health is improving , stating health is improving, stating that it's heading in a very positive trajectory. britain's monarch was diagnosed with cancer earlier this year and has since been undergoing treatment. queen camilla seems to have confirmed this ne

the merlin helicopter was training with the hms queen elizabeth aircraft carrier near dorset.ormed and an investigation has begun. a court in france has heard shocking testimony from a woman whose husband is accused of enlisting dozens of strangers to rape her — after having her drugged. the abuse is said to have gone on for over a decade, with the husband filming what happened. today the woman, gisele pelicot — who has abandoned her right to anonymity — told the court of her horror at discovering what had been done to her. 0ur paris correspondent andrew harding has the story, and his report contains distressing detail. in a courthouse in the city of avignon, one woman's voice shook france to the core today. this is gisele pelicot, walking tall, choosing to face the cameras as she came to tell her bone—chilling story. 0n trial here are these 51 frenchmen, all accused of raping pelicot as she lay unconscious in her own bed, drugged by her own husband. in the courtroom, facing that husband, pictured standing here, pelicot described the moment her happy marriage collapsed, when a

suggestion that might involved in this, but the corner in this case is now ruling today that the dorsetcontrol the $20 billion rupert murdoch media empire, believing to stem from of deep rift in the murdoch family. it's been fought out between closed doors, but the result has been not been made public. emma vardy reports. vegas is where you go to get married, they say, and reno to get divorced. now this has become the somewhat unlikely location for settling a family power struggle between the media mogul rupert murdoch and his children. are you confident of victory? normally, we would be inside a courtroom like this reporting what's going on. but for this one, we are locked out. but for this one, we're locked out. i want a broadcast network. i want to see what other news operations we can sweep up. local m — dad, nobody watches tv. the case has been nicknamed succession because of its resemblance to the tv show inspired by the murdoch family. rupert murdoch owns many newspapers and television networks, including the right—wing outlet fox news. his eldest children were set to get equal p

one person has died after a royal navy helicopter ditched in the sea last night off the coast of dorsettaking part in a night exercise when the incident occured. lucy letby has replaced her legal team and is planning a fresh appeal, her new barrister mark mcdonald has told the bbc�*s file on 4. letby, a former neonatal nurse, is one of the uk's most notorious modern serial killers, convicted in a two separate trials of murdering seven babies and attempting to kill seven others under her care. indecent assault charges in the uk against disgraced former hollywood producer harvey weinstein have been discontinued by the crown prosecution service. the cps said it had made the decision after reviewing the evidence in the case and concluding �*there is no longer a realistic prospect of conviction'. weinstein, 72, was charged in 2022 with two counts of indecent assault for alleged offences in 1996. the chief prosecutor of the international criminal court, has told the bbc �*justice must be seen to be done', after seeking an arrest warrant in may for israel's prime minister and defence minister.

dorset museum is doing it for the exposure. it warned that its visitor numbers were down and its costs were up. i think for us it's fantastic because it enables us to showcase the many ways in which you can enjoy museum and the fact that we're here for everybody. and it's also been really successful for them in terms of the number of people that have engaged and that are coming. and it's a new experience for both of us, for museums and for the british naturist society. it gives you a massive confidence to see normal people naked, because when you see naked people, it is generally instagram, porn, etc, and you see the stereotypical image that the press wants you to see. they're saying you should look like this. otherwise, you're not worth anything. yeah. you know? and i think that's wrong because it does instil people that, you know, why don't i look like that? for now, this evening is a one—off. and, after tonight, the museum will be closed until further notice. but i'm not going to miss out on a once in a lifetime opportunity.

it is a weather front _ towards dorset.y. not a huge amount of rain and drizzle on it but— huge amount of rain and drizzle on it but it _ huge amount of rain and drizzle on it but it will— huge amount of rain and drizzle on it but it will provide cloudy skies. east anglia and the south—east, still some — east anglia and the south—east, still some silly spells, one or two showers. — still some silly spells, one or two showers, showers and a few sunny spells _ showers, showers and a few sunny spells further west stop in these conditions will be found across the northern— conditions will be found across the northern and western isles with blue skies through a good part of the day _ skies through a good part of the day more — skies through a good part of the day. more cut across east scotland and a _ day. more cut across east scotland and a cool — day. more cut across east scotland and a cool northerly breeze to come with it _ and a cool northerly breeze to come with it. showers in southern company saturn, _ with it. showers in

, devon and hampshire, dorset, devon and cornwall.cornwall. and that could cause some issues. so a rain warning in force. meanwhile, a lot of cloud across central and eastern parts, some drizzle and mist and low cloud for northeast england and eastern scotland. but western scotland, northern ireland, seeing plenty of sunshine. and over the next couple of days here it's going to turn increasingly warm, almost like summer has arrived at last. but it's not the case for the southwest into the evening, with some very heavy rainfall for the evening rush. and that could cause some transport disruption for a time. as you can see, a lot of low cloud and some mist and drizzle for north east england, eastern scotland, western scotland, meanwhile , as well as northern meanwhile, as well as northern ireland, a beautiful end to the day. plenty of blue skies before the sun goes down and we're going to keep the clear skies in the northwest overnight. northwest england and north wales also seeing clear spells, but wherever you are it's going to be a m

a member of the royal navy has died after a merlin helicopter ditched in the english channel near dorset coast. no other fatalities at this stage reported or any other serious injuries. the ministry of defence, though confirming that the family of the victim have been informed. as i say, plenty more on that as we get to it with charlie peters. that, though, is the latest from the for now. sophia wenzler will have your next >> after this. hello. welcome back. now, some breaking news. a member of the royal navy has died following a training incident last night. joining us for the latest is our national reporter, charlie peters. charlie, thank you for coming in and bringing us up to date on this story. it sounds horrific. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> sad news that a merlin helicopter was dumped into the channel last night during night flying exercises. and we have a statement from the royal navy. a spokesperson said it's with great sadness that we must report. a member of the royal navy has died following a training incident last night. our thoughts are with the family who have been informed and al

she saw it as an exit out of dorset into high society. and the center of power in london. and she's succeeded in finding that. >> and do you think she thought that it would lead to what you you obviously write about and that is this close relationship with with it with winston churchill and this very critical role in trying to get america in britain side and being kind of a winston churchill side throughout what she was and she was also his secret weapon. i think she set out right from the start that she was going to make herself indispensable to winston churchill some way hat to be we found to the americans into the war. and if not shorter, that gain their support in the form of planes or weapons, or even food and medicines. so he unleashed her as his secret weapon cut to the secret weapon was directed at, as you say, the head of america's lend-lease program, everyone well, herrmann, who was dispatched to the uk, right by roosevelt. >> well, she met him and i think it's fair to say fireworks happened, but that was all deliberate. it was part of a strategic sex life. she h

on wednesday, a merlin mk four helicopter crashed off the coast of dorset with three crew members on, including lieutenant lawson. his family have described him as immeasurably loved by his parents, siblings, partner , friends and family. partner, friends and family. >> did you get to the edinburgh tattoo? >> i did, i was asked, have you been?i >> i did, i was asked, have you been? i have been there. i think it's amazing. and i watched it on telly. and you think it's one of those things that you think, well, i'm not going to watch it, but actually you get sucked into it. it's great. i really loved it. >> it's a long time since i've actually been and watched it. i was very young, but i'd love to go back. we should go team outing. >> well. brace yourself. >> well. brace yourself. >> edinburgh? yeah. honestly, it's just such a wonderful thing anyway. it's not just edinburgh that has a tattoo, because the celtic nations have been celebrating their rich musical heritage . this time it was heritage. this time it was belfast turn to shine . belfast turn to shine. >> a dress rehearsal for a

in decades. dorset jibari algebra 0, they root. so let's bring in immune con, who's in marshall, you and in southern 11 on immune. so they've been a number of it's very strikes across the south, but not just bring us up to date that with what's been happening that well, where i am right now is i should probably with a just showing you that's the town emerging profile over that we've seen a strides coming over night, probably around about once, every hour, just in this whole area alone. it's um starting to wrap. it started around 6 p. m. what was the last time i actually spoke to observe in the studio and then kept going until about 530 intense, but it real intense button has below both have reactions as well. in the last step, this was a 20 i well actually we say we've heard rockets come from this part of a level into israel. apparently we've also heard sirens in israel as well. so this is a microcosm of, let's see what's going on across of this entire $711.00 on board. and this is still an intense escalation. and these really all