but it is much better than it was in dumfries. katie hunter in dumfries, thank you. look at the weather with helen willets. good evening. storm ali has been battering the north of england. we have quite intense rain across england and wales as we move in tomorrow and potentially a deep area of low pressure with wendy whether into southern and eastern areas. the stronger skuse will be confined to the north and north east and actually it will be a cooler night as the rain finally starts to fade away. just showers remaining across north and west. whilst in the south, it still stays warm and humid. still quite windy with quite a bit of rain around as we head towards the morning rush—hour. a blustery day with showers across the northern half of the uk and thursday but with the most of england and wales, except the south east, there will be a spell of wet weather. the amount of rain that will be in north wales and north of england and then the strength of the winds through the night is quite concerning. goodbye. you're watching beyond 100 days. a crucial 48 hours in austri

the crash happened tuesday night on route 1 in dumfries.igil for alvin smith last night. news 4's amy cho has their emotional plea for closure. >> reporter: those who knew alvin smi sthay no matter what you were doing he would drop everything if you needed help. his friends and family gathered to pay their respects. >> this is what family is about. this is what a community is about. >> reporter: a communi holding candles to honor a life well lived. alvin smith, known by his nickname a-1. friends say he was always about in dumfries doing a yard work picking up trash. >> he's the community's handyman. a small community like this, everyone knows his name. >> he's going to be missed. u don't fin many young men like that, that's well respected, that s respect the y he was raised up. >> reporter: among the crowd, angela dawkins who says smith was like a t sher. >> he would always say how's mama doing? because he just looked at me as like a mother. >> reporter: police say a park ranger spotted smi lyi on route 1 tuesday night. when the ranger went

this is also in dumfries and galloway. our correspondent, emma vardy, is in belfast. are. a picture paints a thousand words, looking at the devastation behind you. we are just getting this news of a cruise liner in some difficulty in scotland. yes, that's right. it happened at the port of green lock in inverclyde. a cruise ship coming free from its moorings. just another sign of how powerful these winds are proving to be. we have had a statement saying that the nautica in countered it extremely strong winds that resulted in the parting of mooring lines and the vessel being detached from the dock. the company says all guests and crew on board are safe, there were no injuries. the vessel is currently being held. some a78 guests and 28 crew are now ashore. just another incident, just really showing the widespread disruption and potential danger of these winds. i canjust disruption and potential danger of these winds. i can just tell you a little about that incident in ireland, in which a caravan was blown off a cliff in galway. irish police this morning searching the bea

. -- dumfries.o has the family's emotional plea for closure. >> those who new alvin smith say no mter what you were doing, he would drop everything if you need his friends and family gathered to pay their respects. >> this is what family is about. this is what a community is abr:t. >> repor community holding candles to honor a life well lived. alvin smith known by his nickname a-1. sriends say he was out and about in dumfr picking up trash and doing handiwork. >> he's going to be missed because you don't find many young men like that that's well respected, that has respect. >> reporter: among the crowd, angela dawkins who says smith was like a son to her. >> he would say, how's mama doing? because h looked at me like a mother. >> reporter: police say a park ranger spotted smith is lying on route 1. when he went to hawp he sve a cle run smith over. the driver stopped then took off. police say an autopsy revealed smith may have been hit by anher car, too. what will you miss most about him? >> his kind

showers through the borders, maybe towards dumfries and galloway and into the western isles. in eastern scotland, more likely to be dry through the day. highs around 14-16 be dry through the day. highs around 14—16 on monday, warmer than on sunday but not great for the time of year. warming up later in the week. monday evening and overnight, largely dry, a few isolated showers in the north—west. high pressure holds on for tuesday for most of us but these fronts are trying to move in from the atlantic, bumping into that area of high pressure, bringing cloud and outbreaks of rain for some northern and western parts. this is the next five days, at times, fairly breezy, with a few spots of rain, especially scotland. further south, thursday will be the warmest day, we could see 22—23. fresher to end the week but dry weather with sunshine, particularly in the south. link at hello. this is bbc news with lukwesa burak. we'll be taking a look at tomorrow mornings papers in a moment. first, the headlines. jeremy corbyn says he would back another referendum on brexit if labour party mem

and a major incident was declared in dumfries and galloway, after people were injured by flying debristree, and another injured in county armagh, as northern ireland recorded its strongest ever winds in september. more than 2000 homes and businesses lost power, as branches fell on houses and cars. i heard a thud over the back of my roof, which i was a bit worried about. but it was smaller type branches. it was only about five minutes later i went out to the front and i noticed all the big branches down. dozens of routes around belfast were closed as debris blocked the way. there's two large trees that have come down across this road, taking the power lines with them, and there's now teams working on site here and across the country to clear up some of the damage that storm ali has caused. we're still experiencing extreme gusts of winds and more problems are occurring. we definitely do at this stage expect to be working through the night and into tomorrow and having customers off supply into tomorrow at least. tonight, many homes are still without power. but with the worst of the storm

we'll be live in dumfries to bring you the latest updates on storm ali, which has brought winds of up to 100 miles per hour to ireland and parts of the uk. and later at 10:40 and 11:30 — we'll be bringing you tomorrow's front pages in the papers. our guests this evening will be the writer and broadcaster mihir bose, and asa bennett, brexit editor at the daily telegraph. that's all ahead on bbc news. as we heard — the prime minister theresa may has arrived in salzburg for dinner with eu leaders. upon arrival, mrs may called on fellow european union leaders to follow her lead and adapt their brexit negotiating stance to get a good deal. the prime minister told reporters "if we re going to achieve a successful conclusion then, just as the uk has evolved its position, the eu will need to evolve its position too". "i'm confident that with goodwill and determination we can agree a deal that right for both parties." she defended her chequers proposals on a future customs and trade now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello i'm 0lly foster at the bbc sport centre, here's what's coming up

in dumfries, aimee cho, news4. >>> new tonight, dc police are investiging a series of shootings in the city this weekend. a man was shot and killed in this neighborhood friday night identifiedster rel bueer. th shooting happened friday night near 51st and f streets in southeast. the second shooting victim is expected to survive. then take a look at this map. neighborhoods in southeast, northeast, northwest, all touched by g violencehis weekend. right now, one of the shooting victims has died. it's not clear if any of the cases are relad. >>> a family in maryland is spending another anxious night wondering where their teenage daught and sister could be. janee deville has been missing r nearly three weeks. she vanished from devillean schl went to queens, new york, with her boyfriend. he returned, she didn't. the fbi and police are actively looking for her. her father androther are pleading for her safe ireturn. s about justetnging you home and going from there and getting you the things that you need. >> i know my sister wouldn't want t put us through it. i hope you come home. >> reporte

and dumfries road, a new crash. >> it's 6:32. kids all over therea are getting ready for school.hat includes students in montgomeryunty. >> nicole jacobs is live at north wood high school for us. time.almost >> it's almost time. and there's a lot of excitement heren another perho is excited, superintendent jack smith, who is joing us this morning. this is your third year with montgomery county schools. and there's new programs on tap for the county. >>absolutely. new programs at every level. particularly excited about new technology programsn aviation science. and law enforcement. in fire science and agricuure, in teaching new duelt enrollmen programs. >> giving kids different avenues to take. one thing you are passionate about is the safety aspect ofol sc and you were speakin about the st arm violations that aret prevalere in montgomery county. >> we have a lot of people who choose to drive around buses.e andave cameras on those buses that will give you a tiet if you pass them. st importantly, you are putting a child's life at risk. it needs to stop. i'm for increa td penaltiest

sunnier spells in the western isles to dumfries & galloway and northern ireland as well. south across the bulk of england and wales, lots of sunshine and some cumulus cloud building. into this evening, most places and the day on a drying up with sunshine. showers easing away from eastern england, a few continuing for the north of scotland. more rain in from the west, particularly affecting wales first thing on saturday. towards the east and a clearer skies, single figures. saturday's weather dominated in england and wales by the frontal system england and wales by the frontal syste m fro m england and wales by the frontal system from the west. either side of the front, there should be brighter weather, and sunny spells with some showers for scotland and northern ireland. then this bulk of rain across parts of northern england and the midlands and wales. some u nsettled the midlands and wales. some unsettled activity farther north, may stay dry in northumberland. along the south coast of england, likely to stay mostly dry with temperatures on saturday generally in the high

showers through the borders, maybe towards dumfries and galloway and into the western isles.14—16 on monday, warmer than on sunday but not great for the time of year. warming up later in the week. monday evening and overnight, largely dry, a few isolated showers in the north—west. high pressure holds on for tuesday for most of us but these fronts are trying to move in from the atlantic, bumping into that area of high pressure, bringing cloud and outbreaks of rain for some northern and western parts. this is the next five days, at times, fairly breezy, with a few

there have also been gusts of 70 mph and the winds have been picking up in dumfries and galloway andwe still have an amber warning from the met office is valid until 6pm. these are the areas where we expect to get gusts inland. and it is all down to storm ali. that is the scent of the storm which is moving away from northern ireland so the winds are easing a bit —— at the centre of the storm, and pushing into scotland.

and a major incident was declared in dumfries and galloway, after people were injured by flying debrise apparent. a man was killed by a falling tree, and another injured in county armagh, as northern ireland recorded its strongest ever winds in september. more than 2000 homes and businesses lost power, as branches fell on houses and cars. i heard a thud over the back of my roof which i was a bit worried about. but it was smaller type branches. it was only about five minutes later i went out to the front and i noticed all the big branches down. dozens of routes around belfast were closed as debris blocked the way. there's two large trees that have come down across this road, taking the power lines with them, and there's now teams working on site here and across the country to clear up some of the damage that storm ali has caused. we're still experiencing extreme gusts of winds and more problems are occurring. we definitely do at this stage expect to be working through the night and into tomorrow and having customers off supply into tomorrow at least. tonight, many homes are still withou

there have also been gusts of 70 mph and the winds have been picking up in dumfries and galloway and argyll and we are getting pictures of some fallen trees and the damage the winds have been causing. we still have an amber warning from the met office is valid until 6pm. these are the areas where we expect to get gusts inland. and it is all down to storm ali. that is the scent of the storm which is moving away from northern ireland so the winds are easing a bit —— at the centre of the storm, and pushing into scotland. when the others were in the uk, particularly on this cold front with this band of rain sweeping to the south—east and either side of that there will be some sunshine but frequent heavy showers in the windy conditions in scotland and northern ireland. not surprisingly it will be colder but that is not the story. still quite warm even with the gusty winds in england and wales, especially in the south—east. the winds gradually ease down this evening and overnight and become lighter in the south but when the rain arrives, it turns more widespread and moves up across south—w

we'll be live in dumfries to bring you the latest updates on storm ali, which has brought winds of up10:40 and 11:30 — we'll be bringing you tomorrow's front pages in the papers. our guests this evening will be the writer and broadcaster mihir bose, and asa bennett, brexit editor at the daily telegraph. that's all ahead on bbc news. as we heard — the prime minister theresa may has arrived in salzburg for dinner with eu leaders. upon arrival, mrs may called on fellow european union leaders to follow her lead and adapt their brexit negotiating stance to get a good deal. the prime minister told reporters "if we re going to achieve a successful conclusion then, just as the uk has evolved

and a major incident was declared in dumfries and galloway, after people were injured by flying debris apparent. a man was killed by a falling tree, and another injured in county armagh, as northern ireland recorded its strongest ever winds in september. more than 2000 homes and businesses lost power, as branches fell on houses and cars. i heard a thud over the back of my roof, which i was a bit worried about. but it was smaller type branches. it was only about five minutes later i went out to the front and i noticed all the big branches down. dozens of routes around belfast were closed as debris blocked the way. there's two large trees that have come down across this road, taking the power lines with them, and there's now teams working on site here and across the country to clear up some of the damage that storm ali has caused. we're still experiencing extreme gusts of winds and more problems are occurring. we definitely do at this stage expect to be working through the night and into tomorrow and having customers off supply into tomorrow at least. tonight, many homes are still withou

hbound 95 before dumfries here. the crash clear off t left shoulder this morning. you can see that chain on the roadway here showing you where 's raining across the area. so slow going this morning because of the nasty weather. look at that green on our radar. arlington northbound 395, those hov lanes near 27 there. traffic was all stopped because of a vehicle fire. at this point we know one lane is getting by. the rest of the ltway, inner loop and outerloop is looking good this morning. no big complaints there. one thing to mention, this is new. highway 29. the rampo 66, a brand new crash reported there. aaron. 5: melissa, thank you. it's now. do you have any home improvement projects you have been putting off? why getting those upgrades done could help you save money on insurance plalater. >> what are you going to wear to ellen? >> is it cocktail? well i'm l wearie trousers. but cocktail. >> check out ellen a today 3:00 >> check out ellen a today 3:00 right herehe urned around the naacp. businessman. ben jealous. "marylander of the year". he's helped grow twenty

today they're in a dumfries hairdressers.. and there's a bit of a twist.l find out more later. good afternoon. with just six months to go until the uk is scheduled to leave the eu the pressures on all those involved are mounting — and today the prime minister theresa may has upped the ante — saying mps will have a choice between her proposed deal with the eu — or no deal at all... in a day of special programming we're taking a detailed look at where we stand — with that eu clock ticking. our chief political correspondent vicki young is at salford university for us — we canjoin her now. thank you have much. it really does feel as if there is a very important moment heading the prime minister's way, she has got that eu gathering of leaders in salzburg on wednesday where she is hoping they will at least be warm words for her proposal, the so—called chequers deal. she knows she is under tremendous pressure to get some kind of deal before she then brings its back and faces the tricky prospect of trying to get it through parliament. the prime minister today has

in dumfries and galloway, a major incident was declared.uise ship lost its moorings on the clyde, stranding over 500 passengers. around the country, power was lost and more than 80,000 homes and businesses. here, engineers have been getting people reconnected. in some cases, our engineers on—site can hardly stand up, let alone climb the wood poles in order to affect repair, so that stopped us and delayed us from affecting repairs and getting some of our customers back on. whether you were trying to get out of the house, like here, or visit the gardens or some of the shops nearby, ali had other ideas. the museum in dundee had to close its doors because of the wind. if you need proof why, it's here. this bridge was closed as it's battling gusts of over 102 mph. if there is a restriction, please do not cross it. we do not want anything to happen. we want people to safely reach their destination. trains were badly affected, with many services cancelled, making the commute home a daunting prospect. it's certainly inconvenient. we cannot stop tre

the figure emerged at this morning‘s meeting of dumfries and galloway council. of arms all lie around the wreck, found near the capital lisbon. time for a look at the weather. for most of england and wales, lovely sunny day, after the cold and locally frosty start, for scotland and northern ireland, different story, atlantic influence, dragging much more cloud, outbreak of rain as well, already had a little bit of rain for northern ireland, not a great deal of rain to come, pushing up great deal of rain to come, pushing up the west of scotland, some sunshine for eastern scotland, highs of 18 celsius, here it is a little breezy perhaps, strongest winds are where we have rain on scotland, gust of 50 to 60 mph. overnight, wind will lesson a little bit but low in a lot of cloud and continue to have outbreaks of rain, always wettest over the hills in western scotland. here, across the north of the uk, temperatures will not change much during the day. further south, colder across parts of wales, the midlands and southern england, temperaturesjust midlands and southern

sunshine across the central belt and dumfries and galloway, and northern ireland too.g gradually eastwards. sunday will probably be dry, but as you can see, there are showers are run. particularly across northern england and scotland. temperatures in the side may well reach ever and 22 degrees during sunday afternoon. still the chance of the odd shoveller, but it dry the overall. bye for now. hello, you‘re watching afternoon live. i‘m simon mccoy. today at 4pm: taking flight: thousands of ba customers cancel their credit cards after a huge data breach on the airline‘s app and website. this was a very sophisticated criminal attack on ba.com. and over more than 20 years that ba.com has been operating, we have never had a breach of this type. the battle for the political centre ground — tony blair claimsjeremy corbyn poses a threat to the future existence of the labour party. there‘s lots of people associated with me who feel that the labour party is lost. that the game is over. you know, i‘m kind of hoping they are not right. i think tony should recognise that the party

and dumfri before 234 the right side is closed and delays heading idu. >>> a l y forecast when we comegh for this morning. temperatuaradarnd 70 degrees. we will t upper 70s for highs tod with aow little chance for r later on in the day today. tomorrow mu warmer, 85 with a chance ofng storms in e afternoon. >> tnk you. another upte in 25 minutes. now back to >>> oh, my goodness. we are bac at 8:30 on this tuesday ,morni september 25th, 2018. a wouldn't you know it, hurricane p ita to pour. >> t fs have been through it all. i a crowd moment. let's go over here. see that sign? this is brook. how are ?you, b >> hi, kbgoodmo. >> tell us about your birthday. >> it's my mom's birthday. i forgot to send a card on time, so this is what i got for her. >> fantastic. you go to college here? >> yes. >> where is your mom? >> atlanta, georgia. >> happy 50th birthday. you forgot the card. this makes up for it in the rain. and? >> send me some money. >> there you go. happy biry. much.you so >> that is awesome. coming upu guys, "this is us" star mandy moore. fans have be anxiously waiting for the new se

today, they're starting their journey in dumfries.nley. the area voted strongly to leave the eu. christian will be finding out if opinion has shifted, and presenting beyond 100 days from there at 7pm. plenty more to come from here and elsewhere around the uk. back to you, joanna. more now on that warning from the imf this morning. it says britain would face a significantly worse economic outlook if it were to leave the european union without an agreement. setting out an annual assessment of the uk economy, the imf‘s managing director christine lagarde said that all brexit outcomes would entail costs for the uk. 0ur assessment is that it would have consequences. it will be to supply and it would inevitably have a series of consequences in terms of reduced growth going forward, increased deficit most likely, the appreciation of the currency and it would, you know, in reasonably short order, mean a reduction of the size of the uk economy. so that is why we think that it would have dire economic consequences. we also believe that any deal

as you look across our spreadsheet of information, you notice that dumfries & galloway, for instance,n remote areas any more. housing charities say that the punitive element of double council tax is undoubtedly welcome, but they say that a real benefit of this is the threat to force owners to consider bringing these houses back into use. they offer a range of measures to help owners. local authorities do. the national manager from the scottish empty homes partnership spoke to me.” from the scottish empty homes partnership spoke to me. i would encourage all local authorities to look at that policy is to see what is the council of it. use it with discretion, encourage owners to come and contact the local authority where they are being charged this extra charge on their council tax and say, look, this is what we can do to help and support you. we asked all 32 scottish councils to explain how they are in permitting this policy, which after all can raise them much—needed cash. many have operated four years, but some, including glasgow, have onlyjust begun to do so. others aren't using the