our correspondent, danny savage, is in east cowick for us now.ing there? yes, fiona, having been here last week, i really thought i would come back this morning to see the situation improving and people a little bit more optimistic. after all, it didn't rain much over the weekend. but that wasn't the case at all, people here say the floodwaters kept rising over the weekend, topped up kept rising over the weekend, topped up last night, and only started receding this morning. as you can see behind me, there is still a long way to go before all of this water disappears. the rain which caused all this flooding is now a distant memory, but the problems it created go on and on. in the village of east cowick, 69 homes have been flooded. you need waders to reach many of them. we've been watching every day and thinking, another foot, another foot, another foot, another foot, and thinking we were going to get away with it. and then when it actually goes in, you relax then, it's done, it's finished. you've nowt to fight. this is sodden, isn't it? and when y

danny savage, bbc news, east cowick.n the uk and the eu got under way today. the two sides have major differences on key issues. one of those is fishing. the uk says it's taking back control of waters that have been shared with eu countries, and that british boats should catch more fish. the eu says its own fishermen must not end up any worse off. damian grammaticas reports from denmark on why fish could prove such a difficult issue. laden with more than £1 million with the fish. caught on just one trip. the boat is danish. the fish and you hold blue whiting were caught in irish waters. soon it will be the season irish waters. soon it will be the season to trawl uk seas. exactly the areas the uk says it alone will control at the brexit. for these big danish fishing boats, access to uk waters is crucial. 20% of their catches come from... but do your thing of the uk wants a trade deal, it has to allow this fishing. they say take back control, we don't know what that means. go back to what? in the history, we've been able t

danny savage, bbc news, east cowick.will take on 16 of flybe's domestic routes following the collapse of the airline. flybe went into administration yesterday after a bid for fresh financial support failed. most of the company's two thousand staff have been made redundant. the government says it's working to save more routes. almost a hundred allies of the home secretary, priti patel, have written a letter defending her, after a series of bullying allegations. among those signing the letter, published in the daily telegraph, is the former head of the charity commission, william shawcross, and sir lynton crosby, the conservative election guru. they describe her as a tough, assertive leader who has never crossed a line. for the first time in weeks, there have been no reports of shelling or airstrikes in syria's war ravaged province of idlib. the ceasefire brokered yesterday between turkey's president erdogan and vladamir putin of russia, appears to be largely holding. 0ur diplomatic correspondent james landale reports. for

he joins us now from east cowick. street talking to you about flooding. the difference between now and then as last friday we had to be right at the other end of the street because where we are now was under about five feet of floodwater. so, you can see loads of it has gone and you may be able to hear the noise behind me, that is the environment agency pumps used to remove more water, other pumps to my right as well. as you may be able to see over my shoulder, plenty of water lying around and those houses down there you can't get to, you have to be in your waders to get to those, they were exactly as they we re those, they were exactly as they were a week ago so nobody has been into them. they are in the situation is still there plenty of people are still dealing with the first phase of these floods. much of the water which flooded homes on the board of east and north yorkshire hasn't gone away. people are still dealing with the consequences. if we'd have been stood in this spot at the peak of the flood, we would hav

olivia richwald, bbc news, east cowick. now it's time for a look at the weather with matt taylor. hello. after a blustery weekend, the winds will ease down tonight. that will lead to a cold night with some frost and ice around. ice particularly where the wintry showers continue through the night, the west of scotland, northern ireland and north—west england as well as north wales. some clearer skies away from that, the exception being across southern counties of england. now temperatures should hold above freezing for many, outbreaks of rain spreading away eastwards, but it is going to be cold enough for some sleet and snow mixed in. there could be a temporary covering of snow across the moors, the cotswolds, the chilterns as well, and maybe a few flakes of snow mixed in with the rain across east anglia and south—east england first thing in the morning. now that will clear through. the skies will brighten. a sunny afternoon and many eastern areas will stay sunny throughout the afternoon. in the west, though, a few showers in the morning, maybe a few more in the afternoon, but not

danny savage, bbc news, east cowick. now it's time for a look at the weather. spells of wind and rain and it will last into next week. the first part of the night will be dry with clear spells, temperatures will tumble in the west. this system million will bring cloud and rain and also strengthening —— snow and high ground in scotland. a touch of frost in the east but milder in the west. u nsettled in the east but milder in the west. unsettled for the weekend, low pressure takes control, outbreaks of rain in the north—west on saturday then the windy weather will sweep across the country during saturday night. into sunday, a blustery day with sunshine and showers. that e—mailed on saturday is that wind continues to break up. 0utbreaks e—mailed on saturday is that wind continues to break up. outbreaks of rain spreading eastwards into sunday, chilly with sunshine and showers, epic survey and heaviest this is bbc news, i'm lukwesa burak. the headlines... another big rise in the number of people infected by coronavirus in the uk, 163 people now have the virus. the g

danny savage, bbc news, east cowick. it is time now for the travel show.ek on the travel show: face—to—face with an iconic predator. you make eye contact with a beast this size, your heart goes... and exploring the wetlands. here, left hand here. right hand behind, grab the tail... and we're away! the best north american road trips, and storytelling in scotland. you can decide if this really happened. we begin this week in north—east argentina, and the second largest wetland in the whole of south america, ibera. for centuries it's been home to the paisano. these gauchos are famous for navigating the treacherous marshlands on horseback. 0mar leads tour groups through the wetlands. he speaks spanish. the ibera wetlands have changed a lot in 0mar‘s time. a generation ago, this environment was under threat. hunting as well as rapid coastal development caused much of the area's wildlife to disappear, but now the outlook is a lot sunnier. ibera has become a national park under the protection of the ngo called the conservation land trust. he speaks spanish: today

danny savage, bbc news, east cowick. now on bbc news...ternationale film festival is a top event on the calendar celebrating the best of world cinema, but how does it compare to venice and cannes? here's a special edition of talking movies. hello from berlin. i'm tom brook, and welcome to this special edition of talking movies, in which we look back at highlights from the berlin film festival on the occasion of its 70th anniversary. so, the 70th anniversary of the berlin film festival, one of the big three in europe, ranking alongside cannes and venice. 70 years ago, the festival opened with a screening of alfred hitchcock's romantic psychological thriller, rebecca. since then, it has grown to become one of the biggest public film festivals in the world. this year, it screened around 340 features. the festival might take place in a metropolis, but it has an intimate connection with its audiences. it is cherished by its followers. well, i live here and it's nice to see that one of the most important film festivals of the world is hosted her

danny savage, bbc news, east cowick.elhi, acted alongside hindu rioters, during a wave of attacks on muslims last week. the death toll in the religious violence has now risen to 46 — the deadliest in more than three decades. india's hindu nationalist government is coming under increasing pressure — as allegations of police complicity in the clashes continue to emerge. the bbc‘s yogita limaye has sent this report and you may find some of the images distressing. they are meant to protect all of india's people but here the police are seen with hindus, throwing stones towards muslims. videos like these have been emerging since the violence last week. we went to the street where the footage was filmed — a predominantly hindu one. this man described how the police helped them. "we didn't have enough stones here so the police brought us some and told us to throw them." across the road, we find the burnt out house of a muslim man. "i saw the police come in with the rioters, who set the shops on fire in front of them," he told me

danny savage, bbc news, east cowick. this is outside source live from the bbc newsroom.ion of netanyahu's headquarters. the prime minister is declaring victory in israel's third election and nearly year. exit polls claim he has a narrow but significant lead over his rival. shocking new pictures have emerged of the greek coastguard shooting at dinghies full of migrants trying to reach greece. it also uses its patrol boats to push the dinghies away. thousands of migrants and refugees from syria have gathered at turkey's border with greece after turkey announced it would no longer prevent them from heading to the eu. a hostage situation at a shopping centre in the philippines has ended peacefully after ten hours. a security guard with a gun had been holding about thirty people. he told reporters he was angry with his firm over working conditions. paris fashion week. british designer stella mccartney sent her models down in giant farmyard onesies. she's known for her long—standing promotion of animal rights in fashion. i'll let you decide how well she makes the point. the uk

danny savage, bbc news, east cowick.e indian capital delhi acted alongside hindu rioters during a wave of attacks on muslims last week. the death toll in the religious violence has now risen to 46 — the deadliest in more than three decades. india's hindu nationalist government is coming under increasing pressure, as allegations of police complicity in the clashes continue to emerge. the bbc‘s yogita limaye has sent this report and you may find some of the images distressing. they are meant to protect all of india's people but here the police are seen with hindus, throwing stones towards muslims. videos like these have been emerging since the violence last week. we went to the street where the footage was filmed — a predominantly hindu one. this man described how the police helped them. "we didn't have enough stones here so the police brought us some and told us to throw them." across the road, we find the burnt out house of a muslim man. "i saw the police come in with the rioters, who set the shops on fire in front of th

last month, dozens of homes in the east yorkshire communities of snaith and east cowick were flooded,d, and the water is taking a long time to recede. 0ur correspondent danny savage has been back to east cowick, to see how people are coping. it's still here. even though it hasn't rained for days, the draining of certain east yorkshire streets is taking time. the idea the flood waterjust comes and goes in a short period of time just is isn't the case here. we're over a week now and there are still properties that can't be reached, because the water is too deep. you can see where people have put in their own flood defences, in the hope of holding back the water, but they were overwhelmed. look at that window — you can see on the line there just how high the water came. on monday, we visited mick in his flooded bungalow. so it's come up in a big hump? it's notjust the carpet it's... the whole floor? the water here has gone, now comes the plan for the future. grim. it will be six months at least, we are trying to get a caravan on front lawn, so that we're here on site. so, you're going to

danny savage, bbc news, east cowick.rt ruled he was responsible for the kidnappings of two of his daughters. and in sport, england's defeat to the usa and the she believes cup opener was damaging to their title defence according to manager phil neville. england lost 2—0 in 0rlando. liverpool goalkeeper alisson could miss the next three matches with a hip injury. he has been ruled out of tomorrow's game and the visit of atletico madrid in the champions league next week. kneeling and johanna konta is into the last eight of the monterey open, beating tatjana maria of germany in straight sets. and i will be back with more on those stories after 4:30pm. see you then. campaigners say the government must bring to justice the ruler of dubai, sheikh mohammed, after a family courtjudge ruled that he was responsible for the separate kidnappings of two of his own daughters. in a series ofjudgments, the court overruled the sheikh's efforts to keep the findings of the case secret. sheikh mohammed has said that the judgment has only gi

residents in the village of east cowick were rescued by canoe today as efforts to alleviate flooding e would wait, because this is totally unprecedented and then, at god knows what time of the morning, bang, bang, bang, we heard, you've got to get out. so, here we are. residents sandbagged their homes and environment agency pumps tried to prevent more homes from being inundated. it has been the wettest february since records began. pictures filmed on a drone show flooding up to the roof of kevin and catherine laurieman‘s bungalow in the town of snaith. it has just been heartbreaking. we are going to have to demolish, i think. so, that has gone. we are up to the gutter line, as you have said. and, you know, i can't even explain. where i am standing is half a mile from the nearest river. this area is called the wash lands and these fields are designed to flood, but this time the sheer amount of water just overwhelmed the man—made defences and flooded the town and now, there is nowhere for that water to go. the environment agency has more than 100 staff working in the area. unfortunately

in the village of east cowick, 69 homes have been flooded. you need waders to reach many of them.ng every day and thinking another flood, and then we thought we would get away with it and when it goes on, it is done, it is finished. it is just it goes on, it is done, it is finished. it isjust a sodden, isn't it? when you lose the battle, this is what is left. people was back homes, their centuries destroyed. when my mum came and saw house yesterday, it was floods of tears, it was horrible. i don't know where to start with it. across the road, it was much worse. make lettuce into his bungalow where the water had forced his full floor up. it has come up in a big company. notjust the carpet, the whole floor, the floorboards. you have an island in your living room now. sandbags are 0k your living room now. sandbags are ok for your living room now. sandbags are 0k fora your living room now. sandbags are ok for a little bit. but... not to this extent. try and keep it nice and there you go, it is all done for, isn't it? as you can imagine, the water here is not very clean but what is mak

in nearby east cowick, you still can't get to some houses. it's draining away, but only slowly. few days ago we visited mick in his flooded bungalow. the water here has gone, now comes the plan for the future. we are trying to get a caravan on the front lawn so we are here on site but you will move into a caravan in the front garden. we are hoping to. that will not be much fun for six months. better weather is coming. across the road, tony talked to us a few days ago. his insurers have told him not to move his furniture, but they won't be here for another week. it's getting wet upstairs now, damp, because there is all this rubbish in the bottom. and they don't want you to move furniture and things out? no, nothing. millions of litres a day still need to be pumped out of this landscape to erase the great inland lakes of yorkshire. now on bbc news — it's time for the travel show. this week on the travel show, we are injerusalem. where this week on the travel show, we are in jerusalem. where i this week on the travel show, we are injerusalem. where i go under the streets of the cit

in east cowick, flood water is still several feet deep in places after the flood plains surrounding theere. you can always tell how bad a flood is by looking at it and thinking, are we going to get around it in wellingtons or do we need waders? and this is something you need waders to move around in. it gets deeper and deeper the further you go back here. as it disappeared round the corner, there are even more houses seriously flooded. the rain which caused this is a distant memory and fell over a week ago, but it has taken so long to wash down through the river system and get onto the flood plains, and then the flood plains got too full, so the water ove rflowed flood plains got too full, so the water overflowed into these towns and villages here. snaith, nearby, is also affected. you talk to people here and they say the waters were still rising until yesterday. they feel it had stabilised overnight and it is slowly dropping away now, but only very slowly, and there's a feeling it will take days and days before the water drops away sufficiently for people to get back into their houses.

the floodwater in east cowick is up to waist deep. it is contaminated with sewage, oil and rubbish.s have borrowed this canoe to help their neighbours retrieve valuables. i did get the chance to move some things beforehand. but i have just taken some more important things that i put in the loft which i felt better if i got them away, you know. the environment agency has deployed 36 pumps. they are removing 5,000 litres every second. but residents are angry and feel that their village has been sacrificed to save more populous places. the environment agency says it is doing all it can and it believes the flooding here is now stable. the river levels are still high. we are talking at least days and possibly longer. the plan is to get water off the washlands, to the flood plains and back into the river, for that we need the river levels to fall. we have 36 pumps operating up and down the area across our communities that are supporting that but it will take days. residents living here tell me that this village has not flooded for more than 70 years and when it did it was nowhere near thi

in east cowick, flood water is still several feet deep in places after the flood plains surrounding theell how bad a flight is by looking at it and thinking are we going to get around it by worries or waders? this is something you need wages to get around, it gets deeper and deeper the further you go back and as it disappears around the corner there are more houses that are seriously flooded. the rain that because this is a distant memory. it fell over a week ago but it took so long to wash down the river system and get onto the flood plains which got to fill in the water overflowed into these towns and villages here, a nearby village has also been affected. people here say the waters we re affected. people here say the waters were still rising until yesterday, they feel it has stabilised overnight as is slowly dropping away now, but only very slowly. there is a feeling it will take days and days before the water drops away sufficiently for people to get back into their houses. when you stand here you can smell the water, it is not dirty as such, it is quite clean but it has kerosene in