david lawrence in edgbaston, there.th korea to try to ease the path to the proposed summit between president trump and kim jong—un. the discussions, on the northern side of the demilitarised frontier, are thought to be focusing on details of a possible denuclearisation deal. the summit was originally scheduled for the 12th ofjune. earlier i spoke to our correspondent, rupert wingfield—hayes, who's near the demilitarised zone. he told me it is still unclear where talks were up to. well, we are just guessing, really, but i think they are now down to the nuts and bolts and this is, you know, we now have professional diplomats, experienced diplomats from both sides, pyongyang and the us, who are very familiar with the issues and are all experts on the korean peninsula, sitting about a mile and a half from where i am standing. they started yesterday, they have been talking all day today and it will go into tomorrow, still not much time but they are trying to outline the agreement that can be put forward to a summit in singap

i'm joined now by preet gill — the labour mp for edgbaston — one of the worst affected areas in birminghamnoon to you. let's just talk about some of the devastation we have managed to film in your area. what are constituents coming to you with, and what are their worries? as you indicated, the constituency of edgbaston has been absolutely hit, there are roads that we re absolutely hit, there are roads that were closed, obviously people could not drive safely through. we saw ca i’s not drive safely through. we saw cars abandoned, buses getting stuck, homes flooded, and i went out yesterday into the constituency to see the level of concerns people we re see the level of concerns people were raising with me through facebook and on twitter, and clearly i tweeted and said actually only necessary people really should not be driving. we know that there are amber warning is still in place from the met office. are you satisfied enough is being done to protect properties from further rainfall like this? i think there has been a clearup, like this? i think there has been a clear up, the council start

on a bank holiday weekend in edgbaston, there was little residence or the emergency services could doup to five foot in—depth. some of these houses have been flooded the times in recent years. the police have urged people not to travel but stranded cars like this one were perhaps the most effective warning to other drivers. one were perhaps the most effective warning to other driverslj one were perhaps the most effective warning to other drivers. i do not think this is safe. some motorists did make it through, while birmingham bore the brunt of the deluge, flash floods also hit parts of buckinghamshire, berkshire and northampton. in many areas, the rainfall fell very, very dramatically from neighbourhoods neighbourhood. the flooding extended as far west as welshpool in wales. the storms also lead to dramatic lightning displays. today, the heavy downpours may continue in some parts, though elsewhere, forecasters say it could be barbecue weather. some enjoyed the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures possibly reaching 29 celsius in the south—east. coming up at 6am on breakfa

have caused flash flooding across parts of birmingham with more than two inches of rain falling in edgbastonbourne recorded 58mm of rainfall in just one hour on sunday afternoon, and 81mm in a 12—hour period. a major route into birmingham was left impassable because of water up to 5ft deep. the environment agency has more than 20 flood warnings and more than 40 flood alerts in place covering much of central england. that's all from me. gavin grey will be here at 2 o‘clock. time now for all the sports news in sport today. coming up on this programme... froome the history maker. the team sky rider becomes the first british man to win the giro d'italia and complete a grand tour hattrick it's au revoir 0stapenko. kateryna kozlova sends the defending champion crashing out of the french open at the first round. willpower takes all hit the plaudits with his first win at the indy 500. hello and thanks forjoining us on sport today we're going to kick things off with cycling and the holy trinity of prizes, a set of wins so tough to complete that only twice had it ever been done before... but chris fro

on a bank holiday weekend in edgbaston, harborne and selly park, there was little residents or the emergencycould do other than watch and wait, as floodwaters reached up to five foot in depth. some of these houses have been flooded three times in recent years. the police urged people not to travel, but stranded cars like this one were perhaps the most effective warning to other drivers. i don't think this is safe. some motorists did make it through. while birmingham bore the brunt of the deluge, flash floods also hit parts of buckinghamshire, berkshire and here in northampton. in many areas, the rainfall varied dramatically from neighbourhood to neighbourhood. the flooding extended as far west as welshpool, in mid—wales. and the storms also led to dramatic lightning displays. today, the heavy downpours may continue in some parts, though elsewhere, forecasters say it could be barbecue weather. as some enjoy the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures possibly reaching 29 celsius in the south—east. ben ando, bbc news. earlier, i spoke to stu donigan, who lives in the selly park area

on a bank holiday weekend in edgbaston, there was little residents or the emergency services could don watch and wait, as floodwaters reached up to five foot in depth. some of these houses have been flooded three times in recent years. the police urged people not to travel but stranded cars like this one were perhaps the most effective warning to other drivers. i don't think this is safe. some motorists did make it through. while birmingham bore the brunt of the deluge, flash floods also hit parts of buckinghamshire, berkshire and here in northampton. in many areas the rainfall varied dramatically from neighbourhood to neighbourhood. the flooding extended as far west as welshpool in mid wales. and the storms also led to dramatic lightning displays. today, the heavy downpours may continue in some parts, though elsewhere, forecasters say it could be barbecue weather. as some enjoy the hottest day of the year so far, with temperatures possibly reaching 29 celsius in the south—east. ben ando, bbc news. the nhs in england is to review how much it pays male and female doctors in an effort t