for able to provide to other people in gloucester shire.— able to provide to other people in gloucesterfor more stories from across the — gloucester shire. for more stories from across the uk, _ gloucester shire. for more stories from across the uk, head - gloucester shire. for more stories from across the uk, head to - gloucester shire. for more stories from across the uk, head to the i gloucester shire. for more stories i from across the uk, head to the bbc news _ from across the uk, head to the bbc news website. you're live with bbc news. let's turn to ukraine. britain says it'll give ukraine more than three billion dollars' worth of military aid in the financial year beginning in april. it's britain's biggest annual commitment since russia's full—scale invasion nearly two years ago. the announcement coincides with a trip to kyiv by the british prime minister, rishi sunak. the aid will fund thousands of military drones, as well as long— range missiles, air defence equipment and artillery shells. our diplomatic correspondent james landale is travelling with mr sunak, and spoke to him

michael buchanan, bbc news, gloucester.michael buchanan joins us from the newsroom. a traumatic situation for those parents. what does your investigation tell us about maternity care in gloucestershire and across the country? i maternity care in gloucestershire and across the country?- maternity care in gloucestershire and across the country? i think the midwives we _ and across the country? i think the midwives we have _ and across the country? i think the midwives we have been _ and across the country? i think the midwives we have been speaking l and across the country? i think the i midwives we have been speaking to, and the team has been speaking to them for well over a year, believe what is going on in gloucester is an insight into what is going on at far too many maternity units across england. the gloucester hospital trust has been rated by inspectors as among the 10% worst trusts across england, rated as inadequate for safety, but bear in mind that somewhere in the region of 70% of maternity units in england are rat

this is the statement he has released via his now former club, gloucester.i have had the incredible honour of playing rugby for my country which, as a proud welshman, i've never taken for granted. however, i believe that this is the right time for me to realise another professional goal of playing american football in the us. those opportunities don't come around very often." another big story today in rugby union — the british and irish lions will have a first women's tour, a trip to new zealand in 2027. the tour will be held in september and include three test matches against the six—time world champion black ferns. it will also include further, pre—test fixtures, although the full schedule is yet to be finalised. imagine where we can get to nad next three to four years. i think the sky is only at the limit. yes, i think it will give the players player now and the youngsters up and coming even more motivation to train hard drive. for me i think it is a very exciting prospect for all four nations involved. let's head to melbourne, where it's been an excelle

yes, we are in gloucester and as you can j are in gloucester and as you can see, this is the fence.t's been like for the past couple of days. absolutely horrendous. we've had to -et absolutely horrendous. we've had to get all _ absolutely horrendous. we've had to get all the _ absolutely horrendous. we've had to get all the furniture up, two dogs to put— get all the furniture up, two dogs to put upstairs, they are getting frustrated, he's upset because he is continuing _ frustrated, he's upset because he is continuing to sweep the water out, two pumps — continuing to sweep the water out, two pumps in the kitchen, no toilet facilities _ two pumps in the kitchen, no toilet facilities. he is disabled but the door_ facilities. he is disabled but the door at— facilities. he is disabled but the door at the top is open but you can't _ door at the top is open but you can't get — door at the top is open but you can't get him up there. he can't walk— can't get him up there. he can't walk and — can't get him up there. he can't walk and it's really frustrating for him _ walk and it's really fru

zak mercer with a late try, gloucester with three wins from three.hout the game as they picked up eight tries in this round eight match. holly aitchison surging towards the line here to help the bears to their first victory of the year, strengthening their hold on fourth place. elsewhere, wins for bristol as he loughborough lightning beat saracen one against exeter, gloucester—hartpury beat trailfinders, 3—27. —— 33—27. britain's armed forces work together routinely in operations around the world, but occasionally the teamwork makes way for sporting rivalry. this is the royal navy beating the royal air force 28—22 earlier in the first round of rugby league's challenge cup. services were invited to enter the competition back in 1999, and have rubbed shoulders with professional clubs on occasion. the navy have a decent record in the competition after reaching the fourth round two years ago. britain's jack draper has missed out on the first atp tour title of his career. he lost in three sets to jiri lehecka at the adelaide international. draper got off

and with gloucester�*s carreras sin binned, bath scored their third try.motion challenge. the masters snooker is under way and there was a big shock in the very first match, with the world champion crashing out. hazel irvine is at alexandra palace. day one at the masters, and the world champion luca brecel has gone. but we have two world champions in the studio, and let's reflect on the defeat today to jack lisowski. what was the foundation of his victory for you, steve? got was the foundation of his victory for you, steve?— was the foundation of his victory for you, steve? got off to a very aood for you, steve? got off to a very good start. _ for you, steve? got off to a very good start, after— for you, steve? got off to a very good start, after his _ for you, steve? got off to a very good start, after his opponent . for you, steve? got off to a very l good start, after his opponent had shown a few mistakes in the first frame, and the hold for luca got bigger and bigger, and that in the first session was woeful for him. he nearly got out of trouble, but j

yes, lines are affected too. here in gloucester, the rive severn yes, here in gloucester, the river severnhousands of — inundated plenty of homes. there are thousands of people _ inundated plenty of homes. there are thousands of people struggling - inundated plenty of homes. there are thousands of people struggling with l thousands of people struggling with rising waters across a huge part of the country. 0scar pistorius, the former paralympian convicted of murdering his girlfriend reeva steenkamp, is released on parole in south africa i don't think it's that difficult at the moment, but... to buy a house, in this country?! are we looking at the same country, or are you reporting from overseas? the verdict of the boss of a big bank on getting on the housing ladder — and it's caused indignation. and he was the blonde—haired, blue—eyed cop of the famous duo — david soul of starsky and hutch fame has died at the age of 80. and coming up on bbc news, the first chapter of rafa nadal�*s

michael buchanan, bbc news, gloucester.n the iplayer. if you have been affected by any of the issues raised, help is available from bbc action line — just visit bbc.co.uk/actionline. police have confirmed that six people were arrested after crowd trouble in the fa cup match between local rivals west brom and wolves at the weekend. missiles were thrown, there were fights, and fans spilled on to the pitch, meaning players had to return to the dressing rooms. the football association has launched an investigation. here's laura scott. and there is big trouble in the crowd here. - these are scenes english football thought it had left behind. but live on television on a sunday lunchtime, disorder that has once again marred the game. the context to this fa cup clash gave some warning signs. this, the first black country derby in front of fans for more than a decade. the hope was that an earlier kick—off time and heightened security would keep trouble at bay. but those plans proved in vain. when wolverhampton took the lead after th

yes, lines are affected too. here in gloucester, the rive severn yes, here in gloucester, the river severnas burst its banks and has inundated plenty of homes. there are thousands of — inundated plenty of homes. there are thousands of people _ inundated plenty of homes. there are thousands of people struggling - inundated plenty of homes. there are thousands of people struggling with l thousands of people struggling with rising waters across a huge part of the country. oscar pistorius, the former paralympian convicted of murdering his girlfriend reeva steenkamp, is released on parole in south africa i don't think it's that difficult at the moment, but... to buy a house, in this country?! are we looking at the same country, or are you reporting from overseas? the verdict of the boss of a big bank on getting on the housing ladder — and it's caused indignation. and he was the blonde—haired, blue—eyed cop of the famous duo — david soul of starsky and hutch fame has died at the age of 80. and coming up on bbc news, the first chapter of rafa nadal�*s comeback is over, beaten in brisbane byjordan

having won back—to—back challenge cup matches, hosts gloucester brought their european form on to theut have a look at this solo effort from ruan ackerman. the flanker picked his gap and charged through to defence from 30 metres out and ran it home for a brilliant try. england fell to a 69—49 defeat by 12—time world champions australia in the final of the nations cup in leeds. the diamonds dominated throughout the game, finishing with a 20—point lead, leaving the england roses as runners—up in the tournament. australia have won every trophy they have contested since 2022. now, on friday morning, jurgen klopp made the surprise announcement that he'd be stepping down as liverpool manager in the summer. so why now? and what next for liverpool and for klopp? it's all discussed on this week's football news show, recording just hours after the next broke. after the news broke. hello and welcome to a special edition of the football news show, is react to the news that liverpool managerjurgen klopp will be leaving anfield at the end of the season after nearly a decade in merseyside. he has de

particularly the river severn is moving down, in gloucester we are seeing record levels around the gloucestergency services on. the river trent, the peak has moved through nottingham, it is moving downstream. so we are very much keeping a watching eye on that.— watching eye on that. sorry to interrupt. _ watching eye on that. sorry to interrupt, just _ watching eye on that. sorry to interrupt, just to _ watching eye on that. sorry to interrupt, just to ask - watching eye on that. sorry to interrupt, just to ask on - watching eye on that. sorry to interrupt, just to ask on the l watching eye on that. sorry to . interrupt, just to ask on the river trent, this is the highest levels they've seen about 24 or 25 years? close to. close to 2011 levels but 20 metres shy of that. very close but still extraordinarily high. certainly in burton on trent they saw record levels but in nottingham it was slightly lower than the 2000 levels. �* , ., , ., levels. and where else are you concerned _ levels. and where else are you concerned about? _ levels. and where else are you concerned about? brentford i level

it may have stopped raining, but in longford, in gloucester the water remains. ivan has lived here for nearly 50 years. definitely going down, down about two or three inches overnight. another two or three inches and with a bit of luck it won't be coming in the houes. they've stacked all his furniture on his bed, but he's now got nowhere to sleep. it's just been a nightmare. we've had to move everything from the front room into his bedroom. the settee and everything, all the drawers with his pigeon books and records of all these pigeons. we've had to put up high chairs. it's just been a complete nightmare. a few doors along, we meet carole and keith. i was on the settee because it was no good going to bed because i wouldn't have slept. and you're just constantly walking around, checking doors, you know, just looking out the window and trying to monitor everything. but of course, you can't do anything. but in amongst the stress, moments of kindness. i opened the door to a group of my neighbours with a birthday cake and a candle singing happy birthday to me. and i

michael buchanan, bbc news, gloucester. we can speak to sally.are the main reasons behind the issue in the sector? i main reasons behind the issue in the sector? ~' , , , , ., sector? i think the issues brought u . sector? i think the issues brought u- on sector? i think the issues brought up on panorama _ sector? i think the issues brought up on panorama are _ sector? i think the issues brought up on panorama are unique - sector? i think the issues brought up on panorama are unique to - up on panorama are unique to montross. they seem to be all over. what we're seeing is toxic workplace culture where people are failing to learn from their mistakes and instead trying to blame each other and trying to protect reputations really, that doesn't help that would trying to escalate concerns of midwives and be respected and heard. it's one of the few professions i can really make a difference to outcomes. can really make a difference to outcomes-— can really make a difference to outcomes. ~ ., ., , ., ~ , ., outcomes. what do you think needs to be implem

also the line between gloucester and lydney is also shut at the moment.y, that whole area from the south—west down and out of london into the south—west is going to be subject to delays and cancellations today. there is one small bit of good news and that is that the branch line between liskeard and cornwall. it is open now. they are saying that this disruption will last all of the day. if you are expecting to travel on gwr or south—west railways it will be best to check before you travel. the line into the south is worst affected. g ra nt to affected. grant to skegness line there is flooding there between sleaford and heslington. they have had to put reduced speed limit there. there are now going to be

welsh star louis rees—zammit has left his club gloucester with immediate effect and quit rugby unionsue a career in the nfl. the 22—year—old has been capped 32 times by his country, has joined the nfl international player pathway. he will now travel to florida this week to start on the ipp ten week programme, which gives athletes from around the world the chance to earn a spot on an nfl roster. and staying with rugby union. and the british and irish lions have announced a first women's tour, which will be a trip to new zealand in 2027 that all be held in september and will include three test matches against the six time world champions black ferns. 0ur rugby correspondent sarah 0rchard reports. well, as you can see, so much interest around today's announcement that this tour will be going ahead in 2027. it comes off the back of a feasibility study that the lions have been running to see if there was enough commercial interest in buying from unions. that has all come back positive, although we won't see the actual publish report. the questions today actually come more around whether n

and coming up on bbc news — a shock move for wales and gloucester spinner as he quits rugby union tothe last few moments, the two deputy chairmen of conservative party have resigned. the news comes as mps are voting on the government's plan to remove asylum seekers to rwanda. let's go straight to our political editor chris mason at westminster. hello.

there is no safety police in gloucester does not have been extremely dangerous and the most dangerous. please force children in garza and all of this hunger and diseases and the entire collapsing of the health system. so the words continued and the international community has failed to stop all of this situation. how for you to stop as read from a being to the international, the human it's the sort of jumped people to i was watching some of the hearings from the international court of justice. who knows, you know, pretoria south africa is cold and israel for this quote and either accusing the magenta thought i saw some of the hearings and the it's really official as well. no . just defy. and they will almost our good they, they, they, they seem to present this. that's sort of the case. like we are the exceptional people and we don't have to listen to anything. you have to say to us just quickly, before i let you go, the is ready probably minister and defense minister both saying the idea strictly follows international law and about i don't have much time your comments on that. my comm

. he's part mp for gloucester. um. oh, there's many of the, um. oh, there's so many groups. are you, groups. which lot are you, richard? you're the richard? remind us you're the you're the conservative. you're the one nation conservatives as opposed wing opposed to the right wing tories. today tories. so your position today i'm mp. i'm a conservative mp. >> . >> full stop. >> full stop. >> okay fine. >> okay fine. >> conservative mps don't try and divide us okay. >> but we've got today. we've got a pretty good job of that yourselves. we've got the former attorney, the former lord chancellor um, chancellor of robert. um, i buckland you . buckland. buckland thank you. buckland. he's tabling an amendment today. which are which are are you going support that ? going to support that? >> i'm supporting the government . and that's what all conservative mps should be doing. we need to get this bill through so that we can get some people rwanda. the people back to rwanda. the deterrent place and move on. deterrent in place

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in the women�*s premiership, gloucester—hartpury beat the league leaders saracens by 2a points to 15.ing away to score the cherry and whites�* last and best try of the match. both great britain�*s women and men�*s hockey teams have secured places at the paris olympics. while the men won despite having the luxury of losing their qualifying semifinal, the women didn�*t. needing to win their third place playoff to make this summner�*s games. after gold and a bronze at the last two olympics, britain had to beat ireland in valencia to claim a spot in paris orface missing out on the games entirely. sarahjones got the opening goal, and katie robertson provided what proved to be the winner after a consolation for irleand came as time expired. it means great britain join belgium and spain as the three teams qualifying from the women�*s tournament. emotional is definitely the word. just absolutely thrilled to qualified for the olympics. i think we had a fantastic tournament. today probably wasn�*t the best hockey that we�*ve played, but i think we played some really good hockey through this tou

what designates in the city of common between gloucester vault because the area near the grave of one of the country school must all military come on to is general set of money, locals, and flock that to commemorate him on the for the front of us rate of his assassination, and the usaa stripe, or to use use of july the has more as a one is, are commemorating the anniversary of general so that you money on now the public here is morning, gets another tragedy and that is the explosions. that was the one in southeastern city of your seminar for sessions was to commemorate general so a body. hundreds of people come on a marching towards the burial place of general. so they bought into a tribute to him before the place was done. c, populated by people. a to expose the 1st 10 minutes apart from each other, all occurred in size jobs loud so far, no group has claimed responsibility for the incident, but defenders way more for now as well. and different. giovanni and officials said, that's what happened today in clermont is a continuation of the conspiracies in the region that have been floode

they're six points clear of gloucester hartpury who moved up to second with a 112—24 win over loughboroughheld on, eventually winning 33—24 leaving the tigers rock bottom of the premiership on just one point from six games. meanwhile the wolfhounds scored five tries away from home to knock edinburgh off the top of the celtic challenge table. aoife wafer scored twice, including the irish side's final try of the game as they secured a 27—17 bonus point win in the multi—national rugby competition. the wolfhounds are in scotland again next weekend, as they take on the glasgow warriors. the opening finals of the new tennis season are set as the first of the australian open warm up tournaments reach their conclusion. it's just a week and a day before the first grand slam of the year. and the top two seeds holger rune and grigor dimitrov will meet in the brisbane internationalfinal. dimitrov beat the home favourite joredan thompson in straight sets whilst rune was also a comfortable winner against roman safiullin. in the women's event there, aryna sabalenka will face elena rybakkina in a repeat o

acted upon by these very army is the normal acceptable speech in is rarely society that is may gloucester by, as rarely politicians. so this is a natural result of a culture over hate, of an ideal logy that is the premises a tool bigoted that the human as, as the others. unfortunately such an infested hate infested society. brought up this government the right wing fascist government that anywhere else in the world would belong only in jail. and this government gives re, apply for soldiers that are brought up in such a hateful society. an environment to basically shoot and not to care for any kind of repercussion. the soldiers killed with impunity. they commit massacres with impunity. and furthermore, they even get promoted will do is such atrocities that i think we're as we're around the world would be punishable by the law. and this is bill bill kill supremacy. bigger treat a trip that manifest itself into violence, massacres and genocide. as we see today in gust, i just wanna say one thing you mentioned, obviously the desktops touch $3000.00 a health industry. carney puts at 25490. but

let me tell you a story of a mother and her daughter from gloucester.he mother received a letter in the mail saying her eight-year-old daughter was way behind and she could benefit from all in tutoring. chloe, like so many third-graders, said who needs math? but they made a deal as moms and daughters often do. so chloe went to early morning math tutoring and was greeted by a smiling teacher with a hug and a snack. here are the results. in september, luis scored in the second percentile in math. in november, she scored in the 50th percentile. in december, she scored in the 80th percentile in math. [applause] and they are both here with us. miss nicole chloe. thank you for your hard work and thank you for blazing a new trail in virginia. as of last month, i'm proud to announce every single school division is all in. so many more will benefit and virginia's leading. i have proposed again the largest education budget in virginia's history, 20 point $2 billion over the biennium. heading into this next fiscal year, annual state funding will have increased two

this case i will start from one phrase of the great shakespeare, but this was said by the earl of gloucesterll, it’s clear that in this case this is actually shakespeare’s idea, this is our... the age of the blind is led by madmen in the 16th century, it was written, but it cannot be applied to our time, to ours, to the west. civilization, absolutely, there is a lot of evidence there, and here we return to the question, in my opinion, well, it makes no sense to constantly discuss what is happening in one side and what is happening in the other, especially since we have discussed this many times, but therefore did not specifically invite today dmitry drobnitsky, so as not to pour out on you, yes, i heard even you yesterday we remembered, specifically so that it would be convenient for you, but i’m not against america, i’m not against the americanist, i’m against living according to america’s political schedule, that’s it. its civilization, well, describe it to me, if it is orthodox, then the question arises, what about other faiths that are present in our country? the second question, but man

and the north of that is are and for us to magically target at the hospital, an old hospital in gloucester city and the north have went out of service. you went to the as right? yeah. fox. and now the situation of the health system is just collapsing, it's on its last legs is there and it's continue to to, to try to get to the hospital. continuing us with the i guess ations that as well as making you get to and why and, and we are now facing these funding suspensions. what will it ultimately spell for garza's humanitarian aid? this, this is an kings and i'll tell i'm one of the one we're calling on. we will have more units here again and to get into garza and we need to collaborate together as a human nature against an old humanitarian agency is to be able to respond to the scale of emergency exhaust. uh, the scale of the crisis in gaza is just huge, and we are in there's, in seeing and for the old efforts to be able to provide over the humanitarian services to the people in casa, to evade the sufferings of over 2000000 civilians. inc. us the entire population now in guns are in need for t

is really a tax of kills at least $165.00 protest in since friday, taking the desk told across gloucester today the $25000.00. and since the war began, and con unit strikes, continue here, the amount of hospital with multiple casualties under the rough or at least 3 people were killed. and that car was targeted to others were injured. rafa has taken in more than one that many in displace palestinians is based on the constant is very fun fun as well as the hospital was in garza, the austin operating having overwhelmed with large numbers of injured people. these are the scenes of the l. sure how the hospital in the central city of the envelope adults is this. so the struggling to cope without basic anesthetics is where the forces are being accused of deliberately targeting education facilities across the strip university campuses have been destroyed. united nations says the damage could lead to endorsed generation part of the ports. now from rafa it was once a simple of higher education and goals. a city now smart university is gone dust and the previous last hurtful generation of palestini

in the village near gloucester, catherine is helping to look after her mom's house which was surrounded007 all over again. it just means, if it does go through, it'll be like that again. through, it'll be like that aaain. , , ., again. this is what the river did to alison _ again. this is what the river did to alison marks - again. this is what the river did to alison marks garden, again. this is what the river - did to alison marks garden, the flood defence swamp. the garden not flood defence swamp. the garden got flooded _ flood defence swamp. the garden got flooded last _ flood defence swamp. the garden got flooded last year _ flood defence swamp. the garden got flooded last year to _ got flooded last year to whether stabbing all the equipment doors that we had in the garden and all the toys for the garden and all the toys for the children and start bringing it because of the house which is high ground. it it because of the house which is high ground.— is high ground. it breeds a coule is high ground. it breeds a counle of _ is high ground. it breeds a couple of weeks _ is high groun

in the village of longford near gloucester, catherine is helping to look after her mum's house which water, fighting in gaza continues alongside the hamas health ministry says dozens of people have been killed. thousands have attended a funeral in beirut. we can now head to the hometown in the occupied west bank to speak to our correspondence. give us a sense of the mood there at the moment. , , ._ , ., ., moment. the friday prayers are now under way- — moment. the friday prayers are now under way- the _ moment. the friday prayers are now under way. the local _ moment. the friday prayers are now under way. the local mosque - moment. the friday prayers are now under way. the local mosque is - moment. the friday prayers are now under way. the local mosque isjust| under way. the local mosque isjust behind me, the killing is the main subject of the friday sermon. the imam is speaking about how loved and popular he was, and what a fighter he was. this was a man that israel and the united states accused of being responsible for many terror acts, for people here, for the people in the west

she's the bishop of gloucester , the first ever woman gloucester, the first ever woman bishop who sayshat a few pieces of paper in a treaty will not make rwanda safe. the same bishop who in 2015, when she became a bishop, said god is not a he or a she. god is god, and is no. is she? no. >> well , look, i is she? no. >> well, look, i think we have to also make it. she wasn't the only one. she wasn't the only one. there was a hundred and whatever else, 270. thank you. who voted against them? um but this was, i suppose it was a terrible inevitability about this. depending on whether this. and depending on whether you the house lords is you think the house of lords is a thing or not, they are a good thing or not, they are either there to check our democracy, have sanity democracy, to have a sanity check some these things, check for some of these things, or going to ruin or they're just going to ruin any sense of democracy because they going the they are going against the people been elected by people who have been elected by this these this country to make these decisions on behalf. decisi

the country, hundreds of flood warnings were issued, particularly here in the west of england, in gloucesterear weather means that people should soon be able to assess the damage. experts say a warming atmosphere increases the chance of intense rainfall and storms. however, many factors contribute to extreme weather and it takes time for scientists to calculate how much impact climate change has on these particular events. a metropolitan police officer has been suspended after being charged with rape. pc andrej sagaidak has been charged with two counts of rape, one count of non—fatal strangulation and one count of causing actual bodily harm. the officer was off—duty at the time of the alleged offences. some services on the london underground will stop running from sunday evening ahead of a complete walk out by tube staff for most of next week. the strike is part of a long—running dispute about pay and conditions. around three million journeys are made every working day on the tube and the strike is expected to bring major disruption. as we settle into january, many of us will be thinking abo

meanwhile, welsh star louis rees—zammit has left gloucester with immediate effect to pursue a careerped 32 times by his country has joined the nfl international player pathway with the aim of securing a place on an american football team for 202a. he is 22 and has always dream and of potentially playing in the nfl, he has always been a huge fan and he feels if he doesn't take the opportunity now, then it might not happen for him in the future. i wish him all the best. i will always be a great believer in players taking the opportunities that get presented. and that's all the sport for now. this the israeli military says its troops have killed dozens of hamas militants around the town of beit lahia in northern gaza. the idf said it had uncovered about 100 rocket launchers. yesterday, the un chief, antonio guterres, again called for the fighting to stop, saying an immediate ceasefire was necessary to secure the release of hostages in gaza and increase aid entering the enclave. israel has dropped leaflets near rafah, in the south of gaza, warning residents there — to move to safer areas

in the village of longford near gloucester, catherine is helping to look after her mum's house whichded by water, again from the river severn. it's 2007 all over again and it's, yeah, itjust means, mum, if it does go through it would be nine months out again. and this is what the river avon did to alice and mark's garden in fordingbridge. the flood defence swamped. the garden would get flooded, it did last year. so we had to start bringing all of the equipment and tools that we had in the garden and all of the toys for the children and start bringing them up closer to the house, which is on higher ground. the water breached a couple of weeks ago and now it's the river bank has gone as well. anyone travelling by train today is advised to check their service before they set off after major disruption to multiple routes, including great western railway and south western railway. this was the scene at hinton admiral station last night. in plymouth, the rail line between liskeard and looe looking more like a river. somewhere between newton abbot and totnes we ground to a halt and sat ther

a little earlier i spoke to nicky arch who ran the chalford hill post office in gloucester. and was wrongly000. i asked to her tell me what happened. i was running a business, a little shop and the local post office. i had the auditors—come—investigators turn up. they closed me down immediately. i was eventually charged, once they'd splashed all over the local newspapers that i'd stolen money off of elderly people. two years after that, i did a three and a half day crime court appearance and defended myself. and luckily the jury acquitted me and found me not guilty. but by then, it was too late. two years on, everything had gone. everything had been ruined. my reputation was in pieces. yeah, it was hideous. but, you know, 2a years on nearly now, and the fight continues. the story has also been covered on nicky campbell's radio 5 show this morning. during an emotional programme he took this call from karenjolliffe — a sub—postmistress who spent three months injail after a shortfall in her accounts. take a listen. well, i'd been running my post office — it was like a main one, they closed the

now to the shock news from rugby union today, as wales and gloucester winger louis rees—zammit is leavingbed the decision to join the nfl international player pathway as "painstaking" but aims to secure a place on an team this year. with more, here's patrick gearey. chasing down his own cake. he is going to get there. what a try. he thrives on surprise, that sudden burst, the unexpected movement. it's made him a star, he was to be a key part of wales's six nation squad, but there wing or produce the most remarkable change of direction yet. this morning, he rang to tell them he would be leaving rugby and his club to try his luck in the nfl. spoke to him about half an hour ago, so, yeah. he said he's 22 years he's always dreamed of potentially playing in the nfl. it's always been a huge fan of it. because if he doesn't take the opportunity now, thenit doesn't take the opportunity now, then it may not happen for him the future. ijust wish him all the best. future. i “ust wish him all the best. ., , ., ., best. he said in a statement that althou:h best. he said in a statement that although th

in the village of longford near gloucester, catherine is helping to look after her mum's house whichas surrounded by water, again from the river severn. it's 2007 all over again and it's, yeah, itjust means, mum, if it does go through it would be nine months out again. and this is what the river avon did to alice and mark's garden in fordingbridge. the flood defence swamped. the garden would get flooded, it did last year. so we had to start bringing all of the equipment and tools that we had in the garden and all of the toys for the children and start bringing them up closer to the house, which is on higher ground. the water breached a couple of weeks ago and now it's the riverbank has gone as well. anyone travelling by train today is advised to check their service before they set off after major disruption to multiple routes, including great western railway and south western railway. this was the scene at hinton admiral station last night. the rail line between liskeard and looe looking more like a river. somewhere between newton abbot and totnes we ground to a halt and sat there fo

welsh star louis rees—zammit has left his club gloucester with immediate effect and quit rugby unionprogramme, which gives athletes from around the world the chance to earn a spot on an nfl roster. seven—time paralympic gold medallist hannah cockroft says disabled people in britain are being "almost criminalised" in the way they are treated. the uk government downgraded the role of minister of state for disabled people to junior level last month. a decision the seven time gold medallist has condemned. an open letter signed by 57 sporting bodies last week called for the role to be reinstated. the government says it will build on it's track record of supporting disabled people, and ensure there is a strong safety net for the most vulnerable in society. and that's all the sport for now. from the marc edwards and the team at the bbc sport centre, see you soon, goodbye. hello there. it's been quite a snowy day across the northern half of the uk. further south, it's been cold, but largely dry with some sunshine, little bit of variable cloud here and there. wednesday promises to be another

so for gloucester at the moment.stretch from brodie's favourite showground in chepstow to the london international horse show. and prince william was among those who showed support. reaching london, emma navigated christmas shoppers along oxford street. by her side, those who'd also lost loved ones, sharing her passion to raise awareness about suicide prevention. we know how hard the grief hits you. you know, brodie was emma's only daughter, you know? but emma's lifted herself back up, and she's pulling this horse in memory of brodie because she believes other families do not have to go through this grief. her constant updates on social media meant she never walked alone. by the time she reached the finish line a huge crowd waited for her. thanks to the kindness of strangers, many who she now calls friends, emma's challenge raised almost £60,000 for charity. it really was an incredible effort and emma is with us, with miles, come and join us. what an extraordinary effort that was, looking back at those pictures, what

and coming up on bbc news — a shock move for wales and gloucester spinner as he quits rugby union tolay american football. —— we endure. —— winger. good evening. welcome to the bbc news at six. we start with some breaking news. in the last few moments, the two deputy chairmen of conservative party have resigned. the news comes as mps are voting on the government's plan to remove asylum seekers to rwanda. let's go straight to our political editor chris mason at westminster. hello. these two resignations just announced in the last moment or two, in fact, i havejust been announced in the last moment or two, in fact, i have just been sent the letter of resignation sent by lea anderson and also brendan clarke—smith, both deputy chairman of the conservative party, and i must admit, i have not yet read it. and the argument they are making and have been making for the last 2a hours or so is that they think it is right to back some proposed changes to the government's plan as far as rwanda and asylum seekers are concerned. this idea of sending some asylum seekers to east africa. a concern fro

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he slept on it on monday, went to gloucester, didn't really think too much whether it would go ahead.ease him in the last couple of hours. there'll be a sizzling atmosphere inside the rod laver arena later this morning as the ten time australian open champion novak djokovic takes on home favourite alexei popyrin in the second round. plenty of action already though, including the us open champion coco gauff who is safely through to the next round. a straight sets win for her over fellow american caroline dolehide. good day for the teenagers, as the 16—year—old russian mirra andreeva, a real rising star of the sport, has pulled off a massive result, knocking out last years wimbledon finalist ons jabeur. they've had nearly two months to prepare and now we're just a few days away from one of the scottish cup ties of the season. highland league side buckie thistle go to celtic in the fourth round this weekend. so how are they going to do against the team who've won it more than anyone else? go on the jag, whoo! buckie is buzzing. go on, buckie, go on the jag! it's a one in 100 year kind of

and then the following there were about eight people who arrived from gloucester. and then the next day there were tens of people. then the next day there were hundreds. and then pretty soon there was flood of people arriving, all with the same idea. and i just want to pause here for a minute to say, when i first was reading about that, my thought was, wow, you know, people had an incredible communication system that here you had three people arrive and, they were accepted and they must have communicated that information. but when i started doing some more digging, i realized, no, it wasn't that the communication was there at that time? the reality was that the fort was and with the movement of troops, the opportunity was also there for so many of these enslaved people to make their way. and most of them made their way, especially in these early weeks aboard. ship. and that shouldn't be since the overwhelming majority of watermen aspire actually in the hampton roads area of virginia were african-american. they knew the waterways. they knew how to navigate. and many