the cricket commentator henry blofeld in his final broadcast earlier on saturday.ons for the arrival of hurricane irma include the corralling of pink flamingos. as you can see they're not easy to catch. at the miami zoo, officials have been busy making sure their nearly 3,000 animals are safely out of harm's way. most of the animals including these pink flamingos are being carefully moved to concrete holding areas ahead of the storm. a reminder of our top story.... the most powerful storm to hit cuba in more than eighty years is moving slowly along the island's north coast, causing floods and widespread damage. the government has extended its maximum level of alert to more provinces, including havana. the storm has been downgraded to category three, but is expected to increase in power again as it heads towards the united states. the outer edge of hurricane irma is already hitting florida. the governor said the florida keys were being buffeted by winds of 200kmh. coming up shortly the headlines. first the weather with phil avery hello once again. thanks very much i

the cricket commentator henry blofeld in his final broadcast earlier on saturday.ars is moving slowly along the island's north coast, causing floods and widespread damage. the government has extended its maximum level of alert to more provinces, including havana. the storm has been downgraded to category 3, but is expected to increase in power again as it heads towards the united states. the outer edge of hurricane irma is already hitting florida. the governor said the florida keys were being buffeted by winds of 200 kilometres an hour. and there's much more coverage of the hurricane on our website, including backgrounders such as this video featuring all those in florida who lived through hurricane andrew and the devastation it caused in 1992. it also explores whether irma could be worse. coming up shortly the headlines. first the weather with phil avery. hello once again. thanks very much indeed forjoining me. the weekend started on a pretty showery note to say the very least across the british isles. even underneath the glorious skies here in derbyshire, the spo

the cricket commentator henry blofeld in his final broadcast earlier on saturday.eing crowned the champion of a second grand tour this year. he leads the vuelta a espana going into sunday's largely processional final stage. it will make froome only the third man in history to win both this race and the tour de france in the same year. the stage was won by spain's alberto contador, and there was emotional end to the spanish rider's career as he retires on sunday. a dark fairytale movie the shape of water has won the top prize at the venice film festival — the golden lion. it tells the story of a mute cleaning lady who falls in love with an aquatic animal created by scientists in a government laboratory. it was directed by guillermo del toro, who is the first mexican to win the award. a reminder of our top story. the most powerful storm to hit cuba in more than eighty years is moving slowly along the island's north coast, causing floods and widespread damage. this is bbc news. hello once again. thanks very much indeed forjoining me. the weekend started on a pretty sh

the bbc cricket commentator, henry blofeld, has made his final radio broadcast, bringing a career thatans, has retired at the age of 77. he signed off to applause from around the ground at lord's in london, where england were playing the west indies. it is 88 1:1. that, it is 88 a1. that, ladies and gentlemen, is the end of it. thank you all for listening, it has been wonderful. you all say you are going to miss me and i will miss you something dreadful. archeologists in egypt say they've discovered the tomb of a goldsmith that's more than 3,000 years old. it was found in a burial site on the west bank of the nile, near the city of luxor. our middle east editor alan johnston has more. staring out of the past, remains from the world of ancient injured. they may here in the darkness deep beneath the banks of the river nile for well over 3000 years. now, they are emerging from their grave. every detail of their surroundings is being examined. and slowly the story of this burial place and it's dead is becoming clearer. it's believed that this was the tomb of a goldsmith and we even find an

henry blofeld of test match special, dressed to stop the traffic for his final commentary.y good to be here, old thing. will you hope for something of a west indies revival to continue? i do. it would be lovely if they won the series. it would do their cricket so much good, wouldn't it? there's widespread goodwill towards sportsmen representing the caribbean, especially at this time, but runs in a test match are hard earned, especially with james anderson bowling. test wickets number 498 and 499 came before lunch. surely historic 500 would follow? the thing is, there were other england bowlers excelling. ben stokes was making the ball swerve and swing like never before. repeatedly unplayable. as wickets fell to others, anderson was desperately trying to get one. well, how did that miss? the umpire didn't know. anderson helped stokes — nice catch — but before he could bowl again, west indies were all out for 123. ben stokes' best bowling, 6—22. the biggest compliment was that it reminded lords of anderson. very good but now it was england's turn to bat and in conditions whic

and finally we wish a happy retirement to henry blofeld.me. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the end of the. thank you all for listening. it's been wonderful talking to you will. you say you miss me, i will miss you something dreadful. i must not fall over when i hand over to the next commentator. it's going to be ed smith, how lovely. macro balls it's been wonderful hearing from you, henry —— applause. he was given a standing ovation and a special lap of honour at lord's. he was even invited into the england dressing room afterwards as well. a great day for henry blofeld. never a man knowingly underdressed. he is the charming, charming to listen to and deal with. eight release wonderful man with a beautiful voice —— a really wonderful man. wonderful man with a beautiful voice -- a really wonderful man. he will be sorely missed. he did well to hold it together, there were quite a few tears in the commentary box. he was professional to the end. the almost looks camouflaged in the green jacket. he almost looks camouflaged in the greenjacket

and for henry blofeld in the commentary box. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the end of it.l miss me, i tell you what, i will miss you all something dreadful. at the end of his last test match special stint, an audience beyond even the radio acknowledged his career. winning runs came from mark stoneman, another aspiring batsman. the winter ashes may well expose any england weaknesses, butjoe root has already won his first two series as england captain, and many of his predecessors had to wait a long time to do that. it was a fantastic week with the lads at the back end showing great composure to get across the line and played with great temple. it is a great sign leading to the winter. i still cannot quite get my head around it. a lot of emotions throughout the week, some relief just getting it out of the way and concentrating on the game. i am sure i will step down over the next few weeks with some time off before going to australia and everything will start sinking in and what it actually means. there is that beautiful autumnal glow over lords behind you. we have a flight—

and for henry blofeld in the commentary box. and that, ladies and gentlemen, is the end of it.ay you will miss me, i tell you what, i will miss you all something dreadful. at the end of his last test match special stint, an audience beyond even the radio acknowledged his career. winning runs came from mark stoneman, another aspiring batsman. the winter ashes may well expose any england weaknesses, butjoe root has already won his first two series as england captain, and many of his predecessors had to wait a long time to do that. lovely to see him bow out was that england when ann bingen go into the ashes on the back of a win but how battle hardened will they be? it was not quite as one—sided as many feared but they could have done with slightly stiffer opposition? let's think back to the summer as a whole and we cannot forget the series against a sponsored e dean we re series against a sponsored e dean were england bounced back to win that series —— a strong south african team. we were surprised and impressed by how the west indies performed in headingley. joe good after that g

the match also saw henry blofeld, one of the best known voices of cricket, commentate for the last time. thank you for joining me. it has been a day of mixed weather fortunes in any one location, but costs whilst that area of low pressure has been the dominant driving feature, we have had quite a few showers urged along bya had quite a few showers urged along by a noticeable north by north—westerly winds. lurking in the wings is, if you like, sunday's weather. a lot of showers, some thunderstorms, drifting its way towards the south and east. a little build—up of pressure just in the first part of the night will kill off some of those showers and underneath the clearing skies some eastern parts may end up having a cool night, especially in the countryside. in east anglia we could get down to four or 5 degrees. later in the night the temperatures will start to rise as this area of cloud and rain will make its way no one across scotland and northern ireland. in the south—east, it will bea ireland. in the south—east, it will be a bright enough start tomorrow. there will be a lot of dry weat

henry blofeld of test match special, dressed to stop the traffic for his final commentary.ntinue? i do. it would be lovely if they won the series. it would do their cricket so much good, wouldn't it?

this man arrived at lord's knowing it was his final test, henry blofeld of test match special, dressedg. do we hope for something of a west indies revival to continue? certainly. i do, it would be lovely if they won the series. it would do their cricket so much good, wouldn't it? there's widespread goodwill towards sportsmen representing the caribbean, especially at this time. but runs in a test match are hard earned, especially with james anderson bowling... test wickets number 498 and 499 came before lunch, surely historic 500 would follow? the thing is — other england bowlers were excelling. ben stokes was making the ball swerve and swing like never before. commentator: bowled him! repeatedly unplayable. .. as wickets fell to others, anderson was desperately trying to get one. how did that miss? the umpire didn't know... the west indies were nine down, another for stokes. caught by anderson. so, are you going to give me a chance to get my 500th? well, no. next ball 123 all out, and stokes's career—best figures. six wickets for 22, and the biggest compliment anyone could pay? that it

and for henry blofeld in the commentary box.atch special stint, an audience beyond even the radio acknowledged his career. winning runs came from mark stoneman, another aspiring batsman. the winter ashes may well expose any england weaknesses, butjoe root has already won his first two series as england captain, and many of his predecessors had to wait a long time to do that. england also be the weather, winning just before the rain arrived, joe root reckons england have played brilliant cricket this summer. if they as a group can take confidence to australia, that is the precious commodity down there. in today's premier league matches, there were wins for arsenal, brighton, tottenham, chelsea and watford. but manchester city are top of their table, after beating ten—man liverpool 5—0. it wasjurgen klopp's heaviest defeat since taking over at liverpool, and city's biggest win against them in 80 years. adam wild reports. the season may only be a few weeks old, but already a match two teams quick to catch the eye, so far attractive

and finally we wish a happy retirement to henry blofeld.ladies and gentlemen, is the end of the. thank you all for listening. it has been wonderful talking to you will. you say you miss me, i will miss you something dreadful. must not fall over when i hand over to the next commentator. england captainjoe root said it would be strange listening to the radio without him and after soaking up the adulation from his colleagues, he was given a standing ovation on a special lap of honour of lords. he was even invited into the england dressing room afterwards as well. he will be missed. how incredible. he will be missed. how incredible. hejust is tms. he will be missed. how incredible. he just is tms. here so intrinsic to the atmosphere and colour. i started working for 5 live sport at bbc i was amazed at how he could pick to read bird flying across the scene, he could set the scene so well. it felt like you were on the ground. here's a fantastic and he will be missed. mo farah in the great north run later this afternoon. we will stay with that sto

switched on to tms for the final game between the west indies and england, the final commentary from henry blofeldnging up the mike. flintoff sta rts he is hanging up the mike. flintoff starts his run, his shadow behind him, where else would it be. what was the sausage reference?‘ him, where else would it be. what was the sausage reference? a butcher sent him the sausages but he said that's rather tactless of the father, i don't know the background of that bit. sausages, pigeons and cranes. more than half a million people have been ordered to leave their homes in florida before hurricane erma hits the us on sunday and many tourists are stranded at miami airport with no seats left to come home. tens of thousands have been told to evacuate their homes on the northern coast of cuba. red cross is estimating up to 26 million people in total could be exposed to the destructive winds and heavy rains. the bbc‘s will grant is in havana. cubans have spent the past few days watching as nearby islands were devastated by this vast storm as it ploughed through the caribbean. now they know their country's next o

. —— henry blofeld. they were all outside laughing at him. what an amazing story. a top man.h could potentially get him banned for england. he said it was not targeted at the rapper rebut it was some kind of communication with his friend carl walker. he said it was maybe a joke. it wasn't the wisest thing to do. there are cameras everywhere, the world is watching, just be aware of that, maybe. see you a little bit later. whether it's the soothing sound of the waves or the sand between your toes, a trip to the seaside can lift the spirits. now researchers are investigating whether so—called "blue health" could be used to help people living with anxiety, depression and loneliness — even if they can't get to the coast. breakfast‘s graham satchell has been looking into this and he's in cornwall for us this morning. feeling relaxed, graham ? i then to really need to ask that. are you awake? i'm very relaxed in our ostentatiously oversized deckchair. it is a little dark this morning but over there in the estuary, one of the most beautiful places in the country. a trip to the seasid