julian bennett had served with the force for more than a0 years and wrote part of its drugs strategy.hat scotland yard rejected his offer to resign. mr bennett's lawyers say they will appeal. now let's have a full weather forecast and the latest details on storm ciaran, here's carol. hello again. storm ciaran will be making its presence felt later on today, tonight and also through tomorrow in the sense that we're going to have some heavy rain falling on ground that is already saturated, exacerbating the flooding risk and also damaging winds in the south and the channel islands where we could have gusts up to 90 miles an hour — with exposure, possibly even more than that. now we've got rain continuing to move northwards across scotland, some snow on the highest ground. and we're also looking at a blustery day with sunshine and showers, but some of the showers will merge to give some longer spells of rain. and then later we see storm ciaran starting to show its hand, coming into the south—west, temperatures ranging from six in the north to 1a in the south. so if we pick up storm ciaran

julian bennett, who served in the force from 1976, was cleared of using the drug in 2019, but was foundisconduct by failing to provide the sample. an inquest has heard that sir bobby charlton died after an accidentalfall at a care home. the england and manchester united footballing legend died aged 86 in macclesfield general hospital last month. an inquest heard he was living in the willows in nuts—ford, in the willows in nutsford. you're live with bbc news. a former top uk civil servant has told the covid inquiry that there wasn't one day during the pandemic when the coronavirus rules were properly followed in downing street. helen macnamara, who used to be the second most senior civil servant in the country, also said borisjohnson�*s "breezy confidence" at the time jarred with her and that there had been a toxic macho culture in government. our political editor chris mason reports. closed, empty, little moving but the escalators — those bleak memories of 2020. a virus at first distant, then quickly frightening, and a government that was vastly unprepared, as this then senior civil ser

julian bennett had served with the force for more than a0 years and was — for a time — responsible forsay they will appeal against the panel's decision. the met office has warned parts of southern england to brace for storm ciaran. amber weather warnings are in place from tonight into friday. gusts of 80mph are possible on exposed parts of the south coast, with 20—25mm of rain expected in southern and western areas. there are also 26 flood warnings in place tens of thousands of children in the west of scotland will be off school today because of a strike by support staff. the walkout by members of unison is in the long running dispute about pay. the strike affects schools in the glasgow, renfrewshire, east renfrewshire, and inverclyde local authority areas. you're live with bbc news. let's continue with our coverage of what's happening in ukraine. ukrainian children forced to leave their homes near the front lines have begun to arrive in safer parts of the country. the authorities ordered families to move away from more than 30 towns and villages last week as shelling and fighting inte

julian bennett had served with the force for more than a0 years and wrote part of its drugs strategy. that scotland yard rejected his offer to resign. mr bennett's lawyers say they will appeal. the second day of the king and queen's state visit to kenya will celebrate the country's work promoting animal welfare and environmental conservation. the king will visit an urban forest in nairobi, while the queen will tour an elephant orphanage. 0ur royal correspondent nicholas witchell has this report, which contains flashing images. the welcome on an african night was a warm one, but king charles knows he faces a sensitive challenge. it has fallen to him to deal with the legacy issues. there's the matter of slavery and, on this visit, britain's conduct during its colonial past. no, there was no pity in my heart. 70 years ago in kenya, there was an uprising against the then british colonial rulers. the mau mau rebellion was crushed with great brutality. many were tortured, thousands died. the king and queen were shown the tunnel of martyrs — a tribute to lost lives. at a state banquet in nai