they were in other areas of lincolnshire. we've learned a lot as a command team. raf to nude before. we haven't proven the concept. we have on this occasion —— the raf chinook. we will have a debrief at the end of this one and we will take on board a lot from the previous floods i've referred to. it looks like more are forecast. how are you prepared to cope with that? we are into a period of respite from sunday into monday but as you say, more rain coming on tuesday into wednesday. so we've got high volume pumps at the moment redistributing some of the water where we have had that egress. of course my staff and across the entire lincolnshire area remain ready to rescue and indeed respond. we area ready to rescue and indeed respond. we are a six into the emergency and we are by no means through it. —— we are at day six. . thanks forjoining us. the headlines on bbc news. the first televised debate in the race to be conservative leader and prime minister has taken place, but without boris johnson. contenders have clashed over how to deliver brexit. hong kong's leader

scotla nd lincolnshire again during wednesday.sday. far west of wales one of the driest and brighter spots again. far west of wales one of the driest and brighterspots again. sign far west of wales one of the driest and brighter spots again. sign of high pressure for friday and saturday and that means a short speu saturday and that means a short spell but significant spell of dry weather for just about will before rain returns on sunday. some are, hopefully we'll be with us soon. a reminder of our top story... the inquest into the london bridge attacks here is how confusion hampered efforts to help some of the victims. that's all from the bbc news at six. it is goodbye from me and on bbc one, we this is bbc news. the headlines: the frontrunner in the race to become tory leader and prime minister, borisjohnson, has faced criticism for missing hustings today, with westminsterjournalists. he also missed last night's first televised debate of the campaign. but mrjohnson has received a boost, after health secretary matt hancock became

joining me now is chief inspector phil vickers from lincolnshire police.ergency centre in lincoln where they are co—ordinating efforts to tackle the floods. thank you forjoining us. could you bring us up—to—date on the latest? as you say, the repairs completed by the raf yesterday evening were checked again at first light and although they were holding, there was concern about the volume of water seeping through. another crack was found in the bank and a decision was found in the bank and a decision was made that the first 290 homes, that's the area to the west of wa i nfleet, that's the area to the west of wainfleet, would be evacuated. later today we've seen rising water levels around the pumping station that serves the area and as a result we are concerned we might lose the capability of the pumping station, so capability of the pumping station, so further properties have been evacuated. where people being evacuated. where people being evacuated to? we are asking most people to self evacuate to stay with friends out of the area. we have prioritised vuln

fears of further flooding in parts of lincolnshire, with storms predicted, for the coming week. commentator: that has gone... and at the world cup, india thrash arch rivals pakistan, in one of the biggest games, in cricket. good evening. in a crucial week for the conservative leadership race, the candidates have gone head—to—head in their first televised debate. the eventual winner, to be decided next month by party members, will become prime minister. there are six candidates still in the running, all of them men, but the frontrunner, borisjohnson, refused to take part in tonight's channel a debate, prompting his rivals to claim he was ducking scrutiny. some of the sharpest exchanges came over brexit, and whether it was right to suspend parliament in order to ensure withdrawal by the end of october. here's our political correspondent, ben wright. he turned up. so did he. i don't think there is any point to these debates that burris. very much, yes. five of the tory candidates vying to be the next prime minister. at the front runner decided to skip it. they had an empty podium a

parts of lincolnshire recorded over 70 millimetres of rain injust 2a hours. slow moving. the wettest areas have been across parts of yorkshire, lincolnshire, the east midlands and towards wales, just clipping into the far west of cornwall as well. some heavy rain which could cause some further issues. to the south east of that, some sunny spells, yes, but also a scattering of heavy, thundery showers. the wind is light towards the south—east, but elsewhere, quite a windy day. and underneath these outbreaks of rain, with that brisk wind which could bring gusts of up to a0 mph or so, it will feel very cool indeed. 11 or 12 degrees. all the while, scotland and northern ireland seeing a fair amount of dry weather, some spells of sunshine, just a few showers across the far north of scotland. as we go through this evening and tonight, this band of cloud and rain will move very slowly further north—westwards, more of north—west england will get into the rain. some of that rain clipping into northern ireland and a southern scotland by the end of the night as well. tem

more people have been forced to leave their homes in lincolnshire after severe flooding. heavy rain with storms are forecast. tens of millions are left without power in four south american countries, after the failure of a hydroelectric dam. and india beat their arch—rivals, pakistan at the cricket world cup, watched by an estimated billion people. and at half past 11 we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers nicola bartlett — the political correspondent for daily mirror and broadcaster john stapleton. stay with us for that. in a crucial week for the conservative leadership race, the candidates have gone head—to—head in their first televised debate. the eventual winner, to be decided next month by party members, will become prime minister. there are six candidates still in the running — all of them men — but the frontrunner, borisjohnson, refused to take part in tonight's channel a debate, prompting his rivals to claim he was ducking scrutiny. some of the sharpest exchanges came over brexit and whether it was right to suspend parliament in order to

chief inspector phil vickers from lincolnshire police at the emergency rescue centre.ty will be toast if it does not take britain out of the eu by the 31st of october. another huge protest in hong kong as tens of thousands march — despite a government climb—down on its extradition bill to mainland china. the jailed british—iranian woman nazanin zaghari—radcliffe begins a new hunger strike — as tehran protests about british claims that iran was behind attacks on two oil tankers. sport and for a full round up, we go over to the bbc sport centre. there is cricket, boxing, lots of sport to tell you about. yes, plenty going on today. british heavyweight tyson fury put on a show for the american boxing public. as he made quick work of the previously undefeated tom schwarz in las vegas. fury entered the ring wearing the the american stars and stripes on his shorts... in an outfit reminiscent of the character apollo creed in the rocky movies. and the audience were thoroughly entertained as fury exhibited all of his boxing prowess and skill to put schwarz down in the second rou

over 90 millimetres has fallen across parts of lincolnshire so far this week. rain over central parts of the uk and in the south—east, a scattering of heavy downpours, which will be around for a while before fading away. the rain moving north. southern scotland and northern ireland, staying quite breezy as well, especially over central and northern parts of the uk. tomorrow, cloud and rain moving over northern england into southern scotland and northern ireland. it will be drier for a time further south and east but more wet weather into parts of east anglia, lincolnshire, some more wet weather here, even away from those areas of persistent rain there will be a scattering of downpours. asimilar a similar story on thursday and those temperatures disappointing. you're watching beyond 100 days. joe biden and donald trump are both speaking in iowa today. is this a preview of the 2020 race? they won't come face—to—face — not today — but the feud that has bubbled between them looms large over the visits. and iowa is where it all starts — the state holds the first vot

hundreds more people are urged to leave their homes in lincolnshire because of flooding, brought on byain. police are investigating after 3 people were killed in separate attacks in london in the last 2a hours. a mass is held at notre dame cathedral — for the first time since a fire destroyed the roof and spire two months ago. and four—time tour de france winner — chris froome posts this picture from his hospital bed — and says he's fully focused on getting back to his best after his high—speed crash on wednesday. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranianjailed in iran — has begun a new hunger strike — in protest against her imprisonment. her husband, back in the uk, also plans tojoin her on hunger strike. the mother—of—one, has been detained for the past 3 years — after being accused of spying by the iranian authorities — a charge she strongly denies — and sentenced to 5 years in jail. our correspondent andy moore is following the story for us. her daughter gabriella is in iran staying with her parents. she has just recently celebrated her fifth birthday and she said that if she

hundreds of people in lincolnshire still can't go back to their homes because of flooding, descibed by environment agency as "unprecedented". president trump again denounces london's mayor, sadiq khan. it follows a series of violent deaths in the capital. millions tune in to watch the biggest clash in world cricket as india meet pakistan in the world cup. and the week in parliament considers the chances of the house of commons being suspended in order to deliver a no—deal brexit. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon. hundreds of thousands of protestors are back on the streets in hong kong, a day after the territory's chief executive, carrie lam, suspended highly controversial plans to allow extradition to the chinese mainland. within the last few minutes, carrie lam has apologised to the public with "utmost sincerity and humility". the demonstrators are calling for the proposals to be completely withdrawn and for mrs lam to resign. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell is at the protest with the latest. hong kong's streets are again a sea of protest, a day after

flooding forces hundreds more people from their homes in lincolnshire after two months of rain fallstwo days. police are investigating after 3 people were killed in separate attacks in london in the last 2a hours. australia go top of the world cup group table with an 87—run win over sri lanka. and at half past eleven we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers broadcaster, penny smith and john rentoul, chief political commentator, independent — stay with us for that. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe — the british—iranian mother jailed in iran on spying charges — has begun a new hunger strike, in protest at her imprisonment. she's been held since 2016 and denies any wrongdoing. her move comes at a time of escalating tension, with the united states, backed by the uk, accusing iran of a series of attacks on oil tankers in the gulf of oman. iran denies any involvement. our world affairs correspondent caroline hawley reports. these are the moments before nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe‘s arrest, more than three years ago at tehran airport. she thought she was heading home with he

more people have been forced to leave their homes in lincolnshire after severe flooding — heavy rainith storms are forecast. tens of millions are left without power in four south american countries, after the failure, of a hydroelectric dam. israel's prime minister — benjamin netanyahu — formally names of a new town in the golan after president donald trump, and india are on the verge of beating their arch—rivals, pakistan, in one of the biggest games in world cricket. good evening and welcome to bbc news. in a crucial week for the conservative leadership race, the candidates are going head—to—head in their first televised debate. the eventual winner, to be decided next month by party members, will become prime minister. there are six candidates still in the running, with all of them divided, on how best to deliver brexit. the frontrunner, boris johnson, has refused to take part in tonight's channel a debate, saying he'll instead participate in a bbc event, on tuesday. but his rivals claim he's ducking scrutiny, and some say he can't deliver on his promise, to leave the eu in october

a real challenging evacuation in lincolnshire.s understood that the health secretary — matt hancock — is considering withdrawing from the race to become the next conservative leader. yesterday‘s first round of voting left borisjohnson as the clear favourite with six others making it through to the next round. let‘s speak to our political correspondent, chris mason, who‘s in our westminster studio. matt hancock, what is the thinking in one of the others withdrawing, are they going to get together to mount a significant challenge against boris johnson? there is a huge amount of thinking going on and none of them have concluded what they are going to do but the central question is, can they collectively mount something of an operation that provide some competition for boris johnson because he won by a country mile yesterday. 71 votes ahead of jeremy hunt who finished second. 0nly jeremy hunt who finished second. only 24 points between jeremy jeremy hunt who finished second. only 24 points betweenjeremy hunt and rory stewart. rory ste

it isn'tjust lincolnshire, i have to say. the trend is bad news at the moment.t is the same in shrewsbury for the river severn. this area of rain down here will become ever more extensive for wales. up the irish sea coast, the isle of man, the north west of england, and into the evening, some of this will be quite heavy, driving into the north of scotland. there will be a dangling weather front bringing more rain, more persistent rain, back into the western side of wales particularly. between now and the close of play tomorrow, some locations could well be looking at another 20—30 millimetres at least. i have seen reports that some parts of scotla nd i have seen reports that some parts of scotland could see a0 millimetres. there is the chart for monday. not a great deal changes. we still have persistent rain for the first part of the day across the northern isles, western isles and parts of western mainland scotland. not particularly heavy, but the persistence on those welsh hills, the totals mount up. to the other side of wales, a half decent day, temperatures

some of those areas badly affected by flooding in lincolnshire. into wednesday and as that clears away it may be that as the day comes along we have more thunderstorms and somewhere in that warning area 30—a0 millimetres but some could get 50. hello, this is bbc news. the headlines. hong kong's leader apologises as hundreds of thousands stage another protest against plans for an extradition law, which has now been suspended. i confess that we have not been as effective as we would like to communicate with the people to justify this very good objective that is worth doing. tory leadership contender, dominic raab, says his party will be "toast" if britain isn't out of the eu by the end of october and he accuses parliament of trying to steal brexit from the voters. hundreds of people in lincolnshire still can't go back to their homes because of flooding described by the environment agency as "unprecedented". around a8 million people may be affected by a huge electrical power failure in argentina and uruguay. now the best of the week's interviews and

danny savage, bbc news, wainfleet in lincolnshire.ck. hello, the weekend hasn't been looking as wet as it's been, it still going to be unsettled, friday night, rain on and off in northern ireland, getting heavier again night, rain on and off in northern ireland, getting heavieragain going into saturday morning. this area of shari rain stretching from western scotla nd shari rain stretching from western scotland through wales into western nguyen. slowly moving east, may be the odd shower, sunny spells ahead of it, sunshine behind, one or two showers developing as well, and what will be a breezy saturday with temperatures may be as high as 20 celsius and parts of eastern england, though most of us will fall short of that. going through saturday evening, another area of showers developing towards wales, southwest england, they will push their way northwards, as we go through saturday night, and into sunday morning. some clear spells around, a chillier spot getting down towards the mid to single figures. and then on sunday, sunshine and s

more than 500 workers from in and around lincolnshire are helping with the flood rescue operation.ers have travelled in from miles around to give out sandbags and suppliers. raf chinooks have been dropping bags of sand and gravel to shore up the river‘s flood defences. it‘s done the job and they have held up for now but there‘s a risk of more flooding to come. these houses are among the 600 properties that have been evacuated. with weather warnings being issued and heavy rain forecast over the next few days, residents have been told not to return home until wednesday at the earliest. this pumping station, vital to channel away floodwaters was itself flooded. sandbags were rushed here by martin and his friends. they‘ve distributed 13,000 of them over the last few days. we‘re just doing the we can as a community to help people and save people‘s lives and homes, and that‘s all we can do, really. high volume pumps have been brought in by the environment agency, who are continuing to monitor the river levels overnight. all that the people of wainfleet can do is watch and wait and hope t

so let‘s keep our fingers crossed the weather is kinder to lincolnshire. the next five years. it‘s been closely watched by other cities around the world. last week new york passed a sweeping overhaul of its laws — making it much harderfor landlords to raise rents. earlier i spoke to our berlin correspondent, jenny hill, about the the city‘s rent increase. no—one is sure how to go about tackling the rise in rents here in berlin. i‘ve had a look at the figures this morning. in seven years, rental prices here have doubled. there is enormous pressure on the city to provide affordable housing, it is reckoned that berlin needs 100,000 new flats kind of now. there is a lot of pressure on the authorities. the berlin senate today have decided they want to go ahead and try to impose this ban on increasing rent for five years. that will have to be voted on by the bigger regional parliament later in the year once the draft proposals are ready. but that is being looked ahead to here in berlin because people are very concerned. in fact, it is being looked forward to the

the headlines at 8: hundreds more people are urged to leave their homes in lincolnshire because of flooding brought on by heavy rain. going around to people, knocking on the door and then dropping sandbags, just basically helping people and doing what we can do. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranianjailed in iran, begins a new hunger strike in protest against her imprisonment. her husband gives his full backing. i said, well, if you are going on a hunger strike i think it's time that i should as well. i'm not going to leave you alone in it. police are investigating after three people were killed in separate attacks in london in the last 2a hours. a mass is held at notre—dame cathedral for the first time since a fire destroyed the roof and spire two months ago. and four—time tour de france winner chris froome posts this picture from his hospital bed and says he's fully focused on getting back to his best after his high—speed crash. with the cricket world cup in full swing, we meet the kings of kabul — the team from afghanistan hoping to transform their lives through sport. that's he

these totals well over 100 millimetres in lincolnshire and a few spots have seen lincolnshire and a fewpots have seen more than that as well. much the same of the story across lincolnshire, and to parts of norfolk, shropshire and across in pa rt norfolk, shropshire and across in part near surrey. and we are not done yet. let me show you the big tour across western europe where the rain falls at present. look at this line of rain here in eastern france towards the low country, that is coming to us later. heavy showers pushing towards the south coast and we still have the rain that has lingered for the past few days. easing of northern england but for the isle of man and much of wales and ireland, heavy rain pushes into the east. ringtones light and patchy for many during the day before we see that heavy rain. we turn towards parts of east anglia and east england and add to the mix we have thundery showers breaking out later today into the evening rush hour across the channel islands. southern counties of england to get close to taunton but many southern counties could cause flashy floodi

lincolnshire flooding: people forced to leave their homes are still waiting to learn when they can return, after two months‘ rain fell in two days. i'm here, where the residents behind me are being asked to evacuate because of further risks of flooding. my name is tony giles and iam flooding. my name is tony giles and i am totally blind. and backpacker tony giles visits the cradle of orthodox christianity in africa. that's in the travel show, in half an hour on bbc news. hong kong's suspended plans to introduce a controversial new law allowing extraditions to mainland china. the proposals had prompted the biggest protests in the territory for years. the government had previously argued that the extradition bill would "plug the loopholes" so that the city would not be a safe haven for criminals, following a murder case in taiwan. but critics argued it would expose people in hong kong to china's unfair justice system. hong kong's chief executive carrie lam said the priority now was to restore peace and order. after repeated internal deliberations over the last two days, i now announced that

it isn'tjust lincolnshire, i have to say. the trend is bad news at the moment.ore extensive for wales. up the irish sea coast, the isle of man, the north west of england, and into the evening, some of this will be quite heavy, driving into the north of scotland. there will be a dangling weather front bringing more rain, more persistent rain, back into the western side of wales

two months‘ worth of rain fell in just two days in the lincolnshire town of wainfleet., really. there was water up to our chest when we last went in. lost everything in the house. jean and kevin were shocked at the speed at which the water came into their home. they had just finished renovating and say it will take another year to restore it to its former state. very, very sad, obviously, you know. we've never had anything like this happen before, but we just had to get out, so we did. the water level in wainfleet has dropped over the past few days, but with another spell of heavy rain forecast tonight and tomorrow — up to five centimetres on already sodden ground — people are very worried about what will happen to their homes. they're very angry. we've got a lot of people around here who are angry, and rightly so. they've lost their homes. so we're trying to get everything in place. district council, we've got skips, we've got people coming to help. so hopefully, you know, we can all pull together again. around a0 tonnes of water per second are being pumped away, but i

hundreds of people in lincolnshire still can't go back to their homes because of flooding, describedthe environment agency as "unprecedented". around 48 million people may be affected by a huge electrical power failure in argentina and uruguay. and the internationally acclaimed writer fatima bhutto talks to george alagiah in talking books, in half an hour on bbc news. good afternoon. tens of thousands of protestors are back on the streets of hong kong, a day after the territory's chief executive, carrie lam, suspended highly controversial plans to allow extraditions to the chinese mainland. carrie lam has apologised to the public with "utmost sincerity and humility". the demonstrators are calling for the proposals to be completely withdrawn and for mrs lam to resign. our china correspondent, stephen mcdonell, has spent the day at the protests. hong kong's streets are again a sea of protest, a day after the government was forced into a humiliating back—down. it's delayed a bill to allow for people to be sent to mainland chinese courts, where demonstrators say a free trial is not possi

over 90 millimetres has fallen across parts of lincolnshire so far this week.a scattering of heavy downpours, which will be around for a while before fading away. the rain moving north. southern scotland and northern ireland, staying quite breezy as well, especially over central and northern parts of the uk. tomorrow, cloud and rain moving over northern england into southern scotland and northern ireland. it will be drier for a time further south and east but more wet weather into parts of east anglia, lincolnshire, some more wet weather here, even away from those areas of persistent rain there will be a scattering of downpours. firstly, more of the same, persistent rain in the north, hefty showers further north. this is bbc news. the headlines... oxfam is given an official warning by the charity watchdog following allegations of serious sexual misconduct by its staff in haiti. this is one of our best—known charities in the uk, it failed to put people first and failed to live up put people first and failed to live up to expectations. two more tory leadership ca

danny savage, bbc news, wainfleet in lincolnshire.d are on the brink of crashing out of the women's world cup in france — after losing 2—1 to japan this afternoon. scotland started the game bottom of their group. watching the match in rennes was our correspondent jane dougall. it is notjust scotland women's first world cup. this generation of scottish children will grow up with female footballers who inspire them. come on, scotland! yay! the women take it more seriously than the men. the men, like, fall over more often. going into this match bottom of their group, scotland had to deliver on the pitch. no easy task, with opponents japan seventh in the world. and they showed why. 20 minutes in, a mistake by the scotland captain rachel corsie gifted mana iwabuchi a free strike. iwabuchi! and it was the scotland captain who gave away the second goal, also, needlessly bringing down yuika sugasawa. she sent lee alexander the wrong way. coolly done, and scotland are in big trouble here, now. it was a more positive scotland in the second half

thank you for bringing us up to date on the flooding situation in lincolnshire.s froome says he's "lucky to be here" after suffering serious injuries after a crash while training in france. the cyclist posted this photo on social media with the words "on the road to recovery" after undergoing surgery. in a statement, froome said he's fully focused on getting back to his best. the first mass has been held in notre dame cathedral in paris since a huge fire destroyed the roof and spire in april. priests and worshippers wore hard hats for the service in a small side—chapel. freya cole reports. it's not your usual attire for over a delicious service but given the iconic notre—dame is not structurally sound a hard hat is a necessity. the intimate service is the first since the spectacular fire spread to the cathedral in april, devastating prescience in sending shock waves around the world. a monument such as the notre—dame continues to live on, even if there was a fire. it is not a lost monument, it continues to have life. just 30 people were invited for a mass led by

more people have been forced to leave their homes in lincolnshire after severe flooding.

danny savage, bbc news, wainfleet in lincolnshire. to talk about this. why is it so wet, this month ofjune?m is it so wet, this month ofjune?m is not the usual, it is nothing that people would like to see. it was dry in the spring but it has been such a huge amount of rain. some parts of england and wales have had double the average june rainfall for the whole of the month and it is only during the day. we have had a stock weather pattern with low pressure close by. we have just had bands of rain circulating around low pressure. we have been in an unstable atmosphere. the jet stream has had a role to play. the elements have ganged up and produced days of rain in the wettest parts of england and wales and it hasn't looked much like summerso far, and wales and it hasn't looked much like summer so far, hasn't felt like it either, temperatures to 2 degrees below average so far each day in june so it has been a bit of a messy summer so june so it has been a bit of a messy summerso far. june so it has been a bit of a messy summer so far. wh

hundreds of people in lincolnshire still can't go back to their homes because of flooding, descibed bynvironment agency as "unprecedented". most of argentina and uruguay, together with regions of paraguay and brazil — have been without electricity after a massive power failure. good evening. five of the 6 conservative leadership candidates are preparing to go head—to—head — in their first televised debate tonight. however, borisjohnson, the frontrunner in the race, will not be taking part. the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has said choosing mrjohnson as the next tory leader would mean britain leaving the eu without a deal. our political correspondent, nick eardley, reports. catch him if you can. boris johnson is the frontrunner to be our next pm, and he still is keeping his head down. he won't be at the first tv debate tonight, but his rivals know he is the man to catch. jeremy hunt thinks he can make up the ground, but unlike mrjohnson, he's not promising brexit will be done by the end of october. this morning, he wouldn't even commit to definitely leaving this year. why? because he

over 90 mm, for example, across parts of lincolnshire.scene, the low, very slow moving areas of cloud spiralling around, this particular stripe of cloud here has brought rain through today across parts of lincolnshire, yorkshire, northwest england and wales as well. we will see further wet weather here as we head deeper into the evening and overnight. that rain also extending northwards, eventually getting into southeast scotland, some rain may clip into parts of northern ireland. away from these areas, generally quite a lot of cloud, it will be breezy, particularly across the northern half of the uk and those temperatures ranging from eight to 12 degrees. so low—pressure still very much in charge of the scene through tomorrow. a couple of weather fronts to point out, this one, the one that's been tracking northwestwards very slowly over the last couple of days will bring rain into southern scotland and northern ireland and also notice another area of wet weather pushing across the continent and that is going to work its way towards parts

a real challenging operation here in lincolnshire.when it's seemed like it would never stop raining, which would be less of a problem if it weren't the middle ofjune. it is unusual, and we've got a lot of people by rivers, who perhaps wouldn't normally be — on holiday, camping, that kind of stuff. what we're urging is people, if you are near rivers, they are very high and they're very swollen, they're reacting very quick to rain, increased vigilance, be very careful about your surroundings. the rain is easing off and the forecast is a little bit better, but the rivers are still filling up and the peak here in worcester isn't expected until late tomorrow afternoon. which means the disruption's going to continue for a few more days, and those with weekend plans willjust have to make the best of it, which will suit some more than others. phil mackie, bbc news, worcester. a high courtjudge has ordered extra powers for an inquiry into allegations of mistreatment by staff at an immigration removal centre run by gas. undercover footage on th

people forced to leave their homes after the river steeping in lincolnshire burst its banks are waiting. a state of emergency was declared in wainfleet on thursday after the equivalent of two months' rain fell in two days causing more than 70 properties to be evacuated. our reporter michael cowan joins us now. it is plain to see what the people there are dealing with in terms of there are dealing with in terms of the flooding. what is happening? good morning. yes, it is. if you look here, these roads are literally turned into lakes now. residents told me about 30 homes in this area have all been evacuated. another was optimism from residents that the waters were receding this morning, we have just heard on the last minute or two that there are plans to evacuate even more homes from this area. so it seems that they are not out of the danger zone yet. that is in addition to the homes, about 170, which have already been evacuated and 100 of those are confirmed. to have been flooded. last night, there was optimism. they thought that they had plugged the gap with the help of the raf and some

we still have got that rain sitting in place in lincolnshire at the moment. is gosport in hampshire. heavy showers broke out in a quite compact little line stretching from lyme bay through hampshire and surrey and now stretching into london and essex, producing intense rainfall. the showers are potent enough to give off as much rain as this front has done over a longer period of time. that front bought rain over the south yesterday. this is going through the midlands, england and wales. by the time we get to the end of the night hopefully some of the wettest weather will be in the irish sea but still wet in northern england. first thing tomorrow a glimmer of hope perhaps because it looks drier and brighter. but here is the low on the continent and is one front pivots to the west, another one starts to come in from the east, so more heavy rain in eastern england. rain pushing into southern scotland and wetter weather for northern ireland. further west there is a perfect recipe to break out into intense thunderstorms. if anything thursday could be even worse. t

hundreds of homes have been evacuated because of flooding in lincolnshire brought on by heavy rain.ice are investigating after three people were killed in separate attacks in london in the last 2a hours. there's to be a major review into hospital food after the deaths of five patients from listeria is announced in england. the leader of hong kong has backed down after mass protests over their controversial extradition law to mainland china. hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. with me are the broadcaster penny smith and john rentoul, chief political commentator, at the independent. some of tomorrow's front pages are already in. the sunday times leads on the conservative leadership race. the paper says tory frontrunner borisjohnson‘s rivals are lining up to pitch for the top cabinet positions, with former contender esther mcvey announcing she's backing johnson for prime minister. the sunday telegraph reports that theresa may is attempting to give the education sector a £27 million cash boost in her last weeks in number 10, in a bid,

hundreds more people are urged to leave their homes in lincolnshire because of flooding brought on byvy rain. and the internationally—acclaimed writer fatima bhutto talks to george alagiah in talking books, in half an hour on bbc news. good afernoon. following huge protests, the leader of hong kong has suspended plans to introduce a new law that would allow extraditions to mainland china. the proposals have prompted big demonstrations, including one last sunday where organisers said more than a million people took part. our china correspondent stephen mcdonell reports from hong kong. and a warning, the report contains some flashing images. the large demonstrations just days ago turned into running street battles with the police. it would prove the turning point in this stand—off. the hong kong government has been forced to concede that its controversial extradition bill has prompted ill will and division here. and the announcement came that it would be shelved, at least for the time being. i now announce that the government has decided to suspend the legislative amendment exercise, re

nearly 300 homes are being evacuated because of flooding in lincolnshire, brought on by heavy rain.undred people are being moved to safety after the river steeping overflowed. are being moved to safety now on bbc news, click. are being moved to safety this week we go on an excellent adventure, take dance lessons from a tomato, and get invaded by flossing aliens. giant alien heads, pokemon gyms, and massive queues to get into the los angeles convention centre. for hard—core gamers this can only mean one thing — it's for the electronic entertainment expo. orjust plain old e3 to those in the know. almost a quarter of a century on from the very first show, it's now the premier event in the gaming calendar, with over 70,000 people making the annual pilgrimage to the show floor. although, why they need a rock—climbing wall i'm not quite sure. and so we sent sent along our very own gaming gurus, kate russell and marc cieslak to see what everyone will be talking about this year. this e3 is a little bit different, though, since 2017 the public has been allowed in, before that this was a game

hundreds of people in lincolnshire still can't go back to their homes because of flooding —descibed bynt agency as "unprecedented". president trump again denounces london's mayor, sadiq khan. it follows a series of violent deaths in the capital. over a billion people are expected to tune in to watch today's world cup cricket clash between india against pakistan. and click travels to los angeles for the biggest gaming convention in the world. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. the conservative leadership contender, dominic raab, has warned the conservative party will be "toast" if britain doesn't leave the european union by the deadline of october 31st. meanwhile, other conservative leadership hopefuls have questioned the ability of borisjohnson, to deliver brexit. the international development secretary, rory stewart, said no—one could be clear what mrjohnson was proposing to do, while the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, said mrjohnson seemed determined to plunge headlong into a no deal exit. in all, there are six candidates vying for the party's leadership, mrjohnson is the cle

nearly 300 homes are being evacuated because of flooding in lincolnshire, brought on by heavy rain. being moved to safety after the river steeping overflowed. a major review of hospital food, after the deaths of five patients from listeria, is announced in england. the political row intesifies over gulf tanker explosions — two senior cabinet ministers accuse jeremy corbyn of not backing britain's interests by questioning if there's "credible evidence" for the attacks. two teenagers have been killed in london in separate attacks within minutes of each other. police are investigating after one was stabbed in wandsworth yesterday afternoon and another was shot in plumstead. detectives have made arrests in connection with each death. and now on bbc news, victoria derbyshire takes a look back at some of the highlights from her programme this week. hello, and welcome to our programme. over the next half an hour we will bring you some of the most exclusive and originaljournalism that we have forecast over the last week. 0n on monday we told you how thousands of people in england are using

some of those areas badly affected by flooding, particularly in lincolnshire.ay evening and overnight into wednesday. as that clears away it may be that as the heat of the day comes through we have more thunderstorms and somewhere in that warning area 30—a0 millimetres but some could get 50. this is bbc news. the headlines at 5pm... tory leadership contender, dominic raab, says his party will be history if britain isn't out of the eu by the end of october and accuses parliament of trying to steal brexit from the voters. the damage it is doing to businesses, many of whom come to me and say we just want to know what you are doing. but also this corrosion of public trust, and the tory part will be toast unless we're out by the end of october. an apology from hong kong's leader as hundreds of thousands stage another protest against plans for an extradition law, which has now been suspended. i confess we have not been as effective as we would like, to communicate with the people, to justify this very good objective that is worth doing.

danny savage, bbc news, wainfleet in lincolnshire. of a hedgehog to appear on uk roads to warn motorists of potential small wildlife hazards. the department of transport hopes it will prevent accidents. the new science will be placed in areas with large numbers of animals. current roadsides focus on warnings about smaller animals such as toads with larger ones also for dr and livestock. another look at the papers in a few minutes with our reviewers. the crossbench peer and the broadcaster. coming up at 11:30 p.m.. now for the weather. with low pressure close by this is going to be another cool and u nsettled going to be another cool and unsettled week. low pressure in two areas. one to the north of scotland, showers in scotland and northern ireland. another in the south with heavy thundery downpours, maybe torrential in places. tuesday, another area of cloud and showers across scotland and northern ireland. northern england with sunny spells. some of that starting to turn heavy. as we go through tuesday nine, some heavier thundery dow

hundreds more people are urged to leave their homes in lincolnshire because of flooding, brought on by heavy rain. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranianjailed in iran, begins a new hunger strike in protest against her imprisonment. foreign secretaryjeremy hunt offered this message to iran. there is an innocent woman at the heart of this, she just wants to be back together with her daughter, gabriella, to reunite that family, show you have humanity, show you have a heart, let nazanin come home. the gulf tanker explosions: two senior cabinet ministers accuse jeremy corbyn of not backing britain's interests by questioning if there's "credible evidence" for the attacks. and, click travels to los angeles for the biggest gaming convention in the world. that's in half an hour, here on bbc news. good afternoon. following huge protests, the leader of hong kong has suspended plans to introduce a new law that would allow extraditions to mainland china. the proposals have prompted big demonstrations, including one last sunday where organisers said more than a million people took part. our

hundreds of people in lincolnshire are still unableto their homes because of flooding —descibed by the environment agency as "unprecedented". britain's tyson fury defeats tom schwarz in las vegas, in the second round. fury is now promising to "hunt down" the wbc champion, deontay wilder. before the papers — sport and for a full round up, from the bbc sport centre, here's hugh woozencroft. good morning, we'll start with boxing as tyson fury made quick work of the previously undefeated heavyweight tom schwarz in las vegas. fury entered the ring wearing the the american stars and stripes on his shorts and didn't take long to stamp his authority in the ring. he produced a ruthless display and eventually stopped the german fighter in the second round, his opponent's corner throwing in the towel to end a one—sided contest. let's not get carried away. i got lucky tonight and i put on a good show. i am not going to look into it too much. i don't look back in time, i keep looking forward. i was here to put on a show tonight and i think i did th

is coming on at once, we have had a month of rain widely in the past few days but some areas in lincolnshireave had two months of rain, four inches have fallen in holbeach and there is more to come, numerous flood warnings are out at the moment, lots of standing water as well and this is how it looks, you can see the rain across scotland and northern ireland today, this drags the eye across the south and east and we have some storms across the channel. lots to talk about, especially if you are on the roads, there is standing water and river flood warnings, the met warnings. for the rest of the afternoon we have a lot of cloud with us and this developing area of rain in the south. as well as the rain we have torrential downpours and a thunder and lightning storms as well, so watch out for those. clearly temperatures are held down under that mass of rain. the maths affecting areas where it has already been so wet of late. to the north of the rain band it is drizzly, cloudy, cool the rain band it is drizzly, cloudy, cool, the best of the day's dry and sunny weather is the north—west of scotla n

hundreds of homes have been evacuated because of flooding in lincolnshire, brought on by heavy rain.azanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranianjailed in iran, has begun a new hunger strike in protest against her imprisonment. police are investigating after three people were killed in separate attacks in london in the last 2a hours. there's to be a major review into hospital food after the deaths of five patients from listeria is announced in england. the leader of hong kong backs down indefinitely after mass protests over their controversial extradition law to mainland china. now on bbc news it's time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday, with me olly foster and holly hamilton. hello there, these are are our headlines this evening. australia are on top of the world cup standings as sri lanka slump at the oval. double dutch for miedema. she's now the netherlands‘ all time leading goalscorer after they beat cameroon at the women's world cup. and we'll have the latest from pebble beach with the leaders due out in the next couple of hours at the us open. also coming up in the

flood victims in lincolnshire are being urged to avoid using washing machines, toilets and showers —their homes. let's take a look at today's front pages. last night's conservative leadership debate is the main story in the times. the paper also features an interview with former contender matt hancock, who says he is backing borisjohnson. the mirror also leads on the leadership debate, and asks why frontrunner boris was the only contender not to take part. and the main picture is one we've already seen this morning — of the royal baby archie on father's day. mrjohnson‘s column in the telegraph is the paper's main story. the former foreign secretary says every home in the uk will have access to super—fast broadband within six years if he is selected as the next prime minister. and finally, the daily mail leads on its own investigation. the paper has found that nine in 10 cannabis users and growers are being let off without a criminal charge in some areas of england. and the return of top gear has been trending overnight and this morning, it was the first programme for the new presenti