liverpool street because of a signal failure. 0n the roads: in islington, upper street is closed southoo shabby. bright with sunny spells this morning. you'll notice the cloud building through the day, particularly into the afternoon. but still fairly pleasant. temperatures getting up to about 23—24 celsius. just a very light south—westerly breeze. that wind strengthens through this evening ahead of this rain pushing in from the west. that will be with us for most of the night. it'll be feeling fairly muggy. temperatures getting down to about 15—16 celsius. it will take most of tomorrow morning for that rain to clear, but it does take the cloud with it. by the afternoon we will have sunny spells and also some showers. temperatures up to about 23 celsius. there's a bit of rain coming up from the south in the evening but that all clears in time for friday. so a largely dry day on friday, but feeling cooler. saturday, some heavy, thundery showers around, but some sunny spells in between. then we return to dry weather on sunday. quite bright again, with sunshine. temperature wise, pretty w

karen —— charring cross and cannon street at liverpool street station, a lot of trains are not runninga lot of trains are not running and that is forcing people onto the roads. you have this tragic incident as well. thank you for now. the most powerful storm to strike mainland america in more than a decade has made landfall in texas. hurricane harvey has brought winds of 130mph to coastal areas and is expected to move on to louisiana in the coming days. some residents are reported to be trapped inside collapsed buildings. the emergency services say it's too dangerous to respond to some calls. david willis reports. harvey hit texas hard overnight, bringing with it high winds and heavy rain. a category four hurricane, capable of causing catastrophic damage. billed as the most powerful storm to hit the us mainland in over a decade. this is going to be a very major disaster. this is harvey from above, a malevolent storm system ten miles wide, capable of dumping up to a0 inches of rain. corpus christi, a city in the eye of the storm, had seen a rush to evacuate. fears of a power outage forc

south east of england will be badly affected with station closures at charing cross, euston and liverpool streetted services at other stations. in the north west of england engineering work will affect stations in manchester, preston, blackpool and bolton. jenny kumar is at king's cross station for us. it has been quite busy in the last hour. i think people are heeding the advice and travelling early, avoiding peak periods. the combination of record levels of engineering works, station works, more people expected to stay at home rather than go on holiday could prove a transport headache this weekend. it is expected to be busy here this weekend, they are expecting more people to travel on services between here and scotland. the london euston station is close, affecting routes to the midlands and scotland. they are expecting high demand here instead. the edinburgh festival finishes this weekend as well. there is a massive engineering project across england, millions of pounds being spent on that and that will have a massive impact. the advice is, if you are going to travel, check before you do so

south—east of england will be badly affected with station closures at charing cross, euston and liverpool streether stations. in the north—west of england, engineering work will affect stations in manchester, preston, blackpool and bolton. our reporterjenny kumar is at king's cross station for us. it isa it is a day where a lot of people are going to struggle if they are trying to use the rail network? yes, that's right. here at king's cross it is fairly quiet at the moment. the trains are running on time but it is expected to get a lot busier. high demand is expected on the services from here to scotland, it was london euston is closed today, affecting services from that station to the midlands and north to scotland. huge engineering work is happening here. record numbers of works. it will have an impact across the uk, as you say. the advice is if you are going to travel check before you are going to travel check before you do so and expect delays. you may be wondering why this is happening now for not well, network rail say there's never a good time, but there are fewer travellers who travel i

work will also be happening at waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street, and paddington.usier than normal, especially on monday. traffic is going to build through the course of the weekend. it is actually going to peak on monday with around 5 million leisure journeys on our roads. that is people headed back after the school holidays ahead of the new school term starting, but also people looking to enjoy day trips. passengers on roads, railways or in airports are being advised to give themselves plenty of time to travel to avoid disruption. and a short time ago adina campbell gave us this update from euston station in london. this is what a bank holiday friday rush—hour looks like. queues of people over there as they look at those information boards, hoping to make their way home tonight. notjust commuters, but people hoping to make their way to parts of the uk and beyond for the bank holiday. this, of course, is part of the engineering work going on. euston station will close as of tomorrow for two days as part of this widespread engineering work. a multi—million pound pr

south east of england will be badly affected with station closures at charing cross, euston and liverpool streetlimited services at other stations. in the north west of england engineering work will affect stations in manchester, preston, blackpool and bolton. jenny kumar is at king's cross station for us. give us a round—up of how it's going to look for people as they try to travel by rail today's. as you say, lots of disruption across the country. here at king's cross i've noticed it said the increase in passengers. it is expected to get quite busy today, particularly on those services between here and scotla nd those services between here and scotland because london euston is closed and that's impacting on services between there and the midlands and the north and scotland. also the edinburgh festival is coming to an end this weekend, it is expected to get pretty busy here. trains are running to time, there have been a few minor cancellations. and some minor delays. disruption across the country though. this is a massive engineering project. £130 million it costing, some 17,000 staff are invol

south east of england will be most affected with station closures at charing cross, euston and liverpool streetice from others. in the north west of england engineering works will affect manchester, preston, blackpool and bolton. the disruption is because of work involving around 17,000 engineering staff. drivers are being warned to avoid the m1 drivers are being warned to avoid the mi because of an incident involving a minibus and two lorries which has closed the motorway between junctions 15 and 11! southbound. we'll keep you up—to—date on the situation. north korea has fired three short—range ballistic missiles, according to the american military. two of the missiles failed in flight, the third blew up almost immediately after it was launched. the latest firings come during a joint us—south korea military exercise, which has been strongly criticised by pyongyang. the final countdown has begun in what is expected to be the most watched pay—per—view boxing match ever. at the pre—fight weigh—in for the much—hyped contest, mixed martial arts star conor mcgregor vowed to knock out the unbeaten fl

south east of england will be badly affected with station closures at charing cross, euston and liverpool street north west of england, engineering work will affect stations in manchester, preston, blackpool and bolton. 0ur correspondent spencer stokes is in wigan. network rail say the reason why they choose bank holidays is because there are fewer people travelling, up to 5 million less people travelling, so it makes sense for them to do the work now. although, if you are trying to get away over the bank holiday, it can seem to be an extremely bad time to do this work. being summer, there are fewer commuters travelling into the main railway stations. wigan is affected today — not because of engineering work directly happening here, but 200 miles away, at the other end of the west coast main line down in london, at euston station, where preparatory work for the new hsz, the new high speed rail line out to birmingham, is beginning to get getting underway. so that means all the west coast main line trains from the north—west travelling down to london are stopping at either rugby or milton keynes a

south east of england will be badly affected with station closures at charing cross, euston and liverpool streetations. in the north west of england engineering work will affect stations in manchester, preston, blackpool and bolton. our correspondent spencer stokes is at wigan station. it always seems to be a bank holiday weekend that they do this, but they have to do it at some point in the year? yes, that's right. and network rail say they choose bank holidays because there are fewer people travelling, 5 million people less travelling, 5 million people less travelling so it makes sense for them to do the work now. although if you are trying to get away it can seem to be an extremely bad time to do the work. baby summer, there are fewer commuters travelling into the railway stations. —— being the summer. railway stations. —— being the summer. wigan is affected because of what 200 miles away on the other end of the west coast main line at euston station in london where preparatory work for the new hs2 out to birmingham is getting underway. so the west coast mainline trains from the north—west tr

there's also disruption on routes serving london bridge, london liverpool street, cardiff and bristolwhitworth is on the m6 motorway near knutsford. deli. well, you only have to look behind me to see just how busy it is here at euston station tonight. hundreds of people packed out under those information boards, hoping to get to where they need to be over the bank holiday weaning. this, of course, because of this major enfwleerg project which starts tomorrow. it'll close euston station for two days, it is a multi—million pound project costing more than £130 million, involving 17,000 engineers. they will be extending platforms it make way for longer trains and also making improvements to signalling and tracks, as well as preparation for hs2. this will mean major disruption for passengers up and down the country, including the midlands, wales and the north of england. network rail says it has to do this work because it is the perfect time to do it because 50% fewer passengers use the railways during this time of year. the advice — check before you travel and plan your journey. well, of

south—east of england will be badly affected with station closures at charing cross, euston and liverpool streetng works will affect stations in manchester, preston, blackpool and bolton. 0ur correspondent is at london's euston station. are they getting ready to close completely now then? yes. so over the next couple of hours or so this station will com pletely hours or so this station will completely shut for the next couple of days ahead of this major engineering project. there have been some very busy periods today. you may be able to see hundreds of people still waiting for their trains home tonight. the project itself, it starts tomorrow, it's a major programme, costing more than 130 million. the work itself, it involves more than 17,000 engineers, what they will be doing, they will be extending platforms for longer trains, improving signalling and tracks as well as preparation work ahead of hs2. 0f tracks as well as preparation work ahead of hs2. of course, this means major disruption up—and—down the country for passengers. 0ne major disruption up—and—down the country for passengers. one o

south east of england will be badly affected with station closures at charing cross, euston and liverpool streetlimited services at other stations. in the north west of england engineering work will affect stations in manchester, preston, blackpool and bolton. our correspondent spencer stokes is at wigan station. just how much travel disruption is there? a lot of people are moving because of sports today. yes, we can station is a railway station in the north—west affected by engineering work, not directly happening here, but 200 miles away at euston in london. preparatory work for hs2. rail services that previously would ta ke rail services that previously would take around two hours to get from wigan down to london are actually taking something in the region of four or five hours with passengers advised to travel to manchester and then sheffield and then sent pancras instead. longerjourneys for passengers, not just instead. longerjourneys for passengers, notjust from wigan, but several stations across the north—west of england. one group of passengers that could be severely affected other fans

work will also be happening at waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street, and paddington.also expected to be busier than normal, especially on monday. traffic is going to build through the course of the weekend, it is actually going to pick on monday with around 5 million leisure journeys on our roads. that is people headed back after the school holidays ahead of the new school term starting but also people looking to enjoy day trips. passengers on roads, railways are in airports are being advised to give themselves plenty of time to travel to avoid disruption. 0ur correspondents adina campbell is at euston station and dan whitworth is on the m6 near knutsford. and our correspondent adina campbell is at euston station. euston is going to be closed, but disruption will be felt across the whole country. that is right. in the last couple of hours, it has got so much busier here at euston station. doubled the number of people arrived since we got here this morning, and many other stations across london and another part of the country will be feeling this rush as we head into t

tfl rail is affected out of liverpool street.'s mainly quiet on the roads. but there are closures due to the notting hill carnival — around harrow road, notting hill gate, queensway and clarendon road. let's have a check on the weather now with georgina. good morning. it may surprise you to hear that we are going to have a pleasa nt hear that we are going to have a pleasant bank holiday monday. looking drivers morning and through the day, pretty funny as well. right from the start, in fact. a few mist and fog patches this morning, but fairly short lived. light winds, temperatures up to 28 degrees. we may see 29, possibly even close to 30 degrees. a hot day, definitely need the sunscreen. this evening could be a bit uncomfortable, clear skies but in some spots temperatures not getting below 18 degrees. some cloud in the early morning, perhaps the more mr and fog. tomorrow, an outside chance of showers. they may bea outside chance of showers. they may be a bit heavy of sunbury, but many of us getting away with a dry day, temperatur

work will also be happening at waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street, and paddington.also expected to be busier than normal, especially on monday. traffic is going to build through the course of the weekend. it is actually going to peak on monday with around 5 million leisure journeys on our roads. that is people headed back after the school holidays ahead of the new school term starting, but also people looking to enjoy day trips. passengers on roads, railways or in airports are being advised to give themselves plenty of time to travel to avoid disruption. our correspondent dan whitworth is on the m6 near knutsford. what's expected there in the coming hours? the rac is forecasting that between three o'clock this afternoon and seven o'clock this evening to be one of the busiest periods of the entire weekend in terms of traffic. monday another highlight in terms of the number of vehicles on the roads. they are expecting 5 million cars to be on the roads on monday. we've been here all afternoon. there's a lot of traffic but it's moving relatively freely. good news at the

there's also disruption on routes serving london bridge, london liverpool street, cardiff and bristold to expect longerjourneys as people take to the roads instead. adina campbell reports. euston were completely closed by tomorrow, affecting passengers. there is never an ideal time to carry out these works but we carry out 15,000 projects every year and most of those happen overnight. during bank holidays, fewer people are travelling and we can deliver bigger projects. this will be the biggest ever august bank holiday engineering project by network rail, costing more than £130 million, involving 17,000 engineers. the works expected to benefit millions of passengers. it will see platforms extended to make way for a longer trains, as well as improvements to tracks and signalling and preparation work for a jealous too. i think it is madness. people are going to struggle. it is going to cause disruption but they will plan for it. people know, don't they? we are going to take alternative routes. i just are going to take alternative routes. ijust think it is are going to take alternative ro

waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street and paddington will have greatly reduced services.end. king's cross station in london is expected to be very busy. and it won'tjust be the stations. road traffic is expected to be 20% greater compared to last year's summer bank holiday. 5 million people are predicted to take to the roads on monday alone. travel trade organisation abta says nearly a quarter of a million passengers will use heathrow today, and over 300,000 will use gatwick over the weekend. so whether it's planes, trains or automobiles, it's going to be a busy few days. the advice is to check before you leave for your journey, or take the advice is to check before you leave for yourjourney, or take the advice of the rail companies who are saying don't travel unless it's absolutely essential. but there are lots of things to travel for this weekend and lots of things will be affected. there is the rugby league final at wembley, the notting hill carnival, many premier league matches that would normally involve supporters using some of those very busy routes that are now di

waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street and paddington will have greatly reduced services.turday and sunday. work on hs2 means there will be no trains from scotland and the north of england to london on the west coast main line on saturday and sunday. services from the midlands will only run as far south as northampton. great western services out of paddington to wales will be disrupted until next month with no services between newport and cardiff this weekend. king's cross station in london is expected to be very busy. and it won'tjust be the stations. road traffic is expected to be 20% greater compared to last year's summer bank holiday. 5 million people are predicted to take to the roads on monday alone. travel trade organisation abta says nearly a quarter of a million passengers will use heathrow today, and over 300,000 will use gatwick over the weekend. so whether it's planes, trains or automobiles, it's going to be a busy few days. 0ur reporter adina campbell is at euston station in central london. clearly there is never a perfect time to do this sort of work, but wha

work will also be happening at waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street, and paddington.also expected to be busier than normal, especially on monday. traffic is going to build through the course of the weekend. it is actually going to peak on monday with around 5 million leisure journeys on our roads. that is people headed back after the school holidays ahead of the new school term starting, but also people looking to enjoy day trips. passengers on roads, railways or in airports are being advised to give themselves plenty of time to travel to avoid disruption. with the disruption on the railways there's expected to be increased pressure on motorways. earlier our reporter dan whitworth sent us this update from the m6 near knutsford. i must mirror what adina was just saying in her report, we've been here for a couple of hours now and the traffic really starting to build up, really starting to get heavy. the rac is actually broadcasting that the busiest times this weekend will be between three and seven this afternoon, all day on monday, when it's expecting around 5 million

work will also be happening at waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street, and paddington.ads are also expected to be busier than normal, especially on monday. traffic is going to build through the course of the weekend. it is actually going to peak on monday with around 5 million leisure journeys on our roads. that is people headed back after the school holidays ahead of the new school term starting, but also people looking to enjoy day trips. passengers on roads, railways or in airports are being advised to give themselves plenty of time to travel to avoid disruption. and we're going to talk to adina campbell at euston station and dan whitworth who's on the m6 near knutsford in cheshire now. we heard in your report how things we re we heard in your report how things were looking a while ago, how are things as the afternoon has gone on? well, this is what friday afternoon getaway looks like. the queues of people are building behind me. you may be able to see them looking at information boards. of course it's set to get even busier as commuters make their way home and those

work will also be happening at waterloo, london bridge, liverpool street, and paddington.so expected to be busier than normal, especially on monday. traffic is going to build through the course of the weekend. it is actually going to peak on monday with around 5 million leisure journeys on our roads. that is people headed back after the school holidays ahead of the new school term starting, but also people looking to enjoy day trips. passengers on roads, railways or in airports are being advised to give themselves plenty of time to travel to avoid disruption. 0ur correspondents adina campbell is at euston station and dan whitworth is on the m6 near knutsford. give us a sense of how things are looking? well, it has got a lot busier in the last few hours. you may be able to see the passengers behind me looking at those information boards head of their travel plans this weekend. of course it is set to get even busier as we enter the friday afternoon, freddy afternoon peak period. use i'm in my report before, but here is ross eastern from network rail. remind us why this work

in islington, upper street remains closed between liverpool road and city road for major roadworks.heck on the weather now with alena jenkins. good morning. after the warmth and sunshine of recent days, today will feel very much different. 0n sunshine of recent days, today will feel very much different. on and off for much of the day and feeling much cooler, temperatures down by some 12 or 13 celsius compared to the. it's not raining all the time this morning but the rain will slowly become a bit more persistent through the day, locally heavy in places this afternoon and only very slowly clearing eastwards. temperatures not much higher than what we've got at the moment, 15 or 16 the high this afternoon. that rain will slowly start to clear is through this evening and then became inc mainly dry overnight with increasingly clear skies and temperatures in rural spots eight or nine, holding to ten or 11 in town with plenty of sunshine to start the day tomorrow. slowly cloud will start to bubble up and that brings with it the chance ofa and that brings with it the chance of a few afterno

in islington, upper street remains closed southbound from liverpool road to city road.southbound from horse guards avenue to parliament square, for roadworks. let's have a check on the weather now, with georgina. good morning. it is a misty, murky start to the day for many of us. it should be largely dry for much of the day, though. it may feel a little damp in the air in some spots this morning because of the low cloud, but that breaks up fairly early on to give us some brightness and even sunny spells, so after lunch feeling quite pleasant with just a light easterly breeze and temperatures getting up to about 2425dc. now, mitterrand in the afternoon you can see there are one or two showers coming through but i think most of us should mist those altogether, and they die away overnight. it is another monkey, potentially uncomfortable one to come, i'm afraid, in some spots not dropping below the 18 celsius. some that mist and fog developing, so we start off the day tomorrow with a similar picture. but again it is going to be waking up with bright and even sunny spells de

they and theirfriends they want to clear the streets, they and their friends and families are residents of the city. they want to resolve this dispute. liverpoolared more than three quarters of the city with agency staff but with action stepping up and binmen splitting their daily three hour stoppage in two hour—long strikes the pressure is on. how much can a striking bin collected do in a day, realistically. if you clock on and succes m and spent 20 minutes preparing the lorry and doing safety checks you are then on the road soon turning around to come back for strike action between seven and eight. add a 15 minute coffee break at nine o'clock which gives you just over one hour to work it for the second hour of strike action between 1030 and 1130, half an hourfor lunch from 12 to 1230 and strike action between 130 and 230. no wonder some binmen tell me they clear just one road wonder some binmen tell me they clearjust one road today. sarah bishop, bbc midlands today, birmingham. air passengers were most likely to be delayed over the last two summers if they flew from gatwick airport or with easyjet. data from the civil aviation authority for

liverpool. julia, tell us, you were in the crowd observing a minute's silence. why did you want to come out onto the streets end of the day i genuinely believe in the goodness of humanity and that's what you saw them. it was very powerful. did you feel that? it was very very powerful. did you feel that? it was very moving when everyone very powerful. did you feel that? it was very moving when everyone was united and still and silent. no, you will not win. they said we are not scared, we are not afraid. that was powerful. gas, incredibly powerful, and again speaking as an ebb is important to tell that to my daughter. we cannot live our lives locked away. —— speaking as a mamma. barcelona is a beautiful place. in order to honour them, ifelt it was important that there were people here from liverpool, glasgow, all over the uk. all over the world. everyone has a really friendly. it's so important we embrace each other. but we celebrate life and do not give in to people who have no respect for the dignity of human life. this is a place where people come from all over the world, and las ramblas in particular. eve

south east of england will be badly affected with station closures at charing cross, euston and liverpool streett other stations. in the north west of england engineering work will affect stations in manchester, preston, blackpool and bolton. ina in a moment we'll speak to spencer stokes in wigan where rugby league fa ns stokes in wigan where rugby league fans will be affected by longer journey times to get to the challenge cup at wembley. jenny kumar is at king's cross station in central london for us. does it look busy? lots of people are trying to go away for the weekend. yes, it's pretty crowded on the concourse. there have been a few cancellations and minor delays. trains are pretty much running to time. it is expected to get quite busy because they are expecting a knock—on impact with london euston being closed. that is affecting services between the midlands, the north and scotland. 0ver services between the midlands, the north and scotland. over the weekend there will be disruption across the country. this is because network rail is carrying out what has been described as one of its bigg