louisa currie, bbc news. you have been watching newsday. are having a nightmare. singapore, london? i'm mariko oi in singapore. stay with us. coming up — singapore's silver tsunami. we will be seeing why the city—state depends on its elderly workforce way beyond the official retirement age. that's all for now. we'll see you again soon. hello again. so is another name of the game for monday. the radar picture shows the most extensive showers across northern and western areas of the uk, there could be a few over the next few hours running to the english channel, perhaps sneaking onto the coastline of southern england as well. but it's across eastern areas of england, part of the midlands they will have the longest of the clear spells over the next few hours. if you are heading out, it's worth taking an umbrella with you today for sure. it's going to bea with you today for sure. it's going to be a busy start of the day, but not cold. temperatures 10— 13 degrees or something like that. on monday we have the same area of low pressure family in c

louisa currie, bbc news. stay with us. much more coming up.again. well, we've seen plenty of showers around over the course of the weekend. and showers again are the name of the game as we look at the forecast for monday too. clouds like these will be bringing those showers in, we've seen plenty of those recently as well. the radar picture shows the most extensive showers across northern and western areas of the uk, there could be a few though over the next few hours running through the english channel, and perhaps sneaking onto the coastline of southern england as well. but it's across eastern areas of england, part of the midlands that will have the longest of the clear spells over the next few hours. but if you are heading out, it's worth taking an umbrella with you today for sure. it's going to be quite a breezy start to the day, but not cold. temperatures 10—13 degrees or something like that. and for monday we have the same area of low pressure firmly in charge that we had with us through the weekend, the only difference is it's moving ov

louisa currie, bbc news.on the didcot power stations on oui’ more on the didcot power stations on our website. it's divided a lot of opinion. people hated, some people it inspired poetry. you can find out more on our website. stay with us here on bbc news, a lot more coming up. see you soon. hello again. well, we've seen plenty of showers around over the course of the weekend, and showers again the name of the game as we look at the forecast for monday, too. clouds like these will be bringing those showers in. we've seen plenty of those recently as well. radar picture shows the most extensive showers across northern and western areas of the uk. could be a few, though, over the next few hours running through the english channel, and perhaps sneaking onto the coastline of southern england as well. but it's across eastern areas of england, parts of the midlands, that we'll have the longest of the clear spells over the next few hours. but, if you are heading out, it's worth taking an umbrella with you today for s

it didn't quite go as planned, though, as louisa currie reports.. but it took just seconds for the power station's three remaining cooling towers to be flattened. applause. it's quite an emotional thing, really, because those towers have been up since before i was born. so they were always like a landmark year. finding your way home from a long journey. you would always see the towers whenever you come in from the motorway and it's a way something saying you're nearly home. i feel quite sad losing them, really, yeah. it's quite a big change now, forever. work to clear the site has been ongoing since it shut in 2013. today's demolition appeared to run smoothly, but moments later an explosion — 119,000 homes lost power forjust over an hour. once the site is clear, it will be redeveloped. there are already plans to build a hotel there, 400 new homes and it's going to be a site for business, leisure and also residential. so it's changing, its great to have its use going forward. before that, there is one last demolition planned in the autumn for the la

louisa currie, bbc news.o be banned by the convention on international trade in endangered species. a committee at the cites conference in geneva appoved the ban, but it will still need to be passed by the full conference. the decision applies to southern african countries. elephants in western, central and eastern africa are already banned from all trade. hello again. well, we've seen plenty of showers around over the course of the weekend, and showers again the name of the game as we look at the forecast for monday, too. clouds like these will be bringing those showers in. we've seen plenty of those recently as well. radar picture shows the most extensive showers across northern and western areas of the uk. could be a few, though, over the next few hours running through the english channel, and perhaps sneaking onto the coastline of southern england as well. but it's across eastern areas of england, parts of the midlands, that we'll have the longest of the clear spells over the next few hours. but, if you a

our correspondent louisa currie is there with more.o'clock this morning. these cooling towers have dominated the skyline here in didcot for more than half a century, but it tookjust seconds for them to be demolished and come tumbling down. now, we have been told that there was a power cut shortly after, 7.04, 49,000 houses in the area affected, but the local supplier does say that the two incidences are not connected. demolition has been going on here since the site was turned off in 2013. the six cooling towers originally here, three of those were demolished in 2014, and hundreds of people turned out to watch, as they have done today. in 2016, though, tragedy struck, and you might rememberfour men tragedy struck, and you might remember four men were killed. tragedy struck, and you might rememberfour men were killed. they we re rememberfour men were killed. they were working on preparatory works on another building on site here which collapsed. three years on, there is a huge investigation into what caused that collapse. thames valley

coal—fired station was turned off in 2013, after more than 40 years in service. 0ur correspondent louisa currieust before 7am this morning. these cooling towers have dominated the skyline here in didcot for more than half a century. it took just seconds for them to be demolished and come tumbling down. the demolition has been going on here since the site was turned off in 2013. the six cooling towers originally here, three were demolished in 2014 and hundreds of people turned out to watch, as they have done today. in 2016, tragedy struck and you might remember four men were killed? they were working on preparatory works on another building on site here which collapsed. three years and there is a huge investigation into what caused that collapse. thames valley police and the health and safety executive are trying to establish if there are any charges to be answered, potentially manslaughter charges or any breaches of health and safety guidelines. but today, the demolition centred around the three remaining cooling towers. it really is the end of an era for didcot, a complete change to the skylin

louisa currie reports from wallingford: a month into married life of so many plans for the future.the —— always there for anyone. my heart is broken without you in i never stop loving you and i feel so grateful for the happiest 13 years of my life. in the home town, thin blue lines adorn the town centre. he was the sort of person that you just ta ke two was the sort of person that you just take two and reallyjust the nicest quy take two and reallyjust the nicest guy you can meet. a blue ribbon outside of his nursery in tribute to his late friend before he knew it, he was inundated with requests. we just wanted to make attribute without bothering the family and it is been really emotionalfor without bothering the family and it is been really emotional for people that knew andrew but we didn‘t realise just how much other people felt the same grief and when we first were asked for the ribbon, most people didn‘t realise that andrew was as local as they were. many of those displaying the ribbons had never met him. it was a shocking thing to happen and he was a local lad who lived in the

louisa currie is there for us this morning.he skyline since the last time we spoke? absolutely. you won't notice anything behind me anymore. injust the last few minutes, these towers have come down. they have stood here for more than 50 years, dominating the skyline here in didcot. it took just seconds for them to be brought down. now, there is mixed opinion. some people saw them as an eyesore, others love them for theirjobs, the economy, the commerce they brought to didcot. they were turned off in 201a, and since then there has been worked to demolish and clear the site. the first three of an original six cooling towers were brought down in 201a. hundreds turned out then. sadly, in 2016, four workers were killed as preparatory works were carried out for another phase of the demolition, and a temporary building collapsed. since then, there has been a huge investigation into what caused the collapse. the thames valley police and the health and safety inspectors were involved, trying to work out whether there was any grounds for

let's to go wallingford, the hometown of pc harper. 0ur reporter louisa currie is there for us. will be happening this morning, louisa. quite understandably, there has been a huge outpouring of sympathy and support for pc harbour‘s family in the wake of his death. not least, of course, here in his hometown of wallingford. it all started here at a small business just outside the town centre. the owner, a friend of pc help wanted to find a way to express his condolences. he put a piece of blue ribbon up on his side to the main entrance to the main gate. as he said, a thin blue line of ribbon. here we are in the town centre, just off the main market square and this has spread. he has been inundated with people asking if they could have some ribbon as well and now pretty much every shop around here has a ribbon in their window. they are not immediately obvious, they are quite difficult to spot because some of them don't have anything written on them, there is no explanation. 0thers anything written on them, there is no explanation. others like this one here have pc help a's name writ

louisa currie is there for us this morning. it is the end of an era, isn't it?dominated the skyline in didcot for 50 years. they burned 185 tons of coal every hour at that point, before they were switched off in 2010. it has been a slow process of demolishing and clearing the site. the first three of the original six towers were brought down in 2014. hundreds of people than turned out to watch. you will remember in 2016 there was a tragedy here, when four people lost their lives. they were killed when another building they were working on to prepare for demolition collapsed. since then there has been a huge investigation, and three yea rs a huge investigation, and three years on, hundreds of tons of rubble has been examined. thames valley police and the health and safety executive have been working on the investigation to try to work out exactly what happened. today, the three remaining towers are set to be demolished. when it happens, it will bea demolished. when it happens, it will be a matter of seconds, but then they will be brought down and again, hundreds

say they are moved by the amount of support they've received from the community. 0ur reporter louisa currier us this morning. good morning. understandably, it has been a very emotional time and the police force say they are very moved by the response from the community? absolutely. there has been an outpouring across the country but nowhere more so than here in pc harper's hometown. a business owned bya harper's hometown. a business owned by a friend wanted to show his support so he put a piece of blue ribbon across his business. from there he was inundated with requests from people asking for ribbon to put in that shop window. lots of stores here have the ribbon inside. it is not easy to spot, it is quite subtle. 0thers not easy to spot, it is quite subtle. others have the name written on it. this store owner said she did not meet pc harper and did not know his family but felt moved and compelled to make this tribute. the town is very proud of the work he was doing to protect the community. thames valley police are also organising a minute's silence and that will be taking place at around