mark ashdown, bbc news.th residents in the capital, madrid, being advised to stay at home. large areas of the countryside in the castellon area have been left flooded. emergency services sent text messages to people living in madrid advising them not to use vehicles. the la liga has suspended the football match due to take place between atletico madrid and sevilla in madrid due to the alert. in the us, one person has died during torrential rain at the burning man festival in nevada. thousands of people remain stranded due to rare rainstorms that turned the event into a mudbath. roads in and out of the event are closed as vehicles can barely move. burning man is held in the black rock desert, which is usually dry and dusty. max verstappen has won his tenth formula one race in a row, setting a new grand prix record. the red bull driver, a two—time world champion, sped to victory in italy. verstappen beat the record set a decade ago by sebastian vettel. his team—mate sergio perez finished second to make it a re

mark ashdown reports. why are you touching me? what are you touching me for? get out now.r? get out. a body worn camera captures a suspected shoplifter unleashing a torrent of abuse. the british retail consortium found there are now 850 attacks on retail staff every single day, almost double the number before the covid pandemic. staff report being sworn at, spat at, racially and sexually insulted, and verbally and physically abused. the boss of britain's biggest retailer, tesco, says enough is enough. writing in the mail on sunday, ken murphy said... after the co—op and waitrose started using body worn cameras, tesco will now offer them to any staff working face to face with customers. but does it work? clearly, there are some people who just don't care. but what it does do is make some people think twice. it makes them realise that they're on camera, that their conflict is actually being recorded. and obviously it's also a huge cost to the retailers, and it's a cost which ultimately gets borne by the customer in terms of the prices we see in stores. i think, with the econ

mark ashdown, bbc news.hed an operation to rescue a researcher who requires specialist medical treatment but is working thousands of kilometres away on a remote outpost in antarctica. a ship has been sent after an evacuation by air was ruled out due to harsh weather conditions. nicky schiller is in the newsroom with more. this is the icebreaker that is being sent on the mission to rescue the researcher who has what is said to be a developing medical condition. now, it has taken weeks to get this vessel ready, including equipping it with helicopters. now, to give you a sense of the scale of the operation, take a look at this map. it is leaving from hobart in tasmania, and it is on a journey all the way to the casey research station in antarctica, which, of course, is one of the most inhospitable places on the planet. indeed, the journey is 3,443 kilometres, from hobart all the way down to casey station. now, the icebreaker has a top speed of around 30 kilometres an hour, so it is going to take days to get the

mark ashdown reports. why are you touching me? what are you touching me for? get out now.amera captures a suspected shoplifter, unleashing a torrent of abuse. the british retail consortium found there are now 850 attacks on retail staff every single day, almost double the number before the covid pandemic. staff report being sworn at, spat at, racially and sexually insulted, and verbally and physically abused. the boss of britain's biggest retailer, tesco, says enough is enough. writing in the mail on sunday, ken murphy said... after the co—op and waitrose started using body—worn cameras, tesco will now offer them to any staff working face—to—face with customers. but does it work? clearly, there are some people who just don't care, but what it does do is make some people think twice. it makes them realise that, you know, they are on camera, that their conflict is actually being recorded. obviously, it is also a huge cost to the retailers and it is a cost which ultimately gets borne by the customer in terms of, you know, the prices we see in stores. 0ne former security manag

mark ashdown, bbc news. let's talk to our business correspondent — marc ashdown.entative steps is the best way we can put this. we had months and months of no contact from either side but now we have had a few exchanges, a bit of dialogue, in the form of letters. the rmt wrote to the rail delivery group that represents all of the train companies, they sought of bargain and bad behalf, they wrote to them about a week ago setting out what they call the road map to resolve this dispute. i will talk you through the nuts and bolts of it. they were asking for a fresh pair proposal to be put on the table, a straight one yet pay offer backdated to last year. they wanted guarantee of no compulsory redundancies. they want cooperation on reforms. we have heard that there is a need for some reforms to the way that staff work. they want to be fully involved with that. the way that writers were kind of a writing practice. last night, the rail delivery group responded. they wrote a letter back to the rmt saying we agree, we need to navigate our way through all of this. they are

mark ashdown reports. why are you touching me? what are you touching me for? get out now.plifter, unleashing a torrent of abuse. the british retail consortium found there are now 850 attacks on retail staff every single day, almost double the number before the covid pandemic. staff report being sworn at, spat at, racially and sexually insulted, and verbally and physically abused. the boss of britain's biggest retailer, tesco, says enough is enough. writing in the mail on sunday, ken murphy said millions of people stock the shelves, walk the floor and serve the tills. these unsung heroes are being made to feel unsafe by customers who will be verbally or physically abusive, or who will threaten or attack them when challenged. these attacks are unacceptable, he said. for these colleagues and their families, it's heartbreaking. after the co—op and waitrose started using body—worn cameras, tesco will now offer them to any staff working face—to—face with customers. but does it work? clearly, there are some people who just don't care but what it does do is make some people think

mark ashdown, bbc news. joining me now is chris brook—carter.rity which supports the well being of retail workers. you've been collecting data on these attacks — what have you found? we have found sadly across the many hundreds of thousands of retail workers we support each year that a third are now subject to some form of abuse, physical or verbal, at least once a week, around 90% of all store workers have been the victim of abuse, and about a third of those have been threatened with physical violence, and sadly around 80% of people are saying this is getting worse. . , people are saying this is getting worse. ., y ., y people are saying this is getting worse. ~, .,y , ., worse. really worrying statistics, wh are worse. really worrying statistics, why are we _ worse. really worrying statistics, why are we seeing _ worse. really worrying statistics, why are we seeing this _ worse. really worrying statistics, why are we seeing this rise? - worse. really worrying statistics, why are we seeing this rise? we | worse. really worrying statistics, - wh

mark ashdown, bbc news.a motorway in the uk has been named. ao—year—old stephen shrimpton, and one of his passengers, 15—year—old jessica baker died after the bus overturned. four others were taken to hospital for treatment, including a 14—year—old boy whose injuries have been described as life—changing. 0livia richwald reports. the flowers and tributes left in memory ofjessica baker described a kind and caring friend. today, a steady stream of classmates and their parents have sought solace at the school that the 15—year—old attended on the wirral. she died when the school bus she was travelling in overturned on the m53 yesterday morning. the driver, ao—year—old stephen shrimpton, also lost his life in the crash. a fundraising post set up by stephen's family to pay for his funeral said he had medical issues at the wheel. police say postmortems will take place next week to establish the cause of death. in a tribute, stephen's family say... he was a volunteer at a food bank in ellesmere port. he was lovely. a

mark ashdown, bbc news. a review into police impartiality after accusing officers of being involved in political activism. suella braverman has said there has been an "unacceptable rise" in the number of police "taking sides on controversial issues" with more on this now, i'm joined by our political reporter, tony bonsignore. as what else she said. hi, there. yes, this — as what else she said. hi, there. yes, this is _ as what else she said. hi, there. yes, this is very _ as what else she said. hi, there. yes, this is very familiar - as what else she said. hi, there. yes, this is very familiar ground. j yes, this is very familiar ground. she is long been critical of some elements of the police getting involved in things like political marches and parades and, for example, taking the knee or getting involved in issues of gender when it is politically contested, she would say. what she has done today, she has written to his majesty's inspectorate of constabulary, this is the body that inspects policing on beha

mark ashdown, bbc news.women are acting on their dream of discovering the secrets of the artic and antartic. a new four—year programme has been launched, taking a group of mostly women to explore the polar regions, redressing the industry's gender imbalance in the process. i'm joined now by marine ecologist and social scientist, chloe nunn. great to have you on the programme. it is not everyday you speak to a polar explorer. even more rare that it is a woman. did you get interested in this?- it is a woman. did you get interested in this? ., ~ , interested in this? yeah, i think my interested in this? yeah, i think my interest in exploration, _ interested in this? yeah, i think my interest in exploration, really, - interest in exploration, really, started from quite a young age. i was encouraged to be outdoors, play outdoors, with the under appreciated that when i was younger but i have come to appreciate it a lot more now and i'm looking at careers which will take me and have taken me into remote places. i t

mark ashdown, bbc news.day. police say 15—year—old jessica baker and the coach driver ao—year—old stephen shrimpton both died in the incident when the vehicle overturned on the m53 in the wirral. a11i—year—old boy is still in hospital with life—changing injuries. let's go live now to 0livia richwald who joins us from outside west kirby grammar school — one of the schools the bus was en route to yesterday. 0livia, how is the community dealing with this news? the olivia, how is the community dealing with this news?— with this news? the community here on the wirral — with this news? the community here on the wirral has _ with this news? the community here on the wirral has been _ with this news? the community here on the wirral has been extremely - on the wirral has been extremely shocked. this isjessica baker's school and all day, people's and their parents have been coming along here to leave flowers and tributes in memory of their friend. they have been leaving them inside the school that early on in the day

mark ashdown, bbc news. the _ very long time as well. i think it is time now for the weather. i very long time as well. i think it i is time now for the weather. good mornint. is time now for the weather. good morning- we _ is time now for the weather. good morning. we have _ is time now for the weather. good morning. we have some - is time now for the weather. good morning. we have some fine - is time now for the weather. good morning. we have some fine summer weather— morning. we have some fine summer weather on _ morning. we have some fine summer weather on the way. it is of course now attempt to alter meteorological speaking _ now attempt to alter meteorological speaking. it looks a bit autumnal out there — speaking. it looks a bit autumnal out there at the moment. we have some _ out there at the moment. we have some mist— out there at the moment. we have some mist and fog out there. that is corfe _ some mist and fog out there. that is corfe castle, — some mist and fog out there. that is corfe castle, th

mark ashdown, bbc news. it's 13 minutes past eight. we're not sure what plans you have the weekend. south—east. we see that first batch of heavy rain working its way out into the north sea and then later, northern england and north wales will see heavy bursts of rain. either side of that, dry weather to end the night in a pretty warm night, 16—17 c end the night in a pretty warm night, 16—17 c and feeling humid with it. humid south of the weather front which will produce rain across wales. the rain fragments, eases a little bit but heads toward south—west england and lincolnshire as we head into the afternoon. some sunny breaks but a lot more sunshine to the north of that rain area. temperatures here, 17 celsius. upon today's value so it shouldn't feel too bad. 23—24 c, pretty warm for the first day of october. were still on the edge of it and that does allow this next weather system to sneak its way in as we go through monday so well that we are reasonably dry start they will be a bit of brightness breaking through the merc. heavy thundery downpours through the midlands and the sou