police. actions which ultimately protected pupils and teachers in this north yorkshire town. at the weather. .. we saw a north—south divide across the country. many northern eree sew the country. many northern eree sew the best of the sunshine, in fact unbroken sunshine in some places like this weather watcher picture shows in cumbria. there were outbreaks of rain further south, like here in hastings, east sussex. the wet weather across the south will move slowly northwards through the iliad overnight. heavy and thundery downpours in some places. and it'll feel warm and muggy. further north, largely dry with clear skies and it'll be cooler. —— through the evening and overnight. icardi start friday for much of england and wales. outbreaks of heavy rain in the midlands. —— a cloudy start. you can see where the heaviest of the downpours will be through the course of friday morning. further south, something drier, some sunshine appearing as the morning wears on. the north of england, scotland, northern ireland, a dry start and sunshine away from posts which will start grey and mi

north yorkshire. the helicopter came down in a field near boroughbridge. the pilot has not yet been identified and there were no other passengers. speaking at the scene of the accident, superintendent dave hannan, of north yorkshire policehey were working to establish the cause of the crash. today at 1:23pm emergency services we re today at 1:23pm emergency services were called to this location where were called to this location where we had reports that a helicopter crashed in a field behind us. when we got here we found the helicopter had crashed and was on fire. u nfortu nately i had crashed and was on fire. unfortunately i can report one person, the pilot, is deceased in the helicopter. and we're working with the accident investigation branch, the air accident investigation branch and civil aviation authority to establish the cause of the crash and who the pilot may be. the emergency services ourselves and the ambulance and fire service all attended as did air ambulance and we have secured the scene and we will be working through the night with those other agencies to establish who the pilot is. the secondary ticketing website, viagogo, has been referred to trading standards over claims of misleading advertising. th

police. actions which ultimately protected pupils and teachers in this north yorkshire town.medouni last september. the old bailey heard that the couple were convinced sophie had plotted to abuse people in their home, and filmed her, as they forced her to confess to their allegations. they‘ll be sentenced injune. a report into a fatal crash involving a self—driving uber car has found it couldn‘t identify the victim as a pedestrian until it was too late to stop. a woman was killed in arizona in march when she was hit by the vehicle as she crossed the road. investigators say the system spotted her 6 seconds before the crash, but didn‘t immediately classify her as a pedestrian. uber has suspended its self—driving test programme in the state, but will continue testing elsewhere. the spy agency mi6 has launched a new recruitment campaign to attract people who would never think of themselves as secret agents. mi6 says it needs more women and diversity among its ranks. gordon corera reports. we are intelligence officers. but we don‘t do what you think. the opening is straight out of

in the last hour north yorkshire police have given this statement.continue to work together to deliver the support of all those affected by this event in the weeks and months to come. this isa the weeks and months to come. this is a strong community which is committed to its young people and we know we can pull together to help them move on with confidence on these difficult times. let's take a look at the weather forecast now. here‘s helen willetts. and we are going to begin in yemen and omagh where they are having some extreme weather? yes, these are some pictures or videos sent in from a little island setting off the coast of the arabian sea so it‘s already given a lot of rain and destruction, and it is still intensifying. as we go through the next 36 hours it will get more powerful. you can see it on the satellite picture and it envelo ps the satellite picture and it envelops a huge volume of ocean. it is expected to make landfall on the yemen oman border and if it intensifies as it is expected to it could be a category two hurricane. that would

police in north yorkshire stopped a stolen golf buggy after it was spotted trying to go through a drive—through yorkshire police quipped it was the "most unusualjob of the night", adding that officers managed to "avoid a high—speed pursuit." have you heard of an event called "slacklining"? it involves walking in high—heels between two points along a suspended line of webbing — at 1,300 metres in the air — with nothing to help with participants' balance. this competition was held in central china. this is mimi who won the competition in a time of nine minutes and 2a seconds. noidea no idea why you would do that! the headlines are coming up on the bbc news channel. first we leave you with for a look at the weather... hello. staying warm as we move through the next couple of days but with the warmth, the risk of further downpours which could be fun to read and we've seen a few already today in the south—east, some heavy, boundary showers, a fair amount of cloud and missed and merck in the east to begin with today but they have been some blue skies across scotla nd have been some blue skies across

police say they believe a pilot who died in a helicopter crash near aldborough is barry dodd, the lord—lieutena nt for north yorkshirehe reasons "pitiful". it has recommended that at least a third of the 350 ftse company board members are women by 2020. let‘s get the weather with phil avery. lots of weather warnings about. somebody has been listening, it a lwa ys somebody has been listening, it always worries me (i) things quite tricky at the moment across the southern half of the british isles. there could be scenes like this over the next 24 to 36 hours or so. so we are keeping a very close eye on proceedings indeed, as indeed are the met office, because they have issued an amber warning, their second level of warnings, for these thunderstorms forced you might not have seen them yet but there is a pretty good chance you will. 0n through the afternoon they drift away through the west, not getting that far north. you noticed that overnight it is dry for the most part, still quite close for scotland and northern ireland. you have had a great run of weather and that will continue for today. however, scotla nd continue

there are reports from north yorkshire of a helicopter crash this afternoon. policeat the pilot of this helicopter which crashed in the field in north yorkshire has died. the location of the crash we think is near boroughbridge. we are told there were no passengers in the helicopter. and so far the police have not identified the pilot. the investigations are still going on. but they have confirmed in the past few minutes that the pilot of the helicopter died in the crash, with no one else on—board the helicopter itself near boroughbridge. any more matt, i will bring it to straightaway. and with that, let's bring you up—to—date with the other headlines. the russian journalist arkady babchenko, reported murdered in ukraine, appears to be alive and well. the ukrainians say his death was staged to expose russian agents. the grenfell tower inquiry hears of a grandfather who sacrificed his own life to shelter six people in his top—floor flat. the transport secretary severely criticises the rail industry over the introduction of new timetables. and in sport, most are will b

police in north yorkshire stopped a stolen golf buggy as it was seen going through a drive—through restauccording to new figures for england. more than 22,000 children in their final year of primary school are now "severely obese". if you are the parent of an obese child and you would be happy to talk to us, do get in touch. you can message us on to us, do get in touch. you can message us on twitter, use the hashtag victoria live and you can text as well. if you are happy for us text as well. if you are happy for us to get you on the programme, do let us know because we would like to talk to you. there are a lot of misconceptions about overweight children, as you know so it would be interesting to hear from you. i am just going to bring you this breaking news. it is from belgium. it is reported that two police officers have been killed after a shooting. according to the public broadcaster, the attacker has been neutralised. that can mean a number of things but that is the word that is being used at the moment. we can tell you that two belgian police officers are dead after a shooting in l

police have urged parents to talk to children about the dangers of carrying knives. a pilot has been killed in a helicopter crash in north yorkshirethe pilot has not yet been identified and there were no passengers. in dublin — the taioseach leo varadkar has said his country has opened up ‘another dark chapter‘ in its history — following new discoveries about illegal adoptions. the government has revealed 126 people had their adoptive parents registered as their birth parents. leo va radkar apologised to those affected — and said the findings could be the tip of the iceberg. more discussions have been held in rome to try to avoid another italian general election. it's reported the country's prime minister—designate, carlo cottarelli, has abandoned efforts to form his own interim administration, to focus instead on a renewed attempt to put together a coalition involving the populist five star movement and the right—wing party, the league. let's get the latest from our europe editor in rome, yesterday we were talking about the turmoil and the imprecations on the financial markets, how does it look today? well after appearing to try