northern ireland ?, but until now, they have been out of reach. the villa v residents saw the sea for only 15 miles before anchoring here two days ago, but the mood on board could be said to be buoyant. fix, board could be said to be buoyant. lifetime tour of the world. what a way to retire. we are very thankful to mike and cathy, the crew and everybody that has made this happen. we thank belfast and the shipyards and all the people that worked so hard to make this country, because we are dreamers.— hard to make this country, because we are dreamers. ahoy there, done! how are things _ we are dreamers. ahoy there, done! how are things on _ we are dreamers. ahoy there, done! how are things on board _ we are dreamers. ahoy there, done! how are things on board now? - we are dreamers. ahoy there, done! how are things on board now? we i how are things on board now? we don't how are things on board now? - don't know what is going to happen eventually. we are not exactly sure when, but we know it's going to be s

the northern ireland air ambulance is at the scene.re told that there are doctors, paramedics, a rapid response unit dispatched along with five crews and a specialist rescue team. you can imagine that there is a major operation going on at the moment at the scene with the emergency services. in particular the ambulance service are sending a lot of units they are with doctors, paramedics, as you would expect for teams, there are multiple resources at the scene as they say. there are specialist teams being sent there. the air ambulance also there. 0ver the air ambulance also there. over 50 of the passengers and what are being described as minor injuries. we believe that there were 70 passengers on board this bus, a school bus. it was from one of the local schools in the area. it's the strangford college. looking at their website, they were founded back in 1997. it's an integrated school. we're not sure of the ages with the certainly it also has a sixth form at this college know the age of the children on the school bus. across the countr

scotland, northern ireland, more likely to see some rain. through the weekend with some sunshine and a bit of mist and fog. you're with bbc news, its three o'clock. welcome if you'rejustjoining us, in the next hour we'll bring you live coverage of the race for the leadership you're with bbc news, its three o'clock. welcome if you'rejustjoining us, in the next hour we'll bring you live coverage of the race for the leadership of the conservative party. today brings another significant moment in

we'll talk about northern ireland, what is going on in northern ireland?in a house in south belfast the 1st of october with wounds on her neck and she had been attacked weeks earlier and police have been in contact with her on a number of occasions in the weeks up to her death, then i refer that case to an ombudsman to review the handling of the situation. but why is this such an issue with violence against women and girls, more than 30 have been murdered in northern ireland and the last five years and in the 12 months tojuly, the police service of northern ireland recorded over 22,000 offences related to violence against women and girls. joining me is the prime correspondent of the belfast telegraph, is such a tragedy and family going through this in six weeks, what is going wrong with the culture in northern ireland that there's so many attacks on young women and girls? haste so many attacks on young women and uirls? ~ . so many attacks on young women and uirls? s ., so many attacks on young women and uirls? . , and girls? we are both complex societies a

northern ireland ambulance service has sent multiple ambulances to the scene, multiple resources.hreatening while they deal with that incident. obviously they are doing with the major incident at the moment, unverified pictures on social media show the vehicle on its side in a field having left the road, unverified by the bbc at the moment. for those living more locally we understand the police and emergency services are near newtownards. five fire engines sent by another service. asking motorists to avoid the area. we don't know _ motorists to avoid the area. we don't know the details of casualty numbers it, that is not clear, 70 passengers aboard, lots were school—aged pupils, more sooner we get it. back to the middle east. the response to the unprecedented cross—border attack by hamas has had a devastating impact on the people of gaza. issue began full—scale ground invasion... gaza city was pounded, other urban centres, hundreds of thousands of people began to flee south. then the air strikes at the southern cities. by strikes at the southern cities. by the end of january strik

buses in northern ireland. what are they doing while we invest in our country? they are arguing whether to scrap maternity pay. >> mr. speaker, i'm welcome -- when it comes to his answer on taxes, businesses across the country would have found his answer asked about as reassuring as sue greene did when he promised to protect her job. so let me -- it is no wonder that confidence is plummeting. turning to another commitment both for the election his chancellor said that changing the debt target would be tantamount to fiddling the figures. does he still agree with the chancellor? >> this is literally the man who -- 14 years -- [indiscernible] we will fix it and it is only because we have stabilized at there,. we are powering ahead. we are changing the rules. we are returning railways to public ownership. they have nothing to say about any of this. >> we left on the second lowest debt in the g7, mr. speaker and as the institute of fiscal studies have said -- i will hear the leader of the opposition. >> the institute of fiscal studies have said it is hard to overstat

a touch of frost for scotland and northern ireland. a few blustery showers into western scotland.s we start sunday morning it will be chilly. lots of sunshine around and we should see a lot of sunshine in eastern scotland before the skies start to cloud up generally here for scotland, northern ireland, with outbreaks of rain pushing in during the afternoon. but england and wales will stay dry with lighter winds, plenty of sunshine but a fresher day to come, i think — 10 to 1a degrees. so that's the weekend out of the way. into monday, we've got quite a few weak weather fronts across the country. westerly winds bringing some slightly milder air back in, but there will be a lot of cloud around, i think on monday, with some splashes of rain across central, northern and western areas. glimmers of brightness appearing to the east of higher ground generally, and temperatures will be a little higher — 15, 16, maybe 17 in the brightest spots. as we head into tuesday, we start to this area of high pressure build in, that should kill off most of the weather fronts. the winds turn lighter, s

should see some sunshine for scotland and northern ireland, but into the afternoon it tends to turn cloudylst the weather starts to turn cooler across northern areas. temperatures around 11 to 13 degrees into next week. eventually high pressure builds in, but we may well see quite a bit of cloud around at times and some quite chilly mornings as well. live from london, this is bbc news. reparations for slavery — the bbc understands several countries will defy the uk at the commonwealth summit in samoa. on track for catastrophe — the un warns we're missing the targets for tackling global warming. former uk nurse and convicted baby killer lucy letby loses her latest bid to appeal against one of her convictions. and marry like royals! balmoral estate plans to become a for—hire wedding venue. hello. iam ben i am ben brown, welcome to bbc news. commonwealth leaders are preparing to defy the uk at their summit by agreeing to look at ways of getting financial compensation for the transatlantic slave trade. the british prime minister sir kier starmer says the issue

. £22 billion on carbon capture. 500 million for uk buses in northern ireland.arguing about whether to scrap the maternity pay. i’m to scrap the maternity pay. i'm very happy _ to scrap the maternity pay. i'm very happy to _ to scrap the maternity pay. i'm very happy to welcome investment that this government negotiated. when it comes to his answer on tax, businesses across— his answer on tax, businesses across the _ his answer on tax, businesses across the country when i found his his — across the country when i found his his reassurance as to graded _ his his reassurance as to graded when he promised to protect— graded when he promised to protect herjob. it's no wonder confidence is plummeting on his watch _ confidence is plummeting on his watch. the chancellor said changing the debt target and the fiscal rules would be tantamount to fiddling the figures. does he still agreed with— figures. does he still agreed with the _ figures. does he still agreed with the chancellor? this figures. does he still agreed with the chancellor?- with the chancellor? this is lit

so saturday, some rain around across northern ireland, scotland, northern areas of england, and accompanyingt of northerly air coming down, really dropping those temperatures, just seven or eight degrees for northern scotland. for northern ireland, england and wales, meanwhile, we're looking at temperatures around 11 to 1a degrees, which is pretty close to average. as that high pressure builds in, though, for the second half of the weekend, we're looking at a cold start to the morning, a few mist and fog patches, but a mostly dry day with sunny spells coming and going. temperatures for most of us between around 10—13 degrees. bye for now. live from london, this is bbc news. hurricane milton makes landfall — pummelling the western coast of florida with winds of more than 200 kilometres an hour. stay inside and stay off the roads. flood waters and rushing storm surges are very dangerous. millions are in the part of this storm as hurricane milton rips through the state. the latest live _ rips through the state. the latest live from _ rips through the state. the latest live from orlando. this is

so, saturday, some rain around across northern ireland, scotland, northern areas of england, and accompanyingast of northerly air coming down, really dropping those temperatures — just seven or eight degrees for northern scotland. for northern ireland, england and wales, meanwhile, we're looking at temperatures around 11—14 degrees, which is pretty close to average. as that high pressure builds in, though, for the second half of the weekend, we're looking at a cold start to the morning, a few mist and fog patches, but a mostly dry day, with sunny spells coming and going. temperatures for most of us between around 10—13 degrees. bye for now. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore. the headlines. hurricane milton makes landfall in florida as a dangerous category 3. the governor is warning people to stay inside. the storm is here, it's time for everyone to hunker down, we have massive amounts of resources prepared for the storm. meanwhile, the white house has accused donald trump of spreading lies over the us government's response to hurricanes helene and milton. and the other main st

northern ireland, sunshine.he southern half of the uk, where we'll see the cloud melting away into the evening and under clear skies overnight, temperatures will fall away . temperatures will fall away. another chilly nights expected through the midlands , eastern through the midlands, eastern and southern and southeast england , but elsewhere, with england, but elsewhere, with thickening cloud and a strengthening breeze and some outbreaks of rain pushing into scotland and northern ireland, it's a milder night, with temperatures staying in the double figures, so it's really only the east of england and some central parts where we'll see single figures first thing saturday and perhaps mid single figures in some spots, then we'll see a lot of fine weather once again across england and wales, but with a bit more of a breeze and some cloud coming and going through the day . there's going through the day. there's still scope for some sunshine at times and mostly the more unsettled weather stays at bay until after dar

a cruise ship that has been stranded in northern ireland forfour stranded in northern ireland for fourl. the odyssey left belfast port on monday night, but only travelled a few miles because of concerns it might need to refuel. relieved passengers are now en route to france on the first leg of their world tour. our correspondent chris page sent this report. four months into its world tour, the odyssey had covered about 15 miles. after 17 weeks in belfast harbour, it dropped anchor here in belfast lough and the two and half days, its top speed was zero knots. but then the horn _ top speed was zero knots. elf then the horn sounded. we were in our room and heard it and then the message came across, we are leaving. cheering a christening ceremony confirmed it was time to cast off. i confirmed it was time to cast off. ., �* ~ ., off. i don't even know where we are going- _ off. i don't even know where we are going- we — off. i don't even know where we are going. we are _ off. i don't even know where we are going. we are trying - off. i don't even know where we are going. we are trying to -

we start thursday with variable cloud across scotland, northern ireland, perhaps wales, southwest englandnd eastern england and also northern scotland. with this southerly wind, could be quite warm in some sheltered spots around the mid to high teens. similar values for parts of england and wales, so quite mild for the time of year. now, as we head into friday, this area of low pressure will start to bring some wetter and windy weather towards southern and western areas. i think it could be dry with variable cloud, a bit of mist and fog towards eastern areas with lighter winds here. and we'll see this weak weather front spreading north to bring some showery rain. but it will tend to fizzle out. so i think more cloud across northern, central and eastern areas on friday. better sunshine towards the south, but it will be breezier towards the far southwest of england. temperatures maybe a degree or so down because of more cloud around generally around the mid teens. so into saturday we've got our area of low pressure towards the south of the uk that could throw up a few showers into southern

there, to find out what's going on within northern ireland. there is a way in which ireland.able to do that within my shadow ministerial responsibilities or within ministerial responsibilities. but the reason that the way in which this has been handled has actually made mps really reticent to take those freebies, which actually means that we can go and do our jobs and find out go and do ourjobs and find out what's going on out there. there's a balance to strike there. >> there's probably a reason why it didn't come up in pmqs because everyone gets them. yeah, probably. so no one's going to call them out. but i'm sorry. >> journalists. i mean, let's, you know, journalists. yeah. >> we're not we're not in power. not yet. and rotherham asks having watched pmqs with us, could could natalie fleet tell us what's happening with smashing the gangs and what's the deterrent for illegal immigrants? clearly a big issue in rotherham. >> yeah. and it is a big issue in bolsover. two, it comes up so much on the doorstep. and one of the things in bolsover is that they saw the rwanda scheme as

that will bring wind and outbreaks of rain for scotland and northern ireland. sunshine, just a few showers towards the south—east. that's the remnants of friday's low pressure system and temperatures closer to the mid—teens at this point. sunday probably looks drier for most. there'll still be some showery rain across scotland and northern ireland, we'll have more of a breeze, but eastern scotland, england and wales mostly dry again with some sunshine around, lighterwinds and temperatures around 1a or 15 degrees in the south, low teens in the north. so it's not looking that bad for the weekend. into next week, we start to see high pressure building back in, so a lot of dry and settled weather around with some sunshine and we'll see a return to overnight fog. live from singapore, this is bbc news. washington confirms reports that at least 3,000 north korean soldiers have been sent to russia and are now in training there. turkey says five people have been killed and others injured in a terror attack on a state—owned defence and aerospace firm. and we're live in b

and some rain reaching northern ireland by the end of the afternoon. you are, though, temperatures are struggling no better than 7 to 9 degrees in the north, up to 11 or 12 locally, 13 down towards the south—west of the uk as we head into the evening. then those outbreaks of rain across many western spots will start to make inroads across the northern ireland and the west and southwest of scotland. but at this stage, early evening towards the north—east of scotland, there are plenty of fine weather. those showers tending to ease away. then we run into that damp weather, as i say, across northern ireland and the south—west of scotland, and further south, though across england and wales it's staying mostly fine at this stage. a bit of high cloud in across wales and the south—west, but across central and eastern parts there'll be some clear spells as we go into the evening on sunday. during the overnight penod sunday. during the overnight period on sunday into monday, we'll hold on to a rather wet weather out across westernmost parts. and that will start

the breeze picking up, the rain out west turns heavier later on, certainly for northern ireland.18 in the south. but it is all change for part two of the weekend, that area of high pressure eventually breaks down, low pressure takes over and sends weather fronts across the country, more isobars on the chart. so it's a cloudy day on sunday, more of a breeze coming up from the south, outbreaks of rain. most of the rain towards southern and western hills. the odd heavier downpour there and brightness will be limited. could see a little bit for northeast scotland at times. temperatures could be up to 18 or 19 degrees in any brightness, the mid—teens further north. but nights will start to get milder as we import this milder air off the atlantic on a south—westerly wind. the upcoming week stays unsettled with low pressure always nearby. there's a chance around the middle part of the week, we could see the remnants of hurricane kirk bring some rain and gales, so stay tuned. live from london. this is bbc news. tensions remain high in the middle east, as israel carries out more deadly ai

- thoughts looking back at northern ireland? ., , ., , , northern ireland?nd? love you guys but we've got to go. _ northern ireland? love you guys but we've got to go. this - but we've got to go. this evening _ but we've got to go. this evening the _ but we've got to go. this evening the ship - but we've got to go. this evening the ship is - but we've got to go. this evening the ship is still. but we've got to go. this evening the ship is still here. the 125 passengers have not been waiting 125 days to hit the high seas. one more story before we take a short break. following a suspected acid attack outside of school in west london on monday. on monday three people were injured, including a 14—year—old girl who was left with what police described as essentially life changing injuries. police in london say they are currently conducting a manhunt and they say they are searching for a man who in their description was wearing a mask or some sort of balaclava and writing in e scooter. just to reiterate, a 14—year—old girl was left with life—changing injuries, a te

that will bring wind and outbreaks of rain for scotland and northern ireland. dry with some sunshine, just a few showers towards the south—east. that's the remnants of friday's low pressure system and temperatures closer to the mid—teens at this point. sunday probably looks drier for most. there'll still be some showery rain across scotland and northern ireland, we'll have more of a breeze, but eastern scotland, england and wales mostly dry again with some sunshine around, lighterwinds and temperatures around 1a or 15 degrees in the south, low teens in the north. so it's not looking that bad for the weekend. into next week, we start to see high pressure building back in, so a lot of dry and settled weather around with some sunshine and we'll see a return to overnight fog. live from singapore, this is bbc news. washington confirms reports that at least 3,000 north korean soldiers have been sent to russia and are now in training there. turkey says five people have been killed and others injured in a terror attack on a state—owned defence and aerospace firm. kamal

the rain out west turns heavier later on — certainly for northern ireland.it is all change for part two of the weekend. that area of high pressure eventually breaks down, low pressure takes over and sends weather fronts across the country. there are more isobars on the chart. so, it's a cloudy day on sunday, more of a breeze coming up from the south, outbreaks of rain — most of the rain towards southern and western hills, the odd heavier downpour there. brightness will be limited. could see a little bit for north east scotland at times. temperatures could be up to 18 or 19 degrees in any brightness, the mid—teens further north. but nights will start to get milder as we import this milder air off the atlantic on a southwesterly wind. the upcoming week stays unsettled with low pressure always nearby. there's a chance around the middle part of the week we could see the remnants of hurricane kirk bring some rain and gales, so stay tuned. oil under pressure: pricesjump as president biden says the us is discussing possible israeli strikes on iran's oil facilities.

now thursday morning, starting off with a few mist and fog patches, scotland, northern ireland, northernre is in charge. plenty of dry weather. most of us will see some sunny spells and as i say, those flood waters should continue to have time to slowly ebb away. 0ur temperatures around about 13 to 17 degrees. now, we should manage another dry day on friday for many areas before the weather starts to turn much more unsettled. low pressure in the atlantic will start to bring some windier weather conditions in time for the weekend, along with some heavy outbreaks of rain. it's notjust over the weekend. next week is looking unsettled, too. so i think the best description is we'll see rain at times next week. sorry live from london. this is bbc news. iran is preparing an imminent missile attack on israel, it comes as israel launches a ground invasion of southern lebanon. hezbollah fires missiles into central israel and the highway has been hit and the highway has been hit and air raid sirens have sounded as far south as tel aviv. i'm anna foster live in beirut, as lebanon's prime minister sa

elsewhere, good spells of sunshine, but for northern ireland and for the north and west of scotland,s the northwest of scotland. temperatures north to south around 12—16 celsius. now, through saturday night, i think this cloud will tend to pull away from the southeast of england. this frontal system will push its way southwards and eastwards, and will weaken. many places will see some clear spells — and don't forget, through the early hours of sunday, the clocks go back an hour, so you do get an extra hour in bed. it will also turn pretty chilly actually into the start of sunday morning, temperatures well down into single digits. i think there will be some places that get quite close to freezing, especially up towards the north of the uk. but that does mean most places will start sunday with some spells of sunshine. england and wales mostly holding on to that, but once again, northern ireland and scotland will see thickening cloud and some outbreaks of rain, and it will still be fairly windy here. temperatures down a little bit — nine celsius in lerwick, 1a in london and in plymouth.

scotland and northern ireland, a weather front will come in bringing you cloud and some patchy rain.mes. this is bbc news... backed by strikes from the air, israel defense forces say they've launched a �*limited ground operation' against hezbollah in southern lebanon. this is the scene live in beirut, as lebanon's prime minister says his country is facing one of the most dangerous moments in its history. hezbollah fires missiles into central israel — a highway has been hit and air raid sirens have sounded across tel aviv. i'm lucy hocking. in other news... in the us, more than a hundred people are now known to died — then beyond that, for friday and into the weekend, well, friday itself, there will be mist and fog to start the day. scotland and northern ireland, a weather front will come in bringing you cloud and some patchy rain. there will be a lot of dry weather this weekend, but equally expect some rain at times. this is bbc news... backed by strikes from the air, israel defense forces say they've launched a �*limited ground operation' against hezbollah in southern lebanon. this

elsewhere, good spells of sunshine, but for northern ireland and for the north and west of scotland, the winds will be strengthening, as well — some pretty brisk winds up towards the northwest of scotland. temperatures north to south around 12—16 celsius. now, through saturday night, i think this cloud will tend to pull away from the southeast of england. this frontal system will push its way southwards and eastwards, and will weaken. many places will see some clear spells — and don't forget, through the early hours of sunday, the clocks go back an hour, so you do get an extra hour in bed. it will also turn pretty chilly actually into the start of sunday morning, temperatures well down into single digits. i think there will be some places that get quite close to freezing, especially up towards the north of the uk. but that does mean most places will start sunday with some spells of sunshine. england and wales mostly holding on to that, but once again, northern ireland and scotland will see thickening cloud and some outbreaks of rain, and it will still be fairly windy here. temperatur

most of scotland, northern ireland, northern eastern england will stay cloudy.y decent again for the time of year — mid to high teens. friday night, we see that weather front spread northwards across scotland, bringing outbreaks of rain, patchy clouds. skies clear for many. this area of low pressure starts to fizzle out across the southwest so the winds will ease down here. still fairly mild, temperatures to start saturday ranging between 7 and 11 degrees. saturday, that area of low pressure fizzles out, but we look to the north—west, a renewed area of low pressure. its weather front pushing into scotland and northern ireland bringing strong winds and outbreaks of rain here. but much of southern and eastern scotland, england and wales will have a fine day with some sunshine. a few showers, wales, south—west england some early showers, i think, east anglia and the south—east, but these will clear away so the majority will be dry into the afternoon. but a slightly fresher thanks to westerly winds on saturday — the mid—teens i think for most. into sunday, a ridge o

overin should be largely dry and cladding over in eastern scotland, some showers in the west and northern irelandinto the start of the weekend, here is the start of the weekend, here is the change and it will once again take its time but we see the wind strengthening. heavier rain developing in northern ireland and western scotland. lots more planned generally across scotland on saturday but for england and wales it should stay dry. we might see cornwall and the arms of silly getting some rain by the end of the afternoon with temperatures peaking at 17 degrees. the rain sweeping eastwards as we go through the night, saturday into sunday so a wet and windy night to follow. hopefully most of it cares away so the bulk of the rainbow ease on sunday morning but it will leave a trail are pretty sure showers to follow on on sunday, no longer spells of rain in the far north and west and once that low pressure moves through it looks unsettled going through the week ahead. eventually into friday, the rainbow ease, the wind swings round to the north and it gets colder again. louise, thank you so much. that'

eve rosato is a reporter in northern ireland. you can find support on the bbc action line. some other stories now. people waiting for an uber should be patient enough to wait a few minutes longer for an electric car. that's what the boss of uber has said as his company attempts to encourage customers to choose electric cars. the taxi company says that waiting "a couple of minutes isn't going to kill anyone". and ella lloyd hasjoined the mclaren driver development programme. ella is 19 and from wales. she'll drive in formula e's women's test in november and then she'll represent mclaren in the 2025 f1 academy season. she says she's really excited. now, ten seconds of pearl the 5—year—old dog who was rescued by firefighters when she was trapped in a van after she chewed through a lock. don't worry she's safe, well, and afterwards was playing with the firefighters who helped save her! that's us for tonight, have a good one! hello and welcome to sportsday. i'm sarah mulkerrins. coming up on the program: it's goodbye to a great, spani

that will bring wind and outbreaks of rain for scotland and northern ireland.a few showers towards the south—east. that's the remnants of friday's low pressure system. temperatures closer to the mid—teens at this point. sunday probably looks drier for most. there'll still be some showery rain across scotland and northern ireland, we'll have more of a breeze, but eastern scotland, england and wales mostly dry, again with some sunshine around, lighterwinds and temperatures around 14 or 15 degrees in the south, low teens in the north. so it's not looking that bad for the weekend. into next week, we start to see high pressure building back in, so a lot of dry and settled weather around, with some sunshine, and we'll see a return to overnight fog. striking workers at boeing have wrapped up voting on a new deal which could end a six—week long stand—off. plus — the imf warns the world to avoid a global trade war. hello and welcome to business today. i'm steve lai. some breaking news, 64% of boeing workers have rejected a contract offer which included a 35% pay rise ov

will not move _ scotland, northern ireland. will not move a _ scotland, northern ireland.in _ these areas continue to see cloud and rain on — these areas continue to see cloud and rain on and off, may be light patchy, — and rain on and off, may be light patchy, odd every base in the hills, could _ patchy, odd every base in the hills, could creep — patchy, odd every base in the hills, could creep towards the isle of man later and _ could creep towards the isle of man later and the breeze will be freshening as you go through the day becoming _ freshening as you go through the day becoming quite strong and gusty in the far— becoming quite strong and gusty in the far west compared to biting winds— the far west compared to biting winds in— the far west compared to biting winds in the east. because the winds are from _ winds in the east. because the winds are from the — winds in the east. because the winds are from the south, be not as cool as it _ are from the south, be not as cool as it is _ are from the south, be not as cool as it is felt — are from the south, be not as cool

through the day, well, there probably will be a few patches of rain getting into northern ireland andrn scotland, but nothing particularly heavy in the afternoon. and for the most part, i think temperatures will probably reach around ten to 13 celsius. well, that takes us into sunday night and we're looking at a more substantial pulse of rain as a weak area of low pressure scoots its way eastwards across england and wales. scotland and northern ireland having largely dry weather with a few mist and fog patches and again a few patches of frost. into monday, the worst of the rain will clear away from central and eastern england, but it might well stay damp, even into the afternoon, for some. the best of the weather on monday for scotland and northern ireland, where it should stay dry with spells of sunshine. if anything, temperatures coming up by an odd degree or so, and generally getting close to or a little bit above average for the time of year. tuesday looks like being a drier day for all of us. however, there's likely to be quite a lot of low cloud first thing. some mist and fog pa

passengers were stranded in northern ireland while repairs were carried out on the villa vie odyssey.lasts. this round—the—world cruise has had only one stop in four months — belfast. following 122 days of delay, the ship was still in a repair yard, long after the scheduled boarding time yesterday. the chief executive of the company admitted to feeling a bit stressed and didn't sound hopeful. ship's coming — today, tomorrow, some time soon, hopefully. hopefully. hopefully, yes. hopefully. but a little later, the ocean beckoned. she's on her way, guys. cheering. finally, passengers could begin their global adventure. we're ecstatic. absolutely amazing. so. . .i can breathe. not all the seafarers are human. holly and her cat, captain, have taken on something of a celebrity status during their unexpected stay here. belfast has been very good to me, and we will probably be back on our next circumnavigation. so, ready to sail into perpetual summers, we're told the ship is now going. that's right. it's going to be a couple of weeks till we get to summer. but, yeah, i definitely want to sail

so, saturday, some rain around across northern ireland, scotland, northern areas of england, and accompanyingher blast of northerly air coming down, really dropping those temperatures — just seven or eight degrees for northern scotland. for northern ireland, england and wales, meanwhile, we're looking at temperatures around 11—14 degrees, which is pretty close to average. as that high pressure builds in, though, for the second half of the weekend, we're looking at a cold start to the morning, a few mist and fog patches, but a mostly dry day, with sunny spells coming and going. temperatures for most of us between around 10—13 degrees. bye for now. welcome to newsday, reporting live from singapore, i'm katie silver. the headlines. hurricane milton makes landfall in florida as a dangerous category 3. the governor is warning people to stay inside. the storm is here, it's time for everyone to hunker down, we have massive amounts of resources prepared for the storm. �* ., ., storm. i'm in florida, where --eole storm. i'm in florida, where peeple are _ storm. i'm in florida, where people are still _

so on friday, the showery rain really sitting across western scotland, northern ireland, we might see man and west wales, but on the whole dry and quiet elsewhere and once again, temperatures peaking into the mid to high teens in places. now, as we move out of friday into saturday, the next front will start to move in. again, a slow process being blocked by that high pressure. but some of the rain will start to turn quite heavy across northern ireland and northwest scotland, and the winds will strengthen to elsewhere. we should cling on to some sunshine for the bulk of saturday, maybe some rain pushing into cornwall and southwest wales by the end of the day. that frontal system will continue to sweep its way steadily eastwards overnight, so a spell of heavy rain and stronger winds clearing across the country. that will linger first thing on sunday and even once it clears, it is going to leave quite a showery story for the second half of the weekend. live from london. this is bbc news. the israeli military says its fighterjets have struck hezbollah�*s intelligence headquarters in beiru

we've got this band of rain across parts of central england, wales, northern ireland as well, but it'se've got more cloud for parts of northern and eastern england and scotland compared to recent days. still very mild, though. we could see 19, 20 degrees in the warmest spots for east anglia, for instance. most of us in the mid—teens. into the evening hours, that area of cloud and patchy light rain continues its progress northwards. we'll see the next front moving into the north—west, so some rain for the western isles, for instance. clearer skies developing for many of us, but like last night, could be some mist and some fog, especially for some eastern areas. through the course of saturday, we've got higher pressure trying to move in, but there's also a weather front approaching from the north—west, so that's going to bring some wet weather for northern ireland, northern and western scotland as well. a little bit more cloud and drizzly rain, perhaps some mist and murk in the south—east. slowly easing away. in between these two areas of cloud, plenty of sunshine through the central swa

also on the programme: a school bus carrying up to 70 people has overturned in newtonards — the northern irelandmbulance service has declared a major incident. and, manchester city claim victory over the premier league. their challenge to sponsorship rules could impact other leading clubs. 0n bbc london: more on that story where undercover reporters from this programme have secretly recorded takeaways, butchers and other shops lying about their food hygiene scores. good evening from tel aviv, where a service is taking place for the 1,200 israelis killed and more than 250 taken hostage, in the hamas attacks, exactly one year ago. from dawn till dusk this day, across the land and around the world, people have been stopping to remember those who died. it was 6.30 in the morning, on october 7th, when fighters from hamas and other groups crossed the southern borderfrom gaza, and inflicted the worst single mass killing of israelis in the nation s history. the gunmen from hamas broke through the border fence, rampaging through nearby villages, kibbutzim, military posts and a music festival. they torche

western scotland and northern ireland should be a bit drier here, but it's going to feel colder acrosss will be a little bit lower than today. could reach 17 in the southeast where the winds are lighter, but it's a northerly wind that's beginning to arrive across scotland, northern ireland and northern england, bringing that chill. there are some stronger winds here around the bay of biscay on wednesday. that's the remnants of ex—hurricane kirk, that's going to miss our shores, going to slide up towards central parts of europe. but it does allow that northerly wind to push down across all areas. dropping the temperatures as we head into thursday. and an early frost in scotland. more cloud in the south will tend to break up. many places will have a dry day on thursday. a few showers around these windward coasts and the strongest winds will be down the north sea. feeling quite cold here. for all of us, though, temperatures are going to be a bit lower. may make ten degrees in the central belt of scotland and 12 across southern parts of england and wales. so quite a difference from what we

a touch of frost for scotland and northern ireland. a few blustery showers into western scotland.nd we should see a lot of sunshine in eastern scotland before the skies start to cloud up generally here for scotland, northern ireland, with outbreaks of rain pushing in during the afternoon. but england and wales will stay dry with lighter winds, plenty of sunshine but a fresher day to come, i think — 10 to 1a degrees. so that's the weekend out of the way. into monday, we've got quite a few weak weather fronts across the country. westerly winds bringing some slightly milder air back in, but there will be a lot of cloud around, i think on monday, with some splashes of rain across central, northern and western areas. glimmers of brightness appearing to the east of higher ground generally, and temperatures will be a little higher — 15, 16, maybe 17 in the brightest spots. as we head into tuesday, we start to this area of high pressure build in, that should kill off most of the weather fronts. the winds turn lighter, so it'll be a little bit of a cloudy, murky start, i think, to tuesday.

kyren wilson is through to the final of the northern ireland open.t up a meeting with either judd trump or eliott slessor, who play their semi final this evening. hot—az—hell won the final group one of the british flat racing season by the shortest possible distance. the 11—1 shot landed the futurity stakes at doncaster for irish trainer jessica harrington by a nose from the aidan o'brien runner delacroix. mclaren will be hopeful of bouncing back from last weekend's disappointing us grand prix after oscar piastri topped the timesheets in final practice for the mexico city grand prix. his team mate lando norris who's fighting max verstappen for the drivers�* championship was second. qualifying gets under way at ten o'clock. there was the first walk—off grand slam in world series history as the los angeles dodgers beat the new york yankees in game one. it was hit by freddie freeman to give the six to three victory to the dodgers in extra innings. a walk—off grand slam is hitting a home—run with all the bases loaded to end the game. the best—of—seven se

certainly a brighter afternoon for northern ireland, northern england and north wales.o—high teens. finish the day, though, with some heavy rain in the southwest that will spread northwards across england and wales for a time, into northern ireland. some clear skies either side of it, so there could be one or two mist orfog patches, but the general flow�*s from the south so it won't be a cold night. temperatures 8—12 degrees. as we go into tomorrow, though, it could be a damp start, though, over northern england, northern ireland. that rain spreads its way into central southern scotland, and it could become fairly slow moving. large rainfall totals through parts of central eastern scotland. to the north of it a cold breeze developing, but a drier day compared with today. to the south of it, for much of england and wales, sunshine and showers again. if anything, those showers more widespread than today. but in the sunshine between it will feel warm. now at the end of the week will be governed by this area of cloud. this is hurricane kirk. it's decaying now as it pushes o