assistant chief fire officer michael graham from the northern ireland fire & rescue service gave an idea. we received a call at approximately iiam we received a call at approximately ”am this morning. ourfirst appliance was here within five minutes and the second one about two minutes and the second one about two minutes after that. currently we have iii fire appliances attending. we have over 100 firefighters have 1a fire appliances attending. we have over 100 firefighters and we have been here now for six hours. we think we will be here for another 3-4 think we will be here for another 3—4 hours fighting the fire itself and potentially keeping an eye on it for the rest of the night. we need to keep an eye on the structural integrity of the building, as well, we have concerns that the building might collapse. so we need to insure oui’ might collapse. so we need to insure our five artists are firefighting in a safe and effective way and that they are not impacted by the colla pse they are not impacted by the collapse of the building to stop —— oui’ collapse of the building to stop —— our

we'll take you through the stories making headlines in the global news the northern ireland fire servicea primark building in belfast city centre could collapse. around a hundred firefighters have been tackling a blaze which broke out at the store yesterday morning. 0ur northern ireland correspondent chris paige reports. all over the city, people saw the smoke in the sky. but most did not realise how glad the days was until pictures like these appeared. —— how bad the blaze was. shoppers and staff were evacuated from the store within minutes of the fire breaking out. it was busy and i got out as quick as possible. no—one was injured but the interior of the building and disintegrated as a fire ripped downwards. circle times it seemed that firefighters had gotten the blaze under control. at every 110w the blaze under control. at every now and again there were what sounded like small explosions within the store. with each one, the flames burst out again. this is an extremely dramatic and really very unnerving sight. a major store reduced to a blackened shell by the most severe fire here in

the northern ireland fire service says there are grave concerns that a primark building in belfast city100 firefighters have been tackling a blaze which broke out at the store yesterday morning. there are no reports of any injuries and staff and customers were safely evacuated from the historic building. our ireland correspondent chris page reports. all over the city, people saw the smoke in the sky. but most didn't realise how bad the blaze was until pictures like these appeared. let's move, let's go! shoppers and about 150 staff were evacuated from the primark store within minutes of the fire breaking out. it was very busy, it was for people to come down the lifts and stairs so iran's down as quickly as possible. no one was injured but the interior of the building disintegrated as the fire ripped downwards. several times it seemed firefighters had got the blaze under control but every now and again there were what sounded like small explosions within the store. with each one, the flames burst out against beavis is an extremely dramatic and very unnerving sight. a major store reduced t

the northern ireland fire service says there are "grave concerns" that an historic building in the heart a hundred firefighters have been tackling a blaze in the primark store inside listed bank buildings since yesterday morning. there are fears the five—storey building could now collapse. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page has more. all over the city, people saw the smoke in the sky. but most didn't realise how bad the blaze was until pictures like these appeared. let's move, let's go! shoppers and about 150 staff were evacuated from the primark store within minutes of the fire breaking out. the lifts were on, it was very busy. it was a race for people to come down the lifts and the stairs. so i kind of ran out as quick as possible. no—one was injured but the interior of the building disintegrated as the fire ripped downwards. several times it seemed firefighters had got the blaze under control, but every now and again there were what sounded like small explosions within the store. with each one, the flames burst out again. this is an extremely dramatic and really very unnerving sight

assistant chief fire officer michael graham, from the northern ireland fire & rescue service, gave anscale of the operation. we received a call at approximately 11 o'clock this morning. ourfirst responders were here within five minutes and the second one about two minutes after that. currently we have m fire plants attending with three our high reach plants. we have over 100 firefighters and we have been here now for six hours. we think we'll be here for another three or four hours dealing with the fire, plus also potentially keeping an eye on it for the rest of the night. we need to keep an eye on the structural integrity of the building as well so we have concerns that the building may collapse so we need to ensure our firefighters are firefighting in a safe and effective way and ensure they're not impacted by the collapse of the building. our expectation is that the internal floors will collapse where the fire has been burning with great intensity, and we hope that may well help the overall structure, but can't guarantee the structural integrity of the building at this time. our co

it should be dry in northern ireland and in the fire south of england.d the north—west of england could be heavy, bringing hail and lying surface water. into the evening hours we will gradually start to see the rain for hours we will gradually start to see the rainfora hours we will gradually start to see the rain for a time in the south east easing away, but it will continue across parts of scotland. further showers in the west and in wales and north—west england as well. as the picture tonight and quite mild with temperatures around 14 or 15. as we head through the day, we will see that mild start and then further showers on monday. low pressure slowly clears the way to the east and tyre pressure nudges in from the atlantic. more showers in parts of scotland and eastern england. the heaviest showers on monday will be in parts of northern england, particularly in yorkshire and lincolnshire. a chance of seeing some standing water. during monday afternoon temperatures are around about 23 degrees or so in the south east. a bit more sunshine in the south. c

temperatures got down to one degree in northern ireland, pause and fires to scotland, england and wales into the south—east as well. at your wise, high teens, low 20s. that is true further north. through the night, the rain turns heavy at times as it continues itsjourney northwards and eastwards. 0therwise, a much milder night. the second after the weekend, this area of low pressure takes centre stage. it will be some wet weather and is one of these ones which does not come in a straight line, there will be pulses of heavy rain. some of the heaviest rain will be working into central and southern england. we will likely see some further heavy showers working again into south—west in the day. but the onshore wind comments could be quite chilly. 0therwise, looking at high as in the high teens. into next week, quite u nsettled teens. into next week, quite unsettled weather picture, particularly across north—western areas. some fairly breezy conditions. no sign of the heatwave returning to many of us. but that said, it should warm towards south—east england with temperatures pushing into mid

scotla nd showers for the western isles of scotland down in the north—west england and northern ireland, maybe the fires. thank you very much, see you later on. we will have all the headlines at 7:00am. but first it is time for click, with spencer kelly. this week, it's a look back at click‘s summer of sport. we will start with our trip to f1 from july, which has been at the cutting edge of technology and design since its creation in 19116. welcome to the pit. every year, teams compete fiercely to outdo each other in aerodynamics, data communications and materials, all with one aim — to make their cars go really, really fast. and they do a really good job of making them that, as we are finding out here at the austrian grand prix. lewis hamilton's ride. what's even more impressive is that this whole show is permanently on the road, with car, teams, engineers and scientists moving from country to country and track to track. now, these are the most expensive motorhomes i've ever seen. each one of these is a lorry, and theyjust drive them to the next formula 1, stick them together, zip, zip, zip, and that'

northern ireland for decades. in july unionist community is light large fires to mark the pastor —— protesta nt fires to mark the pastorng of the buying. —— boyne. the police service of northern ireland describe last night's bonfire in derry is offensive and distasteful. it's now being investigated as a hate crime. the england rugby star danny cipriani has been fined after pleading guilty to charges of common assault and resisting arrest at a hotel in jersey. magistrates ordered him to pay £2,000 and a further £250 in compensation. the incident happened when cipriani was on a pre—season toui’ with his club gloucester. from jersey, robert hall reports. images of a night out with friends. danny cipriani enjoying a meal in st helier. the incident, which left mr cipriani in police cells, took place later that evening when not on his own admission he had had too much to drink. it done with an altercation outside a seafront hotel, during which mr cipriani is said to have attempted to take a doorman's body camera. even resisted efforts by a female police officer to detain him, grabbing at her shirt collar —— he then resisted

police in northern ireland say a primark store is at risk of collapse after being destroyed by fire. is five storeys high and dates right back to 1787. more than 100 firefighters attended the scene. fortunately, everyone was evacuated safely. russia has announced that it will hold its biggest military exercise since soviet times next month. the defence minister, sergei shoigu, said the vostok war games would involve nearly 300,000 troops, 36,000 tanks, and more than 1000 aircraft. its northern and pacific fleets will also be deployed. the exercises will happen over five days. now, air pollution may cause a drop in intelligence — that's according to new research in china. the four year study found that the longer people were exposed to dirty air, the greater the damage to their cognitive abilities. and it seems men are affected more than women, as our science editor david shukman reports. a wave of pollution rolls into the centre of beijing. dirty air is a reality of life for many in china. in fact, for billions of people around the world. and scientists now know how it can damage the

more clout bringing spots of rain in the fire south—west eventually pushing into northern ireland.he headlines... the british ambassador to france has raised concerns about the actions of french fishermen off the normandy coast as violence broke out yesterday in a row over scallop fishing. more than a fifth of 14—year—old girls say they‘ve self—harmed as a report says gender stereotypes and worries about physical appearance are contributing to unhappiness. west midlands police are offering a reward for information leading to the arrest of janbaz tarin who is wanted for questioning after the murder of his ex—partner and her mother. theresa may is in nigeria on the second of her three—day visit to africa. she‘s hoping to boost trade ties ahead of britain leaving the eu. and now the sport with chris mitchell. much more coming up in the next hour. we will be talking to the children‘s commissioner about the report on self harming. good afternoon. england have named their team to face india in the fourth test tomorrow. moeen ali is back in the side. the all—rounder will bat at seven — he

police in northern ireland say a primark store in belfast is at risk of collapse, after being destroyed by a fires are still at the scene. there are no reports of any injuries and the building, which is five storeys high and dates back to 1787, has been safely evacuated. britain signed a trade deal for after brexit today. not one with the eu, we'll have to wait some more for that. here's theresa may in south africa, and this deal involves south africa along with mozambique, botswana and some other africa countries. it's designed to ensure that the current trade deal these countries have with the eu continues to apply to the uk after brexit. theresa may's begun this trip in cape town. it's her first visit to africa since becoming prime minister two years ago. she told an audience about for the uk to overtake the us to become the g7‘s biggest investor in africa. i want to see strong african economies that british businesses can do it business with. whether through creating new customers for british exporters are opportunities for british investors. our integrated global economy needs help the afric

northern ireland for decades. injuly, unionist communities light large fires to mark the protestant celebration of the battle of thee police service of northern ireland describe last night's bonfire in derry is offensive and distasteful. it's now being investigated as a hate crime. emma vardy, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. that looks like the outer hebrides, is it? well, it is because i do still do. it is indeed. if you notice the green there, that is the northern lights. some lucky places had some clear spells and we have some magnetic activity from the sun at the moment so it was a perfect opportunity for places in the north to see it. scotland is always the best place to see it. unless you happen to be on a plane, and you we re happen to be on a plane, and you were on a plane, and what did you see? i was on a plane over canada and it was amazing, much brighter than this. but this is still pretty good. there is a chance tonight, although the magnetic activity won't be quite as strong. perhaps across the northern isles. so that was the best photo at what you would be interested in, but where we have ha

northern and western europe is suffering a similar fate with fireing through large swaths ofortugal, spain, sweden, norway, latvia, irelandd most devastatingly in greece. europe is also in the grips of a brutal heat wave, with temperatures over the last few days reaching 116 degrees fahrenheit, as well as suffering a prolonged drought. >> schifrin: how much is clite change driving these events? for that, i'm joined by dr. michael mann-- he's an atmospheric scientist at penn state university, where he directs the earth system science center, and co-author of "the madhouse effect" which is about nkimate change. united states be tou for being here. this is a series of striking events happening, the aughts, the heat waves, the fires. none of those in and themselves are unique. so could you help us understand, what is the scice say about how climate changer is exacerbating these types of evts. yeah, so's not saying that climate change is literally causing the ents to occur. what we can conclude with a great owdeal of confidences that climate change is making these events more extreme. and it's a not rocket science. you warm up

fire changed the look of this countryside for decades to come. the great scars no longer smoulder, they now have to heal. danny savage, bbc news, stalybridge. rallies are being held in northern irelande world's longest peacetime period without a properly functioning government. there has been no assembly in place for more than 18 months after the power—sharing arrangement between the dup and sinn fein collapsed in january last year. our ireland correspondent emma vardy reports. two years ago, northern ireland won the bid to stage the 2021 commonwealth youth games. but the devolved government collapsed before ministers could agree the funding. now northern ireland has been stripped of the chance to host the event. i was annoyed because it would have been a good opportunity for people here. i was quite shocked. how come we're not sticking together, not helping each other? as well as losing the games, £1—2 billion worth of infrastructure projects have now been put on hold. a new transport hub for belfast, a cruise ship terminal for the harbour, just a couple of the developments being left in limbo. the corridors of power remain empty at stormont, where northern ireland's government col

of a murdered prison officer in northern ireland has expressed his disgust after the names of murdered officers were placed on top of a bonfire in londonderry. the firenight. 0ur ireland correspondent, chris pagejoins us from belfast. tell us more about the incident and the controversy it has aroused. there has been condemnation across the political spectrum. this bonfire was built in the bogside area of londonderry, a strongly republican area, and there were the names of david black, a prison officer murdered several years ago and also the names of some murdered police officers. david black's sun has said he is sick and by this. sinn fein have strongly condemned this, pointing the finger firmly in the direction of dissident republican opposed to the police —— peace process. there have traditionally been republican bonfires across northern ireland, but sinn fein have said that they have done a lot of work in recent years trying to eliminate these bonfires that are becoming a magnet for at least anti—social behaviour. in belfast, this year, for the first time, there we re this year, for the first time, there were no republican bonfires. in july, loyal