let's get back to nottinghamshire and neil clark is from nottinghamshire county council.bury, what preparation also were made in nottinghamshire and what kind? ., . ., what kind? good morning. we have been doin: what kind? good morning. we have been doing a _ what kind? good morning. we have been doing a lot _ what kind? good morning. we have been doing a lot of _ what kind? good morning. we have been doing a lot of work _ what kind? good morning. we have been doing a lot of work over- what kind? good morning. we have been doing a lot of work over many| been doing a lot of work over many years of flood resilience, offering things like floodgates to people that could be under threat. and then this particular serious incident which came from all that extremely heavy rainfall, then we have been working with district councils and the emergency services and the environment agency to evacuate people from their homes where necessary. probably about 100 or so homes that have been evacuated. but thankfully the river does, our information is, it has peaked and we believe it is now

as i say, i was in nottinghamshire - impacts. as i say, i was in nottinghamshire myself. l impacts.shire myself. of impacts. as i say, i was in - nottinghamshire myself. of the impacts. as i say, i was in _ nottinghamshire myself. of the £11.7 nottinghamshire myself. of the £11.7 million allocated just to the town of redford, only half of 1% of that had been spent, £50,000, out of 11.7 million. that is not adequate because peoples homes were flooded, it was then the owner was destroyed, people are losing their livelihoods, there is no point asjust supervising with people in those circumstances when the governance could have taken action to make it far less likely that they would have everything they owned ruined in the first place. thank you very much indeed, shadow secretary of state for the environment. and before we go, just to bring you some of that breaking news again. the very sad news that derek draper, former political advisor and author, has died aged 56. he had been living with complications from covid since contracting the disease in march 2020. his wife, kate galloway, s

neil clark there from nottinghamshire _ threat.hire county - threat. neil clark there from - nottinghamshire county council. let's take you to some live shots to gloucestershire. this is an area that has been badly affected. we understand that the water levels are currently steady. however tewkesbury in gloucestershire, there was a point when all the roads into the town were in fact blocked. this is a problem for people getting around notjust problem for people getting around not just that but also train problem for people getting around notjust that but also train links and particularly in the west country, has been very badly affected. meanwhile my colleague spoke to mary from hertfordshire. she is a flood resilient campaigner whose home has been flooded twice in the past. she had this advice for people who have been affected by the floods. ma; people who have been affected by the floods. y . . people who have been affected by the floods. g . . ., , ., �* ., floods. my advice would be don't go back to your — floods. my advice wou

and a major incident has been declared in nottinghamshire. correspondent dan johnson has the latest. storm henk may be gone, but it's certainly not forgotten. this is what it left behind in nottinghamshire, where a major incident�*s been declared for the flooded villages of the trent valley. river levels are still rising here and could pass records set more than 20 years ago. it is similar levels to that of 2000. so it's that serious and we must ask people to be aware and stay safe. flooded roads are causing problems and making it harder for people to evacuate. in places, it's got difficult to tell what's the river, what's the canal, and what's supposed to be dry land. the yellow warning for heavy rain covers most of the south west, the south east and parts of the midlands. in wiltshire, rivers are on the rise again. the sandbags are still out because these properties are at such a risk. you can see the flood defences are in place because they are vulnerable here right next to the river avon. and yesterday, this area was entirely flooded. so

we can go live now to natalie fahy, who is the editor of nottinghamshire live.hose images there, those devastating images there, those devastating images of people's homes. 0ur images there, those devastating images of people's homes. our people coping? images of people's homes. our people coin: ? ~ �* , ., images of people's homes. our people couin ? . �* , ., ., coping? well, we've been out and about across _ coping? well, we've been out and about across the _ coping? well, we've been out and about across the length _ coping? well, we've been out and about across the length and - coping? well, we've been out and l about across the length and breadth of nottinghamshire after the last few days. i haven't seen anything like this in many many years in the area, the environment agency is saying the river trent could reach the highest level since year 2000, gives you the scale of the idea there. when we hear that flooding is happening, we say oh, its going to be in the usual villages where it happens, we go out there and we speak to those people, and as more people

we'll be live in nottinghamshire where the river trent could reach some of its highest levels this century. also tonight... we report on the attacks on shipping in the red sea, and what they could mean for costs on the high street. rishi sunak hints when an election might be called, as keir starmer steps up his bid to become prime minister. # you ain't nothin�* but a hound dog, cryin�* all the time. # could elvis soon be back in the building — albeit virtually? and, how to defy climate change and rising flood waters — one brick at a time. and on newsnight at 10.30pm, we'll go deeper behind the headlines and speak live to key players on today's big stories. plus, a first look at tomorrow's front pages. good evening. there've been hundreds of flood alerts across england today, as heavy rain continued to batter parts of the country. and there are fears tonight the river trent, could come close to its highest water mark on record this century. a major incident has already been declared in nottinghamshire due to widespread flooding, caused by storm henk. the county council is urging residents i

i had been out meeting residents and nottinghamshire l residents and nottinghamshire secretary of stateand about and we are serious in taking these concerns whether it is been repeated flooding and more frequently in nottinghamshire and also in other areas and more of investments that we are putting in an previously the cycle or two points especially in pounds and i were doubling that £5.2 billion and improving flood resilience and right across england between 2021 at seven thatis across england between 2021 at seven that is to better protect homes and shops sure north hampshire and like in the valley and other areas that were repeatedly hit by flooding. caroline douglas from the environment agency says frequent flooding events will be a new reality because of climate change. i certainly think we are seeing more frequency and more storms and intense flooding because it's something that we certainly know about and need to be prepared for the last three months, we've better hundred 17% of our average rainfall and that doesn't mean that we are going to see those impacts in the rainfall fel

itself has been badly affected, nottinghamshire, derbyshire and leicestershire.midlands with the aftermath of storm henk. but nottinghamshire county council are hoping that the river levels here have now peaked and will start to recede. a bbc investigation has found that some online pharmacies are selling prescription—only drugs without robust safety checks. bbcjournalists, posing as patients, were able to obtain more than 1,600 prescription—only pills from 20 online pharmacies without any kind of proof they were ill, as divya talwar reports. katie needed help. she'd become dependent on medications. and she's just such a bright, beautiful, bubbly person. christine and fred's daughter katie was 38 when she overdosed on prescription—only medication. she'd become dependent on anti—anxiety and opioid prescription medicines. she was able to buy medications online, lots of medications, medications that she knew would do her harm. although her gp had stopped prescribing the medicines to her, katie was able to get them from legitimate online pharmacies instead. the coron

mansfield, in nottinghamshire — a town the conservatives want to hold on to at the general election.tions at a youth centre and taking this crucial question from a reporter. it's a new year — is it also going to be a general election year? yes! so, look, my working assumption is we'll have a general election in the second half of this year, and in the meantime, i've got lots that i want to get on with. words that grab attention, say something — but commit to nothing. 150 miles away, on a visit to bristol at exactly the same time, we tell keir starmer what rishi sunak has just said. the prime minister is now hinting, without setting a date, that it might be later in the year. squatting in downing street for months on end, dithering and delaying, when the country wants change. what's he hiding? the conservatives have a mandate, don't they, to serve in government throughout this year? you can clamourfor an early election, but that's the constitutional truth. but what mandate does the third... well, they won the last general election. ..the third prime minister that they've had since the

and up the way through nottinghamshire and up towards yorkshire as well.e swathe of the country. the latest we understand is that around 50—60 properties are currently flooded in nottinghamshire, with more numbers coming in all the titles of the council says to us in terms where we are here in east bridge bird, one of these properties, we were stood here about 20 minutes ago and we saw a man coming out with his friend on his back who lives in that property. and i've got that friend with me here, that's susie. that was your propertyjust here, that's susie. that was your property just about 50 metres from where we are now that was flooded. tell me what happened.— where we are now that was flooded. tell me what happened. overnight we exect of tell me what happened. overnight we exoect of the — tell me what happened. overnight we expect of the river _ tell me what happened. overnight we expect of the river to _ tell me what happened. overnight we expect of the river to rise, _ tell me what happened. overnight we expect of the river to rise, so - tell me what h

is under that might be that most of nottinghamshire is ulslight that might be that most of nottinghamshirelslight exaggeration, butght be that most of nottinghamshire is ulslight exaggeration, but for be a slight exaggeration, but for hundreds of people they've had to banks have to leave their homes, banks have burst or indeed rivers burst their or indeed rivers have burst their banks rather than banks having burst their rivers just moving on for the last they did that in 2008. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> right. right. but oh no, gordon brown saved the world. yes >> oh, he saved the banks. oh, what a what wonderful prime what a what a wonderful prime minister's throwback. minister's questions throwback. >> but stephen, the >> um, but but stephen, the labour party today is saying there should be a cobra style meeting, uh, to, to fix these floods. >> what would that do? >> what would that do? >> well, i think we actually do needi >> well, i think we actually do need i mean, at the moment, the problem is it's regionalised. the response the flooding is the response to the flooding is too regionalised

these are the pictures in nottinghamshire.ing some of these buildings, rising against the outside of the building, and it looks like it might be taken out with those gates in the waters pushing on through and the council says this is because of rising river levels on the river trent and the flooding and possible future flooding and possible future flooding in the area caused by storm henk which has travelled around the country in the last day or so, causing extensive damage in some areas. water levels on the river trent could reach as high as they have been since 2000 and they are expected to peak this evening. the wider helicopter shot showing a much wider helicopter shot showing a much wider area with those water levels really on the rise, covering large parts of the land. this is the river trent which has overflowed in some parts of nottinghamshire. we will bring you more on that as it comes into us. rishi sunak has been accused of "squatting" in downing street by his political opponents — after he downplayed holding a gene

councillor neil clark from nottinghamshire i down the trent.battered the capital. you can just see the mast sticking out of the water here. the owner of the floating bar, restaurant and club, says everyone's been accounted for. the port of london authority says vessels should pass temple pier with "great caution". last night 70 firefighters were called to hackney wick after a canal burst its banks, flooding several buildings in smeed road. london fire brigade has been working to divert the floodwaters. the weather conditions continue to affect the trains today. great western railway, which includes routes to paddington, says passengers should expect some short—notice cancellations until at least midday, after flooding and a death on the tracks caused major disruption west of reading yesterday. tickets for travel today will be valid tomorrow. south western railway asks people to check before travelling, because of many incidents of flooding across their network. talks are continuing to try to avoid a strike on the underground which is due to beg

and other words which are etched into my brain now were when she said of nottinghamshire police , youe police, you have blood on your hands , as blood on your hands, as kallocain was of course wanted on warrant for assaulting a police officer , an event that police officer, an event that arose from an earlier occasion when he was detained and sectioned under the mental health act . sectioned under the mental health act. he sectioned under the mental health act . he assaulted sectioned under the mental health act. he assaulted an officer whilst being conveyed to a health facility as is so often the case, unfortunately , in the case, unfortunately, in contemporary policing , when contemporary policing, when people become wanted , a warrant people become wanted, a warrant is issued and sometimes that warrant just simply sits in a drawer with very little attention paid to it and no proactive action taken in order to try and locate it. detain and lock these people. of course , in lock these people. of course, in this situation, it had tragic consequences and whilst i accept what the assist

in nottinghamshire there is a major— medical help.ire there is a major incident - medical help. in nottinghamshire there is a major incident but - medical help. in nottinghamshire there is a major incident but little sign of help, so simon is one of those delivering people and supplies. those delivering people and su lies. ., those delivering people and su--lies. ., �* those delivering people and sh lies, ., �* ,., those delivering people and sun-lies, ., �* ,., ,y those delivering people and su..lies_ ., �* ,., ,y ., supplies. you can't stand by and let --eole supplies. you can't stand by and let peeple struggle _ supplies. you can't stand by and let people struggle and _ supplies. you can't stand by and let people struggle and miss _ supplies. you can't stand by and let people struggle and miss doctor's l people struggle and miss doctor's appointments, there is a lot of elderly— appointments, there is a lot of elderly and vulnerable people around here so _ elderly and vulnerable people around here so you have to do your bit. the riv

it's one of the worst—affected places by the flooding in nottinghamshire. bad that most vehicles can't get through the floodwater, so he's using his modified four—by—four to help transport people and supplies. he's agreed to let us join him. and we shouldn't have to do this, but you can'tjust stand by and let people struggle and let people miss doctors appointments. there's a lot of elderly people and vulnerable people around here, so you've got to do your bit. there are only two routes in and out of gunthorpe. one is up there, and it's underwater. and then there's this one, which is even worse. so you can see why people living in this village are saying it's now effectively an island. it's because of scenes like these that nottinghamshire county council yesterday declared a major incident. it says this is one of seven areas where multi—agency support is being provided. 0vernight, the river trent reached its highest level in the county for more than 20 years. this is the scene in the village of farndon. right, here we go into the house. julia and dave have

in nottinghamshire , a senior nottinghamshire, a senior councillor has said that some residents havetimes in just months, more than just three months, more than 1000 properties across england remain flooded after the heavy downpours. week, but floods downpours. this week, but floods minister robbie moore says that the government has provided enough money for flood prevention . prevention. >> of course, always more to do , >> of course, always more to do, but i know how hard local authorities are working with the environment . we have environment agency. we have experienced amount of experienced a huge amount of rain, which has fallen as you will see right across the country, not only here in nottinghamshire down in the nottinghamshire but down in the severn valley and severn trent nottinghamshire but down in the severrum,ley and severn trent nottinghamshire but down in the severrum, butand severn trent nottinghamshire but down in the severr um, but also '>evern trent nottinghamshire but down in the severr um, but also down trent nottinghamshire but down in the severrum, but also down

and that's been underlined by, i think, in nottinghamshire , um, there have nottinghamshire, um, thereave been cows that have drowned in the there's concern the flooding. there's concern that there could be vegetable shortages due to this flooding . shortages due to this flooding. yes certainly. >> of course, across and the likes of gloucestershire as well, a lot of animals have been pictured from, from drone footage completely surrounded by water stranded almost on a water and stranded almost on a on a makeshift island . of on a makeshift island. of course, as that the water has burst its banks and as you say gone all over those those farmers fields. it is it is the crops within those fields that are that are being completely destroyed and washed out and washed away. you're right, washed away. so you're right, certainly produce , certainly for domestic produce, um, for those farmers particularly that grow things, and even as i was saying, because of the stranded livestock that we're seeing as well parts of the country, well in parts of the country, um, it's that knock on um, again, it

this was in nottinghamshire, where the river trent was at its highest level in a quarter century. winter ahead for many. will batchelor, bbc news. plenty more on that and other stories on our website. stay with us on bbc news. hello there. for many of us, it's been a dry and a fairly quiet start to the weekend. good news, of course, after the recent heavy rainfall and the storms that we've had, the flooding now should start to subside, but we've had lots of blue skies this morning. this was the scene in south lanarkshire. but you can see from the satellite image here, for many parts of the uk we've had clear skies and that's been extending its way out into the atlantic as well. the reason for that is high pressure, which is building in now across the united kingdom. and what that does is it stops the atlantic weather systems coming in, those rain bearing weather systems moving in. so things are certainly looking more settled for the weekend and into next week. for the rest of today, we've still got quite a bit of cloud across eastern areas. one or two showers here, showers easing

in nottinghamshire , a senior nottinghamshire, a senior councillor has said that some residents havees in just three months. more than 1000 properties across england remain flooded after the heavy downpours. this week, but floods minister robbie moore says that the government has provided enough flood enough money for flood prevention . prevention. >> course . always more to do, >> of course. always more to do, but i know how hard local authorities are working with the environment agency . we have environment agency. we have experienced amount of experienced a huge amount of rain, which has fallen as you will see right across the country, not only here in nottinghamshire down in the nottinghamshire but down in the severn valley and severn trent areas, also down in areas, um, but also down in gloucestershire. we are, as a government, in contact with the environment agency, working closely with local authorities , closely with local authorities, making sure that we are providing as much support to residents, that residents, to businesses that have that's have been impacted. and that's

essen nottinghamshire remains closed. even thou:h nottinghamshire remains closed.hough we have _ nottinghamshire remains closed. even though we have some dry weather nottinghamshire remains closed. eve�*t though we have some dry weather and the forecast, thank goodness and we are pleased about that, it will take awhile for the peaks in the rivers to move down through to the sea and take the pressure off communities like those we have seen in recent days. like those we have seen in recent da s. ~ , , days. the prime minister meets the environment _ days. the prime minister meets the environment agency _ days. the prime minister meets the environment agency team - days. the prime minister meets the environment agency team in - days. the prime minister meets the | environment agency team in oxford. the government has been accused of being asleep at the wheel by labour in its response to the widespread flooding chaos. ministers say affected communities in england will be able to apply for funding to help them through these extremely challenging times. now it is set to

yet more heavy rain on already sold on grant, in nottinghamshire, major incident has been declared as high as it's been in more than 20 years, the peak expected today. hundreds of people have been evacuated from their flooded homes and a few miles south, this flood ruined by floodwater. darren's father had to be rescued in the early hours of yesterday morning. it was freezing water, there is no water today. was freezing water, there is no water today-— water today. the river also exnected _ water today. the river also exnected to _ water today. the river also expected to be _ expected to be today, belongings piled high in this cottage to escape the worst of the damage. in the village near gloucester, catherine is helping to look after her mom's house which was surrounded by water, again, from the river. it's 2007 all over again. it just means, if it does go through, it'll be like that again. through, it'll be like that aaain. , , ., again. this is what the river did to alison _ again. this is what the river did to alison marks - again. this is what the river did to alison marks garden

jessica lane has the latest from collingham in nottinghamshire.nottingham and lincoln and it's quite a large village. and as you can see it as one of the villages that's been affected. it's notjust here, though, there are several of the smaller villages in this area which have been totally cut off over the last few days. and some residents have had to be evacuated because the floodwaters have just covered the roads going in and out. and that's because levels in the river trent have reached record highs over the last few days. i'm told that here it is a slightly improving picture, though. the road sign you can see over my shoulder, yesterday it was covered by water and now you can read what it says it so it is hoped that the water levels are starting to drop. there is a family that live in the house about half a mile up the road and they have been totally cut off for days and this morning the fire brigade have had to send out boats filled with bottles of water and tins of food to make sure they have enough provisions for the next few days. simonjon

it's one of the worst—affected places by the flooding in nottinghamshire.ituation is so bad that most vehicles can't get through the floodwater, so he's using his modified four—by—four to help transport people and supplies. he's agreed to let us join him. we shouldn't have to do this, but you can'tjust stand by and let people struggle and let people miss doctors appointments. there's a lot of elderly people and vulnerable people around here, so you've got to do your bit. there are only two routes in and out of gunthorpe. one is up there, and it's underwater. and then there's this one, which is even worse. so you can see why people living in this village are saying it's now effectively an island. it's because of scenes like these that nottinghamshire county council yesterday declared a major incident. it says this is one of seven areas where multi—agency support is being provided. 0vernight, the river trent reached its highest level in the county for more than 20 years. this is the scene in the village of farndon. right, here we go into the house. julia and

county council , how that nottinghamshire county council, how nottinghamshire police has a has bloods hands alongside. we've also heard from grace's father sanjay, who has paid tribute to his darling daughter. we will never come to terms with the loss of our beloved daughter grace , and how she lost her grace, and how she lost her life, her heroic actions . she life, her heroic actions. she was a gift to us and she was a gift to the country. we'd like to thank our wonderful family from london and ireland and all of our friends for their continued love and support . continued love and support. whilst we have never questioned this man's diagnosis , the lack this man's diagnosis, the lack of toxicology , any of toxicology, any contemporaneous mental health assessment as well as missed opportunities to divert his lethal path will forever play on our minds . lethal path will forever play on our minds. faldo kalakani also killed 65 year old school caretaker ian coates and his sons have been in court the entire time and on the steps they said that faldo kalakani has gotten away with murder

this is what it left behind in nottinghamshire, where a major incident�*s been declared for the floodedare still rising here and could pass records set more than 20 years ago. it is similar levels to that of 2000. so it's that serious, and we must ask people to be aware and stay safe. flooded roads are causing problems and making it harder for people to evacuate. in places, it's got difficult to tell what's the river, what's the canal and what's supposed to be dry land. the yellow warning for heavy rain covers most of the south—west, the south—east and parts of the midlands. in wiltshire, rivers are on the rise again. the sandbags are still out because these properties are at such a risk. you can see the flood defences are in place because they are vulnerable here right next to the river avon. and yesterday, this area was entirely flooded. so the level has dropped, but with more rain expected into the early hours of tomorrow morning, the threat is it could all get worse again. the river level was up probably to the second step. the basement of daniel's shop was already soaked yesterday.

let's cross now to newark in nottinghamshire, to our correspondent, oli constable.nu. ., ~ , ., witnessing. here in newark you can see the river— witnessing. here in newark you can see the river trent _ witnessing. here in newark you can see the river trent just _ witnessing. here in newark you can see the river trentjust behind - witnessing. here in newark you can see the river trentjust behind me, very fast flowing and a car is parked on one of the car parks which is now partially submerged after the river over topped yesterday. while we have been here, the water has receded six considerably but still is a devastating site. many people. driving on main roads today, if you look left and right in the fields that go alongside the river trent, it isjust as that go alongside the river trent, it is just as far as the eye can see, lots and lots of water hitting this area. storm henk of course after storm betty and storm ciaran on already saturated ground. the rain we have seen compounding the problem. we have seen helicopter pictures yesterday on the bbc website showing

this led to nottinghamshire —— nottinghamshire declaring a major incident with more than 100 homes affected affected. there are 192 flood warnings in place, much of that for the midlands, east anglia and south of england. the environment agency said the river levels are set to be high well into tomorrow. residents here left counting the cost. for now, here left counting the cost. for now. thank _ here left counting the cost. for now, thank you so much. that was the very latest on those floodwaters, the danger as we said still not yet passed. elsewhere... the justice secretary alex chalk is exploring how to offer more help to sub—postmasters who were wrongfully convicted during the scandal involving faulty horizon computer software. let's get more now from our political correspondent georgia roberts. georgia, what's the justice secretary considering? it is understood that alex chalk is looking at ways to simplify the appeals process for sub— postmasters who are looking to appeal their convictions. it is believed that alex jock may look at how the government, how the post office, rather, can

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. >> yes , nottinghamshire county >> yes, nottinghamshire county council has declared a major incident along the river trent, while parts of north yorkshire, northamptonshire , cornwall and northamptonshire, cornwall and gloucestershire are under flood water. >> well, the met office now warning of more power cuts, more outages. train operators are warning services may be cancelled and to check before heading out this morning. >> as of this morning, there are 295 flood warnings in place across england and wales, which could mean that more flooding is expected. >> this is nottinghamshire you can see there. that's a river trent . um, where there's more trent. um, where there's more than 100 houses flooded out in that area and it's just awful . that area and it's just awful. and if you've ever been affected by flooding, you just know how bad it is and what the clean up situation just seems to take forever. if you've been affected and or there's a lot of flooding in your area and want to tell us about it or send pictures in, we'd love to hear from you this morning. vaiews@gbnews.com there i

a major incident has already been declared in nottinghamshire due to widespread flooding, caused by stormared and water levels on the river trent are as high as they�*ve been in more than 20 years. the council is making the decision could see the river surging past their headquarters, but not every seat here was suitable for a good view. it�*s similar levels to that of 2000, so it�*s that serious, and we must ask people to be aware and stay safe. flooded roads are causing problems and making it harder for people to evacuate. in places it�*s become difficult to tell what�*s river, what�*s canal and what�*s supposed to be dry land. in the village of east bridgeford, many people have never seen it so bad. we went to bed last night knowing the river was coming up, so my partner set the alarms to check it every couple of hours in the night. the river started coming into the property at 6:00 this morning. we�*ve spent most of today keeping it out, which we did a very good job of until about 2:30pm this afternoon, where the river trent got the better of us. in radcliffe on trent, the fire servic

jessica lane has the latest from collingham in nottinghamshire.see the line on the door and across, above the electric socket. started coming in on thursday, up through the floors and walls. the clear—up begins after the floods. all the sofas are not usable now, the fabrics soaked the water and that will never be right so they will all need replacing. erica has had to move in with her neighbours as homes and gardens in nottinghamshire are still underwater. it is starting to go down here but a lot of the fields in the area are still underwater and in fact there are some houses over here and the people in those houses are isolated. the fire brigade has had to send boats out filled with bottles of water and tins of food to make sure they have enough provisions to keep them going for the next few days. they have also been checking on other isolated people cut off by the sheer amount of water. elsewhere, people alongside the river lambourn in berkshire were monitoring water levels all last night after some homes flooded. over the last 12, 2a hours, alt

jessica lane has the latest from collingham in nottinghamshire.d lincoln and is a large village, and as you can see it's one of the villages that's been affected. it's notjust here. there are several smaller villages in the area which have been totally cut off in the last few days and some residents have been evacuated because the flood waters have covered the roads going in and out and that's because levels in the river trent have reached record highs in the last few days and i'm told it is an improving picture and the road sign you can see it was covered by water and you can see what it says and it's hoped the water levels will drop. there is a family that lives half a mile up the road and they have been cut off the road and they have been cut off the days and this morning the fire brigade have had to send out boats with bottles of water and tins of food to make sure they have enough provision for the next few days and simonjones reports on the situation elsewhere as well as along the river trent. the rain may have stopped, but the worry hasn't.

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a major incident was declared in nottinghamshire along the banks of the river trent.nt agency says levels on the trent were some of the highest seen in 2a years. right now more than 290 flood alerts and many more warnings are in place. take a look at this map from the environment agency. it shows all the places that have alerts — you can see most of them are in southern, eastern and central england. we will be live in some of the worst hit areas shortly but first mairead smyth has the latest. yet more heavy rain on already sodden ground. in nottinghamshire, a major incident has been declared as the river trent continued to rise, as high as it's been in more than 20 years. the peak expected today. hundreds of people have been evacuated from their flooded homes. and a few miles south in loughborough, this flat ruined by floodwater. darren�*s father had to be rescued in the early hours of yesterday morning. there was three feet of water whereas today i'm looking at it and there's no water. the river severn also expected to peak today. belongings piled high in this cottag

jessica lane, bbc news, collingham, in nottinghamshire.s in the headlines for the republican and democratic leaders in the usa they have reached a deal on the federal budget, averting a disastrous government shutdown. the $1.6 trillion agreement includes nearly $900 billion for defence. it also safeguards health and welfare spending, provisions demanded by democrats. internet and social media services have been severely disrupted across pakistan, just as the party of the former prime minister imran khan was about to launch a massive election campaign online. mr khan is currently injail facing trial on multiple charges of corruption, and has been disqualified from standing in the general elections next month. his pti party called the shutdown "absolutely shameful. " final preparations are under way in the us for the launch of a spacecraft which will attempt to land on the moon. that would be interesting in itself but the rocket is also carrying some bizarre cargo. after nearly a decade of planning and testing, the first american spacecraft

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the man charged with killing three people in nottinghamshire.arron as police tried to do with an incident, lots of roads cordoned off, public transport system at a standstill, we weren't there were three stabbings and three attempted murders that day and he was charged a few days later. barnaby was fatally stabbed, and two more. van was stolen, attempted to run over three pedestrians in the city centre, valdo calocane. pleas were entered to not guilty for three counts of murder. but guilty to three counts of bird —— attempted murder and manslaughter. assessments from doctors and experts lots of talking with parties involved in this case, families and the like as you would imagine. the police have been accepted. what is happening now is the prosecutor is opening the case, giving details of what happened on that terrible morning. talks about the brutality of the attacks on grace, barnaby and ian coates. some of the pedestrians, people waiting at the bus stop, waiting at the city centre, some of the attacks by the van had been caught on cctv. grays

jessica lane, bbc news, collingham, in nottinghamshire. land on the moon. that would be interesting enough in itself, but the rocket is also carrying some rather bizarre cargo, as emily brown explains. after only a decade of planning and testing, the first american spacecraft set to attempt a lunar landing in more than 50 years. this is a new partnership between nasa and private industry united launch alliance. this is their malcolm centaur, a private predator to spacex and saturday, from cape canaveral space for station. the rocket is carrying at robotics peregrine one and the aim is to be the first us graft to make a soft lunar landing since the apollo programme. if take a look at the rocket in more detail. we know it has a height of nearly two metres, i diameter of 5.4 metres and a total mass of more than 500,000 kg. on board our scientific instruments that will probe the lunar environment, hoping to pave the way for the return of astronauts on the moon. but there is also some unusual cargo. the physical bitcoin, cultures by the artist

down in the nottinghamshire but down in the severn valley and severn trent areas, also down in areas, um, but also down in gloucestershire. we are, as a government, in contact with the environment agency, working closely with local authorities , closely with local authorities, making sure that we are providing as much support to residents, that residents, to businesses that have that's have been impacted. and that's exactly why we are out and about i >> -- >> rishi sunak is facing another by—election after mp chris skidmore has announced that he will resign as soon as possible. the former energy minister plans will resign as soon as possible. th stepmer energy minister plans will resign as soon as possible. th step down 1ergy minister plans will resign as soon as possible. th step down when minister plans will resign as soon as possible. th step down when parliament|ns to step down when parliament returns next week. it's because of new legislation for oil and gas drilling, which is gas drilling, which he says is wrong and will cause future harm. the government says the planned expans

in nottinghamshire , a senior nottinghamshire, a senior councillor has said that some residents have been affected by flood . three times in flood waters. three times in just three months. more than 1000 properties across england remain flooded after the heavy downpours. this week, but floods minister robbie moore says that the government has provided enough flood enough money for flood prevention . prevention. >> course . always more to do, >> of course. always more to do, but i know how hard local authorities are working with the environment agency . we have environment agency. we have experienced amount of experienced a huge amount of rain, which has fallen as you will see right across the country, not only here in nottinghamshire down in the nottinghamshire but down in the severn valley and severn trent areas, also down in areas, um, but also down in gloucestershire. we are, as a government, in contact with the environment agency, working closely with local authorities , closely with local authorities, making sure that we are providing as much support to residents, that residents

nottinghamshire police admitted yesterday that more should have been done to arrest calocane prior toeen issued for his arrest nine months earlier. but after the sentencing, the families of the victims were clear in their angen of the victims were clear in their anger. to of the victims were clear in their men ., , of the victims were clear in their men .,, , ., anger. to be assistant chief constable. _ anger. to be assistant chief constable, rob _ anger. to be assistant chief constable, rob griffin, - anger. to be assistant chief constable, rob griffin, who| anger. to be assistant chief- constable, rob griffin, who finally releases information public yesterday, i say this. you have blood on your hands. if you had just done yourjob properly, there is a very good chance my beautiful boy would be alive today. there is so much more to say and clearly serious questions regarding this case and events leading up to this monster being out in society. the events leading up to this monster being out in society.— events leading up to this monster being out in society. the sales from the police.

this was in nottinghamshire, where the river trent was at its highest level in a quarter century withe a long, hard winter ahead for many. will batchelor, bbc news. and we'll have more from our correspondents in nottinghamshire and gloucestershire in the next few minutes. keeping an eye on those pictures, thatis keeping an eye on those pictures, that is the river trent in nottinghamshire and almost 250 flood warning still in place across england and wales as conditions continue to cause trouble problems across large parts of the country so keep an eye on that. stay with us here on bbc news. hello, for many of us a dry start. after the rain and recent storms if at the stop volley flooding should start to subside but lots of blue skies this morning. this was in south lanarkshire and you can see the many parts of the uk we had clear skies which extends its way out from the atlantic at well and the reason is high pressure which builds in across the united kingdom and what it does it stops the weather systems coming in and the rain bearing weather system as well. for the rest of the day, c

that is the, nottinghamshire is the, uh, nottinghamshire murder.e guardian. eu plan to stockpile drugs worsen uk stockpile drugs will worsen uk shortages. the times police chief blood on his hands chief has blood on his hands over stabbings. the hunt over stabbings. the express hunt today. over stabbings. the express hunt today . tax cuts are just the today. tax cuts are just the start. and finally , the daily start. and finally, the daily star. british people are too fat for up yours. those for war. draft up yours. those were your front pages. that's all we have time for. thanks to my guest leo kearse and chris had a wet night. i'm back tomorrow 11 pm. with nick tomorrow at 11 pm. with nick dixon if dixon and louis schaefer. if you're a.m. stay you're watching at 5 am. stay tuned breakfast. otherwise tuned for breakfast. otherwise thank you for company. good night. looks things are heating >> looks like things are heating up. boxt boilers sponsors of weather on . gb news. weather on. gb news. >> alex deakin here with your latest weather update fro

a major incident was declared in nottinghamshire along the banks of the river trent.rs. flooded roads and railway tracks are bringing more delays for travellers. take a look at this map from the environment agency. it shows all the places that have alerts — you can see most of them are in southern, eastern and central england. live now to our correspondent danjohnson who's in longford, gloucestershire. lots of properties flooded here. this place does get funding but they say they have not seen anything like this since 2007. although they were prepared for something they weren't expecting to see their homes affected this badly, this early in 2024. not every property here is flooded. they do have some flood defences. some of their houses are built at a little higher. the owners of that white house were telling us that their house so far has been safe. but look how people are having to wade through the main street here to wade through the main street here to get around. because the entire street here, they need street through the village, is flooded. it is only possible

a major nottinghamshire.jor incident, of course, was declared over the concerns in the rising levels of the river trent levels not seen previously since 2000. that is because of the other rivers that go into the other rivers that go into the trent, particularly like the river derwent, also reaching their peak levels, forcing that volume of the trent upwards that did also mean that a local over 55 caravan park on the outside of the city did have to be evacuated, but it is better news for the coming days because of the high pressure , uh, coming in the high pressure, uh, coming in to coming into the uk in terms of the weather, it's going to be a lot drier. and that, of course, is good news because the ground here is so saturated because of the impact of storm hank. and that's why we've seen the kinds of flooding that we have seen over the last few days. so better news, dry weather is on the way . days. so better news, dry weather is on the way. but days. so better news, dry weather is on the way . but the weath