and february, 1983, after five months on the river, the old woman river, she said, "your trip is over," and folded us up like a neat package. well, not so neat, it was kinda ugly. it's kinda like crushing a saltine cracker into your bowl of chili. and we both disappeared underwater, slurped up by the river and swooshed underwater for a long distance. and when we finally popped up downstream, we were way downstream of those pylons. [water trickling] [rain pattering] decades later, we are on the same river. and i'm here in person, sean is here in spirit, because decades later, he committed suicide with the wishes that his ashes be spread on the face of the water. [bird tweeting] [insects chittering] [wind whooshing] [leaves rustling] [table creaks] [john slurps] [liquid trickles] [birds tweet] [fire crackling] [chisel tapping] [water trickling] [fire crackling] [john hums] [insects chittering] [wind whooshing] [bird screeches] [water rushing] [water trickling] [bird chirping] - this river is a lifesaver for me, man. it has become my church. my mother died when i was 13, and my father re

yesterday, the body of a 57—year—old woman was rescued from a river in angus. ur, police have confirmed the death of a 56—year—old driver after a falling tree hit the van near forfar. some parts of scotland have now been issued a new red danger to life weather warning for tomorrow. but for today it has been downgraded to amber as it travels south. parts of northern england at the midlands are now bracing themselves for what is to come. fiona lamdin, bbc news. our reporter louise cowie is also in brechin and gave us this update. the rain has literallyjust stopped before we came on air, but it's been coming down thick and fast during the course of the morning. as you can see over my shoulder, a rescue operation, a substantial rescue operation, is under way, and teams have spent the morning evacuating people or trying to reach people who have been stranded, as you saw in the report. over in the course of the last half hour, we've been moved further and further up the street, because there are real concerns that the river esk, which burst its banks leading to the ev

yesterday the body of a 57—year—old woman was rescued from a river in angus. after a falling tree hit the fan here for ph. some parts of scotland have now been issued a new red danger to life weather warning for tomorrow. but for today it has been downgraded to amber as a for today it has been downgraded to amberas a warning for today it has been downgraded to amber as a warning for tomorrow. but for today it has been downgraded to amber as it travels south. parts of northern england at the midlands are now bracing themselves for what is to come. fiona lamdin bbc news. 0ur reporter louise cowie is in brechin for us now. as we were hearing, it has been really badly hit by the storm. what is the picture there today? absolutely, and on cue the wind has whipped up and it has started raining again. as you can see behind me, a huge rescue operation is still very much under way as you heard in fiona's report. dozens of people had to be rescued and evacuated from their homes overnight. that operation is very much continuing. police are still receiving calls from peopl

yesterday the body of a 57—year—old woman was rescued from a river in angus. e confirmed the death of a 56—year—old driver after a falling tree hit the van near forfar. some parts of scotland have been issued a new red danger to life weather warning for tomorrow but for today, it has been downgraded to amber as it has been downgraded to amber as it travels south. parts of northern england and the midlands are bracing themselves for what is to come. what is happening at the moment? the rain has what is happening at the moment? inez rain hasjust stopped before what is happening at the moment? “i1e: rain hasjust stopped before we what is happening at the moment? “i“1e: rain hasjust stopped before we came rain has just stopped before we came in it but it's thick and fast during the course of the morning and as you can see it in my shoulder, a rescue operation, a substantial rescue operation, a substantial rescue operation is under way and the morning evacuating people are trying to reach people who have been stranded as you saw in the report from the owner and in t

a 57—year—old woman was swept to her death in a nearby river yesterday and a 56—year—old man died whens van in a nearby town. as you can probably tell, the rain is coming down again and we are likely to more of these conditions in the next few hours and it will be a watch and wait to see how bad things get here, in angus andindeed how bad things get here, in angus and indeed across the rest of scotland. and indeed across the rest of scotland-— and indeed across the rest of scotland. ., , , ., scotland. indeed, louise, the storm continues, scotland. indeed, louise, the storm continues. the _ scotland. indeed, louise, the storm continues, the red _ scotland. indeed, louise, the storm continues, the red weather- scotland. indeed, louise, the storm continues, the red weather warning | continues, the red weather warning remains in place, what about those people who have been evacuated from their homes, do we know how they are being cared for and how long they can expect to be away from their homes? it can expect to be away from their homes? , , . ' homes? it is very much different situation

yesterday, the body of a 57—year—old woman was rescued from a river in angus. confirmed the death some parts of scotland have now been issued a new red danger to life weather warning for tomorrow. but for today it has been downgraded to amber as it travels south. parts of northern england at the midlands are now bracing themselves for what is to come. fiona lamdin, bbc news. live now to liz roberts in chesterfield. just give us an idea of what it is like where you are and of course, there were warnings of this, so how did the preparations actually hold up? i did the preparations actually hold u - ? ~ did the preparations actually hold u . ? ~' ., did the preparations actually hold u . ? ~ ., ., , , did the preparations actually hold up? i think in all honesty, it took a lot of residents _ up? i think in all honesty, it took a lot of residents by _ up? i think in all honesty, it took a lot of residents by surprise - up? i think in all honesty, it took a lot of residents by surprise but | a lot of residents by surprise but dervishes fire and rescue services say t

sadly, we already know that storm babet has cost two lives in scotland, 67—year—old woman was to her death in a river river close by to hear in angus yesterday. a 57—year—old man died when the van he was travelling and was struck by just a little bit south from where i am. so exceptionally treacherous conditions here over the last 2a hours. more of the same to come, sadly. hours. more of the same to come, sadl . ~ , , hours. more of the same to come, sadl. , , ., ~ hours. more of the same to come, sadl.~ , , ., hours. more of the same to come, sadl. , , .,�*, , sadly. will be his, thank you very much for that. _ we can speak now to gavin nichol — who is an angus councillor, thank you very much for coming on the programme. thank you very much for coming on the programme-— thank you very much for coming on the programme. we the programme. very good evening. we heard an overview— the programme. very good evening. we heard an overview of _ the programme. very good evening. we heard an overview of are _ the programme. very good evening. we heard an overview of are of _ the programme. very good evening. we

police scotland said there are reports of someone going into the river about 20 miles from here and the body of a 57—year—old womanbrechin could reach five metres, and the flood defences are only designed to cope with 3.8. it is due to peak in about three hours and if told to evacuate, the council says, hours and if told to evacuate, the councilsays, please hours and if told to evacuate, the council says, please leave. the time is now. fiona trott, thank you. the government's new chief scientific adviser described rishi sunak as "dr death" in private messages sent during a crucial pandemic meeting, the covid inquiry has heard. professor dame angela mclean made the comment in a whatsapp exchange in september 2020 — while mr sunak was the chancellor. our health editor hugh pym is here. give us some context the background to all of this is the eat outto help out scheme designed by rishi sunak when he was the chancellor in 2020 to get people to eat out in restaurants to help the economy —— eat out to help out. asked about that, the expert said he was still angered by that because of the link it had to direct infection

a 57—year—old woman has died after being swept into a river in angus as storm babet batters eastern scotlandrning, meaning there's a risk to life, is in force until midday. simonjones reports. it's been a wet, windy and wild night and there is more in the way. as storm babet that as much of the uk. overnight in brechin, east of scotland the coast guide on fire service have been going door—to—door to ask residents to leave their homes for their own safety. this area is under extremely rare red weather warning for rain which means there is a very real risk to life. a woman died after being swept into the river and angus. taste died after being swept into the river and angus.— river and angus. we had really extensive _ river and angus. we had really extensive disruption _ river and angus. we had really extensive disruption overnight| extensive disruption overnight to quite a widespread number of communities across north—east scotland. if you're an area that has been flooded, please follow the advice of the emergency services, don't walk or drive through floodwater,. several flood warnings and s

old woman. also died yesterday after being swept into a river in the county.as now been extended , out has has now been extended, meaning there is a risk to life, says the met office. and it's covering parts of eastern scotland all day tomorrow. >> well, you can see here how fast flowing that river is. and the flood defences that were put in place were breached in the early hours of this morning. hundreds of homes surrounded by water. indeed, we're being told that large areas here are only now accessible by boat, which is an additional problem, of course , for the council and for those rescue workers. the local council appealing for donations now of more warm clothes, 40 people having turned up at one of its rest centres while absolutely soaked, according to local councillors. still an ongoing helicopter search in aberdeen shire after a report of a man trapped in a vehicle in floodwater. but we've had no other confirmation of that so clearly it's still a very difficult and now dangerous situation with this red alert having now been put in place for tomorrow. w

when a falling tree hit his vehicle in angus yesterday, and a 57—year—old woman died, also in angus, after being swept into a riverna lamdin reports from brechin, north of dundee, where people had to leave their homes because of flooding. in the dark, they hadn't realised just how deep it was. the south esk river burst its banks in brechin around four in the morning. 70—year—old muriel has lived here for 20 years. last night, she was adamant she wasn't leaving. i heard the water in the garage of our house, and this is how close we have got to escaping in our car, which is a hybrid, but we thought for a horrible moment we were trapped in it because we couldn't get the doors open. we feel rescued now. david and isla and their beloved spaniels were sheltering in their attic before help came. we all came out through the bedroom window. i've been up in the attic since five o'clock, basically, since the water started coming into the house. this is still very much an ongoing operation.

old wendy taylor, who was swept away by river water. derbyshire police say it's investigating the death of a woman in her 80s who died in chesterfield afterwas flooded. many families are unlikely to be back in their properties before christmas. local authorities say the clean—up operation could take days, if not weeks. meanwhile, the environment agency has warned that rivers are at record levels in parts of the midlands and northern england. and with water still rising, there is still a risk of further flooding. greg mackenzie, bbc news. in scotland, there are fears that some residents in brechin — one of the most severely affected areas — could be unable to return to their homes for months. this morning, the first minister, humza yousaf, visited the town to see the damage caused when the river south esk breached flood defences. and in an interview with the bbc, he said that the government would provide support for the local community throughout the months ahead. i wanted to come here to talk to residents, go to their homes and speak to them first. it's clear to see the devastation of the storm is like nothing they've ever seen before. in

and a 57 year old woman has died after being swept into a river in angus in scotland , where storm babettland, where storm babet has been battering the country. the red weather warning means there is a risk to life with extensive flooding and winds stronger than 70 miles an hour, forecast in more than 400 homes have been asked to evacuate . in brighton, asked to evacuate. in brighton, thousands more have been left without power and they are facing unprecedented amounts of rain . tv, online and dab radio. rain. tv, online and dab radio. this is gb news. now it's back to . patrick a group of washed up to. patrick a group of washed up has—beens total nobodies and steve coogan have waded into the israel—hamas war and somehow managed not to condemn the islamist terrorists. >> the artists for palestine uk body , which sounds like the kind body, which sounds like the kind of thing dreamed up by a load of trust fund . oxbridge luvvies trust fund. oxbridge luvvies over a spliff during a warehouse exhibition of bang average modern art is a group of around 2000 people who aren't even household name

old wendy taylor who was swept away by river water. derbyshire police says it's investigating the death of a woman investigating the death of a woman inhome was flooded. scotland's first minister humza yousaf will visit angus where the river burst its banks flooding dozens of homes. many families are unlikely to be back in their properties before christmas. local authorities say the clean—up operation could take days if not weeks. meanwhile, the environment agency has warned that rivers are at record levels in parts of the midlands and northern england and with water still rising, there is still a risk of further flooding. the scottish first minister humza yousaf has visited brechin and he met residents affected by the flooding following storm babet. some of them had lucky escapes during the floods. he was able to meet and thank some of the emergency services who had been working since the storm hit parts of scotland. now, it's on the market for £35 million, but campaigners are warning that a northumbrian beauty spot could "drastically change" when it's sold as part of england's biggest land sale. local groups say more should be done

old wendy taylor, who was swept away by river water. derbyshire police say it's investigating the death of a woman in her 80s, who died in chesterfield, afterhe river south esk burst its banks, flooding dozens of homes. many families are unlikely to be back in their properties before christmas. local authorities say the clean—up operation could take days, if not weeks. meanwhile, the environment agency has warned that rivers are at record levels in parts of the midlands and northern england. and with water still rising, there is still a risk of further flooding. greg mckenzie, bbc news. the use of sticky boards, known as glue traps, to catch rats and mice has been banned in wales. campaigners said the traps were cruel. but some pest controllers say the ban is making theirjobs harder — and will allow rat populations to boom. matt murray has the story. rats the size of small cat, that is what a pest controller from cardiff says he is dealing with, as this footage shows. for a business or a home the animals can cause thousands of pounds worth of damage and transmit diseases. pest controller gareth davies uses the latest technology to find and

old wendy taylor, who was swept away by river water. derbyshire police say it is investigating the death of a woman in her 80s who died in chesterfield aftering dozens of homes. many families are unlikely to be backin families are unlikely to be back in their properties before christmas. local authorities say the clean—up operation could take days, if not weeks. meanwhile, the environment agency has warned that rivers are at record levels in parts of the midlands and northern england. with water still rising, there is still a risk of further flooding. we have the top stories in business next. more on argentina, see you in a moment. we've got a window of slightly drier, quieterweather at the moment as storm babet has cleared away. but there are still plenty of flood warnings in force, particularly through central parts of england. now, monday will see quite a chilly morning, even some icy stretches, but a largely dry day for many of us once again. now for the rest of the overnight period, the early hours of monday morning, we have got some rain sitting out to the west here. but for most of us, clear skies, some mist and some fog patches and

old woman. we've learned has died after being swept into a river in angus in scotland .d. and in fact, angus council responsible for a large area in the east of scotland, north of dundee, has called an evacuation of nearly 400 homes. well, with with me in the studio right now, weather journalist nathan rao. a very good morning to you. very good morning. yeah, i mean, like i saying, it sort of seemed i was saying, it sort of seemed bad in the south where bad down here in the south where i've in certain i've been. but in in certain parts of scotland, it is just unprecedented . unprecedented. >> yeah. i mean, this is storm for bet that everyone's been talking about over the last couple this is the couple of days. this is the second official storm of the season. this one, though, has got the the met got a sting in the tail. the met office as you mentioned, has issued red warning. issued a red weather warning. now, things incredibly now, these things are incredibly rare. red weather rare. the last red weather warning for rain, to put it into context, was in 2020. and they don

a 57—year—old woman has died after being swept into a river in angus as storm babet batters eastern scotlandt, and a rare red weather warning — meaning there's a risk to life — is in force until midday. simonjones reports. it's been a wet, windy and wild night, and there's more on the way as storm babet batters much of the uk. overnight in brechin in eastern scotland, the coastguard and fire service have been going door to door, asking residents to leave their homes for their own safety. this area is under an extremely rare red weather warning for rain. that means there's a very real risk to life. a woman died after being swept into a river in angus. we've had really extensive disruption overnight to quite a widespread number of communities across northeast scotland. if you're in an area that has been flooded, i'd say please follow the advice of the emergency services. don't walk or drive through flood water. several flood warnings and severe flood warnings have been in place in eastern scotland. communities could be cut off for days, with the wet weather also bringing the possibility of lan

a 57 year old woman has died after being swept into a river in angus in scotland as storm babet battersountry. the red weather warning means there's a risk to life with extensive flooding and winds stronger than 70 miles an hour, forecast . more 70 miles an hour, forecast. more than 400 homes have been asked to evacuate in brecon. thousands more have been left without power and are facing unprecedented amounts of rain . unprecedented amounts of rain. meanwhile, four flood warnings have been issued for parts of northern england and the midlands , with the storm set to midlands, with the storm set to sweep southwards on friday. this is gb news. that's it for the moment. now it's time for headliners . headliners. >> hello and welcome to headliners. i'm josh howie. and joining me tonight to help make sense of friday's newspapers are steve and alan, who's just released an impressive song about marvel films about the marvel films on twitter . and nick dixon, whom twitter. and nick dixon, whom i believe you said you were thinking about starting a podcast something, got two thinking about start

old wendy taylor, who was swept away by river water. derbyshire police say it's investigating the death of a woman in her 80s who died in chesterfield afterflooded. many families are unlikely to be back in their properties before christmas. local authorities say the clean—up operation could take days, if not weeks. meanwhile, the environment agency has warned that rivers are at record levels in parts of the midlands and northern england. and with water still rising, there is still a risk of further flooding. greg mackenzie, bbc news. the scotland first minister humza yousaf has been visiting residents this morning in breichen. respite centres have been set up for those. leave their homes. the scottish first minister explained what support is being offered to affected residents. i support is being offered to affected residents. . ., . ., ., residents. i wanted to come here to talk to residents, _ residents. i wanted to come here to talk to residents, speak _ residents. i wanted to come here to talk to residents, speak to - residents. i wanted to come here to talk to residents, speak to business owners. it's clear that the devastation of th

a 57 year old woman lost her life in glen esk after being swept into a river yesterday.es and a yellow warning has also been issued for northern ireland evacuated actions are under way in scotland with severe flood warnings also in place along with the threat of power cuts . with the threat of power cuts. this is gb news across the uk on tv , in your car, on digital tv, in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. now it's back to ellie and . tom back to ellie and. tom >> thanks, tamsin. you're with britain's newsroom on gb news with tom hannood and me, ellie costello. the time is 10:07 and loads of you have been emailing in this morning in reaction to those by—election results last night. this morning, the double win for labour. tom has been looking through the emails. he hasn't put the names of who these people are, so i'm going to blame you for that. >> my fault. i was i >> entirely my fault. i was i was so at there were so was so excited at there were so many. oh, know the top many. oh, no, i know the top one, john, because you've i

river on sunday. they say it was a man and a woman's body discovered in a riverbed near old canyon road at about 03:00pm. neither of them have been identified yet. in fact, the medical examiner still trying to determine the cause of death. this is an ongoing investigation. keep it tuned to kron 4. >> it's 908, and new this morning, 4 men face charges for a deadly shooting that happened of a man in san francisco's lower haight neighborhood. the da's office has filed a murder and gun charges against jeremiah fisher. dinero goalie willis goodspeed taylor and chase could speed taylor. they all entered pleas of not guilty. they're accused of shooting and killing you era blaylock. the 3rd on the night of june 5th on rose street. the da's office says 3 of the men are also charged with multiple counts of burglary for crimes committed while they were on bail. if convicted, they face more. 25 years to life in prison. it is 909. and today jury selection has begun for cryptocurrency founder sam bankman-fried's fraud trial. it's happening in new york city right now. expected to last about 6 weeks bankman-fried from

river sunday. deputies say it was a body of a man and a woman found in the riverbed near old canyon road at about 3 o'clock or so in the afternoon. neither of them have been identified yet back. the medical examiner still working to determine their cause of death. this is an ongoing investigation. we will get more detail. so stay tuned to kron 4 for that. >> time now is 10. 0, 9, and new this morning, 4 men face charges for the deadly shooting of a man in francisco's lower haight neighborhood. the district attorney's office says that they have filed murder and gun charges against the 4 jeremiah fisher dinero goalie willis goodspeed taylor and chase goodspeed taylor. they all entered not guilty pleas. they're accused of shooting and killing you wear a blaylock. the 3rd on the night of june 5th on rose street. the da's office says 3 of the men are also charged with multiple counts of burglary for crimes committed while they were out on bail. if convicted, they face up to 25 years to life in prison. happening now, jury selection started this morning for cryptocurrency founder sam bankman-fried. his fr

old wendy taylor, who was swept away by river water. derbyshire police say it's investigating the death of a woman in her 80s, who died in chesterfield, afters flooded. scotland's first minister hamza yousaf will visit brechin in angus, where the river south esk burst its banks, flooding dozens of homes. many families are unlikely to be back in their properties before christmas. local authorities say the clean—up operation could take days, if not weeks. meanwhile, the environment agency has warned that rivers are at record levels in parts of the midlands and northern england. and with water still rising, there is still a risk of further flooding. greg mckenzie, bbc news. we're joined now by our correspondent, katie hunter, who is in brechin in angus. katie, there are warnings that some families may not be back in their homes before christmas? given that water levels in some parts are still rising.— parts are still rising. yes, absolutely. _ parts are still rising. yes, absolutely. good - parts are still rising. yes, | absolutely. good morning parts are still rising. yes, - absolutely. good morning from brechin. another dry day here which wi

the body of a 57—year—old woman has been recovered from a river in angus, as storm babet sweeps acrossd. hundreds of people have been told to leave their homes. a rare red weather warning is in force for angus, aberdeenshire and parts of perthshire — which means there is a risk to life. while the focus is on the situation in eastern scotland right now, there is also concern over the impact of rainfall expected to build up on the eastern side of the pennines and peak district, as well as parts of greater manchester, cheshire and the borders, with asterly winds piling rain into the area during the day. a met office amber warning comes into force from noon ith up to 120 milimetres of rain possible, with flooding and disruption likely. train passengers are facing another six months of potential strikes after members of the rmt union voted to continue taking strike action in their dispute about pay, jobs and conditions. the dispute with rail companies has been going on for nearly 18 months already. no fresh strike dates have been announced. i'll be back with an update later, now back tojo a