oxfordshire fire and rescue were at the scene through the night and say an investigation will continueoughlan, bbc news. this is a camel heading to be blessed at stjohn the divine cathedral, but it wasn't the only animal there were hundreds, including a huge snake, a pony, an ostrich, geese and of course, cats and dogs. animal lovers of many faiths brought their ferry and in the case of that snake slithering friends to receive a blessing for good health and good luck. we're told there was only one small accident when one animal —— with one animal. otherwise, it all went smoothly. that is it, stay with us on bbc news. hello. it has freshened up a little bit in the last 2a hours. it was quite a humid, cloudy day for many of us yesterday. then a cold front swept through. you can see it on the edge of the screen moving from germany and also denmark. and in the wake of this weather front, we've got sunny spells and showers, brought by this westerly atlantic breeze. and the temperatures this afternoon about 14 in glasgow, nudging up to afternoon about 1k in glasgow, nudging up to 18 or 19 in

that is the bbc does sean conklin and thank you for that update from cassington in oxfordshire. discovery is that these objects appear to be moving in pairs. astronomers are currently struggling to explain them. the telescope observed about a0 pairs in a fabulously detailed new survey of the famous orion nebula. they've been nicknamed jupiter mass binary objects, or "jumbos" for short. stay with us here on bbc news. hello. today, the weather is going to be a bit fresher than yesterday, and we are looking at bright spells with some sunny intervals, but also some showers as well, and it is going to be a blustery day across the board. so, the most frequent showers will be across the north and the west, but we will still see some showers pushing east through the course of the day. in the far south of england, things brightening up as an area of high pressure starts to build in. more sunshine as we head on through the afternoon. temperatures down a little bit on yesterday with highs of 13—19 c north to south. as we head through the evening and overnight, we will still have quite a fe

there's been an explosion in oxfordshire.d at about five hours ago after lightning hit a waste plant north of oxford. the emergency services are at the scene. jon donnison reports. there's a fire. oh, my god. lightning just struck that. just after seven o'clock this evening, a fireball in the night sky north of oxford. eyewitnesses for miles around in disbelief. oh, my god. that is flipping massive. we heard like a bang or something, and when i went to the balcony, i saw this huge fireball. and it went like that for almost a minute. yeah, it felt like it was like some sort of gas or something. i don't know, we were a bit scared. the explosion was caused when a lightning strike hit a biogas storage tank at the severn trent green power plant at cassington. the company said it was now working with the emergency services to secure the site. in a statement, thames valley police advised people living nearby to stay home, shut windows and doors, and keep away from the scene. but despite the force of the explosion, both police and th

a lightning strike's been blamed for a huge gas explosion at a food waste recycling plant in oxfordshirerent green power facility at cassington. vincent mcaviney has the details. there's a fire. oh, my god. lightning just struck that. just after 7pm last night, a fireball lighting up the sky north of oxford. eyewitnesses for miles around stared on in disbelief. oh, my god. that is flipping massive. we heard like a bang or something. and when i went to the balcony, i saw this huge fireball. and it went like that for almost a minute. yeah, it felt like it was like, like some sort of gas or something. like, i don't know, we were a bit scared. the explosion was caused when a lightning strike hit a biogas storage tank at the severn trent green power plant at cassington. six fire engines, 40 firefighters, police and at least four ambulances attended the scene. firefighters used a drone to help them battle the blaze. for a time, the nearby a40 had to be closed between wolvercote and eynsham. several nearby villages also reported power outages, too. the company, which recycles food waste into bi

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the oxfordshire recycling plant in southeast england announced: no one was injured in the explosion,olice closed the surrounding streets and asked people not to leave their homes. indonesia has unveiled the country's first high-speed railway plan. this $7 billion railway will reduce the distance between jakarta, the capital of indonesia, and the city of bandung from more than 3 hours to about half an hour. the maximum train speed of this line is 355 km per hour. china development bank is the main investor of this railway. this plan is part of the plan china's belt and road initiative. well, we come to the end of tonight's program. we are glad that you were with us. good night, god. with the departure of the french ambassador from niger, hundreds of people gathered near the french military base in niamey to celebrate and celebrate. our gathering today is to celebrate the first victory, which is the departure of the french ambassador from the country, but our victory was not complete with this. for our victories. for this reason, we ask all citizens to continue standing until the last

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the oxfordshire recycling plant in the southeast of england announced: no one was injured in the explosiont the police closed the surrounding streets and asked people to leave their homes. don't go indonesia has unveiled the country's first high-speed rail plan. this $7 billion railway will reduce the distance between jakarta, the capital of indonesia, and bandung from more than 3 hours to about half an hour. the maximum train speed of this line is 355 km per hour. china development bank is the main investor of this railway. this plan is part of china's belt and road initiative . well, we come to the end of tonight's program. we are glad that you were with us. good night, god bless you. we used to say that whenever you catch a fish, it is fresh, what does that mean? it means turning to things that have not been done it's never too late for us, like continuing education , creating a new job, starting exercise and diet from saturday, and all of this to change habits. consumption and management of electricity consumption now a small part of the people use their electricity outside of normal c

the oxfordshire recycling plant in southeast england said no one was injured in the explosion, but police closed nearby streets and asked people not to leave their homes. the general director of the supervision of basic commodities of the ministry of jihad and agriculture says that the downward trend in the price of red meat continues. according to mr amrullahi in the last two weeks. the price of sheep meat has decreased by about 20 thousand tomans and the import of this product will continue until the market stabilizes. it was two weeks ago that we tracked the price of red meat in may terbar bahman square. the price of sheep flats is 400 to 405. sheep flats, you know, now it is 400 to 41 in bahman square. once again , we will follow the price of red meat . how has the price of eastern sheep changed in these two weeks? 395 thousand tomans, 395 no, yes, it was about 4115, now it's a solo, 25 is cheaper, male sheep, yes, how much it supplies 390 programs of the ministry of jihad, the director general of the supervision of basic goods of the ministry of jihad, agriculture , says import. and

even further south in oxfordshire and south wales, those temperatures got down just below freezing. dry for most of us. one or two showers across the coast, clipping the coastline and showers coming in across northern and western areas across scotland but fewer showers compared to yesterday. still a bit breezy across scotland but those winds not as strong as yesterday at lighter winds for england and wales. temperatures this afternoon getting up to about 9-12 c. it afternoon getting up to about 9—12 c. it could be a bit colder thanit 9—12 c. it could be a bit colder than it was yesterday. through this evening at tonight, some showers across northern scotland down the north sea coast. some fog developing across northern england, parts of wales and south—west england. that could be dense into tomorrow morning. it could turn chilly. these are the temperatures in towns and cities but head into the countryside and those temperatures close to if notjust below and those temperatures close to if not just below freezing. and those temperatures close to if notjust below freezing. monday morni

but even further south in oxfordshire and south wales, those temperatures got down just below freezinghroughout the afternoon. it will stay dry for most of us. one or two showers just around the coast there of norfolk clipping the coastline, showers coming in across northern and western areas of scotland. but generally speaking, fewer showers compared to yesterday. still a little bit breezy across scotland, but those winds are not as strong as they were yesterday and lighter winds as well for england and wales. and temperatures this afternoon getting up to about 9 to 12 degrees celsius. if anything, it could be, in fact, a bit colder than it was yesterday. now, through this evening and tonight, still a few showers across northern scotland, down the north sea coast as well. there'll be some fog developing across northern england, parts of wales and south west england as well — that could be quite dense into tomorrow morning. and again, it's going to turn quite chilly. these are the temperatures in the towns and cities, 2 to 4 degrees. but heading to the countryside, those temperatures o

a huge explosion in oxfordshire tonight caused by a lightning strike. police are currently at the scene. no reported injuries, we will hear from an eyewitness. a breakthrough in the fight against malaria — a new vaccine that could save hundreds of thousands of lives. a sham and a scam, says donald trump, as he appears in court in new and on newsnight at 10:30, 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. the row over the high—speed rail line hs2 intensified this evening when the conservative mayor of the west midlands accused the government of cancelling the future if the leg between birmingham and manchester isn't built. speaking outside the conservative party conference in manchester, andy street said the government must not give up on h52 and the prime minister must rethink radically how the project is delivered. but downing street is still insisting that no final decision has been made. with the latest, here's our political editor, chris mason,

and firefighters work through the night after a lightning strike that caused a gas explosion in oxfordshirecoming up on bbc news: 30 years since their first meeting, manchester united take on galatasaray in their opening champions league home game of the season good afternoon. the prime minister has said he won't be rushed to making a decision about the h52 high speed rail link, after widespread reports that he is planning to axe the birmingham to manchester leg of the project. he told the bbc today he wants to take time to consider what to do next. let's get the latest now from our political correspondent nick eardley at the conservative party conference in manchester. talk about hst has dominated conference this week. the prime minister wants _ conference this week. the prime minister wants to _ conference this week. the prime minister wants to talk _ conference this week. the prime minister wants to talk about - minister wants to talk about long—term decisions at this conference, trying to tell us across the country that he is prepared to make big, difficult decisions, but these conferen

temperatures below freezing across many northern areas, down to —4 in cumbria but even further south in oxfordshiremorning which will continue this afternoon, staying dry for most. one or two showers around the coast of norfolk, clipping the coast and showers coming into northern and western scotland but generally, fewer showers compared to yesterday. still a bit breezy across scotland but the winds are not as strong as yesterday and lighter winds as well for england and wales and temperatures this afternoon reaching 9-12 . if temperatures this afternoon reaching 9—12. if anything, it temperatures this afternoon reaching 9—12 . if anything, it could be temperatures this afternoon reaching 9—12. if anything, it could be a bit colder than yesterday. this evening and tonight, a few showers still in northern scotland, down the north sea coast. some fog developing in northern england and parts of wales and south—west england and that can be quite dense tomorrow morning and again, it will turn quite chilly point of these are temperatures in towns and cities, 2-4 but temperatures in towns and cities, 2—4

party conference, a lightning strike causes a huge explosion at a food waste recycling plant in oxfordshireutiny, as the second part of the covid inquiry gets under way. rows breaking out at electric car charging points. as one motorway service company says it's taking on marshals to deal with conflicts, we'll look at whether the network's struggling under the pressure. in sport. tributes paid to one of manchester city's all time greats francis lee, who enjoyed great success at the club in the late sixtes and early 70s, who has died at the age of 79. good morning. today in essence it will be a day of bright and sunny spells and some blustery showers, temperatures a little bit down on yesterday but as we head into the

meanwhile, lightning also struck a recycling plant in oxfordshire , causing a huge oxfordshire, causingoded at a food processing plant in cassington . firefighters tackled cassington. firefighters tackled a blaze overnight and continued to monitor the site. no injuries have been reported . the prince have been reported. the prince and princess of wales are in cardiff to meet members of the windrush generation. william and kate were greeted by cheering schoolchildren as they arrived at an event marking the start of black history month. now the couple will meet windrush organisation indians to hear about their contribution to the welsh community. we are live across the uk on tv , on digital across the uk on tv, on digital radio and on your smart speaker to just say play gb news that's it for me. now back to mark and . pip >> thank you. well, the conservative party conference has been dominated by questions over the future of the northern leg of hs2 . but there are other leg of hs2. but there are other pressing issues for the prime minister to deal with if he's to convince voters that his

but even further south in oxfordshire and south wales, those temperatures got down just below freezingll stay dry for most of us. one or two showers just around the coast there of norfolk clipping the coastline, showers coming in across northern and western areas of scotland. but generally speaking, fewer showers compared to yesterday. still a little bit breezy across scotland, but those winds are not as strong as they were yesterday and lighter winds as well for england and wales. and temperatures this afternoon getting up to about 9 to 12 degrees celsius. if anything, it could be, in fact, a bit colder than it was yesterday. now through this evening and tonight, still a few showers across northern scotland, down the north sea coast as well. there'll be some fog developing across northern england, parts of wales and south west england as well that could be quite dense into tomorrow morning. and again, it's going to turn quite chilly. these are the temperatures in the towns and cities, 2 to 4 degrees. but heading to the countryside, those temperatures once again close to if notjust bel

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a huge explosion in oxfordshire tonight caused by a lightning strike.to key players on today's big stories. plus, a first look at tomorrow's front pages. good evening. the row over the high—speed rail line hs2 intensified this evening when the conservative mayor of the west midlands

a lightning strike causes a huge explosion at a food waste recycling plant in oxfordshire. people living nearby are told to stay at home. decisions made in the early days of the pandemic will come under scrutiny, as the second part of the covid inquiry gets under way. rows breaking out at electric car charging points. as one motorway service company says it's taking on marshals to deal with conflicts, we'll look at whether the network's struggling under the pressure. in sport. tributes paid to one of manchester city's all time greats francis lee, who enjoyed great success at the club in the late sixtes and early 70s, who has died at the age of 79. good morning. today in essence it will be a day of bright and sunny spells and some blustery showers, temperatures a little bit down on yesterday but as we head into the weekend we are going to once again have a touch of summer. all of the details later. it's tuesday 3rd of october. pressure is growing on the prime minister to clarify whether he will cancel the h52 rail link between birmingham and manchester. those pressing for th

. recycling plant in oxfordshire.y when a gas tank exploded at a food processing plant in cassington . processing plant in cassington. if firefighters are still monitoring the site, no injuries , though, have been reported . , though, have been reported. this is gb news across the uk on your digital radio and on your smart speaker to just say play gb news. now it's back to andrew and . bev and. bev >> well, we're expecting rishi sunak to finally tell us he's scrapping the hs2 rail line from birmingham to manchester, but we don't know if it's going to come in his keynote speech tomorrow or but certainly or when. but he's certainly going delegates that going to tell delegates that it's review. right. it's under review. that's right. it's it's over. and it's finished. it's over. and it will free more than £10 will free up more than £10 billion spend on other billion to spend on other transport infrastructure projects . projects. >> we're joined now by david campbell—bannerman, founder of the conservative democratic organ

. >> yeah, ray addison went to woodstock in oxfordshire to find out how two very different outlets areing with the change. >> dirty streets and polluted watennays. that's the legacy of single use plastics . however, single use plastics. however, from today, the government is forcing most business owners to go green or face tough fines at the more than 300 year old blenheim palace in woodstock , blenheim palace in woodstock, they're replacing half a million single use coffee cups with 17,000. that can be washed and returned, saving 35 tonnes of co2 . david green is head of co2. david green is head of innovation . innovation. >> when we serve over 400,000 hot drinks at blenheim and many of those cups, even though they're compostable, can only be composted up to about 5. with food waste . so actually food waste. so actually eradicating single use cups really does fit into our overall strategy of becoming carbon neutral by 2027. >> the company behind blenheim's high tech coffee cup revolution is re universe, which offers a range of reusable food and drink containers for under tony mcguirk

and because of that bad weather, saw a huge fireball was seen in the skies over oxfordshire after a large. if you're watching on television, take a look at this video which has been searching, circulating on social media of the fire lighting up, the night sky erupting after lightning struck a bio gas tank at a processing plant north of the city during a storm this evening. emergency services were immediately deployed to the scene. no reports of any injuries . you reports of any injuries. you with gb news across the uk on tv , in your car, on digital radio and on your smart speaker by saying play gb news. this is britain's news channel . britain's news channel. >> hello and welcome to headliners . headliners. >> i'm simon evans joining me tonight to wax lyrical on tuesday's news papers, we have news rappers dj paul cox and mixmaster nick. >> nick mc mixmaster, nick dixon. >> that was tough. they put that into the first passage. did you write that yourself ? write that yourself? >> no, i did not. >> no, i did not. >> never seen that before. >> never seen that before. >> give myself >> yeah,

you're an witney in oxfordshire.o ricardo, let's start with you . a little bit of a sort of you. a little bit of a sort of flavour of you then. how closely are you following politics? how close are you following the conference in particular, and how much of what you're seeing interests you? >> well, i've always really been interested in politics. yes. i think it can be a force for good. and if the right policies are in place, that there can be great things that happen . the great things that happen. the conference is being very interesting. there's been some interesting. there's been some interesting points that have been brought up. >> what's been interesting for you? >>i you? >> i think the some of the ideas that have been brought up in terms of the nhs and what they plan to do with hs2 , that's been plan to do with hs2, that's been very interesting. >> well, why is that? very interesting. >> they're going to scrap hs2, the northern leg. >> yeah, exactly . well, >> yeah, that's exactly. well, that's, it . i >> yeah

emergency services are working to secure a food waste site in oxfordshire after it was hit by lightning causing a major gas explosion. it's thought no—one was hurt. it was really interesting, our phone in on the lib dems last week. we are doing four of these special programmes during the political conference season. we have done the lib dems, conservatives today, and we are going to do labour next week, and a week after it is the turn of the snp. so much to talk about. these could be the last conferences before the general election when you have your chance to tell us who is going to be happening for the years to come. one of the big ideological divides at the conservative party conference is tax, and liz truss turned up, of course, to promote growing the pie campaign, and she has many supporters i remember the campaign between her and rishi sunak when they were fighting each other for leadership and rishi sunak was this it is in the dna, cutting taxes. at the big thing, the ghost at the banquet, is hs2. what the hell is going on? let's speak to the members, the supporters, voters past

our reporter ray addison went to woodstock in oxfordshire to find out how two very different outletss the legacy of single use plastics . however, single use plastics. however, from today, the government is forcing most business owners to go green or face tough fines at the more than 300 year old blenheim palace in woodstock , blenheim palace in woodstock, they're replacing half a million single use coffee cups with 17,000 that can be washed and returned , saving 35 tonnes of returned, saving 35 tonnes of co2 . david green is head of co2. david green is head of innovation . innovation. >> when we serve over 400,000 hot drinks at blenheim and many of those cups, even though they're compostable, can only be composted up to about 5. with food waste. so actually eradicating single use cups really does fit into our overall strategy of becoming carbon neutral by 2027. >> the company behind blenheim's high tech coffee cup revolution is re universe, which offers a range of reusable food and drink containers. founder tony mcguirk explains how it works. >> this cup has some really neat technol

cloud as we drift northwards into oxfordshire and further north, still some sunny spells around the oppositemany, more cloud across eastern counties of england and that risk of sea fog around the rac but the ring will be fairly persistent in the north of scotland, some showers further south but overall, a dry picture from central and southern scotland southwards, temperatures a little bit higher tomorrow across scotland compared to today, hitting the dizzy heights of the mid 20s, above the seasonal average in the south. back to you. dry to hang onto to summer for a little bit longer. and it continues for parts of next week as well. your teeth! ,., ., ,, teeth! goodness! laughter - teeth! goodness! laughter. - laughter. and there will be a longer range forecast in around 30 minutes. it is coming up to around 90 minutes past nine. —— 19 minutes. being a doctor has always been a hard job but the last few years have been particularly challenging. now new data suggests more of them are seeking mental health support, with a growing number of gps feeling suicidal. our correspondent mark norman has

in or >> i tell you, if you live in or if you did last night, an awful situation in yarnton in oxfordshireat and this massive fireball . look at this massive fireball. look at that and light lightning struck a gas container here at a power plant , a a gas container here at a power plant, a green power plant as well . well. >> that's what i mean. >> that's what i mean. >> well, that could have been your house last night. >> my house? >> my house? >> you could have been in the middle of all of that, i hope. >> no one was hurt in this explosion. i mean, that looks pretty serious. >> 7:20 last night. so >> that was 7:20 last night. so it at the seven trent green it was at the seven trent green power carsington, power plant at carsington, north of last night. so so of oxford last night. so so that's pretty scary . you won't that's pretty scary. you won't want to avoid that. >> send us your storm stories. if you were in the eye of the storm yesterday evening and we've got a heatwave coming this weekend, 24 degrees, no less variety is the spice of life. >> and we've got paul coyte coming the brea

lightning also struck a recycling plant in oxfordshire, causing a huge fire. fireball lit up the sky when a gas tank exploded at a food processing plant in cassington yesterday. firefighters tackling the blaze have been monitoring the site this morning . no injuries have this morning. no injuries have been reported . and donald trump been reported. and donald trump has arrived for the second day of his fraud trial in new york. the former president is accused of inflating the value of his assets by billions of dollars in order to secure better loans and insurance terms. if found guilty, he could face a permanent ban from running businesses in new york and a large fine . trump has called the large fine. trump has called the trial a sham and has denied any wrongdoing . the prince and wrongdoing. the prince and princess of wales are in cardiff to meet members of the windrush generation. prince william and princess catherine were greeted by cheering schoolchildren as they arrived for an event marking the start of black history month. the couple will meet windrush o

and emergency crews work overnight to secure a food waste recycling plant in oxfordshire after a lightningtrike causes a major gas explosion. the second part of the uk's covid inquiry is getting under way in central london. this is the screen of the live feed that will be coming from the inquiry injust a few that will be coming from the inquiry in just a few minutes. and we will be bringing you more on that as proceedings begin, we will cross live to the inquiry in central london. our correspondent is outside the building and will have the latest analysis. australians are beginning to cast their votes early in a landmark referendum which could see the forming of an indigenous body to advise its parliament. a yes vote will see aboriginal and torres strait island people included in the constitution for the first time and the body, called the voice, would give parliament non—binding advice. our correspondent, phil mercer, has more from sydney. the australian prime minister anthony bernays said that the voice and parliament would make a practical positive difference to the lives of indigenous