phil mackie, bbc news, derby. now on bbc news, our world.or five months, forfive months, huge protests have rocked hong kong. hundreds of thousands of people taking on the authorities and the might of china. so why are they risking so much? in an ever more violent battle. and how will this struggle and for ordinary hong kong is? our city is really under chaos, right now, we are within the flame. bobby and joyce, not their real names, a monitoring police movements. they are constantly on social media, feeding the information to a hub that shares it with the crowds. part of a sophisticated web that makes these protests so ha rd sophisticated web that makes these protests so hard to police and control. there are two police cars. when police started to take action, then we have maybe ten, 20 or even more cars. bobby is a veteran of the last big demonstrations in hong kong five yea rs demonstrations in hong kong five years ago, and he has never seen anything like this. i think it is different than other protests before because it is accumulating

phil mackie, bbc news, derby.ow on bbc news, part of our 100 women series: how to build a city for women. cities are supposed to be built for all of us. men, women and children to we live, we move, work, play. we'll to share this space together. but they are not built by all of us. because most cities, if not all of them, are designed and built by men. so half the population is deciding how all of us should live. what would a city look like if it were designed by women? we have come to barcelona to find out about a bold feminist experiment. can female centric design change the way we experience a city? barcelona has a long history of reinventing itself with brave and adventurous urban design. over 6000 yea rs, adventurous urban design. over 6000 years, generation after generation of men have their mark on this city. but now it is in the midst of a feminist takeover. four years ago, the city elected its first female mouth. she has embarked on a profoundly feminist agenda. and she is not someone who could ever be ac

phil mackie, bbc news, derby. now on bbc news, the travel show.s week on the travel show, i found out how punk helps to end the cold war. also on this weekend's special programme, we are off to bulgaria to visit an iconic relic of its communist past. powerful, powerful architecture. and we meet the people in that be are recreating a good night out, eastern block style. — latvia. i think that will warm me i this weekend marks the 30th anniversary of the fall of the berlin wall, back in november 1989. poland was the first eastern block country to turn its back on communism, earlier that year. country to turn its back on communism, earlierthat year. but those iconic images of the wall coming down here in berlin really did confirm that the cold war in europe was coming to an end. on the evening of november nine, 1989, the whole world watched the destruction of the berlin wall. a structure that divided notjust the city, but families, nations, and superpowers. stretching over 80 miles, the wall was built to divide the communist east and the capitalist w

phil mackie reporting from evesham, thank you. got worse with 70% of the city now under water after another exceptional high tide. the mayor of venice has ordered the historic st mark's square to be closed, with floodwaters peaking at around 1.5 metres. italy has declared a state of emergency. it's the worst flooding to hit the city in half a century. our top story this lunchtime: labour promises free full—fibre broadband for every home in the uk by 2030. and coming up: 0n the last day of the world para athletics championships in dubai, we take a look at britain's successes. coming up on bbc news: rafael nadal needs to beat stefanos tsitsipas to progress at the world tour finals in london. roger federer awaits the winner in the semi—finals. a non—stop flight from london to sydney has landed — 19 hours and 19 minutes after take off. it sets a new long—distance record for a passengerjet. the australian airline qantas say the test flight was aimed at researching the impact of such a long journey on both passengers and crew. 0ur repor

phil mackie, bbc news, derby.wo fifteen—year—old boys were among the 39 people from vietnam who were all found dead in a refrigerated lorry, east of london, last month. police have now released all their names. daniel sandford reports. some of the faces of the 39 people who died in the refrigerated trailer 6,000 miles from home. all were from vietnam and were being smuggled into britain. the oldest was 44, but ten of them were teenagers and the two youngest were just 15 years old. one of the 15—year—olds was nguyen huy hung. his relatives say he had been trying tojoin his parents who live in britain. hoang van tiep was 18. he'd been living in paris for a year. he told his family he was getting a taxi to the uk, but they'd not heard from him since. bui thi nhung was one of two 19—year—old women in the lorry. she'd posted pictures of herself sightseeing in brussels just days before she died. and pham thi tra my was the 26—year—old woman who tragically texted her family to say she was suffocating in the sealed traile

phil mackie has that story will stop they've never seen anything like this.iver derwent in derby. the floodwaters have begun to inundate parts of the city centre. the derwent still hasn't peaked, but already parts of derby city centre are now the river level, and that means as it pours out over its banks, it's pouring into streets like this. around the corner, council warner is a warning local businesses to prepare for the worst. the river levels have risen substantially overnight and during the course of the day, so our absolute priority is safety of our citizens and the people in the city centre. next to the river in flats which are about to flood, residents are getting ready to leave. it looks like i need to build the ark, basically. i've had to move my animals two by two, you know? and the river's been flooding. i've been here four years and it's the first time it's really broke its banks. the city centre's been at a standstill, and floods have caused chaos on the roads all around it. getting home has been the priority, no matter how difficult. phil macki

let's get the latest from phil mackie in derby. what more can you tell us?ctually, as you can see, the flooding is causing chaos in the city because of roads being closed. this is one of the major routes into and out of the city. firefighters have just pulled this jaguar out of the floodwaters, the road is completely closed and a bit further along, there is a rescue taking place of some horses which have become stranded by the rising waters. in the city centre, we have just heard that some residential properties are being evacuated as a precaution because the river derwent, where obviously, that lady died earlier, further upstream, is 110w died earlier, further upstream, is now peaking in the city around now and over the next couple of hours. the focus is now on derby and further downstream as the river peaks over the further downstream as the river pea ks over the next further downstream as the river peaks over the next few hours. clive? all right, phil mackie, thank you for that, on the of derby. —— on the outskirts of derby. in 2007, sheffield suffered ex

phil mackie, bbc news, derby.from the university of reading, says multiple factors have caused the flooding — from already saturated ground to a shift in the jet stream, and a slow—moving weather front. before even the persistent rain we had very wet weather through all of october in that part of the world so everything is already wet. reservoirs are full in the water that meant ground is wet. and then we have a weather system sitting over us we have a weather system sitting over us for 24—hour is also with a frontal system across derbyshire and south yorkshire into lincolnshire which was not moving at all. it was stationary. the rain was not heavy but it was persistent and over that 24—hour period enough rain fell to cause this flooding. the jetstream isa cause this flooding. the jetstream is a band of strong wind out over the atlantic, seven or eight kilometres above the ocean. that generates weather systems all the time. it is like a factory for weather systems and they then move their way across the atlantic o

studio: thank you, phil mackie.le found dead in a lorry in essex. the 36—year—old from purfleet in essex is also being questioned on suspicion of conspiracy to traffic people — and conspiracy to assist unlawful immigration. the man was arrested at a property in dalston in east london. australian police searching for a missing british man who disappeared while camping have confirmed they've found his body. 25—year—old aslan king had been travelling with friends in a popular tourist region in victoria, where he was last seen at the weekend. police say the cause of his death is still under investigation. a man charged over a stabbing at manchester victoria station has pleaded guilty to a terrorism offence and three counts of attempted murder. 26—year—old mahdi mohamud attacked police and commuters at the station last new year's eve. he will be sentenced at a later date. it's been a sporting comeback that few thought possible. but andy murray's return to tennis after hip surgery continues and in a new documentary, which

phil mackie is in birmingham for us now.een charged with murder and a female officer, who has been charged with assault causing actual bodily harm, have just appeared charged with assault causing actual bodily harm, havejust appeared on birmingham magistrates' court this morning, a very brief appearance there, and they are due to come to birmingham crown court this afternoon. this all relates to an incident back in august 2016. dalian atkinson, a very well—known and much loved footballer, who played for aston villa, sheffield wednesday and ipswich town, was staying with his dad in telford. because of the incident he was tasered by these two officers, subsequently restrained and subsequently died. there was a very long investigation by the iopc, who passed on theirfiles very long investigation by the iopc, who passed on their files to the crown prosecution service a year ago today, after more than three years since dalian atkinson died. we now know that one of those two officers, 0fficer know that one of those two officers, o

and the breaking news later this morning, phil mackie is there, can you bring us up to speed?ared the worst, really, we have had this content worst, really, we have had this co nte nt by worst, really, we have had this content by derbyshire police, a woman was reported as having been swept away by flood water in rosalie, about four miles upstream on the river derwent, in the early hours of the morning, her body was recovered at around 10:a0am just north of matlock. derbyshire police say herfamily north of matlock. derbyshire police say her family has been north of matlock. derbyshire police say herfamily has been informed north of matlock. derbyshire police say her family has been informed and their thoughts are with them. formal identification is still to take place. it shows you how dangerous things were yesterday and last night especially, when we had that same band of rain that has caused all the flooding in yorkshire, it has caused problems here in derbyshire and nottinghamshire, it sat here all day, seven inches of rain have fallen in that period of time and as you can s

as we've been reporting, derby has also been badly affected. 0ur correspondent phil mackie reports fromhe city. as you can see, the flooding now is causing chaos in the city because of roads being closed. this is one of the main routes into and out of the city. firefighters have just pulled this jaguar out of the floodwater here. the roads completely closed. a little further along here, there's a rescue taking place of some horses which have become stranded by the rising waters. in the city centre, we just heard that some residential properties are being evacuated as a precaution because the river derwent, where, obviously, that lady died earlier on further upstream, is now peaking in the city around now and over the next couple of hours, so the focus is now on derby and further downstream as the river peaks over the next few hours. that was phil mackey there in derby. and we'll find out how this story — and many others — are covered in tomorrow's front pages at10.40pm and ii.30pm this evening in the papers. 0ur guestsjoining me tonight are james rampton, features writer for the indepen

phil mackie reports from evesham in worcestershire.iver levels. trevor reek, who is in his 70s, had packed up some belongings and called for help. i couldn't get out on my own. i tried that earlier on and it was too deep for me to wade through, even with waders on. the river is swollen and rising rapidly after the rain yesterday. more than a0 millimetres, or nearly two inches fell over the river avon catchment. these are some of the highest levels we have seen in five years and in places, the highest levels since the big floods of 2007. all this water is working its way through and taking a long time on the big rivers, likely it will not peak in tewkesbury and upton until saturday, possibly sunday. roads are closed and businesses have been affected by this particularly high level on the river avon today. things are going to get a little bit worse, but along here there are houses that have their own flood defences built in the last couple of years, which should mean they are kept safe. there are problems elsewhere in worcestershire too.

derby has also been badly affected. 0ur correspondent phil mackie reports now from the outskirts of the you can see the flooding now is causing chaos in the city. roads being closed, this is one of the main routes into and out of the city. firefighters have just pulled this jaguar out of the floodwater here, the road is completely closed and a little further along here, there is a rescue taking place of some horses which have become stranded by the rising waters. in the city centre, we just heard that some residential properties are being evacuated as a precaution because the river derwent were obviously that lady died earlier on further upstream, is now peaking in the city around now and over the next couple of hours. so, the focus is now on derby and further downstream as the river peaks over the next few hours. that was fill in derby force. doctor peter innes from the university of rolling says that multiple factors have led to flooding to saturation the ground and a shift in the jet stream... we had that wet weather through the whole of october and so everything is wet and the reser

our correspondent phil mackie has been following the case in birmingham.eligious brief survey —— make beliefs of a vast majority of pa rents beliefs of a vast majority of parents who happened to be muslim. they said they were not telling the truth and misrepresented what was being taught in the school and they extended the temporary injunction which was introduced in the summer. it means there is an exclusion zone around the school saying they have to tone things down and they cannot be shouting at parents and children as they arrived for lessons during the day. after the hearing we heard from the head teacher, sarah hewitt clarkson, who spoke to reporters. from the head teacher, sarah hewitt clarkson, who spoke to reportersm has shown a real contrast between what has always happened at the school and what was being portrayed and what is happening. everyone who works at the school knows what we do. that is the strength of our school and part of our ethos. there was absolutely no promotion of anyone type of anything, because we cannot do that. it goes again

phil mackie is in birmingham for us now. actually come outside burnham crown court.gham crown court. dalian atkinson, the very well—known footballer, was involved in an incident outside his father's house and he was tasered by two police officers and later died. there is a two—year investigation. they passed their files onto the crown prosecution service, and this morning, a further two years later, those two officers were charged. dalian atkinson's family said they we re dalian atkinson's family said they were happy it would go before a journey but regretted it took to this point. this afternoon here at crown court, there a lengthy discussion about whether or not the press would be allowed to name those two officers. at the moment but there is an order banning any mention of who they are, because if their identities were revealed, their identities were revealed, their lives will be put at risk despite offering no evidence to support that claim. there will be a further hearing next wednesday to determine that matter and the two officers themselves will be back in cou

our correspondent phil mackie is in evesham in worcestershire. and businesses are closed. we are expecting things not to settle down yet. we have got a couple of guests. in terms of road closing and transport, where i'll be at at the moment? a lot of problems with the river avon. we are keeping aa with the river avon. we are keeping a a close eye on the river severn. we have one road closed and we are watching worcester very closely. you could have to introduce different traffic arrangements there later tonight? last year we made changes tonight? last year we made changes to new growth so we could run into a two—way operation and we are keeping a close eye on it this weekend. river levels, are they peaking? we are getting close to peaking here. all this water is working its way downstream and meeting the river severn further down. we are going to see some very high levels down as faras see some very high levels down as far as tewkesbury and worcester itself. that will last for two or three days because all that water is bottling up. there is more

phil mackie sent us this update from birmingham.ppearance and they are due to come to birmingham crown court this afternoon. this all relates to an incident back in 2016. dalian atkinson, a well—known footballer was staying with his dad in telford. because of the incident, he was tasered by these two officers, subsequently restrained and subsequently restrained and subsequently died. there was a long investigation by the ipc who passed on theirfiles a investigation by the ipc who passed on their files a year ago. today, we now know that one of those two officers, 0fficer now know that one of those two officers, officer a, has now know that one of those two officers, 0fficera, has been charged with murder. we have had statements, both from the police, and perhaps more importantly from dalian atkinson‘s family, some who we re dalian atkinson‘s family, some who were in the magistrates‘ court this morning to hear this first hearing and they say that they welcome that after such a long time the case will go before a jury but they regret

phil mackie is in matlock in derbyshire close to where the body of a woman has been recovered from the know about this woman death? she was swept away in the early hours of this morning, the river derwent is really swollen and fast flowing and i am not quite sure of the circumstances as to how this happened and her body was recovered a couple of miles north of your u pstrea m a couple of miles north of your upstream on the river derwent at about 10:40am upstream on the river derwent at about10:40am and upstream on the river derwent at about 10:40am and the announcement came through over one hour ago by throughout the morning, as robert described, sirens everywhere, ambulances and fire crews all over matlock and the surrounding areas. you can see down the road, a couple of minutes ago you can possibly see on the right of the screen, businesses have flooded and there is a marks and spencers and people say they heard a loud bang there, possibly an electric circuit getting flooded and exploding and the fire crews have suddenly come up and they have driven in. not much else going on andi ha