piers hopkirk, bbc news, hastings. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick miller. hello.e north west, though the rain will begin to pull away from northern ireland to leave a dry and clear evening. it's moving now across more of scotland. before dark some of that in towards north west england, north west wales, across more of northern england and wales as the evening goes on. been quite pleasant after the chilly start in that sunshine towards the south east. so clearing from much of scotland and northern ireland quite quickly this evening, the rain. and then it moves south overnight through wales and england, maybe not reaching the very far southeast until we get on into tomorrow morning. it'll be a milder night in the south, a cooler night across northern areas and throughout the rest of today, tonight and tomorrow morning, across northern scotland, northern and western isles, 50 to 60 mph gusts and plenty of showers moving in. rain clearing the southeast by lunchtime tomorrow. then most places having a dry, sunny day. the showers are into western scotland, a few for nor

piers hopkirk, bbc news, hastings.ne to get fuel at the petrol station in paris on saturday. drivers had to wait more than an hour to fill theirfuel tanks. drivers had to wait more than an hour to fill their fuel tanks. three out of six refineries are currently shut down in france due to worker strikes. government figures estimate that 20% of petrol stations in france are affected by shortages, especially in the north of the country. the us state department says it is reviewing a request from haiti for an armed force to tackle gang violence. the country's mainly philpott has been blocked, meaning hospitals, schools and businesses have had to close. it has also created a shortage of bottled water just as the country confirmed a new outbreak of cholera. almost half of all the world's bird species are in decline, and one in eight threatened with extinction, according to a new report. researchers at birdlife international say the main threats come from human actions such as over farming, deforestation and climate change. s

piers hopkirk, bbc news, hastings.ace full of drama. there was a delay in awarding the red bull driver the title following some confusion about whether he'd actually earned enough points. the race was hampered by poor conditions and there was controversy about a safety vehicle being allowed on the track while one driver was still at speed. a reminder of our top story. president putin blames ukraine's intelligence services for saturday's crimean bridge explosion — calling it an act of terror. plenty more of those stories on our website. you can reach me on twitter — i'm @lucyegrey what a difference a day makes. it's been thoroughly wet across parts of scotland, northern ireland, not only wet but very windy as well with gales and gusts around 60 mph. it's all tied in with this deep area of low pressure, the tightly packed isobars, this massive cloud bringing you the rain southwards as we go through this evening and overnight. so it will arrive across much of northern england and wales through this evening and push its wa

our reporter, piers hopkirk, went to have a look. # i can see for miles and miles...# on the day neilifferent kind. on that remarkable day in history, the who were playing on hastings pier. it's the step—off point for an exhibition dedicated to the band and what was arguably the lift—off to their creative zenith. this is the sort of the emergent room. this is their early years. but then it takes the story of the who from the last time they performed in hastings as they launched themselves into superstardom up to the creation of the album who's next. and it's that three—year period that we really tell. the exhibition combines archive film and photographs with contemporary artworks dedicated to the band. this is the chorus to the song who are you? # well, who are you? # who are you...# i have taken the aspect of the who colours. it's the red, it's the white, it's the blue. and i've programmed it in a way so therefore the content will never do the same thing twice. so you're taking down the story, you're seeing a reflection of the music, the sort of intensity, the energy that the who bri

piers hopkirk, bbc news, hastings. the dangerous man—eater of champara — a tiger that killed at least nine people, has been shot dead in eastern india. a major operation involving trained elephants and over 200 people was launched after the dangerous cat mauled to death a mother and her eight—year—old son on saturday. conservationists blame the rapid expansion of human settlements around forests. a new picture of one of the queen's favourite ponies has been released by buckingham palace, following her appearance at the monarch�*s funeral. the fell pony called emma stood to the side of the long walk as the funeral cortege was driven along the approach to windsor castle. the queen had ridden the black pony for light exercise in the castle grounds over the previous 15 years. now it's time for a look at the weather with nick. hello. contrast between the fine day across the south east of the uk and the wet and windy one in the north west, though the rain will begin to pull away from northern ireland to leave a dry and clear

piers hopkirk, bbc news, hastings.by buckingham palace, following her appearance at the monarch's funeral. the fell pony called emma stood to the side of the long walk as the funeral cortege was driven along the approach to windsor castle. the queen had ridden the black pony for light exercise in the castle grounds over the previous 15 years. a family from cornwall are doing their bit to help others struggling with the cost of living crisis. josh formby hugh posted a message a local facebook page to say his family would be cooking and giving out free roasts in camborne today. josh— who is a bus driver — says he's noticed people locally needing some help. tamsin melville's been to meet him. a lot of us might have been preparing a roast today but i am sure not as many as josh preparing a roast today but i am sure not as many asjosh and his family are due in, just tell me what you are up to? i family are due in, 'ust tell me what you up to?_ family are due in, 'ust tell me what you up m_ family are due in, 'ust tell me wh

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