breached — nervous moments in portreath tonight. the atlantic seep through at high tide. quite a gap, isn't it? it is an awful gap. sandra's house is right next to the giant hole that's been left in the sea defences. what are your thoughts? scared! yeah, wejust had all new carpets put in, so you know, it's... yeah, yeah, it's going to be a frightening night, i think. it was the early hours of this morning when storm eleanor smashed away the 20m section. cornwall‘s coastal communities are used to fierce weather, but portreath now feels especially vulnerable. they weren't the only ones. this was galway in the irish republic. high spring tides added force to the storm — a potentially deadly mix. in northern ireland, gusts reached 90 miles per hour, leaving 25,000 homes without electricity. we have to bring in crews to cut the trees, we have to bring in digging crews to pull out the poles and to replace poles and to re—string lines. all of this takes time and effort, essentially to restore small numbers of customers at a time. back in c

jon kay, bbc news, portreath in cornwall.njured in the manchester arena bombing, has pleaded guilty to stealing from them. chris parker admitted taking a phone from a teenage girl and a purse from a woman whose granddaughter lay dying yards away. 22 people were killed in the suicide attack last may. the head of the powerful revolutionary guard in iran, which supports the country's clerics, has said the unrest in the country's towns and cities is over. tens of thousands of people have been taking part in pro—government demonstrations today, organised by the regime. 22 people have died in six days of demonstrations against the government, in response to price rises and alleged corruption. the problem of plastics and the impact they're having on our planet is a subject we've been exploring this week. according to a recent study, 95% of plastic pollution in the world's oceans comes from just 10 rivers. one of them is the ganges in india. 0ur correspondent, sanjoy majumder, reports from the banks of the holy city of varanasi. this

jon kay, bbc news, portreath in cornwall.ard in iran, which supports the country's clerical leaders, has claimed that the week of unrest in the country's towns and cities is over. tens of thousands of people have been taking part in pro—government demonstrations today, organised by the regime. 22 people have died in six days of demonstrations against the government, which were initially in response to price rises and alleged corruption. 0ur middle east editor, jeremy bowen, is here. is it all over? well, the major general say it is. the sedation is over. what if he's right. he says 15,000 people were involved. his men had to only get involved. his men had to only get involved three times. well, it could be correct or it could be that this now is at a test, this movement is ata now is at a test, this movement is at a test, a crossroads. will they go back on the streets to try to ta ke go back on the streets to try to take on the authorities? 0r, go back on the streets to try to take on the authorities? or, will they just say,

but in portreath in cornwall they now feared this evening ‘s high tide.y the sea. buildings were also damaged, it was not quite clear what belonged where. across large parts of the country there are severe weather warnings still in place for the rest of this afternoon. dan johnson, bbc news. well some properties are at risk due to the loss of a stretch of coastal walk in portreath in cornwall. let's cross to our correspondentjon kay who's in portreath in cornwall. until the early hours of this morning there was a complete harbour wall, you would not have been able to see those people behind the fence because the wall was in front of it. you can see a large section of the wall has come crashing down during the storm last night. and in the early hours of this morning, leaving a gap, a rather worrying gap here in portreath because potentially it could mean that as the next high tide comes in this evening at around six o'clock, it potentially could come through that gap. and you can see it is notjust people up there being cleared away when that happens but qu

import -- in cornwall, part of portreath's harbour wall was taken by the sea.ings were also damaged and it wasn't quite clear what belonged were. across large parts of the country, there are severe weather warnings still in place across the rest of the afternoon. 0ur ireland correspondent chris page is in belfast. belfast is one of the areas affected. there is a clear up going on behind you. how is that going? yes, a lot of hard work being carried out by those whose job it is to return northern ireland to normal after a bruising night. to return northern ireland to normal aftera bruising night. in to return northern ireland to normal after a bruising night. in this residential area of south belfast, they have spent the morning cutting up they have spent the morning cutting upa they have spent the morning cutting up a tree that had been lying across the road. as you can see, they have blocked the road and that has allowed specialist vehicles run by engineers from the northern ireland electricity networks to move up. they are unloading poles to replace the ones t