an raf chinook returned today to help shore up the bank.stretch of the river steeping that is expected to burst its banks, and that is why the raf chinook behind me has been flying back and forth with bags of sand and gravel to try to plug any breach. volunteers have travelled for miles to help the flood defence operations. for the past three days, we have just had to rescue a 97—year—lady, as i say, just drop in sand bags on the door, dropping sandbags, just basically helping people, doing what we do. emergency crews will continue to monitor the river levels, but for now residents don't know when they or their families, four—legged or otherwise, will be able to return home. luxmy gopal, bbc news, wainfleet. earlier, i spoke to the local mp matt warman. he told me he had spoken to the environment secretary, michael gove, about the situation and has been promised help. what michael's said is that anything that the environment agency wants, or the armed services want, we will have. and if i'm honest, that is what has been delivered so far. we

an raf chinook returned today to help shore up the bank.flood defence operations. for the past three days, we have just had to rescue a 97 year lady, asi just had to rescue a 97 year lady, as i say, just drop in sand bags of come on the door, dropping sandbags, just basically helping people, doing what we do. emergency crews will continue to monitor the river levels, but for now residents don‘t know when they or their families, four—legged or otherwise, will be able to return home. luxmy gopal, bbc news, wainfleet. the health secretary, matt hancock, has ordered what he‘s called a "root and branch" review of hospital food, after two more deaths of patients were linked to a listeria outbreak. five people have died from the infection, which is particularly dangerous to people who are already ill. eight trusts have been affected, including one in manchester and one in liverpool. the sandwiches and salads thought to have caused the outbreak have been withdrawn. rivals competing to be the next leader of the conservative party and prime minister

an raf chinook has returned today to help shore up the bank. of the river steeping that's expected to burst its banks, and that's why the raf chinook behind me has been flying back and forth with bags of sand and gravel to try to plug any breach. volunteers have travelled for miles to help the flood—defence operations. been out for the past three days, we've just had to rescue a 97—year—old lady. as i say, we'rejust dropping sand bags off, rescuing people, knocking on the door, making sure we can... dropping sandbags, just basically helping people, doing what we can do. emergency crews will continue to monitor the river levels, but for now residents don't know when they or their families, four—legged or otherwise, will be able to return home. luxmy gopal, bbc news, wainfleet. rivals competing to be the next leader of the conservative party, and prime minister, have dismissed suggestions they should withdraw and allow an uncontested coronation of the frontrunner, boris johnson. they've been campaigning for the support of party members at a meeti

an raf chinook has returned today to help shore up the bank.is stretch of the river steeping that's expected to burst its banks, and that's why the raf chinook behind me has been flying back and forth with bags of sand and gravel to try to plug any breach. volunteers have travelled for miles to help the flood—defence operations. been out for the past three days, we've just had to rescue a 97—year—old lady. as i say, we'rejust dropping sand bags off, rescuing people, knocking on the door, making sure we can... dropping sandbags, just basically helping people, doing what we can do. emergency crews will continue to monitor the river levels, but for now residents don't know when they or their families, four—legged or otherwise, will be able to return home. luxmy gopal, bbc news, wainfleet. now on bbc news, talking books. internationally acclaimed writer fatima bhutto talks to george alagiah about how politics, family tragedy and intrigue have helped shaped her writing. hello and welcome to talking books at hay festival in wales. every year the fest

raf chinooks have been dropping bags of sand and gravel to shore up the river‘s flood defences.ore flooding to come. these houses are among the 600 properties that have been evacuated. with weather warnings being issued and heavy rain forecast over the next few days, residents have been told not to return home until wednesday at the earliest. this pumping station, vital to channel away floodwaters was itself flooded. sandbags were rushed here by martin and his friends. they‘ve distributed 13,000 of them over the last few days. we‘re just doing the we can as a community to help people and save people‘s lives and homes, and that‘s all we can do, really. high volume pumps have been brought in by the environment agency, who are continuing to monitor the river levels overnight. all that the people of wainfleet can do is watch and wait and hope the defences hold out. luxmy gopal bbc news, wainfleet. now on bbc news, sport today. hello, i‘m gavin ramjaun and this is sport today live from the bbc sport centre. coming up on this programme: india get the better of pakistan at the cricket

and raf chinook was brought in to drop a huge blocks of ballast to try to plug the gap and abridged bankst the land here is so abridged banks, but the land here is so low in places that much of the water which got in will have to be pumped out. —— the gap in the breached bank. now on bbc news, in this cricket world cup year, we meet the players trying to take their team to the next level, and hoping their lives might just be transformed in the process. this is the stuff of fairytales! who would have thought? afghanistan will play in the second world cup. from the refugee camps of pakistan to top—flight competition, afghan cricket has had an amazing journey. and the team is now among the top ten in the world. but this isn't just a sport. it is a passion that unites a country torn apart by a0 yea rs of unites a country torn apart by a0 years of war. rashid khan has got it! with celebrity players in international leagues. doing well, to bring the smiles on the faces of people back home. in this world cup year, we need to do players the sport to the next level. —— we meet the players. and hop

that is why the raf chinook returned yesterday to put in gravel and sand to shore up the defences to be here till friday because we have some weather warnings issued for tuesday with heavy rain expected. the environment agency is doing what it can to try to mitigate the effects of that, bringing in some big hydraulic pumps to help the efforts to channel the water away, but because of the heavy rainfall expected, it is not clear what the situation will be over the next few days, but it is certain that the residents of wainfleet will not be able to return to their homes any time soon. a huge electrical power failure is affecting large parts of latin america. it's left most of argentina and all of uruguay without power — according to a major argentine electricity provider. trains have ground to a halt and traffic lights failed. the combined population of argentina and uruguay is about 48 million people. according to reports, brazil and paraguay were also affected. provincial elections were scheduled in parts of argentina, and voting is going ahead, but with some delays. local media have

raf chinooks were called in to drop ballast to bolster the banks.rising, and this afternoon told residents in another 290 homes to evacuate. earlier, i spoke to the chief inspector of lincolnshire police — phil vickers — who's been helping co—ordinate efforts and updated us on the situation. as you say, the repairs completed by the raf yesterday evening were checked again at first light and although they were holding, there was concern about the volume of water seeping through. another crack was found in the bank and a decision was made that the first 290 homes, that's the area to the west of wainfleet, would be evacuated. later today we've seen rising water levels around the pumping station that serves the area and as a result we are concerned we might lose the capability of the pumping station, so further properties have been evacuated. where people being evacuated to? we are asking most people to self evacuate to stay with friends out of the area. we have prioritised vulnerable residents and providing a specific level of support depending on thei

raf chinooks were called in to drop ballast to bolster the banks.ater levels are still rising and this afternoon told residents in another 290 homes to evacuate. joining me now is chief inspector phil vickers from lincolnshire police. he's at the county emergency centre in lincoln where they are co—ordinating efforts to tackle the floods. thank you forjoining us. could you bring us up—to—date on the latest? as you say, the repairs completed by the raf yesterday evening were checked again at first light and although they were holding, there was concern about the volume of water seeping through. another crack was found in the bank and a decision was found in the bank and a decision was made that the first 290 homes, that's the area to the west of wa i nfleet, that's the area to the west of wainfleet, would be evacuated. later today we've seen rising water levels around the pumping station that serves the area and as a result we are concerned we might lose the capability of the pumping station, so capability of the pumping station, so further propertie

it was after the river steeping broke its banks after two months of rainfall fall into days that raf chinookhe burst banks with 270 tonnes of sand bags, good news when they said that had stopped the flooding and river levels were starting to recede. but, people here still do not know when they can get back into their homes, and now fire crews work across the county, to feverishly pump water out of those affected houses. this is a very difficult situation for a close—knit local community. two teenagers have been killed in london in separate attacks within minutes of each other. police are investigating after one was stabbed in wandsworth, shortly before 5pm yesterday afternoon. another was shot in plumstead. police have made arrests in connection with each death. the leader of hong kong backs down indefinitely after mass protests over their controversial extradition law to mainland china. the political row intesifies over gulf tanker explosions, two senior cabinet ministers accuse jeremy corbyn of not backing britain's interests by questioning if there's "credible evidence" for the attacks. a

raf chinooks have been dropping bags of sand and gravel to shore up the river's flood defences. have held up for now but there's a risk of more flooding to come. these houses are among the 600 properties that have been evacuated. with weather warnings being issued and heavy rain forecast over the next few days, residents have been told not to return home until wednesday at the earliest. this pumping station is vital to turn away floodwaters and was itself flooded. sandbags were rushed here by martin and his friends. they've distributed 13,000 of them over the last few days. we're just doing the we can as a community to help people and save people's lives and homes, and that's all we can do, really. high volume pumps have been brought in by the environment agency, who are continuing to monitor the river levels overnight. all of the people of wainfleet can do is watch and wait and hope they defences hold out. now, with the day's sport here's olly foster at the bbc sport centre. evening clive. 25,000 packed into old trafford today but there was a global television audience of over

that is why the raf chinook returned yesterday to put in gravel and sand to shore up the defence is toeather, but actually, they are not going to get that. there is heavy rain forecast this week. absolutely, and that's the concern, which is why residents have been told it is still not safe to return home, and emergency teams say they may well be here until friday. there have been weather warnings issued for tuesday, with heavy rain expected. the environment agency is doing what it can to mitigate the effect of that. they are bringing in big hydraulic pumps to help the efforts to channel the water away, but because of that heavy rainfall that is expected, it's not clear what the situation will be over the next few days. what is certain is that the residents of wayne fleet won't be returning to their homes any time soon. thanks for that update. the first mass has been held in notre dame cathedral in paris since a huge fire destroyed the roof and spire in april. priests and worshippers wore hard hats for the service in a small side—chapel. freya cole reports. it's not your usual attire fo

was after the river steeping broke its banks after two months of rainfall fell in two days that raf chinookopters were flown in to fill the burst banks with 270 tonnes of sand bags, good news when they said that had stopped the flooding and river levels were starting to recede. but, people here still do not know when they can get back into their homes, and now fire crews work across the county, to feverishly pump water out of those affected houses. this is a very difficult situation for a close—knit local community. nazanin zaghari—ratcliffe, the british—iranianjailed in iran, has begun a new hunger strike in protest against her imprisonment. her husband, back in the uk, also plans tojoin her on hunger strike. the mother—of—one has been detained for the past three years after being accused of spying by the iranian authorities, a charge she strongly denies, and sentenced to five years in jail. iran is "almost certainly" responsible for the attacks on two oil tankers in the gulf of oman, according to the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt. the us military released video footage yesterday which it

that is why the raf chinook returned yesterday to put in gravel and sand to shore up the defences togency teams say they might be here till friday because we have some weather warnings issued for tuesday with heavy rain expected. the environment agency is doing what it can to try to mitigate the effects of that, bringing in some big hydraulic pumps to help the effo rts big hydraulic pumps to help the efforts to channel the water away but because of the heavy rainfall expected it is not clear what the situation will be over the next few days but it is certain that the residents of wa i nfleet days but it is certain that the residents of wainfleet will not be able to return to their homes any time soon. us president donald trump has once again taken to twitter to criticise mayor of london sadiq khan. retweeting a post from the right—wing commentator katie hopkins, he said, "london needs a new mayor asap. khan is a disaster — will only get worse!" mr trump later followed it up with another post saying, "he is a national disgrace who is destroying the city of london!" the president's com

an raf chinook helicopter was brought in to drop huge bags of ballast to try and plug the gap in theow in places that much of the water that has already got in, will have to be pumped out. it could take a while for things to improve. danny savage, bbc news, wainfleet in lincolnshire. england play again tonight but — scotland are on the brink of crashing out of the women's world cup in france — after losing 2—1 to japan this afternoon. scotland started the game bottom of their group. watching the match in rennes was our correspondent jane dougall. it is notjust scotland women's first world cup. this generation of scottish children will grow up with female footballers who inspire them. come on, scotland! yay! the women take it more seriously than the men. the men, like, fall over more often. going into this match bottom of their group, scotland had to deliver on the pitch. no easy task, with opponents japan seventh in the world. and they showed why. 20 minutes in, a mistake by the scotland captain rachel corsie gifted mana iwabuchi a free strike. iwabuchi! and it was the scotland capta

we have on this occasion —— the raf chinook.nd of this one and we will take on board a lot from the previous floods i've referred to. it looks like more are forecast. how are you prepared to cope with that? we are into a period of respite from sunday into monday but as you say, more rain coming on tuesday into wednesday. so we've got high volume pumps at the moment redistributing some of the water where we have had that egress. of course my staff and across the entire lincolnshire area remain ready to rescue and indeed respond. we area ready to rescue and indeed respond. we are a six into the emergency and we are by no means through it. —— we are at day six. . thanks forjoining us. the headlines on bbc news. the first televised debate in the race to be conservative leader and prime minister has taken place, but without boris johnson. contenders have clashed over how to deliver brexit. hong kong's leader apologises as hundreds of thousands stage another protest against plans for an extradition law, which has now been suspended. h

an raf chinook helicopter was brought in to drop huge bags of ballast to try and plug the gap in the places that much of the water that has already got in, will have to be pumped out. it could take a while for things to improve. danny savage, bbc news, wainfleet in lincolnshire. our weather presenter nick miller has come in to talk about this. why is it so wet, this month ofjune?m is it so wet, this month ofjune?m is not the usual, it is nothing that people would like to see. it was dry in the spring but it has been such a huge amount of rain. some parts of england and wales have had double the average june rainfall for the whole of the month and it is only during the day. we have had a stock weather pattern with low pressure close by. we have just had bands of rain circulating around low pressure. we have been in an unstable atmosphere. the jet stream has had a role to play. the elements have ganged up and produced days of rain in the wettest parts of england and wales and it hasn't looked much like summerso far, and wales and it hasn't looked much like summer so far, hasn't felt li

an raf chinook helicopter was brought in to drop huge bags of ballast to try and plug the gap in themuch of the water that already got in, will have to be pumped out. it could take a while for things to improve. danny savage, bbc news, wainfleet in lincolnshire. let's take a look at what the weather has in store with neck. hello, the weekend hasn't been looking as wet as it's been, it still going to be unsettled, friday night, rain on and off in northern ireland, getting heavier again night, rain on and off in northern ireland, getting heavieragain going into saturday morning. this area of shari rain stretching from western scotla nd shari rain stretching from western scotland through wales into western nguyen. slowly moving east, may be the odd shower, sunny spells ahead of it, sunshine behind, one or two showers developing as well, and what will be a breezy saturday with temperatures may be as high as 20 celsius and parts of eastern england, though most of us will fall short of that. going through saturday evening, another area of showers developing towards wales, southwest england

had managed to plug the gap of the river, where it was leaking, and that was thanks to the raf and some chinookons of stone, sand, that kind of thing, to plug the gap. they have been successful in doing that. overnight they said there was some seepage but that was to be expected. now, the focus of plugging that gap has stopped. the real work, to get water out of homes, is beginning. just looking at the home is behind you, give us a sense of the problems they face. i am trying to get a sense of how close they are to the homes themselves. one half of the road there is no water, and that is fine. but directly behind us the water is going right up to people's properties. just two streets away there are fire trucks feverishly working to try and get that water out of the streets and out of people's homes. we couldn't get close enough, there is a big police gordon. we spoke to some local residents this morning, and they said the water was much much higher yesterday, and this morning they have seen a real drop in water levels. as you can see, it is still pretty bad. it is like looking at a lake, there

an raf chinook has returned today to help shore up the bank.s this stretch of the river steeping that's expected to burst its banks, and that's why the raf chinook behind me has been flying back and forth with bags of sand and gravel to try to plug any breach. volunteers have travelled for miles to help the flood—defence operations. been out for the past three days, we've just had to rescue a 97—year—old lady. as i say, we'rejust dropping sand bags off, rescuing people, knocking on the door, making sure we can... dropping sandbags, just basically helping people, doing what we can do. emergency crews will continue to monitor the river levels, but for now residents don't know when they or their families, four—legged or otherwise, will be able to return home. luxmy gopal, bbc news, wainfleet. now on bbc news, the travel show. my name is tony giles and i'm totally blind and severely deaf in both ears. now were moving. i can feel the wind in my hair. i've spent the last 21 years travelling. i've visited over 120 countries. every continent in the wor