raf chinook helicopters working flat out to shore up the tie—break reservoir again.task, we are getting asked to put a real position dropping go as low as he can. you can see the guys and girls taking time to get in there. because he also have to make sure it's not done too high, to put more stress on the dentist south. with a real risk that the collapsing the situation is not critical, the environment agency says there is still a danger to life. there has been a national response, chris coming from across the uk. in a meeting of governments emergency committee. it's not stabilised yet, and a huge amount of work is going on to enjoy that we do everything we can to protect communities of whaley bridge and their homes. this is the centre of their homes. this is the centre of the whaley bridge delicious morning, super quiet. this jogger went for a dawn accidentally found her self behind police lines. she found whaley bridge, it was anti—and vulnerable. homes were evacuated. were cordoned off. this is as far as you can go into whaley bridge, and everything beyond this is

an raf chinook helicopter now a familiar sight and sound here.sing sandbags to try to stop homes and businesses below the dam being engulfed. these were the scenes on wednesday outside margot graham's home. a stream turned to a torrent. within 2a hours she was one of the 1,500 people evacuated. she was allowed to return home today for 15 minutes to collect valuables. it was really, really bizarre. the whole of the road is blocked with bags of concrete. it's like a ghost town. we were advised by the police we were going in at our own risk and, yes, all right, it's a calculated risk, really. we sort of knew we needed to get things, we knew we had to do things and as long as you moved quickly... i was saying "listen" all the time because they told us if we hear three blasts on a horn we were to just run. bricks and mortar can be replaced, books can be replaced, cds can be replaced, furniture can be replaced, but if my grandmother's ring had just disappeared off in the water, that would be it. i could never replace that. millions of gallons of water

this is the same life, as the raf chinook helicopter is once again continuing its operations over the reservoir, as attempts are made to prevent water from exceeding the level. the prime minister visits whaley bridge and promises a "major rebuild" to make the dam safe. this is a major problem. if that dam goes, you know the potential disruption that can wreak on the whole of the village below. the home secretary tells criminals they should "literally feel terror" at the thought of breaking the law. the authorities in hong kong are preparing for a ninth consecutive weekend of protests. both pro—beijing and pro—democracy activists are preparing to hold simultaneous mass rallies. this is the scene in hong kong, as china's central government has issued increasingly stern warnings about unrest. coming up in dateline london, the panel assess what borisjohnson has achieved. that is at 11:30am, half an hourfrom achieved. that is at 11:30am, half an hour from now. very good morning reservoir, in derbyshire — which is threatening to burst through a dam and flood the town beneath it. attempts ha

and of course the dam has been shored up with aggregate being dropped from an raf chinook.ill don't have much clarity on when they will be allowed back into their homes. deputy chief fire officer, gavin tomlinson, has been working through the night with the teams pumping water out of the reservoir. hejoins us now from his home in the peak district. tell us about how the last 24 of us have been for you? long! i've been there all night with the crew and all the other agencies that have been working very, very hard throughout the night to put in place seven large external pumps. these are 12 inch pumps that you probably see in the background of some of the pictures. we have got seven of these up pictures. we have got seven of these up and running. they are moving an immense amount of water out of the reservoir and into the river. approximately five tonnes of water they were moving out of there at the moment. and we have got another five of these which we will be constructing throughout the day to add to those. and we also have high volume pump is working as well. 0nce we have

there is optimism because as you saw from the pictures in the report, the raf chinook has been droppinghey are not doing that this morning but they are on standby in case they are called back and of course, the high volume pumps have been removing water and back behind us so been removing water and back behind us so there is a lot of work being done to do that and they are optimistic that they are winning the tide and we heard an update not that long ago, to say, over one third of the reservoir ‘s contents have been removed and you can potentially see behind me have fought the water level has dropped because before you couldn't even see the base of those trees and now you can see their roots so they are making progress but the issue is, the complication is, this uncertainty over what the weather is going to be like this afternoon with the potential risk of the heavy rains which will hamper the heavy rains which will hamper the efforts to change the situation here and also, potentially, undo some of the work they've done to reduce water levels. really, despite all the precautions, prepar

an raf chinook helicopter picks up bags of aggregate. this is the third day of operations to save a dam and the town of whaley bridge. here, a crew member leans out to make sure the sandbags are dropped in exactly the sandbags are dropped in exactly the right place. the tenant helicopter still a strange sight in this small town. —— chinnock helicopter. these fire crews and pumps are working 2a hours a day to divert the 300 million gallons of the reservoir. we were here early hours on friday from west yorkshire. if you pan across, you can see the level of the stones. that was under water when we arrived. so, as you can see, it has quite visually come down. this is a major incident, make no mistake. whaley bridge would normally be packed on a summer holiday saturday, but today it's a ghost town. people who were forced to leave their homes are being allowed to return forjust 15 minutes to collect valuables, medication, and even their grandchildren's toys. we were told by police that we are going on at our own risk. all right, but it's a cal

this is the view from an raf chinook as it makes its way across the derbyshire countryside.he helicopter and dam must line up, each gravel bag dropped with precision. this is a battle which has been waged from the air, across the ground and in the water. the goal — to lower the reservoir level to the point where the dam wall is no longer under threat. this morning, after six days, they did it. and tonight, the first residents were allowed back in... it‘s good to be home. ..as a small pocket of whaley bridge was reopened. how much of a relief is it to be back now? a lot. so much. ifeel so much happier to be home. but, yeah, it‘ll good to be back in my bed! but the return hasn‘t been without problems. utilities have been cut off at some houses. all the freezer — they turned the power off the other night, so everything‘s gone. so, it‘sjust a nightmare. most of those whose homes were evacuated are spending another night away, but police promised them that as soon as it‘s safe, they‘ll be allowed back. how do you reassure residents that once they‘re back at home, they won‘t have

the raf chinooks have been up, what other techniques you will be using?ng advice from the royal engineers to see if they can build some kind of temporary hard standing so we can some kind of temporary hard standing so we can get additional pumps and around the reservoir. at the moment, we've got the maximum amount of high volume pump that we can physically fit in so we are looking at alternative ways to get additional pumps in. because our priority has been to reduce the amount of water going into the reservoir, which we have done in partnership with certainly the raf with the chinooks and mountain rescue, moving the sandbags. we have ten high—volume pumps moving around 70,000 litres of water a minute out of the dam. and we are in the process of putting some additional larger pumps in there with the assistance of the raf. the idea is if the engineers can assist us and it is a feasible task, they will perk —— put a temporary standing in there and bring the high—volume pumps in. we are standing by and ready to go should that be available. it is down to the

agency about the continuing operation that we have focused on so much in the last few hours and raf chinook 400 tonnes of aggregates trying to shore up that dam there that has split away, the break in the dam that you can see there, quite clearly from our pictures and again a good shot there that shows just how much the helicopters are having to drop to try to shore that up of course to try to save people's homes and businesses. about 1500 people moved out of the town of whaley bridge yesterday. tonight will be their second night out of their homes. the police have said it is dangerous, they must be moved out of the area as a precaution and we know that local people are in a briefing at the moment to explain more presumably about this operation but also more importantly for than the impact it is having on them and their wives. they cannot get to their wives. they cannot get to their homes or their businesses. and i guess they don't yet know how long they could be out. perhaps they have been given more details about that in the last little while. we have been talking to a structural engineer

raf chinook crews have been carefully dropping bag after bag in an attempt to hold back 300 million gallonshe fire service are also hoping to install more pumps over the weekend to reduce water levels. the dam was built in the 19th century and has a simple construction of clay surrounded by mud. in order to relieve pressure during torrential downpours, it was designed to allow water to flow over the top. but the flow on wednesday was so powerful, it damaged the structure. i must stress that the structural integrity of the dam wall is still at a critical level and there is still a substantial threat to life should the dam wall fail. so our plea is that we would ask for residents to continue to heed police advice and stay away from whaley bridge. but because many were made to leave so quickly, the authorities are now allowing one resident per household to return to their homes for 15 minutes to collect pets and other vital possessions. when everyone will return for good remains uncertain. jane—frances kelly, bbc news. speaking to bbc breakfast the environment minister therese coffey said that

raf chinook helicopters have been dropping sandbox to stabilise the wall of the dam around 1500 residents have evacuated from their homes. a swedishjudge saw the evacuated from their homes. a swedish judge saw the american rapper to be released until a verdict is reached. at 10pm there will be a full round up of the day's news but for us on bbc news in this episode of witness history, which contains scenes from the us may find distressing, we speak to a survivor of khmer rogue and the man who tried to find a cure for the common cold. hello and welcome to witness history history day here at the royal academy in london. today we present five extraordinary moments in history as told to us by the people who were there. coming up we need the scientist to try to find the cure for the common cold. the diver who discovered the lost plane belonging to the author of the little prince and the african man who ran away as a boy to live in the arctic. that first, it is a0 years since the end of the brutal regime of the khmer rogue and cambodia. around 2 million people are thought to have been killed un

and shore up the damaged part of the dam and you've seen in the past few days, the picture of the raf chinookh volume pumps have been brought in to try and reduce the level, you can see work going on behind me now, diggers and machinery continuing that work to try and reduce the water levels to a safe amount. emergency workers have been doing that throughout the night. our priority has always been to pump as much water out of the dam is possible because every bit of water we take out reduces the risk of the dam failing so we've taken around 35% of the contents of the dam out i'iow 35% of the contents of the dam out now and we are aiming to get down to around 25% where we think it's at a safe level. throughout the night, what we've done is concentrate efforts on making sure the pumps run to full capacity, that means the water level drops, the dam doesn't come down on straight sides, it comes on like this so we have to keep relocating the pumps further and further into make sure we get them working the most efficient way they can be. so, as you see, still a critical situation, 55 homes evacuate

raf chinook crews have been carefully dropping bag after bag in an attempt to hold back 300 million gallonswater. the fire service are also hoping to install more pumps over the weekend to reduce water levels. the dam was built in the 19th century and has a simple construction of clay surrounded by mud. in order to relieve pressure during torrential downpours, it was designed to allow water to flow over the top. but the flow on wednesday was so powerful, it damaged the structure. i must stress that the structural integrity of the dam wall is still at a critical level and there is still a substantial threat to life should the dam wall fail. so our play is that we would ask for residents to continue to heed, to heed police advice please advise and stay away from whaley bridge. but because many were made to leave so quickly, the authorities are now allowing one resident per household to return to their homes for 15 minutes to collect pets and other vital possessions. when everyone will return for good remains uncertain. jane—frances kelly, bbc news. well, let's speak to our reporter, stuart fl

this is the same life, as the raf chinook helicopter is once again continuing its operations over theley bridge and promises a "major rebuild" to make the dam safe. this is a major problem. if that dam goes, you know the potential disruption that can wreak on the whole of

you can see how dark it is here this evening, that raf chinook helicopter has been back in the last fewthe dam and it might have more operations to do tonight. some good news is that the weather has held off today, forecast thunderstorms in fa ct off today, forecast thunderstorms in fact bypassed the area, meaning there was pumps, they can still work at the same rate they have been doing for the last couple of days, bringing the water down by a couple of metres a day, so perhaps within 48 hours, we may be in a position where they can think about moving people back into their homes. a strike planned for tomorrow by members of the unite union working at heathrow airport has been suspended — with talks aimed at ending a pay dispute set to resume in the morning. the hope is that another walkout scheduled for tuesday can be prevented. 0ur transport correspondent tom burridge is at heathrow. what are the chances of that, tom? well, it's looking hopeful, mishal, i think the relief for the vast majority of people travelling from heathrow tomorrow, a small number of flights had already been canc

every resource available pumping the resource out of the reservoir using high—volume pumps and the raf chinookagain today to continue to shore up the defence, drop ballast, with the imminent or warnings it is still not quite long enough, the water level there. thank you very much. there are fears of more heavy rain and flooding in the area tomorrow. earlier i spoke to the bbc weather presenter stav da naos. we have seen showers on and off breaking out over the last few days. pressure trying to push into the atlantic, destabilised the atmosphere and produce more showers for the week and, even this afternoon but i think tomorrow we could see the more widespread. we could see the more widespread. we could see the more widespread. we could see showers, heavy thunderstorms often in the summer months where it is warm and humid, more energy in the atmosphere. obviously we are concerned that showers could arrive around parts of northern england and into the midlands, severe flood warnings for whaley bridge. a lower level yellow weather warning, bottom of the scale, from the met office for parts of cen

grout is being poured over the sand bags which were dropped onto the damaged section of the dam by raf chinooklise the dam. some people living near the dam are feeling optimistic. i'm no engineer so i don't know but i'm confident they've got the better of it and i think the amount they've got out of the reservoir now, i think even if they got a heavy rainstorm this afternoon, obviously some will go back in but i don't think it will go back into the levels that would bring it back up markedly. 1,500 people had to leave their homes in whaley bridge while last night 55 homes in horwich end were evacuated. there are also concerns for nearby marple. even people who have been allowed to remain in their homes are finding it stressful. we're stranded. there's little we can do. the driveway is full of emergency vehicles most of the time. we couldn't get out if we wanted to, let alone get back in. we are not going to leave because then we would have to find somewhere else to live. even if the dam holds, it will be some time before the area is back to normal, and nobody will be able to relax until the pr

as you mentioned, we had the raf chinook dropping ballast to plug that gap. if they were needed today, but there hasn‘t been a need for the tunic to return, and instead it has been more focused on reducing the levels. —— the chi nuke. to give you an idea, we had a update from the fire officer, saying they had managed to bring the water level from where it had been before down to about 65% of that. that is not enough, they said they need to bring it down to 25%. there is no need to bring it down to that level is because they are anticipating heavy rainfall and thunderstorms. a very uncertain and unsettled afternoon in whaley bridge, as if they haven‘t experienced enough over the last few days. armed wisely with a raincoat, i say, thank you very much. heathrow airport is holding last—ditch talks with unions in an attempt to avert strikes scheduled for monday and tuesday that could see 2,500 workers walking out in a row over pay. the airport has already cancelled 177 flights as a precaution, but some passengers say airlines have still not told them whether their

raf chinook helicopter is now a regularfixture in whaley bridge are continuing to drop bags of aggregateears. but there was relief for some yesterday, residents were allowed back into the deserted town for 15 minutes to collect essentials. we sort of knew we needed to get things, we knew we had to do things and as long as you move quickly and i would say listen all the time, because they told us if we here three blasts on the horn we were to just run. a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms and heavy rain is in place from the met office this afternoon. leaving this community to ask, when their nightmare might end? michael cowan, bbc news. sixty firearms have been found hidden in a car arriving in doverfrom calais. it's believed to be the largest seizure of lethal weapons at a uk port. a 37 year old man from dublin is due to appear in court on monday. two united airline pilots have been arrested at glasgow airport, for allegedly failing a breath test before boarding a flight to new york. the men, aged 45 and 61, have not been charged, but remain in custody and are expected to appear be

raf chinook helicopter is now a regularfixture in whaley bridge are continuing to drop bags of aggregatee was relief for some yesterday, residents were allowed back into the deserted town for 15 minutes to collect essentials. we sort of knew we needed to get things, we knew we had to do things and as long as you move quickly and i would say listen all the time, because they told us if we here three blasts on the horn we were to just run. a yellow weather warning for thunderstorms and heavy rain is in place from the met office this afternoon. leaving this community to ask when their nightmare might end. michael calman, bbc news. now it's time for a look at the weather with susan. hello. there will be spells of warm sunshine for many parts of the uk today, but that sunshine is going to act as energy to the afternoon, injected into the atmosphere in combination with the weather front moving across the uk we have the potential for heavy, thundery showers to develop, particularly across the north midlands, the north of england and scotland into the evening. further south, of england and scotl

raf chinooks, working flat—out to shore up the toddbrook reservoir dam. difficult task for cruise, we are asking for precision drops, we've got to get as low as we can, you can see the guys and girls are taking time to get in there because we've got to make sure it isn't done too high so we don't put more stress on the dam itself. tonight are the prime minister made his own helicopter journey flying prime minister made his own helicopterjourney flying in to meet displaced residents. nice to see you stop by to some seem to welcome the diversion on a difficult day but he was also heckled. this is a disgrace! boris johnson also met some of the emergency crews who have been working long hours. well, it is looking dodgy but stable is how i'd describe it. they've done an amazing job. as you can tell, the helicopters have brought in 400 bags of stone, huge, huge quantities of aggregate have gone into that hole and you still can't really tell the whole has been filled so there is a major, major structural problem with the dam. although it hasn't rained today, the

this is the view from an raf chinook as it makes its way across the derbyshire countryside.y time has to be as exact as the last. the helicopter and dam must line up, each gravel bag dropped with precision. this is a battle which has been waged from the air, across the ground and in the water. the goal — to lower the reservoir level to the point where the dam wall is no longer under threat. this morning, after six days, they did it. and tonight, the first residents were allowed back in... it's good to be home. ..as a small pocket of whaley bridge was reopened. how much of a relief is it to be back now? a lot. so much. ifeel so much happier to be home. but, yeah, it'll good to be back in my bed! but the return hasn't been without problems. utilities have been cut off at some houses. all the freezer — they turned the power off the other night, so everything's gone. so, it'sjust a nightmare. most of those whose homes were evacuated are spending another night away, but police promised them that as soon as it's safe, they'll be allowed back. how do you reassure residents that onc

this is the view from an raf chinook, as it makes its way across the derbyshire countryside. as exact as the last. the helicopter and dam must line up, each gravel bag dropped with precision. this is a battle which has been waged from the air, across the ground and in the water. the goal — to lower the reservoir level to the point where the dam wall is no longer under threat. this morning, after six days, they did it. and tonight, the first residents were allowed back in... it's good to be home. ..as a small pocket of whaley bridge was reopened. how much of a relief is it to be back now? a lot. so much. i feel so much happier to be home. but, yeah, it'll good to be back in my bed! but the return hasn't been without problems. utilities have been cut off at some houses. all the freezer — they turned the power off the other night, so everything's gone. it's just a nightmare. most of those whose homes were evacuated are spending another night away, but police promised them that as soon as it's safe, they'll be allowed back. how do you reassure residents that once they're back at

this is the view from an raf chinook as it makes its way across the derbyshire countryside.exact as the last. the helicopter and dam must line up, each gravel bag dropped with precision. this is a battle that has been waged from the air, across the ground and in the water. the goal, to lower the reservoir level by eight metres. that's below the point where the dam failed. this morning, after six days of effort, they did it. the water, now at target level but the displaced people of this community, not immediately allowed back home. if you've managed to get to that magic eight metre figure, why aren't people straight back into their houses? if we get further extreme weather events, it could fill very quickly so we need to make sure we got a resilient plan in place to make sure that the reservoir doesn't fill and if any water get into the reservoir we can pump it out. they have been moving further away from disaster with every gallon pumped through miles and miles of pipeline. a challenge so big that a new road had to be built to bring equipment in. the people of whaley bridge

raf chinooks have been dropping bags of sand and stone the emergency services say there is a "real risk" the dam could collapse. the structural engineer on site is very concerned about that, and, basically, the information we have had is we have to do something here because it is not going to go away on its own. more than 1,000 residents have been moved out of whaley bridge — experts say the situation is critical we'll have the latest from the scene — and talking to a structural engineer about the task ahead. the other main stories on bbc news at 5. i do hereby declare thatjane dodds is duly elected member of parliament for the said constituency. the liberal democrats win the brecon and radnorshire by—election. borisjohnson‘s effective majority in parliament is nowjust one. my very first act as your mp, when i arrive in westminster, will be to find mr borisjohnson, where ever he is hiding, and tell him cloud and clear, stop playing with the future of our communities. two holiday firms, with bookings from more than 50—thousand people, have ceased trading. england make stready progress in

we are using the chinook and the raf co—ordinated to dam up these inlets and at the same time get aseservoir as we can to take pressure off the dam wall. because there's still a real risk that it could collapse? yes, the structural engineeron site, he's very concerned about that and basically the information we have had is we have to do something here, because it's not going to go away on its own. meetings like this have been happening throughout the night and all through this morning. it's a really joined up operation here. right now the engineers are trying to clear land so they can put more water pumps in. the idea is if you can reduce the amount of water in the reservoir, it reduces the pressure on the dam. after the dam spillway partially collapsed yesterday afternoon, people living in whaley bridge were told to evacuate as the town could be flooded. most stayed with friends and family. some were put up in hotels. 0thers used camper vans. our house is about 30 feet from the river, so it's pretty risky really. so, i don't know if the dam went, i don't think we'd have a house, to

emergency services have been working overnight and the raf chinook helicopter has been working, droppinging water out of the reservoir. that was going on yesterday. we believe new pumps were installed overnight so that will continue into saturday. the water level has dropped by about half a metre thanks to all of the work from the emergency services, moving 4.2 million litres of water every hour with more pumps on the way. as we have seen in the weather forecast, tomorrow could be a tricky day as there are a showers and heavy rain storms forecast for the area. but we will of course give you the latest on all of that. we have lots of people we will talk to throughout the programme in terms of what they are doing, whether they have been evacuated or people actually trying to get the problem sorted and shore up to get the problem sorted and shore up the dam. and what happens over the next few days? the uk's telecoms industry has warned the prime minister must do more if he wants to keep his promise to deliver full fibre broadband to the whole of the uk by 2025. in an open letter, the heads

this is the view from an raf chinook as it makes its way across the derbyshire countryside.er and dam must line up, each gravel bag dropped with precision. this is a battle that has been waged from the air, across the ground and in the water. the goal, to lower the reservoir level by eight metres. that's below the point where the dam failed. this morning, after six days of effort, they did it. the water, now at target level but the displaced people of this community, not immediately allowed back home. if you've managed to get to that magic eight metre figure, why aren't people straight back into their houses? if we get further extreme weather events, it could fill very quickly so we need to make sure we got a resilient plan in place to make sure that the reservoir doesn't fill and if any water get into the reservoir we can pump it out. they have been moving further away from disaster with every gallon pumped through miles and miles of pipeline. a challenge so big that a new road had to be built to bring equipment in. the people of whaley bridge know that this is all to save

raf chinook helicopters working flat out to shore up the toddbrook reservoir dam.position drop, we have to get a real position drop, we have to get as low as we can, you get a real position drop, we have to get as low as we can, you can see behind us the guys and girls are taking a little time to get there because we have to make sure it is not done too high so we don‘t put too much stress on the dam itself. with a real risk of the dam collapsing, the situation is critical. the environment agency says there is still a danger to life. there has been a national response, gray is coming from across the uk and a meeting of the government‘s emergency committee. the uk and a meeting of the government's emergency committeem is not stabilised as yet in a huge amount of work is going on to make sure we do everything we can to protect the community is a huge amount of work is going on to make sure we do everything we can to protect the communities of weybridge and their homes. so, this is the ce ntre and their homes. so, this is the centre of whaley bridge village this morni

on friday the raf chinook were brought in to shore up the dam and fought to save the damaged reservoirom caving. on sunday police, the environment agency, and the canal and river trust continued their battle to release water from the reservoir, warning that there still remained a risk to life. around 20 residents chose to avoid advice from the emergency services across the weekend to evaucate their homes and go to the safe point at chapel en le frith high school and remained in their homes. by yesterday engineers had build two roads so that pumps could get closer to the dam and has successfully reduced the water by 5%. this afternoon it was announced that the water levels had been reduced by 10%, and that police cordons would begin to be removed. around 1500 residents who had left their homes because of fears the dam would collapse were told this afternoon that they can finally return home, with many businesses starting to open. well our correspondentjudith moritz joined residents as they returned. this is the moment the whole town was waiting for. without ceremony, roadblocks lifted,

this morning an raf chinook has been dropping tonnes of ballast in an attempt to protect whaley bridge0 people have been told to leave their homes. the police and the environment agency say there is a "real risk" the dam could collapse. a holiday firm which took bookings from more than 50,000 people has collapsed. super break specialised in organising city trips along with its sister company, the booking website laterooms.com. 0wners the malvern group said people who were currently on holiday might have to pay again. they said bookings through late rooms should be secure. the governor of the bank of england has warned that a no—deal brexit would result in an instant shock to the uk economy. mark carney said that items such as petrol and food would become more expensive and there'd be a further drop in the value of the pound. he's also rejected claims by senior conservative brexiteers that he's reviving project fear by warning about the negative effects of a no—deal brexit. donald trump is formally withdrawing the us from a treaty banning intermediate range nuclear missiles, prompting f

(tx in the past half hour, an raf chinook has been dropping tons of ballast in an attempt to protectir homes. the police and the environment agency say there is a "real risk" the dam could collapse. we will keep you up to date with the latest from whaley bridge throughout the programme. those pictures just into us of that chinook helicopter to prevent any water leaking, they are trying to remove some of the weight from behind the dam to make safe. the liberal democrats have won the brecon and radnorshire by—election, taking the seat from the conservatives and reducing borisjohnson's working majority in parliament to just one. 0ther pro—remain parties had stood aside to give the lib dems a better chance of winning. it was not a good night for labour, whose vote share dropped by more than 12% as they were beaten into fourth place by the brexit party. a holiday firm which took bookings from more than 50,000 people has collapsed. super break specialised in organising city trips, along with its sister company, the booking website laterooms.com. 0wners the malvern group said people who wer

the observer also has a brexit—related lead story, but its main picture is a dramatic image of an raf chinook and the sunday times reports that doctors have created a "revolutionary procedure" which can delay the menopause by up to 20 years. it's an ovarian transplant surgery which can take as little as 30 minutes. the writer and broadcaster robert meakin is here to tell us what's caught his eye. good morning. so if we are heading toa good morning. so if we are heading to a general election, he has hit the ground running. he certainly has. i think new premises are given a bit of grace because i know people who know borisjohnson will low them, but there are a lot of undecideds there, and i think you can get away with making these big broad policy statements in the first few days, because there is still something of a novelty, people will give you a hearing. i still think there will be a lot of people quite excited to see him as prime minister. the novelty soon wears off as we know, by the autumn, that novelty won't particularly be there. but now he is writing that wave, he can turn up, it look

the very latest pictures from whaley bridge, where an raf chinook is an action.re shortly with the bbc news at one, but first it's time for a look at the weather. the ongoing situation at whaley bridge with the severe flood warning. little or no rain falling today in this area, most places dry with some sunshine. but even in warwick, the cloud is increasing, and one or two showers possible. some cloud continuing to push into north—east england in south—east scotland, showers which will drift that down into the midlands, and perhaps all the way into the home counties. one or two showers further west, but few are in scotland and northern england than yesterday. many places dry, temperatures low to mid 20s. very pleasant in the sunshine if you have it, a bit of sunshine if you have it, a bit of sunshine at edgbaston for a day two of the ashes. looks like it should really be dry. if we catch a shower tomorrow, later on in the afternoon. any showers we have got late this afternoon into the evening will fade away, and we will have some breaks in the cloud. a little bit

the plan for the fire services to stop what is coming into the reservoir using the chinook and the rafo dam up those in lights, and of the same time to get as much water out of the reservoir as we can. there is still a risk it could collapse? yes, the structural engineer is very concerned about that. and basically, the information we have had is we have to do something here because it is not going to go away on its own. meetings like this have been happening throughout the night and all through this morning. it is a joined up operation. right now the operation —— the engineers are 21 more water pumped in. the idea is if you can reduce the amount of water in the reservoir, it reduces the pressure on the dam. after the dam spillway partially collapsed yesterday afternoon, people living in whaley bridge were told to evacuate is the time could be flooded. most stayed with friends and family. some were put up in hotels. others used camper vans. my houseis hotels. others used camper vans. my house is about 30 feet from the river, so it is pretty risky, really. i don't know, if the dam went,

three areas of operation, the chinook helicopter from the raf is dropping sandbags into the scabbardged section of the spillway. that is going well, 400 bags put in yesterday, in between each drop, we are putting grout into binder material, and additionally pumping significance amounts of water. the canal river trust contractors are pumping significant amounts of water out, we are building a slipway the reservoir to put more pumps on. the third area is, we are doing work to dumb offany third area is, we are doing work to dumb off any inlets into the reservoir. so no dumb off any inlets into the reservoir. 50 no more dumb off any inlets into the reservoir. so no more water dumb off any inlets into the reservoir. 50 no more water cancer in —— so no more reservoir. 50 no more water cancer in “ so no more water can reservoir. 50 no more water cancer in —— so no more water can flow in. how long before it is perfectly safe ? how long before it is perfectly safe? the latest information, residents may be at their home —— my out of their home up to 70. it is critical, we are not out of the wo

raf were called in. the famous pictures of chinook helicopters dropping bags of aggregate to try and plug the hole temporarilyange—looking yellow stuff, looks a bit like the foam you get from a diy shop, it's a kind of more sophisticated version of that. that is a temporary repair, though. of course what they have now got to do is work out how they can make this dam safe permanently. in the short term, what they have done is cut the water level down. they are going to keep it down with those pumps. underneath the pontoons there, you can see there are some giant pumps, the things with the blue ends on them. they can pump up to 250 litres a second, each pump, if they need to. they will employ those if the rain suddenly came back on and there was danger of the water level coming back in the reservoir. the canal & river trust, who are responsible for the dam and reservoir, say they are now completely satisfied that the town of whaley bridge is entirely safe, and they are carrying on work to first of all find out why the dam failed and then what they need to do to repair it, but it's going to be a very long proces