h, , firefighters tackling a fire at somerset house. ~ u, , ., somerset house.se. we can see quite a lot of smoke from the _ somerset house. we can see quite a lot of smoke from the building. - lot of smoke from the building. let'sjoin our lot of smoke from the building. let's join our correspondent over there. this let's join our correspondent over there. �* , let's join our correspondent over there. a , ., ., there. as you said, there is around a hundred — there. as you said, there is around a hundred firefighters _ there. as you said, there is around a hundred firefighters here - there. as you said, there is around a hundred firefighters here if - a hundred firefighters here if tackling this blaze at somerset house. we know that around 15 fire engines have been deployed, including from soho some of the surrounding areas. the metropolitan police say that there are no reported injuries. what we do know is that the london fibre great said it receiving reports of these incidents —— make their london fire brigade said it started receiving reports of this is a dent

irate somerset house trust told us what he knew. ~ ~' ., somerset house trust told us what he knew. ~~' ., knew. we know very little. we know that about midday, _ knew. we know very little. we know that about midday, a _ knew. we know very little. we know that about midday, a fire _ knew. we know very little. we know that about midday, a fire was - that about midday, a fire was spotted — that about midday, a fire was spotted in one corner on the third floor— spotted in one corner on the third floor of— spotted in one corner on the third floor of the — spotted in one corner on the third floor of the west wing. the building was immediately evacuated, the london — was immediately evacuated, the london fire brigade called, who came very quickly — london fire brigade called, who came very quickly. everybody is safe, there _ very quickly. everybody is safe, there are — very quickly. everybody is safe, there are no valuable artefacts or artworks — there are no valuable artefacts or artworks ih — there are no valuable artefacts or artworks in that part of the building, and for now, we want to l

and for now, somerset house remains closed to the public. we'll keep watching somerset house.eam coming off the top of the building... smoke i should say, coming off the top of the building. the fire brigade is watching and final checks are being made to ensure it does not reignite. now, to india... we are... we are reporting on the strike in india, the medical strike where medics have gone on strike in support of a woman who was raped and killed, one of their colleagues in the hospital in delhi. our correspondent, archana shukla, has more from mumbai. now, the largest doctors grouping, which is the indian medical association, hasjoined into the protest. so today, 24 hours of nationwide strike. the first, such where both government as well as private health care institutions will stop all non—emergency services. so all your elective surgeries as well as outpatient departments in both government and private hospitals will be closed today. and that is a mark of protest and literally amping up the protest to put pressure both on the investigative agency as well as the government

the sun shines all night here in somerset. it's fabulous . somerset.ook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news >> good evening. here's your gb news. weather update from the met office . most of today's met office. most of today's showers are going to ease and clear away as we go through this evening and overnight, but our attention is turning to a weather system that is out in the atlantic and is actually the remnants of hurricane ernesto. it's heading towards the uk and is going to bring some wet and windy weather to northwestern parts tomorrow. but for the time being, like i said, many of today's showers will be easing, some continuing though, especially across parts of scotland and western parts of england and wales. otherwise, a lot of dry and clear weather around. and with those clear skies, temperatures turning a little bit on the cool side, particularly towards the east southeast, towards the north and west, a bit more cloud here and some brisk winds. so temperatures holding up that little bit higher perhaps as we go through tomorrow mo

now, don't forget, somerset house is an historic institution. it dates back centuries.ue. it is home to the courtauld gallery, which houses 5everal priceless pieces of art, including by van gogh and monet, amongst others. but we were speaking to the director of the somerset house trust, who told us that the area in which the fire broke out, that was actually different to where the artwork is housed. so those concerns have been allayed. but as you say, the efforts are still going on to contain this fire. and for now, somerset house remains closed to the public. 0pening weekend of the premier league, 5ix 0pening weekend of the premier league, six games on saturday, arsenal have started their campaign with a win at home to wolves, the arsenal manager says they should have scored more at the emirates. kai havertz got the opener. and bukayo saka added a lovely second after the break, a trademark finish from him, cutting in5ide from the right, beating the wolves keeper at his near po5t. right, beating the wolves keeper at his near post. i right, beating the wolves keeper at h

somerset house is an historic site dating back centuries.rts venue and is home to the courtauld gallery, which houses priceless artworks including by van gogh, claude monet and paul cezanne. those artworks are believed to be safe. it's too early to comment on the building's condition, but i think thanks to the efforts of the emergency services, i'm confident that the damage is to one small part of the building. the venue will remain closed until further notice, but the courtauld gallery will reopen to the public today. noor nanji, bbc news. and noorjoins me now live from somerset house in central london. what the situation there? it's a lot auieter what the situation there? it's a lot quieter here _ what the situation there? it's a lot quieter here today _ what the situation there? it's a lot quieter here today as _ what the situation there? it's a lot quieter here today as we _ what the situation there? it's a lot quieter here today as we were - quieter here today as we were hearing their many firefighters were sent to tackle the blaze yest

and for now, somerset house remains closed to the public.attling a strong forest fire in the resort city of izmir. ii helicopters and two water bomber planes are dousing hot spots, trying to contain the fire, which has burnt across 1,600 hectares of land. hundreds of people were evacuated during the night as the blaze spread to residential areas. there are six other fires in cities across turkey. hurricane ernesto is passing over the island of bermuda in the north atlantic, bringing a risk of serious flooding. the category1 storm was downgraded from the more serious category 2 but is still carrying powerful winds, with the potenial of a dangerous storm surge and up to 30 centimeters of rain. 60% of the population is reportedly without power. a cargo spacecraft has arrived at the international space station to deliverfood, fuel and other supplies for those on board, including two nasa astronauts stuck there for several months. the unpiloted spacecraft, named progress 89, successfully transferred about three tonnes of supplies. two nasa astron

somerset house is an historic site dating back centuries.e and is home to the courtauld gallery, which houses priceless artworks including by van gogh, claude monet and paul cezanne. those art works are believed to be safe. it's too early to comment on the building's condition, but i think, thanks to the efforts of the emergency services, i'm confident that the damage is to one small part of the building. the venue will remain closed until further notice, but the courtauld gallery we will reopen to the public tomorrow. noor nanji, bbc news. two cases of the disease known as mpox have been identified in sweden and pakistan. it comes as an outbreak of the new strain of the virus spreads across 16 countries in africa, where more than 500 people have died. aid agencies are warning of a shortage of vaccines and are asking wealthy countries to share supplies. the nhs says it has contingency plans in place, and anyone travelling to the affected areas is advised to get vaccinated. here's our heath correspondent sharon barbour. the nhs says it's gett

alex forsyth, bbc news, somerset.e weekend are still struggling to understand what happened. the spellow hub library in walton served one of the most deprived communities in the country. now, more than £230,000 has been raised to rebuild it, as phil mccann reports. this was the moment rioters tried to destroy the hub of this community. i seen it online, i seen flames, and the inside of our amazing building, so i was just devastated. and this is the spellow hub today. normally you would come here to borrow a book, get help from the council, go tojob workshops, and there were classes like, these, for children. they have had to move down the road. such a loss. kelly runs the classes. it is their sense of community, it is somewhere they can come and belong and just be children. we haven't got that much money in this community, so everything that we have we look after, so to see this is really shocking. the damage here might look devastating, but it is much less severe in the rest of this facility. there is still, as you c

the famous courtjudge of somerset house... lot of people around, staff, tourists, visitors to the gallery, there are no longer in the building, it is understood that there is no one in there right now. the site as i say, is currently closed but we is posted on social media, showing some of that smoke billowing over the thames, just to my left over there. traffic is always been impacted. this is a really busy area for them it is central london on a saturday afternoon. it is full of bars and restaurants. lots of people around. there are cordons around and people are being asked to avoid the area because of that thick smoke. we don't yet know what caused the fire, but we are going to get more information over the day. it is believed that the fire broke out in the west wing of the body and there was no artwork in the area. of course, it is a really historical and cultural site. it has masterpieces raging from the middle ages live aegis right to the 20th century. people are also very keen to say that the collection is also 0k to sa

somerset house is an historic institution dating back centuries. a gallery hosting several crisis pieces —— several priceless pieces of art. we spoke to the director of the somerset house trust to state that the area in which the fire broke out, that was actually different to where the artwork is housed. so those concerns have been allayed. efforts are still going on to contain the fire and for now, somerset house is close to the public. let's return now to our top story, lebanon says at least ten this people were killed in an israeli strike on a residential building in the southern city of nabitiah. we can cross live tojerusalem and wyre davies is there for us. the mood music is different from different sides, tell us we are. indeed, after two days of preliminary talks in qatar there was a very positive communique issued talking about a framework for a future agreement and the americans responded saying this was the best chance we've had in some time for peace. antony blinken the secretary of state is due to arrive in the region at the end of the

the courtauld gallery at somerset house has reopened. people have been injured after a ferris wheel caught fire at a music festival in eastern germany. videos show two carriages on the wheel alight, with smoke billowing into the air near the city of leipzig. 18 people were taken to hospital including one person who was injured in a fall and four people with burns. the cause of the fire is still being investigated. one of the onion—shaped domes on the roof of brighton's royal pavilion is at risk of collapsing because of rot. workers discovered the decay during routine maintenance. they say it'll cost £20,000 to fix, but as chrissie reidy reports, the organisation still needs to raise half the money. built some 200 years ago, the royal pavilion�*s onion—shaped domes have dominated brighton's skyline, but following recent restoration work on the building's roof, substantial damage was discovered on one of the domes. it's a combination of moisture getting in, you can see how friable this timber is. yeah, rotten, aren't they? and therefore th

alex forsyth, bbc news, somerset.n email inbox, set up to allow women to report incidents of violence and abuse. sadie hopkins, who was kidnapped and imprisoned in her own home by a former partner, reported a restraining order breach to west mercia police online, but did not receive a response. the bbc�*s west midlands investigations team found that the website had not been routinely monitored for nine months. the police admitted that 26 emails were received, but remained unread. the oldest one dated back to september 2023. of those emails, six required further action. west mercia police says a dedicated officer has now been allocated to monitoring the inbox. our reporter tracey higgins has more. nine years ago, sadie hopkins was kidnapped and imprisoned in her own home by herformer partner, after he turned up unexpectedly one night. i was just waiting for the knife to plunge. waiting to feel that sensation of being stabbed. he made me get on my hands and knees, and he shut all the curtains, locked all the doors. i ha

indeed, because i've come to polluted somerset, where there is somerset, where there is no sun.n a loop. you've promised me sun. i put on factor 50. and i think i'm going to return with scurvy. this lack of vitamin d. but i bought you made from my urban conurbation, brixton . from urban conurbation, brixton. from fruit sourced in the inner city. some crab apple and bramble jelly for your many children. >> well, i hope for me too, because i absolutely love crab apples. >> and we've got some in the garden to get your vitamins up due to a lack of sunshine. >> there's lots of sunshine in somerset. >> everyone knows the sun always shines in somerset. thank you to usherin shines in somerset. thank you to usher in a moment, we will discussing the future the white house. will kamala harris succeed in welcome back. where we were talking about overseas aid and deportations, and the male morgues have been steaming in. amy says jacob, the tories had 14 years to leave the refugee convention and the acre. why didn't they? good question . and didn't they? good question. and tony says tesla's b

indeed, because i've come to polluted somerset, where there is somerset, where there is no sun.n a loop. you've promised me sun. i put on factor 50. and i think i'm going to return with scurvy. this lack of vitamin d. but i bought you made from my urban conurbation, brixton . from urban conurbation, brixton. from fruit sourced in the inner city. some crab apple and bramble jelly for your many children. >> well, i hope for me too, because i absolutely love crab apples. >> and we've got some in the garden to get your vitamins up due to a lack of sunshine. >> there's lots of sunshine in somerset. >> everyone knows the sun always shines in somerset. thank you to usherin shines in somerset. thank you to usher in a moment, we will discussing the future the white house. will kamala harris succeed in welcome back. where we were talking about overseas aid and deportations, and the male morgues have been steaming in. amy says jacob, the tories had 14 years to leave the refugee convention and the acre. why didn't they? good question . and didn't they? good question. and tony says tesla's b

somerset house is an historic site dating back centuries.rts venue and is home to the courtauld gallery, which houses priceless artworks, including by van gogh, claude monet and paul cezanne. those artworks are believed to be safe. it's too early to comment on the building's condition, but thanks to the efforts of the emergency services i am confident that the damage is to one small part of the building. the venue will remain closed until further notice, but the courtauld gallery will reopen to the public today. french film star alain delon has died at the age of 88. the actor was part of the golden era of french cinema, known for his tough—guy persona on screen in hits including the samurai and borsalino. his family say he died peacefully at home, surrounded by his children and family. once described as the most beautiful man in the movies, delon starred in hits from the 19605 onwards. earlier i spoke to the entertainment reporter and radio times columnist caroline frost and asked her what his most defining performances had been. i guess of

somerset refreshes the part other counties cannot reach. state of the nation starts now . the nation starts now. holding the state of the nation flabellum for this evening is the telegraph columnist and restaurant critic friend of the programme, william sitwell. as ever , i always want to know what ever, i always want to know what you think. send in those mail moggs mail @gbnews .com. but now it's one of your favourite parts of the day. the news bulletin with sophia wenzler. >> jacob. thank you. good evening from the gb newsroom. it's just gone 8:00 your top story this hour. british it's just gone 8:00 your top story this hour . british tech story this hour. british tech tycoon mike lynch and his daughter are among six tourists missing after a luxury yacht sankin missing after a luxury yacht sank in a tornado off the coast of sicily. the british registered 56 metre bayesian had 22 people on board when it went down after being struck by the tornado, a body believed to be that of the vessel's cook has been found . divers are now been found. d

live from god's own county of somerset on state of the nation.urported party of service, has shown its true colours of cronyism. news this weekend has revealed that cabinet ministers received nearly half a million pounds from the unions before offering them massive pay rises . them massive pay rises. meanwhile, has the home office breached international and domestic law by referring to more than 1000 people who were arrested as criminals, potentially breaching the right to the presumption of innocence. the labour party's obsession with the workers right to be an idler could lead to the end of the office party, to not mention the office party, to not mention the risk that the policy could cost firms thousands in compensation claims. there'll be much more to get into than all that. and just remember in somerset, where the sun shines brighter, the television is also twice as invigorating as anywhere else. somerset refreshes the part other counties cannot reach. state of the nation starts now .

somerset refreshes the part other counties cannot reach.he nation starts now. holding the state of the nation flabellum for this evening is the telegraph columnist and restaurant critic friend of the programme, william sitwell. as ever , i always want to know what ever, i always want to know what you think. send in those mail moggs mail @gbnews .com. but now it's one of your favourite parts of the day. the news bulletin with sophia wenzler. >> jacob. thank you. good evening from the gb newsroom. it's just gone 8:00 your top story this hour. british it's just gone 8:00 your top story this hour . british tech story this hour. british tech tycoon mike lynch and his daughter are among six tourists missing after a luxury yacht

somerset house is an historic site dating back centuries.to the courtauld gallery, which houses priceless artworks including by van gogh, claude monet and paul cezanne. those art works are believed to be safe. it's too early to comment on the building's condition, but i think, thanks to the efforts of the emergency services, i'm confident that the damage is to one small part of the building. the venue will remain closed until further notice, but the courtauld gallery we will reopen to the public tomorrow. noor nanji, bbc news. performers working in the games industry have spoken of their distress at being asked to work on explicit content without notice, including scenes featuring sexual assault. sex scenes are common in modern games — and are often made by filming human actors who are then digitised into game characters. robbie taylor hunt, an intimacy director and coordinator for both stage and screen, weighed in on this topic for us. yes, it is really sad and shocking to see that these kind of things are happening. 0bviously, actors want

somerset house is a historic site, dating back centuries.ude weight game volf, claude monie and paul cesuliene. those artworks are believed to be safe. it’s cesuliene. those artworks are believed to be safe.— believed to be safe. it's too earl to believed to be safe. it's too early to comment _ believed to be safe. it's too early to comment on - believed to be safe. it's too early to comment on the i early to comment on the building's condition but i think thanks to the efforts of the emergency services, i'm confident the damage is to one small part of the building. the venue will— small part of the building. the venue will remain _ small part of the building. the venue will remain closed until further notice but the gallery will reopen to the public today. noor nanji, bbc news. during the last 150 years, more than 80% of the dunes on the lancashire coastline have been lost. a project to secure them, using discarded christmas trees began in lytham in 2013, is starting to show promising results. our reporterjudy hobson can explain. these dune

i'm going to be zooming down the m4 to somerset as soon as we finished god save somerset .ook with boxt solar sponsors of weather on gb news >> evening. it's time for your gb news. weather forecast from the met office. looking further ahead and there will be some rain at times for many of us as we go through thursday and friday, but for the time being, we're changing to something a bit cooler, a bit blustery and a bit cooler, a bit blustery and a bit showery because there's an area of low pressure to the northwest of the uk and this is driving some showery bursts across parts of the uk for many central and eastern parts of england and also eastern scotland, it's actually going to be a largely dry night with some clear skies, but further west we have quite a few showers piling in and some of them could be a little bit on the heavy side. most notable, perhaps in the south will be the fresher feel to things. temperatures will be a good few degrees lower than they were last night, perhaps a bit more comfortable for sleeping. taking a closer look at first thing tomorrow morning,

now, injuries to stop or visitors have been reported. somerset has the same as for hosting arts events, as, as appeared in several blog posts, blockbuster films, indonesia, instead of writing its independence day 79 years since it broke free from dutch rule. the national flag is also being raised over the new capital city, new centera. indonesia is old capital jakarta is polluted and sinking into the ground, but the new city is still under construction and way over budget. this is independence day celebrations and indonesia look different than in previous years. that's because they were held into cities several times yesterday. the old capital chicata and the new one new son tava. symbolizing the stats of a slow tron side of political power would cost to the nation in split screen. chicata has been introduced as capital for 75 years, but it is set to slowly be replaced by the brand new city of new sentato on the item to borneo. on tv, new sentato appears shiny and new. but many questions still think about the viability of this 32000000000 dollar mega project away from the government bu

he made me say that of somerset.t's your show before i ask, what's your show tonight? jacob is your library racist ? my library show tonight? jacob is your library racist? my library is definitely not racist. >> and we did go and speak to some people in the great city of wales and asked them if they thought buildings were racist, and i'm afraid they thought it was a lot of old baloney. so we're going to be talking about that. we're going to be leading on the government saying that working from home is all great and presenteeism is a bad thing. so if you turn up to work, that's probably not popular with sir keir starmer and his troops. it's the idleness. the new idleness of new labour that we will be talking about. to start with. and then we've got one of somerset's leading baronet, sir benjamin slade , on last year he benjamin slade, on last year he was in search of an heir and wanted to see if he could get one. and lots of people mailed in to say they would like to help sir benji provide an heir, so we're going to g

and you want my weather report from somerset? well, i hear from peter.eed helena, that the weather in somerset is glorious and they're having a lovely time without me . lovely time without me. >> a brighter outlook with boxt solar, sponsors of weather on gb news >> good evening from the met office. here's your latest gb news, weather update. whilst there is still a bit of rain around for some of us across parts of the southeast, we're looking ahead to some hot weather tomorrow. that's because we're staying ahead of the front that's lingering across parts of the uk at the moment in the southeast, and so some warmer hot air pushing its way in, but where we're under the front as we go through this evening and overnight, there will be some more cloud and some rain. so particularly across parts of northern england, southern scotland, but also wales and the southwest. later on seeing some rain as well, also some patches of mist and fog here in the southeast because of that warmer, hotter air temperatures aren't going to drop a huge amount tonight. and in fact,

fire crews fight a fire at the 18th century somerset house, a cultural centre in london. india's health ministry urges medics to end their strike over the rape and murder of a junior doctor in kolkata. the african union confirms more than 18,000 mpox cases have been detected in 13 countries across the continent this year. and after ukrainian troops destroy a strategically important bridge in russia's kursk region, moscow attacks the border city of sumy. hello. lebanon says at least ten people were killed in an israeli strike on a residential building in the southern city of nabatieh. the lebanese state news agency says two children were among those killed. israel said it was targeting a hezbollah weapons depot. lebanese media say hezbollah has fired more than a0 rockets into northern israel in retaliation. also on saturday, hospital officials say an israeli strike in central gaza killed at least 15 people. they say a house and warehouse sheltering displaced people was hit. as the fighting continues, ceasefire and hostage release talks continue in qatar. wyre davies report

, at somerset house in central london.here that you can see. these are pictures that you can see. these are pictures that we have now posted on social media. the big raid, the london fire brigade, says that its control officers have taken over, reporting the fire. first received at 1159 this morning, crews from soho, delegate, islington and surrounding fire stations are attending the scene. we will have more on that throughout the day here on bbc news. now, it is time for the weather with simon king. hello again, your weekend started off on a relatively quiet note with some winds but certainly perfect conditions for the balloon festival getting under way earlier on this morning. lots of dry weather and lots of sunshine around for many of us particularly towards the south and south—east. throughout the afternoon, elsewhere the cloud will increase but there will still be some sunny spells. possibility of one or two showers into scotland and northern ireland, coming into northern england and perhaps north wales, as well, but

wejust one driving into the main courtyard in the middle of somerset house, but other than that, themerset house itself remains closed until further notice, but earlier today, around 10am, the gallery reopens to the public. that gallery houses a lot of priceless artwork, including by van gough and claude money. i was in there a little earlier, checking it out, and it does look absolutely fine in there. there were some tourists milling around, and the artwork seems absently fine. it appears to have broken out in a different part of the building, mostly home to things like offices and storage, and not the artwork. as i say, everyone inside of the building was also safe. they were evacuated as soon as these reports came out. there is still a presence here today as crews are trying to work out what actually happened and investigate the cause of this fire, which at this moment is still not known. we will bring you that when we get it. known. we will bring you that when we aet it. . ~ known. we will bring you that when we aet it. ., ~ i. , known. we will bring you that when weaetit. ., , .

a fire at somerset command unit. been contained after around 125 firefighters were called to tackle the blaze. priceless artworks , including a van gogh artworks, including a van gogh painting, have not been damaged and are all public are now safe after the fire ripped through the roof of the historic building earlier , somerset house building earlier, somerset house will remain

i don't know, near a big city like north east somerset, perhaps .isn't the tate gallery, the site of the old millbank prison, which was a panopticon which i think didn't, in the end, work. anyway, that's enough, archaeological architectural history for the moment. thank you to my panel. in a moment we'll be looking at how this labour government will destroy the economy with tax rises. ha! just what you've been waiting for welcome back. we were talking about crime, and the male moggies have come steaming in, james says. i think that we should take inspiration from singapore deterrence works and lee kuan yew proved it. very interesting point read. lee kuan yu's memoirs if you want to understand why he was so convinced deterrence worked, what he saw with his own eyes. it's really, eye opening . jenny. it's really, eye opening. jenny. surely it's time to decriminalise drugs to free up prisons. yeah. jenny. up to a point, lord copper, if you simply say things aren't crimes, then i suppose you can empty prisons. but how far do you go on that ? well, we're

a fire at somerset command unit. been contained after around 125 firefighters were called to tackle the blaze. priceless artworks , including a van gogh artworks, including a van gogh painting, have not been damaged and are all public are now safe after the fire ripped through the roof of the historic building earlier , somerset house building earlier, somerset house will remain closed until further nofice will remain closed until further notice as investigations into the fire that damaged the roof is conducted . in other news, in is conducted. in other news, in ireland, a teenage boy has appeared in court charged over the stabbing of an army chaplain outside renmore barracks. a 16 year old boy, who cannot be named due to his age, has been remanded in custody. gb news home and security editor mark white, has more. >> this short court hearing gave us the firmest indication yet of an apparent terrorist motivation to this attack outside the irish army barracks on thursday evening. the suspect, a 16 year old boy, accordin

somerset house is an historic site dating back centuries. including by van gogh, claude monet and paul cezanne. those artworks are believed to be safe. it's too early to comment on the building's condition, but i think thanks to the efforts of the emergency services, i'm confident that the damage is to one small part of the building. the venue will remain closed until further notice, but the courtauld gallery will reopen to the public today. noor nanji, bbc news. one of the onion—shaped domes on the roof of brighton's royal pavilion is at risk of collapsing because of rot. workers discovered the decay during routine maintenance. they say it'll cost £20,000 to fix, but as chrissie reidy reports, the organisation still needs to raise half the money. built some 200 years ago, the royal pavilion's onion—shaped domes have dominated brighton's skyline, but following recent restoration work on the building's roof, substantial damage was discovered on one of the domes. it's a combination of moisture getting in, you can see how friable this timber is

somerset house is an historic site dating back centuries.d to be safe. it's too early to comment on the building's condition, but i think thanks to the efforts of the emergency services, i'm confident that the damage is to one small part of the building. the venue will remain closed until further notice, but the courtauld gallery will reopen to the public today. noor nanji, bbc news. thousands of residents in newtonwards in northern ireland have had to leave their homes following the discovery of a suspected world war two bomb. police in county down say it was found at a building site at the rivenwood housing development on friday. lynsey telford has the latest. an otherwise sleepy housing development, but what has been unearthed has sent shock waves. a suspected world war ii bomb. more than 400 homes were forced to evacuate as army personnel piled sand onto the device, with a view to carrying out an explosion. some were worried about the potential that might have on the homes around it, including one future owner. of course i'm worried, but

your magnificent pile there in somerset. what's on your menu ? somerset. what's on your menu? working from home, so i thought it only suitable to talk about working from home and the government's ridiculous idea that this may actually increase productivity and that presenteeism is bad . and that presenteeism is bad. being present for your job is a being present for yourjob is a good thing. the current government wants to pay people more, to do less , and it's more, to do less, and it's making public services more expensive for the taxpayer, but also providing less good service. i'm going to be talking about that. and also as you were talking about, i'm following in your footsteps. can buildings be racist ? and i went to the nearby racist? and i went to the nearby city of wales and asked a few people what they thought. not many people think buildings can be racist. >> how can a building be racist if such a thing is possible ? if such a thing is possible? >> well, it's the most wonderful nonsense . but again, you've got nonsense. but again, you've got these strange bodies, left

somerset house is an historic site dating back centuries.he courtauld gallery, which houses priceless artworks, including by van gogh, claude monet and paul cezanne. those artworks are believed to be safe. it's too early to comment the building's condition, but thanks to the efforts of the emergency services i am confident that the damage is to one small part of the building. the venue will remain closed until further notice, but the courtauld gallery will reopen to the public today. around a50 households in county down in northern ireland have been urged to evacuatr after a suspected world war ii bomb was discovered at a building site nearby. residents have been told that making the bomb safe could take five days, or longer. the predicted rise in sea levels due to global warming has focused attention on measures that can be taken to protect coastlines. sand dunes play a key role in providing a natural line of defence, but many are threatened. yet a project in the north of england to secure them using christmas trees is showing promising res

somerset house building earlier, somerset house will remain closed until further nofice will remain closedntil further notice as investigations into the fire that damaged the roof is conducted . in other news, in is conducted. in other news, in ireland, a teenage boy has appeared in court charged over the stabbing of an army chaplain outside renmore barracks. a 16 year old boy, who cannot be named due to his age, has been remanded in custody. gb news home and security editor mark white, has more. >> this short court hearing gave us the firmest indication yet of an apparent terrorist motivation to this attack outside the irish army barracks on thursday evening. the suspect, a 16 year old boy, according to the court, appeared to have a radical islamist mindset and possessed material linked to the islamic state terror group. the victim , state terror group. the victim, father paul murphy, was returning to the barracks in his car when he was confronted and stabbed. multiple times. security cameras recorded 20 separate stabbing movements. he suffered multiple deep lacerations . the teenager has

a fire at somerset command unit. a fire at somerset house in central london has been contained after around 125 firefighters were called to tackle the blaze. priceless artworks , including a van gogh artworks, including a van gogh painting, have not been damaged and are all public are now safe after the fire ripped through the roof of the historic building earlier , somerset house building earlier, somerset house will remain closed until further nofice will remain closed until further notice as investigations into the fire that damaged the roof is conducted . in other news, in is conducted. in other news, in ireland, a teenage boy has appeared in court charged over the stabbing of an army chaplain outside renmore barracks. a 16 year old boy, who cannot be named due to his age, has been remanded in custody. gb news home and security editor mark white, has more. >> this short court hearing gave us the firmest indication yet of an apparent terrorist motivation to this attack outside the irish army barracks on thursday ev

somerset. jacob, are you there? >> i am here, thank you very much. yes.rset, where if there's rain, it's a figment of the imagination . imagination. >> what's on your show tonight, jacob? >> what am i going to be talking about , the free movement being about, the free movement being brought back by the back door by the labour government that they clearly want to cosy up to the eu. they don't dare rejoin because they'd never win. but they want to try and get back in by stealth, possibly even getting ollie robbins in as the cabinet secretary. and then we see one of the big advantages today in that we're allowed to have an alzheimer's drug, which the americans are allowed to have, but the eu won't because it doesn't like having any risk at all and stops people having potentially life saving drugs. so it's a real benefit of brexit that we've seen today. so that's the first subject. and i've got stanley johnson with me, who's going to talk to me about all sorts of things, not least going on the marco polo trail and riding on a yak. >> that sounds extraordinary

~ �* , ., ., may have seen somerset house on film? ~ �*, ., ., ., ., film?re's a lot of love for the building. plenty - film? well, there's a lot of love for the building. plenty of- film? well, there's a lot of love i for the building. plenty of people here admiring it even though they can't get in and look at the inside. it used to be stately home and queen liz first lived here as a princess before she became queen. she was mentioned —— it featured in many films, such as love actually, two james bond films and even the 2008 film, the duchess. people come here for the artwork, music gigs and at christmas time people come here for theice christmas time people come here for the ice rink. people weren't here for that today. but people wanted to get in and plenty of disappointed faces and a lot of hope that people can get a good look inside. find faces and a lot of hope that people can get a good look inside. and find out what caused _ can get a good look inside. and find out what caused it _ can get a good look inside. and find out what caused it in _ can get a

here at this centre in somerset the rspca say they have seen a 10% increase since the start of this yearmillion a month on private boarding facilities, so as a charity the rspca doesn�*t put healthy, rehomeable animals to sleep, so we are really fighting for space. so here at our rspca centre, the guys have got more than 100 animals in their care here and we are full to bursting point at our centres. hello. back at ferne, there is good news. it looks as ifjackson, this ten—month—old border collie, is getting a new family and a new home. the message from charities is to adopt rather than buy a pet. so, do you like him then? yee — we re were awaiting the results of a race at the olympics at the moment. the coxless women�*s. team gb are closing in on the finishing line, just under 100m now. they were in second position, the silver position earlier, and we�*rejust position, the silver position earlier, and we�*re just waiting position, the silver position earlier, and we�*rejust waiting i don�*t know if we�*ll have time to bring you that...? yes, they have got it! the women�*s coxless four f

fire crews fight a blaze at the culture and arts centre, somerset house, in central london.h urges doctors to end their strike protest, promising to look urgently at their safety following the rape and murder of a junior doctor at a kolkata hospital. the african union's health agency confirms more than 18,000 mpox cases have been detected across thirteen countries this year. and after ukrainian troops destroy a strategically important bridge in russia's kursk region, russia attacks the border city of sumy.

and an investigation begins into what sparked a fire at london's historic somerset house.

. >> fire breaks out at london's iconic somerset house. now london's premiere cultural center, flames and smoke could be seen billowing out of the roof as more than 120 firefighters work to fight the blaze, the building was also once home to the royal navy. a gallery inside houses vincent van gogh's self-portrait, but some are somerset house says the fires started. representatives of the somerset say the fire started in the west wing of the building where officers are located? staff, and public got out safely. the cause still unknown alright. three months away now from election day and attacks are ramping up on both sides and increasingly, both vice presidential candidates have also come under fire for their military service. cnn's sara murray has more it's a in ameri after 911, i did with thousands of other young men my age did, and that time of soaring patriotism and love of country by enlisted in the united states marines two men who enlisted in the military for 24 years. >> i proudly wore the uniform of this nation now vying for the vi

fire crews fight a fire at the 18th century somerset house, a cultural centre in london.a junior doctor in kolkata. the african union confirms more than 18,000 mpox cases have been detected in 13 countries this year. after ukrainian troops destroy a strategically important bridge in russia's kursk region, moscow attacks the border city of sumy. hello.