simon gompertz, bbc news, southend.r the first time in 25 years. our sports correspondent andy swiss is at the national course just outside paris. welcome, this is where the first morning of the ryder cup has been predictably dramatic. it has been tight, tense, and it has ultimately belonged to the us. they lead europe 3-1 belonged to the us. they lead europe 3—1 after the morning session. even before sunrise they gathered in the thousands, a peaceful provisioning morning, but not for long. —— parisien morning. the first hole, your‘s players were cranking up the volume, the team and their fans united in decibels. the us were also in bullish mood. this is the biggest grandstand in ryder cup history, and the result was suitably sporting. 5000 around the first tee. electric. fantastic. best experience ever. amazing. i've never been to a ryder cup before and it is really fantastic. really enjoyable. you can hear all of the excitement. and this was what they had been waiting for, justin rose and john brahm, the first pair ou

you can see our bricks of rain, some heavy, gradually sinking southend east but for much of wales, central 40—50 a long irish sea coasts and in the north of scotland, but mild generally, following two below 14, ii celsius. this band of rain will slowly we moving south eastwards. cloudy with the drizzle at times for the western isles. a good deal of sunshine across south—east england with cloud across here, bringing the spot of rain. again quite breezy. when is not as strong as overnight, quite gusty in the western isles of scotland. temperatures tomorrow generally between 17 and 23 celsius. bye—bye. hello, this is bbc news with martine croxall. the headlines: 14 people have died in a massive storm in the northern philippines. it's the strongest typhoon so far this year, with 20—foot storm surges. in the us, tropical storm florence is causing catastrophic flooding on the east coast — five people have died, as forecasters warn that storm surges remain a dangerous threat.

david: you have a district that includes more than southend east hampton, but it does include those,eeing an effect on property values? is that reflected on some of your constituents? are they upset because property values are going down? >> for suffolk county our property values have been going up. we are thing than going in the right direction. and there are other parts of the region where i have heard other numbers and other counties, but for my home county the numbers that are coming out are actually year-over-year property values increasing. he won by 50%ar of the vote, will you hold that kind of margin -- 58 percent of the vote, will you hold that type of margin? >> i encourage everyone to come out, we need the maximum amount of participation in the process. you cannot be all things to all people, and for some people involved in politics today try to do that in that's a big mistake. i'm confident we will do fine in november but that's the result of taking nothing for granted and making sure people show up. it's hard to predict what a percentage will be. our goal is to win with

simon gompertz, bbc news, southend. and she was asked if the us president would call a delay to the nomination process. the sex crimes prosecutor, whom the republicans asked to come in and do the questions for dr ford respectfully, and patiently, that she would never have enough evidence in the court of law to prosecute the fbi has conducted six vets, six successful vetera ns fbi has conducted six vets, six successful veterans of brett kavanaugh successful veterans of brett kava naugh throughout his successful veterans of brett kavanaugh throughout his career. he has raised his right hand many times taking oath to the constitution and swearing to uphold the law. the most recent battering —— vetting of brett kavanaugh happened this summer, with the letter that dr ford allegedly sent to democrats asking for anonymity. that result is on the desk of every democratic senator, they need to open it and look at it, they need to open it and look at it, they will not find anything on it that casts doubt except the most hardened p

simon gompertz, bbc news, southend. elon musk with fraud. financial authorities say that he deliberately misled investors earlier this year when he sent out tweets suggesting he wanted to take the electric carmaker back into private ownership. mr musk said the action was unjustified. shares in tesla plunged over 10% after the announcement. borisjohnson has set out his own plan for brexit, arguing that the uk should ditch the government's current plan and negotiate a canadian—style free trade deal with the eu instead. the former foreign secretary has written a newspaper article in which he describes theresa may's chequers strategy as "a moral and intellectual humiliation". his comments come as the conservative party prepares for its annual conference, which starts on sunday. there's a warning that people on low incomes are being pushed into poverty when they face criminal charges because of the restrictions placed on legal aid. the law society say those earning the minimum wage are finding themselves struggling to make p

we've gone from orkney, plymouth, southend to other places —— currently in stock.ic on this great building. they also presented a life lost in the first world war and that immediately takes you back 100 years to think about those men who went away from these shores to their fate in france and belgium and many other places all around the world. it keeps us talking about the first world war crucially. and thinking about it. exactly. a stunning sculpture, thanks for sharing. it is here until the 25th of november and we will find out later what happens next. thanks very much, a stunning piece of artwork, and it lives long in our minds and will continue to do so, of course. out here it has been raining. a few showers around, and if we take a look at the forecast for today, for many of you are bright and breezy day after a chilly start. we will see some rain for some. showers in north—west england, north—west midlands, north wales, but the most significant rain working southwards across eastern scotland. in the coming hours it is north and eastern parts of england who wi

from surrey docks farm in south east london. returned to their mothers. at the moment. for the a127 southendrm. away, but still the chance of a shower today. speeds, 40—50mph potentially through the day. celsius. through the afternoon and into the night time as well. and should be mostly dry. minimums between 13—15 celsius. still quite breezy, but wind falls a bit lighter overnight. tomorrow, quite a bit of cloud around. but again, the temperature holding in the low 20s. things turning rather unsettled. i'll be back with the latest in half an hour. now, though, it's back to lousie and dan. see you soon. and louise minchin. our headlines today... a move to break the deadlock on brexit. to improve its offer on the irish border. the government announces long term plans for more affordable homes. labour says it's not enough. clean me up, scotty. up rubbish in space. taking on the budget supermarkets at their own game. the likes of aldi and lidl. in sport... night at anfield. but spurs lose to inter. expected to bring widespread gales later. later. potential for damage and travel disruption. trav

and robin bevan is from southend high school for boys.utive of the institute of school business leadership, an organisation which represents the people in charge of finances in schools. thank you all of you forjoining us. starting with you, emily proffitt, we heard from you, emily proffitt, we heard from you a few moments ago saying you do several differentjobs because you don't have the money to pay for others to do it, what is a typical day like for you? it's hectic. i start the day at the door welcoming the children in and doing all the safeguarding elements, and then i will be checking e—mails and those sorts of things but everyday it changes. we are almost firefighting. as clem indicated we might have issues with premises that we have to deal with, i'm catering manager as well now, so that i can have a greater hold on what is happening on the spending with my kitchens, which is something i never thought i was doing as a headteacher. on top of all of that there is the safeguarding element which becomes priority. and recently i've also