colin paterson, bbc news, southport.nifesto launch and the lib dem election pledges in about 15 minutes. if you want to see 100 days plus, you can see it in a moment on bbc four. i'm for the weather. it has been a tonne of england to catch up on rainfall today after some dry weeks. let's take a look at the radar and satellite rickshaws. underneath this band of rain, some we re underneath this band of rain, some were wet day. it is moving now. not eve ryo ne were wet day. it is moving now. not everyone had it in wales but most parts saw the rain. now across eastern england. it produced some particularly soggy weather that hung around all day. perhaps the gardeners do not expect something quite like this even though they needed the rain. farnborough in hampshire up to 36 millimetres, which is more than half a month was mat worth of rain falling in some spots in 24 hours. —— half a month's worth. this weather system is moving to the north sea overnight. heavy showers in northern ireland and north—west scotland. still a few

colin paterson, bbc news, southport. nick miller. if you wanted rain for the gardens it came, and then some! this is how it came, and then some! this is how it looked on the radar, heavy rain for some, rain all day long it looked on the radar, heavy rain forsome, rain all day long in it looked on the radar, heavy rain for some, rain all day long in two parts of wales, but westernmost areas of england and a large area of wales avoided most of the rain and stay dry. this is york when the rain set in, even heavier in dorset. looking at some of the rainfall totals, they are notching up. they will go upa totals, they are notching up. they will go up a bit further when it is raining, sunspots getting up to half month's worth of rain. heavy showers in northern ireland and north—west scotland, they will gradually fade to the evening but one or two will continue overnight. heavy rain across eastern parts of england, turning damp and drizzly behind that is the bulka pushes away into the north sea. a cooler night to come, sunspots

hagerstown southport winchester until 5:00, a flood warning. a lot of three inch rainfall totals. you can see the heavy rain has moved off and moving off the coast. we have our area mainly cloudy with a couple of showers to the west. a clear area before more showers and storms in the cincinnati area. a chance, not a high chance, over western portions of the area.& rainfall totals, wintergreen at 3.63 inches of rain. 2.5 inches in woodbine. temperatures are very cool. they will stay that way. west of town, sunshine will warm to the 70 degree mark and the rest of us will be about six feet with a light sprinkle or shower. a chance this afternoon that a couple of individual showers or thunderstorms could pop again but not a great chance. we expect more showers tomorrow. at her chance of scattered showers tomorrow as the wind shifts to the north-northwest. morning showers likely. cloudy and cool with a passing shower in the afternoon and evening. sunday, the promise of more sunshine. it may turn out to be a decent day, a little bit on the chilly side with highs above 60 the next severa

welcome to southport college. stu d e nts welcome to southport college.abies. the leader of the liberal democrats was here, talking to them about career ambitions. that coincides with what he is announcing today, if he was prime minister, he would lift the pay cap on public sector workers. the one cassette pay cap, affecting nurses, police, soldiers and teachers. he says the tories have blood on their hands at the moment. he wants to bring pay in line with inflation. he says that could result in teachers and nurses getting in excess £780 by 2021. vince cable, the former business secretary, said this earlier. our estimate based on what the government itself says, applying a higher pay rate, accounting for inflation, a cost 1.4 billion a year. we believe this is necessary, public sector pay it has been squeezed by inflation. difficult to recruit people into nursing, beginning of the police force. the teaching profession. to get around that recruitment problem, we have to approach public sector pay in a more positive way. tim farron left college, and will go

we have just come out of a short hearing here at the coroner ‘s court in southport and the reason fororoner, about the ashes being scattered on saddleworth moor. there was speculation over night about whether or not that was an instruction contained within ian brady's will. the court reconvened to day because brady's lawyer has beenin to day because brady's lawyer has been in touch and contacted the coroner's officer to say, this was untrue and there is no likelihood the ashes would be scattered on saddleworth moor. he wanted to confirm that would not happen but also the court might today because the details about what will happen to ian brady's body are still being dealt with and the coroner has asked for assurances that before it is released, there is an undertaker willing to accept the body and make arrangements and that assurance has not yet been given. merseyside police want there to be a delay in the release of ian brady's body because currently we know it's under police guard inside a butchery and they say that when it is released, it becomes the —— inside the mortuary and they

colin paterson reports from jean alexander's home town of southport.da 0gden. it's better than nowt, it'll do. and today, it went under the hammer. you can get rid of it, and yourself and all! jean alexander played coronation street's much loved gossip for more than 20 years. she died last october at the age of 90. her nieces were auctioning off her belongings. the star attraction is the pinny. of course. did you know she always had that? i didn't, really. when we came to tidy up her things, sadly after she died, i came across a parcel in a wardrobe with her handwriting on a little label. and when we looked into it further, it turned out that this was the first pinny and headscarf and curlers she'd used in the show. she'd taken them with her when she started in coronation street. and they belonged to my grandmother, jean's mother. there was online interest from italy and the us, but many had turned up to bid in person. everybody had an auntie or a nan or somebody like that. and shejust reminded you of a typical northern lady. well, i always put my own

colin paterson reports from jean alexander's hometown of southport.n nowt, it'll do. and today, it went under the hammer. you can get rid of it, and yourself and all! jean alexander played coronation street's much loved gossip for more than 20 years. she died last october at the age of 90. her nieces were auctioning off her belongings. the star attraction is the pinny. of course. did you know she always had that? i didn't, really. when we came to tidy up her things, sadly after she died, i came across a parcel in a wardrobe with her handwriting on a little label. and when we looked into it further, it turned out that this was the first pinny and headscarf and curlers she'd used in the show. she'd taken them with her when she started in coronation street. and they belonged to my grandmother, jean's mother. there was online interest from italy and the us, but many had turned up to bid in person. everybody had an auntie or a nan or somebody like that. and shejust reminded you of a typical northern lady. well, i always put my own curlers in myself, so tha

the assurance came during a coroner's court hearing this afternoon in southport.onth when his party, fine gael, elects a new leader to take over. he led the country through the economic crisis, but his position was weakened after last year's election which resulted in a minority coalition government. the former american soldier, chelsea manning — who was behind one of the biggest intelligence leaks in us history — has been released from military prison. the 29—year—old was expected to remain in jail until 2045, but president 0bama commuted her sentence just before he left the white house injanuary. 0ur correspondent, rajini vaidyanathan, reports from kansas. chelsea manning, seen here in herfinal days behind bars. held in an all—male prison, she won her fight to have surgery to transition to life as a woman. as she stepped out to a new life, she shared photos of the everyday things she's missed, like pizza. in a statement she said she was looking forward to so much. chelsea manning left the military prison here at fort leavenworth in the early hours of this mornin

the auction is taking place in her hometown of southport.in tv history. the curlers, the hairnet, and the pinny of hilda ogden. and it's going under the hammer this afternoon. you can get rid of it, and yourself and all! jean alexander played coronation street's much loved gossip for more than 20 years. she died last october at the age of 90 and today her nieces are auctioning off her belongings. the star attraction is the pinny. of course. did you know she always had that? i didn't, really. when we came to tidy up her things, sadly after she died, i came across a parcel in a wardrobe with her handwriting on a little label. and when we looked into it further it turned out that this was the first pinny and headscarf and curlers she had used in the show that she had taken with her when she started in coronation street. and they belonged to my grandmother. jean's mother. there has already been online interest from italy and the us, but many have turned up to bid in person. everybody loved hilda ogden, didn't they? you know, everyone had an aunt

they might lose carshalton and wallington, and southport as well.the other parties. chris cook. well, today, as ukip vowed to reduce net migration to zero, theresa may returned to the immigration policy of her predecessors. she repeated the conservative pledge of 2015 which promised, and failed, to reduce net migration to below 100,000. i think it is important that we continue, and we will continue to say that we do want to bring net migration down to sustainable levels. we believe that is the tens of thousands. and of course, once we leave the european union, we will have the opportunity to ensure that we have control of our borders here in the uk, because we will be able to establish our rules for people coming from the european union into the uk. that's a part of the picture we haven't been able to control before, and we will be able to control it. leaving the eu means that we won't have free movement as it has been in the past. so why is it back again? does it show renewed commitment? or a brazenly political need to talk about achieving it again

not so this afternoon at southport town hall where the local coroner raised a few important questions to the people looking after his estate and his affairs from now on. the most important one was that he wa nted the most important one was that he wanted a reassurance that ian brady's ashes would not be scattered here behind me on saddleworth moor under any circumstances. he believes it would be morally wrong to do so, said the coroner this afternoon. he said the coroner this afternoon. he said feelings are running high, particularly in the manchester area and he wanted to know what the intentions were going forward. he a lwa ys intentions were going forward. he always wanted to know —— also wanted to know that there was an undertaker prepared to take ian brady's body. another step at least as far as the coroner goes. he wants some information to come forward from those looking after ian brady's affairs. what there isn't a suggestion of, though, is ian brady left instructions at the end of his life in a will or some other document to say that is what he wanted. that doesn't appear to

we've been in ohio, in nashville, tennessee, and now southport, north carolina, because southport is as the north carolina queen there in wilmington just outside of port. so i can't wait to selfishly go down there and see my buddies and my friends and my family and meet a lot of viewers. so i can't wait. there are going to be military ceremonies, parades, all sorts of festivities. we want you to be part of it too. use the #proud american. tells what makes you proud to be an american and share pictures. brian: how does being outside america change your perspective on america, if at all. >> well, brian, what you know? watching the news here in australia, donald trump is the headline on pretty much every newscast. so it let's you know just how important, you know, we really are to the rest of the world and how important our alliances are. that's one thing that makes me proud to be an american is the strong alliance we have around the world like australia and at fleet week there in new york city where you guys are. the military coverage made me so much more of a proud american, i'm proud

for instance, southport and ormskirk, they are saying don‘t attend for surgery unless you hear otherwisether attackers tend to attack at times like this, saying download this to protect yourself from attack. if that happens, check with your it provider, with the desk, and make sure it is not another dodgy e—mail which will install a virus on your computer. theresa may will today promise the biggest expansion of workers‘ rights of any conservative administration, if her party wins the general election. the prime minister will outline a series of pledges, including worker representation on company boards and the legal right to take leave to care for family members. labour has dismissed the plans, saying mrs may is taking working people for fools. labour says it will spend an extra £37 billion on the nhs in england if it wins power. the party‘s new deal for the health service includes a pledge to take a million people off waiting lists, and to upgrade it systems following the cyber attack on the nhs. the conservatives said they were already increasing health funding. the new french presiden