at telford united, they _ this river ever known. ever known. at telford united, they were left _ this river ever known. at telford united, they were left with - this river ever known. at telford united, they were left with a - united, they were left with a swimming pool instead of a football pitch as the stadium flooded in just a few hours. in oxfordshire, roads have flooded. here and everywhere the water is high, there is a warning to be aware of the dangers. don't be near the edge, stay away. the world can be fast flowing and dangerous, so also keep your animals and children away from it as well because we don't want people falling in, because we know there has been a real risk to life in the past. there is still some _ real risk to life in the past. there is still some flood _ real risk to life in the past. there is still some flood warnings - real risk to life in the past. there is still some flood warnings in . is still some flood warnings in place this afternoon, in parts of yorkshire, the midlands and the south—west of englan

telford united football club says it's been deluged after a thunderstorm.help dry out their flooded pitch. this nearby street shows any clean up is going to take some time. with rain falling onto already saturated ground, the warning is that there is more disruption ahead. simon updated us from one of the worst affected areas. well, i'm in bedfordshire and the rain has been coming down all morning. it has been really, really heavy and that has meant a lot of anxious people when they look at the level of the river here. now, on monday, when there was torrential downpours here, the river reached its highest level ever recorded. a number of homes flooded here nearby. so people are wondering when this rain all feeds into this river, whether there's going to be flooding here again. we know that some roads here have been affected, and some local schools have decided to close today because the conditions on the roads are so bad. overall, there are more than 60 flood warnings in place in england. that means flooding is expected and more than 120 flood alerts that m

telford united football club says it's been deluged after a thunderstorm. come and help dry out their flooded pitch. this nearby street shows any clean up is going to take some time. with rain falling onto already saturated ground, the warning is that there is more disruption ahead. if you want to stay across developments in the united states and hurricane helene, there is a special page and you can scan a qr code as well that we will hopefully be able to put up on the screen at some point. you can scan that and get updates, and you can see more video footage of the hurricane making landfall. all of that on the bbc news website and the bbc news app. israel is coming under increased diplomatic pressure to reach a ceasefire with hezbollah. sir keir starmer used his first speech at a un general assembly to call for an end to the fighting in lebanon. the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has said ceasefire negotiations will continue but the idf will not yet stop targeting the iranian—backed group. us officials said that mr netanyahu originally gave hi

telford united football club says it's been deluged after a thunderstorm.lp dry out their flooded pitch. this nearby street shows any clean up is going to take some time. with rain falling onto already saturated ground, the warning is that there is more disruption ahead. there was an amber warning in place for rain overnight for 12 hours, that has nowjust expired. but that has been replaced by a much wider yellow warning for rain that covers this area, the midlands, the whole of southern england, and also wales. that means we could see power cuts, it could be difficult getting about on the roads, and it is possible properties could be flooded. after that, once that expired at 9am, we are told particularly in southern england, there could be lightning and even the possibility of tornadoes, you have been warned. thank you, simon. a man has been arrested in connection with what's been described as an act of cyber—vandalism at most of the biggest railway stations in england and scotland. british transport police say the man works for global reach technology whi

just over the last few years we have heard about major failings at shrewsbury and telford maternity unitthat poor care could have contributed to the deaths of babies and others being left with life changing injuries and consistently maternity care is one of the key reasons for clinical negligence claims made against the nhs. talking to the royal college of midwives, they point to staffing shortages. around one in ten posts are vacant and that has been pretty consistent for the past few years. this report by the care quality commission also talks a lot about buildings and equipment. we know from that report last week into the wider nhs, there is ageing infrastructure in the nhs and they talked about ward being full and one occasion where a mother and her baby had to be keptin mother and her baby had to be kept in storage cupboard after an emergency cesarean, equipment i didn't wear, operating theatres that weren't available when they were needed in emergencies. so there are some deep—rooted problems in terms of staffing, buildings and equipment that are at the heart of this problem. we he

telford will be joining us very shortly and also in sport. two carabao cup games last night both ended five one as arsenal beat bolton and liverpool beat west ham. manchester unitedn gb and italy for the chance to race new zealand in the america's cup, which britain haven't won since it began in 1851. >> it's been a very wet week and there is further heavy rain to come today and tomorrow for the met office. warnings are in place. join me later for all the details. >> i think it's just gone. 8:00, i'm stephen dixon. >> i'm ellie costello, and this is gb news . is gb news. breakfast. >> goodness. oh, yeah. >> goodness. oh, yeah. >> i don't want let me just say i do not want technical issues on my first day back after the holidays. i'm struggling to know who i am and what i'm doing. >> i just want to see heart monitors across u2 at the moment, because i could feel it bouncing through the table. mine was as well. luckily, it was fixed by the time i came on. so that's all right. >> i appreciate that. easy. >> i appreciate that. easy. >> yeah. that kept happening to me when you weren't here. and usually steve is in control of the driving. you're the one that does the a