victoria gill, bbc news.ntman shane macgowan, who died last week at the age of 65. thousands of fans lined the streets of dublin to pay an emotional tribute to the singer, breaking into song as the horse—drawn carriage bearing his coffin made its way through the city. later, hollywood actor johnny depp and bono were among those who attended the funeral in county tipperary. during the service, musicians performed macgowan's legedary tune fairytale of new york. people were seen dancing in the aisles. and we'll leave with these pictures. i'm helena humphrey, thanks for watching. hello there. it's going to be quite a mixed bag for us this weekend. not a wash—out. there will be some sunshine at times, but that's going to come in between two spells of rain that are coming in from the atlantic. atlantic air means it's going to be mild, but saturday looks like it could be quite windy for many places. now, one part of the country sensitive to more rain is dorset, where we've got a number of flood warnings already and

victoria gill, bbc news. in wales, has been named as a winner in the 2023 northern lights photographer of the year awards. matthew browne has travelled to iceland to see the northern lights, but it was his picture taken ten minutes from his west wales home that won him the award, something he's described as bonkers. hello. quite a stormy evening for some of us, particularly around the irish sea. very windy inland, too. and this is the outlook for the next few days — further spells of wind and rain on the way, but at least it's going to stay relatively mild, as you'd expect in this sort of weather. here's the satellite picture, and a powerfuljet stream is propelling these areas of low pressure. one of them is moving over us right now, that is storm ellen, named by the irish met service. here it is here. and then behind it, we have another developing storm, storm fergus, which is going to sweep across our island during the course of sunday. back to the here and now, so through this evening, the strongest gusts

victoria gill, bbc news.thought to be a garden ornament has turned out to be 100—year—old missile. sian and jeffrey edwards say the device had been outside their home all their lives, and they thought it was a dummy. the couple said they used to bang garden tools against it to remove the soil. imagine their surprise when the bomb squad was called in to detonate the device. it turned out to be a 29 kg naval projectile. a lucky escape. stay with us here on bbc news. more news at the top of the hour. bye for now. hello, there. plenty of wintry scenes recorded by our weather watchers across the uk, throughout the weekend, such as here in derbyshire, with the lying snow, but further south, across much of england and south wales, then it turned milder on sunday, with outbreaks of rain moving northwards, and for all of us, the current cold spell will be coming to an end as we head through this week. it will be turning milder, but the payback is it's also going to be wetter and windier for much of the time. now, we'v

victoria gill, bbc news.well on our website. thank you for watching, i'm helena humphrey. i'll be back in 30 minutes with the bbc special on politics and us foreign policy. please do join us for that. hello there. it's going to be quite a mixed bag for us this weekend. not a wash—out. there will be some sunshine at times, but that's going to come in between two spells of rain that are coming in from the atlantic. atlantic, that means it's going to be mild, but saturday looks like it could be quite windy for many places. now, one part of the country sensitive to more rain is dorset, where we've got a number of flood warnings already and there could be 20—30 millimetres of rain here. you can keep up to date with the flood warnings online. we could see the risk of flooding increasing this weekend with more rain moving in. and this is the rain that's heading in at the moment from the southwest. we've got this rain still across scotland leftover from earlier on that is moving northwards. allowing that rain to come

victoria gill, bbc news. from warm weather and mosquito to cold weather!lers in germany, austria and the czech republic after heavy snow hit parts of europe. nicky schiller has the details. germany has been one of the worst hit areas across europe with more than a0 centimetres of snow falling overnight friday into saturday. these pictures are from the city of munich, where residents were advised to stay at home for their own safety. here at the airport, more than 700 flights were hit with cancellations and very long delays the passengers. some resorted to even walking to the airport. across the city, most buses, trams and a lot of train services were not running. the buy in munich game against berlin was called off but the snow as you can see gave the children a chance to get out their sledges. children a chance to get out theirsledges. neighbouring austria has also been hit by heavy snowfall, firefighters brought in to clear fallen trees. in the city of dawn butler and there was a landslide which blocked a bridge, trapping nearly 100 people in a nightclub

here s our science correspondent victoria gill.tyrannosaur, a close cousin of t—rex, but this fossil is hiding the remains of something else. what was uncovered when the fossil was being cleaned at the museum is that there were toe bones of a very small dinosaur found between the individual ribs of the tyrannosaur. those bones were not immediately obvious to experts, but they were this gorgosaurs's last meal. highlighted in this diagram of the fossil, they are actually the remains of two small baby dinosaurs. and there was enough remaining of those unfortunate creatures for palaeontologists to identify them. both sets of legs belonged to this small, birdlike dinosaur called the citipes. it gives an insight into how the young tyrannosaurs would have hunted and bitten their prey in half. the prey remains are actually preserved by the tyrannosaur�*s stomach so this fossil is actually the first solid evidence that we have for diet or feeding behaviour in a juvenile tyrannosaur. experts say this also tells the story of how much tyrannos

victoria gill, bbc news.m her iranian prison cell tomorrow, the day of the award ceremony in oslo. at a press conference in oslo, her children, twins ali and kiana rahmani, expressed their pride in their mother for speaking out against the regime 5 treatment of women and promoting human rights. they said they re honoured to be collecting the award on her behalf. her husband also revealed that she would be going back on a hunger strike, "in solidarity" with the baha'i religious minority: translation: she is going to have a hunter translation: she is going to have a hunger strike — translation: she is going to have a hunger strike tomorrow, _ translation: she is going to have a hunger strike tomorrow, the - hunger strike tomorrow, the community is under pressure, everybody is under pressure. anybody who is not with the regime is under pressure. tributes have been paid to the hollywood actor, ryan o'neal, who has died at the age of 82. in the 19705, he starred in a string of box office hits, including the romanc

victoria gill, bbc news.uced by guyana as a step towards annexation, raising concerns in the region of a possible military conflict. voters will be expected to say whether they agree with creating a new state in thejungled region, and providing its population with venezeuelan citizenship. the region itself has long been the subject of a terriorital claim by venezuela — but the leftist government under nicholas maduro has taken heightened interest in it after oil deposits were discovered offshore in 2015 — which has boosted guyana“s economy. our latin america correspondent, will grant, is following the story. the claim behind this referendum is almost 200 years old, the dispute between guyana and venezuela over this territory dating back to colonial times. but it's really come into sharp focus now, particularly with the discovery of oil and gas deposits in the essequibo region. now, the government of nicolas maduro is going to ask the people of venezuela five questions and the fifth one specifically relates to

victoria gill, bbc news.ry. hi, i�*m ella. i have spina bifida. i decided to make this film to make people more aware of hidden disabilities. i go to lots of clubs, but it looks different how you may picture it. so i will show you all the things i have to think about before going out. this is my medical bag for going out. so any time we go on a walk, out to eat, this is what i have to pack. have a section for my stoma bags. this is what it looks like. so thatjust goes there. this is my medical supplies cupboard, which is where i keep all my medical bits. it�*s also an airing cupboard, so there is towels and everything else like that. we get a big order, so we have to stock it all up. it�*s very organised. it�*s quite nice. but i have my bags, my goals, my catheters. my gauze, my catheters. one of the clubs i do is musical theatre. i wanted to share my story with the group. i wrote a letter explaining this. i wanted to write to you to explain why my mum sits outside our sessions every week, why i sometimes app

victoria gill, bbc news.to iceland to see the northern lights, but it was his picture taken ten minutes from his west wales home that won him the award, something he's described as bonkers. stay with us here on bbc news. hello again. the weekend started off on quite a wet and windy footing, thanks to storm elin. it did bring some heavy rain, we have still a number of flood warnings in force, a bit of localised flooding here on this picture in lancashire. now, the strongest winds from storm elin came through on saturday evening just to the south of the centre of the low pressure, the strongest winds recorded in north—west wales, 80mph gusts here. not far behind that, western cumbria's coastline got hit with a gust of 74 miles an hour at st bees head. now, the low pressure is now working out into the north sea and pretty quickly we are seeing those winds died back down. still a bit of patchy rain to come through northern ireland and scotland. otherwise, the we when ather will become dry with some clear spells f

victoria gill, bbc news. on the 25th of september. he first got into photography through his love of travelling . his photograph is in a collection featuring 25 of the best photos of the northern lights taken around the world. just time to bring you some pictures of an extremely rare white baby alligator. the female was born at a wildlife park in orlando in florida and measures 49 centimetres. officials at the park say she is one of only seven leucistic alligators in the world. they are the rarest genetic variation in the american alligator. the president of gatorland said it was "beyond rare" and "absolutely extraordinary". stay with us here on bbc news. i'll be back with all the headlines on the top of the hour. hello. well, so far it's been an awful day across many parts of the country. heavy rain, strong winds. and this is the outlook for the next few days. further spells of wind and rain with some quieter gaps in between. i think there will be at least a little bit of sunshine. here's the satellite pictu

victoria gill, bbc news. the very hungry dinosaur!ew browne took the image on paxton's tower in carmarthenshire on the 25th of september. you're watching these news. hello. storm elin is set to cross the uk through today, bringing some pretty windy conditions later on, and yet more rain on what has been a pretty wet month so far. we're only around 25% through the month, but we've seen 80—90% worth of the rainfall across some central and eastern parts of the uk. contrast that with north—west highlands of scotland where we've barely seen just 5%. and the reason is we've seen those areas of low pressure track across the south of the uk. on the northern edge of it, we've had easterly winds that's like we're going to see through today, and so north west highlands have had shelter. but here is storm elin, strongest winds attached to the southern edge of it as it crosses the uk later today and into the start of the night. so winds will pick up in northern ireland through this afternoon. rain returns after a brief drier spell, but after the m

victoria gill, bbc news. amazing to think that dinosaur was only seven years old, and it was able tore on the 25th of september. his photograph is in a collection featuring 25 of the best photos of the northern lights taken around the world.. of the northern lights taken around the world. you are watching bbc news. hello. storm l and is set to cross the uk, bringing us in windy conditions and more rain on what has been a wet month so far. we are only 25% through the month, we've seen 80% or 90% of the rainfall we are spending this month. contrast that with scotland, a only seen 5%. we have seen lower air is a pressure drag across the south of the uk, and in the northern edge we have had easterly winds. here is storm ellen. it crosses the uk later today and into the start of the night. winds will pick up in northern ireland through this afternoon. rain returns for a brief dry spell. many will be dry throughout the afternoon with sunshine. the north—west england will steer fairly cloudy, and sunshine. the north—west england will steerfairly cloudy, and more wind later in the day. damp

victoria gill has more.has given us a warning that this could be something that could be a significant problem for us in the future. climate change is not the only driver, but it's helping to fuel a global surge in this tropical disease. there has been a huge increase in the number of cases of dengue globally in the past two decades. it's now spreading in new areas, including europe. in the year 2000, 500,000 cases globally were reported to the world health organization. in 2023, 4.5 million cases have been reported. the mosquitoes breed in stagnant water. not everyone the insects bite will develop the virus and for most that do, the fever lasts about seven days and the majority of people fully recover. but in developing countries where it's already widespread, dengue is taking more of a toll. in bangladesh, earlier this year, an outbreak killed nearly 1,000 people. it was linked to the hotter, wetter monsoons. that's why scientists, funded by the wellcome trust, are working to stay a step ahead of this dise

our science correspondent victoria gill has the details.backbone _ rock, this is a gorgosaurus. the backbone would have been here, you can see _ backbone would have been here, you can see the _ backbone would have been here, you can see the ribs. it is backbone would have been here, you can see the ribs.— can see the ribs. it is a type of terrain are _ can see the ribs. it is a type of terrain are sore, _ can see the ribs. it is a type of terrain are sore, a close - can see the ribs. it is a type of| terrain are sore, a close cousin can see the ribs. it is a type of. terrain are sore, a close cousin of t rex. but this fossil is hiding something else.— t rex. but this fossil is hiding somethin: else. ~ . something else. what was recovered when the fossils _ something else. what was recovered when the fossils being _ something else. what was recovered when the fossils being cleaned - something else. what was recovered when the fossils being cleaned at. when the fossils being cleaned at the museum was that there were the toe bones of a very sm

victoria gill, bbc news. yeah, we will go for a quick scratch!rying stage? the vast majority of the population of the gaza strip is in the south. and that will mean a lot of casualties if they continue the way they have, civilians dead. as cop28 rolls out in dubai, disturbing evidence about the health effects of oil and gas production on the people of the region. really high levels of respiratory disease, asthma, also high levels of heart disease, and this is particularly bad in communities that live close to the gas flaring. and is europe as a continent lurching towards the far right? when it comes to concerns about the cost of living, i think when it comes to migration, you can say that europe is moving to the right. the pattern that has been followed in just about every war israel has fought since 1973 has been repeated now in gaza. israel is attacked, hits back hard — too hard for the liking of israel's friends, and particularly the united states, and then there's immense pressure for a ceasefire. after that, the issue is how long the ceasefi

victoria gill, bbc news.day of renewed fighting since the end of the truce. residence have been told there have been heavy bombardment. stay with us on bbc news. hello. the focus continues to switch from snow to rain through this coming week. out there for the rest of the day, still some snow flurries around across eastern scotland and we could see some on the tops of the welsh hills. but here and across much of central southern england, we're talking outbreaks of rain rather than snow and with a bit of brightness between, some downpours across the far south. northwest england, much of scotland and northern ireland will have a dry afternoon. there will be some lingering mist and low cloud for some where temperatures will struggle to get above freezing. and indeed, across scotland, even with some sunshine, some sheltered valleys will stay subzero all day long. but 11 degrees possible in the south, where tonight another surge of wetter weather, some heavy rain at times and some gusty winds spreading its way nor