by oui’ west yorkshire, as photographed by our weather watcher.orth sea, fewer showers interning dryer as the week goes on. again, saturday will not be a wash—out everywhere. in fact across a large part of england and wales, fewer showers than we've had recently. this area of cloud and rain will move eastwards, taking a few showers from northern ireland. northerly winds south of that, still a south—westerly as temperatures are as high as 15 celsius. goodbye to low— pressure as high as 15 celsius. goodbye to low—pressure into the north sea, it hasn't completely loosened its grip on the british isles, there will still be a bit of rain and showers to parts of eastern scotland in the eastern side of england, further south and west with variable clouds in the odd shower, most will be dry. northerly breeze taking the cooler air further south across the uk, with temperatures in northern scotla nd with temperatures in northern scotland topping out at the single figures. but this is a ridge of high pressure coming in for monday, it may spoil things into ea

for more than half a century, they've been a familiar landmark, dominating the west yorkshire skylineybridge power station get demolished. the power station in knottingley was decommissioned three years ago. luxmy gopal reports. the pouring rain did not stop huge crowds gathering to witness the end of an era. before showing the end, let's look back at ferrybridge power station's heyday. at its peak in the 1960s, it produced enough electricity for two million people. for half a century its giant cooling towers churning out steam dominated the skyline. today thousands turned out to see four of those towers demolished. it's a once—in—a—lifetime thing really because there's not many cooling towers left now. why did you come along to watch this today? to see it get blown up and to see how big an explosion it makes. just to see a big bang and everything gets destroyed. it is always on the skyline when you travel on the a1 or the m62 so it's a big day for people in this area. the company behind the site closed it in 2016 and shifted to low carbon in energy. this has been part of the skyline

rain is moving in across west yorkshire. and across much of northern england, northern ireland and scotland. 0ver northern england, northern ireland and scotland. over the next 2a hours, rain could cause issues. the weather picture is more of the same. that is not good news given the ground is completely saturated, and that rain is likely to cause localised flooding and tricky travelling conditions for some of us over the next 2a hours. this afternoon, the rain is moving in across the north and west of the uk. towards the south east, it probably stays dry and bright for london for most of the day, 70 degrees and on the mild side. this afternoon and evening for the rush hour in western scotland, we could see problems here. 20—50 millimetres of rain over the hills over the next 2a hours, bringing the risk of localised flooding here. and further southwards overnight, we start to see the next weather system, bringing more rain back into wales and across parts of england. the breeze picking up so quite a windy and blustery night

rain is moving in across west yorkshire.rain could cause issues. the weather picture is more of the same. that is not good news given the ground is completely saturated, and that rain is likely to cause localised flooding and tricky travelling conditions for some of us over the next 2a hours. this afternoon, the rain is moving in across the north and west of the

there has been a bit of sunshine to, in fact, much of friday brought some blues go to west yorkshire, as the gap by weather watcher rosie. we start that we can right across the british isles, it's going to head into the north sea and we can and there will be fewer showers, turning dryers that we on. that said, again saturday is not going to be a washout everywhere, in fa ct, going to be a washout everywhere, in fact, a large part of england under will have fewer showers than we have had recently. this area of cloud and rain will move out of scotland, finally across parts of northern england, taking a few showers in northern ireland, too. so is the northern scotland, south of that, still a south—westerly so around 15 celsius. there you go, goodbye low pressure, into the north sea. it hasn't completely loosened its grip on the bitter showers, though, because closer to that there will still be a bit of rain through parts of eastern scotland and down the eastern side of england. variable car, some sunny eastern side of england. variable car, some sunny spells, perhaps the odd shower, most

chloe tear is a 21—year—old disability blogger from west yorkshire — who is pa rtially—sighted and hasd says it took a long time to recover from the incident. chloejoins me live now from our studio in leeds. chloe, thank you very much for being with us. i mean, in the context of these figures we have had today, which are pretty shocking, just tell us which are pretty shocking, just tell us about your experience. so my experience, i had come back from an event with friends, i was using a wheelchair, which i was doing pa rt—time, wheelchair, which i was doing part—time, and i had eggs thrown at me while i was waiting for my pa rents to me while i was waiting for my parents to pick me up. so i was targeted because i was in a wheelchair. and, yeah, i reported it to the police and things were done but i don't believe it was enough. so the police to take it seriously? but you must have been, what went through your mind, shock, anger?” had only been using a wheelchair for a short amount of time and then, and i think it really did shake my views about myself, about using a wheelchair, but also

main areas where knife crime affects people is greater manchester police, the west midlands and west yorkshireolved, decreasing by 14% in the decrease was mainly driven by falls in london. and is that because of a change in behaviour of people who are carrying knives? is it because our programmes in the capital to stop them being carried in the first place? what is going on? first of all you have to put it into context. in the previous year or so it was very high levels so we have a fall from very high levels to something not quite as bad, as it were, but they are still high levels of knife crime and knife —related murders but the numbers are certainly, in terms of knife related murders, broadly, they are coming down. 14% down, as you say. down to 248, which is to win every five murders involving somebody being stabbed, so the metropolitan police is driving the reduction in that sense as well and attempted murders across the board are also down a bit. so there are signs of inroads into these figures around knife crime that we've seen over the past few years, but still the numbers, historically

north yorkshire northwards, spreading into south—east scotland through the day. a few spots will stay dry, westeland brightening up in northern england later but the showers will become frequent and less frequent through the day where we will see some of the windiest conditions across wales over the channel over towards the bristol channel over towards the bristol channel and some of those shall come with thunder. has a little dry on eastern part and certainly in the north compared to this morning it will be a little brighter. showers we re will be a little brighter. showers were northern ireland, persistent rain this afternoon could be through the central belt of scotland with not a lot of wind here. the showers will sit with you for a fair amount of time. the far north of scotland has another bright spot today. through today after a cold day, chilly night the temperature is not dropping as low as recent leak. when you're picking up to the north but further showers around particularly to scotland and ireland and the far north of england. temperatures into the start of the weekend down into sin

it happened west of yorkshire, england. a coal-fired power station for 50 years until the company decided to transition to low carbon energy. neighbors calling the event the end of an era. that it is from england. >> elizabeth has said she is a capitalist to her bones. i'm not. i am i believe the only candidate who will say to the corporate elite. enough with your greed, and corruption. >> sandra: senator bernie sanders trying to differentiate himself from elizabeth warren as prepares to join the candidate rising in the polls as -- along with the rest of the field for the critical debate happening tomorrow night. former governor john sununu is joining us now and former chief of staff to george h.w. bush. great to have you here this morning. what did you make of bernie sanders' strategy to differentiate himself as they head into the debate? >> well, he is throwing back at elizabeth warren her own quotes that she is a capitalist to the bone. of course, her statement of being a capitalist to the bone is about as true as her st

parts of south—west england, the midlands, north—west england, around yorkshire, east anglia as well, with exposure in the west. it is a cloudy, dry day. some drizzle, some showers and rain coming up from the channel across the south—eastern quarter and pushing south—eastward across the south—eastern quarter and pushing south—eastwa rd through across the south—eastern quarter and pushing south—eastward through the day. blinded, brighter skies, pushing south—eastward through the day. blinded, brighterskies, sunny spells and some showers but don't forget windy in scotland, especially with exposure and 16 celsius in the south. we say goodbye to the rain away from the east coast of england and from many of us drive with clear spells, a few showers, some of which wintry across the north of scotland, then we will look at the arrival of our next system. —— arrival. it will not be as called a night in the south—west and the channel islands, but is northwards and it will be a cold night, cold enough for a touch of frost here and there annual season patchy method for forming. back to the south—

yorkshire coast. a very different story in south—west england, much cloudier, wetter and windier.le between the two taking place, and which will win out, low pressure over the weekend, which means cloud and rain more widely across the uk. for now, the rain is staying where it is. it is encroaching into south wales and more of the south coast, hampshire, may be west sussex. a few showers in the east of england and southern scotland. where it is clear, it will be a cold and frosty night in northern england and scotland, at or below freezing, and a few mist and fog patches into tomorrow. you have sunshine after that chilly start. in the south—west, you have outbreaks of rain, into the channel islands as well. clouds in southern england, the midlands and wales tomorrow. north of that, good sunny spells around. a few showers running into eastern parts. temperatures are below where they should be, but autumn has been very mild so far. a chilly easterly breeze as well. a weakening weather front is coming north on thursday for all but scotland. cloudier, and more of a chance of rain. more

that rain will get heavier down the eastern counties, through east yorkshire into east anglia and some of the rain easing further westorth—east will brighten up. further west, will be a few showers drifting down the north—west wind, gusty estate on the south—west corner, many will have a drier and brighter day today and it should feel pleasa nt day today and it should feel pleasant in the sunshine and out of the breeze. the dryer slot comes through sunday night because by the time we hit monday morning this low pressure will spin more in away of rain and pretty strong winds as well, gale force winds developing widely and a bright spot for eastern england but rain spreading eastwards on heaviest in the west in the morning and turning patchy as it heads to eastern areas later and it will be a cool day but brighter and western areas but never far away from the waterproofs next week. i hate to say that! good night.

west of england. but it's a lot more concerning for staff in areas in yorkshire and in the north eeast, where there'sst a stone's throw of each other. but hays aren't lumbered with running an airline and hotels all over the world, and there is still a big appetite for package holidays — those who want a real person to deal with, young families, and those who want a fixed price whatever happens to the pound. and they're opening hucknall, and we can all have ourjobs back. hays are hoping to mop up that market, and the staff have plenty of loyal customers who they think will be back through the doors now theirjobs and their lives are back on track. i can't believe it, i'm crying, yeah! colletta smith, hucknall, nottinghamshire. lancashire police have confirmed two people died, following a fire at a working men's club in morecambe. the blaze broke out at gordon working men's club at a 2:45 this afternoon. ten fire engines initially attended the fire. mark edwardson reports. 0ver over the last few hours here in morecambe we have seen plenty of people with tears down their faces. we got confirmation of the

west of england. but it's a lot more concerning for staff in areas in yorkshire and in the north eeast, where there's a stone's throw of each other. but hays aren't lumbered with running an airline and hotels all over the world, and there is still a big appetite for package holidays — those who want a real person to deal with, young families, and those who want a fixed price whatever happens to the pound. and they're opening hucknall, and we can all have ourjobs back. and the staff have plenty of loyal customers who they think will be back through the doors now theirjobs and their lives are back on track. i can't believe it, i'm crying, yeah! colletta smith, bbc news, hucknall, in nottinghamshire. in the last hour, president trump has said us government officials will speak to anne sacoolas, an american national with diplomatic immunity who is suspected of being involved in a fatal crash in northamptonshire in which a teenager died. mr trump acknowledged the "tremendous anger" over the incident in which harry dunn was killed near raf croughton. ms sacoolas later flew home to the united states. 0ur co

west of england. but it is a lot more concerning for staff in areas in yorkshire and the north—east, where there is nowels on high streets like this within a stone's throw of each other. they are opening hucknall and we can have our jobs back. there is still a big market for package holidays and the staff have plenty of loyal customers they think will be back through the doors. now theirjobs and lives are back on track. i can't believe it, i'm crying, yeah. colletta smith, hucknall, nottinghamshire. our business editor simon jack joins me now. what can hays do that thomas cook couldn't? obviously it is great news for all of those employees and it is a reminder that thomas cook didn't go bust because people don't want to go on package holidays. in fact, there is evidence that they like the protection of having a package holiday. what killed thomas cook was dead, they had no room for manoeuvre when things went wrong and i think the problem you raised there is right, one of the weaknesses of thomas cook is the way we book a package holidays has changed, it is much more online and much less high street and

west. same across parts of yorkshire.ill be for much of the day. behind the rain, the sun will come out and we will see lengthy sunny spells and a few showers possible. our temperature range 11— 16 degrees. down one also degrees for some of us in the south—east compared to yesterday. as we head through the evening and overnight you can see the rain pushing away from the northern isles that make isles. under that ridge of high pressure it will be a clear night for a lot of us. showers in the western temperatures dipping across scotland. north—east england as well for a touch of frost first thing in the morning. temperatures holding up as we come further south between nine and 11. that leaves us into thursday and that low pressure edges ever closer to us. you can see the weather front is wrapped around it so showers be wrapped around as well. isobars also telling you it will be quite a blustery day. quite windy with exposure. we begin with sunshine because the low pressure assented out towards the west, most of the showers

yorkshire — 170 miles away. he tweeted. .. you wouldn't admit to it, would you? a quick update for westt 7:30. thank you forjoining us. good evening. hope you have enjoyed the start of your weekend so far. it has turned wet across eastern areas this afternoon. the rain hammering down at the moment in northern ireland but the ray will be spreading east across most other the pa rt spreading east across most other the part as we go through tonight. if you are about to go out, and it is not wet, it will be later. it could cause problems across central and southern scotland. northern ireland turns drier and southern scotland. northern ireland turns drierand in southern scotland. northern ireland turns drier and in western wales it will be drier as it will do across the south—west of england later. lots of rain to come in tomorrow morning across scotland, northern central and eastern england. it blustery in places. the rain there first thing turning light and patchy through the day. heavy may be sundry bursts towards east anglia at the south—east. much brighter further west compared with the

yorkshire, for example. but the south coast of wales and south—west england should be ok.ally the low pressure is because finally the low pressure is moving away and high pressure builds. when high pressure builds across the uk, it means the area is sinking and stopping the clouds from growing. this high pressure and sinking air is going to clear the sky so it will be much better but there are weather fronts close to there are weather fronts close to the very far north—west of the uk, close to the northern isles. this is the outlook for the weekend of the summary the outlook for the weekend of the summary for the weekend and into next week will stop with the high—pressure building, you can see that the weather stabilises and the temperatures parked themselves at around 13 or 1a degrees. might be a fly in the ointment on monday with a few spots of run —— rain but that shouldn't last for very long. the outlook on the weather front is looking bright. thanks very much, thomas. we'll have plenty more from westminster at 6:30, but now it's time for the film review with mark kerm

yorkshire, lincolnshire, parts of the east midlands. breezy around those western coasts, eastern coasts, sorry. a bright sunny start to the westly similar to today. still damp across eastern counties of england. that will clear on sunday night, turning misty in places. another batch of weather fronts set to move into the area of low pressure on monday. 0n fronts set to move into the area of low pressure on monday. on monday, could start of dry and bright but outbreaks of rain push northwards and eastwards. not as much rain as overnight, the rain fragmenting. in the west, brightening up for many but it will be a windy day. this changeable pattern will persist into next week. each subsequent dip we see another area of low pressure. a quick look at some city forecasts show there is always likely to be rain at times and gusty winds too. this is bbc world news today. i'm lewis vaughan jones. our top stories. the us secretary of state dismisses the latest attempts by the democrats to push forward their impeachment inquiry into president trump. when the world doesn't focus on the things that are right, the things that matter, the thi

is yorkshire, lincolnshire, parts of the is towards east breezy around those is then closed and particularly windy. a bright, sunny start towards westnish the day. that will clear as we going to sunday night, it could turn misty in places but another batch of weather fronts set to push in as we go through into monday. monday itself could start off dry and bright for commuter crust easternmost counties, but outbreaks of rain push that eastwards. not quite as much rain as we will see tonight, one or two spots not seeing much at all. in the west, after a wet start, brightening up west, after a wet start, brightening upfor west, after a wet start, brightening up for many, but it could be a windy start. winds may be up to 60 miles an hour in the north—west. just looking at the position of the jet strea m looking at the position of the jet stream wriggling across the atlantic, always never too far away from us. with each subsequent dip we see another area of low pressure. looking at city forecasts from around the nation, so is there is a lwa ys around the nation, so is there is always likely to be rain at times and gusty,

west of england. but it is a lot more concerning for staff in areas in yorkshire and the north—east, where there is nowwithin just a stone's throw of each other. they are opening hucknall and we can have ourjobs back. there is still a big market for package holidays and these staff have plenty of loyal customers who they think will be back through the doors. now theirjobs and lives are back on track. i can't believe it, i'm crying, yeah. with me now is emma coulthurst from travel supermarket.com thank you for coming in. very happy people there, it looks like great news. you it absolutely is great news, after the devastation fantastic for the employees for two weeks ago, this is an opportunity already that they have stepped in a given 500 peoplejobs already that they have stepped in a given 500 people jobs and they are 110w given 500 people jobs and they are now recruiting around a hundred to their headquarters because this is a group is mostly based in the north, they have so much staff and some of they have so much staff and some of the shops and they have 555 thomas cook shops nationwide and this is

yorkshire. not everybody has seen the sunshine. far from it across a large part of south—west england.ast continues as we go through this evening and into tonight. some rain, south—west england, south wales, running along more of softening and as well as the night goes on with brisk wind, eastern scotland, most places, a breakfrom the rain and mild weather in the south—west, will be drier, clear and chilly with a frost across much of scotland, and if you missed and fog patches as we start the day tomorrow. still with that contrast, high—pressure easing the way eastwards. still weather fronts close to the south—west at least initially tomorrow, outbreaks of rain across southern parts of england slowly clearing away. although cloudy, looking like a drier day in south—western when, not as windy, the odd shower into aberdeenshire, cloud increasing in northern ireland but many places getting to see some sunshine. still a chilly east or south easterly breeze out there and temperatures pretty similar to where they have been. a largely fine end to the day, going into the evening for halloween