we are not looking at pictures of wales, but wiltshire.e are talking to sian williams, who is the north west operations officer in wales. what about the people in wales. what about the people in pontypridd who have been sharing their frustration with my colleagues there. they said lessons have not been learnt since 2020 when the storm dennis caused a lot of disruption, a lot of devastation and high flood levels and we are saying that four years later exactly the same following storm birds? obviously we sympathise deeply with anybody who has been affected by flooding over the weekend. it is horrible, one of the worst things that can happen to you in your home is to have it flooded. for that to haveit to have it flooded. for that to have it happen again and this location is awfulfor have it happen again and this location is awful for those people i'm sure. from storm dennis there was a big review could be carried out in conjunction with partners. we were hearing earlier from conjunction with partners. we were hearing earlierfrom the fire ser

steve knibbs is in chippenham, in wiltshire.mpton is the only area that still has a severe flood warning, meaning there is a danger to life. it is around that caravan park you saw in nickjohnson's report where 1000 residents have had to be evacuated. many of them have come here, i'm outside an emergency centre set up in a local leisure centre by the council, and there is an emergency response charity. inside, in the squash courts, camp beds have been set up for some of those evacuated residents. last night they offered them a hot meal cooked here in the car park, this morning they have been able to give them some breakfast, tea and coffee, but some of those evacuated residents spent the night in their cars in this car park. the reason, they have their pets with them and they did not want to leave their pets alone so they slept in the car. there are some dogs inside but they don't often mix, so some of them wanted to keep them in their cars. today the local council will try to find more accommodation for them. they have had aroun

this— essex, yorkshire and wiltshire. this week, _ essex, yorkshire and wiltshire.framework. this will be built in partnership with industry and — in partnership with industry and we _ in partnership with industry and we will be co—launching the transition — and we will be co—launching the transition finance council alongside the city of london corporation. this presents a huge — corporation. this presents a huge opportunity for the uk financial services sector. and i financial services sector. and i am — financial services sector. and lam determined financial services sector. and i am determined that we win this race _ i am determined that we win this race for global business. alongside our national wealth fund, — alongside our national wealth fund, we _ alongside our national wealth fund, we must ensure that there are a _ fund, we must ensure that there are a wide — fund, we must ensure that there are a wide range of other vehicles _ are a wide range of other vehicles to drive private investment. tonight i want to focus — investment. tonight i want to focus on _ i

other areas that have been affected, listening to our colleagues on the bbc local radio stations in wiltshireoucestershire and in bristol. they were all talking about the flood waters and how people were having to clear up. you mention some of the other places that have had to clear up this morning. there are still those alerts enforce. you also mentioned the trains. great western railways are the main intercity provider that runs from london paddington down here into south wales and also into the south—west of england come into devon and cornwall police. they are advising people not to travel today because they really don't have any services running and they say if they do manage to get some of them running they could have to stop them because a number of lines are flooded. down in devon the line between exeter and plymouth regularly gets flooded and that has happened again, meaning they can't get any trains done that way. some of the smaller branch lines in devon and cornwall police are also having problems, for example the one that runs from exmouth down to barnstable. the line from credit

should be sad she is not there, i'm sure she will be watching bbc from her home in wiltshire, where shentime, it's not a cause for concern, but she will certainly be sorry to miss it.— be sorry to miss it. and 'ust on, i be sorry to miss it. and 'ust i suppose. fl be sorry to miss it. and 'ust on, i suppose, ai be sorry to miss it. and just on, i suppose, a broader. be sorry to miss it. and just i on, i suppose, a broader point on, isuppose, a broader point of the significance. he spoke there about the importance for there about the importance for the royal family to be there at this occasion, but what about the occasion itself and for the rest of the country? it is absolutely _ rest of the country? it is absolutely an _ rest of the country? it is absolutely an essential. rest of the country? it is i absolutely an essential part rest of the country? it 3 absolutely an essential part of the counter. it's why we wear our poppies. the very powerful events, the cenotaph. it's the one time of year we get all the royal family, all the party leaders, representatives of the entire commonwealth,

in chipping in wiltshire, businesses are assessing the damage after the river avon burst its banks.er for flooding paid a visit to see clean—up efforts for herself. this is why we are putting £2.4 billion into flooding over the next two years. that is also building new defences, and as we can see here, it is important to maintain the defences we have already. meanwhile, a man has been arrested after this tractor was seen driving through deep floodwater in tenbury wells, which led to damage to shops. as the clean—up from mr birt continues and many warnings remain in place, some residents are criticising the authorities and calling for better flood warnings. around the world and across the uk, this is the world today on bbc news. russian media are reporting that moscow has expelled a british diplomat on grounds of espionage and acts of sabotage. the diplomat replaced one of six other uk diplomats who were expelled in august, also for alleged spying. our russia editor steve rosenberg explained why moscow has chosen to take this course of action. from the statement that the fsb — russia

that's what our audience here in trowbridge in wiltshire want to ask about.jail term in a dubai prison following a holiday romance with a 17—year—old girl, also from london, according to the human right�*s group. marcus fakana was arrested by police in his hotel dubai and was accused of having sex with the teenager, who had already returned to the uk. jordan kenny has been following the story. jordan, what can you tell us? good evening. marcus fakana met the guy when he was on holiday with his parents in dubai in september. we were told he was not arrested until a few days after the girl returned to the uk, when her mum found out about the relationship and reported it to dubai police. in the uk, the relationship would be totally legal but in dubai it is anyone illegal for anyone 18 or over to have sex with anyone younger than that. marcus's parents have returned to the uk, they are calling on the british government to help secure his release. the foreign office say they are in touch with a british man in the uae and are working to support his family. the duba

wiltshire police said that they have been authorised to charge the two activists with destroying or damagingt protected monument and intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance. they have been bailed to appear at salisbury magistrates court on december 13th. a tiktok user who was found guilty of posting anti—semitic content to her thousands of followers has been sentenced today. fiona ryan, aged 40, shared previous posts on both tiktok and x, including some which compared israeli citizens to nazis and made jokes about the holocaust. gavin sumpter, a senior crown prosecutor with cps wessex, said fiona ryan sought to hide behind the right to freedom of speech. however, the court found that her posts and videos were grossly offensive. ryan was sentenced to a total of 20 weeks imprisonment, suspended for 18 months and a 62 gun salute has taken place at the tower of london. this lunchtime to honour king charles 76th birthday. today is the monarch's actual birthday following the official celebration marked by trooping the colour in june. earlier this morning, the royal family posted a ne

in chippenham in wiltshire, the high street and the surrounding area underwater.rst time that's happened since the 1960s. a nearby playground has been transformed into a water park. the mountain's come down. oh, my god. and in cwmtillery in blaenau gwent, torrential rain caused a landslide from a coal tip. torrents of water and mud cascaded towards homes. 0ne resident describing the atmosphere as the community came together. carnage, i don't know. it was crazy, like, everybody from the street come out. there was people with shovels for about three hours. the flooding hasn't been confined to homes and high streets. this football club in gloucestershire more closely resembling an outdoor swimming pool. we've just all got to muddle round, get involved and try and get everything back to normal as quick as we can. but without football being played, financially, it's going to be a massive struggle for us as a club. across england and wales, there have been criticisms about insufficient warnings and a lack of preparation. parts of the scottish highlands have been warned

wiltshire police said that they've been authorised to charge the two activists with destroying or damagingancient protected monument and intentionally or recklessly causing a public nuisance. they have been bailed to appear at salisbury magistrates court on december 13th. the chancellor is expected to use her first mansion house speech today to outline reforms to pensions, telling city bosses she has a plan to boost the economy. rachel reeves will reportedly propose an overhaul of britain's pension fund industry by introducing pension mega funds that could help unlock £80 billion worth of investments in businesses and infrastructure. under the plans, the reforms will be introduced through a new pension schemes bill next year that will see pension funds invest in assets that have higher growth potential. pensions minister emma reynolds outlined the plans earlier on the pensions minister, let me be absolutely clear that it is these two objectives that i'm holding in my mind all the time, which is boosting investment in our own economy, but at the same time boosting pension savers retirement

danny kruger is a mpfor mp for east wiltshire, he opposed the bill.ry disappointed we lost the boat. i was encouraged by the debate itself will stop at that it went really well. the good news for my point of view, we lost the boat, there's only the second reading. a lot of colleagues were singular only voting for it because they recognise their problems with the bill. they think we can improve that in committee. i think that was a high—risk move. but let's see if they are right. we now have months of further debate and i am hopeful that colleagues who've expressed concerns will either succeed in strengthening the bill to make it safe or they will conclude they haven't been able to do that, we could defeat at a later stage in the third reading. you are a clear view was there was too much that needs fixing and this bill, that this isn't possible. is that you're settled view on this or is that open to change? end settled view on this or is that open to chance? , ., settled view on this or is that open to change?— to change? end up with a bill that i coul

let's let's talk to an mp opposed to this legislation, conservative mp for east wiltshire and shadower. thanks very much for talking to us on newsnight. you have said your objections to this bill are not based on your religious beliefs, so do explain what your objections are. thank you. i have two objections in broad terms. the first is to the bill itself, the text of it. i'm afraid now we have actually seen it in black and white, i respect the effort that kim and others have gone to to draw up a bill that is safe, but unfortunately, all the safeguards do not work. i'm sad to say there is nothing to stop people slipping through the cracks of this bill. there are a whole lot of categories of people who would fall in its scope, and the second objection is to the more general effect of the bill would have on the relationship between doctors and their patients, and the whole relationship we have with the state. if we decide it is acceptable for government officials, people licensed by the state, doctors, to conclude that some people are better off dead, our whole understanding of the res