News is coming into us of an earthquake near yeovil in somerset s. Reports are varying as to the strength of the earthquake. Some are saying it has measured 4. 5 on the Richter Scale and others are saying it measured 3. 4, but nonetheless we have got some comments from people in the taunton, yeovil and bridgwater areas. If youve ever wondered what its like to be at home when an earthquake of this kind of magnitude strikes, well, here you go 0ne witness said they initially thought it was the rumbling of a passing tractor but the dogs reacted and it was unnerving and apparently the shower door rattled. Another person said the bed shook. The daughter thought a lorry was going but they walked past and there was no lorry and a wooden board on its side did fall over upstairs. Someone else reported it sounded like a collision on the road, a kind of whoomp noise with a hanging of medals rattling on a door handle. Someone else reported nothing fell off the shelf but the cat wasnt happy. Someone
Hello. Most of us have seen some rain so far today, as the weather system moves east across the uk. Its behind that, were getting this on returning for the rest of the weekend, but it is cooler. Now, the last of that weather system with cloud, a bit of patchy rain pulls away from east anglia, and the south east of england, as we go through the evening. The heavy rain in northern scotland easing to showers, but quite a lot of clear weather around overnight, and temperatures dipping away quite widely into single figures, as we start the day tomorrow and as we start september. Showers tomorrow from the word go in a northern and western scotland. But fine, sunny weather across many other parts of the uk, but the showers will move further south and east during the day. Some of them likely to be heavy and possibly thundery, whereas much of south wales and southern england will avoid the showers and stay dry. There will be a fair amount of sunshine around, around any showers, so its a cooler
Gallagher is in Whaley Bridge. Military operations to protect Whaley Bridge enter the third day. And raf generic helicopter now a familiar sight and sound here two. Crews using sandbags to try to stop homes and businesses below the dam being engulfed. These were the scenes on wednesday outside margot grahams scenes on wednesday outside margot gra hams house. Scenes on wednesday outside margot grahams house. A stream turned to a torrent. Within 2a hours she was one of the 1500 people evacuated. She was allowed to return home today for 15 minutes to collect valuables. Was allowed to return home today for 15 minutes to collect valuablesm was really, really bizarre. The whole of the road is blocked with bags of concrete. Its like a ghost town. We were advised by the police we we re town. We were advised by the police we were going in at our own risk and yes, all right, its a calculated risk, really. We sort of knew we needed to get things, we knew we had to do things and as long as you mov
there will be a lot of cloud around and we could have some rain around from time to time. condition should improve in the afternoon. we have got some heavier rain affecting the south west of england. through the day rain becomes more patchy and places they become drier. across other parts of the uk, plenty of sunshine, just a few showers in the north west of scotland. it will feel quite pleasant in the sunshine, temperatures hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. the headlines: large parts of britain s rail network grind to a halt as 50,000 thousand workers stage a walkout in the biggest rail strike so far. prime minister liz truss has arrived in birmingham for the conservative annual conference she has admitted that there has been disruption in the uk economy following the mini budget. the ukrainian military says it has regained control of the strategic eastern town of lyman in the donetsk region from russian troops just a day after moscow annexed the area. millions o
arrived in birmingham for the conservative party conference, as she admits that there has been disruption in the uk economy following the mini budget. the ukrainian military says it has regained control of the strategic eastern town of lyman in the donetsk region from russian troops just a day after moscow annexed the area. now on bbc news, it s time for sportsday. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. who can catch arsenal at the top? mikel arteta s side are too good for tottenham in the north london derby. keeping the pressure on rangers hit four past hearts, but rivals celtic end the day top. it s pole for leclerc in singapore and a spanner in the works for verstappen as he chases a second f1 title. welcome to the programme. arsenal s superb start to the season goes on, after a dominant performance in the north london derby to beat rivals tottenham 3 1 this lunchtime. spurs weren t helped by a red card as they missed the chance to leapfrog their riva