rory cellan jones and his wife, diane having been rescued from the streets of romania. she made her home behind the couple s sofa, only emerging briefly for treats of steak and cheese. and her story has gone viral on twitter, with thousands of people regularly tuning in to see how she s progressing. yesterday, there was a bit of a breakthrough, as sophie was coaxed out from her safe space for the first time for a quick cuddle. we ll have more on her story on tonight s six o clock news. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. follow that! today, a good deal brighter with sunny spells and showers. but there are still concerns about flooding. look at this, the river severn coming out the flood low lying ground. and flood warnings in force, 82 across england, the majority of these four stretches of the river severn, and more heavy rainjust around the corner. on the satellite picture, this area of developing cloud and low pressure is going to bring a return of heavy
and with western weapons continuing to arrive in ukraine the country s defence minister tells the bbc his country has become a de facto member of nato. tributes are paid to lisa marie presley, the only child of elvis, who s died at the age of 5a. royal mail customers still can t send letters and parcels overseas after a cyber attack on the company. good afternoon. the manchester city footballer, benjamin mendy, has been found not guilty of six counts of rape, and one count of sexual assault. jurors were unable to reach a verdict on one count of rape and one of sexual assault. it follows a six month trial at chester crown court. our north of england correspondent, danny savage is there, explain more about what happened today is. explain more about what happened toda is. , , ., ., explain more about what happened toda is. , , . ., ., explain more about what happened toda is. , ., ., , ., today is. this is a trial that began today is. this is a trial that began to be heard t
they will make those decisions. the right thing when it comes to pay, is to follow the recommendations of an independent pay review body. that is what is established and the government accepted those recommendations. talks are ongoing, the government has always been clear that we want to have an open door, we want to have an honest two way dialogue about some of the things that we are all seeing. it is important that pay settlements that are reasonable but are also responsible for the country and are affordable. aren t you risking poisoning relations or inflaming the situation is by bringing forward legislation to limit the impact of strikes? i don t believe that is right. i believe it is entirely reasonable for people to think that even if there are strikes, when it comes to life saving emergency treatment, whether that is an ambulance orfire engines. that they can rely on a basic level of that emergency service still being provided. i think that is reasonable.
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