We have been watching this run off here that has been coming just roaring down this wash that goes into a golf course. A lot of rain in palm springs and In The Valley where we are getting a couple of inches of rain which equals about half of what this area gets in a year. Authorities have closed a lot of the roads that goes over these washes. They did that pre emptively before the storm rolled in. They have done some of that here over the last few hours as the floodwaters grew and you see the gusty wind and some of the heavy rain has stopped over the past few hours but now on the backside of the storm this is really starting to gust as hillary moves on to the north. We can see the wind picking up there and in terms of the people who are living there, jason, how accustomed are they to this . You mentioned this is about as much rain as they usually get in a whole year. How vulnerable is this community . They are not accustomed to this at all. This morning i was at a station where they we
At a Funeral Directors in hull that is at the centre of a major police investigation. The National Crime agency has been called in to assist. Detectives have received more than 1,500 calls in the past week from people who have used Legacy Independent Funeral Directors and are now worried about what happened to their relatives bodies. Danny savage has heard from some of them. This is rita shaw. She died last october after a short illness. Her husband has her ashes at home. I dont know if ive got ritas ashes at all. It could be anybody s, i think. But like so many people in the hull area who used legacy Funeral Directors, hes now wondering if they really are her ashes. You get over the initial part of rita passing away, its hard, but its on top of it, if they arent ritas ashes, its like torture for the rest of your life, i would have thought. Police have taken 35 bodies from this funeral home in hull. They now say they have contacted the families of those people. But richard is one of 1,
And sword, a man, ora woman . Through to the quarterfinals. Hello. Its a controversial policy, attacked by human Rights Groups and subject to legal challenge. But today, the first of possibly hundreds of migrants, moved onto a barge docked off the coast of dorset, to be housed while they await the outcome of Asylum Applications. The government says the vessel, which will accomodate up to 500 men, will be better value than hotels costing 6 Million Pounds a day. But concerns have been raised about the possible impact on local services, and campaigners have called it a shameful way to treat people, who are often fleeing war or persecution. Danjohnson has our top story tonight, and we can join him now in portland, where the barge is docked. This is deeply controversial. Whether you are supportive of it or against it, a lot of people are, this marks a big moment, a key change in the states attitude towards refugees. That attitude which is projected on behalf of us all. What has happened her
the boss of british gas joins us to talk about that, and to answer your questions. jordan henderson cuts short his stay in saudi arabia. the england midfielder has arrived in amsterdam tojoin struggling dutch giants ajax afterjust 19 games in the middle east. cold today. could it change at the weekend? we are about to go from snow to storms. all the details in breakfast. the indian steel company, tata, will confirm plans today to cut up to 3,000 jobs in the uk. most are expected to be at britain s biggest steelworks in port talbot, at britain s biggest where two coal fired furnaces are set to be closed. unions called it a crushing blow and the worst case scenario. 0ur reporter, lucy vladev, has more. after years of questions about the future of steel making, the answers being provided for workers here are about as bad as they get. both blast furnaces in port talbot will close, as part of major changes to the way tata produces steel. jobs will go across the uk, but south w