An improvement for me. I think thats too fast, especially when there are people on the roadside, men working on the road, it is too fast, that is dangerous. The speed limit should be 50, it is that for a reason. Even that is pretty fast if you go past. If a car passes you at 50 you can feel the speed of the wind from the car, i think it is too fast. Highways england says it is carrying out further tests to ensure it can be done safely, but the changes could be brought in by the end of the year. Sophie long, bbc news. Lets find out how the weather is looking. Storm brian has brought gusts of wind to coastal areas and there have been a few really exposed spot with stronger dust. As forecast, it hasnt been particularly unusually windy. We get loads of days like this in autumn. The brisk winds continue. A few gusts up to 60, perhaps over the hills and coast. A mild night and start to sunday. The afternoon, an often enough sunshine and showers but with increasingly large gaps between the sh
Holding services for same sex couples. The services could be held after the couple is married in a secular after the couple is married in a secular ceremony. After the couple is married in a secular ceremony. Since 2014, same sex couples have been able to marry outside the church but the church does not allow the relationship to be blessed. It says that the real and profound disagreement is there. Three years discussing what to do next but their hand is now being forced by the diocese of herath third who voted in favour of an order of prayer and dedication. Now it will be deep debated. Neither contrary to law a departure from the dock of the church and individual priests will be allowed to opt out. It has not gone as far as anglicans in scotland. Conservative campaign is called the move a fundamental departure from teaching. Desean is yet to fix a date. Saga of now on bbc news our world. Birdsong. The lush tropical forests of java. As civilisation encroaches, only pockets remain. And t
World which looks at the songbird trade in indonesia threatening dozens trade in indonesia threatening d oze ns of trade in indonesia threatening dozens of protected species with extinction. The lush tropical forests of java. As civilisation encroaches, only pockets remain, and theyre falling silent. Songbirds are disappearing from the wild. And then its caught. Yeah. Trapped from the forest, sold as singing pets and status symbols. Im victoria gill, and im injakarta to investigate the insatiable demand for songbirds thats now driving an extinction crisis. People will always want to buy songbirds. We cannot stop, we cannot stop. That is javanese culture. We really are firefighting. Were saving the last of the last. This bird may be the only one of its kind left on the planet. This bird in here could be the last of this kind of bird . Yep. Java, the largest and most crowded island in indonesia, home to more than 140 million people. Cities, towns and villages seem to squeeze into every a
Is thought to have died while clearing landmines in the city of raqqa. The former it worker had first travelled to the middle east two years ago, and had been fighting with Kurdish Militia groups. Quentin sommerville reports. Today is the 26th september and daesh attacked behind our lines in raqqa. Syria wasnt his country and he wasnt a soldier, but jack holmes from bournemouth made the battle against the so called Islamic State his own. He said the fight against is was everyones war. I met him just over a month ago before raqqa fell. It was to be his last television interview. Is were a threat to the world, he said. They are a barbaric, fascist terrorist organisation who essentially want to take over the world and, if you dont comply by their rules, they will kill you. You worked in it, right, in bournemouth . Yeah, a long time ago. Yeah, a long time ago now, but why is that your fight . Originally, ijust feel like it was something that i wanted to do, i had to do it and i knew i coul
You are this morning. This is the current beach outside the studio in sa lfo rd. Current beach outside the studio in salford. A lovely picture. Good morning. After a chilly start, it will be dry with a fair bit of sunshine around. For the rest of england and wales, a bit more clouds, a few showers, a breeze picking up, and chilly on the east coast. I will have all the details inis coast. I will have all the details in 15 minutes. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may will visit Buckingham Palace today, for an audience with the queen, to mark the Dissolution Of Parliament. It signals the official start of the general Election Campaign and just after midnight all seats in the House Of Commons became vacant. Attention turns to the local elections tomorrow, with crucial votes for 3h english councils, all scottish and Welsh Councils, as well as a number of local authority mayors. The deadline to register to vote in the General Election is may 22nd and polls open onjune