Force affecting parts of Greater Manchester, northern derbyshire, up into parts of west and South Yorkshire. The potential that we could see up to 100 millimetres of rain over high ground. That sort of rainfall will bring some localised flooding and certainly some very poor travelling conditions, but in a broader area than that across Northern England, also north wales, you can expect some very wet weather through the guest of the afternoon. For scotland and Northern Ireland some showery rain, its drying out and brightening up, quite breezy. To the south a mixture of sunny spells and heavy, thundery showers and those are your temperatures for the rest of the afternoon, 8 10. The rain will continue for a time across Northern England and north wales. Thats why we are so concerned about flooding and travel problems. The rain will sink down into the midlands. It will tend to peter out. To the south east of that, one or two fog patches, one or two showers. Quite a chilly night, chilly and N
Of a difficult week to come from the catastrophic bushfire threat to sydney and surrounding areas. Three people are known to have lost their lives. Voters in spain return to the polls for the countrys fourth general election in as many years. And find out how your vote could affect the planets future, in new show this matters. Thats in half an hour. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The conservatives have claimed labour would cause an economic crisis within months of winning the general election. The tories say a Jeremy Corbyn led government would spend over a trillion pounds in office. Labour has dismissed the figure as an absolute work of fiction. Heres our Political Correspondent helen catt. Labour has said it wants to spend big, if it wins this election, to bring about what it calls a programme of radical change. But the conservatives are keen to suggest it would spend too much recklessly so. Theyve calculated what they are calling the cost of corbyn £1. 2 trillion. Speaking
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To fizzle . We look at whats been driving the trend is for bitcoin and other crypto currencies. The us is getting closer to reforming its tax structure for the first time in 30 years but what could this mean for multinationals in asia . Good morning, asia, hello, world, glad you could join us for this midweek addition of Asia Business report, im rico hizon. The price of bitcoin has plunged more than 10 to below 16,000 on some crypto currency exchanges, from 20,000 earlier this week. A couple of reasons, the Us Securities Exchange commission has suspended trading of a popular bitcoin related stock that has soared in recent weeks, citing concerns about market manipulation. Their share price had risen an eye watering 1700 between the end of september and monday evening before the sec intervened. Analysts are citing profit taking ahead of the holiday period as another reason for the price. Bitcoin has captured the attention of the world this year and asia has been at the forefront of the c
In global news, business and sport. And you can be part of the conversation. Tech firm or transport company . Thats the tricky question facing europes top court today. Thejudgment has big implications for european regulation. Is it the end of the road for uber or will the company turn a corner . Let us know what you think on twitter. Just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing the biggest changes to the us tax system for 30 years are on course to become law later on wednesday. They would hand donald trump the first big legislative win of his presidency. Republicans say the reforms will boost growth and revive the economy but democrats argue it benefits americas richest and will inflate the deficit. Senators have been debating the bill, but a technicality means itll need one more vote in the lower house before its passed. Joining me now is our correspondent in washington david willis. What stage are we at with this bill . A very good question. It passed the house of representatives earlier toda