double what it was a year ago. and a famous football that could fetch £3 million at auction, the hand of god ball used by maradona at the vital victory over new zealand for england at the t20 world cup which keeps their hopes of regressing very much alive. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the former health secretary matt hancock has been suspended as a conservative mp after becoming a surprise addition to the cast of the reality tv show i m a celebrity get me out of here. instead of representing his west suffolk constituents in westminster, he will be joining the other contenders in the australian jungle from next week. it is understood he wants to use his appearance to promote his campaign on dyslexia. the prime minister s spokesman said mitty sunak believes mps should what you work hard for their constituents at the challenging time for the country. our deputy political editor vicki young has the story. there are plenty of ways a politician can get that mes
they re like a bomb. has the cost of borrowing peaked? we ll have a better idea today, when the bank of england reveals its latest decision on interest rates. but whatever the outcome, first time buyers are still feeling the pressure. manchester united are in a bad place , according to their manager they re out of the league cup, after being soundly beaten by newcastle. it s their worst start to a season for over 60 years. good morning. it s thursday, the 2nd of november. a major incident has been declared across parts of the south coast of england and the channel islands, as storm ciaran brings heavy rain and strong winds, with flood and red danger to life warnings issued for several areas. many schools and airports have been forced to close, with widespread travel disruption also expected across road and rail networks. aruna iyengar has the very latest. waves crashing over the sea wall in devon. a car is washed into the sea. this is penzance in cornwall. and there is hea
wind affecting parts of southern england reaching up to 80 miles an hour which is strong enough to bring down some trees. but in north west france they could have winds of up to over 100 miles an hour, that could rip roofs off buildings leading to structural damage. but not so far away the wind will be more typical for not so far away the wind will be more typicalfor some of not so far away the wind will be more typical for some of you, the kind of when we get quite often in the autumn and winter season. so the storm bringing a big variation in wind speed. today sunshine and showers, some rain for northern ireland again which could cause further issues and some rain for the north of scotland. 0vernight tonight storm ciaran arrives, a swathe of incredibly damaging wind working across north west france and the channel islands behind this cold front. we could get gusts of up to 100 miles an hour ripping some roofs of buildings and widespread trees being blown down so expect some
the first people to leave since israel s siege began. sport and for a full round up, here s the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. we ll start with the cricket world cup, where south africa are on the brink of securing a semifinal spot. it s after they thrashed new zealand by 190 runs in pune, a win which takes them to the top of the table. new zealand won the toss and must soon have regretted putting south africa into bat. opener quinton de kock tore into the black caps bowlers, racing to a century. he shared a partnership of 200 with rassie van der dussen, who also quickly reached three figures as south africa piled up 357 4. new zealand were never in the hunt and slumped to 167 all out, four wickets for spinner keshav maharaj. it means they drop to fourth after a third straight defeat, with crucial matches against pakistan and sri lanka to come. england s david willey has announed he ll retire from international cricket following the world cup. the bowler i
covid inquiry she would find it hard to pick a day when regulations were followed and, as a summit begins about the safety of artificial intelligence, we hear about al s success in grading a rare form of cancer doctors say it could benefit thousands. and coming up on bbc news. another century for quinton de kock. he gets his fourth of the world cup as south africa hope to take a further step towards a semifinals against new zealand. good afternoon from jerusalem. the rafah crossing from gaza to egypt has opened, and there are reports that ambulances carrying a small number of seriously injured palestinians have entered egypt. it s the first time people have been able to leave the besieged territory since the current conflict between israel and hamas began. the foreign office says the rafah crossing is expected to open for limited time periods to also allow specific groups of foreign nationals through. it says british nationals will start to be taken out in stages over the c