royal mail apologises to customers as a one day strike by postal workers halts deliveries. powering over a million homes. the world s largest offshore wind farm goes into operation near the yorkshire coast. and big disappointment for emma raducanu as the defending champion is beaten in the first round of the us open. and coming up on the bbc news channel. with one day to go until the transfer window deadline, five teams are playing in the premier league tonight, with liverpool and manchester city both in action. good afternoon. mikhail gorbachev was one of the most consequential leaders of the 20th century, and now preparations are being made for his funeral. the last leader of the soviet union died yesterday at the age of 91. but thoughts on his death vary wildly. many russians including vladimir putin blame him for what they believe was russia s loss of prestige and respect after the fall of the iron curtain. yet in the west, he s lauded for ending the repression of communi
in the week. with the start of meteorological autumn the weather is going to reflect that with even a warning of dale s coming out in the short cost more south western parts of the country. meanwhile we have high pressure bringing fine and settled weather for the afternoon and into tomorrow. most places will be dry and also quite breezy across parts of england and wales. despite that the mid 20 is likely to the south and the south east and up to the high teens in the north. largely fine tonight, quite chilly across scotland and northern ireland and tomorrow we start off in the north on a chillier note. some showers around but most places dry. 21 degrees through the central belt. then thursday and friday we start to see the changes with these areas of low pressure merging together. and we see things turning more unsettled. for friday was central and western areas could see some showers and thunderstorms around. turning windy across scotland and north east england. temperatures
through his opening match in straight sets. with those confident, convincing wins there are five british players through to round two, the joint most since 1981. they ll be flying the flag while the reigning champion flies home. laura scott, bbc news, new york continues for. nasa is hoping to launch its giant new moon rocket this saturday, after aborting lift off earlier this week.. one of four engines on the vehicle wouldn t cool down on monday, but the problem seems to be under control. the uncrewed flight is the first step in the artemis programme, which aims to return humans, to the moon. time for a look at the weather. here s stav daneos. good afternoon. some weathered to talk about particularly for the end of the week. through today and tomorrow we are expecting scenes like this but big changes for later
through his opening match in straight sets. with those confident, convincing wins there are five british players through to round two, the joint most since 1981. they ll be flying the flag while the reigning champion flies home. laura scott, bbc news, new york continues for. nasa is hoping to launch its giant new moon rocket this saturday, after aborting lift off earlier this week.. one of four engines on the vehicle wouldn t cool down on monday, but the problem seems to be under control. the uncrewed flight is the first step in the artemis programme, which aims to return humans, to the moon. time for a look at the weather. here s stav daneos. good afternoon. some weathered to talk about particularly for the end of the week. through today and tomorrow we are expecting scenes like this but big changes for later