President trump will visit victims of Hurricane Harvey later today. Could an old shipwreck be to blame for the chemical cloud which affected hundreds of beach goers in east sussex . Tennis superstar Serena Williams has given birth to her first child. It is a baby girl. No name as yet. In sport world cup qualifier wins for scotland, england and Northern Ireland. Gordon strachans scotland side kept alive their hopes for russia 2018 with a 3 0 win in lithuania. And tomasz has the weather. Well, the weekend is looking a little mixed. A nice, bright day to day. Tomorrow, one for the sunday papers. A lot of grey cloud and some rain on the way as well, but not for everyone. Good morning. First, our main story Utility Companies could be charged by the hourfor digging up busy roads to carry out work on their infrastructure, under plans being put forward by the government. Ministers hope the policy would force contractors in england to speed up repairs or carry out work at night, to reduce delay
Ireland. Gordon strachans scotland side kept alive their hopes for russia 2018 with a 3 0 win in lithuania. And tomasz has the weather. Well, the weekend is looking a little mixed. A nice, bright day today. Tomorrow, one for the sunday papers. A lot of grey cloud, and some rain on the way as well, but not for everyone. Good morning. First, our main story more heavy rain is falling in south asia, where this years monsoon season has left millions of people displaced. It is now believed more than 1,400 people have died. Parts of indias financial centre, mumbai, are under several feet of water. 0ur south asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt is in the eastern state of bihar, one of the worst affected areas. Just in this one state in northern and eastern india, we are talking 17 Million People affected, more than 500 people killed. And as you say, across the region, 1,400 people killed. 41 Million People affected. Now, as you can see, the rains have stopped here. More rain is forecast but even
To make some of these, beautiful pictures of rainbows you have been sending so thank you for those. Through the rest of today, we will keep a lot of the cloud for england and wales and it feels quite humid. Patchy outbreaks rain, mostly light through the rest of the day. Eventually, brighter skies across scotla nd eventually, brighter skies across scotland and Northern Ireland and thatis scotland and Northern Ireland and that is where the fresh air is so temperatures down a bit, but feeling a little bit more comfortable. Overnight tonight, the last humid i will start see those humidity levels dropping, 11 or 12 degrees overnight. Wednesdays forecast is probably the best day of the week weather wise. Sunny spells forecast to most of us. Many of starting with almost clear blue skies but a patch of showers to cumbria and orson scotla nd of showers to cumbria and orson scotland as well. It will feel pressure compared with recent days, temperatures 16 to 20. After wednesdays well at every q
A full exclusive report in about 15 minutes. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11am. Throughout the morning the latest breaking news and developing stories and, as always, really keen to hear from you. A little later well pay tribute to 21 year old journalist dean eastmond, who died of cancer at the weekend. His poignant writing about living with cancer at such a young age moved many. His boyfriend and brother willjoin us after ten. Also his best friend. Tweet us, use the hashtag victorialive. If you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. South koreas navy has staged a major exercise off the countrys east coast as a show of strength to north korea following its latest nuclear test. It said pyongyangs forces would be buried at sea in the event of further provocation. The United States has warned the Un Security Council that kim jong un is begging for war. The time has come to exhaust all of our diplomatic means before its too late. We
Responsible for the deaths of nearly 30 sperm whales on european beaches last year. Good morning. Its september 5th. Im joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Breaking news, serious case review into the death of Ayeeshia Jane smith who was murdered by her mother in 2014 is fine professionals were not focused enough on the childs welfare. 0ur correspondent Chi Chi Izundu is here. The details of a serious case review arejust the details of a serious case review are just out but first of all tell us more are just out but first of all tell us more about ayeeshia and what happened. She was known to social services and professionals before her birth because her mum was found living in a garage venture was pregnant. She was also taken into foster ca re pregnant. She was also taken into foster care during her 21 month old life and then turned back to her pa rents life and then turned back to her parents or her mother, i should say, after a short while and soon afterwards she passed away