Lets speak to matt taylor. Hello there, lukwesa. It is 18 degrees at the moment in london, sheffield and hull, and the wind generally coming from a sunny direction. Outbreaks of rain, wind touching gale force later on. Elsewhere temperatures stay in the teens as we start sunday morning. A fair bit of cloud around, particularly in the north and the west. Wet and windy across parts of Northern Ireland and scotland. Much of england and wales will be dry, but if you see breaks in the clouds, could see 23 or even 2a across some parts. It is the republic of ireland who will bear the worst of this storm as it hits the south west on monday morning. But even for us, we could see winds gusting up to 80 mph for those around the irish sea. Details just before eight. Hello. This is bbc news with lukwesa burak. The headlines a canadian kidnapped with his wife and held for nearly five years by the taliban has been talking of their ordeal, including the murder of their baby daughter. Movie mogul Harve
Trade deal, but a cabinet minister says british farmers would produce more food for the nation if the uk left the eu without a trade deal. Ireland is bracing itself for hurricane ophelia, with winds of up to 80 miles an hour expected. Its due to hit in the early hours of tomorrow morning. Many schools are closing for the day. Austria looks set to be the latest european nation to return a strong showing for an anti immigration party, according to exit polls. The conservatives led by 31 year old Christian Kern are in the lead, with the far right Freedom Party in second place. Now on bbc news, sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me holly hamilton. The headlines this evening. A gabbiadini double denies newcastle victory as southampton twice come from behind to salvage a draw at st marys. The world number two fighting for number one Roger Federer produces a masterclass to beat rafa nadal at the shanghai masters. A missed penalty from Leigh Halfpenny sees scarlets narrowly lose o
News. The bbc understands the metropolitan police is investigating a further three Sexual Assault allegations made by one woman against Film Producer Harvey Weinstein. A short time ago i spoke to our correspondent Alexandra Mackenzie who brought us up to date with latest from the metropolitan police. This statement from the met police, they have not named the hollywood reducer Harvey Weinstein but the bbc understands thats who they are referring to in this latest statement. Producer. They reminded us on the 11th of october Merseyside Police had referred an allegation of Sexual Assault to the metropolitan Police Service and what theyve said is its alleged ballot man sexually assaulted a woman in the late 80s in west london. We understand that to be the british actress liz said anthony, she has spoken to a sunday newspaper and she said she met the reduced in 1982 when she was given the lead role in a film, she is now in hollyoaks, and she is the fifth woman to claim she was sexually assa
It stop me from doing anything. Its not been a bad Birthday Week for englishman tyrrell hatton. After successfully defending his Dunhill Links championship title last weekend, hes gone and snatched a one shot victory at the italian open, ending with a superb final round of 65. Winning the two tournaments in a week have earned him around one and a half millions pounds. Thats all from sportsday. Therell be more sport here on bbc news throughout the evening. Now on the bbc news channel, its time for meet the author. The late victorian and edwardian age was the apogee of empire and its often been painted as a time of plenty for the british. Yet it was also politically tumultuous and anxious, a time of change and decay, as well as progress. And simon heffer, in his sweeping history of the three decades before the first world war, calls it the age of decadence. Welcome. It was a time of trouble, and yet perhaps because of what followed, we tend to think of it as a golden age. Why do you thin
Welcome to bbc news. British police are now investigating claims by three women one of them the actress Lysette Anthony that they were sexually assaulted by the hollywood film executive Harvey Weinstein. Ms anthony, who stars in the channel 4 series hollyoaks, says she was raped by weinstein at her flat in the late 1980s. The metropolitan police say a second victim has alleged that she was assaulted in westminster in 2010 and 2011, and in camden in 2015. In the last few minutes weve heard a third woman has reported an allegation of Sexual Assault in westminster in 1982. Heres daniel sandford. Guys, im not doing 0k. Being battered by a storm of sexual abuse allegations in america, the clouds are gathering over Harvey Weinstein in the uk too. This was british actress Lysette Anthony in 1982, 19 years old and at the start of her career, filming the Science Fiction film krull. That was when she met Harvey Weinstein. And in todays sunday times, she claims that a few years later, he raped he