A sharp rise in young people struggling with debt with many having to borrow to meet basic living costs. Two stars on a collision course some 800 billion billion miles from earth scientists detect Gravitational Waves. And the case of gao zhisheng the prominent chinese human rights lawyer hos still missing. Well be talking to his daughter. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the effect of storm ophelia which is causing damage across the republic of ireland and claimed the lives of three people. 100 mile an hour winds have swept across the country. More than 360,000 homes and businesses around ireland are now without electricity. Police have warned people to stay at home and not travel unless absolutely necessary. Troops have been deployed to coastal areas in whats expected to be the most severe storm to hit ireland in half a century. An amber warning for Northern Ireland, west wales, south west scotland and the isle of man is in force. 0ur correspondent ian palmer has the latest. In ireland
Northern ireland could have a very tough play off draw tomorrow. And all eyes are on todays weather. Ican hear and all eyes are on todays weather. I can hear in kent. This area was devastated during the storm is 30 yea rs devastated during the storm is 30 years ago. I will be talking about the weather today and also looking back at what happened 30 years ago. More details throughout the afternoon. More details throughout the afternoon. Thanks. Coming up on afternoon live we stay with that theme. If youre being affected by 0phelia, then tweet us your stories and pictures. And lets also have your memories of the great storm 30 years ago. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. Ireland has been battered by storm 0phelia. One woman has died, thousands of people are without power, and hundreds of schools have been forced to close. Whats described as a violent and destructive storm with winds of 100 miles an hour is now heading for Northern Ireland, parts of scotland, and west wales. In the
A bit ofa a bit of a dull day for some others but at least it is not windy. That could all change when it comes to the weekend. More details later. Also coming up getting himself into hot water. The mp who admits spending an hour in the bath every morning so he can clean his body and clear his mind. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. The performance of hospitals has slumped across the uk, with targets for cancer, a e and planned operations being widely missed, thats according to bbc research. Nationally england, wales and Northern Ireland have not hit one of their three key targets for 18 months. 0nly scotland has hit one of the targets. The findings are revealed as the bbc launches its online nhs tracker, which will allow you to see how your local service is performing on these three key waiting time targets. Being seen within four hours at accident emergency, cancer care beginning within 62 days of diagnosis, and planned operations taking place within 18 weeks in
Is it going . Ill reveal all a little later on. Thanks darren. Also coming up shift like the seasons chops for no reason. Give us an eee by gum. The opera notes sung in a yorkshire dialect. We talk to the writer and composer. Hello everyone this is afternoon live. Simon mccoy. Theresa may is in brussels for an eu summit shes pushing for progress on brexit negotiations and will address eu leaders tonight. But no one thinks its going to be easy and mrs may is being urged by some in her party to issue this ultimatum if trade talks dont begin soon britain will settle for a no deal on brexit. This report from our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas. Are you confident today, Prime Minister . Deal or no deal . But at this stage its no deal. The pms jaguar and the talks both making slow progress. Gathering in brussels, the leaders from the eus 27 other countries have made plain theyre not satisfied with what the uks proposing in the brexit negotiations. Their conditions have not been met.
White, bleached, crumbling desert. And if you have seen a coral reef and then you see that, that is enough to make you weep. Coming up in the sport, ronald combe and is expected to continue as everton managerfor the and is expected to continue as everton manager for the next match on wednesday despite increasing speculation about his future. Ronald koeman. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The Prime Minister is to update mps this afternoon on progress in brexit negotiations, after her meeting with eu leaders at dinner in brussels last week. But a separate meeting with the president of the European Commission is now the subject of a leaked account in a german newspaper, which claims that theresa may begged Jean Claude Juncker for help, and appeared anxious and tormented. It follows a call from the uks biggest business lobby groups for an urgent brexit transition deal to safeguard jobs and investment. Heres our Political Correspondent alex forsyth. Prime minister, what a