rory cellan jones and his wife, diane having been rescued from the streets of romania. she made her home behind the couple s sofa, only emerging briefly for treats of steak and cheese. and her story has gone viral on twitter, with thousands of people regularly tuning in to see how she s progressing. yesterday, there was a bit of a breakthrough, as sophie was coaxed out from her safe space for the first time for a quick cuddle. we ll have more on her story on tonight s six o clock news. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. follow that! today, a good deal brighter with sunny spells and showers. but there are still concerns about flooding. look at this, the river severn coming out the flood low lying ground. and flood warnings in force, 82 across england, the majority of these four stretches of the river severn, and more heavy rainjust around the corner. on the satellite picture, this area of developing cloud and low pressure is going to bring a return of heavy
the former england footballer alex scott speaks out about the domestic abuse she and her mother experienced. i feel sorry right now that i ve not used my voice sooner to help my mum, or any other woman that is in this position. and the man who spent 16 years building his own spitfire from scratch with the help of his wife finally takes off. coming up on sportsday on bbc news. i m here at the inaugural bbc green sport awards, where we ll hear from some of the athletes using their sport to try and help raise climate awareness. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the predator is facing mounting pressure from within her party over a refusal to commit to increasing benefits in with inflation. the commons leader, penny mordaunt, said it made sense to do so, but ms truss is considering pegging the rise to the average wage increase a much lowerfigure. it comes as a hope secretary accused tory mps of undermining liz truss and staging a coup to force a u turn on the top
Flooding. In the dark, they hadnt realised how deep it was. The south asked river burst its banks at around four in the morning. 70 year old muriel has lived here for 20 years. Last night she was adamant she was not leaving. When i heard the water adamant she was not leaving. When i heard the water in adamant she was not leaving. When i heard the water in the adamant she was not leaving. When i heard the water in the garage adamant she was not leaving. When i heard the water in the garage of adamant she was not leaving. When i heard the water in the garage of the l heard the water in the garage of the house, this is how close we got to escaping in our car which is a hybrid but we thought for a moment we were trapped in it because we couldnt get the doors open. But we feel rescued now. David and islay and their beloved spaniels were sheltering in the attic for help came. I had been up in the attic since five oclock basically, since the water started coming out of the house. This is stil
The same cup, if it were ireland, it would be the same occasion, we want to come and give the same occasion, we want to come and give our the same occasion, we want to come and give our best, that is what we are looking and give our best, that is what we are looking for. So thats later today, then on saturday the second semifinal takes place, as england play south africa. Meanwhile, in the womens 15, the new global tournament in womens rugby, england have got off to a winning start in the top tier, with a convincing 42 7 win over australia in their first game. The red roses, currently Top Of The World rankings, secured a bonus point before half time in wellington, running in six tries against the aussies, who had Annabelle Codey sent off in the second half. The global competition continues today, with fixtures in the other two tiers, including usa against scotland, scotland currently leading 24 14, and kazahstan are beating kenya 5 0 in the third tier. Pakistan are chasing a daunting t