6. 5 Million Viewers tune in to channel 4s First Episode of the Great British bake off but did the show rise to the challenge . Good morning. Its wednesday 30th august. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The United Nations Security Council has unanimously condemned north koreas firing a ballistic missing overjapan. A Statement Issued after an emergency meeting last night and agreed by pyongyangs allies, china and russia, described the test as outrageous. However, the two countries did say that us military activity in the region was partly to blame for the increase in tensions, and urged negotiations. These are the latest pictures of the missile which launched on tuesday, that crossed over japans northern hokkaido island, triggering public alerts to take cover, before landing in the sea. The Prime Minister theresa may has arrived injapan, with north korea expected to be at the top agenda. She spoke about the role britain will play resolving the missile crisis. I want to wo
Some places. 13 celsius whereas in wales it is brightening up. Sunny spells developing more widely across the north of england. For Northern Ireland and scotland some quite warm sunny spells away from any of the showers. Some heavy downpours around. Into tonight eventually rain clears away from the east of england. Showers coming into western coastal areas but many places becoming dry away from the odd patch of mr fogg but also quite cool. Mist and fog. Potentially quite a wet start tomorrow across parts of north wales and north west england. Even early on there could be some intense downpours around. Elsewhere it is dry and sunny start but the showers get going and by the afternoon most of the uk experiencing sunshine and showers. Those showers could hang around for some time. Some warm and sunny spells in between, warmer across east anglia compared with today. Any showers could be heavy and sundry. Gradually fading on thursday evening. There is denied again quite chilly. Many of us d
Six and a half Million Viewers tune in to channel 4s First Episode of the Great British bake off, but did the show rise to the challenge . Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Tropical storm harvey has moved east to neighbouring louisiana, after battering the city of houston in texas for the past four days. Thousands of people there have fled their homes in search of Emergency Shelter amid severe flooding. Residents in port arthur, texas 90 miles east of houston are said to be in survival mode. residents have been posting pleas for help on social media and calling local radio and tv stations for help. The storm has made landfall for the second time this time in the neighbouring state of louisa na. The state increased its emergency resources, doubling up on high water vehicles, boats and helicopters on duty. These are some of the latest pictures from houston where a night time curfew to prevent looting from abandoned homes, as authorities and volunteers battle to rescue stranded peop
Princes on a tour of the white garden at Kensington Palace, planted to mark two decades since Princess Diana died. A hard drive containing unfinished works by Terry Pratchett has been crushed by a six and a half tonne steamroller as per his wishes. The fantasy novelist died in march 2015 after battling alzheimers disease. Welcome to houston, a city where so many neighbourhoods are underwater. Im ina many neighbourhoods are underwater. Im in a suburb to the west of houston, the storm has passed, but look at the impact. We have cars submerged, home completely flooded, rescue boats going door to door this morning. Ive seen at least three in the last 15 minutes. Whats happening here is because the reservoirs outside houston are for, the authorities are doing timed releases from the dams to stop the reservoirs overflowing, but that means this neighbourhood is still flooding from those timed releases and people here tell me the waters are still rising. Its an extraordinary state of affairs,
Which was planted to mark two decades since Princess Diana died. Police are investigating after a box of 70 fireworks was set off in a pizza shop in liverpool. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Tropical storm harvey has moved east to neighbouring louisiana, after battering the city of houston in texas for the past four days. Lets go straight to houston and join laura trevelyan. Welcome to houston, a city where so many neighbourhoods are underwater. Look at the destruction and devastation the flooding and aftermath of Hurricane Harvey has caused. In this neighbourhood were still seeing flooding even though the storm has passed, because reservoirs outside houston are so full with water they are over spilling so the authorities are over spilling so the authorities are doing controlled release of the water through the dams, which means water through the dams, which means water levels here are still rising. There are more than 10,000 people in shelters in houston, yet another shelters