Raids across london to rescue women thought to have been trafficked from romania. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport. Its a big night for england. The match against montenegro at wembley this evening will be their 1,000th international fixture. Theres no Raheem Sterling, remember, but can they qualify without him . Thanks, connie, and nick miller has the weather. More rain falling where it is just not needed. How much and for how long . Plus going in search of snow. I have also found some in africa. Thanks, nick. Also coming up as we get the first glimpse of this years John Lewis Christmas tv ad, well look at what the others are like and ask whether the millions of pounds spent on on them is money well spent. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. Accident and emergency units in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 200a. One senior doctor has warned Emergency Care is imploding. The governments target is for 95 of a e patients to be treat
Hurry and affects. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport, with katie shanahan. The Rugby World Cup aims and defeats, they have been beaten by a0 points against new zealand to win the bronze medal. That was also the head coach last game in charge of wales. Thanks katie, and stav has all the weather thanks, stav. Here is a hint of what we are expecting a better week and particularly in southern parts of the country it can be pretty wild and beat i will have all of the details coming up. Also coming up, campaigners call for a clamp down on fireworks being let off in residential areas at all hours. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live. Nigel farage has said his brexit party will contest every seat in england, wales and scotland in next months election, unless borisjohnson drops his deal with the eu and signs up to a leave alliance. Mr farage said the Prime Ministers Withdrawal Agreement with the eu is simply not brexit. the brexit party say they have 500 candidates ready to fight the
Is still possible. Obviously any agreement must work for everyone. Climate change campaigners have been banned from london after a week of Extinction Rebellion protests. A low cost and widely available drug could reduce deaths in traumatic brain injury patients by as much as 20 , according to a new study. That is at 9 15am. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. The government and the Football Association as well as past and present players have demanded that uefa take tough and immediate action after englands black players were racially abused during an international in bulgaria. The game which england won six nil had to be halted twice because home fans were making monkey noises and nazi salutes. The referee was following uefas three step racism protocol. The first incident occurred on the 28th minute when england was leading 2 0. A stadium announcement was made condemning the abuse and warned fans if further incidents occurred the match might be abandoned. The game was st
And coming up on bbc news. New zealand look to erase Rugby World Cup scars of 2019 as they look to reach a record fifth final when they face argentina later. Good afternoon. The labour leader sir kier starmer says his partys two by election victories last night are history in the making. Labour overturned huge conservative majorities in the previously safe tory seats of Mid Bedfordshire and tamworth in staffordshire. In Mid Bedfordshire, the former seat of nadine dorries, the tory majority of more than 2a,000 collapsed with a swing to labour of 20. 5 . While in tamworth the swing was even bigger 23. 9 . The conservatives have blamed low turnout, saying their voters stayed at home. Our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. Two previously tory seats, two big wins for labour. Keir starmer has been to visit both with big swings for his party from the conservatives in tamworth, but his first stop this morning was to celebrate his close victory in Mid Bedfordshire. We know that voters
This is still very much an ongoing operation. These teams have so far rescued around about 50 residents this morning. No one knows for sure how long this water will remain here, but it is thought it might stay flooded for the next couple of days. And listen to this. Just a0 miles up north in Aberdeen Winds of up to 70mph. Along the coast, these homes were submerged and damaged. Yesterday, the body of a 57 year old woman was rescued from a river in angus. Within the last hour, police have confirmed the death of a 56 year old driver after a falling tree hit the van near forfar. Some parts of scotland have now been issued a new red danger to life Weather Warning for tomorrow. But for today it has been downgraded to amber as it travels south. Parts of Northern England at the midlands are now bracing themselves for what is to come. Fiona lamdin, bbc news. Our reporter louise cowie is also in brechin and gave us this update. The rain has literallyjust stopped before we came on air, but its b