Be closed tomorrow. And click goes inside the Fukushima Nuclear power plant where robots are helping to clean up after the disaster. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The british actress Lysette Anthony has come forward to say she is the woman who reported a Sexual Assault by hollywood Film Producer Harvey Weinstein to merseyside police. The actress, who stars in hollyoaks, says she was raped by weinstein at her flat in the late 1980s. He continues to deny any allegations of non consensual sex. Alexandra mackenzie reports. The allegations against Harvey Weinstein have shaken the Film Industry to its core, and notjust in hollywood. The british actress Lysette Anthony met the producer in 1982 when she was given the lead role in the film krull. Now in hollyoaks, she is the fifth woman to claim she was raped by him, in her london home. In a sunday newspaper, she said she tried to push him off but he was too heavy. She said this historical alle
Its friday 27th october. Im vicki young. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The spanish Prime Minister, Mariano Rajoy, has called on senators to approve direct rule over catalonia, amid an escalating crisis over the regions push for independence. The Catalan Parliament could respond by declaring independence. Lets cross over live now to my colleague in barcelona. You join me live outside the Catalan Parliament, where after weeks of turmoil, demonstrations and chaos and anger, this Catalan Crisis finally looks to be coming to a head. In the last few minutes, ca rles head. In the last few minutes, Carles Puigdemont, the catalan president , arrived here at parliament. We understand one of the motions he put to a vote today is a declaration of independence, a declaration of independence, a declaration that catalonia will be a sovereign state, independent, they will notify the eu, and any think madrid two sides will be irrelevant because it will be outside catalan law. That flies in the face of
Watched the fires approach. A dozen residentsjumped into this water tank to escape. 84 year old Marta Da Conceicao was helped in by her daughter. Oh god, oh god, it was awful, she tells me. Like hell. Of national mourning. The country now asks why its most isolated residents were left to save themselves. James reynolds, bbc news, central portugal. The former play school and play away presenter brian cant has died at the age of 83. A house with a door. A mainstay of childrens tv throughout the 1960s and 70s he also provided the voiceovers for programmes such as Camberwick Green and trumpton. Brian cant had been suffering from parkinsons disease for a number of years. There have been many tributes today toa there have been many tributes today to a real pioneer of childrens television. The National Gallery of ireland, home to great masters including caravaggio, rembrandt and goya, has played a leading role in Irish Culture for more than 150 years, inspiring giants such as George Bernard s
Watched the fires approach. A dozen residentsjumped into this water tank to escape. 84 year old Marta Da Conceicao was helped in by her daughter. Oh god, oh god, it was awful, she tells me. Like hell. Of national mourning. The country now asks why its most isolated residents were left to save themselves. James reynolds, bbc news, central portugal. The former play school and play away presenter brian cant has died at the age of 83. A house with a door. A mainstay of childrens tv throughout the 1960s and 70s he also provided the voiceovers for programmes such as Camberwick Green and trumpton. Brian cant had been suffering from parkinsons disease for a number of years. There have been many tributes today toa there have been many tributes today to a real pioneer of childrens television. The National Gallery of ireland, home to great masters including caravaggio, rembrandt and goya, has played a leading role in Irish Culture for more than 150 years, inspiring giants such as George Bernard s
Overnight will be higher than the Daytime Average for this time of year. They will get higher still tomorrow. They are tempered somewhat by these gusty winds. Trans pennine route, across the east of the grampians, you will get buffeted during the rush hour. Chilly air following to the north, but further south, we could have 15 or 16 celsius tomorrow. We will start to see something potentially more stormy in the middle part of the week. More on that later. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines thousands of Prison Officers in london and the South East Of England are to get an instant pay increase of between £3000 and £5000. Ministers said they wanted to attract the best talent after concerns the Prison Service was understaffed. Iraqi forces say theyve taken several villages to the south of mosul, hours after launching a major offensive to retake the western half of the city from Islamic State militants. Save the children warn theres around 350,000 children trapped in the city. The Chi