European championships next summer. Time for a look at the weather heres mel coles. We will see a brief break in proceedings from the wet weather towards the middle of the week, but it will be short lived. We still had several severe flood warnings in force for the don valley, those areas struggling to cope with recent flooding and rain. Some showery rain forecast this afternoon. This is the recent rainfall, they are gradually drifting southwards, there are some sunny spells on offer. It is tied into this area of low pressure gradually drifting towards the north sea, a transient ridge of High Pressure following behind but another weather system waiting in the winds. For the rest of the afternoon, further showers feeding on, drifting southwards, some could be wintry over the Higher Ground in parts of scotland, some sunshine, but you will all notice the blustery winter evident down irish sea and north sea coast, but even inland it is not helping. We mayjust about squeeze out a double dig
Are battling catastrophic conditions, as wildfires continue to rage on australias east coast. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with jane dougall. Hello. Both Raheem Sterling and joe gomez had trained together, despite Raheem Sterling being dropped after an altercation between the two. Sterling has admitted his emotions got the better of him. Are slight respite for the rain in the next 24 hours. We will take a closer look at what is causing a catastrophic australian wildfires. Also coming up, were out and about in Bishop Auckland. We are in the north east today, in Bishop Auckland, in a town that has voted labour in every election since 1935. Is that about to change . Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn has heavily criticised the government for what he has described as a woeful response to flooding in yorkshire and the midlands. Five days after the flooding began, the Prime Minister will this afternoon chair a meeting of the governments Cobra
Life and i very naively, im american, we dont have that they are. Two big legal changes in Northern Ireland are looming with abortion and same sex marriage becoming legal at midnight. It has prompted stormont to assemble for the first time in three years. Coming up one afternoon live, lizzie with all the sport. Hello, simon. We have squad news for the Rugby World Cup semifinals this weekend, there is good news for england but bad news for wales. 0k, back to you later. And we have the whether with matt taylor. Thanks, simon, half term week for some of you and some of you would appreciate something drier but rain will never be too far away from the forecast and i will tell you where that will be in around half an hours time. Good afternoon from westminster, where borisjohnson will this afternoon try again to get the backing of mps for his brexit deal with the European Union, after he abandoned his bid to secure parliamentary approval during a special sitting on saturday. The government i
Approved the bell in principle. They centre for us. And festivals and very sad news from the world of said we could not open the paralympics . Yes, this is a story Withdrawal Agreement and we did they which the bbc has covered right from said we could not get rid of the backstop and we did, and they said the start, the belgian wheelchair racer was the 100 metres champion in we could not get a new deal and we did. Questions about the questions 2012, silver medallist in rio in questions about fracking. As a 2016, so come on the surface, a watchdog raises concerns. I have the successful para athlete, 2016, so come on the surface, a successful pa ra athlete, but 2016, so come on the surface, a successful para athlete, but what many people did not see was the sport with jane to go. Some sad co nsta nt many people did not see was the constant excruciating pain suffered by Marieke Vervoort every single day. She said that she had actually signed euthanasia papers as far back as 2018 because sh
Borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn meet to try to find a way through the brexit stalemate. Is fracking finished in the uk . The government and a highly critical report casts doubt over its future. And one of the team the prince of wales meets the welsh rugby squad ahead of their world cup semifinal in japan. Coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news, well have reaction to the death of Paralympic Champion marieke vervoort, the belgian wheelchair racer who has ended her life through euthanasia. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at 6pm. 39 people have been found dead in the back of a lorry in essex. Its not known who they are or where they came from. One was a teenager. The lorry driver, whos 25, from Northern Ireland and and named locally as mo robinson, has been arrested on suspicion of murder. The victims were discovered at1. 1i0 this morning. The police say identifying them is their number one priority but its expected to be a lengthy process. The lorry was registered in