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,
For the children. That full exclusive report in around half an hours time. And defence secretary sir Michael Fallon has confirmed he was once told off by a journalist for putting his hand on her knee during dinner. We bring you reaction. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11. Latest breaking news and developing stories as always this morning. Plus, a little later well look at claims that some of britains most successful paralympic athletes won their gold medals unfairly. Uk athletics stand accused of manipulating the classification system in order to win medals. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today. The government has proposed reducing the amount of money that can be staked on fixed odds betting terminals, to protect players from racking up huge losses. Betting companies earn about £i. 8 billion a year from the machines, which
Italy. One person has died, but rescu e rs italy. One person has died, but rescuers have saved others, including a baby who was dug out of the rubble. Anti Racism Campaign group kick it out calls for an independent review after striker eni aluko accused the manager of the england womens team of discrimination. But mark sampson and the fa deny any wrongdoing and say they were cleared by an independent investigation. And carol is out and about with the weather. Good morning from green park in london. I have good company this morning, these lovely ladies. It is the First Time Since the 1930s there have been sheep in green park. These are not any ordinary sheep. I will tell you more later. After a murky start things will get brighter. It could get up to 26 or 27 in parts of the uk, but there will also be heavy showers later for Northern Ireland, Northern England and scotland. More details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. President trump says the us will fight to win in a
And yet despite this the Marijuana Industry is still booming. So is it time for a drastic rethink . This is the situation in portugal. Weve been to two European Countries with very different approaches to drugs controls. Bake off is back almost. The baking favourite returns to our screens next week with new faces and on a new channel, of course. So will it rise to the occasion . We have had a sneak peek. Hello, welcome to the programme, were live until 11 this morning. Also if you think the bake off pun was bad, dont worry we have much better in store, as we will be talking to the winner of the award for the bestjoke at the Edinburgh Fringe this year. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. President trump said hed changed his mind about withdrawing troops from afghanistan last night in a major speech. The man who always said he didnt want to intervene abroad came