Of the terrorist attack which claimed 22 lives. Hello and welcome to bbc news. The most powerful storm to hit cuba in more than 80 years is moving slowly along the islands north coast, causing floods and widespread damage. Fierce winds from Hurricane Irma have ripped off rooftops, uprooted trees, and torn down power lines. One Million People nearly a tenth of cubas population have been evacuated. Our correspondent will grant reports from havana. Cubans had hoped they might avoid the worst of Hurricane Irma. They had no such luck. With the full force of a category 5 storm, the hurricane tore through the islands northern shore, the storm surge almost completely engulfing several small fishing villages. Electricity and communication links are out across swathes of the country. As some communities along the coast are wondering how they will ever rebuild, others are bracing themselves for irmas impact. Even in the big cities, people are getting nervous. Translation im really worried. My hom
A Postcode Lottery in Psychiatric Care across the uk. Medical experts claim people with Mental Health problems are losing out because of a lack of specialist consultants. Good morning. We are at a gardening exhibition. It is an Industry Worth £5 billion in the economy, and one thatis £5 billion in the economy, and one that is growing. I will have information shortly. In sport, chris froome creates more history on two wheels. He adds the tour of spain to his four Tour De France titles in a year he calls hes best ever. From a rocket on two wheels to the future of space travel. Well be live ahead of the launch of the uks largest rocket. And matt has the weather. Good morning. Good morning. While irma weekends, a blustery week in store for england. Weakens. I will have the forecast for you coming up in 15 minutes. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. Hurricane irma is battering the west coast of florida, bringing with it intense rainfall, severe flooding, violent winds and tor
Time for a look at the weather, with lucy martin. Good afternoon. In the last few minutes, Hurricane Irma has been downgraded to a tropical on. It is heading northwards, as we move through the day. Still plenty of rainfall to come through the next few hours. But it is a quieter story across the uk today. We do have low pressure in charge, and that means weve got a fairly brisk north westerly breeze. And this morning, we started off with a mixture of sunny spells and showers, some of those showers fairly heavy. They will be making their way south eastwards and in between them there will be some good sunshine. Thats how it will stay as we move through this afternoon, a mixture of sunny spells and showers. The wind slightly easing on what we saw this morning, but still slightly breezy. The showers across england and wales do have the potential to be quite heavy. They could contain some lightning and thunder. In between, some spells of sunshine. For Northern Ireland, Northern England and s
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Parties tojoin her and contribute as she signals a change in style a year after taking office. Britains andy murray and Johanna Konta are both through to the last eight at wimbledon Britains Andy Murray and Johanna Konta are both through to the last eight at wimbledon. Its five oclock. A man who confessed to be an ira bomb maker admits he was part of the Group Responsible for the Birmingham Pub Bombings in 197a. He says he was an active volunteer when 21 people we re an active volunteer when 21 people were killed. One year after the bombings six men were wrongfully convicted and to date no one has been convicted. Today Michael Hayes apologised to the families of the victims but refused to say what role he played. Families of the victims have described this as insulting. Lets speak to our ireland correspondent chris buckler. The pub bombings were one of the most notorious attacks ever committed in britain during the long yea rs of committed in britain during the long years of the troubl