Now, more than 100 people have had to be rescued by Emergency Services as parts of the midlands were hit by more flooding and drivers were caught out by rapidly rising water. There are more than 100 flood warnings currently in place in parts of england and wales. 0ur midlands correspondence reports where the river avon burst its banks. So would you like us to bring you out of the property, because of the water . You would like to be evacuated . Rescue boats have been launched throughout the day in evesham, as water levels on the avon continue to rise. Its been quite a protracted incident for us. Theres been a number of incidents across the county, and this is just one of many that our crews are dealing with currently. The river has reached its highest level since 2007, with only one road through evesham left open. This is one of the main routes through evesham, but half a mile is currently submerged beneath the floodwater. Its meant that many people havent been able to get through to t
Good morning. Its 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm in washington dc, where the impeachment inquiry continued to unfold on thursday and President Trump went on the attack. Hes furious about reports that he asked attorney general william barr to hold a press conference clearing him of any wrongdoing in that phone call with ukraines leader, in which mr trump asked for an investigation into his political rivaljoe biden. At the time, military aid to ukraine was on hold. Mr barr refused to hold a news conference. This, as highly anticipated public impeachment hearings are due to begin next week. Vice president mike pence accused the democrats of using the inquiry as a way of overturning the 2016 election result. What is going on in washington, dc today is a disgrace. Behind closed doors, there is a so called impeachment enquiry that i think the American People know is nothing more than a partisan impeachment, the latest effort by democrats to try and overturn the results of the 2016
Hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines Prince Andrew speaks publicly for the first time about his friendship with the convicted sex offender, jeffrey epstein. In an exclusive interview with bbc newsnight, the duke says it was wrong to stay at epsteins house and admits he let the side down. Thats the bit that, that, that, erm, as it were, i kick myself for on a daily basis, cos it was not something that was becoming of a member of the royal family. Prince andrew also said he had no recollection of meeting Virginia Roberts who claims she was forced to have sex with him when she was 17 after being groomed by epstein. He denies any inappropriate conduct. In other news Scotland Yard is investigating claims of electoral fraud after the brexit party said its candidates had been offered inducements by conservatives to stand down. Two people have been hurt in a large fire at a Student Accommodation building in bolton more than 200 firefighters were brought in to tackle the blaze.
In gloucestershire have flooded after river levels in the county peaked this weekend. Levels are expected to remain high into monday, and the Environment Agency is warning it could be a while before the water subsides. Madeleine ware reports. Taking the dogs to dry land. The couple who run the boat inn by the river severn at ashleworth near gloucester were up most of the night, trying to protect it with sandbags. After a few hours sleep, they awoke to find water inside the pub. We got up when we heard the water had obviously hit the back of the pub because the barrels fell down, and at that point it started to come up through the floor. Its really upsetting, it is very, like, you put hours and hours and hard work into the pub and running it and keeping it clean and in stock, and it is hard to see it all just wet. Marks also a volunteer with the severn area rescue association. Last night, they pulled a car out of flood water close to the boat inn. They were actually trying to get to the
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