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Of dry weather around as well. And still seeing the northerly breeze, it will be cool, temperatures in the countryside cooler than we are seeing here. As we move into the weekend, High Pressure begins to build into the picture, and will continue to see a feed of northerly air, so cool over the weekend as well. It will be a fresh start to the day on saturday, a few showers on the coast, but as we go through the day and tempered as one, cloud bubbling up and showers get going, a few less showers and today, but heavy across england and wales, High Pressure starting to push into scotland, settling things down, again feeling cool, temperatures in the mid teens. As High Pressure pushes in overnight, we see the wind easing and fewer showers. Rula, temperatures close to freezing in sheltered spots. Some of us waking up sheltered spots. Some of us waking up to seems like this on sunday morning, a touch of gros frost not out of the question. 20 of brightness around. And they looking like the bet
Welcome to bbc news. An explosion on an underground train in south west london this morning is being treated as a terrorist attack. The train was packed with rush hour commuters when the blast went off. It sent a fireball through the carriage. 22 passengers were injured, none of them seriously. The device appears to have been in a white container with a timer. The mayor of london says a manhunt for the attacker is now underway. The device detonated at 820 this morning at Parsons Green station on the District Line in south west london. My colleague Matthew Price is there. Thank you very much indeed. The section of the London Tube Network on which this explosion took place is actually overground, not underground like much of the network. It is a couple of hundred metres behind me, down this road where, at the moment, police and forensic officers are going through the scene of the explosion to try and piece together what happened and what sort of device this was. We have already had some
Because of what we saw in london in the underground station the ftse is down 50 points. Cheryl kospi index is up. Lauren President Trump tours devastation in florida and talks tax cuts for the middle class. Cheryl unusual investigation after data breach in equifax, the company had a patch to stop the breach but they didnt install it. Fbn am starts right now. Lauren 5 01 a. M. On a very busy friday morning, september 15th, thank you for joining us. Im lauren simonetti. Cheryl good morning, im cheryl casone, i want to get right to the breaking news for you. Out of london, a chaotic scene thats unfolding right now in london. Youre looking at the map, parsons substation, explosion inside a tube train during morning rush hour at Parsons Green, some passengers have been left with facial burnses, witnesses say that many people ran for the same door out of that carriage, some of them pushed over and trampled. There was a white bucket on fire inside of the train. Lauren lets listen to sister st
Hundreds of thousands of ryanair passengers are warned their flights could be cancelled over the next six weeks. The new democrat leader vince cable has called on members to regenerate, as he addresses the party at the conference. And in half an hour here on bbc news, ill bejoined by foreign correspondents based in london to analyse this weeks events on our dateline london programme. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. An armed Police Operation is underway by officers investigating the Parsons Green attack yesterday morning. It comes hours after an 18 year old man was arrested in dover on suspicion of terrorism. The home secretary has called the arrest very significant. The armed Police Operation currently underway is taking place in sunbury on thames in surrey, only 11 miles away by road from yesterdays terrorist attack in Parsons Green. The bbc understands the operation is focused on cavendish road. A house is being searched and residents close to the property in sunbury are bein