stormont elections before christmas. keeping the lights on this winter a new scheme launches which will see customers offered discounts on their energy bills if they agree to use less electricity at peak times. with the key us midterm elections just four days away, donald trump drops his strongest hint yet that he plans another run for the white house. and now, in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, i will very, very, very probably do it again, 0k? very, very, very probably. we are going to find the solutions to repair our planet. prince william has announced the finalists for his global environment awards, the earthshot prize. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. the bbc has heard evidence that albanian drug gangs are using the migrant camps of northern france as a recruitment ground, offering to pay the passage of those prepared to work in the uk drugs industry on arrival. it comes as record numbers of migrants are us
for humanitarian agencies, after five major non governmental organisations suspend their work in afghanistan. we ll have a look at the front page of the papers in a moment but first, some other stories to bring you. police say a tenth person has died as a result of a huge explosion at a block of flats injersey early this month. kathleen mcguinness, who was 73, lived next to the building in st helier which was destroyed in the blast. about 3 billion litres of water are lost every day through leaks in england and wales, according to the latest figures from the industry regulator. now to help tackle the problem, scientists have developed miniature robots that crawl through pipes to patrol our water supply network. our science correspondent, victoria gill, reports. the water company here in essex has detected a leak, but to find its location and fix it, they will need to dig through a complex maze of pipes. basically, we have a nine inch cast iron water main that runs down the
earlier, liz truss travelled to balmoral castle in aberdeenshire where she accepted the queen s invitation to form a government. borisjohnson had already left downing street his words prompting speculation that he might want to return at some point. that he might want to a that he might want to day of transition and an ever for a day of transition and an evening for the new prime minister of shaping her government. we ll have the latest on the shape of the new cabinet and on the policy challenges. one other story, following the fatal shooting of a school girl in liverpool. for the first time, the mother of olivia pratt korbel makes a public appeal for the killer to come forward. i m hoping that they come forward. that this doesn t happen to anybody else. and coming up on the bbc news channel. a busy evening of european football celtic among the british teams in action but can they overcome the european champions real madrid at celtic park? good evening. the new prime mi
the west at the moment enhancing shower activity. this massive rain will arrive to tonight across the southern half of the country. it was a nice start to the day across many areas but that is fading with heavy rain pushing through wales, northern england and the midlands. that will tend to clear, showers following on behind. the rain pushing into northern ireland over night. and also very windy. a bit quieter across the north of the uk with a lighter wind and fewer showers. but turning quite cold with sub zero values. forthursday turning quite cold with sub zero values. for thursday the front across the south of the country with low pressure pushing into the north west of the uk. some sunshine around northern and eastern areas but then the low pressure bringing gales into northern ireland and the west of staying blustery across southern britain but in between a slice of dry weather. miles in the south and chile in the north. on thursday night those gales transfer from northe