general election, thank you hannah, live there in westminster. now to storms in the uk. nottinghamshire county council has declared a major incident because of rising water levels on the river trent. villages along its course are being told to be prepared for flooding. some residents have been moved from their homes as a precaution. elsewhere, the met office has issued a yellow warning for rain covering the south of england. the warning, which stretches from cornwall to east anglia, says there could be power cuts and major travel disruption. she the word 0ur correspondent dan johnson has the latest. storm henk may be gone, but it s certainly not forgotten. this is what it left behind in nottinghamshire, where a major incident s been declared for the flooded villages of the trent valley. river levels are still rising here and could pass records set more than 20 years ago. it is similar levels to that of 2000. so it s that serious, and we must ask people to be
3pm today. the river trent has not yet reached its peak, so we ve got worse still to come. 0ur photographer was out by the iconic city ground, nottingham forest. he s never seen it before, and the walkways and the parks there, if that s going to get worse tomorrow, ijust don t that s going to get worse tomorrow, i just don t know that s going to get worse tomorrow, ijust don t know how many properties are going to be affected. what kind of damage we would see. and we always ask the question at this stage when we see the devastation, you know, what defences are in place? what is the environment agency, the government, being able to do in the past are kind of learn from what s gone on before and try to prevent a repeat? we always hear, don t we, that lessons will be learned, and it won t happen again. it s like you said, river levels at record highs and it s causing this destruction. well i don t actually know what the agencies and the authorities are
britain s prime minister says a general election is likely to take place in the second half of this year. a major incident is declared in nottinghamshire, as the county is hit by flooding and rising river levels caused by storm henk. thousands attend the funeral of a hamas deputy leader killed in beirut. and elvis is back in the building, he is making a comeback in a new stage show which is made possible by artificial intelligence, and a lot of unseen footage. and a lot of unseen footage. hello, i m ben thompson.
britain s prime minister says a general election is likely to take place in the second half of this year. a major incident is declared in nottinghamshire, as the county is hit by flooding and rising river levels caused by storm henk. thousands attend the funeral of a hamas deputy leader killed in beirut. and elvis is back in the building, he is making a comeback in a new stage show which is made possible by artificial intelligence, and a lot of unseen footage. and a lot of unseen footage. hello, i m ben thompson.
suez canal and the pandemic called caused extensive disruption. how big this latest disruption becomes for businesses and consumers will depend how long the threat to one of the worlds busiest trade routes continues. katie alston, bbc news. now to storms in the uk. nottinghamshire county council has declared a major incident because of rising water levels on the river trent. villages along its course are being told to be prepared for flooding. some residents have been moved from their homes as a precaution. elsewhere, the met office has issued a yellow warning for rain covering the south of england. the warning, which stretches from cornwall to east anglia, says there could be power cuts and major travel disruption. 0ur correspondent dan johnson has the latest. storm henk may be gone, but it s certainly not forgotten. this is what it left behind in nottinghamshire, where a major incident s been declared for the flooded villages of the trent valley. river levels are still rising here