But this is the aftermath of the catastrophic bushfires that have ravaged New South Wales. And in the village of balmoral, the devastation is everywhere. The prime minister, scott morrison, appeared for the first time today after fierce criticism of his holiday in hawaii. It is quite humbling as you, you speak to families and speak to individuals, you speak to the volunteers, and you see the best of australia on every single occasion, and that is what we are seeing here again. Russell has been a volunteer firefighter for again. Russell has been a volunteer firefighterfor six again. Russell has been a volunteer firefighter for six years and was out with his team trying to control the blaze in the village when his own house was burned to the ground. It wasnt until this morning when i came back, because we couldnt get backin came back, because we couldnt get back in because it was too dangerous, so when i came back this morning, to check the chickens, i then had a look at the property, an
More than 2 million adults in england are unable to see an nhs dentist, because appointments arent available or its too expensive, figures suggest. The foreign secretary summons the Chinese Ambassador after a former employee of the uk consulate in hong kong claims he was detained and tortured by chinese officials. I have been shackled, i have been handcuffed and i have been blindfolded, you know, so they make me hooded. And the mission to save thousands of animals from australias bushfires. Well have the latest on the desperate efforts. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn have traded verbal blows over brexit in the first tv debate of the general Election Campaign. The Prime Minister said the labour leader is unclear about whether his Party Supports leaving or remaining in the eu and mr corbyn said the nhs isnt safe in conservative hands. The two leaders also locked horns over trust and leadership, the future of scotland and the royal family. The p
Will not affect the royal family, it will not affect the royal family, it will certainly affect the duke of some cloudy and wet weather. You york and it will affect improbably and his relationship with his various charities and work because they might say, well, all this has will see the sunshine over the next come out in the wash, we are not few days. I have your full forecast terribly sure whether we want him to here on breakfast. Hello. Good come along. Northern ireland said earlier in the year they would put him off and what other people putting off in 2020 . Morning. Its sunday the 17th november. The conservatives have set out more our top story details of their plans for immigration after brexit, saying migrants will be treated equally regardless of in an exclusive interview where they come from. With newsnight, the duke of york has the cost for migrants to use the nhs would also rise, categorically denied having any sexual contact with a woman while the rules who says she was fo
Youre questions answered. Thats with plaid cymrus liz Saville Roberts. Taking you straight to Ironbridge Gorge in shropshire for the pictures of the demolition of four cooling towers the. We just got to that a couple of moments later after the charges were set. 120 metres high and they cost of £10 million. Crowds gathered to see that historic moment as the towers at the coal fired power station in Ironbridge Gorge in shropshire came down. The work of so long comes down in a matter of seconds and as you can see, a cloud of dust is all that is left. 0ur correspondent phil mackie is watching the demolition. That was quite an amazing sight. It has gone completely to plan. There was concern that some would fall into the river severn. Essentially where that dust cloud is at the moment, but everything seemed to happen quite perfectly on time. You really have to be 60 years old or older than that to remember what it was like before that. 55, 60 years ago when they started building these power
Blocked in by this enormous area of High Pressure covering a large swathes of russia. And because this is so big and fast it will not be butting any time soon. Cloud and rain today across western areas, the heaviest rain across Northern Ireland but it will get into western fringes of scotland and wales and into cornwall as well. Otherwise a largely dry afternoon. The best of the sunshine across Eastern England and eastern areas of scotland. Tonight the rain tends to move away from Northern Ireland and it becomes dry for many but staying pretty cloudy. But it does cloudy skies and temperatures falling to between two and 6 degrees but in any lengthy clear breaks there could be some frost around particularly in the north of scotland. Tomorrow the rain band will at times be affecting the south of england but in Northern Ireland we get much cooler air. So highs of around 7 degrees heading through tomorrow afternoon. Still a lot of crowd around, perhaps some drizzle around north sea coasts.