Good morning, welcome to breakfast with Naga Munchetty and jon kay. Our headlines today thomas cook asks for emergency government funding to stop it going bust and leaving thousands of holidaymakers stranded. Infighting overshadows the start of the Labour Party Conference as activists try to remove the deputy leader tom watson. Are our National Park a National Treasure which too few use . Will be talking about a big, bold plan for the future this morning. In sport. Australia make a winning start on day two of the Rugby World Cup as they beat a talented fiji side, with the game of the day to come holders new zealand against south africa later. Good morning. Itll be another dry and sunny day for the vast majority of the uk. A little warmer for many of us than yesterday, but windier as well. But there are changes afoot as the day progresses, particularly in the west. Ill have more detail for you in around a quarter of an hour. Good morning. Its saturday the 21st of september. Our top stor
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Enough women at the top table remains a long way off. Weather warnings have been issued across the uk this weekend with the approach of storm ciara. Transport networks are expected to be disrupted and there could also be power cuts. Wind speeds are forecast to reach 80mph. The person who knows all about this of course is susan powell. I hope i am not drop you in it by saying that good afternoon you are right, ciara is coming and we are looking at winds of up to 80 mph across a big swathe of the uk. The amber warning is for england and wales, may extend into scotland and northern ireland. There could be some disruption wherever you are tomorrow. You are probably wondering what on earth im on about at the moment, blue skies, sunshine and a light wind this afternoon. But the weather front coming in, it will be a pretty wet night for scotland and northern ireland, especially as the band of rain grinds to a halt, so some pretty big rainfall totals here. Rainfor pretty big rainfall totals he
Peak in the winds early evening. The met office has an amber warning for severe gales across england and wales, but Central Scotland may see gusts in excess of 85 mph through the early part of the evening. Showers start to thin out further into the evening and then overnight, they mostly concentrate to the north of the uk. We will notice they turn white. Colder air behind ciara. Theres ciara pushing into scandinavia to start the new week, but the isobars stay tightly packed, there is no letup in the winds and the other big change is we feed in much colder air right the way across the uk. A chillier feel for monday, a risk of ice in the north with the wintry showers, accumulations of snow possible above 100, 150 metres, showers of rain to the south. Hello this is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines storm ciara hits the uk 12,000 people are without power and there is severe travel disruption across the country. A persons being treated at the Royal Free Hospital in london after testing