A crushing defeat for england in new zealand, as the black caps wrap up an impressive innings and 65 run victory in the first test at bay oval. Good morning. Today we are looking ata good morning. Today we are looking at a fairly cloudy day. A misty one as well, and weve got rain pushing northwards. The driest conditions gcioss northwards. The driest conditions across the far north of scotland. I will have more in 15 minutes. It is monday 25 november. Our top story over a Million Students face disruption from today when University Lecturers and support staff begin an eight day strike over pay, pensions and working conditions. Lectures will be cancelled at 60 universities. That is almost half of the uks institutions. Here is our education correspondent lisa hampele. They are taking to the picket lines again. Last year, more than 40,000 University Staff went on strike because of changes to their pension fund. Now, they say there has been a lack of progress in that dispute and they are an
The match between everton and tottenam was overshadowed by a serious injury. Tottenhams son heung min was in tears as everton midfielder andre gomes suffered a fractured ankle. I was thrilled when i said mr disney, i would love to, but i have to tell you i am pregnant. He said well, thats ok, we will wait. And ive been speaking to the woman who kept walt disney waiting, the practically perfectjulie andrews. And we are not flying a kite, but flying a flag for Lewis Hamiltons victory at silverstone this morning. I will be basking in the sunshine of this victory but when you more news for rain, especially for eastern scotland. Full details coming up on brea kfast. It is monday 4 november. Our top story Lewis Hamilton is celebrating his sixth formula one world title after clinching the 2019 championships in the United States grand prix. His second place finish means he is now the second most successful fi driver of all time, just one title behind Michael Schumachers record. Our Sports Corr
Well have the latest on that cobra meeting, and well be speaking to a Church Warden in fishlake, one of the worst hit communities. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. The labour party says its foiled a cyberattack on its campaign, from hackers based in russia and brazil. Im in Bishop Auckland, a town that has voted for labour since 1935 but is it about to change . A warning from one teen who almost died after using e cigarettes and is now urging people not to take up vaping. And Raheem Sterling is dropped from the england team ahead of a euro 2020 qualifier after a bust up with his team mate joe gomez. Its 5pm. Our main story. The Prime Minister is chairing a meeting of the governments Cobra Emergency Committee to discuss the flooding in yorkshire and the midlands. Earlier, Jeremy Corbyn accused the government of failing to act quickly enough and said the response from ministers had been woeful. About 400 homes have been flooded and 1,200 properties evacuated. Five severe flood wa
Lewis hamilton says he is flying super high after being crowned World Champion for the sixth time. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Health bosses in england have warned politicians not to use the nhs as a political weapon during the general Election Campaign. Nhs providers, the organisation which represents health trust leaders, has urged parties not to make empty promises over future funding for the health service. Our health editor, hugh pym reports. Nhs providers says hospitals and other trusts have been preparing for winter, but the pressures are bigger than ever. With health featuring prominently already in the Election Campaign, there is a warning that politicians need to be straight and clear about funding promises and not overdramatise the problems. We recognise there is a political po ten si around the health service, people care about the health service, but it is important we have afairand service, but it is important we have a fair and balanced debate that pre
Celsius. Into the evening, the cloud will continue to beginning to the west with outbreaks of rain beating eastwards. The rain is courtesy of these weather fronts. Friday is looking like a fairly unsettled job. But also going to dragon some milder hour. Thursday night, the temperatures will drift away, particularly for scotland, parts of Northern England but we will see the temperatures recovering. Noticeably milder start to the day. A very different looking day across the board. Some missed and merc over high ground. We will see spells of rain as the day progresses. Temperatures of a maximum around 914, 1216 temperatures of a maximum around 9 14, 12 16 across the south. A noticeably milder day to come on friday. Into the weekend, a bit of uncertainty in the detail. Low pressure will be in charge. The positioning of the centre of that low will affect where the wettest weather and the strongest winds are. At the moment saturdays looking u nsettled. At the moment saturdays looking unsett