From flooding by slowing heavy rainfall with their dams. They want creatures like this reintroduced nationwide. Not all are convinced. But the beavers here are making their own watery case. Roger harrabin, bbc news, devon. The weather looked nice there but how is it looking today . Nick miller has all the details. Icy rain icy sunshine sunshine and showers today, and mixture, not everyone will catch a shower. Scattered about scotla nd will catch a shower. Scattered about scotland and Northern Ireland, heavy ones with thunder, may catch mixed m, ones with thunder, may catch mixed in, drifting east of england and wales into this evening but they die away. Most places away from the Northern Isles, which they showery, look dry. Mid single figures away from the town and city centres, the grampians remaining freezing, maybe fog around on sunday. Morning sunshine tomorrow and showers get going again in scotland, Northern Ireland and northern england, this batch for wales drifting east, Easter
Was last seen outside one of the pubs struck by the attackers. Lucy manning reports. Melissa mcmullan hasjust had the news no sister wants to hear. She now believes her brother, james, was murdered in the London Bridge attack. This morning we received news from the police that my Brothers Bank card was found on one of the bodies from Saturday Nights brutal attack. While our pain will never diminish, it is important for us to all carry on with our lives in direct opposition to all those who would try to destroy ours. James was 32 years old, from london, on A Night Out With Friends in a pub on borough high street, when he popped outside a cigarette. Despite the anguish, the tears, melissa wanted to speak, to let everyone know what her big brother was like. There will only ever be one james. Nowhere else will you find such humour and unique personality, with someone who puts friends and family above all else. He was an inspiration. Melissa, how would you describe your brother . Loving and
And 2am in the iraqi city of mosul where the Great Mosque Of Al Nuri has been destroyed by the so called Islamic State. The announcement came from Iraqi Forces Close to the mosque as they pushed ahead with the offensive to retake the ias stronghold. The us general called it a crime against the people of muscle and all of iraq. Let me show you some of the pictures taken by a bbc cameraman just about an hour before the mosque was hit. You can see the famous leaning minaret, with the city nickname, the hunchback. In 2014 the eye as leader made his only public appearance there. The is leader. These images were taken soon after the mosque was destroyed and you can see it is hardly recognisable. A little while ago our correspondent in mosul spoke with my colleague and gave the latest. It is confirmed that the mosque and the Historical Dome was destroyed a couple of hours ago. I was there in the evening with the Counterterrorism Force in iraq, which advanced to just 150 metres away from the m
Delivered with menace, no one does it quite like Rodrigo Duterte, elected President Of The Philippines a year ago. Since he came to power, around 7000 people have been killed. Human Rights Groups are aghast that the majority of filipinos seem to like his iron fist. My guest is one of the president s most fierce critics, senator antonio trillanes. Is duterte taking the phillipines and the region in a new direction . Antonio trillanes, in manila, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you very much for inviting me. We speak at a difficult time for your country. In mindanao in the south of the philippines, you have a National Emergency with a town that for weeks has faced a siege because it has been, in essence, taken over byjihadist gunmen. The president says this is a National Emergency and it is time for the country to unify. Do you agree . I agree that what is happening in marawi is a National Crisis and something that we should deal with decisively. But i feel that the armed forc
Delivered with menace, no one does it quite like Rodrigo Duterte, elected President Of The Philippines a year ago. Since he came to power, around 7000 people have been killed. Human Rights Groups are aghast that the majority of filipinos seem to like his iron fist. My guest is one of the president s most fierce critics, senator antonio trillanes. Is duterte taking the phillipines and the region in a new direction . Antonio trillanes, in manila, welcome to hardtalk. Hello, stephen. Thank you very much for inviting me. We speak at a difficult time for your country. In mindanao in the south of the philippines, you have a National Emergency with a town that for weeks has faced a siege because it has been, in essence, taken over byjihadist gunmen. The president says this is a National Emergency and it is time for the country to unify. Do you agree . I agree that what is happening in marawi is a National Crisis and something that we should deal with decisively. But i feel that the armed forc