Good morning. A fairly cloudy start with rain across the North And East but later it will brighten up in the Far North of the Country And North of the far south with a few showers but it will turn Colder for us all. All the details shortly. Its Wednesday 9th october. Millions of americans have been urged to evacuate parts of florida Ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton. It strengthened again overnight to become a category 5 Storm the highest rating and is expected to make landfall in the next 2a hours. Forecasters say milton has the potential to be One of the most destructive hurricanes ever recorded in the Region And President Joe Biden has described the situation in florida as a matter of Life And Death. Our reporter Steve Knibbs has more. Siren. An Evacuation Siren on the streets of Redington Shores in florida. Debris is still piled up after Storm Helene two weeks ago, and now people are being told they have to leave again. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are in place for nearly Six
Good afternoon. Water companies in england and wales have been ordered to repay nearly £158 Million to their customers. The Regulator Ofwat says its because the firms have failed to meet performance targets such as cutting Sewage Spills and leaks. Some future Water Bills will be reduced to reflect the missed targets. Our Environment Correspondent Jonah Fisher reports. A warning this report contains flashing images. This Report Card does not make pleasant reading for the Water Companies. Targets for reducing leaks are not being hit, the number of Pollution Incidents has hardly changed in the last five years and Customer Satisfaction has continued to fall. Three Water Companies anglian, southern and welsh are rated bottom of the class. The others are just average, with none rated in the top category. So we think the sector suffers from a culture of poor performance, that companies are not taking responsibility for their performance. They are too often blaming the weather or the circumst
From the hottest day on record to flooding in the north west all in less than a week how can business keep up with the ever changing weather . Im at the control room of United Utilities, one of the uks biggest Water Companies, to find out. We are going to see how the weather flow goes when they may have to manage changing weather. And some of us manage changing weather. And some of us will have heavy foundry downpours but the brightest conditions will be in the east and far north east. More in15 in the east and far north east. More in 15 minutes. Its tuesday, the 30th ofjuly. Our top story. Borisjohnson will make his first visit to wales as Prime Minister later, as he tries to rally support for his vision of farming in a post brexit britain. It follows a warning from the Farmers Union of wales that therell be civil unrest in rural areas, if the uk leaves the European Union without a deal. Lets speak now to our political reporter in cardiff, teleri glyn jones. Good morning to you. A new
Quarter final against colombia, keira walsh speaks to us about her injury and quick recovery at the womens world cup. Good evening. We go to Great Lengths to hide what we do, even from our children. The words of a Serving Officer in the Police Service of Northern Ireland, where there is shock and anger about the safety of staff after details such as the name, role and work location of every individual were accidentally published online. More than 300 Police Officers were murdered in Northern Ireland during the 30 years of violence known as the troubles, and officers fear that republican paramilitaries might use the details to plot new attacks against them. The psni has apologised and blamed human error for the leak. And tonight a second data breach involving the theft of a laptop and documents has emerged. Our ireland correspondent chris page reports. Police everywhere deal with danger. In this part of the uk, the risks are especially stark. Members of the Police Service of Northern Ir