Workers in greece and say they are dealing with hundreds of extremely vulnerable refugees held on the island of lesbos. Bags of Rubbish Pile Up in birmingham as rubbish collectors step up their industrial action. Collection has already been disrupted for weeks. And its only just bought it. A Driver Looses Control of his new £200,000 ferrari. That was one hour after he picked it up that was one hour after he picked it up from the garage. Good morning. Its friday 28th july. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The bbc understands that at least 60 high rise buildings, which used insulation and cladding similar to Grenfell Tower, have failed a new fire safety test. The test is seen as more thorough than previous ones, as more materials were analysed together for the first time. So farjust nine of the buildings which failed have been identified. Theyre in salford in greater manchester, where the local council is asking for help from Central Government to meet the cost of replacements. Ministers w
As it continues to grow in size and strength. Here is the official track making landfall saturday morning as a hurricane category three status and the surge is always the worst to the north and it drifts there all weekend long and that creates Major Concerns for southern texas. And in fact 12 to 24 inches of rain. Ice lighted spots of 12 to 30 inches. A years worth of rain causing major flooding. The first major hurricane to hit the u. S. In 30 years, since women wilma in 2005. We had katrina in the gust coast states. Well have more on our forecast which is a lot quieter than this. Looking at the forecast the coast of Corpus Christi they are bracing for impact. This could be a hurricane three hurricane when it makes land fall. At least two cities are ordering mandatory evacuations as harvey approaches the coastline. They have issued the orders today just hours after forecasters expect the heavy wins and rains from the storm to begin. Forecasters say this could be a major hurricane to h
It has been the last 24 hours, ill bring in cecily tynan with the timeline we sped up and ends early as well. The system is it speeding up and the snow is breaking out from the west to the east from 6 00 tonight and 8 00 in the evening. It begins at light snow showers. The steadiest snow late tonight into the wee hours of the morning tomorrow. From 10 00 until 2 00 in the morning, the good news is. Since it is moving in faster it will be moving out faster that snow is ending from the west to the east before day break before 6 00 and 8 00 in the morning and that gives road crews more time to clear the roads. As far as how much snow, this is not a major winter storm more of a nuisance event. Look at the computer models, the highest is the New Hampshire 12 inches and the lowest the euro. 7 inches and could get close to 3 inches for the coast. There could be a few slick spots watch action news beginning at 4 00 in the morning starting early at 6 00, 27 and 8 0029, it will be cold in the mo
Skiers delight. 2 feet of snow and allentown close to 14 inches and areas to the south there was mixing in with sleet and freezing rain that cut down the numbers. Royersford 7. 5, and Philadelphia International airport 6, and west depford new jersey reporting 4 inches of rain. A bigger problem is this, the ice accumulating on trees and power lines, chris posted this on my Facebook Page from warwick township new jersey, a. 10 to. 30 of ice bringing down the good thing with ice is it protects the plants, temperatures drop quickly. Currently the temperature feels like 22 in philadelphia and 18 in allentown and 13 in reading and 24 in millville. And tonight temperatures are dropping quickly and any slush is refreezing well have details in that coming up. Now to the Lehigh Valley one of the hardest hit areas by the storm today. Walter perez is live if allentown tonight. Reporter hey guys you know a little bit of everything here in allentown we went from snow to sleet to freezing rain couple
This noon, a third person has died after being shot on a philadelphia street corner. And the Police Commissioner talks to action news in a new interview. And tony romo is handing in the football field for a career in broadcasting. And the big story on action news is the trial for accused pennsylvania cop killer, erick frein now underway in pike county. He is charged with the ambush shooting of two state troopers one died and one was wounded. It captured nationwide attention and now a small town is center stage for his trial and extra security is in place. John rawlins live at the courthouse in milford pike county. Tell us more about the Opening Statements. Reporter well, we just had an Opening Statement by the prosecution the likes of which i have never seen. It was an audio visual and show and tell. Maps and photos and still frames of the Surveillance Video of the actual attack on the Police Barracks and you saw the officers fall in the video in the still frames and the jury heard the