died in 2012, say they are proud of her legacy. the newspaper publisher, trinity mirror, has confirmed that it's in talks to buy express newspapers and other publications from richard desmond. and, on track to do the double — can chris froome add the vuelta espana title to his tour de france victory earlier this year? good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. at least 1a people have been killed and more than a million people have been affected by the destruction wrought by hurricane irma as it barrels through the caribbean. millions of people are still under threat. the massive storm — one of the most powerful atlantic hurricanes ever recorded — was over haiti yesterday and caused widespread damage in the british virgin islands overnight. cuba is the next major country in its path. it's due to hit the island later today. irma is then expected to make landfall in the united states over the weekend. jon donnison has the latest on the destruction across the region. hurricane irma is proving to be relentless. the british territory of the turks and caicos islands among the latest places to be hammered. the wind has dropped, but only slightly. this was the moment irma passed over the british virgin islands. and this is what is left in its wake. the major warning was when a skylight was blown off of our roof. you could just hear the winds blasting through the upstairs of our house and, at that moment, you thought the roof might go. that was the warning to get the hell downstairs into the basement, the most secure part of the building. a state of emergency has now been declared. all of us have been affected by irma, some more than others. apart from the structural damage, there have sadly been reports of casualties and fatalities. i am truly heartbroken by this news. my thoughts and prayers are with each and every one of you. these pictures, from the capital, show the extent of the damage. viewed from space, irma looks almost serene but at 400 miles wide, it's massive and it is now heading west to cuba. there, people are doing what they can to secure their homes and bracing themselves. translation: look at the state of the houses that people have here and you will realise the magnitude of the hurricane. what will happen to the town? what will happen to the people? translation: i do feel fear. how can i not feel it? what really worries me is that it will take the whole roof away. just north, in the bahamas, they have also been getting ready for what could be a direct hit. people have been stockpiling fuel and food. hurricane irma has already left a trail of destruction across the caribbean. the island of st martin — french and dutch territories — is one of the worst affected areas. dutch troops are on the streets to try to maintain order:. the red cross says 1.2 million people have already been affected and that that figure could rise to 29 million by the end of the weekend, when the storm's due to hit florida. there, 7,000 national guard have been brought in to help, with the national weather service warning large parts of the state could be left uninhabitable for weeks, or even months. with a storm surge of up to three metres expected, half a million people have taken to the roads, after being ordered to leave their homes. two days after hurricane irma first hit land, the worst could still be to come. and another storm, jose, is sweeping in from the atlantic. jon donnison, bbc news. 0ur correspondent nick bryant reports from the bahamas on preparations there. 0vernight, this monster storm hit the turks and caicos and now it is starting to hit the bahamas as well. no longer a category five, a category four, but it still packs winds of over 150mph and brings the storm surges 20 feet high. five low—lying islands here are particularly under threat, which is why the bahamas has mounted the biggest evacuation operation in its history, hundreds brought here to the capital, nassau. it seems especially cruel that they are being hit again, as less than 12 months ago, they were hit by hurricane matthew. the fringes of the storm have already begun to hit cuba. will grant is in havana. the next few hours will be crucial? that is absolutely right. pity to eat on the eastern tip of the island where irma will dump the majority of the rain as the storm moves along the rain as the storm moves along the northern coastline. that is where the most evacuations have taken place. entire communities have been moved out and sent further south. and that is where the tourists were. that is where the beaches, the big results. it has been big evacuation operation undertaken by the cuban government. what's all the preparations have the authorities made? all as well as moving the people out, they have tried to take preparations in terms of warning people very early, to make sure they are thoroughly aware of just how devastating make sure they are thoroughly aware ofjust how devastating this storm could be. so there has been constant campaigning on television, in the state—run radio, in newspapers are telling them what to do and to stay alert. a lot of people had been tuning into that for 2h, alert. a lot of people had been tuning into that for 2a, 48 hours, tuning into that for 24, 48 hours, listening to the instructions. and people are taking their own initiative and they are boarding up their homes, they are going out to try and find clean drinking water. fuel for running generators, that kind of thing. thank you very much indeed from havana. the royal navy has delivered its first aid and three flights took off this morning, taking marines and engineers to the caribbean, and another is setting off from raf brize norton, carrying troops and rations. the prime minister has arrived back at downing street, and is due to chair an emergency cobra meeting with ministers. it comes amid criticism that the uk hasn't respond quickly enough to the disaster. duncan kennedy reports from raf brize norton. the loading operation at brize norton included tents, water and medical supplies. 30 loads at first, with more to come. everything from ready—made meals to an industrial refrigeration unit. around 70 royal marines are also on board, with a range of skills and experience of working in disaster areas. the base commander rejects claims that britain has been slow to respond. it's very important that we understand the effects of the hurricane, where is open to us, where we can get to safely and that's what we have been doing over the past 24 hours. now we are ready to make the right judgments about where we can deliver that aid and we will do that as quickly as possible. the french have already established a base on guadeloupe and its operation seems more advanced. british naval helicopters have been in anguilla working off a navy auxiliary vessel, but it's the speed of britain's input that's been criticised today. what we definitely need to see is a sustainable, if not continued and permanent commitment to support the development of anguilla. at present, we have had precious little support of significant quantities and we need that now. but britain says it has responded as rapidly as possible. and is now offering more than £30 million of help. the fact is, we had a royal naval vessel in the region because we knew the hurricane was coming. this is hurricane season. in fact, we are always prepared. this is one of a number of rafjets heading to the region. in all, there will be something like 300 royal marines on the ground over the space of the next two or three days. but even when they arrive there, no—one is fully clear yet what their operational role is going to be and where they can get to. the race to get help to the people of the caribbean now involves operations from more than a dozen countries. let's cross to our correspondent matthew thompson, who's outside the foreign and commonwealth office, in central london. we know there is a meeting of cobra, the emergency committee, this afternoon, amid some criticism that the british relief effort has been too slow. yes, a number of criticisms levelled at the government by baroness amos who used to work for the un organising humanitarian relief, criticising the speed of the government's response. and we have heard from labour mps criticising the level of preparedness the government has had to this crisis. we have seen a response from the government to that just now. the prime minister is chairing a meeting of cobra, the second meeting in two days. yesterday, the secretary of state for defence, sir michael fallon, chaired it and this time it is theresa may. we will —— we have been told it is some point this afternoon but we have seen the prime minister's car and escort drive past so minister's car and escort drive past so she is there. foreign office have set upa so she is there. foreign office have set up a helpline for those affected, encouraging people to call that if they have concerns about friends, family or loved ones and that number is 0207, 00 wait, 00, 00. that is the foreign office helpline number. thank you very much indeed. we were talking about some of the criticism of the government. let's hear some of that now. josephine gumbs connor is a barrister and advisor to the former chief minister of anguilla. she joins me now on webcam. they do so much for being here. and you are critical of the british aid effort. thank you so much. i hope that it effort. thank you so much. i hope thatitis effort. thank you so much. i hope that it is understood in the outside world that might analysis and my criticism is meant to be constructive because at this point, we need constructive effort to ensure that we can be put back together again. the reason why i have levelled that criticism is because we are here on the ground and we can see and test for ourselves the lack of effectiveness that has been put in place. this was no ordinary storm and i think that is the heart of what needs to be appreciated. yes, there is a royal navy ship that is usually in the caribbean in advance of storms, but this required a direct and special focus. when it was determined, at least a week in advance, that this was going to be a storm like no other and it was going to be shattering the record books as to its strength. therefore, we should have been in touch with people to ensure the military was on the ground. right now, if you try to call the emergency disaster management office in anguilla, you will not be able to reach them? why is that? they generate is not functioning? so there is no ability right now to be able to reach them other than to try to call radio anguilla, the one radio station functioning, to see if he can get a message through to this disaster management? this is the heart and soul of what i am talking about. i have been trying to reach the government office said yesterday. the governor's of this, the phones do not respond, because they have seen the damage. you cannot even get in touch with the government must —— the governor's office which is pivotal to get you need through. i have a foreign national with me as a guest of anguilla and i am trying to coordinate an effort to get him out of anguilla prior to the next impending storm. there is no hotline, there is no mechanism in place to be able to evacuate foreign nationals should they wish to leave, there is no systematic sense of organisation. so when i levelled the criticism, it is not out of the blue, it is in the current circumstances which we see. right 110w circumstances which we see. right now in anguilla, people are waking up, they have no ability, there is no electrical service. they have no information as to where they can go to charge their bones and make contact. —— phones. there is no vehicle wearing out any messages throughout the villagers telling people what they can do. we are getting ready for hurricane jose people what they can do. we are getting ready for hurricanejose and half of anguilla who have sustained damages have no way even at this point to help to shore up ourselves for what might be a category three hurricane reaching us tomorrow. for what might be a category three hurricane reaching us tomorrowlj for what might be a category three hurricane reaching us tomorrow. i am sure people will hear your criticisms but at the same time, the government have said here in britain they will spend more than £30 billion on disaster relief and that isa billion on disaster relief and that is a lot of money, a lot of taxpayers' money, and theresa may the prime minister is chairing an emergency committee right now, this afternoon. and so the government is, they would say, acting and they say their response has been swift. no, their response has been swift. no, their response has not been swift. i think that if you look at the chronological order at which things have moved, it is through the journalism in the uk that moved the needle. you will recall that the first messaging coming out of whitehall was that they were going to send 40 marines and three technical experts. that is the first messaging. that is why the criticism here has come swift, because that in no way is fitting with the catastrophe we are facing on the ground. we are facing —— we are hoping through this act of journalism, there will be the recognition that attention has the be paid to anguilla and the overseas territories. is that 30 million coming to anguilla? it will be spread across three of the islands. at this point, we need manpower. we need to see the military, we need to see debris being cleared. we need to see debris being cleared. we need to see the hospitals and facilities under challenge... we recognise this is of disastrous proportions, but as has been said by you and which i certainly endorse, we need to take a paid out of the box of the french who are mobilised and participate in and they acted proactively and we as british citizens in anguilla expect that level of response. so we are hoping that perhaps the criticism will help to stimulate the kind of effective help that we need right now. so good to talk to you and thank you very much for your time. speaking to us live from anguilla, thank you very much. the foreign and commonwealth of this has set up a hotline for anybody concerned about friends or relatives who may have got caught up in hurricane irma, the number is on the screen. and you can keep up with all the latest on hurricane irma on our website — at bbc.co.uk/news. the headlines on bbc news: hurricane irma continues its trail of destruction through the caribbean. at least 14 people have been killed and a million affected. the prime minister is chairing an emergency cobra meeting this afternoon, as raf flights are loaded to deliver aid to the victims. a review of the criminaljustice system in england and wales finds discrimination in the treatment of people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. england have lost another wicket to the west indies in a little place of art at lord's. they are currently 70-5, art at lord's. they are currently 70—5, and play is getting under way after a rain break. philippe coutinho has been left out of liverpool's squad for tomorrow, he will it —— you missed the start of the premier league campaign after a back injury amid interest from barcelona. beaver has opened an investigation into tottenham midfielder dele alli after he was caught on camera gesturing with his middle finger during inland's match against a backyard on monday. more on those stories after half—past. a review of the criminaljustice system in england and wales has found bias and discrimination in its treatment of people from black and minoirty ethnic backgrounds. the inquiry, commissioned by the government and led by the labour mp david lammy, raises particular concerns about the treatment of young people. elaine dunkley reports. noel williams was 11 when he first got involved in gangs. by the age of 13, he was in for robberies and drug dealing. i was in and out of the system. i went there three times. a lot of bullying goes on, and as we say, a lack of prison staff, so they don't really pick up on certain things. people are self—harming. if they're not cutting their arms, they're trying to kill themselves. he has now turned his life around, but believes race and ethnicity play a part in how you are treated and punished within the criminal justice system. i feel it's unjust. of course it's unjust. and if you look at the sort of sentences that we get, they're longer, harsher, and people are coming out not rehabilitated. sometimes, they're coming out and reoffending at a more accelerated rate than their counterparts. the lammy review makes a number of key recommendations, which include allowing some prosecutions to be deferred and possibly dropped if a treatment programme for issues such as drug or alcohol problems is successfully completed. removing identifying information about ethnicity when cases are passed from police to prosecutors so racial bias doesn't influence charging decisions. and not declaring criminal records for minor offences when applying forjobs. i'm very concerned about the youth justice system, and that's the pipeline into our adult prison system, so it's very, very serious that the figures are quite as bad as they are. i'm very worried about our prison system, where i do think there are still prisons where it's clear that there is overt discrimination going on, and some of the treatment is just unacceptable. the government says it would look very carefully at the review‘s finding. what struck me about the report too was the reality that very large numbers of british people from our black and ethnic minority communities lack confidence in the criminaljustice system. it's one of the largest reviews of its kind in highlights that radical reform is urgently needed to bring fairness to the justice system. elaine dunkley, bbc news. let's discuss those findings. with me is leroy logan — a former superintendent with the metropolitan police and ex—chair of the national black police association. you were involved in helping compiled this report, what do you think of its findings and explain what you think the key findings are? well, i welcome the report. like everything, it is important that we keep an idea on whether disproportionality is. it is quite clear the criminal justice disproportionality is. it is quite clear the criminaljustice system needs reforming. we need to have a more reflective justice system in terms ofjudges, magistrates. and of course to make sure they have that cultural intelligence and competence to make sure theyjudge people without unconscious bias. and we also need to have a reflected police service. but again shows a lack of unconscious bias. and of course, a lot of institutional racism, to make sure they build trust and confidence in the community. what would be the most urgent, concrete steps you believe could be taken that would help in what you say is needed?” think what is really important is around leadership. i would like to think that the commissioner cressida dick would show the leadership to ta ke dick would show the leadership to take on these recommendations. and also, a report that came out today around the equality and human rights commission and the work they have donein commission and the work they have done in the internal dynamics of the police service and service delivery. and i would like to think we would get theresa may, who commissioned this report, by david cameron, will ensure these recommendations are not just decorating people's shelves, they are delivered with external oversight and it is not going to be withering on the vine. is there that political commitment both for example at prime ministerial level and also at the head of the metropolitan police to push the sort of thing through? i would like to think so. david lammy submitted an open letter to the prime minister making it clear what were the findings and imported to have cross— party findings and imported to have cross—party support and in particular the leadership of a government to ensure that we get full implementation of these recommendations. because at the end of the day, we are at this tipping point where morale in policing is low. numbers are down. because of austerity measures. it goes on in the cps and in the courts. we need to be working smarter and notjust harder. and the cps have taken a lot of the recommendations and they seem to be an example of good practice, andi to be an example of good practice, and i would like to think they have picked up from the macpherson enquiry and have kept the momentum going. and as a result of that, they seem to be a lot more reflective of the recommendations and hopefully a forceful good. one of the key concerns of the lammy review is about young people. we saw in our report the case study had been in and out ofjail of some kind ever since a young age, from the age of 11. is that one of your real concerns, young people? yes, i have been running game leadership programme for young people since 2001 and a key element is their experience of policing on a day—to—day basis. they feel they are ofa day—to—day basis. they feel they are of a priest and under protected. they feel that when they stopped and searched five times, the fact that they tend to get quite adversarial policing if they are arrested, hancock is more likely to be captain if they are charged, and as a result, they do not have a trust and the police or the justice system —— handcuffs. theyjustified the police or the justice system —— handcuffs. they justified in the police or the justice system —— handcuffs. theyjustified in those grievances? the facts speak for themselves. 80% on the dna database from black and minority —— black and minority ethnic groups. so the evidence speaks for itself. we need to resolve these issues once and for all. i would like to think it is not just the police and the wider justice system, it is also about communities working together, holding senior officers to account as well as the commissioner. and i would like to think the mayor of london will really take this on because i know that there is various things he wants to do, including the gangs matrix and reviewing that to ensure you do not have the unconscious bias or institutional racism that leads to contaminate the rest of the justice system. so good to talk to, thank you. at least 20 people have been killed after an earthquake with a magnitude of eight struck southern mexico. the quake — which the president described as the strongest to hit the country in the past 100 years — struckjust off the pacific coast, shaking buildings in the capital, mexico city, hundreds of miles away. the tremor is reported to have lasted about a minute. sarah campbell has this report. mexico is a country used to earthquakes, but not of this magnitude. this was a bowling alley in the southern state of chiapas. 600 miles away, in mexico city, the tremors lasted for up to a minute. some people left buildings, preferring to stay outside on the street. many could still remember the last massive earthquake in 1985, which killed thousands. it was pretty violent. i was a child when this earthquake in 1985 happened, and this was the biggest one, and it was pretty violent. a lot of panic scenes on the street, and in my building also. so really, this earthquake was something huge. as pictures start to emerge from the worst hit areas, the death toll has continued to rise. the fear is there may be more to come. translation: so far, there have been 65 after—shocks. the strongest was magnitude 6.1. however, it's possible that over the next 24 hours, we could see a shock that's as strong as the earthquake. the epicentre was 40 miles down, just off the southern mexican coast. tsunami warnings have been issued to surrounding countries. in mexico itself, as daylight arrived, the extent of the damage will become all too clear. the latest weather prospects now. sunshine and showers. at the moment, sunshine between the showers further north and a lot of cloud across southern counties of england, the channel islands and heavy rain. and windy to the south and the west. keeping things on the poolside for this stage in early september. showers continue tonight. many southern and eastern areas primarily dry overnight —— and showers most frequent in the west where wind picks up into the start of saturday. and a fresh start to saturday, temperatures in towns and cities down to single figures, not helped by the strength of the wind. blustery saturday, showers most frequent across england and wales. hailand frequent across england and wales. hail and thunder, midlands and northern england, rapidly moving the southern parts with the breeze, scotla nd southern parts with the breeze, scotland and northern ireland avoiding the where showers. drier weather and feel unpleasant in the sunshine. sunday, we start buying with more wet and windy weather from the west with gales later on. hello, this is bbc news with me, ben brown. the headlines at 2.30pm: hurricane irma has brought destruction to the british virgin islands where a state of emergency has been declared. winds of up to 185 miles an hour battered the overseas territory. the prime minister prepares to chair a cobra meeting, as raf flights are loaded to deliver water, rations and troops for the many british citizens who are trapped in the caribbean. a powerful earthquake has hit southern mexico and killed at least 20 people. the country's president said the tremor was the strongest to hit mexico in a century. a review of the criminaljustice system in england and wales has concluded that people from black, asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are still facing bias and overt discrimination. a 13—year—old girl who died from a brain aneurysm has helped eight different people through organ donation — a record number. those are our latest news headlines. good afternoon. play is back under way again at lord's on a rain—affected second day's play in the decisive third and final test between england and west indies. dawid malan was dismissed this morning. play was stopped for around three hours because of the weather. ben stokes and jonny bairstow are trying to eat into the west indies' lead. a short while ago england were 79 for 5. midfielder philippe coutinho has been left out of liverpool's squad to face manchester city tomorrow. he scored as brazil beat ecuador 2—0 in a world cup qualifier last week. coutinho has missed the start of liverpools' campaign with a back injury amid interest from barcelona. fifa say they'll investigate tottenham midfielder dele alli after tv pictures showed he gestured with his middle finger during england's match against slovakia on monday. it happened during the 2—1 world cup qualifying victory at wembley. the 21—year—old said it was a "joke with good friend" kyle walker. andrew parsons has been elected the new president of the international paralympic committee. the brazilian beat three other candidates in a vote at the ipc general assembly. he succeeds philip craven, who ran the organisation since 2001. now all eyes will be on what's expected from him in this role and his priorities. here's our sports correspondent alex capstick with more. it would appear andy parsons has lots of backing from the ipcc, co mforta ble lots of backing from the ipcc, comfortable victory for him in the end. as you see the next day he ta kes end. as you see the next day he takes over from the president of the organisation who had been in place for16 organisation who had been in place for 16 years, a movement which has grown from strength to strength, but there are some pressing issues, and on top of andrew parsons' entry must be what to do about russia with the winter olympics fast approaching —— has in—tray. the band for the summer 0lympics remains in place, but the stands appears to have been softened by sun because new tool —— by some because neutral athletes will be allowed to compete. the other thorny subject facing the movement is classification and made allegations that some countries are working the system so that their athletes compete against opponents who have significantly more impair. they will look at strengthening relations also with the ipcc, so plenty for him to be getting on with. but he has loads of support from within the ipcc as he begins his time as president. two—time us open winner — venus williams — will miss out on the final of the tournament after being beaten by sloane stephens. in january stephens was on her sofa, with a cast on her left foot watching the australian open. but yesterday she showed everyone that she's bounced back to fitness to beat williams winning the deciding set 7—5. awaiting the final is madison keys, who has also had injury problems. she crushed coco vandeweghe in straight sets. the american pair will both be making their grand slam final debuts. the last time two americans made the final was 15 years ago when serena williams beat venus. i was actuallyjust laughing and thinking, who would have thought in australia that sloan and i would be the finalists in the us "smacked both of in—tray were —— both of us we re both of in—tray were —— both of us were not playing at the time. i have known her for a long were not playing at the time. i have known herfor a long time and were not playing at the time. i have known her for a long time and she's a close friend of mine, so for both of us to play in first finals, it is a really good moment, especially with everything we have gone through this —— sloane. that's all sport for now. i'll have more in the next hour. thank you very much indeed. more now on irma. the storm has already had a deadly impact across the caribbean. but in its wake are two other hurricanes — jose and katia. 0ne hurricane centre scientist in the us have called it an unparalleed event. well, matt taylor from the bbc weather centre talked us through what the next few days have in store. one of the most recent areas to be feeling the wrath of hurricane irma have been the low—lying areas of the turks and caicos and also the southern bahamas. these are areas, again, very low—lying, nothing to stop the path of that raging storm as it goes across, and nothing to hinder its progress. now, it has weakened a little bit now to a category 4, but it is still packing winds over 150 miles an hour, and they can still strengthen over the coming days. the forecast track for that storm is to continue to push its way westward. it mayjust clipped the northern portion of cuba. the crucial thing, though, could be where the eye of that storm is, the strongest of the winds. if it remains over open waters, it will retain its strength and perhaps even strengthen further. the water is key to keeping the ingredients there for that storm to maintain its strength. now, we need temperatures over 27 degrees for hurricanes to last, and i can show you this chart of sea temperatures in the area. the yellow areas are where we've got that, butjust notice in around cuba and also florida — the orange colours — these are aware —— where the temperatures are up to about 30 degrees at the moment, and as it moves over that there could be potentially some further strengthening. and the forecast as we go into the weekend is for that storm to take a sudden northern track, pushing in somewhere between key west and miami, then piling its way across the entire length of florida, perhaps dropping up to 350 millimetres of rain. and the residents of florida are rightly concerned. the last category 5 storm to hit was a devastating one. the strongest and the most devastating storm in florida's history, hurricane andrew. the warnings and building methods may have improved, but people fear devastation could be on a par with that, and of course it's notjust that hurricane we are watching. katia could push into mexico as we go through this weekend, and also the devastated island of barbuda could get a glancing blow from category 3 hurricanejose. that was matt taylor from our bbc weather centre. the government is sending longer term aid to the region from the uk aid disaster relief stockpile in kemble in gloucestershire — phil mackie is there, and sent this a short while ago. well, this is the huge hangar at an airfield in gloucestershire where the department for international development keeps all of its disaster relief equipment, so there's a vast amount of gear here including vehicles. there's boats, even a field hospital at the bottom there. but this is what's going out to the caribbean at the moment. steve works here. steve, do you want to explain what is going out? yeah, so we have the solar lanterns that are going out at the moment, obviously the solar panel on the top. they'll also charge mobile phones as well, to keep comms and light going. the other products going out is the bucket — it's notjust a simple bucket. i mean, there's a lot of testing gone into this, so there are the divots and everything taken from the bottom, so if you carry it on your head it doesn't hurt your head. it also has a very tight seal, so that if they do fall over the water doesn't follow. the water doesn't fall out. and also with the limited pouring spout, if you are transferring water into other vessels, so you don't waste all your precious water as well. and you've also got these? yeah, the water filtration tubes. this will filter freshwater, that you can get out of freshwater stream. you fill it up, it can fill up to five litres, then basically you pressurise the pump and out comes the filtered safe to drink water. so as simple as that, but a very life—saving kit? yeah, they are very much—needed. 0k, steve, thank you very much. so today what has been happening is they are loading up lorries with all of that equipment, and you can series going backward and forward. three of these we now know will be taken on three of these we now know will be ta ken on chartered three of these we now know will be taken on chartered flat eilidh macleod to the caribbean. the fourth lorry will be taken to gibraltar to be loaded onto hms 0cean. and we are hearing shelter kits out in the caribbean have already been delivered to anguilla. 0ur correspondent chi chi izundu has been speaking to people in the region. shejoins me now. what have you been hearing? we spoke to laura elliot, a young mother. she was actually travelling and she lives on the british virgin islands, and she was travelling for work when the hurricane hit. she lives on tortola. she has not been able to contact her fiance who is caring for their two young children. we are hearing it can take 2—3 weeks to get there, and that is not fast enough. how cana there, and that is not fast enough. how can a ten—month—old baby survived for three weeks when he doesn't have heard? —— when he doesn't have heard? —— when he doesn't have heard? —— when he doesn't have food ? doesn't have heard? —— when he doesn't have food? how can there be so doesn't have food? how can there be so little? doesn't have food? how can there be so little ? my doesn't have food? how can there be so little? my daughter is nearly two and she eats things, so i am sure they have snacks and things like that are available, but it isjust that are available, but it isjust that none of it is good enough. i don't know where they are. in the house, i don't know... crying as you can knew she is quite distressed. she has had an indirect text from her fiance distressed. she has had an indirect text from herfiance but distressed. she has had an indirect text from her fiance but she does not moderate her friends or family are other expats who live there. we spoke to someone else who has had to go back for some of his friends because he does not know about their whereabouts. at sunrise now and we need to go to another property of interest, then i will head to the property that i actually reside at. apparently that has been flattened, but i willjust make sure i can't retrieve anything. the roads have been blocked so i was not able to do that yesterday. but we are hoping i may be able to get at least a bit closer, park my car and sort of chop my way through with a machete and see if i can get through to there. my landlord lives in the upper level of that building. i can't get through to her. it is going straight to voice mail. so she may be trapped. i mean, anything, i don't know. a number of my friends i have not had any confirmation of their status, whether they are ok. i have heard stories of people holding their front doors to try to protect their front doors to try to protect their families and their front doors to try to protect theirfamilies and being their front doors to try to protect their families and being blown away. the island is in a real poor state. it is on its knees, frankly, and is in desperate need of outside resources. and obviously the concern is for hurricane jose resources. and obviously the concern is for hurricanejose which is at a growing pace, that it might attack other islands in the area. scott smith's parents live in tortola as well and are over there for work but he has managed to yourfor them. —— you're from them. —— hear from them. they were out at sea with their guests, and my dad obviously keeps an eye on the weather, so they turned back to base, and they got back to their base which is road town, to moor up the boats, and they have their guests evacuated, so they got into the base about 12 hours before the hurricane hit. in terms of people who want more information, i think the foreign 0ffice have set up a hotline. information, i think the foreign office have set up a hotline. yes, for people there they are being advised to continue to monitor all kinds of communication were possible, follow local advice. the foreign office has set up a hotline. that is 0207 008 0000. for anyone concerned about family or friends in the british virgin islands. yes, that number on the screen. thank you for bringing us up—to—date on that. a 13—year—old girl who died from a brain aneurysm has helped a record eight different people, including five children, through organ donation. jemima layzell, from somerset, who died in 2012, donated her heart, pancreas, lungs, kidneys, small bowel and liver. jemima's parents said she was clever, compassionate and creative — and would have been very proud of her legacy. helena lee has the story. this isjemima, the 13—year—old who, after she died, transformed more lives than any other donor. in 2012, she collapsed while preparing for her mum's birthday party. four days later, jemima died from a brain aneurysm. it was only recently that staff at nhs blood and transplant discovered her special status. her organs were donated into eight different people. five of those were children. no one else in the uk has helped that many through organ donation. jemima's parents say they are extremely proud of their daughter. her legacy, her name, will continue. because she hasn't died in vain. she has saved the lives of eight others, and she's also helping other families with brain injury through her charity. i think she'd be completely overwhelmed. she would think it was extraordinary, and i don't think she could quite believe it. she was quite a modest person, and to think that everyone was talking about her, she'd be a real mix of embarrassed and proud at the same time. last year, 456 people died waiting for a transplant, including 14 children. there are currently 6414 people on the transplant waiting list. that includes 176 children. there are thousands of people waiting for a transplant. three people per day die. if you would be willing to accept an organ, you should be willing to donate, and that's what we're asking people to consider and then make that decision that they will support organ donation. jemima's parents say they hope other families will be encouraged to talk about organ donation and sign up to the register. helena lee, bbc news. it is just after a quarter to three. time for the business news, but first, our headlines... hurricane irma continues its trail of destruction through the caribbean. at least 14 people have been killed and a million affected. the prime minister prepares to chair a cobra meeting, as raf flights are loaded to deliver water, rations and troops for the many british citizens are trapped in the caribbean. a review of the criminaljustice system in england and wales has concluded that people from black, asian and minority ethnic backgrounds are still facing bias and overt discrimination. in the business news... britain's manufacturing output expanded at the strongest pace this year in the three monthsjuly according to figures from the office for national statistcs. but there was little sign of improvement in the trade deficit despite sterling's sharp fall since last year's brexit vote. and construction output fell after the biggest drop in news orders for more than three years. the number of people placed into permanentjob roles continued to rise sharply in august. the figures from the recruitment and employment federation jobs report, also showed that employers are having to offer higher wages to secure skilled workers amid rising demand. the biggest increase in vacancies for permanent staff was in computing and accounting, while demand for temporary workers was strongest in engineering and nursing. the cosmetics giant l'0real has finalised the sale of the body shop to the brazilian company natura cosmeticos, which owns the aesop brand. l'0real, the world's largest cosmetics company, is selling up because of a drop in sales at the brand which was launched by british businesswoman anita roddick in 1976. the chain has 3,000 stores in 66 countries. good afternoon. about 143 million us customers of credit reports giant equifax may have had information compromised in a cyber security breach. some uk and canadian customers were also affected. 0ur north america business correspondent, samira hussain, joins us now. correspondent, samira hussain, joins us now. what are we talking about? we're talking about the driving licences, and other details, of those 143 million people. equifax is one of the big three credit industry ‘s existing in the us, and employers use the information they get from these credit agencies when they are considering hiring someone. financial institutions use the information they get from these credit agencies when deciding whether or not to authorise a home loa n whether or not to authorise a home loan or financing for a whether or not to authorise a home loan orfinancing for a car. whether or not to authorise a home loan or financing for a car. these agencies play a big and important role in the united states and the irony, of course is that when someone has their wallets stolen, for example, or they are worried about any identity theft, they will go to these credit agencies, give them their information, and the agencies offer them some sort of protection for at least a year, so thatis protection for at least a year, so that is really the big irony in all of this, that even though people go to these agencies it is actually the agency which has breached their information samira, in terms of the bridge itself, it is very serious in terms of the scale of it. it is a large breach, in terms of the history of breaches we have at this year? sure. if you put in terms of history, we know about the 2015 breach, considered to be the largest, but if you consider the kind of information, visit equifax breach is a lot more significant because you get such important information like a social security number. with a social security number. with a social security numberand number. with a social security number and the name of someone, you could in fact use their identity and create false identities with their name, so this is really very significant. another point to talk about here is the fact that this breach happened in the middle of the month ofjuly. equifax find out about it on july month ofjuly. equifax find out about it onjuly 29, but we are only hearing about it now. thank you very much forjoining us. there has been a slowdown in the uk's construction sector. 0utput fell by 1.2 % in the three months to the end ofjuly after a drop in new work coming through. orders for new housing projects fell by 4.9 % while all other work fell by 9 %. earlier, sarah mcmonagle, from the federation of master builders, had this to say. slowdown is quite concerning. we know that the contraction over the last few was largely driven by contraction in repair and maintenance work, the part of construction that looks after domestic refurbishment, and so the kinds of work consumers might commission on their homes, extensions, loft conversions, that sort of thing, so we think this could be partly driven by the increase in material prices. since the eu referendum last year lots of material prices have shot up, so things like timber are really expensive now compared to what they we re over expensive now compared to what they were over a year ago. builders are having to pass these cost increases on to their clients, so it might be deterring some homeowners from commissioning projects. let's have a look at some other headlines today... bell pottinger‘s asian unit is to separate from its british parent, amid reports the public relations could go into administration as early as next week. the public relations firm was expelled from the industry trade body after being accused of stirring up racial hatred in south africa. the boss of bell pottinger asia said its business in the region is entirely ring—fenced and solvent. it's set to re—launch with a new ownership structure and operate under the name klareco communications. the world's biggest internet retailer amazon has announced plans to build a second headquarters in north america. it's sparked fierce competition from cities including toronto, texas and chicago who are all keen to attract the £3.8 billion investment the company is promising. the new centre will support at least 50,000 jobs. quite an impressive building. let's look at the markets... shares in insurers are holding up despite the onslaught of hurricane irma and the storm harvey partly due to the large capital buffers they've built up. elsewhere — the pressure is on consumer goods and services stocks — shares in pub operator green king have fallen after it issued a bleak trading update warning of tough times ahead. the rise in inflation following the vote for brexit has squeezed consumer spending, and that's affecting the pub restaurant industry. that's all the business news. i will be back in an hour's time, ben. thank you. the newspaper publisher, trinity mirror, has confirmed that it's in talks to buy express newspapers and other publications from richard desmond. the group, which owns the daily mirror, said it was negotiating to buy all the publishing assets of northern & shell, which also produces the celebrity magazine 0k! 0ur media editor amol rajan is here. the express and the mirror, two famous british tabloids, it more than a century, the idea that they could be under one ownership? yes, the owner of the express saying it is 20th century heyday, and when you speak of hades, the idea that he would be part of the sydney ‘s labour group as the mirror, he would have asked if you were off your rocker and said these things need to be separate —— the idea that they would be part of the same group as the mirror. all others publishing assets are the daily and sunday express, the new start. the newspaper industry as a whole is i think you can euphemistically say structurally challenged, or that it is in deep trouble. if you are a newspaper publisher, you either want to get out, which is what richard desmond is doing, or you want to consolidate, try to get as many in your company as possible so you can cross sell to advertisers and back—up your operations so that is what trinity mirror are up to with this. the express on the right and the mirror famously on the left, so what could be the political implications? a group that contained the labour and almost broke aubin —— pro—corbyn mirror, and essentially the nigel farage supporting express, it would be quite a broad church, synagogue, moss, whatever, quite an unusual thing. i expect the express title will change a bit. 0ne unusual thing. i expect the express title will change a bit. one of the things the express will be hoping is that the editorial collaboration with the mirror would mean they get more resources, so it is possible that express will soften some of its edges, and the express is the little interest in stories about the weather, house prices, princess diana, so it will be interesting to see that continues. i think a few changes could happen, but the trinity mirror group say they are very hands of editorial, but also this deal has not happened yet. it still needs shareholder agreement from trinity mirror, and it is also possible that competition will be interested. if you put the mirror and the express together they will have about 29% of the market. the daily mail already has about 23%, but it is also possible the regulators will want a second look. ina word, regulators will want a second look. in a word, do you think the deal will go through? more likely than not. that's four words, but there you go. we will take not. that's four words, but there you go. we will take it! not. that's four words, but there you go. we will take it! thank not. that's four words, but there you go. we will take it! thank you. let's check out the latest weather prospects for the weekend with matt taylor. essentially sunshine and showers to the coming days. the pressure that helps to feed those clothes will be slowly pushing eastwards. the front trailing across the south is what led to lots of clothes this morning. those sunny breaks are working their way south and eastwards at the moment. we finish into the evening rush hour with a little sunshine developing across devon and cornwall and a good part of wales as well. still showers are but not as likely as those this morning. 0utbreaks but not as likely as those this morning. outbreaks of rain continuing on and off in the channel islands, east anglia, the south and east midlands. perhaps some brightness between those downpours but further north a better chance of sunshine between the showers although fairly cloudy at times, northern ireland, the west of scotland, the show is fairly frequent and the breeze up as well. east of scotland, not too much in the way of showers and most places drive. the longest spell of rain in the south—east will tonight. showers continue to feed and in the west but many places particularly central and eastern parts of the uk will become clearer and dry and might give you the chance to see that aurora borealis again across the northern half of the uk into saturday. a fresh start to saturday overall and a cool weekend lying ahead. still rain expected at times and it will turn increasingly windy. that low pressure will strengthen winds further as it pulls away. winds for saturday coming in from a north—westerly direction so showers in the west initially pushing eastwards. it looks like england and wales will be most prone to seeing showers throughout the day. moving quite swiftly across southern parts but slow—moving heavy thundery showers in the midlands and northern england, but apart from that it should not look too bad in the sunshine. showers in northern ireland and scotland but temperatures on the disappointing side for early september. this ridge of high pressure means things will be drier through the night and into sunday. a cool start but already another front with strengthening winds pushing into the west of the uk, which will work eastwards through the day, making it feel cool yet again. a little sunshine on either side, but gales developing in the west and a quick heads up for monday, is that low pressure starts to pull away we will see stronger winds. perhaps even severe gales with a mixture of sunshine and showers. we will keep you updated with all of those details here and on the bbc website. goodbye for now. this is bbc news. i'm ben brown. the headlines at 3pm: hurricane irma continues its trail of destruction through the caribbean. at least 14 people have been killed and a million affected. the storm is now heading towards the us, where raf planes are loaded with aid for victims and the prime minister chairs an emergency cobra meeting. but critics say the government was slow to react. we should have been in step with persons like president macron, who ensured that military was on the ground. in other news: a review of the criminaljustice system in england and wales finds discrimination in its treatment of people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds. mexico is hit by its most powerful earthquake in a century, killing at least 27 people.