And what happens when stars collide 130 million years ago. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. A change in selection policy at the welsh rfu as they look to stem the number of players leaving wales for leagues elsewhere. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Three people have died as the worst storm for 50 years hits ireland. Parts of the uk are affected too. Storm ophelia has brought gusts of nearly 100mph damaging buildings, and there are flood warnings in place along much of the west coastline of britain. The centre of the storm hit the south coast of ireland late this morning and moved up the country with the west coast bearing the brunt. Its now over the north coast heading to scotland, where it will gradually weaken before finally passing the uk tomorrow afternoon. 360,000 homes and businesses have lost power. In ireland, around 170 flights have been cancelled with flights and ferries also called off in parts of scotland. Our correspondent Chris Buckler reports fro
An impression of the scale of what is happening, we know several hundred people are missing and more than 100,000 people have been displaced and strong winds have meant these fires have blown towards towns that were previously u naffected. Towns that were previously unaffected. This is one man who has lost his time. It was completely levelled, gone, everything. My late partner and i built the house ourselves, we bought the property 2a yea rs ourselves, we bought the property 2a years ago, it took us a year and a half to clear the site and then two yea rs half to clear the site and then two years to build it. So. | so. I mean, talking about blessings, the next day i avoided barricades and police lines and i walked about amal and a half to my home and i knew i had to face it about a mile and a half. As i was walking down my road i saw some houses that were spared and others that were completely gone. My heart was in my throat. I could see that my house was gone. It was still smouldering
And on the day storm 0rphelia hits the uk, 30 years ago the country was reeling from the impact of the great storm of 1987. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Three people have died as the worst storm for 50 years hits ireland, parts of the uk are affected too. Storm 0phelia has brought gusts of nearly a hundred miles an hour, damage to buildings and there are flood warnings in place along much of the west coastline of britain. The centre of the storm hit the south coast of ireland late this morning and moved up the country with the west coast bearing the brunt. Its now over the north coast heading to scotland where it will gradually weaken before finally passing the uk tomorrow afternoon. 360,000 homes and businesses have lost power. In ireland, around 170 flights have been cancelled with flights and ferries also called off in parts of scotland. From the atlantic 0phelia arrived in force. No longer a hurricane, but a storm still determined to show her power. That was seen on irelan
And how scientists came across the effects of a cosmic collision which happened 130 million years ago. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news would west brom deny leicester the victory that would move the former champions out of the premier leagues bottom three . Good evening. The efforts to strike a deal in the brexit negotiations should accelerate in the months ahead according to a joint Statement Issued tonight by theresa may and the president of the European Commission, jean claude juncker. They held talks over dinner in brussels this evening in readiness for the crucial european summit which takes place later this week. Tonights statement talked of a constructive and friendly atmosphere as our europe editor katya adler reports from brussels. Great expectations of the Prime Ministers dennett in brussels were a little one sided. The European Commission is theresa mays latest stop, ina commission is theresa mays latest stop, in a month long Charm Offensive across europe. Russia from