and nowadays, you ve got something called a calculator, and these are just marvellous things. anybody that gets one of these, it does all the work for you. in other news. the investigation into the murder of nine year old olivia pratt korbel continues police are questioning a former drug dealer, who was the intended target of the attack. a think thank campaigning on behalf of low and middle income families has warned that a catastrophe is coming this winter , unless the government steps in to help with energy costs. search and rescue operations are under way in eastern ukraine, after russian missile strikes killed at least 20 people. and coming up this hour. we hear the remarkable story of the 66 year old man running inside a nine foot dragon costume in shropshire. good morning from denbigh high school in luton. we are here all day finding out how pupils at the school have got on in their gcses. like many others across their gcses. like many others across the country, tho
rangers are back in the big time after beating psv eindhoven to reach the group stages of the champions league for the first time in 12 years. good morning. currently we have got some heavy, thundery downpours moving across south east england which could lead to flash flooding, that will clear through the course of the afternoon. behind it for most it will be dry and sunny with a variable amount of cloud. it s thursday the 25th of august. our main story. a gunman who shot dead a nine year old girl in her own home in liverpool remains at large this morning. olivia pratt korbel was killed on monday night when a convicted drug dealer barged into her house while trying to escape a gunman who continued firing into the property. his original target is now under arrest in hospital but the killer is yet to be caught, as tomos morgan reports. three days on, and the search for answers as to how and why nine year old olivia pratt korbel died by the hands of a masked gunman who was chasi
rain. this is what happened through the small hours, these thunderstorms developed to the south, pushed northwards. we ve seen around 5000 lightning strikes so far today and a lot of rain as you can see from the radar picture. in some places but not in all places. however, where it has been wet, take this figure, bury saint edmonds, above 70 millimetres of rain so far, that is more than that place would normally expect in the whole month of august, so it has been an exceptionally wet day so far but this rain is now starting to clear eastwards, taking a while to do so i have to say but generally improving through the midlands and eastern england this afternoon. sunny spells elsewhere although cloud bringing showers for northern ireland and western scotland and asked that rain clears through a fresh feel than we have had of late and certainly cooler and fresher overnight. with all the moisture on the ground, could see some fog patches developing across parts of the midlands and
or 25 celsius in cardiff. much the same on sunday again, a breeze in the south east along the north sea coast, out towards the west a lot of fine weather, bar the odd shower. on the whole, a fine weekend on the way, and similar weather expected on monday. and that s bbc news at six on thursday 25th august. you can keep up with all the latest developments on the bbc website. from the six team, it s goodbye. the news continues here on bbc one as now it s time tojoin our colleagues across the nations and regions for the news where you are. goodnight. hello and welcome to sportsday. i m gavin ramjaun. the champions league draw has just been made. we will have the latest on some tantalising ties. england pull out all the stops. early wickets, but can they gain the edge as they look for revenge? and northern irish side linfield are on the brink of history. can they get the job done tonight and qualify for a major european competition? also coming up in the programme: no women drive
Already struggling with debt into further difficulties. And Princes William and harry visit a Memorial Garden for their mother, on the eve of the 20th anniversary of her death. Tropical storm harvey has made landfall for a third time in the us, as the countrys southEastern Region grapples with an ongoing Natural Disaster which has left about 20 dead so far. The storm has moved inland now to louisiana and you can see that from the satellite imagery. Laura trevelyan is in houston in texas and joins us now. Welcome to a flooded area of houston where the road behind me has been turned into a slipway for boats. There are so many rescue boats being launched, many manned by volunteers. This neighbourhood has been flooded, people have abandoned their homes and cars and what is more because where we are is just below the reservoir is outside of houston which are virtually overflowing as received so much rainfall, there are timed releases from the dams and the water level in this already flooded