after cracks were found in some of the high speed trains. it s thought 180 trains made by hitachi had to be taken out of service. great western railway and london north eastern railway have advised passengers not to travel on sunday, and they ve warned that disruption could continue through the week. katy austin s report contains flashing images. these high speed hitachi 800 series trains weren t running this morning. they needed to be kept back for inspections after thin cracks were found in some, as the boss of hitachi rail told me. it s actually on the metal against the body where the passengers sit, with the underside of the train, which is what it actually runs on. and so, that area s critical for the operation of the train. and so, just to make sure that we are very safe, we took that decision to withdraw the trains while we just made sure that we fully understood the situation and that it is actually safe for the trains to operate with passengers riding on them. that l
i cringed here. it s enough to scare the pants off anyone, this. now it s time for a look at the weather with ben rich. good afternoon. a burst of spring warmth for many today. temperatures across eastern england already up to 21 degrees. not as warm further west but still warmer than it has been. certainly not sunny everywhere, we have areas of cloud around, showers for northern ireland especially and tonight we will see heavy downpours and thunderstorms drifting across the south east, east anglia and perhaps north england by the end of the night. it will be frost free for just about all of us, 12 degrees, the overnight low in norwich. tomorrow, it is sunshine and showers with persistent rain in north east scotland but elsewhere showers get going through the day, some will be heavy and thundery but there will be dry and sunny interludes in between. not as warm as today but warmer than it has been, 14 to 70 degrees. through the week ahead we will see heavy downpours, dry inte
angela rayner, as campaigns chief. that s what you do in leadership can you take responsibility. you don t scapegoat goat and blame others, you take it on the chin. they are hard calls, but it is for him to choose the team he wants and get people in the positions he wants us in. some good news for labour though, as tracy brabin is elected as the first mayor of west yorkshire. but she ll have to resign her westminster seat, triggering a by election in batley and spen. scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, warns it would be completely outrageous for the westminster government to block a second independence referendum. the government is expected to end the advice against hugging each other, as part of the relaxation of lockdown rules in england. the government is calling on the rail industry to fix disruption on some of britain s busiest rail lines, after small cracks were found in some high speed trains. now on bbc news, the travel show. ade adepitan takes a look into t
..and targeting the suppliers bringing misery across the country. this is not a glamorous lifestyle. this is horrendous and violent. and if you get into it, it s very hard to get out of it. distant sirens. good morning, everyone. chatter. it s 4am. 150 officers from kent and two other police forces are taking part in an operation codenamed zeal. part of a huge operation, this one. hopefully, we ll protect some vulnerable people, bring in some drug dealers. so we re going to an address in dartford today as part of a big operation. over a0 warrants being executed over the next day or so, targeting county line drug dealers in kent. a county line is a drug dealing network, often with a city based dealer distributing illegal drugs to smaller towns. fighting it needs a joined up approach. most of the county lines we re dealing with come out of london, so we re leading a three force operation here today. it s us, the met and british transport police. county lines gangs sell their dr
those are the main headlines on bbc news. dozens of people had to be rescued from a tower block in east london this morning after a fire broke out and spread over three floors. the flats are partially covered in cladding similar to the type used at grenfell tower. more than 30 people needed medical treatment for smoke inhalation. our home affairs correspondent tom symonds reports. for people in flats with fire safety issues, this is the nightmare. open the door! it s open, it s open. but at nine this morning, it s what confronted residents. as i opened the door to leave my flat, that s when i bumped into one of the security guards running up, screaming that there s a fire, there s a fire, get out, and he was sweating and i could clearly tell that this was serious, it wasn t a drill. 120 firefighters tackled the flames and rescued residents, some suffering from the effects of the smoke. we recognise this has got cladding that is very similar to grenfell. we have got our