Of england today. But, i think perhaps one thing above all is note worthy, which is that nature is all around us here and has this remarkable power of recovery. Reeta. Time for a look at the weather. Heres chris fawkes. Nature might need all her powers of recovery. Ophelia is taking centre stage today. It was a major category three hurricane and weakened to a category one. Today, here is ex ophelia no longer a hurricane but a very powerful area of weather. Look how tightly packed the isobars are. In the last hour, we have had a peak wind gust across the south of ireland of 97mph. In the isles of scilly, 67mph. But generally so far, the worst of the weather is in west wales. Amber warning in force for Northern Ireland with wind gusts potentially reaching 80mph. It will blow down trees. It could cause destruction to power and transport. Away from Northern Ireland, further west a bit of rain in scotland. The winds picking up across western wales and western parts of england with gales. Ac
How his cricketing fathers suicide has affected his game. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The met office has warned of potential danger to life as the remnants of hurricane ophelia hit the Irish Republic and head towards Northern Ireland. Troops have been deployed in coastal areas in the republic, in whats expected to be the most severe storm to hit ireland in half a century. Already more than 3,000 people are without power in cork and kerry this morning and many planes, trains and buses have been cancelled. Storm 0phelia hit the south west coast of ireland a short time ago with gusts of 92mph. It moves on to Northern Ireland and parts of west wales this lunchtime with wind speeds expected of up to 80mph. The storm is then forecast to head north to central and southern scotland tomorrow, sparing eastern parts of the uk. Well, schools north and south of the irish border have been closed for the day. Sarah corker looks at the preparations for the arrival of storm 0phelia. Wit
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
Theresa may heads to brussels. Europes Jean Claude Junker promises an after dinner post mortem at least it had the french laughing. And a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, two neutron stars collided 130 million years later, we saw it happen. The massive explosion led to the production of rare elements such as gold and platinum. Hello, im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Donald trump didnt blow up the Iran Nuclear Deal last friday but he may be on the point of doing so. Speaking a short time ago, mr trump said the total termination of the deal is a very strong possibility. The french, german and british have all made it clear they think thats a very bad idea. As things stand, the us congress now has 60 days to review the deal and decide whether to impose new sanctions on iran. In that time mr trump wants to see if he can get new terms, including extending the deal beyond 10 years. If he cant, he now seems to be saying america will indeed pull out of it. The
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