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cooks in the kitchen. good morning. the sport. jordan spieth leads the open championship. he s two shots clear of the field, after mastering all the british summer had to throw at him, at royal birkdale. and prince george at four. a new official portrait is released to mark his birthday. and we have the weekend weather. good morning. looking like a sunshine and showers weekend for most of us. sunday looks like the better of the two. all of the details in about 15 minutes. we will see you then. thank you. first, our main story. almost 1,000 children are being forced into temporary accommodation every month because more families are becoming homeless, according to councils in england. the local government association says the number has increased by a third in three years. it wants more powers to build what are described as genuinely affordable homes. 0ur social affairs correspondent, michael buchanan, reports. councils say more than 900 children are what they describe ho ....
on down to wharton, they say. we can use every hand. reporter: martin savidge, thank you very much. and thanks to you for joining us. our breaking news coverage continues now with ac 360. houston. a week after hurricane harvey came ashore, the reminders that this is not over keep coming and there s a new one that just happened. explosions and a massive fire at the chemical plant 25 miles northeast of houston. it began with flooding, followed by a power outage, and the equipment to keep explosive chemicals cool shut down. early yesterday morning came the first fire. late today, a large explosion, followed by the large fire that has thankfully died down again. for obvious reasons, cnn s brian todd is not here but joins us with the latest. what do we know exactly about this fire? reporter: we can tell you that officials have told us for most of this week they expect that incidents like this to occur and they just posted a statement moments ago saying that the redundant refr ....