they do change their mind, that s a good thing, they are learning from evidence. i think the better line for the tories is, if things start to get a bit rosier for the economy, if progress is made on immigration, i think what they will want to say is, don t risk this because actually, on things like the environment, immigration, public finances, keir starmer and labour, you can t really trust them, they are a bit more radical. so the tories will really be trying to force that dividing line. but the fact is that keir starmer and labour are playing it so safe, they are hiding very close to the tory line, it s going to be difficult for the tories to do that so i don t think it will be successful. find tories to do that so i don t think it will be successful. . . it will be successful. and keir starmer can t it will be successful. and keir starmer can t take it will be successful. and keir starmer can t take the - it will be successful. and keir starmer can t take the young
welcome to bbc news, broadcasting to viewers in the uk and around the world. we start with the us secretary of state, antony blinken, who is headed to the middle east to visit israel, the west bank, and seven countries over the next week. the us state department says during mr blinken s trip, he will seek immediate increase in aid to gaza as the strip continues to deal with a humaniatarian crisis. the trip comes as the uk foreign secretary, david cameron, warns israel must allow more aid into gaza in order to avoid starvation and large outbreaks of disease. and there are reports of dozens more deaths from air strikes in southern gaza, as israel continues its military operation there. and in lebanon, people gathered for the funeral of deputy hamas leader saleh al arouri. he was killed earlier this week in an explosion. hezbollah a powerful iranian backed group in lebanon has blamed that attack on what it says was flagrant israeli aggression . israel has not commented, but
2.30pm this afternoon, where the river trent got the better of us. in radcliffe, on trent, the fire service needed to be carried in at this static caravan park and rush hour was proving difficult. the yellow warning for heavy rain covers most of the southwest, southeast, and parts of the midlands, and there are more than 200 flood warnings across england. and in wiltshire tonight, flooded fields have led to flooded homes and frustrated residents. we ve got water flooding under floors, we ve taken upstairs. the council have the phone off the hook. the police aren t interested in closing the road, i m amazed there hasn t been an incident. the fire brigade isn t interested, no one is interested. we were sat having a nice glass of wine by the fire and my partner s friend texted and said, i hope you are ok, and we were, like, 0k, what s going on? so we came out and went, oh, yeah. the rain is disrupting
in the village of east bridge road, many people have never seen it so bad. east richford. we went to bed last night knowing the river was coming up, so my partner set the alarms to check it every couple of hours in the night. the river started coming into the property at 6am this morning. we ve spent most of today keeping it out, which we did a very good job of until about 2.30pm this afternoon, where the river trent got the better of us. in radcliffe, on trent, the fire service needed to be carried in at this static caravan park and rush hour was proving difficult. the yellow warning for heavy rain covers most of the southwest, southeast, and parts of the midlands, and there are more than 200 flood warnings across england. and in wiltshire tonight, flooded fields have led to flooded homes and frustrated residents. we ve got water flooding under floors, we ve taken upstairs. the council have the phone off the hook. the police aren t interested in closing the road,
and he hasn t got it any more. you miss him, a part of you, your heart. i gave birth to that boy. and i gave him life. and through somebody s choice that day, they took his life away. and he is no more. and it has to be out there, it has to be how dangerous it is to use your phone while you are driving. colletta smith, bbc news in radcliffe. joining me now is nick lyes from the rac. thank you forjoining us here on bbc news. just how widespread a problem is this? it’s news. just how widespread a problem is this? , v, news. just how widespread a problem is this? , v, v, , ,, v, is this? it s a really widespread roblem. is this? it s a really widespread problem- the is this? it s a really widespread problem. the research - is this? it s a really widespread problem. the research we - is this? it s a really widespread | problem. the research we have conducted at the rac shows about a quarter of drivers are still using a hand held mobile phone at will to make or receive calls, but the