Counter. So a busy two hours to come. So put something cold and fizzy in the fridge or fire up the kettle or because were doing things differently tonight, put something and fizzy in the something cold and fizzy in the kettle a night of kettle and lets make a night of it. The headlines with it. First, the headlines with rory smith. Rory smith. Thank you very much. Leo storm, anthony saw 78mph. Winds hit some parts of the uk today, blocking 100 miles of railway between exeter and penzance. About half a months worth of rain fell in some areas, with a number of people having been evacuated from their homes in nonh evacuated from their homes in North Yorkshire due to flooding. The south west had severe road and rail disruption. Well a yellow weather warning remains in place until 10 00 tonight for the south east of england and east anglia. Weather journalist east anglia. Weather journalist nathan rao explains us the conditions, the wind speeds of this storm. Storm anthony are expected to b
The fridge or fire up the kettle or because were doing things differently tonight, put something and fizzy in the something cold and fizzy in the kettle a night of kettle and lets make a night of it. The headlines with it. First, the headlines with rory smith. Rory smith. Thank you very much. Leo storm, anthony saw 78mph. Winds hit some parts of the uk today, blocking 100 miles of railway between exeter and penzance. About half a months worth of rain fell in some areas, with a number of people having been evacuated from their homes in nonh evacuated from their homes in North Yorkshire due to flooding. The south west had severe road and rail disruption. Well a yellow weather warning remains in place until 10 00 tonight for the south east of england and east anglia. Weather journalist east anglia. Weather journalist nathan rao explains us the conditions, the wind speeds of this storm. Storm anthony are expected to be around 75 mile per hour gusts on the coasts and 55 mile per hour inland
Hello and welcome to newswatch, with me samira ahmed. Praise but also concerns about how bbc news reported the terrible Grenfell Tower block fire in london. And was the General Election result wrongly presented as a disaster for the conservatives and a triumph for labour . There have been many shocking and distressing images on the news recently and tuesday nights fire which engulfed a west london block of flats provided yet more. The following morning Victoria Derbyshire spoke to a man who had escaped from the tower. There is a man who threw two of his children. Two of his children. Come on, man. Wow. We saw a lot. We saw a lot, man. We saw a lot with our own eyes. We saw friends, families. Honestly, its all right, you dont have to say any more. Sandra martin e mailed us with this message about Victoria Derbyshire some viewers, though, objected to what they saw as the intrusive nature of that interview. And others, including this one from Home Affairs Editor mark easton. My sister, an
Bbc reporters to chase down the traumatised, the bereaved, the despairing, and, basically, ring out every last drop of despair from that person in the of ratings . I watched one particular person being interviewed with a Microphone Thrust into their face. They were crying, they were distraught, they had lost somebody, they had no idea what had happened to a member of their family. And. There just seemed to be no benefit in this interview. You are not ambulance chasers. But thats the impression you are starting to give. Later, on wednesday, News Bulletins were presented from the site of the still burning tower, with Sophie Raworth fronting the news at six location, and hugh edwards doing the same at ten oclock. Scores of viewers said they found it inappropriate to have that background while presenting news about the tower and other topics. Heresjohn sutton. Sophie raworth, chatting about the dup and tim farron while standing in front of a burning tower block, presumably containing the c
Its wednesday 18 january. Iamjoanna i am joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Foreign Secretary has said countries are queuing up to sign Free Trade Deals with britain when it leaves the European Union. Borisjohnson also suggests that agreements could be achieved quickly after the article 50 negotiations are concluded, and said the uk would not be hauling up the drawbridge, despite the new Migration Controls promised by theresa may. Our assistant Political Editor norman smith is in westminsterfor us. Over to you. Thank you. What is striking this morning is the confidence oozing from number ten about yesterdays Big Speech By theresa may on brexit, insisting there has been a positive reaction from other senior eu leaders such as Angela Merkel and francois hollande, both of whom theresa may spoke to last night. This despite the fact that she has thrown down the gau ntlet that she has thrown down the ga u ntlet to that she has thrown down the gauntlet to the rest of the eu say