Scored 423 in their first innings, but with england 50 runs behind, every iu n but with england 50 runs behind, every run will be crucial when the rain relents. Joe wilson, bbc news, at lords. Lets find out about that. Matt has rejoined me. Low pressure is nearby, so expect to see more scenes like this. There are some gaps between the clouds. The cloud across the south is bringing longer spells of rain this afternoon. Heavy rain, too. North and west of that, some sunshine between the showers. Always a bit more cloud in Northern Ireland and southern scotland. Temperature wise, disappointing for an early september. Barely getting into the high teens. The rain in the south east corner cleared away tonight. Showers continue in Western Areas tonight, with the breeze. Central parts drier, but also cooler, temperatures down into single figures. You might get to see scenes like this across the northern half of the uk. Into the weekend, it sta rts half of the uk. Into the weekend, it starts on
Prosecution against some offenders should be dropped. In the last few hours pilots working for Thomas Cook Airlines have gone on strike. Its the First Industrial action by uk pilots in a0 years. Ill be asking the airlines boss and the pilots union whats gone wrong. In sport, big ben is still striking, at lords at least. Ben stokes takes six wickets on a crazy day at lords, with both the west indies and then england suffering batting collapses, in the 3rd and deciding test. Hello from marvellous morecambe. Once the daylight arrives, you will see that the breakfast chair is here for its final hurrah after the tour around it ands coasts. We will be looking back, Peter Thomson forward, to the future of our seaside towns. And sarah has the weather. And sarah has the weather. And unsettled day today with lots of lost three showers around. I will bring you all the details of the forecast here in the uk, as well as Hurricane Irma and where it is heading next, in about 15 minutes. Good morning.
Young offenders from ethnic minorities will become the next generation of criminals unless the Justice System is reformed, a new reports says. And a 13 Year Old Girl who died from a brain aneurysm has helped eight different people through Organ Donation thats a record number. Good morning. Its friday 8th september. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A state of emergency has been declared in the British Virgin islands after the devastation caused by Hurricane Irma. High winds and storm surges are continuing to ravage the caribbean, with dozens known to have died and buildings destroyed. Aid agencies are warning of spreading disease after the break down of water and sanitation services. Later, a military plane carrying relief will take off from raf brize norton in oxfordshire a royal navy ship, the rfa mounts bay, is already in the caribbean. She has already delivered assistance to anguilla, and is now on her way to the British Virgin islands. Lets ta ke lets take a look at
The yen is the rfor the markets. 113. 10 the dollar is stronger against the pound asd prices, they have been on the back foot, especially with thereemerge sense reemergence of the u. S. Dollar around labor day is when the yen kicked off and gold stronger dollar, higher treesh treeshry treasury yields turning to the wall street agenda the latest read on the health of the u. S. Car market with september auto sales theyll come out throughout the day. On the earnings front, results from lennar, theyre due before the opening bell the death toll continues to rise in las vegas following the deadliest mass shooting in u. S. History. Multiple vigils were held across the city last night to honor the victims. Jane wells is live for us in las vegas with the latest. Good morning good morning. This is the venue behind me, still shut down this is where the concert happened, where the massacre happened. You can sort of see where the gunman was, on the right side of that a little more than halfway up h
And also a cnbc contributor. And a writer for your favorite newspaper, the new york times. There are some things from the federal reseventh. Reserve a lot of openings i l a lot of openings. And in three weeks, the president will make a decision on whether janet yellen stays or thats right. Usually the new president gives the old fed chief a a carry over. Hes a real estate guy. She has done well on starting the exit and she has done well in terms of her relationship with the president other people are eager, theyre being promoted from different circles, including up here in new york you look like the head of the he looks like he could be a ceo. Yeah. Thank mean, if thats all it took, you would be shoein same color hair as janet yellen 2529 on the s p did you see that yeah. Equity futures indicated higher this morning. Take a quick look at that. Overnight in asia, we did see positive news. There is this country up 2 on the s p. Dow jones indicated 4. Big gain yesterday for the dow jones.