Wake up, the house is on fire. The house is on fire. A new sound for smoke alarms Safety Experts say a voice, rather than a beep, is much more likely to wake children up. And the Speeding Driver who clocked up 62 points on his licence whos legally allowed to drive. And coming up in sport on bbc news, Wayne Rooneys agent Paul Stretford is in china, to see if he can negotiate a Big Money Move for the Manchester United and england captain. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at 1pm. Storm doris has hit the uk, with gusts of wind of up to 100 miles an hour. Planes have been grounded, roads closed, and rail travel disrupted. In Northern Ireland, thousands of homes are without power. And in scotland, heavy snow and high winds led to the closure of the m80 near stirling. The storm is predicted to continue for much of the day. And in the last few minutes weve had reports that a woman has been killed in Wolverhampton City Centre ina killed in Wolverhampton City Centre in a weather relate
politicians in northern ireland have briefly returned to the stormont assembly but there s still no progress on the political deadlock, which has left no fully functioning devolved government for months. let s cross to belfast and to our ireland correspondent chris page. any sign of a breakthrough? in a word, any sign of a breakthrough? in a word. no- any sign of a breakthrough? in a word. no- it any sign of a breakthrough? in a word, no. it was any sign of a breakthrough? in a word, no. it was a any sign of a breakthrough? i i . word, no. it was a very familiar opening scene, the screenplay was predictable but there was no unexpected twist at the end. this is the fifth time that members of the stormont assembly have been about sitting on their benches since an election in may but as has happened previously, they were not able to elect a speaker at the democratic unionist party vetoed the election of a speaker and therefore it meant after about a couple of hours of political