Essentially we have a game of three dimensional chess going on and i dont think many people know how to play that very well. Thank you, chris morris. Time for a look at the weather heres chris fawkes. Thank you, simon. I will bring you the latest in hurricane dorian. Believe it or not, this is 2a others worth of satellite pictures and you can see the grand bahama wall has been peddling you can see the eye will has been pummelling grand bahama. Florida is 100 miles to the west, winds are only 3a, so we go from a light breeze to something which can rip your house apart in just 30 miles. If the storm works northwards, a small deviation could bring much more severe conditions to the us coastline, which is why we are monitoring this very carefully. In the uk, a pretty cloudy day for most of us, summer rain across North Western areas. The rain will turn heavier and more persistent across Northern Ireland and scotland this afternoon, strengthening south westerly winds. Damp weather for north
Quite nervous with this storm. Subtle changes in the track could send an area of Even Stronger winds in across parts of the south east of the United States which is exactly why forecasters are monitoring this so why forecasters are monitoring this so carefully. For the uk we have a couple of weather fronts coming through on wednesday. Both of these fronts actually having cooler air following, so it will be a cooler day across the whole of the country. Rain clearing away from east anglia and south east england quickly. Sunshine follows. There will be some showers across sunshine follows. There will be some showers gcioss western sunshine follows. There will be some showers across Western Areas. Cloudy for Northern England, north wales, Northern Ireland and scotland, with burst of heavy rain. Northerly winds, strong and gusty, will bring cooler air into northern scotland. Temperatures in aberdeen 13 degrees in the afternoon. It will feel quite chilly here. The rain clears away and it wil
And that is after the 2a year old, who has never made it this far at flushing meadows, broke Britains Johanna Konta in the seventh game of the opening set to eventually claim it 6 4, and in the second set, she managed to break again to serve it out. Svitolina is the highest seed left in the draw and has steadily built her game this year, after claiming the season ending wta tour finals event in 2018. You have to bring your best game to beat them, it doesnt matter who it is going to be in the semi final, but if it is serena, it is an amazing champion. Probably going to be really tough against her. In the mens draw, russian Daniil Medvedev has reached the semi finals after overcoming former champion Stan Wawrinka in four sets. Despite requiring treatment to a thigh injury during the first set, the 23 year old won it on a tie break, before going two sets up on the back of wonderful play such as this drop shot. The 2016 winner, wawrinka, rallied to claim the third set. But medvedev raced t
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To hs2 limited last month, saying it could complete the project faster and more cheaply than current plans. Mr shapps was speaking on the Andrew Marr Show earlier i think what has happened is they have had a letter sent to hs2 limited. There has been no conversation to me as minister or secretary of state. I have to say by the way i want to get this thing built faster if it is possible. If you have a conversation, but i think the idea is when you look at what is required and what needs to be late and so on and so forth, it is an enormous project. You were not billed in five years. You will not build it in five years. Sir eltonjohn has been forced to cut short a concert in new zealand,
after falling ill with walking pneumonia. The 72 year old musician, who was visibily upset, lost his voice mid way through his set at aucklands mount smart stadium. He told concer goers i cant sing, ive got to go, im sorry. Earlier in the set hed told the crowd that hed been diagnosed with the infection,