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
To the bbc news at six. Doris has stormed her way across the uk, leaving havoc in her wake. Winds of up to 95mph have caused one death as a woman was killed by flying debris in wolverhampton. Trees have been brought down, taking power lines with them and blocking roads and railway lines. Nearly all Rail Operators are reporting delays. Planes have been grounded, the Port Of Liverpool was shut, and the strong gusts have forced the closure of bridges and many major roads. Thousands of homes have been left without power. Danny savage is in retford in nottinghamshire. Danny, for some time today, the entire network was suspended there. Fiona, this is the East Coast Main Line behind me, which should be busy with services at this time of day, but they are few and far between. To be Fairto Virgin but they are few and far between. To be fair to virgin east coast, they try to keep things going, but by mid afternoon, they had to say to passengers, do not travel to date. Storm doris swept from west
Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The foreign secretary, dominic raab, says the government is listening to conservative mps unhappy with planned new covid restrictions in england, but that a third spike in cases is possible unless they are approved. The system would replace the lockdown when it ends this week and would place most of england in the two highest levels. A vote is due in the house of commons on tuesday. Our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. Its been difficult finding cheer in this festive season. In Greater Manchester, theyve been living under some form of restrictions since the summer. Whats even more cutting is theyre being placed in tier 3, the highest form of restrictions, from next week. If you look at some of the figures and things like that, if you study it, they seem to have cracked down a bit harder on Greater Manchester in my opinion. Just speaking amongst the people, they seem to be kind of fed up. But some are putting a brave face on it. Theyre
And erupt into flames. Former f1 driverjohn watson said Romain Grosjean had a lucky escape. That was an accident that had, sadly, fatality written all over it. It was appalling to watch. The images, ive watched them again and again and again. Im still shocked by what i watched. And the man behind the mask of darth vader weightlifter turned actor dave prowse has died at the age of 85. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The foreign secretary dominic raab says the government is listening to conservative mps unhappy with planned new covid restrictions in england but that a third spike in cases is possible unless they are approved. The system would replace the lockdown when it ends this week and would place most of england in the two highest levels. A vote is due in the house of commons on tuesday. Our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. Its been difficult finding cheer in this festive season. In Greater Manchester they have been living under some restriction since the summer, a
Philpott (Season 2 Episode 4 of 4): The errors made by Mick Philpott that led to his arrest. 5 Mistakes That Caught a Killer airs on Channel 5 +1 at 12:55 AM, Monday 6 May. The errors made by Mick Philpott that led to his arrest