sir keir will be at a technology centre in the city of bristol where he will also be taking questions from journalists. live now to westminster and our political correspondent, henry zeffman. what is expected to be the priority for him to set out in his speech? i think you re going to have keir starmer trying to set the tone for the year ahead and, as you will know, it is a big year ahead for keir starmer because he begins the year as leader of the labour party, leader of the opposition but he may well end the year as prime minister. we are expecting a general election, almost certainly to take place in 2024. i think you will have keir starmer trying to use rhetoric and language to talk about the choice that he thinks will come in the general election. this is not going to be a policy heavy speech, it is going to be keir starmer trying to talk about the year ahead, the choice ahead. some of the rhetoric we have had already in advance from his team we are expecting him to use
good evening. since september, eight storms have buffeted the uk, bringing at times strong winds and torrential rain, and today parts of the country have once again experienced disruptive weather with hundreds of flood alerts and warnings in place. there s a met office yellow warning stretching from cornwall to east anglia, with heavy rain falling in some places on ground that is already saturated, meaning there s a chance of localised flooding. and a major incident has been declared in nottinghamshire. our correspondent dan johnson has the latest. storm henk may be gone, but it s certainly not forgotten. this is what it left behind in nottinghamshire, where a major incident s been declared for the flooded villages of the trent valley. river levels are still rising here and could pass records set more than 20 years ago. it is similar levels to that of 2000. so it s that serious and we must ask people to be aware and stay safe. flooded roads are causing problems and making it
hello and welcome to bbc news. donald trump has become the first former us president to face a criminal prosecution. the charges relate to falsifying business records to hide a payment to a porn star, stormy daniels, before the 2016 election. in a statement mr trump said the democratic authorities in new york were doing joe biden s dirty work, accusing them of interferring in next year s presidential election. john sudworth reports. the masssed ranks of the media say it all. donald trump s provided plenty of big moments in american politics, but few bigger than this his own imminent arrest. the news was confirmed in an angry statement from the former president, blaming his political opponents. the democrats, he said, have done the unthinkable. the case against him centres on this woman, the porn star known as stormy daniels. ahead of trump s 2016 election win, she was paid $130,000 to stop her going public with claims she had had an affair with him something he denies. hi
clever cow. time for a look at the weather, here s stav danaos. good afternoon. winds swept across southern areas, this weather watcher picture endorsing that. we have got windswept plants there and choppy seas and we have had gale force winds and heavy rains all tied in with a deep area of low pressure. that will ease away over the next 24 hour. as we head into the weekend it will turn a bit calmer and quieter and cooler at times as well. there is an area of low pressure moving across the company. it has been bringing gales to northern france as well. this weather front is going to be persistent and it will hang around parts of northern ireland, south wales and south west england through to night into tomorrow as well. lots of showers across a good portion of england, some sundry ones across the south east. the best of the weather in western scotland and parts of north west england. we could see 14 degrees there. a little bit cooler today compared to yesterday, the warmest d
queues to get through security during the easter holidays. the former olympic and paralympic athlete, oscar pistorius, applies for parole after serving half his sentence for shooting and killing his girlfriend. hello and welcome to bbc news. donald trump has become the first former us president to face a criminal prosecution. the charges relate to falsifying business records to hide a payment to a pawn star, stormy daniels, before the 2016 election. in a statement, mr trump said the democratic authorities in new york were doing joe biden s dirty work accusing them of interferring in next year s presidential election. john sudworth reports. the masssed ranks of the media say it all. donald trump s provided plenty of big moments in american politics, but few bigger than this his own imminent arrest. the news was confirmed in an angry statement from the former president, blaming his political opponents. the democrats, he said, have done the unthinkable. the case against hi