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in more than 20 years. the peak expected today. hundreds of people have been evacuated from their flooded homes. and a few miles south in loughborough, this flat ruined by floodwater. darren s father had to be rescued in the early hours of yesterday morning. there was three feet of water whereas today i m looking at it and there s no water. the river severn also expected to peak today. belongings piled high in this cottage in worcester to escape the worst of the damage. in the village of longford near gloucester, catherine is helping to look after her mum s house which was surrounded by water, again from the river severn. it s 2007 all over again and it s, yeah, itjust means, mum, if it does go through it would be nine months out again. and this is what the river avon did to alice and mark s garden in fordingbridge. the flood defence swamped. the garden would get flooded, it did last year. so we had to start bringing all of the equipment and tools that we had in the gar ....
you guessed it, it s eurovision time again coming up in the sport on bbc news, europa league and potential champions league prizes both on offer for manchester united ahead of their second leg against celta vigo at old trafford. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. if a leaked copy of labour s manifesto is anything to go by, the party is about to propose some of the most sweeping changes to its policies in a generation. the draft proposals seen by the bbc range from renationalising the railways and parts of the energy sector, an emphasis on workers rights to scrapping tuition fees in england. this afternoon, party chiefs signed off on an amended version of the document. jeremy corbyn, who said the final, fully costed manifesto will be published in a few days, described it as transformative. the conservatives called it the road to ruin. here s our political editor laura kuennsberg. they wondered what exactly was going on, and you might too. this was me ....
in england are the worst in five yea rs. he s a showboat, he s a grandstander. president trump lays into his former fbi director and says he always intended to sack him. and manchester united keep their champions‘ league dream alive, beating the spanish side celta vigo. coming up in sportsday on bbc news: andy murray is knocked out of the madrid open in the last 16 by borna coric, so he s failed to reach the quarter finals in two of his last three events. good evening. labour s election manifesto has been formally approved by the party leadership and will be published next week. jeremy corbyn said the policies would be fully costed and would prove to be very popular with voters. some of the main parts of the manifesto had already found their way into the public domain, after a version of the document was leaked overnight. it included proposals to re nationalise the railways and to scrap university tuition fees in england. our political editor, laura kuenssberg, has ....
on aggregate to secure their place in the stockholm showpiece, later this month. we are live at manchester s beautiful, glorious, historic victoria baths. the pool has been refilled, ready for the first public swim in 2a years. we will have more on the plight of britain s glorious historic pools and the fight to save them ina historic pools and the fight to save them in a little while. and matt has them in a little while. and matt has the weather. good morning. another dry day., but for the rest of you there will be the smell of fresh rain in the air and maybe eight thunderstorms later. dry day for scotland. good morning. first, our main story. thousands of weapons have been seized in schools across england and wales. they include swords, axes and airguns. some of the cases involved children as young as five . police chiefs said there had been a worrying increase in young people carrying knives. andy moore reports. some schools have taken to using metal arches to m ....
in sport, manchester united have won the europa league for the first time. they beat ajax 2 0 to ensure their qualification for next season s champions league. and carol has the weather. good morning. yesterday was the warmest day of the year so far and todayit warmest day of the year so far and today it will be hotter. for many of us, a lot of sunshine after the cloud this morning but there will be a few exceptions will top we will tell you where in 15 minutes. first our main story. the investigation into the manchester bomb attack continues. police are searching for a network linked to the attacker. let s bring you up today with the latest developments. the identities of two more victims have now been confirmed. they are 17 year old chloe rutherford and her 19 year old boyfriend liam curry. late last night there was another arrest in nuneaton, while a woman arrested yesterday has now been released without charge. overnight, police carried out a controlled explosion du ....