Good morning. A fairly cloudy start with rain across the North And East but later it will brighten up in the Far North of the Country And North of the far south with a few showers but it will turn Colder for us all. All the details shortly. Its Wednesday 9th october. Millions of americans have been urged to evacuate parts of florida Ahead of the arrival of Hurricane Milton. It strengthened again overnight to become a category 5 Storm the highest rating and is expected to make landfall in the next 2a hours. Forecasters say milton has the potential to be One of the most destructive hurricanes ever recorded in the Region And President Joe Biden has described the situation in florida as a matter of Life And Death. Our reporter Steve Knibbs has more. Siren. An Evacuation Siren on the streets of Redington Shores in florida. Debris is still piled up after Storm Helene two weeks ago, and now people are being told they have to leave again. Mandatory Evacuation Orders are in place for nearly Six
Opener at hampden. Stop a murky start but for most of us Warm Sunshine developing today, watch out for more heavy thundery rain in the south. I will have the details. Its Friday 6th of september. The Home Secretary Will chair a meeting of senior ministers, Intelligence Agencies and Law Enforcement Bodies Today to discuss how to tackle criminal gangs which smuggle people across the channel. 12 people died on tuesday when their small boat came apart off the french coast. Yvette cooper said this showed the moral imperative of dismantling the gangs. Our home editor, mark easton, reports. The government claims the deaths of 12 migrants in the channeljust off the french coast earlier this week is evidence of both the moral imperative in destroying the smuggling gangs, and also that measures to disrupt the criminal networks are having an impact. The Home Office says it suggests the Business Model of the smugglers is under pressure. More people are being crammed into less seaworthy vessels, wi
Its about 2 30am. Now its time for a look back at the day in parliament. Hello again, and welcome to monday in parliament, as borisjohnson tries and fails to force an early general election. The electorate will, im afraid, have a sense that we are all like charlie brown, endlessly running up to kick the ball, only to have Parliament Take it away. The lib dems want an early poll too, but its not their first choice. If there is not the support for a peoples vote in this parliament, then we need to look at the other way to do that. And in john bercows last week as speaker, an mp finally discovers how to impress him. He really is an encyclopaedia of arguably useful information. But first, Boris Johnsons latest attempt to persuade mps to vote for an early general election has failed. 0n the very day the Prime Minister had to accept a delay to brexit. We are not now leaving on thursday. Mrjohnson wants to hold an election on december the 12th, but under the law to thirds of mps, 434 of them,
Why fewer shoppers and more closures made july an especially tough time for retailers. Ill have the details. A Fabulous Four and a perfect start to the new premier League Season for Manchester United, who thump chelsea at old trafford and inflict a first defeat for Frank Lampard. Good morning. Today we are looking ata good morning. Today we are looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. Showers in the north and west, have very heavier and thundery showers in the south east, in between some sunshine, and this weeks weather remains unsettled. Ill have more in 15 minutes. Its monday, august 12. Our top story drug crime has risen in rural areas but fallen sharply in major city centres. A bbc investigation has found that in some villages in england and wales it has more than quadrupled in five years. The findings highlight concern about the spread of so called county lines gangs which traffic drugs using children and vulnerable people. Dan johnson reports. The latest frontier in the figh