and stav has the weather. good morning to you. it is a chilly start this morning, but today is looking better than yesterday. fewer showers, more sunshine, and feeling a touch warmer, too. i'll have all the details for you in about 15 minutes. good morning. first, our main story: police investigating the london tube bombing are continuing to question an 18—year—old man who was arrested in dover yesterday on suspicion of planting the bomb at parsons green station on friday. officers say they are still following numerous lines of enquiry, and haven't ruled out further arrests. andy moore reports. on a saturday afternoon in a london suburb, people looked out of their windows to find heavily armed counter—terror officers in their alleyways and streets. many residents were evacuated as the police operation continued. the centre of their attention was the home of an elderly couple who had fostered hundreds of youngsters over the years. in 2010, penny and ronjones were both awarded the mbe by the queen for their services to childre

and stav has got the weather. i think sunday will be the better day, we have showers and it will be on the chilly side. good morning. first, our main story. armed police and military personnel are being deployed at key locations across the uk after the terror threat level was increased to "critical" — the highest possible level. the hunt for the person behind the parsons green attack is continuing. 29 people were injured, with many suffering from burns orfrom being caught in the crush as people fled the station. the raising of the threat level means that the government believes a further terror attack may be imminent. the device went off as a district line tube train pulled into the overground station at parsons green in south—west london at 8:20 yesterday morning. the bbc understands that the bomb, described as a homemade device, had been fitted with a timer but failed to fully detonate. let's get the latest report on the situation now from andy moore. curiosity overcame fear as passengers filmed the device s

stav has the details. an improving picture through the week, a lot of showers around today, some will be heavy. some sunshine between but it will be dry and bride for most of us with more in the way of sunshine. showers already have got going. rainbows feature weather watch pictures, they will be a feature of the day across much of the uk, thanks to low pressure nearby. this cold air mass runs down from the north, it has been cool for the last few days. high pressure builds in, this will settle things down tomorrow onwards. some heavy and thundery showers in south—west england and in two wars wales. a lovely start with sunshine, showers develop, the cloud bubbles up, you go out the window. further north, there's sunshine around. niki lauda in northern and western parts of scotland. in the western parts of scotland. in the western parts of northern ireland. it's murky and grey. it looks like it will remain cloudy here. some cloud and rain pushing into northern ireland, running in towards south—west engl

here's stav with a look at this morning's weather. a bit topsy—turvy, it is getting cold at night and then sunshine during the day makes it during the day makes it seem a lot better. thatis that is right, it is cold for the time of the year and the nights are chilly. things looking warmer towards next week thanks to the south—westerly winds. good spells of sunshine across the country, the detry central areas, but there are showers across parts of wales. most of the showers along the coast at the moment generated by this area of low pressure which is pulling away. this area of high pressure will nudge and from sunday onwards to settle things down. we have some showers around the channel islands across western and eastern coastal areas, the central size of the country, it lovely morning. quite cool country, it lovely morning. quite cool, mist and fog clears away. some sunshine in the northern parts of england and central and southern scotland, but the clouds thicken across northern ireland and across northern and western scotland. a

here's stav danaos from the bbc weather centre. with perfectly warm sea temperatures, hurricane maria has strengthened rapidly in the last six hours to become a category four storm. this is a major storm that is bearing down on parts of the leeward islands during monday night and into tuesday. it could do damage to dominika. it is following us —— similar path to hurricane irma. not quite as powerful that it will bring rain, coastal flooding quite as powerful that it will bring rain, coastalflooding possible and damaging winds. it looks at the store will maintain its strength as it continues to move west north—westwards, pushing to other islands of the caribbean, possibly the virgin islands again and in towards puerto rican. the eye could move towards puerto rican. the eye could m ove over towards puerto rican. the eye could move over poor to rico as it moves into thursday. potentially as a category four storm. thereafter, it pushes on towards the turks and ca icos pushes on towards the turks and caicos island. thousands of ai

here's bbc weather presenter stav danaos. the caribbean is bracing itself for one of the strongest hurricanes ever to develop in the atlantic. hurricane became a powerful category five storm late on tuesday and its continuing its journey westward during wednesday. could be some devastation to many areas. this storm really means business, it's an extremely dangerous storm that will maintain its strength for the next few days. sustained wind speeds of 185 mph gusting over 200 mph, torrential rain and a significant storm surge that could lead to some severe coastal flooding so this storm really means business. it's an ongoing story and we'll keep you updated. also making news today: syrian government forces have broken a long—running siege of the eastern city of deir al—zour by the islamic state group. the syrian army and pro—government forces reached an army brigade that's been trapped in the enclave alongside some 90,000 civilians for several years. deir al—zour and its surrounding province is the last major territory

corker will have the latest on preparations for this major storm, first here's bbc weather presenter stav danaos. the caribbean is bracing itself for one of the strongest hurricanes ever to develop in the atlantic. hurricane irma became a powerful category five storm late on tuesday and it's continuing itsjourney westwards during wednesday. could be some devastation to the leeward islands, and it continues to move westards in towards haiti, dominican republic and eventually towards cuba by thursday and friday. this storm really means business, it's an extremely dangerous storm that will maintain its strength for the next few days. sustained wind speeds of 185mph, gusting over 200mph, some torrential rain and a significant storm surge that could lead to some severe coastal flooding so this storm really means business. it's an ongoing story and we'll keep you updated. this is the view of hurricane irma from space. it's expected to be one of the most powerful hurricanes ever recorded in the atlantic basin. images released by nasa show it's heading towards several caribbean islands, bringing

stav danaos, from our weather centre, is here. talk us through what you're expecting — how do you know how big it's going to be? we are looking at the satellite picture, which is proving what a huge monster this storm is. but in the last few hours, it has intensified rapidly. it has become an extremely catastrophic, strong eckel category it has become an extremely catastrophic, strong category five storm, with winds of 185mph with gusts in excess of 220mph. it does not really get stronger than this. you have a sense of where it is going to hit land? most computer models agree that it is heading westwards into a cluster of islands. because it's such a big storm, it is difficult for it to avoid that cluster of islands. the strongest winds are around the eye, where we see the extreme devastation. but even further out, the winds will be damaging. and then you have got an extremely powerful is toms surge associated with it and with the low pressure and the strong winds as well and the heavy rain. we can see here on the satellite pict