vehicles, it has taken fire crews from across the area to come and support south yorkshire fire and rescue, west midlands, greater manchester services involved in just this area here in terms of helping ferried people back and forth. and south yorkshire fire and rescue say they have also deployed other resources from elsewhere as well, including high—volume pumps to help pump water away, because the flooding in this area is really severe, but it is also other parts of south yorkshire. you heard about sheffield in a report earlier, and doncaster is an area of concern at the moment, because the environment agency has issued five severe flood warnings in the past hour or so for that area around a part of doncaster just slightly north of doncaster. and even though the rain has held off so far today, it is nothing like what we saw all throughout yesterday and last night, the torrential downpours, but there is still concern about the rising river levels. the river don is at a level

rain is falling in flood—hit parts of south yorkshire and it is expected to intensify throughout the afternoon. a yellow weather warning for rain is now in force around sheffield, doncaster and nottingham — and will last until the early hours of friday morning. hundreds of people have had to leave their homes in the village of fishlake. and the environment agency is warning of property flooding in parts of warwickshire, where around 20 schools are closed. earlier, james mitchinson, editor of the yorkshire post spoke to the bbc, saying the region has been ignored by the government for too long. west yorkshire local authorities are still owed £20 million that was promised back in 2016 and that hasn't been delivered. the headline we ran at the time was "indefensible". and it is indefensible that this government is still in the red to our region when it comes to investing in flood protection. what exactly was that money supposed to be spent on them? a variety of things. it's land management, it could be river management. a whole variety of things. that's for the experts to determine,

most of our efforts are 110w yorkshire. most of our efforts are now working in the doncaster district and we have four areas where we are pumping large quantities of water are helping evacuate people who are vulnerable and at risk. we are working with partners and continuing to support those who choir our help. with the suddenness of the rain fell, did you get much warning? do you get regular updates on weather conditions or condition checks from the environment agency is? or is it down to emergency calls? we get regular updates from the environment agency, we anticipated we would have significant amount of water through thursday and we had already set up strategic coordination groups in preparation. lots of what we have seen is anticipated, we have had lots of water, their ground was already quite wet, as a consequence we are 110w quite wet, as a consequence we are now predicting whether what is going, hence the move from sheffield through to rotherham, so the scenes you have seen, and now into doncaster. we are working wi

it adds to the severe flooding that has hit other parts of south yorkshire and derbyshire. this wall shows you very clearly where the water came up to. the basement storeroom of this florist, in matlock in north derbyshire, is completely ruined. all the stock, ready for the run—up to christmas, now worthless. to get things started again is going to cost a lot of money. the insurance company will help out, but of course we have to get those things to start with. we are talking between £5,000 and £10,000 - a lot of money, a lot of money to recoup. other businesses in the town have suffered a similarfate. this new toy shop didn't get a chance to open its doors to the public. everybody has had a terrible time of it, but our shop was due to open yesterday. so, we were here the day before yesterday until ten o'clock and evening and we have been for the last three weeks, and we were so excited about opening yesterday, and then we got here and it was full of water. as the clean—up operation gets into full swing, many here say they feel lucky they were not worse affected. it w

and some people we re yorkshire today. and some people were willing to shake his hand but some were not. look at this. you should have been there having a meeting and making sure that these people get the help and the support andl people get the help and the support and i am sorry, your announcement yesterday was a pittance. the flood defences need that support. we want to know that these people matter. that has not been demonstrated yet. it is an emergency, boris! but of course prime ministers and leaders of the opposition don't hang around for a long time in a campaign. so then he went to coventry to a factory that builds electric taxis, among other things. in the striking thing is that, like labour, conservatives wanted to play their greatest hits today and talk about brexit. and this was meant to be a big set piece stunt that makes dump piece but once borisjohnson had done the speech and he opened the floor to questions, those pesky journalists including our laura, wa nted journalists including our laura, wanted to ask

we the river don in south yorkshire. are near the villa where we are near the village of fish lake where dozens of people have been evacuated from their homes. —— fishlake. the conservatives lay out plans to train and employ thousands more gps, despite failing to meet a previous recruitment target. labour and the liberal democrats promise more hours of free child care — but providers are sceptical overfunding. angela merkel leads events in germany to mark 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall — and urges people to stand up forfundamental values. translation: the values upon which europe is founded. freedom, democracy, equality, rule of law, the preservation of human rights. they absolutely cannot be taken for granted. india's supreme court rules that the disputed holy site of ayodhya should be given to hindus who want a temple built there. catastrophic bushfires in eastern australia kill at least three people and force thousands from their homes... coming up, sportsday will have all the latest sports news as england's lionesses take on germany... good evening. if you'vejustj

fiona trott is outside fishlake in south yorkshire, which has been completely engulfed by the river don. fiona. what is the latest there? that's right, people here in fishlake are marooned. we got here by tractor this morning and that's all thanks to volunteer farmers from this village and surrounding villages who have come here to help, helping people get around and dropping off supplies. we managed to get through to the village pub which is on a raised level, and the people running it are hoping to cook around a0 hot meals for people today. that is what's really striking, the volunteer effort. the only reason they can cook those meals is they have gas and people have been donating food from all around, and it's been brought in by these volunteer farmers by tractor. it's been brought in by these volunteerfarmers by tractor. we it's been brought in by these volunteer farmers by tractor. we saw a man dressed top to toe in waterproofs with a rucksack going house to house, dropping off milk and bread, anything anybody needed. people say the floodwater has gone down overnight in places, but

for some in the village of whiston, it was a heartbreaking repeat of the catastrophic south yorkshire floods of 2007. but there were no compulsory evacuations. however, when day breaks, it will be time to really assess

protest urges yorkshire shoppers to ignore black friday. this is bradford, a city in yorkshire, who are saying actually we are putting on an event so that we can encourage people to not take part. there seems to be a backlash, doesn't there, going on here. that's right, and they are putting on some cultural activities that don't involve spending money to sort of show that there is another side, and also to take the pressure off this sort of shop—ocalypse. also to take the pressure off this sort of shop-ocalypse. well done - shop—ocalypse. sort of shop-ocalypse. well done - shop-ocalypse. to sort of get the pressure off. there are people or low income sectors of society who think there is a lot of pressure to be buying things and perhaps they wa nt to be buying things and perhaps they want to be doing something else. also, the advice is you are encouraged to save money, or if you do see something that you want, or that you want, plan for it and budget for it. do you think there is a backlash? do you think people are actually sick of this

this is the yorkshire post. they're talking about details of a five point manifesto that has been put together by a cross—party group of leaders. they are calling for more devolution, they want to rebalance the economy and they want a dedicated transport budget for the north, more money spent on education and health. that sort of stuff is going to have to be incorporated into the manifestos when they are compiled and it is going to have to be taken by each party to the doorstep. still early days but yesterday we were on the first official day of the campaign. with winter coats, brollies, and sensible shoes, the volunteers are mustering. here in the west yorkshire drizzle the ground war is under way. labour is pouring on the resources, it isa labour is pouring on the resources, it is a big team bolstered by young faces. this constituency any student or former student from lead knows about the notorious pub crawl about the notorious pub crawl — the so—called 0tley run — 16 pubs into the city centre, and yo

five severe flood warnings are in place along south yorkshire's river don, meaning there's a threat to life for those in the area. if the river rises again tonight or tomorrow, and it's in conjunction with a high tide and a further fall of rain, the village simply will not be able to cope. the tories say a jeremy corbyn government could cause an economic crisis within months of coming to power. labour calls the claim a complete work of fiction. remembering the fallen of the world wars and the conflicts since. a world war ii dakota plane dropped 750,000 poppies over the white cliffs of dover to remember those who lost their lives. early exit polls in spain's general election suggest the socialist party of the acting prime minister, pedro sanchez, is leading the contest. another super over success for england as they win in new zealand. and coming up, the travel show heads to berlin to find out how punk helped to end the cold war. that's in half an hour's time. good evening and welcome to bbc news. five severe flood warnings remain in place along the river don in south yorkshire this aft

so instead of the rain being in western scotland it was in the midlands and south yorkshire. we have had a number of autumn winter flood events over the past few years. there was a major one in 2014 with flooding in the south. there was heavy rain again in the summer in 2012 and 2007 in particular in the same area of south yorkshire that are suffering this time. this is on a par with those. it is not exceptional but it is certainly troubling. the scottish national party leader — and first minister of scotland — nicola sturgeon — has launched her party's election campaign in edinburgh, putting brexit and scottish independence at the centre of the snp's election strategy. she said she'd be willing to cooperate with a labour government led byjeremy corbyn. she ruled out a formal coalition but said she could support labour on a vote—by—vote basis as long as the scottish parliament was granted the right to hold a second independence referendum and given more powers. the first minister has been speakling to our political editor laura kuenssberg. she wants two things — t

more than 100 flood warnings are in place in total, most of them in yorkshire. robert hall is in doncaster this lunchtime. robert? yes, this is st mary's bridge, about a quarter of a mile from the centre of doncaster, this is the river don, it has been rising steadily through the morning, it is being held back at the moment for the most part. but as the surge has come down it has caused damage, if i cut to the other camera you can see the extent of the damage. the water over there between three and four feet deep, this is the picture as this surge has come down there with the. danny savage has been around doncaster and south yorkshire to assess the damage on a wider scale. in doncaster this morning, a frantic rush to get to safety and deal with the rising floodwater. anything and everything was deployed to help. yes, they were aware of the rain, but still caught by surprise. yes, they were aware of the rain, but still caught by surprisem came but still caught by surprisem ca m e really but still caught by surprisem came really quickly, to be honest. it has happe

the rain in yorkshire as well. the rain in yorkshire we don't expect to be as heavy as the rain is at the moment. but that could change. so you can see where we have got the greens and yellows. moving north of that, for the rest of northern england, scotla nd the rest of northern england, scotland and northern ireland, we do have some brighter skie5, but still a peppering of showers. and some of tho5e a peppering of showers. and some of those hours will be wintry on the hill5. those hours will be wintry on the hills. and temperature way5, temperatures are below average for the time of year. they will feel cold in their own right, but when you add on the brisk north or north—easterly wind5, it will really exacerbate the cold feel. so if you are heading out, do take note. through this evening and overnight this band of rain continues. you can see it moving through york5hire. it will start to weaken and fragment and the rain and it will turn more patchy. there will be quite a lot of cloud around as well, so for engl

i think they want that, but yorkshire people are a proud bunch andi yorkshire people are a proud bunch and i don't think people necessarily ca re and i don't think people necessarily care about the colour of the rosettes when they are experiencing the kind of trauma that they are with these floods. politics is irrelevant. they are judging with these floods. politics is irrelevant. they arejudging people on the merits of their actions and intentions and i think for a prime minister to almost have to be buried into responding, this is not a national emergency headline. jeremy corbyn's letter and frankly the sound bites by broadcasters like yourself showing the devastation and the fact he has to be bullied to going into yorkshire, it doesn't reflect well a nd going into yorkshire, it doesn't reflect well and you can see in some of the pictures you are broadcasting, he is really getting heckled and ha rangued broadcasting, he is really getting heckled and harangued and getting a ha rd heckled and harangued and getting a hard time. people didn't want to see the prime minister sloshing a mop

yorkshire and the east midlands are the areas worst affected. there are particular concerns about the river don at fishlake, north of doncaster. earlier, i spoke to samantha peckham—hufton and her son alex baxter who have evacuated their home in village. fishlake was overflowing into the village at one o'clock yesterday afternoon. no precautions were put into place. we went to bed at 3:30am this morning where a lot of the streets were flooded and were just starting to go into the properties. we had used sandbags that weren't delivered by special services, we had to go and get our own. we woke up at 7:30am this morning absolutely devastated. our house is three feet under inside and the elderly, the community are helping each other out. everything that they can do for each other. farmers actually evacuated us this morning with our pets. there has been nothing from nobody. fishlake is a forgotten village. alex, just tell me, when did you first start to see the water coming into your house? well, we came home after eating tea last night at a pub a

david shukman, bbc news, south yorkshire. and our deputy political editorjohn pienaar is in westminsterfor us. this flooding has been going on for days but today it became an election issue. yes. this crisis has been rapidly politicised today and may be the only surprise in the middle of the close and unpredictable campaign is that it has taken this long. if these areas have been neglected, and these areas have been neglected, and the prime minister has denied that, they have not liked political attention. the prime minister promising cash for individuals and businesses. labour and the liberal democrats promising to write extra checks for flood defences. jeremy corbyn has been tapping into a familiar line of complaint, accusing the conservatives of being keen to look after people and places in the south and south—east than in the north, keen to look after their own in other words. boris johnson north, keen to look after their own in other words. borisjohnson denies that and the tories say it is fair to say they are keener t

about the prime minister in yorkshire, being given a talking to by people whose lives have been turned upside—down by floods. too late, his offer of help, they said. it is a little bit too late. the labour leader was confronted on the campaign trail in glasgow. and even the lib dems' battlebus was blocked in. can we observe a minute's silence for the victims austerity? protest at decisions they took in coalition with the tories years ago. this is the smoother side of the campaign the smoother side of the campaign the conservatives want you to see. promising a greener government and, again and again, borisjohnson‘s vowed to take us out of the eu without delay. it is done, it is ready to go, it is the blue peter deal, here is one i made earlier. all we need is a working majority, all we need is a working majority in parliament to make parliament work, just nine more seats. none of his a nswe i’s a re just nine more seats. none of his answers are good enough for one of his former colleagues who will stand as an independent and thinks you should think about voting lib dems. tradition

we swiftly moved to south yorkshire and the floods they have had there. yes, and yorkshireman like myself have a reputation for calling a spade a spade, calling a spade a shovel. the prime minister got a sense of that in south yorkshire today, didn't he? well, some people were willing to shake his hand, but some were not, ta ke shake his hand, but some were not, take a look at this. you should have been there saturday morning having a meeting, making sure these people get the help and support, and i'm sorry your announcement yesterday was a pittance. the flood defences, these need that support, we are expecting rain on thursday, we want to know, they get the money they need, and these people know that they matter. that has not been demonstrated yet. you made a statement that it isn't an emergency. it is an emergency. prime ministers and leaders of the opposition don't hang around anywhere for very long in a campaign. he swapped south yorkshire for coventry, and went to a factory that builds electric taxis amongst other things. the striking thing was that

across parts of south yorkshire, lincolnshire, parts of derbyshire and nottinghamshire. these are where there is the chance if we see enough rainfall the impact could be fairly high. these are the areas of greatest concern and we will keep a close eye on them. you better tell us what the rest of us can expect. more rain. i think you've got the general theme. some wetter weather for the next few days. some drier and brighter moments but some hills snow in the forecast as well. staying further chilly for many. quite windy as it is this afternoon, strongest and western areas. this is where we see showers right now, western scotland, north—west england and wales in the south—west. some wintry higher ground. some southern and eastern areas dried, when is strongest in the west, up to 50 mph. that adds to the chilly fuel. for the journey home from work temperatures up to eight celsius for the vast majority, adding on the effect of the wind and filling that bit colder. blustery through the night. northern and western areas see the showers. north west england and northern ire

this is that yorkshire businessman now funding the project after it nearly went bankrupt last year. but this ambitious, perhaps even eccentric, campaign is notjust about speed. the real aim the organisers insist is to inspire a whole new generation of students to take up engineering and perhaps to confront and overcome bigger challenges. some breaking news from twitter, harry and meghan‘s son archie is beginning to crawl and has his first two teeth. more of that and afternoon live but now it is time for a look at the weather. good afternoon, not for the first time, rain is causing problems this autumn. this is the radar picture, you can see showers to the north and south. in between this slow—moving band of rain, that rain now setting into parts of north england and north wales but in this area here between greater manchester and derbyshire, into western south yorkshire there is a met office amber warning with the potential of 100 millimetres of rain which will likely cause localised flooding and poor travelling conditions. this rain persists throughout the afternoon, quite wide

we've seen ran across parts of west yorkshire, not the same duration is just a parts of west yorkshire, not the same duration isjust a but parts of west yorkshire, not the same duration is just a but the proms remained as a gap between with assistance tonight because most mutts will be dry type on a widespread frost spending —— setting in. still ray working across the east midlands towards the south—east. that clears, this is rain coming to the northern ireland and later into the night. but ahead of that arrival, that's work at the clear skies, patchy freezing fog and freezing on services possible... though temperatures edge up in the west in the uk, here comes the rain, the eastern side of northern ireland looking wet with a lot of rain. some of that wet weather pushing towards north—west england towards the midlands and pushing further east across southern parts of england. the worst of the rain will stay shy of those areas seeing most of the funding at the moment. ahead of that you had into dry part since the eastern scotland... it will be another chilly day tomorrow. this w

labour activists in this remain voting area of yorkshire want to sell a message they really believe in. the gentleman there was very positive... at labour conference this year, members voted to defend and extend freedom of movement — the right of european citizens to work and seek work in the uk. the party's grassroots are now pushing for this to become a fully fledged manifesto commitment for government. the idea for me of having closed borders and not having that freedom of movement is really a terrible one, to be honest. i don't know how it will go down on the doorstep, but i think it's important to stand up for the values that you believe in. but some senior figures have been worried about how this will go down, especially in leave areas. the influential leader of the biggest labour—supporting union told me new policies to protect workers could make freedom of movement more acceptable. labour's policy will be to protect all workers — migrant workers, as well as local and british workers. that is labour's policy. it will be done with labour market regulations. it won't stop th

david shukman, bbc news, south yorkshire. the government announced an additional 100 armed forces personnel will be sent to south yorkshire, and councils there are being given some additional funding to help households and businesses. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar is at westminster. the fact is, john, this crisis has become something of a political spat as well? it has become rapidly, deeply politicised. given we are in a close and unpredictable election campaign, that will come as a great surprise to absolutely no one. certainly since the prime minister chaired that emergency meeting. he has promised grants for councils, troops, sandbags, troops bearing sandbags but all of it is too little, too late, according to the opposition parties. the liberal democrats have said they will write 5 billion extra for flood defences and 5.6 billion from jeremy corbyn. he has accused the conservatives of caring about people and places in the south and the south—east, more than the north, looking after their own heartlands, in o

i thaw, i might as well be in yorkshire. i was really, wind. i thaw, i might as well be in yorkshire. iwas really, really wind. i thaw, i might as well be in yorkshire. i was really, really calm going into the race. i have been kneeling it in training sessions, i thought, just do what you do. i really enjoyed it. between the gun going off on the finish, i do not know what happened there. going off on the finish, i do not know what happened therem obviously went well then. it's been described as the biggest internet event in history. the re—match between you tubers logan paul and ksi in los angeles ended with a split decision, in favour of the brit ksi. they have 40 million subscribers between them, and they also have a long running feud. this was their first fight as professionals, having drawn their amateur bout in manchester last year. and it was ksi, who's from watford who just edged it over the american logan paul. has it sunk in yet? no, it hasn't, bro. it hasn't. and i don't think it will for a while. it's surreal, man. iworked hard, ma

the environment agency says flooding still poses a danger to life in south yorkshire, with seven severe flood warnings in place along the river don. angela merkel leads events in germany to mark 30 years since the fall of the berlin wall. translation: i remember you, the people who found their death their death at this wall because they were looking for freedom. i also remind you of those trying to escape and who were imprisoned. india's supreme court rules that the disputed holy site of ayodhya should be given to hindus, who want a temple built there. catastrophic bushfires in eastern australia kill at least three people and force thousands from their homes. and the click team investigate claims that 56 networks could damage our health, that's in half an hour. health and childcare take centre stage today, as the political parties continue their general election campaigns. labour is promising to open a thousand new sure start children's centres in england as part of a £45 billion investment package. they will also offer 30 hours of free childcare for all children aged between two and f

an incrediblejob, as you can see hit communities in south yorkshire. an incredible job, as you can see at that rescue centre. arron banks, co—founder of leave.eu, says the brexit party should stand down candidates in labour marginal seats to secure brexit. but nigel farage says tories should stand aside in some labour—held seats. let's talk to richard tice, the chairman of the brexit party. thank you for being with us. it's all a bit of a mess, isn't it? we've had a lot of criticism tonight from arron banks of your latest position, which is to stand down in some seats but not labour marginals. let me tell you what he is saying. he is saying the only way brexit will be delivered by a borisjohnson majority, we need to see further moves to stand down candidates in marginal seats. are you going to make further moves? arron banks is talking nonsense. we are not here to help the conservative party, we are here to make sure we get brexit, and most important is to reduce the risk ofa most important is to reduce the risk of a second referendum. that's what

david shukman, bbc news, south yorkshire. the government announced an additional 100 armed forces personnel will be sent to south yorkshire and councils there are being given some additional funding to help households and businesses. 0ur deputy political editor john pienaar says that it shouldn‘t come as a shock that the floods have become highly politicised. given we are in such a close and unpalatable election campaign, i am guessing it will come as a great surprise that you absolutely no—one. certainly since the prime minister chaired that emergency committee meeting earlier today. he has promised rants for councils, grants for businesses, he has promised troops and sandbags and trips bearing sandbags and all of bit too little, too late, according to the opposition parties. labour and the liberal democrats have promised to write bigger checks for flood defences was up 5 billion extra in the case of the liberal democrats, 5.6 billion in the case of the labour party. and jeremy corbyn was tapping into a familiar line of

the army arrives in south yorkshire to help with flood relief as some in the worst—hit areas are told it could be weeks before they can return home. after weeks behind closed doors, the first public hearings in donald trump's impeachment inquiry begin in washington, broadcast live on tv. and seven months after the devastating fire at notre—dame cathedral, the first tv pictures show the extent of the damage. and at 11:30pm, we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewers david davies and anna isaacs. stay with us for that. good evening and welcome to bbc news. the conservatives and labour have been outlining their main pitch to voters. the prime minister in his first major speech of the campaign said a conservative government would unite the country and "level up" the prospects for people with massive investment in health, better infrastructure, more police, and a green revolution. but he said the key issue to solve was brexit. meanwhile labour vowed to outspend the tories on the nhs in england, promising an additional £6 billion a year by 202a. wales, northern i

the bbc‘s tom ingall is in south yorkshire. this is the river on behind me and it is well and truly burst it banks and flowing with some force through what should be a car park. it is the middle of the night and there is no—one around except for emergency services who have had a dizzy 18—20 hours. that is how long the rain has been falling heavily and steadily here across the north of england. it has caused severe transport disruption on the roads and rail network, not just disruption on the roads and rail network, notjust locally here in south yorkshire but further afield across the pennines. earlier this evening the focus was on the meadowhall shopping centre in sheffield. it should have been a busy night for them with the switching on of their christmas lights and thousands of people due to attend. around 530 this afternoon, organisers made the difficult decision to call the event of because the river next to the shopping centre had already risen to quite a level and it was threatening roads and the organisers said sorry

chances are yorkshire editor correspondent and where actually are you and your covering the floods, are you? i am off to do some broadcasting but fish lake is kind of cut off at the moment and the only way into the villages by tractors so hopefully i will try to hitch a lift with the fire service or with the farmer. but right next to the river. really massive issue for so many people in south yorkshire, collating with the general election campaign and those of politicians are using it as a backdrop to make various promises. we had joe swenson in promising a £5 billion for flood prevention screen in orderto billion for flood prevention screen in order to speak with some pretty upset people at the moment, because this is happened to them before in 2007. lots of flood defences and they have made a difference but if you're homeless flooded again, it doesn't make much of a difference in jeremy corbyn has been in bentley and has been with people this afternoon with people that have been affected by the flooding, the people from the southjust affected by the flooding, the people from the sout

and the floods in yorkshire are on the front page of the metro's website this morning. it reports that people were kept inside sheffield's meadowhall shopping centre last night after traffic chaos gridlocked the roads outside. john and nina are widows. the business section this morning are dominated expectjohn business section this morning are dominated expect john and business section this morning are dominated expectjohn and nina are with us. the business section this morning are dominated by the spending by the conservatives. they are hoping to take advantage of rock what rates. obviously what it will come down to, this though, get ready, learn how to be an expert. marks & spencer have thrown down the gaunt when it comes to christmas advertising. a signature shoulder roll move which will set dance floors alight. remember the beyonce single ladies video, they are using the same director to advertise their christmasjumpers the same director to advertise their christmas jumpers and are the same director to advertise their christmasjumpers and are using house of pain's j

rescue crews are still working to evacuate homes across parts of south yorkshire, derbyshire and the midlands, after a month's worth of rain fell in one day. police have named the woman who died after she was swept away in a river near matlock as annie hall, former high sheriff of the country. seven severe flood warnings are in place on the river don in south yorkshire — indicating a threat to life. one of the places worst hit there is the village of fishlake, near doncaster. here's fiona trott. the village residents are leaving behind. the roads in fishlake are like rivers tonight, unless you have a boat, the only way to travel is by tractor. at times like these, the local farmers are happy to help out. it's how emergency supplies have been reaching residents, all of them alarmed by how quickly it happened. i've never seen it like this all my life. apparently it did flood in 1933 or so. i've never seen it this bad. some people here have decided to stay, but for one woman that's not an option. the prospect of being trapped could not be more serious. we only moved in five weeks ago.

just imagine if this had happened in surrey instead of yorkshire and the east midlands. i think there'd have been a very, very different story. it is wrong that it seems to be just down to the local communities, important though this work is, this is clearly a national emergency and the government should be declaring it as such. this afternoon the prime minister will chair a meeting of the cobra emergency committee to discuss its response to the floods — five days after communities were first inundated. also on the programme. a man goes on trial at the old bailey accused of a string of sex attacks on women and children over a three day period earlier this year. three thousand fire fighters are battling ‘catastrophic‘ conditions as wildfires continue to rage in australia seventy fires burning in new south wales as the flames close in on sydney — shrouding the city in smoke and raheem sterling is dropped from the england team ahead of a euro 2020 qualifier after an altercation with teammatejoe gomez coming up in the sport later in the hour on bbc news, captain andy

in yorkshire, people have been evacuated from their homes and there's chaos on the road and rail network. there are now more than 100 flood warnings in place across england and six severe warnings meaning a danger to life in place along the river don near doncaster in south yorkshire. danny savage has spent the day in doncaster. as floodwaters rose rapidly across the east midlands, derbyshire and yorkshire, a woman died after being swept away in rowsley, near matlock. she went missing in the early hours near here and her body was recovered from the river derwent in darley dale this morning. in doncaster, the main river through the town burst its banks and overflowed into nearby streets. anything and everything was used as a huge community effort to save belongings swung into action. locals are angry and say they were not warned. it has happened down here a couple of times. we've had no warning from the council or anything. they should have been out last night, giving sandbags out, all that sort of stuff, but we had nothing. nearby, i met linda. her home has been flooded before but the ti

the environment agency continues to warn there's a danger to life from high river levels in south yorkshire, with seven severe warnings still in place. we've had no sleep for two days, we keep getting calls, from people who have got no, they have got no supplies, no drinks, no food. authorities in australia are warning of a "catastrophic" bushfire threat to sydney and surrounding areas. three people have lost their lives. coming up at 2.30, the highlights of the last week in parliament before december‘s general election. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the conservatives have claimed labour would cause an economic crisis "within months" of winning the general election. the tories say a jeremy corbyn led government would spend over a trillion pounds in office. labour has dismissed the figure as an ‘absolute work of fiction‘. here's our political correspondent helen catt. labour has said it wants to spend big if it wins this election, to bring about what it calls a programme of radical change. but the conservatives are keen to suggest it would spend too much, recklessly so. they'

last week in sheffield and across yorkshire. that should only happen once a century and it's happened twice in 12 years, that's the result of the climate crisis we need to be investing and preventing climate change and tackling and reducing carbon emissions and that's exactly why the labour party has put the green new deal at the heart of the manifesto and why we are trying to make this a climate crisis election because that puts it at the top of the political agenda so as well as investing in flood defences and infrastructure, we need to make sure we are preventing and mitigating climate change happening as well. briefly, natalie, do you get a sense living in sheppey that people feel there's less for people and their oath of england compared to the south? absolutely, very much so but we have to look at what we are doing locally, sheffield, doncaster airport is the one in the country that's planning to have the greatest expansion, we cannot have airport expansion, we cannot have airport expansion, we cannot have airport expansio

he is in stainforth this morning in south yorkshire. we're trying something that hasn't been tried on live tv before to get a sense of how you are feeling about this election, what you want it to be about, and what you think of our political leaders. we've brought together people who haven't made up their minds about how they are going to vote. now private focus groups are used by all political parties to find out what's really going on in the heads of voters. this group have been selected by the research agency britain thinks, which specialises in running focus groups. good morning, everybody, thank you for coming on the programme. everyone here is currently undecided about how they are going to vote in this election, apart from one who literally decided last night how they are going to vote. that was william. that is the gods honest truth? yes. you were looking at party websites? labour and let -- lib dems, i had to make my mind up andi lib dems, i had to make my mind up and i was reading policies last night. apart from william, every

severe flood warnings, meaning there's a danger to life, are still in place along the river don in south yorkshire. we are near the village of fish lake where dozens of people have been evacuated from their homes. the conservatives lay out plans to train and employ thousands more gps despite failing to meet a previous recruitment target. labour and the liberal democrats promise more hours of free child care — but providers are sceptical over funding. commemorations at the royal albert for the royal british legion‘s annual festival of remembrance. heartbreak for england's lionesses as germany score a late winner in front of a record crowd at wembley. and we'll be taking an in—depth look at the papers with our reviewersjohn rentoul and penny smith — stay with us for that. good evening. after some of the worst flooding in recent years, residents in parts of northern england and the midlands, are still being rescued, from areas inundated with water. some roads remain impassable and train services have been affected throughout the day. there are seven severe flood warnings still in place, meani

just imagine if this had happened in surrey instead of yorkshire and the east midlands. i think there would have been a very, very different story. it is wrong that it seems to be just down to the local communities. important though this work is, this is clearly a national emergency and the government should be declaring it as such. the parents of six children — who murdered two of them — and plotted to kill the other four, have been jailed for life. and after this face—off on the pitch — and an altercation off it, raheem sterling is dropped from england's euro 2020 qualifier on thursday. and at half—past—8, electioncast will be talking to newsnight‘s, emily maitlis, about hillary clinton's interview with the bbc — as well as bringing you all and brings you all the latest on the campaign. in the last hour the government has announced further support for people and businesses in the north of england where there is still severe flooding. in the north of england where there the situation reached the top of the political agenda today — with opposition parti

earlier we sano swinson in south yorkshire as well. this has become a political issue during the course of the day. we know boris johnson during the course of the day. we know borisjohnson has been cheating the cobra committee this afternoon to try and coordinate government response. “— to try and coordinate government response. —— has been cheering. we understand the government was planning to do that beforejeremy corbyn called them to take more of a personal grip on the issue. it is clear borisjohnson will personal grip on the issue. it is clear boris johnson will want personal grip on the issue. it is clear borisjohnson will want to be seen to be taking a close grip the issue. we had seenjeremy corbyn calling the government response will fill, we have had the liberal democrats criticising the response saying it should not be left to local communities to pick up the pieces and they have announced a £5 billion flood defence fund. it will be interesting to see what the government come up with having been put under pressure by

, including south and east yorkshire. across some areas here that really don‘t want any more rainfall. several hours more rain to come as we go through the rest of the afternoon. ending to this evening. either side of that, a few showers, wintry in northern scotland over relatively modest heels and a strong northerly wind. eventually into tonight, this area of rainfall pushes north away from flooded areas. it starts to break up, but still some outbreaks of rain into tomorrow. eastern scotland, north—east of england and through parts of wales and the far south—west of england. it will be a frosty start for some in the morning, especially in parts of scotland and parts of northern ireland. it could be icy on untreated surfaces as well as seeing some showers. this area of rain starts to fade into a few showers during the day. it could well be turning wetter later in the day in parts of east anglia and the south—east of england and it‘s going to be another cold day. this is bbc news, our latest headlines. nomination

there are now more than 100 flood warnings and alerts in place across england, with south yorkshire, including parts of sheffield, rotherham and doncaster affected. areas of derbyshire are affected by flood alerts and warnings. six severe warnings, meaning a danger to life, are in place along the river don near doncaster in south yorkshire, and there are around 60 other flood warnings in place. danny savage has spent the day in doncaster. as floodwaters rose rapidly across the east midlands, derbyshire and yorkshire, a woman died after being swept away in rowsley, near matlock. she went missing in the early hours near here and her body was recovered from the river derwent in darley dale this morning. in doncaster, the main river through the town burst its banks and overflowed into nearby streets. anything and everything was used as a huge community effort to save belongings swung into action. locals are angry and say they were not warned. it has happened down here a couple of times. we've had no warning from the council or anything. they should have been out last night, giving sandba

welcome to yorkshire. bbc news are visiting places where the battle of the election could be one and lost. we are in leeds for that reason, to find out the questions and issues voters want to discuss. here, there are eight constituencies, five of which are held by the labour party and three by the conservatives. we're here in leeds central — which has been held by the labour mp hilary benn since 1999. but the two neighbouring seats of pudsey and morley & 0utwood are key battle grounds between the tories and labour. and in terms of the demographics, there are big differences across the city area. here in leeds central, over 80% of the population are under the age of 50 — in part of course to the large student population. but if you head back south to morley & 0utwood, that number drops to a little over 60% of the of the population aged under 50. throughout the general election campaign, we will be asking what questions you would like answered. "mailto:yourquestions@bbc. co. uk"you— rquestions@bbc.co.u

the army arrives in south yorkshire to help with flood relief as some in the worst—hit areas are told it could be weeks before they can return home. extraordinary floods in venice, the worst for more than 50 years — the mayor says the city is on its knees after water rose more than 6 feet. the first public hearings in donald trump's impeachment inquiry begin in washington, broadcast live on tv. and seven months after the devastating fire at notre dame cathedral the first tv pictures show the extent of the damage. and coming up on sportsday on bbc news... world number one rafa nadal staged a stunning comeback to beat daniil medvedev in the deciding set to keep his hopes alive for the last four of atp finals. good evening. the conservatives and labour have been outlining their main pitch to voters. the prime minister, in his first major speech of the campaign, said a conservative government would unite the country and "level up" the prospects for people with massive investment in health, better infrastructure, more police, and a green revolution. but he said the key issue to solve was

the met office haveissued southern yorkshire. the met office have issued an amber weather warning in these counties for up to 100 millimetres from the rainfall event and we are seeing a lot of flood warnings which continue to rise hour by hour, 73 flood warnings, the majority in force across parts of yorkshire. and we have another six, nine hours of rain to come before the rain starts to lose its identity and starts to pivot down towards the midlands, taking the worst of the rain with it. elsewhere, overnight, some clear spells and where they keep a clear skies, it will be chilly with a touch of frost in the cold est chilly with a touch of frost in the coldest areas. tomorrow, is a low pressure m oves coldest areas. tomorrow, is a low pressure moves into the continent, the rain becomes lighter and patchy leaving damp weather and a legacy of cloudy skies across eastern england. otherwise, a decent day, it is bright and sunny and allows time those floodwaters to gradually flow away. a cold night follows into the early pa rt away. a