07/09/2017

:00:00. > :00:07.Tonight at Six - Hurricane Irma leaves a trail

:00:08. > :00:15.The eastern Caribbean islands were first in line for a battering -

:00:16. > :00:21.Reduced to rubble - nine out of ten buildings

:00:22. > :00:28.We had cars flying over our heads, we had 40 foot containers

:00:29. > :00:39.And all we had to do was pray and call for help.

:00:40. > :00:42.Britain offers ?32 million for the relief effort and is sending

:00:43. > :00:50.MPs clash over the Brexit Bill, which will transfer EU

:00:51. > :00:54.How likely are you to be a victim of crime?

:00:55. > :01:03.First day at school for Prince George -

:01:04. > :01:09.And coming up in Sportsday on BBC News...

:01:10. > :01:11.Premier League clubs vote to end the summer transfer window

:01:12. > :01:40.Good evening and welcome to the BBC News at Six.

:01:41. > :01:42.Hurricane Irma - one of the strongest ever recorded

:01:43. > :01:46.in the Atlantic Ocean - has destroyed almost everything

:01:47. > :01:49.in its path as it sweeps across the eastern Caribbean.

:01:50. > :01:51.At least nine people are known to have been killed,

:01:52. > :01:56.The islands of Barbuda and St Martin were first to feel the full force

:01:57. > :02:03.Then came Puerto Rico and now it's heading northwest

:02:04. > :02:09.With phone lines down, roads destroyed by flooding

:02:10. > :02:10.and airports damaged, it's been difficult to get

:02:11. > :02:22.Our correspondent, Laura Bicker, reports from Puerto Rico.

:02:23. > :02:28.Hurricane Irma, as storm the size of France, has carved a destructive

:02:29. > :02:33.path through the Caribbean. In Puerto Rico, three people were

:02:34. > :02:37.killed as winds battered the island. As daylight came and career began,

:02:38. > :02:47.most felt lucky to have survived such a storm. Go! Don't come here

:02:48. > :02:50.any more. This man told me he felt blessed to be alive and the only

:02:51. > :02:55.damage was downed power lines and fallen trees in the street. They

:02:56. > :02:59.have kept their age or say. There is a collective sigh of relief in

:03:00. > :03:05.Puerto Rico. There is work to be done, up to 30 foot waves threw up

:03:06. > :03:09.debris and downed trees but when it comes to that catastrophic eye of

:03:10. > :03:17.the hurricane, that only skirted the island, unlike others in the

:03:18. > :03:22.Caribbean. On the tiny island of Barbuda, barely a building was left

:03:23. > :03:31.untouched. Thousands of families find themselves homeless. The house,

:03:32. > :03:36.I lose my home, I lose my shop. Everything is damaged. And right

:03:37. > :03:43.now, I have nowhere to go more sleep. We had cars flying over our

:03:44. > :03:48.heads, 40 foot containers flying left and right. And the story that

:03:49. > :03:52.you are getting from most of the residents is that the eye of the

:03:53. > :03:58.storm came just in time. Persons were literally tying themselves to

:03:59. > :04:05.their roots with ropes to keep them down. The Prime Minister said the

:04:06. > :04:13.island was barely habitable. What I saw was heart-wrenching. Absolutely

:04:14. > :04:16.devastating. In neighbouring Saint Maarten, the full force of the eye

:04:17. > :04:28.of the hurricane was caught on camera. Winds of 185 mph the island.

:04:29. > :04:31.But than 70,000 people live in this area, which is made of Dutch and

:04:32. > :04:36.French territories. Shipping containers were tossed around like

:04:37. > :04:39.Lego bricks. Moored boats were smashed in the harbour and there are

:04:40. > :04:44.warnings that the death toll is likely to rise. France has sent

:04:45. > :04:52.three emergency teams to help with the corrupt and has already set up a

:04:53. > :04:57.reconstruction fund. In the British territory of Anguilla, UK response

:04:58. > :05:01.was criticised as pathetic and disgraceful. The only hospital has

:05:02. > :05:07.been badly damaged and residents say they need food, water and shelter. A

:05:08. > :05:10.British task force is on its way there, including Royal Marines and

:05:11. > :05:15.army engineers. Efforts are under way to get supplies to the island of

:05:16. > :05:20.Saint Barts. The French government says the priority is making sure

:05:21. > :05:23.people have food and drinking water. The British Virgin Islands is the

:05:24. > :05:33.latest place to be pummelled. It is a tropical paradise transformed.

:05:34. > :05:38.Hurricane Irma is not finished. She has maintained her wind speeds and

:05:39. > :05:41.is barrelling towards another British territory- the low-lying

:05:42. > :05:45.Turks and Caicos Islands. The US sunshine state of Florida will be

:05:46. > :05:53.next in her sights. They are nervous after watching others injure her

:05:54. > :05:57.rat. In a moment we will speak to Will Grant in Havana. First, the

:05:58. > :06:04.latest from Laura Bicker who is in Portugal. There is so much damage,

:06:05. > :06:10.places cut off, are you getting a sense of the scale of this disaster?

:06:11. > :06:15.There is no doubt that Hurricane Irma is a terrifying force of nature

:06:16. > :06:19.and we did not feel the full force of the winter ski in Puerto Rico but

:06:20. > :06:25.even then, at times it felt and sounded like a jet engine was going

:06:26. > :06:29.off back outside and one resident in Anguilla put it best, she said it

:06:30. > :06:33.felt like a nuclear bomb had gone off. When it comes to the damage in

:06:34. > :06:38.Puerto Rico and elsewhere are clear at this beginning but the problem

:06:39. > :06:43.with the hurricane like this is that it makes them fearful about what

:06:44. > :06:51.might come and there is another one in her wake, Hurricane Jose is

:06:52. > :06:54.already on his way. Well in Havana, they have seen what Hurricane Irma

:06:55. > :07:02.can do, what preparations are happening? Yes, if the Cubans were

:07:03. > :07:07.not aware of the sheer destruction and power of this storm, having seen

:07:08. > :07:11.everything that has happened in the region, they are acutely aware right

:07:12. > :07:16.now and people are doing what they can to stock up on clean water, to

:07:17. > :07:21.get fuel for generators, to board up homes and the government has put

:07:22. > :07:27.into effect evacuation orders on the eastern end of the island, trying to

:07:28. > :07:30.move communities into safer ground. They have closed schools already and

:07:31. > :07:35.of course there are tourists, a lot of tourists in the lower lying

:07:36. > :07:41.regions, coastal regions. That is one of the resorts are so there is

:07:42. > :07:43.an international effort involving travel agencies, international

:07:44. > :07:47.embassies and the Cuban government to try to get those people perhaps

:07:48. > :07:51.here to the capital in Havana. Thank you both.

:07:52. > :07:53.Hurricane Irma is now the longest lasting Category 5

:07:54. > :07:54.super-storm ever recorded, surpassing the record

:07:55. > :07:59.set by Typhoon Haiyan, which hit the Philippines in 2013.

:08:00. > :08:01.So why has it gathered so much energy?

:08:02. > :08:03.And are these types of storm becoming more frequent?

:08:04. > :08:10.Our science editor, David Shukman, explains.

:08:11. > :08:19.And menacing swirl of clouds stretching over the Caribbean. This

:08:20. > :08:21.view from space of Hurricane Irma shows its extraordinary scale. If it

:08:22. > :08:29.was over Britain it would cover most of the country. Our brave flight

:08:30. > :08:33.crew enter is right inside. And facing them with a staggeringly

:08:34. > :08:38.large walls of the inside of the eye. This hurricane has set a new

:08:39. > :08:42.record for having dangerously fast winds for the longest time. On the

:08:43. > :08:48.ground, the effect is shattering. This part of the world knows all

:08:49. > :08:51.about Hurricane Sue and an early warning has definitely saved lives,

:08:52. > :08:57.but this one is stronger than most. How do hurricanes become so

:08:58. > :09:02.destructive? The strongest form of back the coast of West Africa, warm

:09:03. > :09:07.waters caused the error to rise, triggering thunderstorms and that is

:09:08. > :09:10.when the winds can circulate and as this weather system crosses the

:09:11. > :09:15.Atlantic it grows and becomes stronger. If the winds are moving in

:09:16. > :09:19.the same direction at all levels, as with Irma, they reached devastating

:09:20. > :09:25.speeds. Closer to the Caribbean, the hurricane gets another boast as it

:09:26. > :09:29.passes over yet more warm water. And ocean temperatures are unusually how

:09:30. > :09:34.this year, making the winds even more aggressive. On top of this, the

:09:35. > :09:38.low pressure inside the hurricane creates a storm surge, a huge wave

:09:39. > :09:43.that strikes the coast. As climate change is changing the level of the

:09:44. > :09:47.sea, the impact is all the greater. As the people of the Caribbean try

:09:48. > :09:52.to cope with the terrible aftermath, many are asking if there will be

:09:53. > :09:56.even more scenes like this as the world gets warmer. Scientists say

:09:57. > :09:58.they do not know if Hurricane Sue will become more frequent but they

:09:59. > :10:03.do think they will become more violent. One of the things we know

:10:04. > :10:08.about climate change is a warmer atmosphere can hold more water. That

:10:09. > :10:13.means when a hurricane hits, more rain can come out of it and cause

:10:14. > :10:17.more flooding and that is one thing we definitely know and another thing

:10:18. > :10:21.is the warmer oceans feed the hurricanes, they are the energy

:10:22. > :10:28.source so I warmer ocean will lead to stronger hurricanes. This comes

:10:29. > :10:31.as the people of Texas are still recovering from Hurricane Harvey

:10:32. > :10:35.last month. There are plenty of quiet years but this one is shaping

:10:36. > :10:40.up to be one of the most violent on record. This sequence shows how

:10:41. > :10:45.right behind Irma there is another distinctive swirl of clouds-

:10:46. > :10:47.Hurricane Jose. The research patrols have been kept busier than ever

:10:48. > :10:50.before. David Shukman, BBC News. Today marks another milestone

:10:51. > :10:52.in Britain's Brexit journey. MPs have started debating a bill

:10:53. > :10:55.that will repeal the 1972 Act of Parliament that took Britain

:10:56. > :10:58.into the European Union. The bill will also convert all EU

:10:59. > :11:01.legislation into UK law. Finally - and this is controversial

:11:02. > :11:04.- it includes new powers for ministers to alter laws

:11:05. > :11:08.without full Parliamentary scrutiny. Labour has already said it

:11:09. > :11:13.will not support the Bill. Our political editor,

:11:14. > :11:26.Laura Kuenssberg, From Brussels to Westminster, laws

:11:27. > :11:33.have landed here from the continent for 44 years. Today's government

:11:34. > :11:38.bill will use 66 pages to try to transfer all of it. With 28 clauses,

:11:39. > :11:43.the Withdrawal Bill, it cuts and pastes the European real on two

:11:44. > :11:48.hours but if the government riles just six rebels, they would face

:11:49. > :11:53.defeat. Villagers say it is nothing to worry about, just a paper

:11:54. > :11:58.exercise. Opponents fear on these harmless looking pages there is a

:11:59. > :12:03.power grab on a huge scale. European Union Withdrawal Bill, second

:12:04. > :12:07.reading. But sadly, this bill is an essential step. Whilst it does not

:12:08. > :12:11.take us out of the European Union, that is for Article 50, it does

:12:12. > :12:17.ensure that on the day we leave, businesses know where they stand,

:12:18. > :12:21.workers' rights are upheld and consumers remain protected. This

:12:22. > :12:25.bill is vital to ensure that as we leave, we do so in an orderly

:12:26. > :12:30.manner. But there is so much to sort out that affects all of our lives,

:12:31. > :12:34.the government says there is no time for MPs to take over every detail so

:12:35. > :12:39.ministers will be able to make tweaks here and there. That gives

:12:40. > :12:43.them the same power as medieval monarchs, says Labour. The combined

:12:44. > :12:48.effect of the provisions of this bill would reduce MPs to spectators

:12:49. > :12:53.as power poured into the hands of ministers and the Executive. It is

:12:54. > :12:58.an unprecedented power grab, rule by decree is an affront to Parliament

:12:59. > :13:01.and accountability. Though the arguments are plenty, in the Commons

:13:02. > :13:06.and in the Lords, and esters privately concede they will have to

:13:07. > :13:11.give some ground but they also know that it is far from the only scrap

:13:12. > :13:16.they face either at home or abroad. If talks about the overall Brexit

:13:17. > :13:20.deal are going well, the official negotiator in Brussels did a good

:13:21. > :13:22.job of hiding it this morning. Complaining about the British

:13:23. > :13:30.unwillingness to talk about the cash. TRANSLATION: I have been very

:13:31. > :13:36.disappointed in the British position, there is a problem of

:13:37. > :13:39.confidence, accusing the UK of backtracking. Closer to home, a

:13:40. > :13:44.letter doing the rounds among Tory MPs has been linked to the BBC.

:13:45. > :13:50.Dozens of Brexit supporters demanding the Prime Minister sticks

:13:51. > :13:52.to a crisp exit and not a longer, softer transition. Warning ministers

:13:53. > :13:59.they must not allow the country to be kept in the EU by stealth. It was

:14:00. > :14:04.circulated, if not signed, by a junior member of the government. Let

:14:05. > :14:08.us take very explicitly that we are in favour of leaving the single

:14:09. > :14:12.market and the Customs Union. He want to take back control of our

:14:13. > :14:16.laws. We want a strictly time-limited transition period, we

:14:17. > :14:19.want to be able to strike free trade agreements with the rest of the

:14:20. > :14:26.world. All of that is consistent with government policy. Remain Tory

:14:27. > :14:31.MPs don't buy that, during Conservative divisions could burst

:14:32. > :14:37.again. In the Tory Party, in Parliament and in the power struggle

:14:38. > :14:40.but the EU... No Brexit! Not much chance of keeping the peace. Laura

:14:41. > :14:42.Kuenssberg, BBC News, Westminster. While MPs have been debating here,

:14:43. > :14:44.the EU's chief negotiator, Michel Barnier, has been

:14:45. > :14:46.speaking in Brussels. Our correspondent,

:14:47. > :15:00.Damian Grammaticas, We have also heard about some

:15:01. > :15:05.personal remarks being made about David Davis? Yes, you're right. This

:15:06. > :15:10.is internal minutes, official documents from the EU published

:15:11. > :15:14.today of official conversations between Michel Barnier, the chief

:15:15. > :15:17.negotiator, and Jean-Claude Juncker, the president of the commission.

:15:18. > :15:22.This is in July after the opening round of negotiations when they are

:15:23. > :15:26.discussing David Davis. Both of them questioning his approach to the

:15:27. > :15:31.talks, particularly the idea that he would come for an opening session,

:15:32. > :15:35.return to London, let the negotiators get on with things, come

:15:36. > :15:40.back for a closing session at the end of the week. Michel Barnier he

:15:41. > :15:45.needed someone high level to resolve political questions with. Today they

:15:46. > :15:50.simply said they had no problems. Michel Barnier did say he had big

:15:51. > :15:54.issues with the substance at the minute, so on Ireland the questions

:15:55. > :15:59.about the border - he said the UK had to put forward proposals on how

:16:00. > :16:05.to sort that out. The onus is on the UK, and on money he said there was a

:16:06. > :16:10.legal basis for every euro the EU is asking for, that David Cameron had

:16:11. > :16:15.approved the EU budget, and that all of that he said had to be honoured

:16:16. > :16:19.because the current UK approach to question legality was extremely

:16:20. > :16:23.negative for the outcome of these talks. Back to you. Thank you very

:16:24. > :16:24.much. Hurricane Irma leaves a trail

:16:25. > :16:29.of devastation in its wake - at least nine people are known

:16:30. > :16:31.to have died in the Caribbean. England take charge of the deciding

:16:32. > :16:37.Test against the West Indies. Coming up on Sportsday on BBC News,

:16:38. > :16:43.Ben Stokes takes six Jimmy Anderson still

:16:44. > :16:46.needs one for 500. All of the details in

:16:47. > :17:00.Sportsday at 6:30pm. If you go by the headlines, we

:17:01. > :17:04.should all be worried about crime. But do we really understand how

:17:05. > :17:06.likely we are to be victims? The BBC has launched

:17:07. > :17:09.this new tool online - You put in some details

:17:10. > :17:15.about your gender, age, and where you live, and it'll show

:17:16. > :17:18.you how likely you are to It's been launched in

:17:19. > :17:23.conjunction with the Office for National Statistics,

:17:24. > :17:25.whose figures suggest that there is a gap between how

:17:26. > :17:28.we perceive the risk of crime, Our Home Affairs Correspondent

:17:29. > :17:34.Dominic Casciani reports. We watch it on TV, it's

:17:35. > :17:40.in the papers, and we talk Surveys show many of us fear that

:17:41. > :17:45.crime is growing nationwide. The BBC's crime calculator gives

:17:46. > :17:48.you a more accurate idea So here in Reading, were people's

:17:49. > :17:58.perceptions on target? Friends Omar and Victor

:17:59. > :18:00.are soon off to university, and they have both been

:18:01. > :18:07.victims of crime. My friend here, Victor,

:18:08. > :18:09.he had his bike stolen from this But you personally, you never had

:18:10. > :18:13.anything specific like a bike stolen I got my mobile nicked

:18:14. > :18:17.here as well, actually. So how does Omar compare

:18:18. > :18:19.to the national average? A higher risk of being

:18:20. > :18:21.a victim of robbery, I didn't expect that, actually,

:18:22. > :18:28.for that to come out if I'm Statistics show that young men

:18:29. > :18:37.are more at risk of crime. But as you get older,

:18:38. > :18:40.you actually become safer. Yeah, that is quite surprising,

:18:41. > :18:44.because you might expect older people to be more vulnerable

:18:45. > :18:48.to certain types of crime. The truth is, that as we get older,

:18:49. > :18:52.we live gentler and safer lives. We learn how to protect

:18:53. > :18:58.ourselves from crime. June, from the bowls club,

:18:59. > :19:00.has been a victim of online fraud. So how likely is she to be a victim

:19:01. > :19:04.of face-to-face crime? The calculator shows that people

:19:05. > :19:10.like her have a low risk. It's absolutely brilliant,

:19:11. > :19:12.I can rest in my bed Most of us get on with our daily

:19:13. > :19:19.lives without being too concerned about crime in our neighbourhoods,

:19:20. > :19:21.but official figures show that there is a real perception

:19:22. > :19:26.gap between the sexes. Men are the most likely victims,

:19:27. > :19:30.yet they worry the least. Women worry more, even though

:19:31. > :19:32.they are often safer Official surveys show that our fear

:19:33. > :19:38.of crime is influenced by the media, and what we see in the wider

:19:39. > :19:41.world around us. We cannot know for sure whether it

:19:42. > :19:44.will happen to us because many victims and offences simply are not

:19:45. > :19:47.included in the figures. But most experts still say that we

:19:48. > :19:51.are safer than we used to be. A brief look at some of the day's

:19:52. > :19:58.other news stories... The United Nations says that nearly

:19:59. > :20:01.a quarter of a million Muslim Rohingyas have

:20:02. > :20:03.fled their homes in Myanmar for Two thirds of those have escaped

:20:04. > :20:08.in the last two weeks after attacks by Rohingya militants led

:20:09. > :20:13.to army reprisals. One in five people who are gay,

:20:14. > :20:16.lesbian or bisexual have experienced hate crime in the last year,

:20:17. > :20:18.according to new figures, but the vast majority don't

:20:19. > :20:21.report it to the police. The charity Stonewall says three out

:20:22. > :20:24.of five gay men don't feel comfortable holding their partner's

:20:25. > :20:29.hand in the street. Premier League clubs have voted

:20:30. > :20:31.to close the summer transfer window earlier from the start

:20:32. > :20:34.of next season. The new deadline will be 5pm

:20:35. > :20:37.on the Thursday before the start Universities in England could face

:20:38. > :20:43.fines if they fail to justify paying their vice-chancellors more

:20:44. > :20:45.than the Prime Minister's salary A new regulator for students

:20:46. > :20:52.will also force universities to publish details of all senior

:20:53. > :20:58.staff earning over ?100,000 a year. Our Education Editor

:20:59. > :21:12.Branwen Jeffreys is here. Why has this row blown up now? Term

:21:13. > :21:15.is about to start with people packing their bags for university

:21:16. > :21:22.and this year students in England will be facing tuition fees of

:21:23. > :21:26.?9,250. All of that money goes straight to universities so today

:21:27. > :21:29.the Minister Joe Johnson was saying to vice chancellors, you have got to

:21:30. > :21:36.justify what you do with that and that includes your own salaries. On

:21:37. > :21:40.average 250,000 but some up to ?400,000 a year. The promised too

:21:41. > :21:45.that the regulator will look at whether they are handing out too

:21:46. > :21:49.many top degrees. Why now? One reason possibly the Government has

:21:50. > :21:53.to make a tough decision in the next week or so, to decide whether to let

:21:54. > :21:56.fees go up with inflation again next year when they reach ?9,500. Thank

:21:57. > :21:58.you. Prince George had his first

:21:59. > :22:00.day at school today. The four-year-old is

:22:01. > :22:01.attending Thomas's School in Battersea, South London,

:22:02. > :22:04.where he'll be known to his He was dropped off by Prince William

:22:05. > :22:08.but the Duchess of Cambridge missed the occasion, as she's

:22:09. > :22:11.suffering from severe morning It is a daunting day

:22:12. > :22:21.for any four-year-old, no matter who you are,

:22:22. > :22:23.and George arrived looking, well, understandably a little nervous

:22:24. > :22:26.for his first day at the new school in south London his parents

:22:27. > :22:29.have chosen for him. Dad was there to take his hand and

:22:30. > :22:32.carry his schoolbag, but not Mum. She had to remain at

:22:33. > :22:34.Kensington Palace, suffering Each day at Thomas's School

:22:35. > :22:38.in Battersea starts with a handshake George knew what was required,

:22:39. > :22:44.as did his father. And then it was time for those shiny

:22:45. > :22:47.new school shoes to head for the classroom, to find the peg

:22:48. > :22:50.for George Cambridge and to meet the 20 other four-year-olds -

:22:51. > :22:53.boys and girls - who will be For William, it may have prompted

:22:54. > :23:02.memories of the day 30 years ago when he was taken by his mother

:23:03. > :23:05.for his first day at school. Back then, it was all

:23:06. > :23:08.rather more formal. A boys-only school complete

:23:09. > :23:14.with a school cap. School caps and formality were much

:23:15. > :23:18.in evidence in 1957, when the Queen took Prince Charles for his first

:23:19. > :23:24.day at his prep school. Charles was in fact

:23:25. > :23:27.the first heir to the throne to go to school rather

:23:28. > :23:34.than to be tutored privately. Fast forward 30 years and George's

:23:35. > :23:37.school offers a broad curriculum with a strong emphasis on sport

:23:38. > :23:39.and human values. It's a choice of school

:23:40. > :23:42.which represents a bit of a break Nothing too radical, of course,

:23:43. > :23:45.it's still private and fee-paying, but it is coeducational

:23:46. > :23:48.and the school has a strong George will find that 'be kind'

:23:49. > :23:51.is one of the guiding principles for pupils here,

:23:52. > :23:54.together with courtesy and humility. All useful qualities

:23:55. > :24:00.for a future king. Nicholas Witchell,

:24:01. > :24:07.BBC News, Battersea. England's cricketers made a strong

:24:08. > :24:09.start to the third and decisive Test match at Lord's today,

:24:10. > :24:11.bowling out James Anderson, meanwhile,

:24:12. > :24:19.began the match trying to reach 500 wickets in Test matches -

:24:20. > :24:22.he needed just three more today. This man prepared for the match

:24:23. > :24:30.with no plans for retirement. This man arrived at Lord's knowing

:24:31. > :24:33.it was his final test, Henry Blofeld of Test Match Special,

:24:34. > :24:35.dressed to stop the traffic It's very good to be

:24:36. > :24:44.here, old thing. Do we hope for something of

:24:45. > :24:47.a West Indies revival to continue? I do, it would be lovely

:24:48. > :24:51.if they won the series. It would do their cricket

:24:52. > :24:53.so much good, wouldn't it? There's widespread goodwill

:24:54. > :24:55.towards sportsmen representing the Caribbean, especially

:24:56. > :24:56.at this time. But runs in a Test match

:24:57. > :24:59.are hard earned, especially Test wickets number 498

:25:00. > :25:02.and 499 came before lunch, The thing is - other England

:25:03. > :25:07.bowlers were excelling. Ben Stokes was making the ball

:25:08. > :25:13.swerve and swing like never before. As wickets fell to others, Anderson

:25:14. > :25:19.was desperately trying to get one. The West Indies were nine down,

:25:20. > :25:25.another for Stokes. So, are you going to give me

:25:26. > :25:30.a chance to get my 500th? Next ball 123 all out,

:25:31. > :25:35.and Stokes's career-best figures. Six wickets for 22, and the biggest

:25:36. > :25:53.compliment anyone could pay? It's a team game and you only win

:25:54. > :25:58.Test matches by batting well. England right now certainly are not,

:25:59. > :26:00.and Ben Stokes instead of resting right now is batting. And just about

:26:01. > :26:12.surviving. And you're going to start with

:26:13. > :26:17.Hurricane Irma. Absolutely. Having caused widespread

:26:18. > :26:19.catastrophic destruction to parts of the Caribbean, there will be

:26:20. > :26:25.residents feeling very worried at the moment in the Turks and Caicos

:26:26. > :26:30.Islands and also the Bahamas, as Hurricane Irma bears down on them.

:26:31. > :26:36.The main core of this hurricane will be close enough to bring torrential

:26:37. > :26:40.falls of rain and a similar picture too in Cuba. It across the Turks and

:26:41. > :26:48.Caicos Islands that in the next six hours we will see a direct hit. With

:26:49. > :26:53.winds gusting to 212 mph, a storm surge 20 foot high summer three

:26:54. > :26:59.times my height, we will see further catastrophic damage here in the

:27:00. > :27:04.Turks and Caicos Islands, then Florida later this weekend. Here in

:27:05. > :27:07.the UK meanwhile it has been a cloudy day with outbreaks of rain

:27:08. > :27:11.pushing southwards and that will continue overnight tonight. The

:27:12. > :27:15.heaviest rain sinking southwards into Wales across the Midlands, and

:27:16. > :27:19.by the end of the night reaching southern counties of England. All

:27:20. > :27:23.the while, some brisk winds blowing in showers across the rest of the UK

:27:24. > :27:31.but at least the winds will keep the temperature is up, 15 degrees the

:27:32. > :27:36.most. This rain could be heavy with thunder and gusty winds as well. To

:27:37. > :27:40.the north of the weather front, widespread showers and in between

:27:41. > :27:45.those showers probably only limited bright spells, probably the best of

:27:46. > :27:52.these across north-east England, where some could stay dry but I

:27:53. > :27:55.wouldn't bet on it. 15 degrees in Glasgow, perhaps feeling autumn has

:27:56. > :28:00.set in place, and more coming this weekend with low pressure still with

:28:01. > :28:04.us, widespread showers in the forecast, often cloudy and becoming

:28:05. > :28:08.increasingly windy with gales in the second half of the weekend. We will

:28:09. > :28:13.be keeping a close eye on what Hurricane Irma has been up to and we

:28:14. > :28:17.will keep the progress of that storm up-to-date on the BBC weather

:28:18. > :28:21.website. There is also more on the BBC Twitter feed.

:28:22. > :28:26.Hurricane Irma leaves a trail of devastation in its wake -

:28:27. > :28:29.at least nine people are known to have died in the Caribbean.

:28:30. > :28:38.It's goodbye from me, and on BBC One we now join the BBC's