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Northern ireland could have a very tough play off draw tomorrow. And all eyes are on todays weather. Ican hear and all eyes are on todays weather. I can hear in kent. This area was devastated during the storm is 30 yea rs devastated during the storm is 30 years ago. I will be talking about the weather today and also looking back at what happened 30 years ago. More details throughout the afternoon. More details throughout the afternoon. Thanks. Coming up on afternoon live we stay with that theme. If youre being affected by 0phelia, then tweet us your stories and pictures. And lets also have your memories of the great storm 30 years ago. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. Ireland has been battered by storm 0phelia. One woman has died, thousands of people are without power, and hundreds of schools have been forced to close. Whats described as a violent and destructive storm with winds of 100 miles an hour is now heading for Northern Ireland, parts of scotland, and west wales. In the last hour Pembrokeshire Council announced it was closing all its scools because of severe winds. 0ur correspondent ben ando is in warrenpoint in country down in Northern Ireland. You can see behind you that it is coming. Yes, it certainly is. We arrived mid morning and we have felt the wind is getting stronger and stronger. To start with they were just gusts, but now they are steady winds, now almost blowing as over. Just as well the cameraman is holding on tight to the camera. You can see the lighthouse, which is remote controlled. There is nobody on there. You can see all these holiday caravans facing the onslaught of the storm. Because of where we are, all the wind is coming in from the sea. Earlier on we were at warrenpoint. People have seen what has happened in the south west corner of ireland and they have seen the Power Outages and the problems and they are getting ready for those in the best way they can. They are charging up their mobile phones and devices and getting food in the fridge. They are accepting they might lose power, and all they can do is write it out. We expect the peak in the next 2 3 hours. We expect the peak in the next 2 3 hours. 0n irelands west coast, they are used to strong winds and high waves. But they are preparing for a storm that threatens to cause enormous damage and destruction. Galway sits near the centre of 0phelias anticipated path. Ahead of her arrival, this city has been shutting down. Sandbags have been placed at the front of the seafront hotels. And in the city centre, store after store has signs saying they will not open today. The irish governments advice has been very clear if you dont need to go out, then dont. This is a national red alert. It applies to all cities, all counties and all areas. Also bear in mind that even after the storm has passed, there will still be dangers. There will be trees on the ground, there will be power lines down. 0phelia may no longer be classified as a hurricane but satellite pictures show the size of the remaining storm. Because of the dangers, all of irelands schools and colleges have been closed. Hospital outpatient appointments have been cancelled and the streets have been cleared. Bars have even been taking their bins back inside. And businesses are putting floodgates on their doors because of concern about the potential storm surge. The lifeboats are on full standby at the moment. The crews are there. The army are in the barracks ready to go. We were filling sandbags last night. If this is a national emergency, there are concerns that not everybody is taking it as seriously as others. If you look closely in the centre of this screen, you will see somebody swimming in galway bay this morning. People are being told they have got to be careful particularly with falling trees and broken power cables. As things stand right now we are approaching 100,000 homes and businesses without electricity. They are predominantly in an area from cork city, west and north up as far as truly. And broadcasters are among those being told to watch out. We are just outside at the moment and there are really powerful gusts of wind here. The worst of the winds are yet to come. This may be the remnants of a hurricane, but 0phelia seems determined to show the power she still has. Chris buckler, bbc news, ireland. People are getting ready for what they expect to be very high winds indeed. No rainfall at the moment. Things will get worse before they get better. Things will get worse before they get better. Chris fawkes from the bbcs Weather Service is here. Where is it now and where is it heading . We have been watching this for a few days. At the weekend it started off as a very powerful hurricane, category three. That was on saturday. You can see the eye in the middle of the hurricane. It weakened a bit as it came past portugal and spain. I cannot believe we are talking about the hurricane coming past portugal and spain. Why are we . It started off life in the azores, to the south west of the azores. The temperature is about 2k celsius, about a degree and a half normal, but that is not enough to form a hurricane. But we had cold air in high levels in the atmosphere and that over the unusually warm seas created the temperature contrast that is similar to the temperatures you get in the tropics where hurricane s are normally found. It is a bit of a freak one in the ingredients that came together to create it in the first place. Since then it is now working to the south west of ireland. That is the pressure chart. In the centre of that we have got low pressure. Pressure chart. In the centre of that we have got low pressurelj pressure chart. In the centre of that we have got low pressure. I had twea ked that we have got low pressure. I had tweaked a moment ago saying, i had no idea what he is talking about. That is the question . no idea what he is talking about. That is the question . I could decipher the question, but not the answer. 963 milliba rs. Decipher the question, but not the answer. 963 millibars. Since then it has been working northwards. These are norwegian fronts. And the guy who invented these did it round about the time of the first world war. When you talk about front, you think about the battle lines. This quy think about the battle lines. This guy thought it was the same. You get cold and warm air battling each other and that is why they are called fronts in the first place. Since then we have got Conveyor Belt models. Those were the occlusion front is on the southern tip of ireland you get a cold convex and thatis ireland you get a cold convex and that is where the strongest winds will be. That is where it is now . That is pretty much where it is now. The south coast of ireland has already had the wind gust of 97 miles an hour, which is incredible. These are the wind gusts in the uk. Northern ireland is about 50 so far. But that is not where the strongest winds will be. As the storm tracks northwards, it will take those winds across Northern Ireland. We have got across Northern Ireland. We have got a met Office Amber Warning for gusts reaching 80 miles an hour. The trees still have the leaves on and so with the strong winds they are more likely to be blown over because there is more area for the winter to push against. You are talking about power cuts, big problems on the roads. We have already had one death from a tree coming down. It is by utter coincidence are very similar situation to where we were 30 years ago. There is some irony there. There must be whether god. For now we are not done with it. Though strong winds will affect south west scotland, west and wales, some gusts up scotland, west and wales, some gusts up to 80 miles an hour. 0vernight the wind will bounce over the tops of the pennines and into the east of the pennines. In the central and eastern parts of england we could get winds of 60 miles an hour. That is Strong Enough to blow lorries over overnight and tomorrow. We are not done with this storm yet, the winds will get stronger over the coming hours and will tend to affect different parts of the uk. Coming hours and will tend to affect different parts of the uki coming hours and will tend to affect different parts of the uk. I know you are keeping an eye on it and we will be talking about it through the afternoon. Will be talking about it through the afternoon. The Prime Minister is heading to brussels for talks to try to end a stalemate over brexit negotiations. Shell have dinner with the eus chief negotiator Michel Barnier and the head of the European Commission Jean Claude Juncker days after the men said talks were in deadlock. Downing street says the meeting had been planned for some time though it wasnt in mr junckers published diary. Lets speak now to the leader of the liberal democrats, sir vince cable. Hes at westminster. Dinner are normally social events, but this will be difficult for theresa may. The negotiations are at an on pass and they should not be. We are approaching the Halfway Point in the negotiating timetable and a lot of detailed issues have not been discussed, so there is a big logjam to break. To be fair, there are failures on both sides. There is a rigid insistence by the European Union that they cannot talk about trade. That does not help in dealing with practical problems like ireland. 0n the other hand, the British Government do not know whether to take it seriously because different cabinet ministers are saying Different Things and there is a complete lack of clarity about what the coffman wants. They talk about a transition, but will it be like the eu or Something Different . There is a failure on both sides and theresa may has got a lot more to lose than they have. She will have to up her game. Are you concerned are no deal is still very much on the table . There is a risk and it would be disastrous and it would be particularly damaging to the uk. That is why it is not a credible threat. Somebody saying unless you give me what i want, i will slit my wrists. This is not serious or credible and it is damaging to morale in the uk and not helping us with negotiations. Effectively dropping that kind of language would be helpful. One question i know being asked in those corridors behind you, what has happened to the eu withdrawal bill . There is a problem with that bill in that it was originally part of the mechanism for switching the european law into british law, but it has got caught up british law, but it has got caught up in british law, but it has got caught upina british law, but it has got caught up in a wider argument about parliamentary democracy. What the government is in effect doing is shifting powers from parliament to the government of the executive. There are a lot of conservative backbenchers and labour backbenchers and ourselves who feel this is seriously threatening. There is a high probability if the bill is not changed, a lot of it will be fundamentally altered. The difficulty for the Prime Minister is she has to keep an eye on her backbenchers. A revolt there and she is in trouble. That is right. That is in trouble. That is right. That is the nub of the problem. The European Union negotiators do not know whether to take her seriously because they do not know if she will because they do not know if she will be there in six months time. They do not know if they make her a serious offer that she can deliver it because borisjohnson or someone else can veto it. Her authority is very much at stake and at this dinner she has to impress on the europeans that she is there to stay and what she promises can be delivered. At the moment she is talking to a sceptical audience. Thank you so much for your time. Lets cross to downing street and our chief political correspondent, vicki young. If anyone asks on the menu, you do not want anyone to say theresa may. Yes, that is right. After the last time when Jean Claude Junker said theresa may was deluded about what she was asking for and then there was a reply about unelected officials in brussels and it was none of their business. 0n officials in brussels and it was none of their business. On that ground things can only get better and theresa may wants to break this deadlock if she can. The views of people like vince cable, very much on the remains eye, but i have been talking to conservative mps and eurosceptics who do believe the British Government has made a generous offer. The speech theresa may made in florence, they think it is up to the eu to give us something back. One thing theresa may could say to them is, if you do not give anything to me, we are more likely to be heading towards and no deal scenario because there are people in her own party, the minority, they will say if the eu is not serious about the deal, there is no point carrying on with these talks. We need to know there is progress being made. The leaders of france and germany are very pivotal in all of this and no coincidence she has spoken to Angela Merkel in the last few days and president macron. It is about persuading them it is time to move forward to the next days, although the European Union are very concerned about the money. Although the European Union are very concerned about the moneym although the European Union are very concerned about the money. If you we re concerned about the money. If you were invited to a dinner party and they said it was only going to last 90 minutes, would you go . M they said it was only going to last 90 minutes, would you go . It depends who it was with. That answers the question. It will not be easy. No, it is tricky for her to do, but they feel face to face talks can get you somewhere so they feel it is worth doing. It has been in the diary at downing street for a while. We did not know anything about it. But it comes before this eu summit later in the week. The government was hoping that eu leaders would say it is time to move on and talk about a transition and a trade deal. It seems it will not happen, that could be put back to december. They are trying to ensure there is some kind of progress, they have something to show for the work that they have done. Youre watching afternoon live, these are our headlines storm 0phelia barrels in with gusts of up to 80 miles an hour, one person has died and thousands of homes are without power. Theresa may is in brussels aiming to get the brexit talks back on track. Many young people have to borrow to meet basic living costs. In sport the latest football rankings are out and these will be significant when the world cup groups are drawn in december. England are 12th but will not be one of the top seeds in russia. Northern ireland will be conceded in tomorrows play off draw so could face italy for a place in the tournament next summer. The Welsh Rugby Union have changed their selection policy and players outside clubs of wales will only be considered for their country if they have one 60 caps. Rhys webb could miss the world cup as a result. Great britains world and olympic cycling champion Katie Archibald is joining one of the top womens rape racing teams. She hopes to compete on the road and down the track in the olympics. Facebook says it will help to train children in uk secondary schools about staying safe online. The social networking site, which has around two billion users, will pay two charities to develop digital safety ambassadors. It follows calls for the company to do more to deal with online bullying and terrorism related content. Heres our technology correspondent, rory cellan jones. Look who it is. Such a weirdo. Surrounded by bullies. What are you looking at. Im stupid and cant find a way out and you dont know where to turn for help. You are going to cry. Thats the dark side of social media as portrayed at the launch of a project designed to help schools combat abuse. Facebook is funding two charities to train children to act as digital safety ambassadors in every uk secondary school that wants them. Robert and poppy are already doing thisjob in their school. It means that you are making a difference both on the internet and in your school because you are making it a better and safer place for everyone. Its facebook, snapchat. Its something you can get involved in and help people out with it yourself. Facebook says Research Shows children prefer to turn to each other for help, rather than to a parent or teacher. Its an amazing thing to see a young person whos maybe encountered bullying in their life help another young person to work through that. Facebook is investing £1 million in this programme, not a huge sum when it aims to train tens of thousands of young digital safety ambassadors and, along with other social media firms, its under pressure to do far more, in particular agree a voluntary code of practice to make the internet safer. The culture secretary welcomed facebooks initiative but is hoping the social media firms will voluntarily agreat a new code. Will voluntarily agree a new code. If they end up saying, we are already doing enough, we have all got our own codes, we are all fine, what will you say . Look, we have said we dont rule anything out. We have said that we are prepared to take whatever steps we need to to get to the point where we believe the uk is the safest place to be online. On their own, young digital ambassadors cant make the internet safe. Politicians and parents may demand that facebook and others do more to end online abuse. Rory cellan jones, bbc news. We have been asking for your tweets on memories of the storm 30 years ago. A lot of people are saying that in the west of england the sun turned red this morning. A lot of people are asking what is going on . We can ask sarah. It is related to a free and it is an interesting answer, so do watch out later on for the answer to that. We want to hear your memories of 30 years ago and the great storm. If you have got any experiences of the days weather and photographs where you live, let us have them and you can get in touch with us right now. 0n the same day as parts of the uk are coping with the impact of storm 0phelia, by coincidence it is exactly 30 years since the great storm of 1987. It left 18 people dead, ripping up millions of trees in its path. Robert hall reports. Howling in from the channel, the most devastating storms in 1703. It caught the southern half of the uk totally by surprise. Gusts of up to 115 miles an hour ripped 15 Million Trees from the wet ground, tore off roofs, and cut power to thousands of homes. 18 people were killed and the damage ran to over £1 billion. In london power cuts forced the brea kfast london power cuts forced the breakfast news london power cuts forced the brea kfast news tea m london power cuts forced the breakfast news team into an emergency studio. We must apologise for this makeshift breakfast time service which we are bringing you in lime grove studios. Breakfast time home is out of action as a result of the weather. Part of the reason so many were caught on the hop can be found ina many were caught on the hop can be found in a now infamous forecast the previous day. Apparently a woman rang the bbc and said she heard there was a hurricane on the way. Dont worry, there is not. Pictures shotin dont worry, there is not. Pictures shot in the hours after the storm offered a glimpse of the most dramatic damage. Broadcasters and local papers captured planes to ca ptu re local papers captured planes to capture i changed landscape. The most amazing sight was that of the oak trees on the Cricket Ground after which the town is named, lying on their sides. Emergency services struggled to open roads and make structures safe. 0n the coast and operation was launched to float a grounded ferry. The most lasting effect was the devastation of ancient woodland. Sevenoa ks effect was the devastation of ancient woodland. Sevenoaks lost 97 of its trees to the gale. Some were more than 300 years old. In the decades that followed many were replanted, but decades that followed many were repla nted, but in decades that followed many were replanted, but in some cases the land was left untouched and nature provided its own first aid. New clearings encourage new plant growth and new wildlife species. Today perfection has returned, proving that green shoots can and will find a way through destruction. We are talking about storm 0phelia. For many places streetlights have come on and the sun has gone red and the sky has turned red and the a nswer the sky has turned red and the answer is . I have no idea. Lets ask sarah. What is going on . It is all linked in with the influence of the ex hurricane 0phelia which is affecting western parts of the british isles. But it is bringing in this warm, tropicalflow british isles. But it is bringing in this warm, tropical flow of air and mixed in with that is quite a lot of dust that has been picked up from the Sahara Desert and moved its way northwards towards the uk. If you saw a reddish sunrise this morning and a bit of a hazy hue to the sky, thatis and a bit of a hazy hue to the sky, that is down to the fact we have got that is down to the fact we have got that warm, tropical air in place and with the saharan dust in the atmosphere. It is not only affecting the colour of the sky and the sun, but it is also pushing temperatures up. Temperatures in the south east are 22 or23 up. Temperatures in the south east are 22 or 23 degrees, well above average for this time of the year. But further west we have got the dangerous weather conditions today with that ex hurricane 0phelia. Lets have a look at the forecast. It is all eyes towards the west because that is where we have the strongest winds. Hurricane 0phelia, as it was a few days ago, it was sitting across the atlantic and on saturday it was a category three hurricane. It has been weakening as it pushed its way northwards and eastwards towards the uk and southern ireland where we are feeling the strongest impact. It is a deep area of low pressure with lots of isa buyers around, meaning very strong winds. We have already had reports of one loss of life in southern ireland. The winds have busted already above 96 miles an hour. The eye of the storm is pushing its way gradually further northwards across western parts of ireland and into Northern Ireland. It is quieter elsewhere across the country, particularly central and eastern parts of england. That is where we have drier, brighter conditions. A lot less windy. In the evening we will see 80 miles an hour gusts in Northern Ireland, north wales, north west england and the central belt of scotland. A very windy night to come. There will be rattling windows as the storm pushes its way northwards and eastwards. It is likely to disrupt travel. As we head through tonight into tuesday morning, the strongest winds will start to ease a little bit, but still windy in scotland by first thing tomorrow morning. A mild night with temperatures round about 11 12. Tomorrow it is a quieter day. Still windy in the north with showers around. Further south it is mostly dry, a bit fresher, roundabout 1317, but dry, a bit fresher, roundabout 13 17, but some reworking into the south west later on in the day. That quieter theme continues as we head into wednesday as well. It is looking like a less windy spell of weather is moving into the middle pa rt weather is moving into the middle part of the week. Some dry weather around for hours on wednesday, but some rain in Eastern England and temperatures will be 12 18. It is very stormy out in the west today, quieter elsewhere across the country. Keep your eye on the latest weather warnings. You can find them on the bbc weather website. Back to you, simon. Gary lineker has treated with a picture of the red sun saying, the end is nigh. I know he is grumpy. Can you see the sun where you are . Is it read . It is yellowy orange. It is quite hazy, an unusual looking sky. I have been hearing reports of very red sun in southern and south western england, which is all down to the saharan dust. It is all down to the saharan dust. It is a by product of the ex hurricane out towards the west. Give your camera mana drink, towards the west. Give your camera man a drink, i owe him for that. More on that later. 0ne one person has died and thousands have been left without power as storm 0phelia hits the republic of ireland. There is really powerful gusts of wind here and the worst of the winds are yet to come. Theresa may travels to brussels to talk brexit over dinner with top eu officials. Chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority warned ofa Financial Conduct Authority warned of a pronounced build up of debt among young people. Sport now with 0lly. Whats going on . I always dread mondays, but very quiet, the dust has settled from whatever has been happening over the weekend. A lot happened over the weekend, but not a lot of fall out. Wales rugby union selection a slight change of direction for one of Great Britains 0lympic cycling champions, and weve had a really moving and candid interview from england wicketkeeper, Jonny Bairstow, that well show you a bit ofjust a moment. The fifa rankings are out and for once they matter . Usually take them with a pinch of salt, only once every 2 years at the end of qualifying for major tournaments do they actually have any real significance these will have a big effect on the upcoming draws for the world cup in russia. England are up to 12th after their unbeaten qualifying campaign but they wont be one of the top seeds for the tournament when the december draw is made to decide who plays who, so they could face brazil or argentina in the group stage next summer. Wales and scotland failed to qualify and they are 14th and 29th respectively in the rankings with germany remaining in the number one spot. The draw for the world cup play offs is made tomorrow. Those are the eight best runners up from european qualifying. Northern ireland lost their last two matches so have dropped to 23rd in the world and will be in pot two, denmark have jumped above them in the World Rankings so will be seeded. Italy will be the team to avoid peru fans have even more to cheer about their side has moved into the worlds top ten for the first time after qualifying for the intercontinental play off against new zealand. They pipped chile. Manchester city ladies will face the Norwegian Club lsk kvinner in the last 16 of the champions league. After reaching the semi finals last season, city were one of the eight seeded sides and so avoided the champions lyon. Chelsea ladies will meet swedish side rosengard. The first legs will be on 8the and 9th november, and the return games a week later. The Welsh Rugby Union has changed its selection policy for the senior side. They are scrapping the so called gatlands law, which allowed for four wildcards to be used for players at clubs outside wales. Now, only players with at least 60 caps will be allowed to play anywhere they like and still be considered for their country. That follows the australian system. The change in policy comes in today and will affect rhys webb who only has 28 caps and is due to join toulon next year. Uncapped players playing outside wales can be picked but must return to wales upon completion of their club contracts, as must current welsh internationals unless they have 60 caps. It is complicated. Look at the bbc website. In less than a fortnight, englands cricketers head to australia for the ashes series. Their wicketkeeper batsman Jonny Bairstow has spoken in depth about his father david, who also played cricket for yorkshire and england and committed suicide at the age of 46 when jonny was just eight years old and he admits that he suppressed his grief and didnt publicly acknowledge his loss until he was 16. It was good that it happened then and not two years later when i had broken into professional sport, when you break into professional sport and there is a trigger it can be seen as a weakness. | and there is a trigger it can be seen as a weakness. I was and there is a trigger it can be seen as a weakness. I was happy that the emotions and everything like that, i was able to acknowledge and deal with and move on from because as you well know when i first broke into the side there was questions, left, right and centre. There was comparisons between, questions asked about and everything else. You can see more of that interview at length on the bbc sport website. Great britains world and olympic cycling champion Katie Archibald has signed for a professional Road Racing Team next year she follows her fellow Olympic Team Pursuit champion Elinor Barker injoining the leading womens outfit, wiggle high5. Archibald isnt turning her back on the track. Shell defend her world omnium title next year, before taking on both track and road events at the Commonwealth Games in australia in april. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you in the next hour. Some breaking news on harvey weinstein. We arejust some breaking news on harvey weinstein. We are just hearing some breaking news on harvey weinstein. We arejust hearing on the financial side of his company, the financial side of his company, the Weinstein Company says this has entered a preliminary agreement with Colony Capital to provide Capital Infusion into the company. The win staopeb company entering a negotiating sale or all or a significant portion of the company assets. More on that later. More now on storm 0phelia which has hit the republic of ireland, killing one person. The woman, in her 20s, was in a car in waterford which was hit by a falling tree. More than 22,000 homes and businesses have been left without power. The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar said 0phelia was a dangerous storm and gave this advice to the public. The first is to stain doors wherever you are until the storm has passed. To check on your neighbours and elderly relatives and particularly those living alone. To bear in mind while in some parts of the country the storm is not that bad, it is coming your way. This is a national red alert. It applies to kunlties and all areas and bear in mind even after the storm has passed there will be dangers. There will be trees on the ground and power lines down and to take care in that regard. Lets go to our ireland correspondent chris page, who is in County Londonderry. I have been looking at the pictures coming in. Youre struggling to stand up at times . Yes. It has got very blustery here, simon, in about the last half an hour, the winds have picked up. We think that the winds were experiencing here now on this hillside are between 40mph and 50mph this. Is not the full force of storm 0phelia. It is expected to get stronger still, but the storm has arrived in Northern Ireland. This is the countryside in County Londonderry, derry city is about 20 miles or so that way. We are not too farfrom miles or so that way. We are not too far from the miles or so that way. We are not too farfrom the village miles or so that way. We are not too far from the village of dungiven. We are at the stage where branches and twigs are started to be blown around a lot. We havent seen anything heavier than that flying around at the moment, but there is the potential for that if the wind does get stronger. And that is what forecasters are warning is going to happen over the coming hours. The weather warning in Northern Ireland is amber. That means there is officially potentially a risk to life because of flying debris and fallen trees and we have had tragic evidence of how dangerous winds of this kind can be in the irish republic already because a woman has died in County Waterford after a tree fell on her car. The woman was in her 20s tree fell on her car. The woman was in her205 and tree fell on her car. The woman was in her 20s and she was pronounced dead at the scene. You hear the irish Prime Minister underlining the advice for everybody in the irish republic is to stay indoors. In Northern Ireland, although things arent expected to be as bad as across the border, significant disruption to transport is expected. All schools are closed and many workplaces are closed. People if they went into work, they have gone home early and electricity engineers are on stand by preparing for power cuts which may well come. Some had their power cut and they are being told you have to wait because it is too dangerous to go and repair the lines . Yes, well, thats right and that rings true here. Just feeling the strength of the wind as it does become. It could get stronger than this, it is going to pose a chance for everybody involved in the repair operation afterwards. We have tens of thousands of people in the irish republic without power. We have bus services disrupted and the army is on stand by to help people out in the worst affected areas which are the worst affected areas which are the southern and western coasts. Here in Northern Ireland, basically the further west you go, the worse the further west you go, the worse the storm is expected to be and we are the storm is expected to be and we a re close the storm is expected to be and we are close to the western edge of Northern Ireland. So in County Londonderry, and County Tyrone and cou nty londonderry, and County Tyrone and County Fermanagh that will be feeling the strongest winds. Some risks of storm surges in coastal areas given the strong waves that this storm, storm 0phelia will be whipping up. Chris, thank you very much. Take care. But if there is one thing worse than being on land, it is being on the sea. 0n the line is paddy mclaughlin from the rnli who is in the red bay lifeboat station. Boats have to be out there at some point. What reports are you getting of the conditions they are facing . Simon, we have already had two lifeboats launched in ireland here this morning to go to the aid of one of some kite surfers that got into difficulty her dundalk. Sorry. Of some kite surfers that got into difficulty her dundalk. Sorry. Did you say kite surfers . Yes. There is a report of kite surfers in the area. I dont have anymore details on it. We also had the rosslare, all weather lifeboat launched to go ten miles to aid a yacht that got into difficulty. Paddy, bearing in mind, we are live at the moment, i mean, what sort of words come into your mind when you heard that people are out kite surfing given the warnings that there have been . Well, like owl the volunteer lifeboat crews we are ready to go to sea at a minutes notice and we just go where were asked to go to rescue people that are in trouble. Yes, but it has to be understood anybody who does that sort of thing is putting other lives at risk, surely . Well, i think today is one of those days where you have to listen to the advice that were getting from government and from all the agencies. Im standing in the lifeboat station here at the minute and the wind here now has got up to 48mph in the last 30 minutes, it has got really, really difficult here on the north east coast of ireland. And give it some prospective. When was it last this bad . I dont remember it this bad in years. The sea conditions here, im looking out the station window at moment for people that may not know the area, i am straight across from the mull kintyre. It is a dangerous stretch of water. We have three meter seas and we expect that to get worse as early evening time, we expect it to go to 60mph or 70mph. Anybody packing up their kite surfing equipment, what would you say . Stay at home. Anyone thinking of going for coastal walks with their pets, leave it until tomorrow. Stay indoors, our lifeboat crews are ready to go to sea, but its the last thing we want to do today. Paddy, thank you very much for your time. Paddy mcloughlin there. The trial of an Army Sergeant accused of sabotaging his wifes parachute in order to try to kill her, has been hearing from the man who taught him how to assemble a reserve chute. Victoria cilliers fell 4,000 feet when she made a jump over wiltshire, two years ago. Emile cilliers denies the charges. Duncan kennedy is at Winchester Crown court. Thejury were the jury were shown ties hike these. The jury were shown ties hike these. The prosecution says Emile Cilliers removed two. The prosecution say Emile Cilliers wanted to cash in on his wifes insurance policy. Victoria fell 4,000 feet into this field, and both her main and reserve chutes failed to open. She suffered multiple injuries. Today, an instructor said he taught Emile Cilliers how to pack reserve chutes during afour cilliers how to pack reserve chutes during a four day course which included tying slinks. The jury has seen this video of slinks being done up seen this video of slinks being done up correctly. The instructor said Emile Cilliers would have handled seven or eight reserve chutes during the course. The instructor said that Emile Cillierss performance on the course was very Emile Cillierss performance on the course was very good. Emile cillierss performance on the course was very good. He said Emile Cilliers had tied slinks four times. The instructor said that it was physically impossible for slinks to come undone. They dont come undone, he said. Thejury he said. The jury has already seen the air base where the alleged sabotage took place. Emile cilliers denies two cou nts place. Emile cilliers denies two counts of attempted murder and the trial continues. The duke and dutchess of cambridge have paid a visit to paddington station this morning, and were joined by a furry friend. Paddington bear and Hugh Bonneville joined the royal couple and prince harry on platform 0ne for a Childrens Charity event. Its not known whether there were any marmalade sandwiches but kate and paddington put on their dancing shoes while waiting for the train to depart it is all to do with the launch of the new paddington film and hugh bonny vil was there. From Paddington Bear to egon first a look at the headlines on afternoon live. Storm 0phelia barrels in with gusts of up to 100mph. One person has died and thousands are without power. Theresa may heads to brussels for dinner with eu leaders in a bid to get talks on brexit back on track. A sharp rise in young people struggling with debt, many have to borrow to meet basic living costs. Heres your business headlines on afternoon live the boss of the Financial Conduct Authority is warning about the growing levels of debt among young people, who are borrowing to make ends meet. Andrew bailey has told the bbc the young were particularly at risk because they were often facing high Accommodation Costs and low wages. Vauxhall is cutting about 400 jobs at its Ellesmere Port car plant because of falling sales. The leader of the unite union, len mccluskey, said it was a loss to the industry and the local economy. The operation to rescue people stranded abroad by the collapse of monarch has now brought home 80,000 holiday makers. It took more than 560 flights. The operation has now come to an end, but around 1,000 people are still overseas. The Civil Aviation authority is looking at other ways of getting them home. So younger people are having to face debt as part of life . Pwc the Accountancy Firm says young people between 25 and 34, unsecured debt, things like credit cards and personal loans, thats coming in at £3,000. Now, simon, they are not like splurging it on holidays. They are doing it to live. Thats whats got the Financial Conduct Authority particularly worried. 0nly last week we were talking about debt problems for the over 50s. Debt isa debt problems for the over 50s. Debt is a problem full stop. Both ends of the spectrum are really feeling this. The report last week said that people over 55, who are still working, owe about £1500 to £2,000 and thats a six year high. Now, the thought is that inflation is creeping up and thats really putting a squeeze on Older Workers who are having to work longer to pay off their debt, but also, really impacting the way that people at both ends of the spectrum are feeling and really reacting to the debt. So, earlier today feeling and really reacting to the debt. So, earliertodayi feeling and really reacting to the debt. So, earlier today i spoke to to someone. There are charities that give free advice. Any organisation thats giving advice on debt needs to be regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority and need to have debt counselling and they need to have debt ajuthsing. So its really important you go and get advice from the right places. The free to climb, to step change, cab and commercial entities as well that are regulated and can run, you know, Debt Management plans or ivas and the informal solution, Debt Management really, those are appropriate when your debt is getting to £4,000 or £5,000 or above. Last night i was watching the tv, i was knocked out, i have no idea why, but apparently im not alone . Was knocked out, i have no idea why, but apparently im not alone . Again a really worrying report this time out of Research Says that brussels, when you are browsing at home and you are using wi fi to make calls or to send e mails, that sort of thing, its not safe. They have identified the crack flaws, but krack spelt with a k 0k what it the crack flaws, but krack spelt with a k ok what it means is that the bad guys out there could infiltrate the security of our wi fi and really plant viruses or read encrypted. Just by accessing your wifi . Thats right. People around the world are worried about this. In the world are worried about this. In the states, they have issued a warning about this. So lets get more on this from new york and michelle. Tell us more. Whats been the reaction on that side of the atlantic . Well, it is the same as you, egon, a sense of con citizen nation and anxiety and also, i think, a sense of, you notion were seeing yet again more cases of security to do with technology being compromised. Unfortunately, it is becoming ever more common in the headlines. This one though people are saying is potentially more damaging than others just are saying is potentially more damaging than othersjust because of the scale of it. And as you mentioned, krackk is the name thats been given. It exploits a handshake between your advice. Whenever you go and try andjoin between your advice. Whenever you go and try and join a Wi Fi Network, your device and the Wi Fi Network will agree on an encryption key. How this flaw works is that it may give you a key thats being used by someone else so that someone else can see all of your traffic, every information, every e mail you browse and everything you read on that device. There is talk now about a patch being developed and which devices in particular are affected because some are more vulnerable than others. What are we supposed to do, resort to carrier pigeon . At the moment it is be alert to the fact of what information you maybe sharing on wi fi. Dont assume that it is safe. Ultimately, as i say, a patch is being worked on, but there is concern that those on Android Devices are most vulnerable and also there is a problem of updates or security patches being slower to be delivered to those devices. Good old michelle, thank you very much. A positive day on the ftse . Thats right. It is continuing to climb. It is making a lot of gains over the last few weeks. Bad news for convatec. They make medical supplies. Things for acute care and wound management. They are having difficulty meeting supplies. They haveissued difficulty meeting supplies. They have issued a warning on how much profits they are going to make. Thats why we are down quite badly. Mining companies are doing well. Thats because there has been positive news out of the massive Chinese Market and of course, thats a big playerfor antofagasta. Brnt crude is on the up. It means good news sometimes for the market. There is attention in the tension in the middle east and thats helping power up the crude prices. Egon, thank you very much. It is 30 years to the day since the great storm of 1987. It left 18 people dead and ripped up millions of trees in its path. Well, Sarah Keith Lucas is in kent for us. Iam i am backing iam backing back i am backing back at 30 years ago when much of southern britain was waking up to scenes of devastation. Iam here waking up to scenes of devastation. I am here at emmetts garden looking at the damage and how things have changed. Iam at the damage and how things have changed. I am joined at the damage and how things have changed. Iamjoined by at the damage and how things have changed. I am joined by matthew scott. You are head gardener. Tell me about the damage that occurred particularly to the formal gardens here. There has been a lot of talk about the wider estate and the damage on the wider estate. There was a lot of influence from the storm in the actual formal garden. There is an area in the 19th century garden called the south garden. We lost about 40 of the plants that we re lost about 40 of the plants that were brought over from lost about 40 of the plants that were brought overfrom china. Has there been a little bit of a Silver Lining since the storm in that it has given you a chance to plant some new species . It has given usa plant some new species . It has given us a chance to evaluate the spes minimums and reintroduce the 40 that are missing and look for better planting pocket. And for the surrounding ancient woodland, i believe you let nature take its course in the regeneration of the area . The beauty of it being the wider estate and the woodland is that we can do what we refer to as a non intervention, so we let the woodland start to grow up and naturalise as it would. Wonderful. Thank you forjoining us. A lot has changed in the 30 years since that storm, since 1987. A lot has changed in term of the wleufld and the woodland around as well and its back to you, simon. Before you 90, its back to you, simon. Before you go, sarah, we are getting loads of texts a nd go, sarah, we are getting loads of texts and questions about the red sky and the red sun. Lots of people around the country are seeing it and they need you to explain what is going on. Well, what is happening, it is linked to the ex hurricane thats out in the west at the moment. Of course, affecting the republic of ireland badly. What it is doing is drawing in the tropical air, saharan dust which has been pushing up northwards across the uk. It is all that saharan dust thats been leading to the red hu. It is all eyes on the ex hurricane 0phelia. It was a category 3 hurricane and it has been weakening a bit as it is heading towards the republic of ireland. It is Still Producing strong winds. So we have got a really deep area of low pressure. Lots of isobars around that area of low pressure. And weve already had winds, not far off low pressure. And weve already had winds, notfaroff100mph, low pressure. And weve already had winds, not far off 100mph, gusting around the south west of the republic of ireland. As the storm pushes slowly northwards through the course of this evening, we will see gusts of 80mph right across much of Northern Ireland, also in towards parts of north west england and south west scotla nd north west england and south west scotland too. Widely the gusts could be as high as 80mph. So sthaerms enough to cause widespread damage, a lot of trees down and power cuts as well. Elsewhere, across the uk, its a bit quieter particularly for central and eastern parts of england and wales. Here we have seen temperatures of 22 celsius and it is remaining less windy and drier. Through the course of this evening as that storm pushes northwards and eastwards a cross as that storm pushes northwards and eastwards across scotland, a windy night to come. We are looking at travel disruption. Severe gales in the forecast, so we are likely to see ferries cancelled, disruption to bridges, and for other road users as well. It could be a particularly disruptive as we head through the course of tonight. The winds slowly easing out through tomorrow morning with temperatures around 11 or 12 celsius tomorrow. During the day tomorrow, still windy across the northern half of the country at first, but winds will ease through the day and its a quieter story across england and wales through the day tomorrow. Dry for much of the day, but there will be some rain arriving in the south west later on and it will be fresher with temperatures around about 13 to 17 celsius. Wednesday, also a fairly quiet day, a bit of rain through the midlands and across Eastern England. Temperatures around about 12 to 18 celsius. But certainly today, keep your eye on the latest forecast and on the weather warnings. You can find them on the bbc weather web page and well keep you up to date on the forecast on bbc news throughout the rest of the afternoon. Hello, youre watching afternoon live, im simon mccoy. Today at three 0phelia storms in, two people, thousands have their power cut, and schools are forced to close. There are some powerful gusts of wind and the worst is yet to come. A crunch dinner in brussels as theresa may travels to try to break the brexit deadlock. And how, for young people, getting by is now a matter of life and debt. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport. The fever rankings are out. Yes, england will not be among the top seeds in the world cup next year and ireland could have a very tricky player when the draw is made tomorrow. And the weather causing problems today as it did 30 years ago. In kent this area was completely devastated by that storm in 87. I will be looking back at some of the memories from 30 years ago and i will have a full round up of todays weather, including an update on 0phelia. Thanks. Coming up on afternoon live if youre being affected by 0phelia, then tweet us your stories and pictures. And lets also have your memories of the great storm 30 years ago. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. Ireland has been battered by storm 0phelia. Two people have died, thousands of people are without power, and hundreds of schools have been forced to close. Whats described as a violent and destructive storm with winds of 100 miles an hour is now heading for Northern Ireland, parts of scotland, and west wales. 4000 properties are already without power. Chris page is in County Londonderry for us. We are in the village of done given, between londonderry. 0phelia is just starting to arrive here, certainly in the hillsides around the village, very strong gusts and people starting to feel the strong winds well. In the irish republic there have been ferocious winds already and tragically two deaths because of the storm. A woman in County Waterford died when a tree fell on the car she was driving. Now the irish police force have said a man has died in county tipperary in a chainsaw accident which happened as he was trying to deal with a tree. It has been a very difficult day for the Emergency Services in the irish public and Emergency Services in Northern Ireland are braced to deal with winds getting stronger every minute. More from my colleague Chris Buckler. More from my colleague Chris Buckler. 0n irelands west coast, they are used to strong winds and high waves. But they are preparing for a storm that threatens to cause enormous damage and destruction. Galway sits near the centre of 0phelias anticipated path. Ahead of her arrival, this city has been shutting down. Sandbags have been placed at the front of the seafront hotels. Sandbags have been placed at the front of the seafront hotels. And in the city centre, store after store has signs saying they will not open today. The irish governments advice has been very clear if you dont need to go out, then dont. This is a national red alert. It applies to all cities, all counties and all areas. Also bear in mind that even after the storm has passed, there will still be dangers. There will be trees on the ground, there will be power lines down. 0phelia may no longer be classified as a hurricane but satellite pictures show the size of the remaining storm. Because of the dangers, all of irelands schools and colleges have been closed. Hospital outpatient appointments have been cancelled and the streets have been cleared. Bars have even been taking their bins back inside. And businesses are putting floodgates on their doors because of concern about the potential storm surge. The lifeboats are on full standby at the moment. The crews are there. The army are in the barracks ready to go. We were filling sandbags last night. In that sense everybody is throwing the kitchen sink at it. If this is a national emergency, there are concerns that not everybody is taking it as seriously as others. If you look closely in the centre of this screen, you will see somebody swimming in galway bay this morning. People are being told they have got to be careful particularly with falling trees and broken power cables. As things stand right now we are approaching 100,000 homes and businesses without electricity. They are predominantly in an area from cork city, west and north up as far as teelin. And broadcasters are among those being told to watch out. We are just outside at the moment and there are really powerful gusts of wind here. The worst of the winds are yet to come. This may be the remnants of a hurricane, but 0phelia seems determined to show the power she still has. Chris buckler, bbc news, ireland. So far conditions have not been quite as severe as in the irish republic, but we are just at the start of the storm here. You can see the winds in done given village starting to buffer the trees. There are very starting to buffer the trees. There are very few people around and at the end of the street a couple of businesses are closed. In the village many businesses shut early today. People have been told not to come into work at all and for places that were opened this morning, a lot have shut at lunchtime to enable people to get home before the full force of the storm hits. Those schools are open, further education colleges are closed and public transport has been disrupted as well. Some flights have been cancelled. Life in Northern Ireland dominated by storm 0phelia which is picking up now and will reach its height in the next few hours. A lot of you are getting in touch and you have been affected by Something Else. Gary lineker says, the sky looks you eat, the end is nigh. The end is not nigh. Bbc weather gave this explanation. Street lights have come on in some areas because of 0phelia is dragging some saharan dust and iberian wildfire smoke across the eastern part of the country which is affecting and being affected by the strong winds. There you are, the answer all in one. The red sky has been reported across large parts of england. The red sky has been reported across large parts of england. Chris fawkes from the bbcs Weather Service is here. I know you have a line on this. Some pilots are thinking Something Else is going on. Yes, they have reported the smell of smoke in their aeroplanes. It is nothing to do with the operational side of things, but it is the smoke getting into their planes and engines. Those of us old enough to remember 30 years ago, this time we have had a warning and we are tracking it. Where is it now . A few days ago it started off life in the south west of the azores is a powerful category three hurricane, a major hurricane. 0n powerful category three hurricane, a major hurricane. On sunday it weakened to category one and this is the storm now. It does not look like a hurricane, it is an area of low pressure, but a very powerful one. The centre is grinding its way up the western side of ireland, where the western side of ireland, where the strongest winds have been. As you will have just seen, theresa may is getting into her car and she is off to brussels for those talks with Michel Barnier and Jean Claude Juncker. 90 minutes of talk over dinner gets under way at 6 30pm uk time and she is on her way for those talks. She will be hoping to break the deadlock over the brexit talks. Sorry about interrupting. Live news, there we go. Im sure Jeanclaude Juncker will be looking at the red sky and thinking what is going on here as well. Yes, we have got the low over Northern Ireland now. The strongest winds have been on the southern flanks so far. The peak gust has been around cork harbour entrance, 97 miles an hour, an incredibly strong wind. But they have started to increase across parts of western england. 72 miles an hour now getting into west and wales. That is just the start. Those winds will build up over the next few hours. It will peak as we go through this evening and in Northern Ireland probably in the evening they will see the strongest winds. A lot of people are remembering what happened 30 years ago. We have seen two deaths in the republic. A lot of power is out and a lot of schools are affected, so how long can we expect this destruction . It is a multi hazard storm. Expect this destruction . It is a multihazard storm. What does that mean . We have got the torrential rain and the strong winds. The strong winds can down power lines and blocked roads and there will be transport problems. There are lots of aspects to the storm. It will go from Northern Ireland and the strong winds will spread across west of scotla nd winds will spread across west of scotland and western wales. But we are not done with this. The wind will get strong over the top and the eastern side of the pennines. That will still be the case tomorrow morning. We could get gusts of wind at 6070 morning. We could get gusts of wind at 60 70 miles an hour, still Strong Enough to bring down trees and high sided vehicles to topple over. We have got another 24 hours of this to go. More from you later on, thank you. More from you later on, thank you. The Prime Minister is heading to brussels for talks to try to end a stalemate over brexit negotiations. Shell have dinner with the eus chief negotiator Michel Barnier and the head of the European Commission Jean Claude Juncker days after the men said talks were in deadlock. Downing street says the meeting had been planned for some time though it wasnt in mr junckers published diary. At westminster is the conservative mp and prominent leave campaigner, john redwood. There is a red sky behind you. Either storm clouds over brussels or is this the moment perhaps where we can have a dinner where progress will be made . I will be surprised because all the noises coming from the eu so far have been unhelpful and they are sticking to the idea that we owe them a lot of money and they seem to think we want to pay to go to talk to them. That is something the government could not reasonably agreed to do. It is right for theresa may to be open and friendly and positive and point them in the direction of a really good partnership. I would in the direction of a really good partnership. Iwould be in the direction of a really good partnership. I would be surprised if they turned around tonight and said, yes, we are wrong, lets talk. They turned around tonight and said, yes, we are wrong, lets talk. Is there any amount of money that you think would be acceptable . No, i think would be acceptable . No, i think you would be crazy to offer money for talks. We know they want to talk to us at some point and the Free Trade Agreement we are offering is in their own interests. But it is also wrong to offer money for trade. We have a world trade system which says you should not do that. If you wa nt to says you should not do that. If you want to charge people for trade, it is done through tariffs and they are strictly controlled and regulated internationally. We do not owe them any money, other than our contribution up to the date of exit. The uk government will study very carefully a ny the uk government will study very carefully any money that we do owe. The eu withdrawal bill, what has happened to it . I understand we will see it in the house of commons. A number of amendments have been tabled. The government will look at those to see if they have got any merit, to see if they want to make any of their own amendments. It is a parliamentary process and there is not a complete monopoly of wisdom by Parliament Ministers and we will listen to what parliament has to say. We need to get the bill under way before the end of the year, which i am sure it we will. Is there not also a danger that they are looking through this to see if there isa looking through this to see if there is a danger that perhaps members of your own party might cause problems which could result in the government losing a vote . Of course they will be doing that, that is what all governments have to do. That is what parliament is about. I put it in a positive way. Parliament is there to amend, improve and suggest when the government proposes legislation. Governors with the majority is all with small majorities, quite often a government produces amendments in the light of parliamentary and public pressure and that is the process. On the dinner in brussels, if you were hosting a dinner and on your guest list theresa may, Jean Claude Juncker, Michel Barnier. Who would you put to her right and to her left . I have no idea. They have to decide who is the most important person. They will probably thing Jean Claude Juncker is the most important person. Theresa may is the most important on the uk side. I guess they will go for Jean Claude Juncker being next side. I guess they will go for jean claudejuncker being next to theresa may. Thank you forjoining us. Vicky young is in downing street. We just saw the Prime Minister leave. There is a storm here, it has not been that much more pleasa nt here, it has not been that much more pleasant in brussels. No, and it is a long way to go for a 90 minute dinner. We saw her left five minutes ago and she was with david davis, the brexit secretary. The Eu Ambassador was there and also senior Civil Servants who are very much involved in these negotiations. Downing street said it is not some kind of emergency run to brussels. They say it has been in her diary a long time even though we did not know about it. It is to try and break what is being seen as a bit of a deadlock. The uk is not happy with where we are on the divorce bill. The British Government says they are not paying anything until they know what kind of a relationship are going to have. There has been talk about no deal, but we are not there yet. It is worth bearing in mind that they are close on some things and there has been some movement and many mps from all sides feel that theresa may made a generous offer in florence, that she went forward with the right kind of language, and they now hope the eu might signal something. We know the eu summit is coming up at the end of the week, but it is unlikely to be that they will be ready to move to trade talks right now, but there will be a hint that they are willing to talk about a possible transition. Realistically 90 minutes, they have a huge night to talk to. They will not eat much, will they . I am sure they will find time for some good food under way. It is about face to face talks, she can look them in the eye and say, i have made this offer, you know i have made this offer, you know i have moved, we now need something from you. We just hope that personal chemistry made the logjam. That after last time when they met for dinner it did not end too well with Jean Claude Juncker saying theresa may was deluded and downing street pointed barbed comments about unelected officials in brussels. They will all be hoping it will go smoothly this time. Vicky young, thank you. Vicky young, thank you. Youre watching afternoon live, these are our headlines storm 0phelia barrels in with gusts of up to 80 miles an hour, two people have died and thousands of homes are without power. Theresa may is in brussels for dinner with eu leaders in an aim to get the brexit talks back on track. A sharp rise in young people struggling with debt. Many young people have to borrow to meet basic living costs. The Welsh Rugby Union has changed their Natural Selection policy and players outside wales will only be considered for the country if they have got 60 caps. The new fifa rankings are out and england have climbed to 12th, but will not be one of the top seeds in russia. Northern ireland will be unseeded tomorrow in the play off draw, so could face italy for a chance to reach russia. 0lympic cycling champion Katie Archibald isjoining one of the 0lympic cycling champion Katie Archibald is joining one of the top womens Road Racing Teams. She plans to compete on the road and the track at next years Commonwealth Games. I will be back with a full update in the next 15 minutes. I will be back with a full update in the next 15 minutes. Two super massive, neutron stars heading towards a cataclysmic collision nearly eight hundred billion, billion miles from earth. Gravitational waves have been detected. This type of collision is thought to be responsible for creating all the gold and platinum in our universe. 0ur science correspondent, pallab ghosh has had exclusive access to one of the sites which detected the waves, in louisiana, in the united states. It is the longest Straight Line in the world, a one half mile pipe containing a laser that can detect powerful in space. Inside, a technician fine tune is the instrument. It has made a discovery that has shaken the scientific world. Two stars colliding. The two stars got closer and closer until they merged, resulting in a huge shock wave that rippled across the universe. The massive explosion led to the production of rare elements, such as gold and platinum. Neutron stars are what is left over when a normal star dies and collapses in on itself. They are so densely packed that a teaspoon would weigh 1 billion tonnes. Here is the actual sound of the collision. The explosion was picked up in the control room. It took place 130 million years ago, the dinosaurs roamed the earth and it was so far away that it is only nowjust reaching us. We have been waiting for this for so long. We did not know if we were lucky and this happened to be an event that happened to be an event that happened relatively close to earth, or perhaps there are many more neutron stars than we thought. We do not know that yet, but we will know. Within seconds telescopes all over the world were pointed at the colliding stars and this is what they saw. The collision created distortions stretching and squeezing space. These are known as Gravitational Waves. There is a vacuum. Professor Gravitational Waves. There is a vacuum. Professor robertson helped to build the detector, she spent 40 yea rs on to build the detector, she spent 40 years on the project and now she is getting the results she always hoped for. One of the most exciting things for. One of the most exciting things for me will be when we start detecting Gravitational Waves from some completely unknown source and we will have theorists speculating about what these could possibly be. Yes, i think we are at that first stage in a whole new astronomy. One of the worlds leading experts in the field described the discovery is a milestone. The new observational window on the universe leads to surprises that cannot yet be foreseen. We are still rubbing our eyes as we have just watched the Gravitational Waves. Researchers say there are likely to be many more discoveries using Gravitational Waves of objects in the universe that we have not yet imagined. With me is professor sheila rowan, director of the institute for Gravitational Research at the university of glasgow whose team was part of the project. I know you keep your feet firmly on the ground, but this is exciting. Yes, it is. This is the smashing together of stars that we hoped for. It opens up a completely different way to study what we have in the universe. It is the first time we are getting both the gravitational signals from an event and the electromagnetic signals and light and we are piecing it together to tell stories about what happened in the cosmos that we could not do before. This has been nearly half a century and the looking for it. This is what the telescopes were looking for. It has been a long journey to get to this point, to build detectors, gravitational observatories of exquisite precision to send the gravitational signals coming in. For the to send the gravitational signals coming in. Forthe first to send the gravitational signals coming in. For the first time we have been able to do that with asta la have been able to do that with astala collision that produced a whole spectrum of electromagnetic signals to help our colleagues with telescopes point to that patch in the sky and gather a whole set of new information. I do not understand a lot, but in terms of the creation of gold and platinum, that is a by product of something amazing . These two stars coming together are very special stars, they are called neutron stars. We think of neutron is something inside of atoms, particles, but these are stars made of this kind of material and under densities and pressures that we cannot make here on earth in the lab. Each one is squashed down into the size of the city and they smashed into one another and when that happens we believe we see signs that happens we believe we see signs that there are reactions taking place making the heavier elements as you mentioned. What are you doing when you hear about this . Are you waiting for an announcement with bated breath . 0r waiting for an announcement with bated breath . Or do you hear it on telly and go, wow, that has happened last . Where were you when this came . We do not get warning. Nature has to be kind. These things happen far in the cosmos. We wait with our detectors poised and the detectors send us a quick trigger to tell us something has happened and we are able quite quickly to take a look at the data. To a layman does that mean someone is looking at something and goes, i must show the professor and ru ns goes, i must show the professor and runs for you . Is it as exciting as that . It can be. The observatories are set up so they are automatically looking for the data in real time and they will send us a signal saying, look, quick, Something Interesting has happened. That is the understatement of the decade, possibly the century. How rare is this . We are still trying to figure out, but it could me that we might see once a year or a few year with the current instruments that we have. Pity rare and to see one where would both get the gravitational signals and the optical and other signals and the optical and other signals maybe even rarer than that, so we have been very lucky. Someone watching now is saying, this is all very well, it has cost a fortune to find out. How does it help me . What do we learn . We learned first of all where this stuff in our world is coming from, how it is creative. Stuff is not a very scientific world. Stuff, literally the fabric of the world that we understand. The other thing is the technology we have to create or invented to do this and it really pushes the state of the art and it is having spin offs in many areas from security in defence, but also technology is spinning off into health care. We gain enormously from doing this kind of science. Health care. We gain enormously from doing this kind of sciencem health care. We gain enormously from doing this kind of science. It is very exciting as well. Exciting every time you push back the frontiers, you get real surprises, and this is the first that are our way. We hope to talk to you about another one. Great to talk to you. Thank you. The 28 year old man has admitted publishing images of children. He pretended to be someone else online and fooled many of his victims into posing naked with pictures of themselves. Lets go to daniel sure our Home Affairs Correspondent covering this. It is an extraordinary case which is reaching its conclusion at Birmingham Crown court where Matthew Fulda has admitted 137 offences, which makes him one of the most prolific paedophiles in english legal history. Matthew fulda, over several yea rs history. Matthew fulda, over several years due to around 50 victims into sending him images of themselves, naked images or partially clothed images, over the internet. Naked images or partially clothed images, overthe internet. He naked images or partially clothed images, over the internet. He would then blackmail them by threatening to expose those images if they did not do more obscene acts. So he has admitted 137 offences. He pleaded not guilty to around 50 other offences and they were laid on file. He will be sentenced at the beginning of december. It took about half an hour before the court clerk in this case to read out all of those offences and to get his responses to them. He sat in the dock wearing a blue zip up sweatshirt. He has receding curly hair, he looked very normal and had a very robotic voice and just said guilty, not guilty, according to which offence it was. His modus operandi was to dupe these people into sending him pictures and then blackmail them and then shares some of the more degrading images on the dark web, on sites that were very difficult to access. This was among a group of other paedophiles. A number of offences related to that. He pleaded guilty to encouraging the rape of a child. We understand that was about encouraging a teenager to rape a four year old boy. That was one of the offences he pleaded guilty to amongst the many offences which included distributing and possessing indecent images of children, offences of fraud by false representation. He will get a very hefty sentence. The National Crime agency which brought this case as it isa agency which brought this case as it is a landmark case because it is the first time they have brought a successful prosecution involving what they call the core of the dark web which relates to people and depraved images. Contact us using the hash tag afternoon live. Most of you at the moment are saying the sky outside is very weird. And the reason for that is a free year. But it is not the first time we have faced waking up to stories about the weather because on this day 30 years ago weather because on this day 30 years a g o exa ctly weather because on this day 30 years ago exactly the great storm of 9087 ripped up millions of trees. Sarah keith lucas is there for us. It is certainly wearied out here, the sky is a reddish hue and it has got really dark over the last hour or so. You can see that streetlights have come on nearby, down to the dark sky that has been coming over us. The reason we have this colour in the sky because it is a by product of ex hurricane of the year which is over the republic of ireland at the moment. But it is dry in saharan air, mixed with dust and smoke from the wild a quieter picture really across much of southern britain. If we look at the forecast across the country. The satellite image shows we have had storm 0phelia. It was a hurricane, a category 3 hurricane earlier in the weekend. As it has been pushing its way closer to the republic of ireland and towards the uk, it has been weakening a little bit, but we have got an area of low pressure. A really deep area of low pressure. With the isobars tight around that storm, the winds are the main feature. So we have had gusts already across the republic of ireland of nearly 100mph. And as the storm continues to push northwards, we could see winds gusting around about 80mph across parts of Northern Ireland, as we head into this evening and for north wention and north wales, and the west of scotla nd north wales, and the west of scotland too. It is quieter and less windy elsewhere across the country and actually we have had really warm weather today. The temperatures across Eastern England reached 22 or 23 celsius. Where it is dry, but certainly a lot of low cloud around now. As we head through into this evening then, into rush hour, the winds will be really strong. 80mph gusts likely across the republic of ireland and across the republic of ireland and across western scotland and north west england and north wales too. With winds of this strength, we have seen loss of life as well as disruption to transport and that could well be a feature as we move through into the evening hours. We are likely to see severe disruption to travel. Down to the severe gales in the forecast. We are likely to see power cuts as well as trees down as well. Gradually through the course of tonight, those strong gusty winds will just start to ease away, but it will be a very windy night across Northern Ireland, across Northern England and the central belt of scotland too. Less windy further south and its another mild frost free night with temperatures around 11 or 12 celsius. Through the day tomorrow, things will be quietening douvenlt still windy across the northern half of the country, but the winds easing with heavy showers still lingering acog Northern Ireland and scotland. Less windy for england and wales with more sunshine, but there will be rain arriving in the south west, i think, later in the day and it will feel fresher by tomorrow. We have lost all the tropical air, so temperatures around about 13 to 17 celsius. And that quieter picture continues into wednesday. So the winds easing as we head into the middle part of the week. More sunshine by the time we get to wednesday across Northern Ireland and scotland too. A bit of rain through central and some eastern parts of england with temperatures around 12 to 18 celsius on wednesday. So things will quieten down over the next few days. Today, some dangerous weather around across western parts of britain as well as the republic of ireland. Keep tuned to the latest weather warnings. You can find them on the bbc weather website and we will keep you up to date here on the news channel throughout the afternoon. This is bbc news. Our latest headlines two people have died and thousands have been left without power as storm 0phelia hits the republic of ireland. It hits the republic of ireland. Is really powerful gusts here it is really powerful gusts of wind here and the worst of the winds have yet to come. Theresa may travels to brussels to talk brexit over dinner with top eu officials. The chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority has warned of a pronounced build up of debt among young people. Sport now on afternoon live with 0lly foster, what are the headlines today . Weve been looking at the latest football rankings, nothing that we couldnt have worked out, but fifa have confirmed a few things, not great news for england Northern Ireland. The International Pa ralympic committee look like they are getting involved after the investigation at british swimming revealed and the Wales Rugby Union . They have changed their selection policy for the senior side only and they are scrapping the so called Warren Gatland law. That allowed for four wildcards. That means he could pick four players at clubs outside wales. Now, only players with 60 caps or more will be allowed to play anywhere they like and still be considered for their country if they play outside wales. This follows the australian system thats worked pretty well for them over the last few years. With a few more details of this change is our rugby union reporter, chrisjones. Of this change is our rugby union reporter, chris jones. The new selection policy is an admittance that the old system wasnt working and it wasnt doing enough to stem the flow of players leaving wales to play in england and france or those that were already in england and france havent been coming back to wales at rate the Welsh Rugby Union would have liked. From now on, if a player wants to play outside wales, he will need to have had 60 or more International Caps in order to be eligible. It doesnt apply for those who are already overseas. Their current contract is protected, but their next contract, they will need to come back to wales if they have fewer than 60 International Caps. The high profile casualty of this looks set to be rhys webb, the wales and lions scrum half only has 28 wales caps, but he is moving to toulon in france next season and that will mean he is ineligible to play for the national side. Well placed sources told me that webb was aware of what might be happening before he signed his toulon move. This has been disputed in other quarters, but either way, webb will be one of those whose players whose International Availability will be affected by this quite significant change to the Welsh Rugby Union selection policy. The new fifa rankings are out. England are up to 12th after their unbeaten qualifying campaign but they wont be one of the top seeds for the tournament when the december draw is made to decide who plays who, so they could face brazil or argentina in the group stage next summer. Wales and scotland failed to qualify and they are 14th and 29th respectively in the rankings with germany remaining in the number one spot. The draw for the world cup play offs is made tomorrow. Those are the eight best runners up from european qualifying. Northern ireland lost their last two matches so have dropped to 23rd in the world and will be in pot two, denmark have jumped above them in the World Rankings so will be seeded. Italy will be the team to avoid. The International Pa ralympic committee has told bbc sport it is in talks with the British Paralympic Association. Its over the bullying scandal thats currently surrounding british swimming. In a Statement Released in the last hour the ipc have said they are fully aware of the story and are in consultation with the British Paralympic Association regarding the matter. A climate of fear has been described as existed in the organisation. British swimming apologised to swimmers last week. Thats my lot. Im off. John watson will take over the reigns on afternoon live. Were fa ns the reigns on afternoon live. Were fans ofjohn watson, so thats good news. Fans of yours too. More now on storm 0phelia which has hit the republic of ireland, killing two people. A woman, in her 50s, was in a car in waterford which was hit by a falling tree while a man in his 30s died in a chainsaw accident in county tipperary after trying to remove a tree downed by the storm. More than 22,000 homes and businesses have been left without power. The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar gave this advice to the public. The first is to stay indoors wherever you are until the storm has passed. To check on your neighbours and elderly relatives and particularly those living alone. To bear in mind that while in some parts of the country the storm is not that bad, it is coming your way. This is a national red alert. It applies to cities, all counties and all areas and bear in mind even after the storm has passed there will be dangers. There will be trees on the ground and power lines down and to take care in that regard. 0n the line is mary murphy, owner of the Lawrence Cove post office on bere island, an island off the south west coast of ireland. Whats it like there at the moment . It is cammeding, but it was horrendous earlier. Everything was shaking here. It was really bad. Just describe it. You got up this morning and when were you aware that this thing was coming . It started raining. They have been giving weather alerts the last few days about it and it started raining at 3am and then about 5am it really started blowing and then it was very bad then after that. It was really, really bad here. Were you scared . Yes, i was. I dont like the wind at all. We have no power now. We have no electricity here at our end of the island. I think it is back at the western end of the island. They are saying we could be a while without it. Iam assuming could be a while without it. I am assuming there arent many visitors to the post office . No i cant use the computer without the power have you ever known anything like this before . No, we have had a few storms before here that were very bad as well, but this one of the worst of them and its scary to look at it and it feels as if the whole house was shaking. I think its the same for everybody though. Just very scary and best to stay inside. Your doors and windows are holding . Oh, everything is closed and locked, as best i can do. How are you, without any power, you have got a radio, have you . how are you, without any power, you have got a radio, have you . I have my radio, yes. I have a gas cooker. So im able to manage 0k. And had everybody else, they were all aware of what was coming and everybody took similar precautions . We were told it was coming, but you can only do so much and just be as ready as you can. I have got torches as well around the place. When its gone, what are you going to do . Oh, gone, what are you going to do . Oh, go back to normal. I will be back working again hopefully. If the power would come back, i would love the power to come back on. Power would come back, i would love the power to come back onlj power would come back, i would love the power to come back on. I am assuming the pub will be open . dont know about i am not sure about that mary, it sounds as though despite the fear and everything else, at least no one is injured and you have no structural damage as far as you know . No, not as far as i know. There is a big tree down all right, somewhere up the road, but i havent heard of anything else. I will probably hear as the evening is going on. Well, we wish you well. Thank you very much. It is really good of you to join us. Keep in. Thank you. Thank you. A red sky has been reported. Simon king said it was due to the remnants of hurricane 0phelia dragging in tropical air and dust from the sahara. He added debris from forest fires in portugal and spain was playing a part. We will try and find out what that means later on. Youre watching afternoon live on bbc news. The irish comedian and bbc quiz show panellist sean hughes has died. He was 51. Sean hughes, who was a team captain on never mind the buzzcocks on bbc two, also had a role in coronation street in 2007. The cause of his death isnt known. 0ur entertainment correspondent Colin Paterson is in salford for us. He was only 51. Shocking. You can see how much this caused a shock wave to go through the comedy world. So many mentioning his age, dara 0briain saying sad news, thats one of the irish comedy trailblazers in the uk. Richard herring saying sean hughes, what a punch in the soul that is. In terms of his career, you outlined ita in terms of his career, you outlined it a bit, most people will say, i know that face. It a bit, most people will say, i know that face. The face they would know that face. The face they would know him from is from never mind the buzzcocks. It was a show about pop music. He was there for ten series, six years from 1996 opposite phil and mark. He made his name in 1990. At the age of 24 he became the youngest person to win the perrier prize. The show he did there was taken prize. The show he did there was ta ke n pretty prize. The show he did there was taken pretty much wholesale and put on channel 4 and that was the beginning of that era where comedians could go up to edinburgh pa get a tv show. The next two kinders were Frank Skinner and ceasefire cogan. It was about a speufs ceasefire cogan. It was about a speuts fan. There was lots ofjokes about socks that wouldnt dry and then never mind the buzzcocks. He camea then never mind the buzzcocks. He came a novelist and appeared in coronation street. In 2005 he tackled shakespeare, as you like it. He was appearing in the railway children. Toit, he was in that, very well received. Big shocking news today. The trial of an Army Sergeant accused of sabotaging his wifes parachute in order to try to kill her, has been hearing from the man who taught him how to assemble a reserve chute. Victoria cilliers fell 4,000 feet when she made a jump over wiltshire two years ago. Emile cilliers denies the charges. Duncan kennedy is at Winchester Crown court. The jury were today shown nylon ties like these called slinks. The prosecution say Emile Cilliers deliberately removed two of them from his wifes reserve parachute. They say mr cilliers, in the yellow tie, attempted to kill his wife, victoria, to cash in on an insurance policy and because he wanted a new life with another woman. Mr and mrs cilliers were both keen pa rachutists and jumped at the netheravon airfield in wiltshire. Victoria cilliers fell 4,000 feet into this field when both her main and reserve chutes failed to open. She suffered multiple injuries. Today an instructor said he had taught Emile Cilliers how to pack reserve chutes during a four day course which included tying slinks. The jury has already seen this video of slinks being done up correctly. The instructor said Emile Cilliers would have handled seven or eight reserve chutes during the course. The instructor said that Emile Cilliers performance on the course was very good. He said mr cilliers had tied slinks four times. The instructor also said it was physically impossible for slinks to come undone. They dont come undone, he said. The jury have has already seen the air base in where the alleged sabotage took place. Emile cilliers denies two counts of attempted murder and the trial continues. Musican ed sheeran has broken his arm in a cycling accident, putting his tour in jeopardy. The artist posted a photo on instagram saying, ive had a bit of a bicycle accident. Im currently waiting on some medical advice which may affect some of my upcoming shows. The duke and duchess of cambridge have paid a visit to paddington station this morning, and were joined by a furry friend. Paddington bear and Hugh Bonneville joined the royal couple and prince harry on platform 0ne for a Childrens Charity event. Its not known whether there were any marmalade sandwiches, but kate and paddington did put on their dancing shoes while waiting for the train to depart egon is here. First a look at the headlines on afternoon live storm 0phelia has hit ireland with gusts of up to 100mph. Two people have died and thousands are without power. Theresa may heads to brussels for dinner with eu leaders in a bid to get talks on brexit back on track. A sharp rise in young people struggling with debt, many have to borrow to meet basic living costs. Heres your business headlines on afternoon live. The boss of the Financial Conduct Authority is warning about the growing levels of debt among young people, who are borrowing to make ends meet. Andrew bailey has told the bbc the young were particularly at risk because they were often facing high Accommodation Costs and low wages. Vauxhall is cutting about 400 jobs at its Ellesmere Port car plant because of falling sales. The leader of the unite union, len mccluskey, said it was a loss to the industry and the local economy. The operation to rescue people stranded abroad by the collapse of monarch has now brought home 80,00 holiday makers. It took more than 560 flights. The operation has now come to an end, but around a thousand people are still stuck overseas. The Civil Aviation authority is looking at other ways of getting them home. People are struggling to get by in the Accountancy Firm pwc says young people, thats people between 25 and 34, their amount of unsecured debt, thats debt on things like credit cards and personal loans, thats reached about £3,000. They are not splurging and buying big ticket items, they are using it to fund the basics of life. And its going to cost them . . It will cost them. The more they borrow, the more they have to pay back. We were talking about people over 55 in a similar state. The debt issue is far bigger, isnt it . It seems to be a cultural issue. What we learned last week was that people over 55, who are in work, they have unsecured debt of about £1500 to £2,000. Its less they have unsecured debt of about £1500 to £2,000. Its less than that of young people, but its still a six year high. So, its really across generational problem. Beverley budsworth, managing director, of the Debt Management company the debt advisor. I mispronounced your name earlier. Looking at the debt issue, how can you tell when too much debt is a problem for you . So problem debt is when the minimum payments are eating into the amount of money you need to live on. So, if for example, your payments are 20 , 25 , 30 of your disposable income, thats your take home pay, the chances are that eating into the amount of money that you need to live on and then you get into the peat peter to pay paul syndrome and it is a slippy slope, so you have got to do something about it. By doing something, what do we mean . Who do we go to . Ok. So in terms pf where you go, there are free charities, step change, citizens advice, advice uk, these charities will give free advice and not all of them can administer the plans for you, so cab will help you set upa plan, plans for you, so cab will help you set up a plan, but in terms of actually managing Debt Management plans, then you know there are organisations, both commercial and free to client, that can manage plans for you that we discussed about previously, but ijust wanted to add if the debt is really serious, there are solutions which can be life savers including individual voluntary arrangements, bankruptcy, debt relief orders that really can take the pressure of debt off you. Thank you for that. A quick look at the markets. Thats right, yes. Continued positive news on the ftse. Not such positive news for convatec. They make medical supplies and they issued a profit warning because they have difficulty keeping up with supply. Good news for miners and for the oil companies. For the miners thats because there has been positive news out of china and china is a big chint of theirs and brent crude it isa chint of theirs and brent crude it is a case of bad goad owe political news feeding in because of tensions in iraq and between the us and iran. Thank you very much. Lot of you getting in touch over whats happening in the sky. A lot of you talking about the sky outside. Its orange. The sun is orange. And the bbc weather unit tweeted this, london looking spectacularly sepia. It is hurricane 0phelia or ex hurricane 0phelia and on the outskirts of it, it is bringing in the dust from the sahara and from the dust from the sahara and from the fires in portugal and hence that strange eerie feel to the sky. 0n the same day as this, parts of the uk are coping with the impact of storm 0phelia, by coincidence it is exactly 30 years since the great storm of 1987. It left 18 people dead, ripping up millions of trees in its path. Sarah keith lucas is in emmetts garden in kent for us. We get a sense of that eerie sky from you there. Yes, well, simon some Severe Weather 30 years ago. Severe weather across parts of the british isles, particularly for the republic of ireland in fact and for Northern Ireland today. This part of britain is quieter, but we have had some really strange colours certainly in the skiesment we have had that reddie orange hew. We have been looking at 30 years a the great storm of 1987. I can talk to an author of a book called wind blown. She isjoining us to author of a book called wind blown. She is joining us to talk about what happened 30 years ago and the stories of the people caught up in that storm. So, what inspired you to write this book 30 years on about the great storm of 1987 . Hi, varied. Well, i was rummaging around in some old boxes under my mothers bed and i found old boxes under my mothers bed and ifound an old boxes under my mothers bed and i found an old picture of a murderle which has been designed by my father 30 years ago, and was carved with the wood of trees that fell at kew gardens that night. Kew lost 1,000 trees. We lost 15 Million Trees that night as you know. But at kew they lost 1,000 trees and this sculpture is there today. It occurred to me this was a chance to not only celebrate my father who died in 1998, but to mark this incredible landscape changing event thats become a National Collective memory as im sure you know. So you put some Meticulous Research into the book obviously and you have been speaking to a lot of interesting people caught up in what happened that night during the great storm in 1987. Tell us a couple of stories about what sort of thing was experienced back then . When i started looking into the storm and researching it, i realised that quite a lot of reporting that had been been around, was similar, lots of pictures of trees falling and ca rs of pictures of trees falling and cars crushed. I tried town earth some of the untold stories. There we re some of the untold stories. There were stories out there, not all of them had been extremely well reported and those are the ones i tried to tell. For example, i visit some beach fishermen in hastings who lost one of their fishermen on the beach that night. And one of my stories involves the herald of Free Enterprise as you can probably remember, seven years earlier, had been involved in that terrible accident off zeebrugge in which 193 people died. Seven months later, the ship is going to be scrapped. Its going to be towed half way around the world to taiwan to be scrapped and it gets caught up in the great storm as it is developing in the bay of biscay and breaks free of the tug boat and disappears into the ocean floating on its own for four days before they can ever recapture it because the storm is at a great pitch in the ocean. Thats one of the stories. I tell another poignant story about a homeless man who was crushed to death by a tree that night. Whilst there were 18 people who were killed that night, his was the story that fascinated me most because he was never named. And i go in search of this mans identity and retell his story as well. I find his family in the north east and 30 years later, i go back and we talk about him and we construct his life and we find out why he was there in the first place. So there is a sort of 30 years prospective. I tell the story. I stand in the shoes of people who faced the storm that night and 30 years later i go back and tell the story again. Wonderful. Thank you very much. Now, 30 years on, weve got Severe Weather here. Particularly across the republic of ireland, but also for Northern Ireland too where there is an amberwarning for Northern Ireland too where there is an amber warning in force. So, storm 0phelia, which was a category 3 hurricane has been moving north eastwards towards the british isles. It has been weakening, but it isa isles. It has been weakening, but it is a deep area of low pressure and we have got winds circulating around that area of low pressure. There has been gusts to near 100mph across south western parts of the republic of ireland and the eye of that depression is moving further northwards. So we are going to see the strongest of the winds transferring across Northern Ireland, and into north west england and western scotland too. Where there could be gusts of 80mph. Its there could be gusts of 80mph. Its quieter elsewhere across the country and with the warm tropical airaround we country and with the warm tropical air around we have had temperatures up air around we have had temperatures up to 22 or 23 celsius. As we head through into the evening hours, we are going to see those very strong Winds Continuing across Northern Ireland, and across scotland too with 80mph possible and that could well lead to severe disruption to travel. Do keep tuned to your latest weather warnings. You can find them on president bbc weather website. Ina hello, youre watching afternoon live, im simon mccoy. Today at four 0phelia storms in, two people, thousands have their power cut, and schools are forced to close. Lie in warrenpoint in the dome in Northern Ireland where the winds have been building all day and are now getting really strong. People are here and waiting and sitting tight. And how, for young people, getting by is now a matter of life and debt. And coming up all the spot with john. A change in who can be selected to play for the Welsh National rugby union team. Players playing outside wales will only be considered for the country if they have had 60 caps. And a spooky sky in the weather and an anniversary as well. That is right, i am intent. This area was badly damaged 30 years ago in the great storm. Today in the west. Is whether plays havoc with communications as well. Is whether plays havoc with communications as well. Coming up on afternoon live we stay with that theme. If youre being affected by 0phelia, then tweet us your stories and pictures. Or if youve seen the red sun, which is caused by the hurricane dragging in tropical air and dust from the sahara. And lets also have your memories of the great storm 30 years ago. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. Ireland has been battered by storm 0phelia. Two people have died, thousands of people are without power, and hundreds of schools have been forced to close. Whats described as a violent and destructive storm with winds of 100 miles an hour is now heading for Northern Ireland, parts of scotland, and west wales. 4000 properties are already without power. 0ur correspondent ben ando is in warrenpoint in county down in Northern Ireland. As you can see, the winds are really getting strong now as the eye of what was hurricane 0phelia passes up the west coast of ireland. Strong winds swirling around are now coming indirectly from the irish sea into Northern Ireland. The lock is just an area of great, choppy water with high waves and high winds coming around off the shore. People here are doing their best to weather this storm, closing theirfront are doing their best to weather this storm, closing their front doors, chatting their windows, waiting to see what happens. Already there have been Serious Problems caused in south west ireland as Chris Buckler now reporters. South west ireland as Chris Buckler now reporters. 0n irelands west coast, they are used to strong winds and high waves. But they are preparing for a storm that threatens to cause enormous damage and destruction. Galway sits near the centre of 0phelias anticipated path. Ahead of her arrival, this city has been shutting down. Sandbags have been placed at the front of the seafront hotels. And in the city centre, store after store has signs saying they will not open today. The irish governments advice has been very clear if you dont need to go out, then dont. This is a national red alert. It applies to all cities, all counties and all areas. Also bear in mind that even after the storm has passed, there will still be dangers. There will be trees on the ground, there will be power lines down. 0phelia may no longer be classified as a hurricane but satellite pictures show the size of the remaining storm. Because of the dangers, all of irelands schools and colleges have been closed. Hospital outpatient appointments have been cancelled and the streets have been cleared. Bars have even been taking their bins back inside. And businesses are putting floodgates on their doors because of concern about the potential storm surge. The lifeboats are on full standby at the moment. The crews are there. The army are in the barracks ready to go. We were filling sandbags last night. In that sense everybody is throwing the kitchen sink at it. If this is a national emergency, there are concerns that not everybody is taking it as seriously as others. If you look closely in the centre of this screen, you will see somebody swimming in galway bay this morning. People are being told they have got to be careful particularly with falling trees and broken power cables. As things stand right now we are approaching 100,000 homes and businesses without electricity. They are predominantly in an area from cork city, west and north up as far as teelin. And broadcasters are among those being told to watch out. We are just outside at the moment and there are really powerful gusts of wind here. The worst of the winds are yet to come. This may be the remnants of a hurricane, but 0phelia seems determined to show the power she still has. Chris buckler, bbc news, ireland. If we look along the seafront here in warrenpoint you can see the street lamps shaking around, signs in front of buildings, one has been tied down to reinforce it, to stop working use. This is the problem people are trying to deal with. One hotel said they decided not to open their restaurant this evening so staff would not have to drive in. They have moved all their Outdoor Furniture to the back of the hotel and chatted away. They have got some japanese tourists they will have to look after tonight. Lots of people sent home from work early. The woman said she was waiting for her husband to get back earlier this afternoon and she had a fridge full of food and she had a fridge full of food and had charged all the mobile devices and they were just going to sit it out. For most people are storm of this magnitude, in effect a Tropical Storm this by north, is unprecedented. Thank you very much. An unusual reddish sky and red looking sun have been reported across parts of england caused by storm 0phelia. The phenomenon has been seen in the south west, the midlands, north west and north east. Bbc weather presenter simon king said it was due to the remnants of hurricane 0phelia dragging in tropical air and dust from the sahara. He added that debris from forest fires in portugal and spain was also playing a part. The dust has caused shorter wavelength blue light to be scattered, making it appear red. Chris fawkes from the bbcs Weather Service is here. He understood that last sentence. But there is also no rain in the air. No, this is an area of cloud underneath the cold front. You will notice tomorrow it will feel a lot fresher, but unusually there is no rain on this front whatsoever, due to the dynamics with 0phelia. Rain on this front whatsoever, due to the dynamics with ophelia. That is on the outskirts, lets have a look at the storm itself which is well over ireland. This was the scene earlier. This is one of the weather watch pictures, notjust read some, but a halo around the sun. Ido read some, but a halo around the sun. I do not think it has even got a name. It is a stunning picture. 0phelia started off life to the south west of the azores. Southerly winds have dragged in smoke from the forest fires in spain and portugal. The hurricane has been weakening and it is no longer a hurricane. It is an area of low pressure, but a beast ofan area an area of low pressure, but a beast of an area of low pressure. It made la ndfall of an area of low pressure. It made landfall in the south west of ireland and the strongest winds had been on the southern flank of this area of low pressure and that is one we will continue to see. The strongest winds across southern ireland and in the irish sea as well. The highest wind gust was 97 miles an hour close to the entrance to cork harbour. But in the last hour, noticed the wind is really starting to come up across wales. Those winds are Strong Enough to bring down trees. How fast is it going . It will track away fairly quickly. It will take about 24 hours before this storm is completely through. We have got an irish red weather warning in force and for Northern Ireland and met office and a red warning in force because the gusts will reach 80 miles an hour. But we are not done with it from there because those winds will work across western wales and that will continue. It will cause problems for this evening was s rush hour with the potential for damage and destruction with trees coming down and Power Supplies falling and transport links as well. South west scotland, thatll get very blowing. Even tomorrow morning there will be further problems with strong winds causing big disruption, even in the central belt of scotland and eastern parts of england. The wind coming over the pennines will be bouncing, bringing those really strong gusts to Eastern England. Some lorries could blow over and there will be speed restrictions on the bridges in eastern scotland. And at this time of the year there are leaves on the trees and it makes a difference . M increases the surface area that the wind can blow against. If you have got trees without leaves in winter, but this storm, with the same speed, it will do more damage. 30 years ago in the run to the storm we had a lot of heavy rain which made the ground wet, loosened the roots, and then all the trees still had their leaves on and that is why we had so much devastation. We also had the sting jet, which before 1987 no one knew about. What is that . You have a lump of cold air that comes into the middle of the storm and rain falls into that and it evaporates the rain. This process causes the air to cool down in the middle of the atmosphere and this fast flowing air hit the ground. That is what happened in 1987. Before that people did not really understand it. Before that people did not really understand it. The Prime Minister is heading to brussels for talks to try to end a stalemate over brexit negotiations. Shell have dinner with the eus chief negotiator Michel Barnier and the head of the European Commission Jean Claude Juncker days after the men said talks were in deadlock. Downing street says the meeting had been planned for some time though it wasnt in mr junckers published diary. 0ur reporter, adam fleming is in brussels. It is only going to last 90 minutes. What is on the menu . Is it a good grilling or will they get things done . We know to read the many is on her way because the final flight in this row of 28 has been replaced by the union flag, which is what happens when a head of state arrives in brussels. There are loads of cameras and photographers getting set up to capture her arrival. 0n the menu tonight officially the European Commission say it is a geopolitical discussion about european and global issues because the uk is a member of the eu and the g7 and the jeep the uk is a member of the eu and the g7 and thejeep 20 group. That is what they will talk about they say. However, look at the cast list. It is not just however, look at the cast list. It is notjust theresa may and the president of the European Commission, Jean Claude Juncker. David davis, he will be there, Michel Barnier, the eus chief negotiator, will be that. Her top Civil Servant Holly Robbins will be there and so to the chief of staff tojean claude there and so to the chief of staff to Jean Claude Juncker. It is there and so to the chief of staff tojean claudejuncker. It is a fair bet they will be talking about brexit. Loads of speculation in brussels about what could happen. To be fair it is speculation more amongst journalists. Be fair it is speculation more amongstjournalists. Would be fair it is speculation more amongst journalists. Would she be fair it is speculation more amongstjournalists. Would she be coming with improved offers or will she come to say the eu has not moved enough and she is fed up of compromising . We know this is happening at the beginning of the week which will end with a pivotal eu summit. The 28 leaders will be here to discuss pan european eu business and then on friday it will be the remaining 27 members all talking about brexit and whether enough progress has been made. Then they can move onto the next phase which is about trade and the future relationship. Theresa may had a phone call with Angela Merkel yesterday. Angela merkel is the most important person perhaps in the whole deal. What will she have said . Play nicely . We got the usual read out of the call, which is the diplomatic language where they both agreed to work constructively. Theresa may has spoken to the irish taoiseach to Say Something similar. She will have to call with emanuel mccrone, the president of france. That is all part of the british diplomacy that has all been done in the build up to this summit. Boris johnson is in luxembourg for a meeting of Foreign Affairs ministers. I would meeting of Foreign Affairs ministers. Iwould not meeting of Foreign Affairs ministers. I would not be surprised if he had some bilateral meetings with his colleagues. He already had a meeting at the weekend at his country home with several Foreign Affairs ministers from the rest of europe. There is certainly a sense of momentum building. What downing street have been saying about the reason the meeting is happening is that it was first pencilled into her diary around the time of the Prime Ministers florence speech which was designed to inject new momentum into the brexit process. It was designed to get things going. Has it done this . The eu side says it did create a constructive atmosphere, but those words have not been translated into phone negotiating positions that have been agreed with or disagreed with, particularly on the financial settlement. How do you calculate the way of working at the uks financial obligations to the eu when it leaves . Obligations to the eu when it leaves . There are also outstanding issues on citizens writes. That is eu nationals living in Great Britain and additional nationals living in the rest of europe as well. Some big things still to be solved. Some big things still to be solved. Lets speak now our chief political correspondent, vicki young storm 0phelia has hit ireland and is heading to Northern Ireland, scotla nd heading to Northern Ireland, scotland and wales. The discussion seem to cover a lot of ground, not just the storm, and theresa may said she was thinking about the people of our learned at the moment. They moved on to talk about the fact there is no power sharing and government install mod. But they also talked about the European Union as well. Ireland is such a close neighbour, such a crucial trading partner, and that very difficult issue they have not yet resolved about the border between ireland and Northern Ireland. The words we have had on that they talked about the importance of maintaining constructive progress in the negotiations and they have agreed to carry on talking about this at the eu Council Later this week. The view here amongst lots of mps in all parties really that theresa may has made an offer in her florence speech. They think it should have been enough to get something out of the eu, maybe not moving straight to trade talks, but some indication they might be willing to do that in december, or talk about the transition deal. I enjoyed by the former attorney general, dominic grieve. Theresa may off to dinner in brussels. How do you think she should play this . You did not want us to be in this situation, but now she is where she is, what should she be saying . I am sure the anxiety of our eu partners is whether they are able to create a new relationship with the united kingdom. We say we wa nted with the united kingdom. We say we wanted and it is very much in their interests as well as ours that we should get it. But my impression of these negotiations is that there are a number of serious stumbling blocks and we need to listen to each other on both sides if we are to achieve a satisfactory outcome. I very much hope this evening goes well. I would not pretend to tell her how to micromanage these talks, it is down to her. I wish her well in what she is trying to achieve. But we will not succeed in getting an agreement u nless we not succeed in getting an agreement unless we get away from a sense of confrontation. My greatest anxiety has been a growing sense of confrontation, particularly at the uk and with people expressing themselves with hostility which will not lead to the outcome we want. Do you mean those who are talking about leaving without a deal . Something that would be an acceptable thing to do, not many, but they are few and making a lot of noise about it. think their contribution is extremely unhelpful. If we are really leaving with no deal at all, there will be chaos. Notjust because of a lack of economic relationship, but a whole series of practical areas of cooperation would disappear overnight and make it difficult to overfly European Countries and to fly to another place. This is not a rational approach to this issue. No doubt those matters will be solved at the last minute because it is in everybodys interest to do so. But talk is of no deal in a way that suggests it somehow purifies or clears the air is simply wrong. What about the parliamentary battle that is ahead. We have seen a huge number of amendments being put down to the withdrawal bill. What is your aim in that . It is to try to make this legislation fit for purpose. It is extraordinary. It is taking remarkable powers that are undermining of parliamentary sovereignty and i certainly would not wish to see them fall into the hands of a government that wanted to misuse them. Our hands of a government that wanted to misuse them. 0urjob is to make sure in dialogue with ministers that improve it. My amendments are designed to achieve just that. They are also designed to ensure that parliament keeps control. If necessary it can intervene in the Public Interest and that is what we are said to westminster to do and it is essential that we should continue to do it. Would you work with labour, John Mcdonald talking about an amendment to reject and no deal . John mcdonnell, as i understand, was talking about something completely different from the amendments that i have tabled. If we end up with absolutely no deal, i have no doubt we will have a serious political crisis. But the amendments i have been tabling are not aimed at that. They are aimed at providing an orderly process by which we come to agree on brexit. That bill is expected next week. Once the government has had a chance to look through all of the changes. Storm 0phelia barrels in with gusts of up to 80 miles an hour, two people have died and thousands of homes are without power. Theresa may is in brussels for dinner with eu leaders in an aim to get the brexit talks back on track. A sharp rise in young people struggling with debt. Many young people have to borrow to meet basic living costs. A change in who can be selected to play for the Welsh National rugby union team. Anyone playing outside wales will only be considered if they have 60 caps. It means rhys webb could may well miss the world cup. In the new fifa rankings england climb to 12. Northern ireland will be conceded tomorrow and could face italy for a place in the tournament. Great britains world and olympic cycling champion Katie Archibald is joining world and olympic cycling champion Katie Archibald isjoining one of the top womens Road Racing Teams. She will compete on the road and the track in the Commonwealth Games next year. More to come at 4 30 p m. John, thank you. Nhs england says its going to ban grab bags of sweets and king size chocolate bars from hospital shops, canteens and vending machines. Treats on sale will all have to be 250 calories or under with the plans also suggesting most pre packed sandwiches sold in hospitals should be under 400 calories. With me the gp and clinical director at patients. Co. Uk, doctor sarah jarvis. Everybody says what on earth are they doing there in the first place. But for members of staff working long shifts through the night sugar is important. To an extent, but there are ways of getting it. I am old enough to have worked in the daysin old enough to have worked in the days in the first three days when i was a doctor my working hours were hundred 110. What are the alternatives . Dried fruit, nuts, those sort of things, there are all sorts of alternatives to sticky chocolate and cake. It is partly to do with what we are eating and it is a lot to do with the size. If you are ina a lot to do with the size. If you are in a hospital visiting it is a stressful time for a lot of people and there is something about a bar of chocolate. Yes, but why does it have to be super size . If you look over the last 20 years, the average size of a single portion pie has increased by 40 . The average size ofa increased by 40 . The average size of a standard family bag of crisps has increased by 50 . Family meals have increased by 50 and 100 and people are used to eating more, which means we are catching up on the americans. 40 as of this week of americans are beasts. We have now got more than one in four adults who are obese. These figures are affecting staff as well. That is difficult. Some patients are obese and they understand the pressures. It is difficult and i am very conscious of how difficult it is to lose weight and i am conscious that if you are working long hours and it can be difficult to fit in formal exercise. But it has got to be about the combination, eat less and move more, but it is also to do with what you are choosing to eat. Yes, it is difficult if you are a staff member in an nhs hospital, it is very stressful, but we have to try and set an example for patients. Can i ta ke set an example for patients. Can i take your temperature . You have been a partner in your practice for 27 yea rs a partner in your practice for 27 years but no longer and you are worried about what is going on in gp surgeries. I am still seeing patients and that is what i trained to do. But what id trained to do was not what i ended up doing over the last few years. We have seen this great plan to increase the number of gps by 5000 and it is not working. We are getting more gps in at the early stages, but we are not keeping them later on. Always good to see you. Thank you very much. Breaking news about storm 0phelia. We are hearing from ireland that there is a third death as a result of the storm. This is a traffic collision which happened at 2 45 p m. A collision which happened at 2 45 p m. Acar collision which happened at 2 45 p m. A carwas collision which happened at 2 45 p m. A car was struck by a tree and a male in the car has been fatally injured. The police say the recovery operation is currently under way. That brings the death total in ireland as a result of the storm to three. Lets keep talking about the weather. 0n the same day as parts of the uk are coping with the impact of storm 0phelia, by coincidence it is exactly 30 years since the great storm of 1987. It left 18 people dead, ripping up millions of trees in its path. Sarah keith lucas is in emmetts garden near sevenoaks in kent for us. Sevenoaks that day turned into two 0aks. It lost six of the oaks that the town ta kes it lost six of the oaks that the town takes its name from, so it was the town that lost its name. Since then they have been replanted, seven new homes, so now there are eight in total, with the original one standing tall in the middle. But here it was one of the worst affected regions with the great storm. 95 of the trees here in the ancient woodland were flattened during that night in 1987. Since then there has been a lot of replanted in the formal gardens, but a lot of the area has been left for nature to take its course and lots of beautiful trees have grown back and today we can see some autumnal colours. It has been a reddish, brown colour in the sky and there are more severe bits of whether to come across the country. In the forecast we start off by looking at the satellite image of what is now an ex hurricane. It was a category three during the course of the weekend in the atlantic. It has been moving in north eastwards and is now affecting parts of the republic of ireland where we have seeing gusts already of up to around 96 mph. That storm is moving northwards and eastwards, so strong winds circulating around that deep area of low pressure. We are likely to see gusts of around 80 mph or more affecting parts of Northern Ireland as we head through rush hour this evening. That could cause serious disruption to transport. Elsewhere it isa disruption to transport. Elsewhere it is a bit ofa disruption to transport. Elsewhere it is a bit of a quieter picture, particularly further south and east. With all the tropical air that we have seen today which has brought the weird, red sun, it has also been lifting temperatures as high as 22 or23, lifting temperatures as high as 22 or 23, well above average. But it is the winds that are the main focus of our Weather Forecast today. This evening they will be very strong across Northern Ireland, but also across Northern Ireland, but also across parts of north wales, north west england and the western half of scotland. Those winds will be rattling through and causing some travel disruption due to the severe gales and that we have got in the forecast. Keep tuned to bbc local radio and the weather website has all the latest warnings. Tonight there is very strong winds in the north will slowly ease away. Still quite windy and my first thing tomorrow with temperatures down to 11 or 12. Tomorrow is looking like a quieter day compared to today. Still windy in scotland and Northern Ireland, but they gradually eased during the day. England and wales are during the day. England and wales a re less during the day. England and wales are less windy and it should be dry with a bit of sunshine, but some rain arrives in the south west later on in the afternoon. It will feel fresher with temperatures between 1317. The fresher with temperatures between 13 17. The quieter theme to the weather continues, so coming back closer to normal for this time of the year. Is this is bbc news. Our latest headlines three people have died and thousands have been left without power as storm 0phelia hits the republic of ireland. There are some really powerful gusts of wind here and the worst of the winds are yet to come. We will have the latest on the situation across the country as storm 0phelia heads to other parts of the country. Theresa may travels to brussels to talk brexit over dinner with top eu officials. The chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority has warned of a pronounced build up of debt among young people. Sport now with john sport now withjohn watson. Changes in welsh rugby. How will it work . They are going to scrap the so called Warren Gatland law which allowed for four wild card so called Warren Gatland law which allowed forfour wild card picks. Warren gatland was allowed to pick four players playing outside of wales. 0nly players with 60 caps or more will be eligible for selection. Some notable players may miss out on the world cup in 2019 as chrisjones explains. Well, this new selection policy is an admittance that the old syste m policy is an admittance that the old system wasnt quite working and it wasnt doing enough to stem the flow of players leaving wales to play in england and france or those that we re england and france or those that were already in england or france havent been connelling back to wales at the rate the Welsh Rugby Union would have liked. If a player wants to play outside wales, he will need to have had 60 or more International Caps in order to be eligible. It doesnt apply for those who are already overseas. Their current contract is protected, but their next contract, they will need to come back to wales if they have fewer than 60 International Caps. The high profile casualty of this looks set to be rhys webb, the wales and lions scrum half only has 28 wales caps, but he is moving to toulon in france next season and that will mean he is ineligible to play for the national side. Well placed sources told me that webb was aware of what might be happening before he signed his toulon move. That is been disputed in other quarters, but either way, webb will be one of those players whose International Availability will be affected by this quite significant change to the Welsh Rugby Union selection policy. The new fifa rankings are out and with a major tournament on the horizon, the world cup next year, they carry some added significance. The reason being they will have a big effect on the upcoming draws for the world cup in russia. England are up to 12th after their unbeaten qualifying campaign but they wont be one of the top seeds for the tournament when the december draw is made to decide who plays who, so they could face brazil or argentina in the group stage next summer. Wales and scotland failed to qualify and they are 14th and 29th respectively in the rankings with germany remaining in the number one spot. The draw for the world cup play offs is made tomorrow. These are the eight best runners up from european qualifying. Northern ireland lost their last two matches so have dropped to 23rd in the world and will be in pot two. Denmark have jumped above them in the World Rankings so will be seeded. Italy will be the team to avoid. The International Pa ralympic committee has told bbc sport it is in talks with the British Paralympic Association. Its over the bullying scandal thats currently surrounding british swimming. In a Statement Released today, the ipc have said they are fully aware of the story and are in consultation with the British Paralympic Association regarding the matter. This is after more details emerged about whats been described as a climate of fear that existed within the organisation. British swimming apolohgised to 13 of its pa ra swimmers last week. Archibald isnt turning her back on the track, she will defend her title next year before taking on track and road next year before taking on track and roa d eve nts next year before taking on track and road events at the Commonwealth Games in australia in april. Thats all the sport for now. Ill have more for you in the next hour. John, thank you very much. Now on afternoon live. Lets go nationwide and see whats happening around the country in our daily visit to the bbc newsrooms around the uk. In bristol a surgeon has been describe as the pioneer of mesh surgery is under investigation by his own nhs trust. First to donna. Bring us up to date. Whats the latest with storm 0phelia with where you are . Simon, in the republic of ireland, three fatalities as a direct result of storm 0phelia. You can see the latest met office forecast graphic behind me. The storm has made its way up across ireland all day and now wraps around connect and the province of ulster and by the time we go on air at 6. 30pm, we expect Northern Ireland to feel the real brunt of the stormy conditions. Such a violent and destructive storm that it is. Weve reporters from county down across Northern Ireland up to the north west, trying to give us the north west, trying to give us the latest, but as you can imagine having our own reporters and crews and satellite vehicles out there in the Stormy Weather is pretty difficult to get those pictures back all the time while officials are warning people to stay indoors. Schools, across ireland, north and south, have been closed today and weve just heard that the schools will also close tomorrow. Many businesses have closed as a precautionary measure. Government officers have closed, outpatients appointments postponed at hospitals. It really is quite a storm. In fact, its the first time in ireland that we have felt a storm like this in about 50 years, simon. Earlier i was talking to someone from the rnli and they were saying that people were going out kite surfing and he was appealing to people to stay indoors, dont go out . Appealing to people to stay indoors, dont go out . They had the report of the kite surfing in dundalk. We saw people swimming off the coast of galway. It does seem very strange. I suppose also putting the Emergency Services people at risk. Strange nings do happen when there is Stormy Weather. Before i was coming into work, i saw people putting their bins out for collection tomorrow morning whether those bins will be there tomorrow morning or not, i dont know. If you think of the debris that could come out of the bins and on to the roads could cause a danger to the motorists. They cant say they werent warned. Donna trainer. Sabet in bristol. Three people have been killed and there is an investigation by his own nhs trust into the work of a particular surgeon, is that right . This is an investigation by our health correspondent, matthew hill. It centres around complaints that come into the bbc by women across the bbc about a specific type of bowel surgery they had in bristol. Some claim the predure which uses plastic mesh made them worse. Tony dickson who isnt performing mesh surgery at southmead hospital, where he is under investigation. We understand that mr dixon is defending his surgical record, but he told us he cant comment because of that nhs investigation. Now, viewers in the region west, can see it on points west and the full investigation, if youre west and the full investigation, if you re interested west and the full investigation, if youre interested will be available on inside out west which you can find on the bbc iplayer around 7. 30pm. Also on the programme tonight, you get on a brand new train with new air conditioning, you dont expect trouble, do you . Train with new air conditioning, you dont expect trouble, do you . No, well today was the launch of this multi billion pound train on the Great Western line. If you are a train buff, sheer the statistics. Its train buff, sheer the statistics. Its a hitachi 800 based on the japanese bullet train. It looks awesome and it is potentially a big deal, but it had the kind of a bad launch day from bristol because the air conditioning broke and there was air conditioning broke and there was a bit ofa air conditioning broke and there was a bit of a small waterfall coming down to passengers and this guy got his laptop wet. The water went all over my laptop. Not the best impression to make on the transport secretary, who was on board, but what imetold, it is impressive. Im going geek it right up impressive. Im going geek it right upfor impressive. Im going geek it right up for you now. This is a new train that has 652 seats. Thats a 24 increase and it has four centimetres more legroom and it cuts the journey time from bristol to london by an impressive 17 minutes. I do blame the bad travel because of that sun that we had i reckon thats what caused it does that make you say words like, geek it right up. Thats words common down our way. They arent. I grew up down there three people have been killed in the irish republic. Around 360,000 properties in the republic of ireland are without power as are hundreds of homes in Northern Ireland. Chris buckler is in galway on the west coast of ireland where the storm is passing through. Well, storm 0phelia as rived in galway and with her has come these huge winds. There are some big gusts and you get a real sense standing here of why the authorities are concerned. These are winds capable of causing a great deal of damage and destruction and we are keeping some distance back from the water here because of concerns for our safety and we are keeping watch around us, but you do get a sense ofjust how impressive this storm actually is. Now, weve had a lot of people walking up and down the promenade during the day. There were some here a short time ago, but they have taken shelter and thats the advice from the authorities. The police have been keeping presence here, the garda keeping presence here, the garda keeping a watch for people and making sure that nobody gets themselves into trouble. Beyond that, the roads are largely closed. When you look out to sea, you can see that the waves are really growing in size. This isnt yet the peak of the storm here, but you get a real sense of the power and the sheer amount of damage that could be caused by these kind of winds and rain. Some breaking news from the department for education in Northern Ireland. It is advising all schools remain closed tomorrow. This follows a meeting of the Civil Contingencies Group of which all central and local public organisations are represented. The group has taken advice from the met office on the prolonged nature and potential severity of the storm and the decision has been taken to advice schools to remain closed. Thats all schools to remain closed. Thats all schools ne Northern Ireland closed tomorrow because of hurricane 0phelia. The trial of an Army Sergeant accused of sabotaging his wifes parachute in order to try to kill her, has been hearing from the man who taught him how to assemble a reserve chute. Victoria cilliers fell 4,000 feet when she made a jump over wiltshire, two years ago. Emile cilliers dmaous the charges. Duncan kennedy reports. The jury were today shown nylon ties like these called slinks. The prosecution say Emile Cilliers deliberately removed two of them from his wifes reserve parachute. They say mr cilliers, in the yellow tie, attempted to kill his wife, victoria, to cash in on an insurance policy and because he wanted a new life with another woman. Mr and mrs cilliers were both keen pa rachutists and jumped at the netheravon airfield in wiltshire. Victoria cilliers fell 4,000 feet into this field when both her main and reserve chutes failed to open. She suffered multiple injuries. Today an instructor said he had taught Emile Cilliers how to pack reserve chutes during a four day course which included tying slinks. The jury has already seen this video of slinks being done up correctly. The instructor said Emile Cilliers would have handled seven or eight reserve chutes during the course. The instructor said that Emile Cilliers performance on the course was very good. He said mr cilliers had tied slinks four times. The instructor also said it was physically impossible for slinks to come undone. They dont come undone, he said. The jury has already seen the air base where the alleged sabotage took place. Emile cilliers denies two counts of attempted murder and the trial continues. A man has pleaded guilty to dozens of charges including distributing images of children. He was a post doctor at researcher. He pretended to be somebody else online and fooled many victims into sending naked pictures of themselves. Matthew long paid tribute to his victims for coming forward. He pleaded guilty today to 137 offences. His objective with the humiliation and degradation of young and vulnerable victims across the uk. He tried to hide in the dark net. Through an international investigation, working with our partners, we found him and weve caught him. I would personal like to say thank you. Thank you to those brave victims that have stepped forward , brave victims that have stepped forward, more than 50 of them, to help us bring him to prosecution. He will be sentenced on 7th an 8th december and well speak more then. Thank you. First a look at the headlines on afternoon live storm 0phelia has hit ireland with gusts of up to 100mph three people have died and thousands are without power. Theresa may heads to brussels for dinner with eu leaders in a bid to get talks on brexit back on track. A sharp rise in young people struggling with debt many have to borrow to meet basic living costs. Heres your business headlines on afternoon live. The boss of the Financial Conduct Authority is warning about the growing levels of debt among young people, who are borrowing to make ends meet. Andrew bailey has told the bbc the young were particularly at risk because they were often facing high Accommodation Costs and low wages. Vauxhall is cutting about 400 jobs at its Ellesmere Port car plant because of falling sales. The leader of the unite union, len mccluskey, said it was a loss to the industry and the local economy. The operation to rescue people stranded abroad by the collapse of monarch has now brought home 80,000 holiday makers. It took more than 560 flights. The operation has now come to an end but around 1,000 people are still stuck overseas. The Civil Aviation authority is looking at other ways of getting them home. When i was growing up, they introduced credit cards for the first time. None of us knew what they did and some of us got into trouble. Now it seems youngsters are depending on them . This is about what Accountancy Firm pwc has found. They found the level of unsecured debt on credit cards and personal loa ns, debt on credit cards and personal loans, thats really gone up. So the average person between 25 and 34 now has unsecured debt of about £3,000. As you say, theyre not splurging and going out for great nights out, well im sure some of them are, but they are not prekomt nantly going out and buying luxuries, they are using it to buy the basics. Last week we were talking about the over 555 , week we were talking about the over 555, still using debt in a way that they perhaps they wish they werent . People over 55 and are still working, their unsecured debt is in the region of £2,000. That5 working, their unsecured debt is in the region of £2,000. Thats a six year high. And as you say, it seems to bea year high. And as you say, it seems to be a multi generational thing. We have this culture of debt and its really causing a lot of concern. Tom stevenson, investment director, fidelity international. Talk u5 talk us through this prospect of morejet being ladened on because of the prospects of an increase in Interest Rates . Yes, i mean, the worrying thing about these very high levels of debt as you say is that they are not being taken on toe splurge on new cars or holidays or whatever, they are being used by people just to get by. To buy the essentials in life. And the big worry is that we are talking about the bank of england thinking about raising Interest Rates for the first time in ten years towards the end of this year and the big question is whether people who have got high levels of debt are simply going to be able to cope with any higher Interest Rates than we have got at the moment. Quite a worrying situation. Also worrying i5 the moment. Quite a worrying situation. Also worrying is the situation. Also worrying is the situation over at vauxhall, 400 jobs going at Ellesmere Port. What does this tell us about the state of the car industry, do you think . Well, the state of the car industry around the state of the car industry around the world is not too bad, but vauxhall has actually been hit by a sort of perfect storm of problems really. The problem, the main problem, is that the sort of five door family saloons that they specialise in are losing out to the sort of whizzier, suvs that Everyone Wants to buy. There are other problems, the cost of imported comb points for vauxhall is higher because of the falling pound and also there is uncertainty about the brexit negotiations and that means that businesses like vauxhall are simply not investing for the future. Let5 simply not investing for the future. Lets talk about played yum, a precious metal. It has gone above the 1,000 an ounce and thats its highest level since 2001. Whats pushing that forward . Thats right. 0ver pushing that forward . Thats right. Over 1,000. Its the first time for 16 years that it has been that high. It is used in catalytic converters for petrol engine cars and this is a sign of how we have fallen out of love with diesels. Platinum which is used in catalytic convertors for diesel cars has hardly risen at all. There is a shortage and thats driving the price higher. And the markets . The ftse has had a stellar day. It has just come off its peaks at the moment. It has been powered by antofagasta. Convatec group,thats been a drag because it issued a profit warning. It says it cant keep up with demand. Issued a profit warning. It says it cant keep up with demand. In any other business, thats a good place to be, but if you cant keep up with it, youre in trouble. To be, but if you cant keep up with it, youre in trouble. Trouble for them. Oil. Yes, oil. This is an example of where bad news on the geopolitical front actually feeds through to positive new5 geopolitical front actually feeds through to positive news for the markets. That5 through to positive news for the markets. Thats because weve got tension5 markets. Thats because weve got tensions between the Trump Administration and iran and the possibility of more sanctions and also they have got tension5 possibility of more sanctions and also they have got tensions between the government in baghdad and in iraq and the kurdish region. So thats all causing fear about the po55ible supply of oil from that region and that means a boost for the price of oil. Egon, thank you very much. You are watching afternoon live. The year5 biggest literary prize, the man booker award, will be revealed tomorrow. Weve been previewing the six shortlisted titles here on bbc news and our look at the would be Prize Winners continues today with paul auster. Hes discussing his latest novel 4 3 2 1 a fictional imagining of one mans life going down four separate path5. Such an interesting thought, ferguson said to himself. To imagine how things could be different for him even though he was the same. The same boy in a different house with a different tree. The same boy with different parents. The same boy with the same parents, who didnt do the same things they did now. Everything could be different. The world could be the same world and yet, if he hadnt fallen out of the tree, it would be a different world for him. When i was 14 at a summer camp in new york state i was on a hike with 20 other boys and we got stuck in a very violent electrical storm. And the boy right next to me was killed by lightning. I think it changed everything for me. I felt i was an fairly solid ground until that moment and then i realise moment and then i realised that anything could happen to anybody at any moment. The premise of 4 3 21 is really quite simple. I set out to tell the story of a young mans life and then four different possible versions of that life. The backdrop of the book, the texture of the book, the time and the place. Well, it is the American World of the 19605. The war in vietnam, the civil rights movement, and all the horrors and madness of those years. The very things im talking about in the book that take place 50 years earlier are still happening in america today. Here we have four genetically identical people. The four boys and yet due to circumstances, each one develops in a slightly different way. Chances are factor that affects us all, but i think the term that i would use most happily would be the unexpected. To walk out in the morning and then you slip on the pavement and you break your leg. Well, thats the unexpected. Every other day of your life you walk out and you dont break your leg. And so you expect in the morning when you wake up not to break your leg, but then when you do it changes things for you. The International Space station has ju5t the International Space station has just passed over this part of the world and has taken pictures of storm 0phelia below. Passing over southern ireland and heading on to Continental Europe and tuckjust 5ee the swirl there of the storm as it pa55e5 the swirl there of the storm as it passes by the british isles. 0n the same day as parts of the uk are coping with the impact of storm 0phelia, by coincidence it is exactly 30 years since the great storm of 1987. It left 18 people dead, ripping up millions of trees in its path. Sarah keith lucas is in emmetts garden in kent for us. Well, simon, we are at one of the highest points in kent and this area was really bat badly devastated ed the great storm 30 years ago. All the great storm 30 years ago. All the trees here, 95 of the trees in the trees here, 95 of the trees in the surrounding woodland were com pletely the surrounding woodland were completely flattened during that storm. They have since really redaoufnated. There has been a lot of replanting. Big changes in the past 30 years. We have had the reddish brown hue in the sky, it is down to a tropical air thats been drawing in saharan du5t down to a tropical air thats been drawing in saharan dust and smoke from the wildfires across iberia. Ex hurricane 0phelia, it was a category 3 curdican during the weekend. It has been moving northwards and eastwards towards the british isles. Across the republic of ireland, we have had wind gu5t5 near 100mph. The storm is making its way further northwards. So across Northern Ireland later on today, we are likely to see gu5t5 of around 80mph through the course of rush hour this evening. Just down to the fa ct hour this evening. Just down to the fact that we have got this really deep area of low pressure. Bringing tho5e severe deep area of low pressure. Bringing those severe winds. So winds rotating around the area of low pressure, causing widespread disruption and we have seen loss of life already as well as power cuts across the region. Through this evening, it is Northern Ireland, north wales, north west england and western scotland that will really bear the brunt of the strongest of the winds. Elsewhere, further south and east across england and wales, it is looking quite a bit quieter. So we have had temperatures as high as 22 and 23 celsius with the warm tropical air around today. Into this evening and tonight, the strongest of the winds are starting to ease away from Northern Ireland, across the central belt of scotland, we could see disruption there. With those gusts up to 80mph, certainly enough to lead to disruption to travel on ferries, bridges and roads for instance. And we are likely to see weather warning continuing through the course of tonight and into tomorrow. Tomorrow, a breezy start to the day, fwhout as strong as the winds weve got around today. And the winds across scotland and Northern Ireland will be easing through the day tomorrow. Some showers easing away too. England and wales, mostly dry with sunshine. And we will see a bit of bit of rain working into the south west later in the day, but temperatures fresher than we have seen over recent days, between 13 to 17 celsius. And that slightly quieter spell of weather continues into the middle of the week. On wednesday, some rain through parts of the midlands and Eastern England, but most parts of the country having a largely dry day during wednesday. The winds not as strong. So a much improved picture for Northern Ireland and scotland and temperatures between 12 to 18 celsius. So things will be quietening down as we head through into the middle part of this coming week. But for now, we have got Severe Weather across Northern Ireland, western scotland, western fringes of Northern England and north wales too. The winds are likely to cause severe disruption. Keep tuned to your latest forecast and keep up to date with the latest weather warnings. Thats it for now. Today at 5 storm 0phelia sweeps across ireland with winds of a hundred miles an hour as it heads for wales and the north of england. In ireland three people have died and hundreds of thousands of homes have lost power as people are told to take shelter indoors. In the last hour or two the wind speeds have picked up dramatically but the west coast at the moment, there are really powerful gusts of wind here. The worst of the wins are yet to come. As the storm crosses and see, this guy has turned red as it brings sad and dust into the atmosphere. We will have the latest for you and the storms progress. The sky