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Will waste an extra hour on the road. Road crews are replacing an entire bridge in one weekend. Drew smith is live. Where the road closure begins. A main area is just cut off now. This is a lot of interstate to close. You can see the roadblocks up right now. Nobody getting north unless they had pretty far to the east. And then up and around. The only people allowed opt ramp are construction workers. They have to replace a bridge and build it back up again. Before the road opens up again on monda...

The week in parliament where the question was, justhow prepared are the government for a brexit no deal . I think the eu knows we mean business. Jeremy corbyn challengers Prime Minister. Committee on parliaments role in shaping britains place in the wider world. And a liberal democrat peer surprises the house about a revelation about his television habits. I dont know if hes a regular watcher of love island. This was parliaments first week back. Days before the Prime Minister injordan back. Days...

Jeremy corbyn challenges the Prime Minister over a 55 pence a minute helpline for benefits claimants. Will the prime minsiter intervene and make at least the helpline free . I want people to be able to get betterjobs, to be able to earn more, to be able to get on without government support. Also on this programme, we hear from the new chairman of the Foreign Affairs committee on parliaments role in shaping britains place in world affairs. And a liberal democrat peer surprises the house with a re...

The week in parliament. Deal or no deal and at what cost . Some are urging me to send a message to the eu that we mean business and i think they know that. Will the Prime Minister today show some humanity, intervened and make at least a helpline free. I want people to get betterjobs, on molk, get on without government support. Also we hear from the news chairman of the Foreign Affairs committee. And a liberal democrat peer surprises the house with a revelation. liberal democrat peer surprises th...

Of england today. But, i think perhaps one thing above all is note worthy, which is that nature is all around us here and has this remarkable power of recovery. Reeta. Time for a look at the weather. Heres chris fawkes. Nature might need all her powers of recovery. Ophelia is taking centre stage today. It was a major category three hurricane and weakened to a category one. Today, here is ex ophelia no longer a hurricane but a very powerful area of weather. Look how tightly packed the isobars are...

Also this morning attempting to break the brexit stalemate, theresa may heads to brussels for surprise talks with eu leaders. New kid on the block, Sebastian Kurz is on course to win austrias election. At 31 hed be the worlds Youngest National leader. Good morning. Are young people in too much debt . A third of them are worried about repayments, and the regulator says its an issue. Ill be looking at what can be done a little later. In sport, a last minute penalty from wayne rooney saves everton ...

How his cricketing fathers suicide has affected his game. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The met office has warned of potential danger to life as the remnants of hurricane ophelia hit the Irish Republic and head towards Northern Ireland. Troops have been deployed in coastal areas in the republic, in whats expected to be the most severe storm to hit ireland in half a century. Already more than 3,000 people are without power in cork and kerry this morning and many planes, trains and b...

And what happens when stars collide 130 million years ago. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. A change in selection policy at the welsh rfu as they look to stem the number of players leaving wales for leagues elsewhere. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Three people have died as the worst storm for 50 years hits ireland. Parts of the uk are affected too. Storm ophelia has brought gusts of nearly 100mph damaging buildings, and there are flood warnings in place along much of th...

Warning is in place in Northern Ireland, west wales, the isle of man and south west scotland. We can speak to our correspondent who is in caimryan in the south west of scotland. It looks blustery, bring us scotland. It looks blustery, bring us up to the latest. The amber warning applies to the south west corner and caimryan was on the edge of that. In the last few hours conditions have deteriorated. You can see perhaps older my shoulder of the twinkling lights, that is the ferry terminal, the ma...

Theresa may heads to brussels. Europes Jean Claude Junker promises an after dinner post mortem at least it had the french laughing. And a long time ago, in a galaxy far far away, two neutron stars collided 130 million years later, we saw it happen. The massive explosion led to the production of rare elements such as gold and platinum. Hello, im katty kay in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Donald trump didnt blow up the Iran Nuclear Deal last friday but he may be on the point of doing ...