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Right around the uk will be put at risk. and at the moment, only key areas will be defended. its one of the biggest flood schemes were currently building. just come up the gantry... up the coast, boston, with many more people, is getting serious help. the environment agencys floods director guides me around a new tidal barrier. costing more than £100 million, this great steel wall can be lifted up to block a storm surge. it was ordered after boston was badly hit seven years ago. 800 homes and b...

Is getting serious help. the environment agencys flood director guides me around a new tidal barrier. costing more than £100 million, this great, steel wall could be lifted up to block a storm surge. it was ordered after boston was badly hit seven years ago. 800 homes and businesses were flooded. when it is finished, the barrier should safeguard the town but with big rises in sea level coming, officials want people to realise the coastline will shift and that some areas might have to be given u...

The uk is braced for more torrential rain and high winds, with another storm forecast for the second weekend running. the met office says storm dennis is likely to cause disruption in parts of the country still reeling from the effects of storm ciara last weekend — hundreds of homes were flooded and more than half a million were left without power. amber warnings for rain and yellow warnings for wind are in place for most of the country from saturday afternoon and into sunday evening. forecast...

Tonight at ten — britain braces itself for yet another weekend of severe weather, as storm dennis blows in. putting defences in place — but some areas could experience very heavy rain, flooding and disruption again. the anxiety levels are a little high. its terrifying because you see the effect its having. this is the third time in eight years, it could be the fourth time. the heaviest rain is forecast here in northern england in the same areas which were flooded last weekend. well have the ...

Wall. >> we will build the wall, and you know who is going to pay for the wall? mexico. >> it is true, trump is starting to get his wall, but mexico is decidedly not paying for it, you are. the trump administration diverting close to $4 billion from the pentagon funds and taxpayer money that congress specifically appropriated for fighter jets and shifts and national guard equipment, but instead, the president is taking et and he is going to use it to fund the wall. and as barbara starr is report...

In complete control. borisjohnson‘s tea m in complete control. borisjohnson‘s team is adamant theyjust in complete control. borisjohnson‘s team is adamant they just want less fiction at the top. this is a downing street operation that will not hesitate to collect almost anyones wings. so, who is the new chancellor of the exchequer? and what kind ofjob does he have on his hands with the budget just a few weeks away? heres our economics editor, faisal islam. it is only two days since the pri...

In the chancellor essentially has to find a way of doing it rather than being able to say potentially that is too expensive. i think we will start to see in the next few days exactly who will be in this team of pulled advisers between ten and ii. and a lot of folk will be looking to see the role dominic cumming has. a lot of speculation that he will essentially be in charge of this and if that is the case, somewhat worried that his influence is extending even further. another interesting day at ...

Things, they didnt really disagree on matters of policy. by all accou nts on matters of policy. by all accounts they got along well and work together very well. so i think borisjohnson is work together very well. so i think boris johnson is not work together very well. so i think borisjohnson is not happy this has happened. but when sajid javid put his foot down and said he wanted his independence, borisjohnson was faced with a choice. did he stick with his chancellor, or did he listen to what h...

Particularly in northern england, and he has to have a chancellor who is in lock step with him. and a treasury in lock step with him. for those of our viewers who arent terribly familiar with rishi sunak, who downing street has confirmed is the new chancellor of the exchequer, tell us more about him? hes got a northern seat and a business background... and a brexiteer. he is also privately educated. seen as very talented, going through all spending in government departments. an eye for detail. h...

And he said it was important that leaders had people around them who could give "clear and candid advice." our economics editor faisal islam looks now at the tensions between the prime minister and the former challencellor, and the challenges that await his successor. its only two days since the prime minister and his then chancellor joined forces to back high speed rail in birmingham. sajid javidsjob had been guaranteed, but he didnt look too comfortable, as the relationship between no 10 and i...