rory cellan jones and his wife, diane having been rescued from the streets of romania. she made her home behind the couple s sofa, only emerging briefly for treats of steak and cheese. and her story has gone viral on twitter, with thousands of people regularly tuning in to see how she s progressing. yesterday, there was a bit of a breakthrough, as sophie was coaxed out from her safe space for the first time for a quick cuddle. we ll have more on her story on tonight s six o clock news. time for a look at the weather. here s chris fawkes. follow that! today, a good deal brighter with sunny spells and showers. but there are still concerns about flooding. look at this, the river severn coming out the flood low lying ground. and flood warnings in force, 82 across england, the majority of these four stretches of the river severn, and more heavy rainjust around the corner. on the satellite picture, this area of developing cloud and low pressure is going to bring a return of heavy
either way, it is something that is common in many other countries, that is why i think it is the right and responsible thing to bring forward those new laws here as well. it s one of the things you disagree with nicola sturgeon over. are you also prepared to block holyrood s gender recognition reform ? i think there s been there s been a lot of talk about this thing, and i know that it s sensitive. so i lljust explain what we are doing. and what we are doing is actually incredibly standard practice that whenever a law is passed by the scottish parliament, the uk government, as is completely normal, would consider the impacts of that law across the entire united kingdom. take advice. if i could just finish answering your question and explain. blocked a law on the basis that it impacts on uk law ever before. the process is established,
not able second half, it means that we are not able to second half, it means that we are not able to push this the way that i would not able to push this the way that i would want so we don t have to talk about would want so we don t have to talk about it former england defender claire rafferty says players should not routinely be weighed, as it s not healthy. she s told the bbc s sportsdesk podcast that this led to her developing an eating disorder from a young age. when you are being weighed constantly, it is every single day, you are being reminded that you put on 0.0 or whatever. it is not normal to be that aware and conscious of what you look like. i think that is also attached to the pressure of social media, that strong athletic identity, which for me, having retired, having had an identity crisis, there is perhaps why i. my image was important to me. i was rewarded on social media with likes for looking a certain way. it is sad, isn t it? more of that interview on the
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stretches of the river seven. stretches of the river severn. although today is quite quiet, we have more heavy rain on the way tonight and into saturday as this developing area of low pressure, that is going to be bringing heavy rain for those flood hit areas. today, for most of us it is a bright day, there were a few showers around, some longer spells of rain getting into west scotland and north west england. our temperatures are mild for the time of year, i! celsius for cardiff and london. the first signs of the rain start to arrive this evening and overnight the rain could get to 70 millimetres over the high ground. rain will be falling on those areas in those areas already suffering from flooding so you can imagine for some communities will get flooding will get worse before it gets better. very mild air with temperatures starting off saturday morning i! celsius in the south west, highs of 12 celsius expected across eastern and southern england. eventually some slightly cooler air