rain. this is what happened through the small hours, these thunderstorms developed to the south, pushed northwards. we ve seen around 5000 lightning strikes so far today and a lot of rain as you can see from the radar picture. in some places but not in all places. however, where it has been wet, take this figure, bury saint edmonds, above 70 millimetres of rain so far, that is more than that place would normally expect in the whole month of august, so it has been an exceptionally wet day so far but this rain is now starting to clear eastwards, taking a while to do so i have to say but generally improving through the midlands and eastern england this afternoon. sunny spells elsewhere although cloud bringing showers for northern ireland and western scotland and asked that rain clears through a fresh feel than we have had of late and certainly cooler and fresher overnight. with all the moisture on the ground, could see some fog patches developing across parts of the midlands and
brazil s first emperor arrives to celebrate its bicentennial, or at least part of him does. let s start with some breaking news: a nine year old girl has died following a shooting in liverpool. the emergency services were called to a house in the knotty ash area of the city at ten o clock last night. a man and a woman also suffered gunshot injuries. both have been taken to hospital. merseyside police say house to house, cctv and forensic enquiries are being carried out. we carried out. will have more details on that we will have more details on that story as the day progresses. it s taken half a century, but nasa is one step closer to putting humans back on the moon, after giving the go ahead to the launch of a major test flight on monday. the agency s artemis mission is being heralded as the start of a new era of space exploration. you are watching the flight readiness review briefing for nasa s artemis one mission. left off of this first unaccrued flight test is currently t
we begin with the cost of energy and steps being taken across europe to prepare for winter. germany is keen to push forward in reducing its dependence on russian gas supplies as concerns continue over whether russia could completely shut down gas flows into europe. germany s chancellor olaf scholz is in canada and has just signed a deal to form hydrogen supply chains with canada. this is seen as a positive step forward but it does not offer an instant fix as it will take some time to get the right infrastructure in place. to talk us through what s at stake. i m joined by nathan piper, head of oil & gas research at investec. thanks gas research at investec. so much for being on th! programme. thanks so much for being on the programme. so, initially it sounds positive, it is the right step for germany to take but how long will it all take to get gas through this form? to get hydrogen to be any sort of significant replacement for natural gas is going to take decades stopping hyd
nasa says it will go ahead and launch the most powerful rocket its ever built. good morning and welcome to bbc news. a manhunt is underway in liverpool after a nine year old girl was shot dead. police say an unknown man is reported to have fired a gun inside a house in the knotty ash area of the city at around ten o clock last night. a man and a woman also suffered gunshot injuries in the attack. ian byrne is the labour mp for liverpool west derby, where this attack happened. he spoke to breakfast earlier this morning. i think devastating is a good way of putting it. we are still going to process what we have heard overnight. it is absolutely devastating that a wholly innocent nine year old young girl has been sadly murdered and i think we are all struggling to process it is a community, in west derby in liverpool and across the country. i think as a moves forward i have heard as much as everybody else, really, we need to hearfrom heard as much as everybody else, really, we
a memorable night for manchester united, who lift the mood at old trafford with a stunning win over liverpool. good morning. it isa it is a mild start today. quite a muqqy it is a mild start today. quite a muggy day ahead. some are showery rain in the north and west. drier and brighter in the south and east. details coming up. good morning. it s tuesday, august 23rd. some very sad breaking news this morning. a nine year old girl has been shot dead in liverpool overnight. police are hunting for the gunman after he opened fire at a house in the knotty ash area of the city. two adults were also injured. we re still getting the details on this. we will be hearing from andy gill on the scene as the programme goes on. we can tell you this shooting happened in kingsheath avenue in the east of liverpool, in knotty ash. it happened at about one o clock this morning. the road is cordoned off at several junctions as police make door to door inquiries. we have had a statement from the po