Flooding. In the dark, they hadnt realised how deep it was. The south asked river burst its banks at around four in the morning. 70 year old muriel has lived here for 20 years. Last night she was adamant she was not leaving. When i heard the water adamant she was not leaving. When i heard the water in adamant she was not leaving. When i heard the water in the adamant she was not leaving. When i heard the water in the garage adamant she was not leaving. When i heard the water in the garage of adamant she was not leaving. When i heard the water in the garage of the l heard the water in the garage of the house, this is how close we got to escaping in our car which is a hybrid but we thought for a moment we were trapped in it because we couldnt get the doors open. But we feel rescued now. David and islay and their beloved spaniels were sheltering in the attic for help came. I had been up in the attic since five oclock basically, since the water started coming out of the house. This is stil
Into the care of the red cross after negotiations involving qatar. They are on their way to central israel. Good evening. We start with the news that the family of two hostages, being held by the group hamas for almost two weeks, had prayed for. Israel confirms a mother and her daughter, who are American Citizens, have been released. It follows Mediation Efforts by the gulf state of qatar, with hamas, designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments, including the uk, saying they were freed for humanitarian reasons. Around 200 hostages, are still being held in gaza, and israels total siege of the territory, cutting off food, water and medicines, will not end, it says, until all of them are freed. Emergency aid trucks with badly needed supplies to help some of the more than two Million People trapped in gaza sit on the border with egypt, ready to go in. But as yet, theres no deal allowing their entry. Meanwhile, israels Bombing Campaign over gaza, targeting members of ham
And coming up on bbc news. New zealand look to erase Rugby World Cup scars of 2019 as they look to reach a record fifth final when they face argentina later. Good afternoon. The labour leader sir kier starmer says his partys two by election victories last night are history in the making. Labour overturned huge conservative majorities in the previously safe tory seats of Mid Bedfordshire and tamworth in staffordshire. In Mid Bedfordshire, the former seat of nadine dorries, the tory majority of more than 2a,000 collapsed with a swing to labour of 20. 5 . While in tamworth the swing was even bigger 23. 9 . The conservatives have blamed low turnout, saying their voters stayed at home. Our Political Correspondent iain watson reports. Two previously tory seats, two big wins for labour. Keir starmer has been to visit both with big swings for his party from the conservatives in tamworth, but his first stop this morning was to celebrate his close victory in Mid Bedfordshire. We know that voters
Eric cantona reinvents himself as a musician. Also this hour, a palestinian restaurant in london says and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news. Well get the latest from france and the Rugby World Cup semi finals, england are prparing to face the world champiosn south africa tomorrow. Good evening. Three people have been killed in the high winds and flood waters brought by storm babet and another danger to life red warning has been issued by the met office for the north east of scotland from midnight tonight. Hundreds have had to be evacuated from their homes. You can see the areas worst affected by the heavy rainfall since midnight last night, and theres more to come with warnings in scotland in parts of angus and aberdeenshire. Well be live with our correspondents in derbyshire and north yorkshire, but first, lets go james cook in brechin. This has been an extraordinary and exceptionally difficult day and tonight there is still a major operation under way here in brec
A second red Weather Warning for the North East Of Scotland from midnight tonight. Fiona lamdin reports from brechin, north of dundee where people had to leave their homes because of flooding. In the dark, they hadnt realised just how deep it was. The South Esk River burst its banks in brechin around four in the morning. 70 year old muriel has lived here for 20 years. Last night, she was adamant she wasnt leaving. I heard the water in the garage of our house, and this is how close weve got to escaping in our car, which is a hybrid, but we thought for a horrible moment we were trapped in it, because we couldnt get the doors open. We feel rescued now. David and isla and their beloved spaniels were sheltering in their attic before help came. We all came out through the bedroom window. Ive been up in the attic since five oclock, basically, since the water started coming into the house. This is still very much an ongoing operation. These teams have so far rescued around about 50 residents t