Scored 423 in their first innings, but with england 50 runs behind, every iu n but with england 50 runs behind, every run will be crucial when the rain relents. Joe wilson, bbc news, at lords. Lets find out about that. Matt has rejoined me. Low pressure is nearby, so expect to see more scenes like this. There are some gaps between the clouds. The cloud across the south is bringing longer spells of rain this afternoon. Heavy rain, too. North and west of that, some sunshine between the showers. Always a bit more cloud in Northern Ireland and southern scotland. Temperature wise, disappointing for an early september. Barely getting into the high teens. The rain in the south east corner cleared away tonight. Showers continue in Western Areas tonight, with the breeze. Central parts drier, but also cooler, temperatures down into single figures. You might get to see scenes like this across the northern half of the uk. Into the weekend, it sta rts half of the uk. Into the weekend, it starts on a cool note. Showers and rain at times, and it will turn increasingly windy as well. A weekend to choose your plans carefully. Saturday will bring a story of sunshine and showers. The showers are most prevalent across parts of england and wales. Slow moving showers in Northern England and parts of the midland, so lengthy downpours for people there. Scotla nd lengthy downpours for people there. Scotland and Northern Ireland, a slightly better day tomorrow than today. A brief ridge of High Pressure to get us through saturday night into a chilly start on sunday. More weather fronts gathering. Outbreaks of rain will spread from west to east. Feeling cool once again. By the end of the day, we could see gales across the west as we finish sunday, potentially severe gales to start the week on monday. Thats all from the bbc news at one, so its goodbye from me. Hello, im leah boleto with the latest from the bbc sports centre. Rain has dominated proceedings on day two of the deciding third and final test between england and west indies. It delayed the start of play by 15 minutes. And the players came off again after just 20 minutes. Our Sports Correspondent joe wilson is at lords. It was clear from the body language that west indies and jason holder would have loved the stay out there. Stokes and bairstow happy to reach the century and the peace of the dressing room because conditions are still absolutely spot on for bowling, murky, floodlights on and we saw a lovely delivery from roach to get rid of milan for 20. Milan and stokes tried to get on with things and make the most of any moments you get at the crease in those conditions and milans frustrations, not just about this but his medium long term future with england with ashes to come. This test match is still very much alive. We might not get much more play today but we still have the weekend today but we still have the weekend to come. West indies will be desperate to get bowling again. 123all desperate to get bowling again. I23 all out, looks like a decent score. Andrew parsons has been elected the new president of the International Paralympic committee. The brazilian beat three other candidates in a vote at the ipc general assembly. He succeeds philip craven, who ran the organisation since 2001. Our Sports Correspondent alex ca pstick joins us from our london newsroom now. Alex, what will he be expected to bring to the role and what will his priorities be . Whatever the priorities are, it would appear Andrew Parsons has backing from the ipc. 84 votes in the first round of voting, enough for a majority over his three opponents, so he takes overfrom sir phillip crave whons been president of the organisation for 16 years, a movement which has grown from strength to strength but there are some pressing issues and on top of Andrew Parsons in tray must be what to do about russia. Remember last year the ipc famously barred all russians from competing at the rio summer paralympics. That ban remains in place but the ipc seems to have softened its stance slightly because some russian paralympics will be able to take place, neutral athletes. If the sanctions are removed and lifted, theyll be able to ta ke removed and lifted, theyll be able to take part. The other subject facing the movement is classification, with allegations some countries are working the system that their athletes compete against opponents who have significantly more impaired chances. Plenty for an true parsons to be getting on with, but at least he has lots of support from within the ipc as he begins his term as president. Two time us open winner Venus Williams missed out on the final after being beaten by sloane stephens. In january, stephens was on her sofa with a cast on her left foot watching the Australian Open on tv. But yesterday, she showed everyone that shes bounced back to fitness to beat 9th seed williams winning the deciding set 7 5. Awaiting the final is madison keys, who crushed Coco Vandeweghe in straight sets. The american pair will both be making their grand slam final debuts. The last time two americans made the final was 15 years ago when Serena Williams beat venus. Coutinho has been left out of liverpools squad for tomorrows game against manchester city. Hes missed the start with a back injury amid interest from barcelona. Thats all the sport for now, more later. You are watching bbc news. Well talk more about the story dominating here, Hurricane Irma now. More now on Hurricane Irma which is continuing its path across the caribbean causing devastation in its wake and killing at least 14 people. This is what it looks like on the satellite. Britain, france and the netherlands have sent ships, rescue teams and emergency supplies to their territories that have been hit by the storm. The uks first naval vessel has arrived in the region, its currently heading towards the British Virgin islands where a state of emergency has been declared. The raf mounts bay has issued aid to anguilla. 50 Royal Marines and Army Engineers have shored up key infrastructure, including the airport which is now able to Service Emergency flights. The mounts bay is carrying equipment including helicopters, as we see here. Britain has been accused of an overall slow response to the disaster. The International Development secretary, priti patel, has been setting out what aid the uk government is sending. We are sending out buckets, solar equipment, practical equipment that people need straight after a terrible hurricane, the type of disaster that we have seen. So there isa disaster that we have seen. So there is a range of equipment that is going out, its being deployed. We have seen a c 17 fly from brize norton carrying a range of equipment. Its very much the type of kit, shelter kit, power kits, also buckets that will help provide water, Water Purification that people need after such a disaster like a hurricane. And this is actually being driven to gibraltar . What we are doing today is, we are going to send out this equipment, we are looking at how we are going to get it out basically, to the caribbean in the most effective way. We are also looking at chartering flights so some of this equipment could go on charter flights today to get out to the caribbean. But i think we must remember that of course, the level of the devastation because of Hurricane Irma is such that many airports are not up and running in the caribbean as well. We are looking at contingencies through shipping, through using our royal naval vessels as well, hms ocean is another option that we are looking at right now too. Criticism from the government yesterday about the speed of the response. We knew this was coming. At the week they were going to say it was the worst hurricane in history, and yet these are being loaded today, shouldnt this have been done two or three days ago . No, because that is not realistic. The fa ct because that is not realistic. The fact is, we had a vessel in the region because we knew the hurricane was coming, this is hurricane season. In fact, we are always prepared. This is the time of year where well deploy a royal naval vessel in the region in the event of some kind of hurricane or weather event or things of that nature. The point about mounts bay is that britain, the uk, were the first country to be out in anguilla and we we re country to be out in anguilla and we were there yesterday and the Royal Marines and engineers have helped leer the runways to connect power and communications lines, all of which were completely knocked out by the hurricane. Also that vessel carried shelter kits, Water Purification equipment similar to the equipment that we are seeing right now, so we were there in the region. I think the public have to recognise that this Hurricane Irma has been unprecedented in terms of the scale of it and the impact of it. Now, we cant predict that. Now, we can work with forecasters and our teams. The fact is that you keep on sending equipment out, once you have the needs assessments from people on the needs assessments from people on the ground, from the red cross who we are working with, but also my humanitarian advisers, ive got dfid staff on the ground whove been there the last few days working in very difficult conditions to get an assessment of what people need, what is the scale of the devastation and the impact and how can britain best provide support to the affected territories that have been harmed by the hurricane. So you dont think we we re the hurricane. So you dont think we were caught out . Absolutely not. We we re were caught out . Absolutely not. We were not caught off guard . were caught out . Absolutely not. We were not caught off guard . I dont think its acceptable to suggest that. We have had a royal naval vessel in the area in anticipation of this hurricane so weve had our troops, our royal marine engineers there, theyre out there now on their way, in fact i think they probably would have arrived right now at the British Virgin islands which has declare add state of emergency overnight doing exactly the same, communications, providing water equipment, purification and shelter kits but also importantly helping to get the function alty, the basics back up and running all over again after the devastating impact of this hurricane. The Prime Minister theresa may has been speaking about the devastation caused by hurricane imra on bbcs test match special at lunch of the second day of england against the west indies at lords. She was speaking to the bbcsjonathan agnew. Imean, we i mean, we are sitting here looking at this rain but at least we are not in the caribbean at the moment. When we see the terrible devastation of that hurricane thats gone through and another one coming through as well. Its interesting, ivejust been able to be talking to somebody whose family are out in antigua and hearing first hand what its like and the steps theyve had to take. What are they saying, i mean its really devastating . Absolutely devastating. We have sent one of our auxiliary ships mounts bay out there, we propositioned it, its moved to the British Virgin islands today and it will be sending back more information about whats happening. As a result of that, ill chaira happening. As a result of that, ill chair a Government Emergency Committee on Cobra Committee this afternoon to look to see what extra help we can give. What can you do . When you look at the pictures, its just a terrible mess . There is the immediate response. We have had people on the ground, we have had mounts bay, two raf planes taken off from brize norton with supplies and personnel now. We have Royal Marines and Army Engineers on mounts bay, so there is the immediate issue of copings with what is happening to people and trying to support people. Then theres the long term reconstruction that will be necessary and, reconstruction that will be necessary and , as reconstruction that will be necessary and, as we have all seen from the terrible photographs, i mean its absolutely devastating, and the pictures. Everything for some people has just and the pictures. Everything for some people hasjust been and the pictures. Everything for some people has just been destroyed. And there is another one on the way . Another one is on its way. Irma is due to hit the turks and caicos as well and jose, the next hurricane is on the way. Absolutely devastating in the impact theyve had on the islands, but also on peoples lives. Here we are, therell be people here supporting the west indies and england and im sure everybody here has at the back of their mind the terrible devastation and the impact that the hurricanes had. The Prime Minister there making reference to the cobra meeting which will take place this afternoon and well keep an eye on anything that emerges from that of course with continuing updates on that story on bbc news. In a moment a summary of the Business News this hour but first the headlines on bbc news Hurricane Irma continues to cut a trail of destruction through the caribbean. At least 14 people have been killed and a million affected. A review of the criminaljustice system in england and wales has found bias and discrimination in its treatment of people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds and suggests a new approach. A powerful earthquake has struck the Southern Coast of mexico, killing at least 20 people. Now its time for a look at the Business News. Britains manufacturing output expanded at the strongest pace this year in the three monthsjuly according to figures from the office for national statistcs. But there was little sign of improvement in the trade deficit despite sterlings sharp fall since last years brexit vote. And construction output fell after the biggest drop in news orders for more than three years. The number of people placed into permanentjob roles continued to rise sharply in august. The figures from the recruitment and Employment Federation jobs report, also showed that employers are having to offer higher wages to secure skilled workers amid rising demand. The biggest increase in vacancies for permanent staff was in computing and accounting, while demand for temporary workers was strongest in engineering and nursing. The cosmetics giant loreal has finalised the sale of the body shop to the Brazilian Company natura cosmeticos, which owns the aesop brand. Loreal, the Worlds Largest cosmetics company, is selling up because of a drop in sales at the brand which was launched by british businesswoman Anita Roddick in 1976. The chain has 3,000 stores in 66 countries. Hello and welcome to the Business News this afternoon. Were going to be talking trade now britains trade deficit, the excess amount of goods we import versus the amount of goods we export hasnt improved despite the sharp fall in the pound weve seen since the Eu Referendum lastjune. A fall in the pound was expected to make British Goods more attractive abroad. Joining me now is allie renison, head of europe trade policy, at the institute of directors. Demand for imports is still strong, despite the fall in the pound . Yes. That is really a good thing. We have to remember that first of all we are a massively importing nation and thats not necessarily a bad thing because we have found that actually amongst the iods members, amongst the basically half of them import goods, of that 50 use it for use in their exports so its important and its also a very important sign of robust domestic demand continuing, showing that we dont actually have, despite the fact that you have potential imported inflation coming through, people arent necessarily changing for alternatives to make them cheaper. People thought the trade deficit would improve. Is it too soon, just over a year since we had the vote . Well, we have to acknowledge theres been a rise, just not significant in exports since the referendum. The problem in terms of how that cuts through to the overall trade deficit is, even if exports are modestly rising, imports are still coming in at a fast or even higher pace sometimes. That makes reducing the deficit difficult to do. One of the reasons i think also that we are seeing a slightly muted impact on exports is that its not, when people think about how businesses export, they dont necessarily price their orders in sterling, they may do it in the currency of the partners they are selling to overseas so its a more complicated picture as to how trade is done these days. You mentioned that demand is still pretty good for imports. Why is it that this drop in sterling hasnt fuelled some sort of competition where consumers look elsewhere for cheaper goods . Thats predominantly because not everything is easily substitutional. Look at something like, you are not going to have people substituting french wine for a different product, so to speak. And also very often things are not price driven, theyre quality and niche driven, so very often that is a relationship that may be specific to that particular product and there wont be any hurry to unravel the relationships unless they absolutely need to. Thank you very much. There could be good news for those looking for a job. There could be good news for those looking for a job. At least thats according to the latest recruitment and Employment Federat