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BBCNEWS Breakfast September 9, 2017

Of september. Also coming up this morning. Manchester arena reopens tonight with a benefit concert three months after the terrorist attack. The scores on the doors, calls for restau ra nts a nd cafes the scores on the doors, calls for restaurants and cafes in england to display their food hygiene restaurants and cafes in england to display theirfood hygiene ratings. In sport, Jimmy Anderson makes history. He becomes the first englishman to take 500 test wickets, in the deciding match against the west indies. Louise has the weather. Good morning. It is an autumnal start to the weekend. A day of sunny spells and scattered showers. But some of the showers will be heavy, with some hail and thunder, and rather breezy out to the west. More details coming up. Good morning. First, our main story. Millions of people have been warned to evacuate from florida as Hurricane Irma approaches the United States. The huge storm, which has left a path of destruction across the caribbean, made its way along the coast of cuba last night. Its expected to reach florida tomorrow. Some of the worst affected caribbean islands are now bracing themselves for the arrival of a second hurricane jose is reported to have strengthened with winds of up to iso miles per hour. Our north america correspondent jane obrien reports from miami. Clouds gather over miamis south beach, all but deserted, as irma lurks on the horizon. Millions of people have been asked to evacuate. Irma has already devastated parts of the caribbean. Barbuda is an island in survival mode, and now bracing for hurricane jose. Im just waiting to get evacuated from here, and then im going to come back, and try and salvage something. And help. I dont know. My whole life is here, so. In florida, those images are a stark warning of what may come. Miami is putting up shutters and preparing for the worst. These people on the beach are really the few diehards who, for one reason or another, have decided to stay put and wait out the storm. And even if they wanted to leave, at this point, quite frankly, it is probably too late. Even those who planned ahead found themselves caught, as airports closed, roads backed up, and hotels ran out of rooms. We care about your safety. Youve got to get prepared. If youre in an evacuation zone, you need to get out now, and get either to a friend, a family, a hotel, a shelter. But get where you need to go, and do not wait. This is a storm not seen in a generation, since hurricane andrew laid waste to the state 25 years ago. Irma is bigger, and unpredictable. Different projections show various paths, but all life threatening. On sunday, its full impact will be felt. Jane obrien, bbc news. The Manchester Arena reopens tonight, more than three months after the terrorist attack which killed 22 people. Extra security measures will be in place for the we are manchester benefit concert. Joining us from the arena is our reporter kate sweeting. Kate, theres bound to be mixed feelings about tonights show . Its going to be an important occasion . Yes, it isjust over100 days since a suicide bomber detonated a device among crowds, leaving an Ariana Grande concert here at Manchester Arena. Many of the victims were children who were watching the concert, the youngest only eight years old. And parents collecting children. Tonight is about celebrating manchester and remembering those victims. The bands paint tonight are from the city, Noel Gallagher is playing, as is rick astley. Some of those attending are expected to be some of those at the Ariana Grande concert when the bombing happened, for them it is about replacing horrific memories with something more positive. This is what rick astley said. That venue has had amazing artists from all over the world play there. It needs to keep going. It was absolutely terrible. There are no words for what happened but i do think that positive light has to be shown sometimes for us to get through things. There will be some extra security in place tonight. Backpacks are banned, only small handbags are allowed and there will be a Specialist Mental Health trauma unit to help those struggling this evening but it is about showing that Manchester Arena is very much open for business. Kate, thank you. The United States has called a meeting of the Un Security Council for monday to push for tougher sanctions on north korea. It wants to impose an oil embargo, ban its exports of textiles and subject leader kimjong un to an asset freeze and travel ban. It follows north koreas continued refusal to end its Nuclear Weapons programme. The United Nations is warning of an unprecedented refugee crisis in myanmar. It says more than a quarter of a Million People have fled the country in recent days a dramatic increase on previous estimates. The muslim rohinja minority says that myanmars military has been attacking them and burning villages. The un says 270,000 people have crossed into neighbouring bangladesh, in just a fortnight. The government is being urged to force restaurants, pubs and take aways in england to display food hygiene ratings a score of five means hygiene is very good, and zero requires urgent improvement. The local Government Association wants to see businesses that fail to comply be fined or prosecuted. Jon donnison reports. All food outlets, including restaurants, pubs and takeaways, are given hygiene ratings by local councils. The scores range from zero to five. In wales and Northern Ireland, all food premises are legally required to publicly display those ratings, even if they have received a low score. But the same scores on the doors law, as it is known, does not apply in england, meaning a restaurant that might have been deemed to be filthy doesnt have to let its customers know. Now, the local Government Association says brexit should be used as an opportunity to tighten the laws in england. The lgas calling for england to come in line with wales and Northern Ireland, and scores on the doors, the food hygiene ratings, are published on the premisess door, so that you know when you arrive at a restaurant exactly what is rating is. The lga says the change would encourage food outlets to improve hygiene, and reduce cases of food poisoning. Jon donnison, bbc news. Lets go back to our lead story. Hurricane irmas destructive path through the caribbean has lead to Mass Evacuations from several holiday islands. It is now heading towards florida and we understand that many holiday makers have been urged to leave as quickly as possible. 0ur reporter Adina Campbell is at Gatwick Airport, where travellers are returning from the area affected by the storm. You have been speaking to many of those who have been brought back home . Thats right. In the last couple of hours, at least a dozen flights from the caribbean or florida have arrived here at Gatwick Airport this morning. Thousands of british holiday makers are being told to follow evacuation plans as a result of Hurricane Irma. Many are facing big disruption to travel plans. A short time ago, i spoke to british residents originally from the caribbean, in places like renee danson vincent. They were waiting for theirfamily to danson vincent. They were waiting for their family to arrive at Gatwick Airport earlier. It is very sad. There are a lot of homeless people. Very sad. Im still worried, i have a lot of family there. Hull at the moment, you are not worried about money, just about comfort. But everybody will come together. We will get better, i know we will get better but it is emotional. In terms of travel advice going forward, it is advised that anyone on a package holiday checks with their Tour Operators or airlines to monitor ongoing news reports and to keep in touch with local authorities too. The same advice goes for people who travelled independently and the key advisers to ensure that they keep up to date with ongoing news reports. The Foreign Office has set up reports. The Foreign Office has set upa reports. The Foreign Office has set up a hotline for people affected by the disaster, or any friends and family who would like to keep in touch with what is going on. That number is 0207, 008, 00 00. Some travel companies and operators are beginning to make amendments, their schedules are offering free cancellations and amendments, things like travel waivers. The key advice is to check with your Tour Operator oi is to check with your Tour Operator or your is to check with your Tour Operator oryourairline and is to check with your Tour Operator or your airline and keep up to date with what is going on on twitter, and with the Foreign Office too. Adina thank you. Its been more than three months since 22 people were killed in a terrorist attack at a pop concert in the Manchester Arena. The venue has been closed since then, but tonight will host its first event since the incident. Joining us now is heather and her daughter molly. They were at at the Ariana Grande concert and are going to the we are manchester gig tonight. Good morning. Thank you so much for coming in. Molly, i know being on Live Television is one thing that under these circumstances too, do you want to explain first of all, its a really important day for you . Once we heard the we are Manchester Concert was going on, we thought, i am going. I said to my husband, im going. Iwant am going. I said to my husband, im going. I want to go. It isnt demons but facing your fears. I want to go, plus it is reopening night and it is in manchester. It is extra special for me and i went, we are going when my husband got me the tickets, iwent, yes when my husband got me the tickets, i went, yes and molly, how did you feel, when you heard it was going on, you must have been in two minds, is excited about the concert but also nervous . I wanted to get it over and done with and get new memories on it. And thats it. Lets talk about what happened so the audience understand where you were at the Ariana Grande concert. As the concert finished, we had been to quite a few concepts and you know that you get stuck in people and you go that you get stuck in people and you 9 9 that you get stuck in people and you go go on, lets go. We were out in the foyer day, and we stopped and had a discussion because the majority of people going through the doors, the train station is on the right and most people are going left. She said, mum, everybody is going that way, and i said we need to go to the train station which is where we came in. And she said, no. And i said, the doors are that way. I could see them, that was where we needed to go. We started walking down and literally seconds after that, it was that noise. An undescribable noise. The flash lit the entire wall up and itjust went boom. It wasnt a bang. And this was in the foyer . Yes, if we hadnt had that conversation we would have been much closer. No doubt about it. Bless her. At that time, im like, come on, molly. Stop, we need to go home if we hadnt had that conversation it could have been a lot worse. Im so grateful for that conversation. Obviously, that happened. We didnt go inside, we we re happened. We didnt go inside, we were just in the doorway. And i said, stay here a minute. Lets find out what is going on. I was optimistic it wasjust out what is going on. I was optimistic it was just a speaker or Something Like that. You never expected that. It never entered my mind that that was what it was. People had already started running. Not even minutes, but seconds later this bloke came out of the rubble, with dust all over him. He shouted, he was running, bomb, run and that was it, we had to go. We headed to the doors on the left, and then obviously, you have the steps as you are going out and i was very aware, i was behind her all the time, she was crying. I said, i am right here. We got out the doors. I tried to keep as many people behind me so that we did not fall down the steps. By that we did not fall down the steps. By this time, it was building up and you could feel it. We got out. And i was you could feel it. We got out. And iwas like, you could feel it. We got out. And i was like, we survived. You didnt really know or understand what was going on. Some of the people outside, they had seen what was happening. These women and nuns asked us what had happened. That is quite hard. And mums. They asked, andl quite hard. And mums. They asked, and i said a bomb had gone off inside. This ladys face, i will never forget the look on her face. She frantically phoned her daughter, im assuming, because we just told her. Imagine someone telling you a bomb has gone off and your child is inside. When you describe that, it is so difficult for people who have gone through those things to process what has happened. Months have gone by. Rick astley was here with us yesterday morning. Talking about how much he is looking forward to the concert because, for him, he said it is so difficult to put yourself in the position of those, like you and molly who have been through those things. But also the performers. They want to make a point that the concerts will continue and people will still be going and enjoy themselves and see the bands and people they like performing. That is really important, isnt it . , yes, you appreciate life after that. Even in the days following. And the news following. You realise just how bad it was. I was a bit stubborn, i thought, its not going to stop me from living my life. Who are you looking forward to seeing at the concert tonight . Umm, i dont know. There is Noel Gallagher. The courteeners. Rick astley. Do you know any of his music . There is going to be a great atmosphere tonight. Hopefully you will enjoy going to concerts again. Yeah. We wish you well this evening. Thank you for coming in and sharing your moment with us this morning. Thank you. We need to keep you updated with what is happening with Hurricane Irma. And of course, hurricanejose following close behind. Louise has the latest. Good morning everybody. This is the satellite picture through the night where Hurricane Irma made landfall through the north cuban coast, the first time a category five hurricane has made landfall since 1925. Here isjose, has made landfall since 1925. Here is jose, not as strong has made landfall since 1925. Here isjose, not as strong a storm or as powerful but it could still produce a glancing blow towards the island of barbuda before continuing to move it in of barbuda before continuing to move itina of barbuda before continuing to move it in a north westerly direction and into more open waters and it will weaken. But we need to keep a close eye on Hurricane Irma. She will continue to drift through the day across the northern coast and push ina across the northern coast and push in a north westerly direction towards florida. There is a level of uncertainty about the direction it is going to take and we will keep you updated through the day. But closer to home, things are pretty u nsettled closer to home, things are pretty unsettled here. There is an area of low pressure meaning it will be a breezy start on west facing coasts and it will be a sharry scenario as we go through the weekend. Overnight, this little fellow arrives for sunday. Over the next few hours, showers will be more widespread, some sunshine through eastern and western areas, a scattering of showers fairly light at the moment, and it will begin to gather intensity as we get through the day, a couple sharper ones through the Lake District into wales, and on west facing coasts of devon and Cornwall Police stop heading further east, sunshine for the early hours this morning. Not a bad start here. The wind is not a strong but unfortunately, it could cause some issues, as it pushes further inland some of those could be slow moving. A disappointing afternoon if you are caught in the showers but if you dodge them, keep the sunshine and 18 degrees could feel pleasant but i expect when those showers arrived it wont feel very pleasant at all. Overnight, those showers will ease off and we will see clearer skies. Temperatures falling away, in rural parts, single figures and a touch of mist and fog first thing. Cloud and rain continues to move into the north west. Wet and windy weather. This weather front weakens as we continue through england and wales. Look at the rain following behind. Rain or showers, it will be a miserable afternoon across much of scotla nd miserable afternoon across much of scotland and Northern Ireland. Here, 15 degrees, widely across the area. Further south and east, staying dry for the longest. 19 degrees isnt out of the question with patches of rain in the london area towards the end of the day. I will be back with more details in 30 minutes. Studio thanks, louise. Perhaps not whether to go down the beach front. Down the beachfront. It down the beachfront. It depends on what you are wearing. The reason why we are talking about the beaches. Some of them are beautiful pieces of elegant victorian architecture others have perhaps seen better days, but they all serve a valuable purpose, protecting us from the often rather variable weather at britains coastal resorts. One photographer has become so fond of the seaside shelter that he has just travelled the country cataloguing them trying to

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