Thats a shame. Weve run out of pictures. Simon mccoy became something of a folk hero after his lukewarm introduction. That video went viral with Judy Hutchinson describing his fantastically lacklustre delivery as british sarcasm at its finest. Jeff thought, you can hear the existential misery in the presenters voice. But a canine twitter user complained that simon fails to show the necessary respect when reporting on the dog surfing competition. It reminds me of a skateboarding duck who appeared on an early Evening Programme i once edited. More conventional sports have also featured strongly on bbc news over the last month. From the world athletics and digits to last weekends boxing extravaganza in las vegas in which Floyd Mayweather beat conor mcgregor. That contest led some news bulletins on sunday morning, prompting viewer jackie grounds to complain, this report should have been part of the sports bulletin. It is not headline news. There is no doubting the news value of gurricane ha
From the world athletics championships to last weekends boxing extravaganza in las vegas in which Floyd Mayweather beat conor mcgregor. That contest led some news bulletins on sunday morning, prompting viewer jackie downs to complain there is no doubting the news value of Hurricane Harvey which landed in texas a week ago and has continued to cause huge damage as a storm and tropical depression with floods now spreading across louisiana. James cook was on the spot for bbc news on saturday. Hurricane harvey smashed ashore just a short time ago. Not very far from here, about 30 miles east north east of where we are standing here in corpus christi. Rockport is where it came ashore. The winds were said to be at 130 miles an hour according to the National Hurricane centre. That makes it a category 4 hurricane and an extremely dangerous storm. Christian hudson was concerned about the danger, asking many more viewers had a different concern about the coverage of storm harvey. The floods had di
Ireland. Gordon strachans scotland side kept alive their hopes for russia 2018 with a 3 0 win in lithuania. And tomasz has the weather. Well, the weekend is looking a little mixed. A nice, bright day today. Tomorrow, one for the sunday papers. A lot of grey cloud, and some rain on the way as well, but not for everyone. Good morning. First, our main story more heavy rain is falling in south asia, where this years monsoon season has left millions of people displaced. It is now believed more than 1,400 people have died. Parts of indias financial centre, mumbai, are under several feet of water. 0ur south asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt is in the eastern state of bihar, one of the worst affected areas. Just in this one state in northern and eastern india, we are talking 17 Million People affected, more than 500 people killed. And as you say, across the region, 1,400 people killed. 41 Million People affected. Now, as you can see, the rains have stopped here. More rain is forecast but even