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Gusts of 78mph hit Wales, although the storm has not been as bad as was feared, forecasters say.
The 7th Gillingham Misbah Scouts meet every Thursday.
The poll by BBC Radio Kent sparked outrage on social media.
A 29-year-old man arrested in Maidstone suffered a medical incident at Tonbridge Police Station.
Kyle Yule's stepfather says his older brother and younger sister are "broken inside".
Train drivers are to consider a deal to end their long-running action, Aslef says.
It's been 30 years since The Great Storm hit the UK and killed 18 people.
His weather forecast famously preceded the Great Storm - but what did Michael Fish do next?
It is 30 years since an October storm that left 18 people dead and hundreds injured.
Video encourages people to test their smoke alarms weekly but they are "not expected to do the lift".
Emily Killick only took up powerlifting last year.
Northampton move above Gillingham in the League One table after Matt Grimes' free-kick secures an away victory.
Jake Forster-Caskey scores the only goal as Charlton win at Bradford in a game affected by high winds and rain.
AFC Fylde's home game against Maidstone United is abandoned early in the second half because of the weather conditions.
Jack Holland and Josh Rees are on target as Bromley beat fellow National League promotion hopefuls Woking.
Jake Hyde scores a stoppage-time equaliser as Maidenhead earn a draw at second-placed Dover.
Managerless Barrow slip to defeat at Ebbsfleet in their first match after Micky Moore's sacking.
Dover Athletic sign striker James Alabi on loan from fellow National League side Tranmere Rovers until January.
The regional president says Catalonia will not accept Madrid's plan to curb devolution.
Millions are voting in the election, which was called by Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last month.
The five living former US presidents have raised more than $31m (£23.5m) for victims.
Proposals to make Zimbabwe's leader a World Health Organisation goodwill envoy spark an outcry.
Andrej Babis' party has secured almost triple the vote share of its closest rivals
Classified files relating to the assassination of John F Kennedy are due to be released in days.
The forces are reported to have been looking for the militants' hideout when they came under attack.
Police say no motive has been established for the attack, which lightly wounded four passers-by.
The Evening Standard says they made "the wrong call" to edit the singer's elaborate hairstyle.
Police suspect the man killed his girlfriend at Joshua Tree National Park before killing himself.
Gunfire, danger - a few of the hazards facing a BBC team covering the news from Iraq.
Laetitia Ky uses coat hangers, wires and pins to make "hair sculptures" for her Instagram fans.
The senior Republican had a few presidential jokes up his sleeve at a charity dinner.
The Russian president took aim at the US political system when asked about Trump's "unpredictability".
A white supremacist walked into the middle of an anti-fascist rally - this is what happened next.
A new ballet tells the story of the aftermath of the racially motivated Charleston church shooting.
Angelika Trabert's won 24 medals - six at the Paralympics. When not riding, she works as an anaesthetist.
Residents fed up with a two-hour drive to buy fuel decide to take matters into their own hands.
Grape the penguin became an online star after he "fell in love" with a cardboard cut-out in his enclosure.
Member of parliament and country's president both injured in bizarre household accidents.
Public nudity is strictly forbidden in Indonesia - and life is tough for the local nudist community
How the body art of the Moscow underworld is coming back into fashion.
Witnesses tell the BBC how men with sticks and axes started one of the world's longest conflicts.
Why are more people running marathons in all 50 states - and what does it say about modern America?
On just one night a year Faroese men can hunt gannet chicks, considered a delicacy. It involves a dangerous climb down steep cliffs.
The "wonder from down under" has been free from recession for more than a quarter of a century.
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1. Island life suits children. Orkney and Shetland have been identified as the best places in Britain to raise a family. This year’s children’s quality of life survey from Halifax ranked Orkney first for the third year in a row based on factors including school spending per public, class size and academic results. Shetland ranked second, Craven in North Yorkshire was third and the Western Isles came fourth. The Times 2. Could a single deep-sea wind farm power the world? A major new study, published in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, has claimed that all of Earth’s energy needs could be met by a single massive deep-sea wind farm stretching across the Atlantic. The authors have calculated that a wind farm covering about three million square km (1.2 million square miles) of ocean - roughly the size of India - could theoretically be used to generate “civilisation scale power”, or 18 terawatts, humanity’s entire current energy needs. The Economist 3. Britain enjoying record number of tourists. The UK is attracting a record number of tourists, with nearly 40m people expected to have visited the country during 2017. VisitBritain, a tourist agency, predicts that overseas trips to the UK will increase 6% to 39.7m with spending up 14% to £25.7bn this year. With Brits holidaying at home in record numbers, in the form of ‘staycations’, tourism is worth £127bn annually to the economy. Daily Mail 4. IMF says taxing rich does not hit growth. The International Monetary Fund has published analysis suggesting that Western countries would not damage growth if they increased taxes for the top 1% of earners. Labour, which has proposed a new 45% tax band for those earning more than £80,000, said the statement shows that fairer taxes are needed in the UK. The Independent 5. Mockingbird novel removed from Mississippi schools. To Kill a Mockingbird has been removed from a Mississippi school's reading list because it was making "people uncomfortable". School administrators in Biloxi made the decision to withdraw Harper Lee's American classic about racism from the 8th grade curriculum after receiving complaints about the language in the book. The 1960s novel has sold 30 million copies worldwide. Daily Mail 6. Speeding drivers could soon receive life sentences. Drivers who cause death by speeding, street racing or using a mobile phone may be handed life sentences under new legislation. Ministers are also exploring the possibility of a new charge of causing death by dangerous cycling after a series of incidents involving bikes. Justice Minister Dominic Raab said the government had "taken a long hard look at driving sentences" after receiving 9,000 replies to a public consultation. The Guardian 7. End to raw sewage on train tracks. Train toilets will no longer empty directly onto the tracks by the end of 2019, Network Rail says. There are still around 500 carriages in the UK that do exactly that. “You quickly learn to turn your back and close your mouth when you’re trackside and a train is passing. As I know first hand,” said Network Rail boss Mark Carne. Metro 8. Online dating crimes rise dramatically. Reported crime related to online dating increased by 382% between 2011 and 2016. Last year, 676 incidents were reported to police. Of these, 106 were sexual crimes and 240 were violent attacks. Sky News 9. The bottom line. The price of a handshake and a backstage photo with singer Ed Sheeran reportedly costs £3,400. A “VIP package” with Britney Spears costs £1,900; Rihanna’s fans need only fork out £757. Sunday Express |
Storm Brian has hit the UK with gale-force winds and high seas - closing roads and causing flooding.
Lydia Unsudimi teams up with Sian Green-Lord to put on a fashion show at De Montfort University.
Data shows Oxbridge is moving backwards in elitism terms, so what do Oxford and Cambridge students feel?
Angelika Trabert's won 24 medals - six at the Paralympics. When not riding, she works as an anaesthetist.
Norfolk and Suffolk Police sent plain clothes cyclists out in Norwich and Ipswich.
Paul Grover lost hundreds of thousands of pounds; now he's at a rehab centre for gambling addicts.
For cancer patients undergoing chemotherapy, losing their hair can be an extremely difficult consequence.
Carys Crow said she felt unable to sing after the attack at Ariana Grande's concert in May.
BBC 100 Women go undercover on the Tube with British Transport Police officers catching offenders.
Machete attack victim Ninsiima is given prosthetic arms made by Salford University students.
The state of politics means there is no need for The Thick of It, and it would be "beyond sitcom territory" to produce Veep currently, says Armando Iannucci.
Lord Heseltine tells BBC Newsnight that the more unpopular Brexit becomes, the higher the probability of a Labour government.
Kit Harington on why Game of Thrones is so great, and his special connection to the Gunpowder Plot.
In light of the "Me Too" campaign, we asked men who work in the City of London about how they'd respond if they saw sexual harassment.
James Bartholomew argues welfare states have proved incompetent at helping the most vulnerable.
Jeremy Corbyn speaks to the BBC after meeting EU negotiator Michel Barnier in Brussels.
Transport for London said it was "idiotic behaviour" which "will not be tolerated".
The bird has been known to pursue postal workers delivering to houses in Long Stratton, Norfolk.
17 years after His Dark Materials, Philip Pullman reads from La Belle Sauvage: The Book Of Dust Volume One.
An ambulance worker and a police officer give graphic descriptions of verbal and physical assaults by the public.
Sir Tom Jones says he 'felt terrible' after being propositioned early in his career.
Fire crews used a bendy rod with a camera on it to find the dog who was 3m (9ft) deep.
Ex-England player criticises how the inquiry into former Lionesses boss Mark Sampson was dealt with.
Kids Company founder Camila Batmanghelidjh defends the work of her defunct charity.
Tom Karen found fame after he designed the Raleigh Chopper bike.
Priti Raichura and seven-year-old daughter Sia take the BBC through their Diwali preparations.
Footballer Eniola Aluko tells a parliamentary inquiry that a request from the FA's chief executive was "bordering on blackmail".
Akshay Ruparelia set up his business from his bedroom during his A-level exams.
Writer and broadcaster Anna Raeburn had an illegal abortion in 1965 when she was 21.
Basking sharks prefer Britain's western waters and are not usually found off the east coast.
Amy Johnson - known as "Grandma" - has celebrated her 110th birthday.
Was the length of PMQs partially down to the number of times the Speaker put MPs in their place?
One woman was told to "move her fat arse" while out running alone.
Eddie Hall showed off his strength by bench pressing BBC Breakfast's Dan Walker.
Max Whitlock MBE becomes a Doctor of Science at Anglia Ruskin University.
Caitlin Perry says a real living wage at the National Assembly makes a difference to her lifestyle.
Kate, 19, wants to challenge people’s perception of beauty.
NI Waiting lists: A woman who has been waiting for treatment says she feels like a prisoner in her own home.
European Parliament President Antonio Tajani says the UK government is 'not realistic' about the amount of money the UK will have to pay to the EU.
Britain faces the highest rate of terror attacks in the last 30 years, the head of MI5 tells the BBC.
Some 245,000 homes and businesses were left without electricity in Ireland alone.
Looking back at Crimewatch as the BBC show is axed after 33 years.
Dashcam footage showed the 28-year-old driver leaving the road to avoid a queue.
Rental costs in Cambridge make it hard for people to buy their own homes, according to one couple.
Artists including Antony Gormley and Tracey Emin donated works for surviving families.
The 70-year-old children's franchise has been revamped for the latest TV series.
