Fires in the amazon. From this vantage point, you get a sense of the scale of the disaster facing this region of the amazon. Hectare after hectare of pristine forest, just going up in smoke. And its the hottest Late August Bank Holiday weekend on record, with the top temperature reaching 33. 3 degrees in west london. It was one of the most astonishing innings in the history of test match cricket. With england heading towards a humiliating defeat which would have seen australia retain the ashes, ben stokes hit an amazing century to give england an unlikely one wicket victory. After collapsing forjust 67 runs in the first innings, this time england needed 359 to clinch the game. That looked a long way off when stokes was joined by the last manjack leach still needing 73 to win. Stokes then launched a stunning solo assault to win the game and bring the series level at 1 1. This is ben stokes in the dressing room after the match, reflecting on what hes accomplished. And afterwards stokes e
But the environmental emergency the whole world faces is serious, Global Warming thats is going on, global pollution thats going on, good morning. And the fires in the amazon welcome to breakfast ra i nforest with rogerjohnson and tina daheley. Which president bolsonaro of brazil our headlines today is actually promoting Police Chiefs call an unprecedented so put all the pressure summit to discuss officer safety you can on President Trump in the wake of the murder to recognise just how dangerous of pc andrew hunter, who was killed in the situation is around the world. Berkshire last week. London North Eastern railway has issued passengers with a do not rail passengers are advised to try not to travel, travel warning for today and tomorrow as more than 400 or check before they do, Engineering Works are being as more than 400 Engineering Works carried out across britain take place across the uk. During the bank holiday. Londons kings cross rail station is closed this weekend for work is
We re to be. Certainly not the news they were hoping to receive. They were told by the Emergency Services what was happening in a residence meeting before the media. This press conference has just finished entering this despite all the work that Emergency Services have done over the last 26 hours or the structure is still very critical and theres still a risk to life. There being advised not to go back to Whaley Bridge. And Emergency Services are looking at ways in which they can let one member of family back in for a short period of time to gather essentials, pets, medication, that sort of thing. What was interesting was over the last 26 hours they managed to reduce the water levels on the dam by about half a metre. But what they said here is that they are hopeful of saving the dam but they still need to lower it by several metres. Take that water level below the problem that water level below the problem that a on that spillway before the engineers can be confident that Whaley Bridge
On families, on homes. Well bring you all the latest as the effort to shore up the dam wall goes on. Also tonight. The lib dems win the brecon and radnorshire by election. It cuts borisjohnsons commons majority to just one, as they vow to fight brexit. As leader of the liberal democrats, i will as leader of the liberal democrats, i will fight as leader of the liberal democrats, i will fight to keep our country in the European Union and we now have in Parliament One more mp who will fight to make that happen. Vast swathes of arctic siberia are ablaze after intense summer temperatures and high winds, we have a special report. And a maiden test century for rory burns, as england fights back on the second day of the ashes. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, Harry Maguire is on his way to Manchester United for £80 million, now the worlds most expensive defender. Good evening. Borisjohnson has visited derbyshire this evening, to talk to crews working to repair a damaged reservoir, and
children aged three and eight being attacked with a corrosive substance which we now confirmed to be an alkaline. in the vicinity was at 35 year old male called abdul ezedi and he left the scene, but the injuries to the female and children they are in a stable condition but we are just they are in a stable condition but we arejust monitoring, they are in a stable condition but we are just monitoring, but they don t seem to be life threatening, but at this time they could be life changing. that mail was last seen in the north london area, and if you see him, there will be some images circulated later today, if you see him, i plead to not approach and. he is. call at 999. he has significant injuries to the right side of his face. the significant injuries to the right side of his face. significant injuries to the right side of his face. the bbc has also soken to side of his face. the bbc has also spoken to the side of his face. the bbc has also spoken to the local side of h