cost of living crisis. we hear from the charity helping families who are struggling to make ends meet. liverpool s frustrating start to the season continues as their new summer signing darwin nunez sees red before luis diaz rescues a point against crystal palace. good morning. a cooler day ahead today, the rain we have at the moment across southern and eastern scotland were clear, leaving righteous skies behind. dryerfor northern ireland but still the risk of heavy thundery downpours almost anywhere across england and wales. they will be hit and mist. i will have all the details later. it s tuesday 16th august. our main story. dame deborahjames raised millions for charity and was an inspiration to so many people living with bowel cancer. now her mum heather has spoken for the first time since her daughter s death, to our reporter graham satchell, about her final days with deborah and her long lasting legacy. dame deborahjames, surrounded by herfamily at her mum and dads h
nasa says it will go ahead and launch the most powerful rocket its ever built. good morning and welcome to bbc news. a manhunt is underway in liverpool after a nine year old girl was shot dead. police say an unknown man is reported to have fired a gun inside a house in the knotty ash area of the city at around ten o clock last night. a man and a woman also suffered gunshot injuries in the attack. ian byrne is the labour mp for liverpool west derby, where this attack happened. he spoke to breakfast earlier this morning. i think devastating is a good way of putting it. we are still going to process what we have heard overnight. it is absolutely devastating that a wholly innocent nine year old young girl has been sadly murdered and i think we are all struggling to process it is a community, in west derby in liverpool and across the country. i think as a moves forward i have heard as much as everybody else, really, we need to hearfrom heard as much as everybody else, really, we
a memorable night for manchester united, who lift the mood at old trafford with a stunning win over liverpool. good morning. it isa it is a mild start today. quite a muqqy it is a mild start today. quite a muggy day ahead. some are showery rain in the north and west. drier and brighter in the south and east. details coming up. good morning. it s tuesday, august 23rd. some very sad breaking news this morning. a nine year old girl has been shot dead in liverpool overnight. police are hunting for the gunman after he opened fire at a house in the knotty ash area of the city. two adults were also injured. we re still getting the details on this. we will be hearing from andy gill on the scene as the programme goes on. we can tell you this shooting happened in kingsheath avenue in the east of liverpool, in knotty ash. it happened at about one o clock this morning. the road is cordoned off at several junctions as police make door to door inquiries. we have had a statement from the po
and dubbed the next david attenborough, a conservationist kid meets one of his biggest heros. hello and welcome to bbc news. teachers are calling for more children in england to be urgently given free school meals in order to support families struggling with the cost of living. they say the programme should be expanded to include all families who receive universal credit. in a letter to ministers, uniions are warning that more than two and a half million children live in households that miss meals or struggle to access healthy food and insist now is the right moment to act. alice key reports. lunch is served at this half term holiday club in stockport. staff here are responsible for keeping 20 children a day fed and entertained. but as rising prices start to hit parents pockets, there are fears that without more support, children could go hungry. we know that a lot of the families who come here are living in food poverty. and have certainly been impacted since the cost o