Fire brigade advice and fled the fire that killed 72 people. More than a hundred families with children at a nursery in south devon have been contacted by police, following the arrest of an employee in relation to allegations of sexual offences. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with jane dougal. Rugby union is in shock as saracens are docked 35 points and fined more than £5 million for violating salary cap regulations. The club says they didnt deliberately breach them. Thanks, jane. And louise lear has the weather. Bit of a mess out there today, a lot of cloud around, the best of any such iron is across scotland. It is colder here. The best of any sunshine. I will have all the details coming up later. Thanks, louise. Also coming up, well report from bristol, the city that could become the first place in the uk to ban privately owned diesel vehicles from its centre in an attempt to cut pollution. Hello, this is afternoon live. I and simon mccoy. The liberal democrats have lau
space with afghan women where we could interact with them away from the scrutiny of the taliban. i remember we chatted, we laughed, we had a cup of tea. we got manicures done. we took a photo of of what our nails looked like afterwards, we saw a bride getting ready for her wedding. for that one hour, ifelt like i could be anywhere in the world away from the reality that awaited these women when they stepped outside of the salon into a world where girls are barred from secondary schools in most provinces, where women can t attend university, where women can t work for domestic or international ngos, they are barred from parks, swimming pools, gyms, public baths, where if they have to travel long distances they have to be escorted by a male relative, where they re expected to wear clothing with only their eyes visible. and for this latest restriction, the taliban aren t even giving a reason, especially and women are asking, this was a female only space. there s no interaction b
more confetti has been thrown on court 18 from just stop oil protesters. the british number one katie boulter was playing her match. the second protest of the day. these are the pictures from the first protest because this was also on court 18 and it was also confetti. jigsaw pieces. disrupting the first set of that match for a little while. the organisers of wimbledon had been talking about the prospect of this and they had made appeals for everyone to allow the crowds to enjoy the tennis and not get distracted by any sort of protests because we have seen these protests and other major sporting events, horse racing, snooker, and now tennis and we also saw the one at lord s where the test match was interrupted. this is the second protest byjust stop oil protesters, disrupting another match at wimbledon. we will be with our colleagues in just wimbledon. we will be with our colleagues injust a moment wimbledon. we will be with our colleagues in just a moment at bbc sport to get
The hoff and the entire cast divulge the hidden clause in their contract that caused reallife drama on the beach. What they needed to do to stay in their swimsuits. And good morning, america. A whole lot to get to this wednesday morning, including big news from the white house. President obamas nomination of skwan january janet yellen for the fed. Thats coming later today. She will become the first female chief of any major central bank. One of the most important Economic Policy jobs in the world. Well talk to jon karl about that. See if the senate says. First woman to hold that kind of position. Lets get right to the Government Shutdown and its impact on the families of these american servicemen and women youre seeing. The ultimate sacrifice. The socalled death benefits cut off to families of those fallen soldiers. Abcs jim avila is in washington with much more on this. Good morning, jim. Reporter good morning, robin. Sick children that cant get into clinical trials. Capitol cops work
Robin. Sick children that cant get into clinical trials. Capitol cops working out pay. And now, Fallen Heroes without family death benefits. They paid the ultimate price. But families of the war dead are being asked to suffer even more, due to the Government Shutdown. At the top of the list of things not working, for now nine days of shutdown, is what the pentagon calls the death gratuity. A 100,000 death payment to families of war dead. Theyre supposed to receive within three days of the death of their loved one. But thats now held up in political red tape. Im ashamed. Im embarrassed. All of us should be. Reporter since the shutdown began, 17 Service Members have died. Six in afghanistan. The pentagon says, with its workers furloughed, it cant process the paperwork to pay the surviving relatives until after the shutdown is over. Washington may be shut down. But its still asking people to go to war. Repeporter the money is use by families to arrange for funerals, fly to dover to greet