A ceremony to mourn the first one to be lost to climate change. 0h, hes gone. And england take wickets as they look to bowl out australia to win the second ashes test. And coming up later, this weeks click looks at whether e scooters are legal, and tests out new fingerprint based contactless cards. Good evening. The Cabinet Office minister michael gove has played down concerns highlighted by leaked government documents that warn of chaos in the event of a no deal brexit. He said significant steps had been taken in the past three weeks to accelerate planning for such a scenario. The documents, seen by the sunday times, warn of shortages of food, fuel and medicines, as well as the return of a hard border in ireland if britain leaves the eu without a deal. But mr gove insisted the papers were old, and examined the worst possible outcomes. Food shortages, fuel shortages, unworkable plans for the irish border, this is a pretty bleak picture . I think its important that we look in context at
The government says its ready for a no deal brexit after claims there could be food, medicine and fuel shortages. Ministers say the leaked details dont reflect current plans. This is an old document. Since it was published and circulated, the government have taken significant additional steps to ensure that we are prepared to leave on october the 31st, deal or no deal. The search continues for 6 year old lucas dobson, whos missing after he fell into the river stour in kent. Coming up after sport, james king reviews Quentin Tarantinos latest release. Now it is time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. England just ran out of time. A draw in the second test at lords after a fascinating fifth days play. Frank lampard is yet to win a match as chelsea manager, they could only manage a point in their first home game of the season against leicester. And smiles all round as britains Dina Asher Smith holds her own in a star studded field at the Birmingham Diamond League. Welcome to th
this is bbc news. the headlines at 6pm the former chancellor, rishi sunak, enters the race to be the next leader of the conservative party and prime minister. durham police clear sir keir starmer of breaking lockdown rules. he d pledged to resign if fined. the labour leader says his party is now ready for an election. if there was a general election, this government will fall. and we ve got a plan for the country, we want that fresh start. britain s former counter terrorism police chief sir mark rowley is formally appointed as the new head of the metropolitan police in the wake of a string of failings which have compromised public trust. tributes pour in from around the world forjapan s former prime minister, shinzo abe, who has been assassinated while delivering a speech at a campaign event. six men have been found guilty for taking part in a string of robberies and burglaries, including the theft of a 5.5 million diamond encrusted tiara. it is all overfor it is all over f
and in the wimbledon men s semifinal, britain s cameron norrie loses in 4 sets to novak djokovic. the labour leader sir keir starmer and his deputy angela rayner have been cleared by durham police of breaking lockdown rules. the force was looking into an event last april during election campaigning, when sir keir was pictured drinking from a bottle of beer in the office of another labour mp. he d promised to resign if he was fined. at the time, indoor socialising between different households was banned. but today, the police said there was no case to answer, because of an exemption to lockdown rules for reasonably necessary work . our political editor chris mason reports april of last year sir keir starmer is having a beer and a curry. was this in breach of the covid rules at the time? durham constabulary looked into it, and today said no. people said to me i was taking a risk by saying i would step down if i was fined, but it was never about that. for me, it was a matter
To the programme. Lets begin at the Rugby Union World cup in france, where in the last hour england have booked their place in the semi finals, after a narrow 30 21; win over fiji. Andy swiss is in marseilles and joins us now. Andy, england have done it but they were pushed all the way. They certainly were. The england fans have Onlyjust Stop celebrating inside the stadium behind me. They are through to The World Cup semifinals but only after the most extraordinary drama. They got off to an excellent start, they scored two first half tries, the first from man u to langa who bulldozed his way over. How was his First International try for two years. Followed by a try from joe marchand. England were in total control of the star of the second half. They seemed on course for a straightforward victory but back came fiji and harrow, two tries in quick succession. And higher. Not much more than ten minutes left when the score was 2a all and the fiji fans sensed a remarkable comeback. But in th