Task force and regulators aimed at cracking down on rogue immigration lawyers. A new task immigration lawyers. A new task force announced by the government will bring together regulatory bodies , law regulatory bodies, Law Enforcement and other Government Departments to root out so called dodgy law firms. Departments to root out so called dodgy law firms. In other news, the elections watchdog was targeted by a cyber attack related resulting in what it calls hostile actors gaining access to the publics information. The cyber attackers were able to access copies of the electoral register with the names and addresses of anyone registered to vote between 2014 and 2022. The attackers first accessed the Commission Systems in august 2021. Chief executive sean mcnally apologised to the pubuc sean mcnally apologised to the public and said significant steps have since been taken to improve their it systems. A improve their it systems. A haulage firm thats part of one of the uks largest transport
Letter sent out by Morgan Mclernon to staff which blames post brexit consequent losses for possible redundancies. The for possible redundancies. The Company Delivers goods to every major uk supermarket. The major uk supermarket. The Business Community in Northern Ireland is still waiting for details about the windsor framework, which was signed back in february. The jury in the in february. The jury in the murder trial of nurse lucy letby has been instructed to deliver majority verdicts for the seven women, and four men were told by mr justice goss that hed accept mrjustice goss that hed accept verdicts on which at least ten of them were agreed. Letby is of them were agreed. Letby is accused of murdering seven babies and attempting to murder ten others at the countess of Chester Hospitals neonatal unit. A man who was stabbed in the arm near the British Museum in london this morning had just been waiting in the queue to get in. Police have arrested a male on suspicion of causing grievou
Catastrophic floods are causing devastation in houston americas fourth largest city. Weather forecasters say storm harvey is the biggest the state has ever seen. Parts of houston have had 76 centimetres of rain in the past 48 hours. The governor of texas has asked residents to brace themselves for more heavy rain. So far, emergency teams have rescued almost 2,000 people others have been told to climb onto rooftops to escape the danger. James cook reports from houston. Harvey arrived in houston with a vengeance. Rescuers in boats, helicopters and lorries have in bringing people to safety. Forecasters say it is on track to dump more than 50 inches of rain in texas, making it the largest on record. We want people to know in the city. If you are there and there is a need, we will get to you. I will simply ask that you remain calm, remain patient and we will get to you. Anyone with a boat has been pressed into service. The city streets are to navigate. Quran so swift and treacherous. In the
This is bbc news. The headlines 30 inches of rain has caused floods around the city of houston. Security forces are being sent to the area to help. A lorry driver has been remanded in custody in connection with saturdays minibus crash on the m1. He was charged 20 counts of drink driving and dangerous driving. More than 130 people have been treated in hospital and hundreds more affected by a mysterious gas cloud that drifted in off the sea in east sussex. The third round of brexit talks take place in brussels this afternoon, with british negotiators urging the eu to show flexibility and imagination. A self styled holy man in northern india has been sentenced to ten years in prison, for raping two of his women followers. Now on bbc news were going behind the scenes of britains city of culture with our latest special programme on hulls year long festival of arts and culture. Welcome to summer in the uk city of culture. And summer means festivals. We have got them all literature, theatre a