Using computers to detect disease. The nhs is to get £250 million to build an Artificial Intelligence lab. And its set to be a busy transfer deadline day. Manchester united have agreed to sell striker Romelu Lukaku to inter milan in a deal worth up to £74 million. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Police say an officer who was attacked with a machete in east london is seriously injured, but will recover. The policeman was stabbed several times after he tried to stop a van in leyton at around midnight. A man in his fifties has been arrested. Our correspondent andy moore is in east london. Andy, what do we know so far . This incident happened just behind me just before midnight last night. Two officers in a marked patrol car were following a large white van, and we think it was not insured, which is why they were following it. They had the blue lights on and were trying to get it to pull over and it eventually did, just behind me and when the officers got out they were co
Of young people around the world like coco. Its illegal to sell it to under 18s but she tells me that never stopped her or her friends. The older kids sell to the younger kids and lots of shops dont check id. You can just walk in there, you can even go in your uniform and theyll sell it to you. Were coming up here to the other vape shop, whichever gate the kids come out, theres a vape shop. Theres one just here. Like many mothers, Marnie Wilton is worried about how prevalent vaping has become. And this is the primary school, 60 metres away. She said new regulations which include keeping any new vape shops more than 900 feet from schools, failed to address the problem. Absolutely does not go far enough to help our children. The laws that the government announced, the new laws, do nothing to affect existing stores that are already built. Only a few weeks before the new rules were due to come into effect, another vape shop opened near local school. Parents took to the streets saying their
To help priced out renters find somewhere to live . In sport, theres no stopping liverpool as they hit five in europe against Sparta Prague including a stunner from in form darwin nunez. Including a stunner good morning. A good deal of dry weather on the cards today, some will say sunshine but they will be a cold easterly wind blowing. I will have all the details for today and for the weekend throughout the programme. Its friday the 8th of march. President joe biden has used his state of the Union Address to criticise donald trump his likely opponent in the election and to claim that freedom and democracy are under assault around the world. President biden also announced that the us military will construct a port in gaza to allow the delivery of more humanitarian aid to the territory. Tonight, im directing the us military to lead an Emergency Mission to establish a temporary pier in the mediterranean on the coast of gaza that can receive large shipments carrying food, water, medicine a
Off the french coast. But off the french coast. But ambulance crews greeted the casualty bodies as they arrived at dover harbour. The casualty bodies as they arrived at dover harbour. The home secretary, Suella Braverman, saying , my thoughts and prayers saying, my thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the tragic loss of life in the channel. Our Homeland Security editor mark white says the rescue operation continues. Rescue operation continues. There is a possibility that more people who were thrown into the water are are still out there, still missing. So that there, still missing. So that search is involving, were told, Aerial Assets in the form of coast guard helicopters. Life boats from both the uk and the french side. And of course, those various patrol boats from france and Border Force Vessels i now, immigration officials have arrested seven people in Northern Ireland as part of a crackdown on illegal workers, part of the home offices operation tornado two. It was just
One . Absolutely massive story in town today. 100,000 channel migrants have now arrived in britain. Like ive said, im going to be going through that piece by piece and also asking the question how many of them have gone missing . Views gbnews. Com gb views gbnews. Com headlines now. How. Now. Good afternoon. Its 3 01. Im Rhiannon Jones in the newsroom. The Police Service of Northern Ireland says dissident republicans claim to be in possession of officers. Details following a data leak. Chief constable simon byrne says hes deeply sorry for the industrial scale breach. He says the scale breach. He says the service is working hard to stop third parties from attempting to intimidate, corrupt or cause harm to serving officers. Harm to serving officers. Earlier he attended a behind the doors meeting with a policing board, the Police Service of Northern Ireland mistakenly shared details of 10,000 members of staff on tuesday day. Hundreds of officers have said they fear for their safety. They