We have a special investigation. It has been for months been since those Business Rate changes affected millions of companies. Didcot has seen some of the biggest rises. In sport, as usain bolt get set to race for the final time, a time 0lympic race for the final time, a time Olympic Champion has told us the sport will die if athletes keep doping. And plans to rip up speed bumps in a an effort to tackle speed bumps. For many of us its a dry and bright start, with a couple of showers. But we have rain coming to the south west. That will be moving north east. Some will be heavy and possibly thundery as well. It will be accompanied by casting wins. More details on 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. The duke of edinburgh will carry out his final Public Engagement before he retires from royal duty this afternoon. Prince philip, who is 96 years old, will attend a parade by the Royal Marines. In may it was announced he would be retiring after spending more than six decades suppo
Were facing unacceptable stress. The letter comes after two days of unrest at the mount establishment In Hertfordshire. Mark lobel reports. There have been days of disorder at Prisons Wiltshire and hertfordshire where riot trained officers were deployed to subdue unruly prisoners. This past year has brought an average of 20 attacks a day on staff in prisons in england and wales, following a decline in the number of Prison Officers over the past few years and complaints over pay. Now the president of Prison Governors Association is publicly blaming the government for what she calls a crisis in many jails and unacceptable stress and anxiety amongst workers. In an open letter to Prison Governors, Andrea Albutt says the state has failed to help them cope with Population Pressures in prison, having changed the way the prisons are run for the worse. Ms albutt says the governments decision taken earlier this year to separate operational control of the Prison System from responsibility for pol
Bowlers channelling australian bowlers chanbeling beyonce. Good morning. Its wednesday, 2nd august. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live recent unrest in english and welsh jails is causing grave concern, according to the Prison Governors Association. In an open letter, the president of the organisation said governors were facing unacceptable stress. The letter comes after two days of unrest at the mount establishment in hertfordshire. Mark lobel reports. There have been days of disorder at prisons in wiltshire and hertfordshire where riot trained officers were deployed to subdue unruly prisoners. This past year has brought an average of 20 attacks a day on staff in prisons in england and wales, following a decline in the number of Prison Officers over the past few years and complaints over pay. Now the president of Prison Governors Association is publicly blaming the government for what she calls a crisis in many jails and unacceptable stress and anxiety amongst workers. In an open letter to P
Jobs. A star studded list featuring the likes of ed sheeran and coldplay call on the government to do more to protect the uks live music venues. They won the fa cup back in 2013, but now we can athletic have become the first English Football Club to go into Administration Since the coronavirus pandemic Wigan Athletic. I will be there this morning getting a reaction. Get ready for some big downpours today, especially across parts of england. And over the next few days the wind is set to get up once again. I will have all the details hereunder. Here on breakfast. 0ur our top story is that schools in england will be told to stagger break times, Group Children into bubbles and focus on core subjects when they return to the classroom in september. This is according to guidelines expected to be published by the government today. The plans are based on reducing contact rather than social distancing and will be set out by the education secretary, Gavin Williamson. 0ur education correspondent d
Developing for much of scotland and Northern Ireland. The strongest of the wind is down to the south at this point, they get some shelter from the north easterly wind, 15 possible in plymouth but generally 12,13,14 possible in plymouth but generally 12, 13, 1a degrees. Then as we head to the end of the week, High Pressure is going to try to take charge of our weather. You can see various frontal systems around the edges but i think this high will fend those off of the most part. So it is looking largely dry, but it will often be quite cloudy and temperatures will continue to struggle, with highs between ten and 30 degrees. Ten and 13 degrees. Hello there. This is bbc news, with me, ben brown. A look at the latest headlines borisjohnson me, ben brown. A look at the latest headlines Boris Johnson announces tough new local coronavirus rules in england. The three tier system will have various levels of restrictions to stop what is called the heavy spread of the virus. This is not how we wa