A courts told the six year old allegedly pushed from the tenth floor of the tate modern broke his back and suffered a bleed on the brain. Some people evacuated from properties below a damaged dam in derbyshire are being allowed back to their homes. The first black woman to win the nobel prize for literature the american novelist Toni Morrison has died at the age of 88. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The government has denied it wants talks with the European Union to fail so that it can end up with a no deal brexit. Officials in brussels have claimed that borisjohnson has no intention of entering new negotiations and that the governments central scenario is a no deal break at the end of october. Mrjohnson has insisted he does want to reach a new deal with the eu, but says hes not prepared to open talks unless brussels drops the irish backstop. Thats the mechanism designed to avoid a return to a hard border dividing the island of ireland. Our Political Correspondent ben wright rep
The big names on the move. He is on his way to inter milan from manchester united. And welcome to edinburgh, where we have singers, we have acrobats. A little worried about them in their warmup this morning. 4 Million People come to edinburgh throughout the month of august for the Edinburgh Festival. We have the red sofa here, all with the wonderful backdrop of edinburgh castle. Good morning. Today we are looking at another day of sunshine, and fewer showers than of late, but later, a deep area of low pressure is going to swing into the south west, bringing some heavy rain and strength ending when. I will have more in 15 minutes. Strengthening wins. Winds. It is thursday 8 august. Our top story a Police Officer is in a Critical Condition after being repeatedly stabbed with a machete in east london. The attack happened at around midnight. A man in his 50s has been arrested. Lets get more from our reporter simonjones, who is at the scene in leyton. Simon, what do we know . Well, the poli
Ten minutes before landing. One passenger compares it to a horror film. People were saying, get down, get down, we were trying to breathe in only the cleaner air towards the floor of the cabin. A teenager is charged with attempted murder after a six year old boy was allegedly thrown from the top of the tate. Hell appear in court later today firefighters warn that crews will need to spend at least two more days pumping water from a reservoir to stop its dam bursting and flooding a town. As the dust settles on a crushing ashes defeat, englands captain insists his side does have the confidence to turn the series around. Tackling the counterfeit alcohol trade, how an artificial tongue could help taste subtle differences between whiskies. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. The European Union has rejected holding further brexit talks with the uk while borisjohnsons government insists on changing the Withdrawal Agreement to scrap the irish border backstop. Eu negotiators told eur
A pint of bitter, please. Also today this woman, Victoria Smith, died months after her disability benefits were stopped. Now the Assessment Company capita is going to court to fight a decision that it mishandled her claim. Well talk to victorias mum. She was a human being. She was my daughter. And she was my friend and my world. Plus, james hodders girlfriend kirsty boden was killed in the London Bridge attacks. Hes calling for an urgent meeting with thejustice secretary in his fight for legal aid for the families of those killed in terror attacks. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Later on the programme well talk to helen wood, a former escort who hit the headlines after wayne rooney paid to sleep with her. Shes now written a memoir and well talk to her later. Use the hashtag victoria live. First, the latest news, rebecca jones. The European Union has rejected holding further brexit talks with the uk while borisjohnsons government insist on changing the
Passengers is forced to make an Emergency Landing in spain supremacist that has no bearing, or belongs in el paso. After smoke filled the cabin. Here, unlike dayton, ohio, indian administered kashmir the killers motivations appear is in lockdown for a second day. To be driven by racist hatred, the internet is restricted which the president himself and thousands of troops are on the streets after delhi condemned from the white house. Removed its special status. In one voice, our nation must condemn racism, bigotry and white supremacy. As the death toll in the el paso shooting rises to 22, families of some of those who died has he done enough to condemn it speak of their grief rather than stoke it . His predecessor and coming up on bbc news clearly believes not. After defeat in the first barack obama has called ashes test yesterday, another blow for england today on all americans to reject as Bowlerjames Anderson is ruled out of the second test language from any of their leaders that fee