Snowdonia. Figures today show the number of people being rescued in the mountains is up on last year. Later in the programme we will find out why. Ten years ago today, the first iphone went on sale sparking a smartphone revolution. But how have they changed the way we live . Ill be finding out. Weve come to sheffield to hear about a multi Million Pound plan by the Lawn Tennis Association to revamp grassroots tennis and were also launching our Breakfast Summer Challenge with world number one andy murray the first to take it on. And sarah has the weather. Good morning. Weve got a lot of cloud across the skies today bringing heavy rain for northern and western parts. I will have a full forecast in 15 minutes. Good morning, first our main story. A retired court of appealjudge, sir Martin Moore Bick, is today expected to be appointed to lead the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster. The news comes as police say at least 80 people are believed to have died in the fire, but they do
A meeting of this kind. Also this hour, an emotional tribute from the father of the youngest manchester terror attack victim. Saffie roussos was one of 22 People Killed in the attack at the Ariana Grande concert. Today would have been her ninth birthday. She was so soft and gentle On The Inside Butjust so strong in what she wanted, and she wanted to be famous, she wanted to be on stage, she wanted to be Ariana Grande, the way she is now, that was saffies dream. A survey by bbc 5 live indicates more than a third of premier League Football fans regularly watch games online via unofficial streams. Good morning, its tuesday the 4th july. Welcome to Newsroom Live. North korea says it has successfully launched an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile. The range seems to have been much greater than in previous tests. If the claim is true, the missile could potentially have the range to reach parts of the United States. State media said the Landmark Test was overseen by the north Korean Leader ki
Since she became the new doctor who, Jodie Whittaker says she cant wait to start life as a timelord. I hope my gender isnt a fearful thing for the fans because in this world particularly, there are no rules and that is a great thing. New laws will be introduced, giving people greater control over what happens to their online personal data. The government says the legislation offers the right to be forgotten. Proposals in the Data Protection bill would make it easierfor users of social media platforms like facebook to get content about themselves deleted. Meanwhile companies would also have to get explicit consent to collect personal data, rather than rely on pre selected tick boxes. Heres our Political Correspondent, leila nathoo. Our lives are led online. We all leave a digital trail. But what happens to all the information we upload about ourselves . A new law will ensure that the United Kingdom will retain its world class regime of protecting personal data. Now we will have more con
Citizens have a right to clarify important questions. The judges have no right to interfere with the democratic wishes of the electorate, lets stop wasting time and get on to repealing the European Community act. As always, really keen to hear from you do get in touch throughout the morning. That ruling is in 30 minutes hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11. As youd expect, the programme will be dominated by reaction to that Supreme Court ruling, due in just under half an hours time. As always, do get in touch use victorialive, and if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today in half an hours time, the Supreme Court will deliver its ruling on whether the Prime Minister needs parliaments approval before she can start the process of leaving the eu. The long awaited judgment will decide how the eus Article 50 Exit Clause is triggered. The government argues that ministers have the power to do that, but opponents say they need parliaments
Of the city for the first time, to face strong resistance from so called Islamic State. And on newsnight, theresa may an unelected leader with a major constitutional negotiation to deliver, and a small majority in house, wins the day and sails forth. In the light of labours meltdown in copeland, is the party lead byJeremy Corbyn far from an effective opposition . Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Theresa may has said winning the copeland by election was an astounding victory for the conservatives. Its the first time a party in government has taken a seat in a by election for 35 years. Labour had held copeland since 1935, but the conservatives overturned a labour majority of more than 2,500. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn described the defeat as Very Disappointing but he said he wouldnt be standing down. In a second by election in stoke on trent central, labour did see off a challenge from the ukip leader paul nuttall, but with a reduced majority. Our deputy political editor, john p