In fact, you know the potential destruction that can wreak on the whole of the village below. Telecoms bosses question the governments ability to deliver the fastest possible broadband across the uk by 2025. A day to remember for rory burns as he hits a first test century to give england the advantage heading into day 3 of the first ashes test against australia. And breakfast enters the robot wars, but can our machine overcome the heavyweight champion of the world . Good morning. Dry weather on the way for the majority of the uk today. Tomorrow it looks like face the prospect of further heavy showers, particularly across Northern Britain. More coming up. Its saturday 3 august. Thank you forjoining us. Our top story thousands of people in derbyshire have spent a second night away from their homes as Emergency Services continue efforts to prevent a dam from collapsing. Some residents in Whaley Bridge will be allowed to return briefly today to collect essentials. Jane Frances Kelly has mo
Arsenal players chase off armed carjackers and escape unharmed, tweeting this morning, were fine. A game changer treatment for women with a hereditary form of Ovarian Cancer, will be made more widely available on the nhs. Tens of thousands of gamers gather in new york for the World Championship of fortnite with more prize money on offer to the winners than wimbledon. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport. After yesterday was abandoned with threats of thunderstorms, its all heading towards a lightning fast finish at lords. Englands bowlers striking again and again in their one of test match against ireland. More on a record breaking day, very shortly. A lot of the relief for commuters this morning. It is cooler and fresher today but we still have heavy showers and thunderstorms but we have lost the peak of the heatwave. All the details for the weekend and about 30 minutes. Also coming up. Meet 16 year old hollie, who is set to make Rugby League History this weekend as the youngest
Economy about to lift . Borisjohnson is in scotland where hes met with first minister Nicola Sturgeon and scottish conservative leader Ruth Davidson who are both against a no deal brexit. Here he is with Nicola Sturgeon. One times journalist has captioned that image for us. When someone says we should catch up soon and then they actually follow through. Heres the close up view. And heres what that meeting sounded like lots of booing as borisjohnson arrived. Well, we cant know what was going through Nicola Sturgeons head but this is what she said after the meeting. Behind on the bluff and bluster, this government and the path its perceiving is dangerous, its clear to me this government and the Prime Minister has said the uk on an inevitable path to know del brexit, the position its taken makes it difficult to see how any deal could be struck with the eu and i think its catastrophic for scotland and the whole uk. I made it clear to borisjohnson at my opposition at brexit and no deal brex
Committed to quitting the eu by and the global stocks are rising on 0ctober committed to quitting the eu by october 31st. But is there trouble hopes of fresh stimulus and a better round of trade talks. Also on the ahead on but is there trouble ahead on the tory backbenches . Programme, the inside track of bringing upa programme, the inside track of bringing up a baby and why the stuff you can buy, from buggies to bags, can burna you can buy, from buggies to bags, can burn a serious hole in your bank balance and that is just the beginning, i know from experience, and wed also like to know how you are coping in the heat. Have you changed your work patterns or routine this week and what are your top tips for staying cool . Share them please, use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. We bring you some pretty breaking news, major news. The japanese car maker nissan has just reported its latest earnings and its not good news. Heres what we know so far. Nissan says its q
Major currencies this morning. Iain conn, the chief executive of centrica, which owns british gas, announces hes stepping down after a challenging period for the company. Poorer pupils trail 18 months behind the rest of the class once they take their gcses, according to new research. Coming up in sport, gareth bale pulls out of real madrids pre season trip to munich after his big money move to china was blocked by the club. Greg and amber and, as the winners of this years love island are crowned, well ask whats made the reality show such a success. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A former high courtjudge says police may have broken the law in the way they investigated claims of a paedophile ring at westminster. Carl beech was jailed for 18 years last week for perverting the course of justice after lying about his claims. Sir Richard Henriques, who carried out a review of the Scotland Yard inquiry, claims that warrants to search the homes of some of those beech had accused o