A waste of time for most people. The cost of credit. Spending on credit cards is at the most expensive in 13 years, even though Interest Rates are at record lows. I will look at why. Mo farahs former coach Alberto Salazar is found guilty of doping violations and banned from athletics for four years. A court case began behind closed doors in 2017, the year farah stopped working with salazar. Good morning. Today across scotland and Northern Ireland, early rain will clear. Then mostly dry for you with just a few showers. For england and wales, rain in the north and some heavy, thundery downpours further south which could lead to some issues with localised flooding. Will have more later. It is tuesdayi of october. We are based here for much of the morning at the conservative Party Conference in manchester. Our top story proposals to avoid a hard irish border are expected to be published in the coming days as part of the governments revised brexit deal. But, with less than a month until the
It comes as china puts on a huge display of military hardware in beijing to mark the 70th anniversary of communist party rule. Clashes in hong kong a pro democracy is reportedly shot in the chest by police during protest. 15 people have been taken to hospital with one in a critical condition. If you look at the amount of tear gas that has been fired, itjust gives you an idea of how things are escalating today. No red alert experts conclude theres little evidence that eating red meat increases the risk of cancer. Mo farahs former coach, Alberto Salazar, has been banned from athletics for four years, after being found guilty of doping violations. Coming up how a treadmill and a large screen might be the key to helping victims of post Traumatic Stress disorder heal their mental scars. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The Prime Minister, borisjohnson, has denied overnight reports that a string of customs posts could be set up just a few miles from the irish border to avoid the b
temperatures across the uk rose with a level three alert, and some rider means the uk could be hosting next year s eurovision contest. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the uk s second busiest airport says it will limit the number of flights across the peak summer period because it hasn t got enough staff. gatwick airport said it was aimed at creating a more reliable service for passengers. usually 900 flights run a day, but it ll be 825 injuly, and 850 in august. it comes after the government and regulators wrote to airlines telling them to make sure their summer timetables were deliverable . the decision means thousands of people will have their holiday plans disrupted, as theo leggett reports. this is what airlines and airports want to avoid. over easter and around the jubilee holiday, hundreds of flights were cancelled. some while passengers were preparing to board. people want to travel, but staff shortages at airlines and ground handling companies have become a s
I will be reporting from westminster where mps are discussing the brexit withdrawal. The International Monetary fund downgrades its forecast for britains Economic Growth blaming uncertainly over brexit. More than 9,000 people sleeping rough the extent of homelessness in england is described as a National Crisis. Tighter regulations for uber after the European Court ofjustice rules that the taxi hailing service is a transport firm notjust an app. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is that the metropolitan police the uks Biggest Police force is undertaking a review of all of its current sex offence investigations after the collapse of two rape cases in the space of a week. The prosecutions were halted because of the late disclosure of evidence. The investigations include child abuse, rape and Sexual Assault cases which were about to go to court. The trial of liam allen was halted on friday, and the case against isaac itiary was abandoned yesterday, after it emerged that police had delayed the
Theresa may has said ministers will look again at Public Sector pay before the budget after criticism that the pay awards announced yesterday were still below inflation. Does the Prime Minister understand that inflation is mayor 2 and anything less means dedicated public serva nts anything less means dedicated Public Servants are worse off anything less means dedicated Public Servants are worse off again and have been made worse off for the past seven years . There is a need for greater flexibility as we look at these issues on Public Sector pay in the future. We will be working on this in the lead up to the budget. Also in the next hour, a warning from the president of the European Commission that the uk will soon regret leaving the eu. In his annual address to the european parliament, Jean Claude Juncker says there is a window of opportunity to build a stronger, more united union. And the robot making its debut as the conductor of an orchestra in italy. Good afternoon and welcome to