police searching for nicola bulley, the 45 year old who disappeared while walking her dog in lancashire more than a week ago, say they re looking for a key witness. officers want to speak to a woman who was wearing a yellow coat and pushing a pram near the river wyre. pope francis and the heads of the churches of england and scotland have urged the people of south sudan to work towards lasting peace. the three christian leaders met for a prayer vigil in the country. pope francis told thousands of worshippers that true peace harmonised differences. now on bbc news you, me and the big c. cheering and applause. hello, everyone. good evening. welcome to you, me and the big c live. woo! it s good, isn t it! hello. i m lauren mahon, proud founder of girlsvscancer. and he is steve bland, who will always be known as steve bland. if you have just started listening to this podcast, you re so 2018, hon, where have you been? but we have covered a load of topics and you might find them
may be slowing down. hello, and welcome to bbc news. the giant chinese balloon that had been floating over the united states has been shot down by an american fighterjet off the coast of south carolina. the balloon, which the us says was being used to spy on military sites, appeared to plummet straight into the sea. china continues to insist it was a stray civilian weather observation airship. david willis is our correspondent in washington. officials here are saying that this chinese balloon was brought down about six miles off the coast of south carolina by a single missile fired by a us fighterjet. now, president biden had apparently given permission for such a strike on wednesday, that is a day before the actual presence of this balloon was made public. military officials decided to hold back for fear that it could spray debris down onto the mainland and hurt people on the mainland and hurt people on the ground below. then, today, as it was crossing the coast of south car
say they re looking for a key witness. officers want to speak to a woman who was wearing a yellow coat and pushing a pram near the river wyre. now on bbc news, the travel show. advice to the courts has been given that warrants for the forced installation of prepaid metres in the uk could be waved through. more than 1000 once a day were approved by magistrates last year as the cost of living crisis put many customers into arrears. earlier this week the regulator, offer jam, asked firms to suspend the compulsory installation of the devices after a couple of times investigation showed british gas subcontractors breaking into homes of vulnerable people. 0fgem. this was into homes of vulnerable people. 0fgem. this was the footage that trust energy companies firmly under the spotlight. an undercover reporter from the times showed that collectors working for british gas breaking into the home of a single father with young children, to fit a prepayment metre. energy suppliers c
and a peace mission to south sudan the pope makes an unprecedented visit, alongside the leaders of the church of england and church of scotland. hello, and welcome to audiences in the uk and around the world. the giant chinese balloon that had been floating over the united states has been shot down by an american fighterjet off the coast of south carolina. the balloon, which the us says was being used to spy on military sites, appeared to plummet straight into the sea. china continues to insist it was a stray civilian weather observation airship. a short time ago, this is what president biden said. i ordered the pentagon to shoot it down as soon as possible, they decided without doing damage to anyone on the ground. they decided that the best time to do that was as it got overwater within a 12 mile limit. they successfully took it down, and i want to complement our aviators who did it, and we ll have more to report on a little later. our north america correspondent david wi
say they re looking for a key witness . officers want to speak to a woman who was wearing a yellow coat and pushing a pram near the river wyre. now on bbc news, our world: jessica and austin: when murder goes viral. injune 2020, three friends found a suitcase washed up on a beach, accidentally defining the story of a murdered couple. wait, open it. laughter open it. as the videos went viral, people started speculating the clicks and shares complicating the investigation. it might even be linked - to a network of serial killers in the dark web. this is where they found the two suitcases. they re notjust entertainment. and theories on social media impacted what would end up being a two year trial and changed the lives of two families. it s not suitcases that washed up. it was my son and it wasjessica. they were human beings. when your loved one s death has gone viral, how do you remember their life before the headlines? happy mother s day, mom. give me a call. i love you. my