Former emmerdale actor, Kelvin Fletcher, drafted in as a last minute replacement, wins this years striclty. And coming up at 10. 30 22 years on, a british driver is trying to break his own world land speed record in bloodhound chasing the land speed record. Jeremy corbyn has apologised for his part in labours worst general election defeat since the 1930s. Immediately after the vote, he faced criticism for not saying sorry to labour mps whod lost their seats. But in a letter in the sunday mirror, he says he takes responsibility and that his party came up short. Meanwhile, Boris Johnson is to enshrine in law, a commitment to raise spending on the nhs in england, year on year , giving the service an extra 33 point nine billion pounds a year by 202a. With me is our Political Correspondent tony bonsignore. Firstly, lets talk about labour and jeremy corbyn. What has he been saying today . He takes personal responsibility for that catastrophic defeat for labour last week but when you look at
Heres our politics correspondent tony bonsignore. Three days awn, labour is still trying to work out what went so catastrophically wrong. Im just sorry that we let people down. In the observer today Jeremy Corbyn offers an apology. But the labour leader remains convinced that the campaign wasnt a total failure. He says. From the shadow chancellor is this morning, a fuller apology. Let me make it clear. It is on me. Lets ta ke make it clear. It is on me. Lets take it on the chin. I own this disaster. But again i believe that the core message was a good one, and other factors were also to blame. The core message was a good one, and other factors were also to blameli think it was brexit that did it. We we re think it was brexit that did it. We were on the horns of a dilemma, we couldnt move either way and we try to compromise and it didnt work. Thats the first thing. The second thing, the media did a number on jeremy, forfour years thing, the media did a number on jeremy, for four years s
On scottish independence, saying the people of scotland mustnt be kept in the union against their will. You cannot just lock us in a cupboard and turn the key and hope that everything goes away. In other news, a british man has been killed and his son wounded, after being shot during a suspected robbery, outside a five star hotel in buenos aires. Delegates at un climate talks in madrid struggle to reach agreement, in a bid to tackle global warming. And in half an hour here on bbc news, click looks at social media innovation made in china, and why its setting nerves jangling in silicon valley. Hello, good afternoon, welcome to bbc news. Jeremy corbyn has apologised for his part in labours worst general election defeat since the 1930s. Immediately after the vote, he faced criticism for not saying sorry to labour mps whod lost their seats. But in a letter to the sunday mirror. He said. The shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell also apologised for the loss but also blamed the media portrayal of
Allegedly flashes her. Im going to get you, darling. What she says happened next. Caught on camera, a quick thinking firefighter grabbing a tarp to catch a falling dog. And forget the holidays. Have a Holly Jolly Christmas why some say the most stressful time of the year is just a couple of weeks away. Good thursday morning, everyone. Lets get right to that breaking news. Puerto ricos embattled governor is stepping down after nearly two weeks of massive protests. In a major aboutface, Governor Ricardo Rossello made that announcement on facebook shortly before midnight announcing that he will leave office next friday on august 2nd. Protesters started cheering, waving flags and singing after hearing that the governor had decided to quit. Residents of the u. S. Territory had vowed to keep protesting until he stepped down. [ cheers ] overnight celebrations on the streets of san juan, puerto rico. The islands embattled governor announcing his resignation in a late night facebook post. The c