World cup qualifier wins, for scotland, england and northern ireland. Gordon strachans scotland side kept alive their hopes, of reaching russia 2018, with a 3 0 win in lithuania. Actor and comedian robert webb will be here to tell us how he was inspired to write about what it means to be a man in the modern world. And tomasz has the weather. The weekend is looking a little mixed. A nice bright day today. Tomorrow, one for the sunday papers. A lot of grey cloud and rain on the way, but not for everyone. More from tomasz later, thanks. Good morning. First, our main story. More heavy rain is falling in south asia where this years monsoon season has left millions of people displaced. Its now believed more than m00 people have died. Part of indias financial centre, mumbai, are under several feet of water. Our south asia correspondent Justin Rowlatt is in the eastern state of bihar, one of the worst affected areas. Justin, we have been speaking to you throughout the morning, and rain on and
Welcome to bbc news. Utility companies could be charged by the hour for digging up busy roads when they work on improving their infrastructure. Ministers hope the policy would force contractors in england to speed up repairs, or carry out work at night to reduce traffic delays caused by their projects. Roadworks cost the economy £4 billion a year due to due to delayed deliveries and people being unable to get to work on time. The proposals follow successful trials in london and kent, which saw severe congestion fall by more than 50 . The charges, which could be up to £2,500 an hour, aim to encourage Utility Companies to avoid busy routes and times, and to Work Together to avoid repeatedly digging up the same piece of road, richard main reports. Mile after mile, hour after hour of delays caused by roadworks. Its thought one in every three of ourjourneys is held up like this. Around 2. 5 million roadworks are carried out every year in england, costing the economy an estimated £4 billi
Perspective of some the major events in history in witness at 2 30. That includes the partition of india in 1947. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The metropolitan police has confirmed it has paid compensation to the former chief of the Defence Staff field marshal lord bramall, and the family of the late home secretary lord brittan, who were both falsely accused of child sexual abuse. Both men were named a by an informant known as nick whos now being investigated for allegedly perverting the course of justice. Angus crawford reports. They were horrifying allegations, of a paedophile ring at the heart of the establishment, but they all proved to be false. During 0peration midland, police raided the homes of the former chief of the Defence Staff lord bramall, ex home secretary leon brittan, and former tory mp harvey proctor. All on the say so of this one man, nick, whose real identity cant be revealed. But a scathing review of the investigation found nicks credibility wasnt proper
Record breaking 69th pole position at monza. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The metropolitan police has confirmed its paid compensation to the former chief of the Defence Staff, field marshal lord bramall, and the family of the late home secretary, lord brittan, who were both falsely accused of child sexual abuse. Both men were named by an informant known as nick, whos now being investigated for allegedly perverting the course ofjustice. Angus crawford reports. They were horrifying allegations, of a paedophile ring at the heart of the establishment but they all proved to be false. During 0peration midland, police raided the homes of the former chief of the Defence Staff lord bramall, ex home secretary leon brittan, and former tory mp harvey proctor. All on the say so of this one man, nick, whose real identity cant be revealed. But a scathing review of the investigation found nicks credibility wasnt properly assessed, search warrants were inaccurate, and the investigation went
Welcome to bbc news. The metropolitan police has confirmed, its paid compensation, to the former chief of the defence staff, field marshal lord bramall, and the family of the late home secretary, lord brittan. Both men had been falsely accused of child sexual abuse by an informant, whos now being investigated for allegedly perverting the course of justice. Heres tom symonds. They were claims which seemed to go right to the heart of power in britain. Child sexual abuse and murder. After a m month investigation which went nowhere, a review concluded the claims were false. But not before police had raided the homes of lord bramall, one of britains most senior former military figures. Lord brittan, the former home secretary, who had died. And Harvey Proctor, once a conservative mp. Names among those offered by this man, known as nick, who still cant be named for legal reasons. A retired judge found police had failed to properly assess his credibility. Applications for search warrants conta