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All of those stories coming up in a moment. Before we go to ben thompson, i want to show the live pictures from washington because he seemed pretty much set up there, we are expecting about four or five senators in the next few minutes to come to the microphone to condemn those protests we have seen at Different University campuses, certainly of the last few weeks, but more focused on what we saw overnight, both at ucla and at Columbia University in new york. So when that starts we will obviously return to washington. That gives us time to bring in ben thompson. He is herewith todays business needs. Good afternoon, what do you have for us . Lets move these things out of the way, i can actually see you extract thanks very much. Yes, we will start in washington, actually, and we will keep an eye on the stories you are talking about there as well, but we are looking at the worlds most powerful central bank of the big question of whether it will cut the cost of borrowing this year. That ha
Next . A big moment for a media mogul Rupert Murdoch is shrinking his empire by selling the majority of his company fox to disney. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with hugh and a rare good day for england at the ashes. Indeed, good afternoon, not a bad start at all and a special moment for dawid malan who had to hold back the tears as he scored his first test century and has helped england into a good position. More later on the hour. Thanks hugh and darren bett has all the weather getting colder again. Yes, we have seen some snow, its getting colder, probably only briefly, changes on the way this weekend, and in the run up to christmas but dont tell anyone your secret is safe with us, you know that also coming up a 70 year old mystery is solved the story of the baby boy who was found in a box on the steps of the bbc. A multi Faith Memorial Service has taken place at st. Pauls cathedral six months to the day since the fire at Grenfell Tower in west london which left 71 peopl
A bit ofa a bit of a dull day for some others but at least it is not windy. That could all change when it comes to the weekend. More details later. Also coming up getting himself into hot water. The mp who admits spending an hour in the bath every morning so he can clean his body and clear his mind. Hello everyone, this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. The performance of hospitals has slumped across the uk, with targets for cancer, a e and planned operations being widely missed, thats according to bbc research. Nationally england, wales and Northern Ireland have not hit one of their three key targets for 18 months. 0nly scotland has hit one of the targets. The findings are revealed as the bbc launches its online nhs tracker, which will allow you to see how your local service is performing on these three key waiting time targets. Being seen within four hours at accident emergency, cancer care beginning within 62 days of diagnosis, and planned operations taking place within 18 weeks in
We will make a full investigation exhaustive and we will find out exactly what happened and we will make sure that this will never happen again. Also this hour tributes to the legendary blue peter presenterjohn noakes, whos died aged 83. Get down shep best known for his partnership with faithful dog shep and his Daredevil Stunts his family say hell be greatly missed. Huddersfield town wins a place in next years Premier League, after their Play Off Battle with reading went to penalties. On meet the author, my guest is an patchett whose Book Cap Macro Commonwealth is a tapestry of American Life told over five decades. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. It is exactly one week to the day that the city of manchester suffered a major trauma a bombing that claimed the lives of children and parents enjoying a night out. Tonight many have gathered at st anns square in the Heart Of The City to demonstrate their support for the victims, families, and Emergency Personnel involved in the attack