matthew mcconaughey makes an impassioned plea for gun control, after a school shooting in his home town. these are the same green converse on her feet that turned out to be the only clear evidence that could identify her after the shooting. how about that? thejourney begins martin hibbert arrives in tanzania, and starts his attempt to scale kilimanjaro. first thing i saw when they came out was my trike. so i m happy. i don t even care if i ve not got underwear as long as i ve got my trike, i can do it. good morning. 50 and counting for harry kane his penalty avoids defeat for england against germany as he becomesjust the sceond man to score 50 goals for his country. good morning. sunshine and showers today for england and wales. some show is heavy and thundery with some hail. scotland and northern ireland, cloudy for you, damp but a bit of sunshine here and there. all the details later. it s wednesday 8th ofjune. our main story. tens of thousands of workers are to stage
And they wont be the last. What does it mean for Council Tax Payers in the city . And as concerns grow for the Financial Futures of dozens of other councils, is this more evidence of crumbling britain . We will speak to conservative and Labour Councillors and an expert on town halls growing financial woes. Also tonight, hundreds of women can now take legal action against the makers of a Contraceptive Coil that women say have left them maimed and in constant pain. We will talk to the lawyer representing 200 patients and a woman who says she was forced to have a hysterectomy to get the coil out of her. And the row between government and big tech which could mean that the Message Services millions of us rely on could stop working. And the government plans to tighten Benefit Rules to encourage more disabled people off benefits and into work. We will get a reaction from a charity. And do send us a message on whatsapp. Are you in receipt of benefits and keen to work, or an employer hoping th
We will have more on all of those stories. First, though, lets head to the bbc sport centre, round up the sport. Good afternoon. The england and both report have announced a new regulator sport and complete lead change the game. It is in response to a report earlier this or that outlined racism, sexism and elitism in cricket. Here is dan roan. The game has undergone a period of soul searching over the last free months, and nowhere has that process been more relevant or painful than inherent headingley, the county was engulfed in a racism scandal two years ago. It was heavily criticised for the way that it handled the allegations of its former player azeem rafiq, and it was fine hundred of thousands of pounds and docked 48 points in the County Championship by the ecb earlier this year, but this this scandal spreads well be on one county, because three months ago, the independent commission for equity in cricket produced a damning report that found that the game across england and wales
the most senior hospital doctors. they ll vote on a new government pay offer over the next few weeks. during that time, the threat of further strikes will be lifted. let s talk to our health editor hugh pym, whojoins us from the newsroom with the latest. hugh, this news has just come in to us. what are the details of what looks like a breakthrough in a long running dispute? it like a breakthrough in a long-running dispute? like a breakthrough in a lonua-runnin disute? ., , long-running dispute? it does look that way although long-running dispute? it does look that way although the long-running dispute? it does look that way although the deal - long-running dispute? it does look| that way although the deal will have to be put to members over the next month. but it does lift the threat of further strikes by senior doctors which was really worrying nhs leaders. they were very concerned about what might happen over the winter period. consultants in england were given a 6% pay
latest block, for some junior doctors to come back in to help shore up the staffing in one of england s busiest a&e units here at the queens medical centre. by the evening, the nhs said they d heard from the bma that the request had been turned down, a so called derogation was denied. now, that has become increasingly frustrating, the bma says, the number of requests that are being made. what we know is that are being made. what we know is that the strike call here appears to be strongly heeded. yesterday, of all thejunior be strongly heeded. yesterday, of all the junior doctors on rota be strongly heeded. yesterday, of all thejunior doctors on rota on day one of the strike action, 72% didn t show up for work. we are told thatis didn t show up for work. we are told that is slightly down on the 80% earlier on in this long running dispute. earlier on in this long-running disute. . ~ earlier on in this long-running disute. ., ~ , earlier on in this long-running disute. . ~ , . prince and