Wants her biological father brought tojustice. And england lose early wickets in their mammoth run chase, to save the first ashes test at edgbaston. And coming up on bbc news with four days to go until the transfer window closes in england, the much talked about move to Manchester United for Harry Maguire is expected to be confirmed today. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The Prime Minister has pledged to spend £850 million on nhs building projects at 20 hospitals in england. The money over the next five years, will be used to upgrade outdated facilities and equipment. A further billion pounds is to be used to tackle a backlog in hospital upgrades. Speaking on a visit to a hospital in lincolnshire, Boris Johnson said his job was to use the funds that go into the nhs to reduce waiting times. Labour has dismissed the money as not enough, saying it wont fix years of cuts in the health service. Our health correspondent, dominic hughes, reports. Its another busy morning i
Football the way it was say, 20 30 yea rs football the way it was say, 20 30 years ago. The transfer window closes for premier league clubs. Well find out who did the best business as the new season kicks off tonight. And nothing says summer like a wet weather in a festival field. This is one, but others have fallen foul of weather conditions. Some particularly windy conditions. Ill have the full details later in the programme. Its friday august 9th. Our top story the number of people dying from asthma attacks in england and wales is the highest it has been in ten years, according to an analysis of officialfigures. The Charity Asthma uk says the deaths are unnecessary, as too many people are failing to get the basic level of care. With more, heres our Health Correspondent, dominic hughes. Nearly 5 Million People in england and wales suffer from asthma, which can cause coughing, wheezing, a tight chest and breathlessness. Treated properly, it should be easy to manage, but the number of
Gets underway tonight as european champions liverpool take on promoted norwich city at anfield. And stay with us here on bbc news for more on the search for the irish teenager missing in malaysia. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9 00. Jeremy corbyn has urged britains top Civil Servant to block the Prime Minister if he tries to force through a no deal brexit during a general Election Campaign. There has been speculation that borisjohnson could call an election at the start of november if he loses a vote of no confidence in parliament. The labour leader has written to the cabinet secretary saying such a move would be an nti democratic abuse of power. A move would be an anti democratic abuse of power. Our Political Correspondent tom barton is in westminster. The significance of this letter, what does it mean. Borisjohnson has said repeatedly that britain will leave the European Union at the end of october, no matter what. But there are a significant number of mps who are worri
Seriously so i think thats an issue. Met Office Weather warnings for most of the uk today, with thunderstorms likely to bring more flash flooding and travel disruption. The premier League Season gets under way tonight as european champions liverpool take on promoted norwich city at anfield. Good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Our top story the chancellor sajid javid has said its a challenging time for world economies as new figures revealed the uk economy shrank in the Second Quarter of this year. The gdp figures show a 0. 2 decline between april and june, the worst performance of the uk economy since 2012. It follows a 0. 5 growth the previous quarter, which was largely put down to manufacturers stockpiling before the missed brexit deadline on march 31st. Even the usually Strong Services sector, showed just 0. 1 growth in todays figures, which have led to fears of a uk recession. Lets get more from our correspondent katy austin, katy what do the figures tell us . It had been e