Whether theyve got a job, pay their mortgages, feed their families. Its great news. Its finally something positive, its good. Streets turned into rivers and theres more heavy rain to come in parts of yorkshire and the midlands. The families that will benefit from two cannabis based medicines approved for the nhs in england and others that say they still wont get what they need. Last post. And commemorations to mark the 100th Armistice Day since the end of the first world war. And coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news officials underfire in the premier league after more video assistant criticism. Well hearfrom the man behind var. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Nigel farage has extended an election olive branch to the conservatives by announcing the brexit party will not contest seats which were won by the tories back in 2017, a total of 317 seats. But he says he will fight against other parties to try to ensure the uk leaves the eu. Borisjohnson has welc
More rain is forecast in areas of england already hit by flooding. Five severe flood warnings, meaning a threat to life, remain in place. A state of emergency has been declared in New South Wales and queensland as bushfires continue to burn posing what authorities say, is a catastrophic threat. Families in england will benefit from two cannabis based medicines approved for the nhs but others say they still wont get what they need. Good evneing. Nigel farage has extended an election olive branch to the conservatives by announcing the brexit party will not contest seats which were won by the tories back in 2017 a total of 317 seats. But he says he will fight against other parties, to try to ensure the uk leaves the eu. Borisjohnson has welcomed the offer, but labour have called it a Trump Alliance that must be stopped. Laura kuenssberg reports on this latest move and how much of a difference it could make come election day. And a warning, her report contains flashing images. A moment in
Also tonight. There are 42 flood warnings still in place in the north of england, ministers will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow, as locals underline the scale of the crisis. Weve never experienced this in our lifetime. Weve lived here for nearly 55 years. I was born here. And we just think the system has completely let us down. One of the uks biggest steel makers has been rescued by a chinese company, potentially safeguarding thousands of jobs. In hong kong, two people are in a Critical Condition after another day of demonstrations by democracy campaigners in hong kong. And a two minute silence across the uk, as people gather to pay tribute to those lost in two world wars. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news a fourth consecutive gold in a championship record in the javelin. Hollie arnold starts for Great Britain at the world para athletics. Good evening. Theres been a potentially significant shift in the dynamics of the upcoming election, caused by the brexit partys decision not
Positive. Its good. There are 42 flood warnings still in place in the north of england. Ministers will hold an emergency meeting tomorrow as locals underline the scale of the crisis. A state of emergency has been declared in New South Wales and queensland as bushfires continue to burn, posing what authorities say, is a catastrophic threat. Families in england will benefit from two cannabis based medicines approved for the nhs but others say they still wont get what they need. And at half past 11 well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers asa bennett, the brexit commissioning editor at the telegraph and sienna rodgers, the editor of labourlist. Theres been a potentially significant shift in the dynamics of the upcoming election caused by the brexit partys decision not to contest those seats won by the conservatives last time. The Brexit Party Leader, nigel farage, who once promised to stand in the vast majority of seats across the uk said hed made the decision beca
and i said it was chessington world of adventures. i had misremembered my theme parks. it s actually drayton manor. i am happy to correct the record and i am happy to apologise to all theme park fans who pointed this out. hopefully that ends the matter. on happier news, lots of newscasters got in touch when chris and i spectacularly failed to come up with a name for this week when we re getting loads of party manifestos published one after the other, but plenty of newscasters jumped into the breach to save us. nick, who describes himself as an addicted listener, said, how about the newscast manifestival? and he then goes the extra mile and says, you could decorate the studio with relevant party coloured bunting. thenjohn, who says, great show. thank you, john said, with festival season approaching, sensing a little theme here, how about you call it the manifestonbury? love it, or festonbury. and then he goes the extra mile too and says, you could have a different p