by the union leadership. half of britain s rail lines will be closed when workers walk out on tuesday, thursday and saturday. these strikes are not only a bid to derail reforms that are critical to the network s future and designed to inflict damage at the worst possible time. iam in i am in the devon constituency which has been conservative for 100 years. we will hear for the labour candidate where it may not be so certain that it will stay that way. hot and getting even hotter britain s heatwave expected to peak tomorrow with temperatures of 3a degrees celsius. good afternoon. borisjohnson s ethics adviser, who resigned last night, has accused the prime minister of putting him in an impossible and odious position. in his resignation letter, lord geidt said the prime minister had asked him to consider measures, understood to be on a trade issue, which risked a deliberate and purposeful breach of the ministerial code. lord geidt s letter also says he came close to quitting
Chain stop . Number 10 does the buck stop . Where does the chain stop . Number10 downing street, some people are saying. Are we now an international laughing stock. A symbol of our decline, broken britain, strong was coming in condemnation. But what do you say . Get in touch and tell us. I look forward to talking to you. Do get in touch and you can call or text us. Defence secretary grant shapps says this could create a Fantastic Levelling Opportunity from diverting funding to other projects. Rishi sunak s expected to announce in his Party Conference speech today that the birmingham to Manchester Leg of the rail line will be scrapped, while setting out plans for other transport projects in the north of england and wales. Officials in venice say at least 21 people, including two children, were killed when a bus fell off a bridge onto a railway line and caught fire. The governor of the venice region has described the crash as a tragedy of enormous proportions. Large parts of britains rai
Are expecting the Prime Minister to say. Are expecting the Prime Minister to sa. , are expecting the Prime Minister to sa. , are expecting the Prime Minister to sa. , say. Downing street say it is all speculation. Say. Downing street say it is all speculation, so say. Downing street say it is all speculation, so they say. Downing street say it is all speculation, so they wont say. Downing street say it is all. Speculation, so they wont confirm it. With a Party Gathering this weekend, there are sure to be a raft of policies coming forward. We expect something, we arent sure what it is going to be. We got a hint yesterday in a series of interviews with rishi sunak where he talks about the fact the vast majority of journeys talks about the fact the vast majority ofjourneys people make are in their cars. Hes been unashamedly pro motorists. The Guardian Newspaper is reporting what they might be looking out as a restriction on how councils can bring in those 20 mph zones. There may be fewer
Well, spontaneous and led the applause here in st annes square in manchester, and you mightjust have been able to tell, there was a man towards the back of the crowd in this very bright Manchester Sun here, who said well done, manchester. And then the applause broke out again. And absolutely baking hot day in st annes square, and hundreds of hundreds of people, i cant even calculate, perhaps at least a thousand people have come here to the square for that moment of silence that is marked across the country to remember those who lost their lives. Here, at the Manchester Arena, less than a mile away, people have continued to lay flowers there. Really lovely to meet you. I know you work fairly near here. Explain why you wanted to come here for this moment of silence . We live and work in the city. You dont really know what to do in this situation. If you can doa what to do in this situation. If you can do a small act by being here, it makes you feel like you can contribute. Applause just
Is still defying Brexit Predictions but for how long . A warning about dementia why living near major Roads Letters from a princess to palace steward dianas handwritten notes are sold at auction. Coming up in the sport on bbc news, hull city appoint former olympiakos boss marco silva as their new manager. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Jill saward, the first survivor of rape to waive her right to anonymity, has died. She was 51. In 1986 she suffered a violent assault by two men during a burglary at her fathers vicarage in west london. At the end of the trial of the rapists, thejudge said her trauma had not been so great. Jill saward went on to become a tireless campaigner and many believe her efforts changed the way we now deal with sex crime and its victims. Our Home Affairs Correspondent june kelly looks back at her life. Jill sawa rd jill saward was 21 when, in 1986, she became the victim of a crime which caused revulsion across the country. There was horror that,