Adverts with a new tool to report scammers. The man in charge of fixing britains railways said it should be independent of government and should have more input from city authorities. Ill be finding out what it means for passengers. The celebrations continue for englands cricketers, with a trip to downing street following their world cup win. A dry and pleasantly warm day across much of the uk today. One or two showers, but will they be coming your way . Ill tell you with the full forecast on breakfast. Good morning and thanks forjoining us. Its tuesday, the 16th ofjuly. Our top story figures out this morning are expected to show a significant rise in the number of deaths from drug abuse in scotland. Its thought more than 1,000 people died last year. Scotland already has the highest number of drug deaths in any european country. 0ur correspondent james shaw reports. When i think of all the drugs ive taken over the years, theres no crying left. I run out of tears. An open mic event for
Its one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind. The words of Neil Armstrong as he took his first steps on the moon, the Mission Launched 50 years ago today. Well be live at the National Space centre in leicester to mark the anniversary. And the celebrations continue for englands cricketers following their world cup win. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. The four Democratic Congresswomen told by President Trump to go back where they came from have held a joint News Conference to hit back at his comments. Representatives alexandria ocasio cortez, ilhan omar, Ayanna Pressley and Rashida Tlaib said he was using racism to deflect attention from his failing policies and urged americans not to take the bait. Heres our washington correspondent, david willis. The president of the United States. Facing accusations of racism and xenophobia, President Trump is not backing down. Spelling out his message in capital letters, let anyone be in any doubt, and going on to attack the
The woman nominated to head the European Commission says shed be willing to extend the brexit deadline. I stand ready for further extension of the withdrawal date. Should more time be required for a good reason. Facebook launches a new tool to target scammers and encourage the reporting of fake adverts. Thats one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind. The words of Neil Armstrong as he took his first steps on the moon, the Mission Launched 50 years ago today. Well be at the National Space centre in leicester to mark the anniversary. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Iamjoanna i am joanna gosling. The number of people whove died in scotland because of drug use has risen to over 1,000 in a year, for the first time, according to new official figures. It means the countrys drug death rate is now nearly three times that of the uk as a whole, and is higher than that reported for any other eu country and the United States. 1,187 drug deaths were recorded in scotland last y
Drug related deaths in scotland soar according to new figures, theyre now the highest in the eu. I was in the house and i had again injected, i think it was morphine at that stage, and i had odd. Four us congresswomen hit back at donald trump after his tweets about them, widely dubbed racist and the extraordinary skill of surgeons whove spent months separating female twins fused at the head. And youve still got, what, four or five hours to do . Yeah, we have to put them together now. So weve taken them apart and we have to reconstruct their heads. And coming up on bbc news englands attention turns to the ashes as they look to make it a summer of double success. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Exactly 50 years ago today, the mission which took mankind to the moon for the first time apollo 11 was launched. Four days later, Neil Armstrong and buzz aldrin made history by setting foot on the lunar surface, a feat of technological ingenuity and human daring. Events commemo