A Record Number of migrants crossing the Channel Border force picked up 86 people yesterday. Record numbers of stores disappeared from britains high streets in the first half of this year, according to a report from a leading accounting firm. Coming up, a warning from car insurers on Driverless Cars they say theyll cause more accidents without proper regulation. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im annita mcveigh. Scotlands highest civil court has ruled that borisjohnsons suspension of parliament is unlawful. In the last hour a panel of three judges at the court of session found in favour of a Cross Party Group of politicians who were challenging the Prime Ministers move. A five week suspension of parliament began in the early hours of tuesday. No order has been given by the court to cancel it and there will be a full hearing at the Supreme Court next tuesday. The government says its disappointed by the decision. In a summary of theirfindings, the court of session judges said
To other opposition parties, and some backbench mps, inviting them to work with him. The liberal democrats have already rejected his idea. Its very difficult to trust what he says, because he has been arguing that he wants to deliver a labour brexit. And it doesnt matter if you put a red rosette on it or a blue rosette on it, brexit is going to be disastrous for the country. Results day for more than 300,000 a level candidates. Teachers are watching to see if the new exam format has affected grades. Dentists are asking schools in england to remove all sugar from their menus to help fight tooth decay in children. The biggest dinosaur hunt in decades is taking place in North Wyoming, as british scientists help to excavate part of the american desert. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Police in malaysia say a post mortem examination on the body of 15 year old nora quorin has revealed no signs of foul play. The teenagerfrom london was found on tuesday, ten days after she went
You feel as if youre going to go insane. You know, i even thought to myself, i cant cope, cant, ill kill myself, ill kill myself and how poorer teenagers in england are falling behind their wealthier counterparts at gcse level. And coming up on bbc news the ashes are just two days away and its been confirmed that captain joe root will bat at no 3 for england in that first test against australia at edgbaston. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. Borisjohnson is making his first visit to wales as Prime Minister, in a bid to rally support for his brexit plans. But theres been fierce criticism from welsh farming groups, who say that leaving the eu without a deal would be catastrophic for welsh farming and could lead to civil unrest. Wales, which voted to leave in 2016, is heavily dependent on agriculture, particularly lamb. More than a third of all welsh lamb is sold abroad and almost all of it 92 is bought by eu countries. But if we leave with no deal, welsh lamb is likely to
The news coming out of the england camp today is that captainjoe root the epidemic of alcohol will bat at number three for that first test with joe denly dropping abuse in england. Researchers say the government isnt down to four in the batting order. Doing enough beat the problem. Henry moreans in birmingham the haunting image of a child for us as england go clinging on for life through their final preparations. In war ravaged syria and her remarkable escape. So does make dates to go until it video assistant referees come to the premier league this season, but not everyones a fan. All begins, five matches to when you score a goal, you dont determine the winner. The know whether to celebrate or not, because you know the goals getting frustrations for both sides is the reviewed and you dont know english weather. Both teams looking if somethings gone wrong with it. To get time batting in the middle. And coming up on sportsday on bbc it has just been raining too news, the ashes is just tw
We start in asia, where the british pound has fallen sharply, amid investorfears over a no deal brexit. Its now at a 28 month low against the us dollar. It comes as the uk Prime Minister, borisjohnson, has toughened his rhetoric on brexit. Michael gove, who is in charge of planning for a no deal exit from the eu, says britain is currently, working on the assumption of that outcome. Lets take a look now at where sterling is against the us dollar. Currently it stands at 1. 126. The bbcs Sharanjit Leyl has been monitoring trade across asia from our business hub in singapore. Bring us up to date on what the pound has been doing against the major basket of currencies overnight. While that is right, as you said, it continues to slide and has been sliding here in asia, lurking at the more than two year low against the us dollar that you just read out. Trading lower than it was in the initial plunge brought on by the brexit vote in 2016. To set it all into context, it hasnt been this low since