Ration of october seven but before we do that, lets get a check on the sport, and Olly Foster has that for us. Hello from the Bbc Sport Centre england have moved to the top of their group at the Womens T20 World cup. Their seven Wicket Victory over South Africa means that theyve won two out of two at the tournament in the united arab emirates. They lost the Toss And South africa chose to bat first in sharjah. England played a quartet of spinners, with player of the Match Sophie Eccleston taking two for 15 Off Herfour overs. Helping restrict South Africa to 124 6. England made a slightly sluggish start in the chase, but they reached their target in the final over, Nat Sciver Brunt with the winning Boundary And Unbeaten on 48. Their next match is on saturday against bottom of the Table Scotland who must first face South Africa on wednesday we have three World Class splinters who are usually in a team ended Lindsay Hasjust added to that, and made it really difficult for teams to get after
To work, before deciding whether or not to keep them on. And coming up, howjust one tiny tick bite could cause chronic illness we investigate the spread of lyme disease in scotland in disclosure in half an hour. Hello, good morning. A neighbour of tory leadership hopeful borisjohnson and his partner have defended calling the police after overhearing a row at the couples flat, and passing a recording of the incident to a newspaper. The story continues to dominate the front pages of the papers today. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley has more details. Tom penn is the neighbour who called the police and passed a recording of it onto the guardian newspaper. He has been explaining why this morning. He said his wife and he were concerned about some noises coming from the flat that Boris Johnson shares with his girlfriend carrie symonds, that they knocked on the door three times, got no answer, that is when they decided to phone the police. Also defending the decision to give that reco
Campaign to put fake content on facebook and twitter. Click talks to the winner of a prestigious Global Learning prize about how they are helping children with maths and literacy in some of the worlds poorest countries. Hello, good afternoon. The neighbour who called police after overhearing a row between Boris Johnson and his girlfriend has said he had feared for their safety. Tom penn, who is 29, defended his decision to give a recording of the incident to a newspaper, saying that someone likely to become Prime Minister should be accountable. The story continues to dominate the front pages of the papers today. Our Political Correspondent nick eardley says it is clear mrjohnson does not want to talk about the incident. The argument his team mate because he has kept his private life private and that wont change, but something that is again splashed across the front pages of the newspapers this morning and with questions still unanswered, quite frankly. I think more fuel has been put on
Five people have been arrested and questioned over alleged accounting fraud at the bakery chain, patisserie valerie. Englands lionesses prepare to take on cameroon in the quarter finals of the womens world cup. And, coming up at 1 30pm, and, coming up at1 30pm, we and, coming up at 1 30pm, we are on the Yorkshire Post checking out the whitby golf festival. Yorkshire coast. Good afternoon. Theres continued focus on borisjohnsons private life this lunchtime, after he failed to answer questions at a conservative Leadership Debate about why police were called to his house following reports of a row. His supporters, including the cabinet minister liz truss, say he should be judged on his policies not his personal life. But detractors, Like International trade secretary liam fox, whos backing jeremy hunt, said today mrjohnson should have given an explanation of what happened. Heres our Political Correspondent nick eardley. Often in the headlines, this time for the wrong reasons. After police
hello and welcome to bbc news. banks and governments around the world are nervously watching the european markets to see if the crisis surrounding credit suisse will develop into a global banking crisis. so far things seem reasonably calm with shares in credit suisse rising almost 30% after the swiss national bank gave it a lifeline. but there are concerns that a potential interest rate rise later on thursday by the european central bank could add further volatility to the situation. earlier our business presenter sally bundock explained why the situation at credit suisse was notjust important to the financial community but to all of us: a real worry about credit suisse. if that bank, which is 160 odd years old in switzerland, were to fail, it could have the same effect that the lehman brothers collapse had in 2008, which is it brings a huge amount of fear within markets about the stability of other banks. so people therefore act very quickly and remove their funds from banks