Victim. Liverpool beach norwich city in the First Premier League game of the season. And its11 30 p. M. , the season. And its 11 30 p. M. , another look the season. And its11 30 p. M. , another look at the paper is with our reviewersjohn stapleton, the forecaster and home of as editor of the evening standard, martin bentham. Home affairs editor. Broadcaster. Good evening. England and wales have suffered a major power cut today affecting homes, transport networks and hospitals. In all, nearly a million households were of the dead. The National Grid says issues with two Power Generators caused the outage however the problem has now been resolved. Thousands of passengers were shut out some of the busiest train stations or left stranded themselves. One hospital was was forced onto a backup system that failed. The midlands, where half a Million People were of the dead. In london in the south east, 300,000 people lost power was parts of the north east also experienced serious problems. Train
Test. Englands cricketers are sliding towards defeat in birmingham, five wickets down now on the final day. We will have the latest for you. Thanks olly and matt has all the weather one word wet. We are in the height of the Holiday Season we are in the height of the Holiday Season and the weather is in a cantankerous mood, lots of showers around and wetter weather to come, believe it or not. I will have more details in half an hour. Thanks matt. Also coming up on afternoon live, well have the latest from hong kong where police have fired tear gas to disperse democracy activists trying to enforce a general strike. Hello everyone this is afternoon live im martine croxall. The Prime Minister has pledged to spend 850 Million Pounds on nhs building projects, at 20 hospitals in england. The money over the next five years, will be used to upgrade outdated facilities and equipment. A further billion pounds is to be used to tackle a backlog in hospital improvements. Speaking on a visit to a hos
Thats all. Stay with bbc world news. Stay with us for all the International News and business stories here on the bbc. And you can visit our website as bbc. Com news. Hong kong demonstrations in the wake of the 11th weekend of protests we look at the impact on the asia financial economy. Grey matters. Why many of singapores asian population are working well into their 70s. Good morning and welcome to this mondays edition of Asia Business report live from singapore with me, mariko 0i. Lets start with hong kong because as you heard on newsday, the city has seen the 11th weekend in a row of pro democracy rallies. The protest organisers say the crowd was 1. 7 million strong other police have said it was much smaller. This comes amid warnings of the Economic Impact of the unrest on the Economic Impact of the unrest on the Asian Financial hub. In just two days after Airline Cathay pacific saw the departure of it chief executive. The bbcs Stephen Mcdonnell sent this report from the demonstrat
As a gaming hub prepares to open in london, ill be asking how businesses and wannabe World Champions can make money from e sports. England rattle australia in the ashes. A hostile bowling spell from jofra archer gave england a chance of winning at lords, but the second test ends in a draw. Good morning from central london. We are in green park. It is grazing week and this morning we will be joined by a flock of sheep and a cow. Joined by a flock of sheep and a cow. Why . Iwill joined by a flock of sheep and a cow. Why . I will tell you later. Today we are looking at sunshine and showers and it will be called for this stage in august. Cool. Its monday the 19th of august. Our top story the uk has been stripped of its measles free status by the World Health Organisation after a fall in vaccination rates for the second of the two mmr jabs. The news comes as a Campaign Launches to increase the numbers of children who are vaccinated against measles. Heres our Health Editor hugh pym. Measles
Thats in half an hour. The government has announced a package of new measures in a crackdown on law and order. The Prime Minister has promised to create an extra 10,000 prison places after an increase in Violent Crime. This will involve the building of new prisons and the expansion of existing ones at a cost of around £2. 5 billion. Stop and search powers will also be extended to all Police Forces in england wales, which will allow police to stop someone in an area where they think a crime may be committed. Borisjohnson also called for tougher sentencing and an end to the Early Release of prisoners convicted of violent or sexual offences. Labour said austerity measures taken by conservative governments had left the entire criminal Justice System broken. Jon donnison has more. Borisjohnson, seen here meeting with police in the West Midlands just days after assuming office, says the time for action on crime has come. He says too many serious violent or sexual offenders are coming out of