are off the menu for school dinners according to some caterers, who blame shortages and rising costs. are you worried about the food on offer at your child s school? you can message me on twitter on @benmboulos. in other news, a man s died and thousands have been told to leave their homes amid torrential rain and majorflooding in sydney. a new species of giant water lilly has been discovered by scientists despite hiding in plain sight at kew gardens for 177 years. hello, good morning. borisjohnson is facing more calls to reveal what he knew about allegations of inappropriate behaviour by chris pincher. mr pincher resigned as deputy chief whip on thursday, following allegations he groped two men at a private members club. in his resignation letter, the mp said he drank far too much and embarrassed himself and other people. he was allowed to continue as a tory mp until late on friday, when he was suspended. mr pincher now faces a series of new claims of inappropriate beh
a new species of giant water lily has been discovered by scientists despite hiding in plain sight at kew gardens for 177 years. hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world. a 22 year old danish man will appear in court today in connection with the killing of three people at a shopping centre in denmark s capital, copenhagen. one of the victims was a russian citizen. four people remain in a critical condition in hospital. police are investigating videos posted online which appear to show the suspect with weapons. they say there s no sign of a terrorist motive and the suspect had a history of mental illness. translation: there was nothing in | our investigation of the documentsl that we have been looking at, or the items we have found, or the witness statements we have that indicated this was an act of terror. our correspondent adrienne murray is following developments in copenhagen. the police chief said they have ruled out this could have been an ac
should get the death penalty. and after being closed by the kremlin in the early days of war, russia s last remaining independent tv channel makes a defiant return to the airwaves. hello and welcome. yes, it is warm, isn t it? especially if you are tuning in across europe. europe is waking up to another day of brutal temperatures and the reality of a fast changing climate. in france, several towns and cities recorded their highest ever temperatures on monday. the uk is expected to follow suit today. and it s notjust the heat. wildfires and now drought are having a devastating impact across the continent. with the latest, here s the bbc s tim allman. in much of europe, the heat is just relentless. here, in western france, columns of smoke make this look more like a war zone than a tourist destination. firefighters do what they can, spraying the trees with water. at this nearby hotel, they put gas canisters in the swimming pool to try and stop them exploding. the flames are now
fire. forthe responsible for the effects of the fire. for the first time, counsel has admitted they knew that the building was defective. the infected blood scandal of the 70s and 80s thousands of surviving victims should receive immediate six figure compensation, rules a judge. and coming up in half an hour, foreign correspondents based in london give an outsider s view of events in the uk in dateline. hello, welcome to bbc news. it is good to have your company this evening. rebekah vardy has lost her libel case at the high court. in what had become known as the wagatha christie trial, the wife of the former england footballerjamie vardy had sued coleen rooney after she accused vardy of leaking private information about her to the tabloid press. in a statement after the verdict, coleen rooney said she was pleased with the judgment, but added that the case should never have gone to court. rebekah vardy said she was extremely sad and disappointed , and that it wasn t the
chancellor of the exchequer, backed up chancellor of the exchequer, backed up by chancellor of the exchequer, backed up by jacob chancellor of the exchequer, backed up byjacob rees mogg. john redwood describes liz truss as a breath of fresh air he was running the policy at number ten when margaret thatcher was in her pump. fix, bit policy at number ten when margaret thatcher was in her pump. thatcher was in her pump. a bit of a blast from the thatcher was in her pump. a bit of a blast from the past thatcher was in her pump. a bit of a blast from the past for thatcher was in her pump. a bit of a blast from the past for our - thatcher was in her pump. a bit of a blast from the past for our viewers, | blast from the past for our viewers, hearing john redwood s name. not someone often spoken about in today s politics, but still an mp and one who is well respected in parliament. of course, liz truss has spent a long time trying to avoid these parallels between her and ma