as paris becomes the latest city to ban them after safety concerns, what will it mean for their future here in the uk? ready to roar rory mcilroy says he believes this will be the year he completes a career grand slam by winning the masters. good morning. it isa it is a mild start to the day. we have got some rain putting steadily eased. it will clear over the far north east of scotland. behind it, bright spells, sunshine and heavy showers. details throughout the programme. good morning. it s thursday, the 6th april. our top story. the metropolitan police commissioner, sir mark rowley, has said there are hundreds of officers serving in the force who should not be there. it comes after an update on a review, which was launched following the murder of sarah everard by a serving officer, and the jailing of former officer david carrick, for a series of offences against women. helena wilkinson reports. david carrick, the serving police officer who committed violent and degrading
hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the us. donald trump has spoken publicly for the first time since he was charged with 3a counts of falsifying business records, saying the legal action is an insult to america. the former us president earlier pleaded not guilty to hiding damaging information during the 2016 election. speaking to his supporters, mr trump said his only crime was to fearlessly defend the nation from those who would destroy it. in a campaign style speech, he lambasted the biden administration and repeated the false claims that he d been cheated out of office in 2020 by voting fraud. the only crime that i have committed is to fearlessly defend our nation from those who seek to destroy it. cheering and applause. from the beginning, the democrats spied on my campaign, remember that? they attacked me with an onslaught of fraudulent investigations, russia, russia, russia, ukraine, ukraine, ukraine, impeachment oaks number one, impeachment oaks number o
Charity finds one in Saeed Mohammed Al Naboodah Group Trophy Handicap to have been bullied. And a light show and the Southern Hemisphere. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A huge car bomb in the Afghanistan Capital Kabul has killed at least 80 people and injured over 350. The huge explosion happened in the Diplomatic Quarter of the city near the French Embassy during morning rush hour. Our correspondent Harun Najafizada is at the scene and sent this report. This is the scene of the huge bombing which rocked the Afghan Capital kabul. Today we understand it was a water tanker or a lorry full of explosives which hated this strategic location right in the heart of kabul. It is very close to the german embassy, the indian embassy, the french and british embassies. It is also walking distance from the provincial palace. The police have cordoned off the area at the moment and we are not allowed to move further than this for several reasons. One of them is that there might be another
a mechanical thing, it ends up not saving water. is this a mechanicalthing, orare it ends up not saving water. is this a mechanical thing, or are people pressing the wrong button? well, to be honest i ve got more questions than answers on this story. i thought if you pushed one less flush, and the other one, a biggerflush. but they less flush, and the other one, a bigger flush. but they seem to be suggesting it is part of the problem, along with power showers, which are using too much water. a nice thing to talk about first thing in the morning. well, it s important. 20 minutes past six. it was revealed yesterday that the fund set up by dame deborahjames the month before her death, has so far raised an incredible £11.3 million for cancer research. there will be no one prouder than deborah s husband sebastian, who s spoken about her legacy for the first time since she died, with our reporter graham satchell. so, this is the bowelbabe fund page and the amazing £11.3 million. deborahjam
was killed by a bomb blast at a cafe where he was due to speak. female afghan employees of the united nations have been banned from working by the taliban. that s according to the un itself. until now, the un mission had been exempt from a ban on aid agencies using female staff. a un spokesman said the order was part of a disturbing trend. french president emmanuel macron is due to arrive in china later. he s seeking beijing s help to end the ukraine conflict. his trip comes after intense pressure at home following plans to raise the retirement age in france. a fund set up by campaigner dame deborahjames, who died last year, has raised £11.3 million for cancer research. bowel babe was set up a month before her death, to raise money for cancer research uk. it had an initial target