Also tonight Extinction Rebellion wins at the High Court Judges rule that the police were wrong to ban its protests in london. A slump in profits at m s theres been a sharp fall in demand for its clothes and home goods. And coming up on bbc news double olympic champion nicola adams retires from boxing at the age of 37 over fears she could lose her sight in one eye. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. It wasnt the ideal start to an Election Campaign less than an hour before Boris Johnson got the election under way, news came through that the welsh secretary was resigning. Alun cairns quit when it became clear hed endorsed an aide even after knowing about the mans role in the collapse of a rape trial. Speaking outside number 10, the Prime Minister said a conservative win would mean getting brexit done. A contrast, he said, to the horror show of dither and delay underJeremy Corbyn. Heres our political editor, laura kuenssberg. He may have waited his life for this, but is he r
Campaign, promising to bring forward legislation to protect the nhs from privatisation and future trade deals. Labour promises a full year of maternity pay, while the conservatives unveil an nhs visa to attract top medical talent to the uk. The world war ii veteran raising money for a memorial on the normandy beaches is given a glimpse of what it will look like this morning. How does it make you feel . Because the work you are doing, it is now concrete, it is tangible, you can touch it. Marvellous. We find out more about an 82 year old cyclist who has completed his one millionth mile riding on a bike. Decisions on asylum applications are taking substantially longer than they were five years ago, a new report suggests. Well be speaking to the people behind the research. And in sport, a stoppage time goal saw celtic beat lazio in rome to reach the knockout stages of the europa league. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at nine. More than 100 flood warnings are in place across the
Wa nts a more than did into labels up he wants a referendum on scotland because hes told of the scott masses that he will break up the union if they keep them in power, and he wants another referendum on the eu. Unbelievable, he said tonight he wants another extension so tonight he wants another extension so that he can have another negotiation. Its not at all clear what he wants to achieve, does anybody know . We dont know. We dont know what question hed like to put to the electorate in this referendum. We dont even know what his own position is, is he for it leave mack or remainer . In or out . I dont think he knows himself the only bit of flotsam of intelligence that has emerged from the Bermuda Triangle of labours brexit policy is that they are preparing to do a new deal, then campaigned against it six months later. With all the futility of those suicidal nights in monty python. But there is one thing we do know about his policy, which is that another referendum on the eu, and othe
The police ban on protests by the Climate Group Extinction Rebellion across london last month, is ruled unlawful in the high court. Nicola adams has announced her retirement. And the weather. We have been looking at the latest climate statistics. And also the forecast over the next few days with particularly heavy rain for england and north wales. Thanks, chris. Also coming up anger as firefighters responding to an out of control bonfire are attacked by a gang of young people throwing fireworks. Idid not i did not define what young actually meant there. We will talk about that later on. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. Its not what anyone would want minutes before they launch their Election Campaign. As borisjohnson prepared to address voters from downing street the news that a cabinet minister was resigning. Welsh secretary alun cairns quit following claims he knew about a former aides role in the collapse of a rape trial. Certainly not the best start for a campaign which was l
Temperatures on record, but also the second highest temperature ever recorded in the uk, and those temperature records were tumbling in europe with new National Records set in belgium, netherlands, germany and luxembourg. At the moment we have a weather front bringing wet weather, stretching into kent, sussex, into the Greater London area and on to the Greater London area and on to the east midlands. This front isnt going to move very far, very fast. There could be a few areas that see a bit of rain from that, otherwise bright or sunny spells. Temperatures for most of us a more comfortable. Low to mid o 20s but there are some areas that see higher temperatures, we could see temperatures peaking between 28 and 30 given sunshine, an outside chance of a thunderstorm perhaps. Northern scotland stays dry and sunny. Temperatures in the high 20s so a few of us where the heat wave is just about holding on. Tonight outbreaks of rain, heavier as well before spreading on to scotland. Scotland. No