The Online Market in domestic slaves claims its enabled by google, apple and instagram. And coming up how hundreds of thousands of dangerous tumble dryers could still be posing a fire risk in uk homes. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im annita mcveigh. Nigel farage has called on the conservatives to form an election pact with his brexit party. Ahead of the partys official general election launch this morning, mr farage said the two parties need to form an alliance, but refused to comment on speculation that his party would field fewer candidates to give borisjohnson a better chance of winning the election on december 12. Meanwhile, the snp leader, Nicola Sturgeon has promised whoever wins the election will receive a formal request to allow scotland to hold another independence referendum. Lets go live now to that brexit party launch, because nigel farage, as you can see, is beginning to speak. Yet, more broken promises, and indeed, a breakdown of trust and faith, not just a
Back at the peterloo massacre 200 years on. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. We start with breaking news this hour a Police Officer has been killed in berkshire. It happened last night as pc Andrew Harper was attending reports of a burglary near to the a4 between reading and newbury. Thames Valley Police have released a statement. Thames Valley Police say 10 people have been arrested. Some of the information we have from the statement that has been posted on their website. A Murder Investigation has been launched after a Thames Valley Police Officer died following an incident in berkshire. This happened at around 11 30pm last night close to the all. Bath road, between reading and newbury. The incident happened at the crossroads of ufton lane and lambdens hill, near to sulhamstead. Danny shaw is with me with more. Ten people have been arrested, all male aged between 13 and 30 according to thames Valley Police. It appears the Police Officer, pc Andrew Harper, was investigating
Well have more from our correspondent in berkshire in a moment. Also this lunchtime hope for 4,500 British Steel workers, after a tentative deal is reached to rescue it from insolvency. 50 year old Vincent Fuller pleads guilty to the attempted murder of a bulgarian teenager by stabbing him in a supermarket car park. Concerns about facial Recognition Systems. Privacy campaigners say theres now an epidemic of them in public places. Cheering. And englands bowlers have begun a fightback against australia, taking early wickets in the ashes test at lords. And coming up on bbc news, former world number one andy murray says he will play no part in this months us open as he wants to focus on his singles comeback. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A Murder Investigation has been launched after a Police Officer was killed as he attended a reported burglary in berkshire. Thames Valley Police say pc Andrew Harper died following a serious incident on a road near the village of ufton
Yesterday was the warmest day of the year, 28 celsius, a month. Today feeling fresher with sunny spells and showers. The full forecast throughout the programme. Its friday, the 11th of august. Our main story. The latest round of strikes byJunior Doctors in england will start in just over an hour, as a long running dispute involving half of all doctors working in the uk continues. Nhs leaders are warning it means more significant disruption to the Health Service, with thousands of appointments and procedures postponed. Our Health Correspondent Dominic Hughes reports. Were now into the fifth round of strikes byJunior Doctors in england with little sign that their union, the british medical association, or ministers are prepared to yield. But the continuing Industrial Action is having an impact on patients. Former teacher margaret is trying to plan a holiday, but she also needs to get a new Pacemaker Battery fitted. One nhs appointment was cancelled because of an earlier walkout, and marg