Brighter. Find out more in a little bit and aidan magee has your sport. Yes , it was glorious failure yes, it was glorious failure for england in the Rugby World Cup semi finals. They went down to south africa and in the premier League Football pays its respects to a true footballing legend. True footballing legend. Good morning to you. Im Stephen Dixon. And im anne diamond and youre watching breakfast on gb news. News. Well, what else could you lead with this morning . But the tributes , flooding in to sir tributes, flooding in to sir Bobby Charlton, who has died at the age of 86. You didnt have to be a footballer to understand that he was a key member, of course, of englands World Cup Winning Team in 1966 and a club legend at Manchester United. Well , his legend at Manchester United. Well, his family said he passed away peacefully in the early hours yesterday morning. In a statement, man united described sir bobby as one of the greatest and most beloved players in the history of the
Opposed. This is, by royal standards, relatively understated. But were going to be getting a few of these over the course of the day. He says he wants it to be understated because it reminds him and the country. On the passing of his mother, which unfortunately had to happen in order for him to ascend to the throne. Joining us now is royal broadcaster Helena Charles and, helena, as we have that gun salute taking place in the background there. It has been quite a year for the king and the royal family, hasnt it. 7 and the royal family, hasnt it. 7 it has been a huge year. Hi, patrick. Hi, emily. Goodness me, what highs and lows. And i cannot believe one whole year since we celebrated the king and our guest queens historic coronation. So this is such a special , special day, and its special, special day, and its raining, as i think it was last yean raining, as i think it was last year, but, do you remember the street parties, the fanfare . I mean, there was so much going on the coronatio
Paul coyte is here with the latest from the world of sport and some canoeing work, canoeing news, i cant say canoeing news, Rugby World Cup last night england saw off japan. It wasnt down to hands, wasnt down to feet. It was actually down to joe millers head. Actually down to joe millers head. But ill tell you more head. But ill tell you more about that. Okay, look forward to that. Okay, look forward to that. And as always, you can join in any our discussions, email in any of our discussions, email us gb gbnews. Com you us gb views. Gbnews. Com or you can at. Gb news. Well can tweet us at. Gb news. Well the top story this morning is urgent investigations are being launched by the bbc and channel 4 in the wake of allegations of Sexual Assault, including rape against Russell Brand. But concerns have also been raised over how long the broadcasters knew about the allegations. Owns knew about the allegations. Owns the comedian and actor has been accused of attacking women between 2006 and 2
Africa now, where rescue workers and residents fear for the stability of buildings as earthquake aftershock shocks hit the country of morocco , more the country of morocco, more than 2100 people have already lost their lives after the 6. 8 magnitude quake struck remote parts of the Atlas Mountains on friday. The moroccan military have cleared roads to allow aid and medical treatment to get through to the injured people who are still there. The country has declared three days of National Mourning and the Prime Minister says he has confronted the chinese premier, li keqiang , at the g20 summit in new delhi over spying allegations in westminster. The sunday times reporting a man in his 20s and a man in his 30s were arrested back in march under the official secrets act. One of the men was a researcher with links to tory mps. And finally , sir mo farah mps. And finally, sir mo farah has completed the final race of his career , sealing fourth place his career, sealing fourth place in the gre
Overcrowded. But he says the government is doing all it can to provide resources as out of an abundance of caution. Weve taken 40 hours to move elsewhere just as we get to the bottom of what happened. Now, thatis bottom of what happened. Now, that is a sensible interim precautionary step and i just also want to make the point about about wandsworth. You know, there have been issues with crowding, which i accept, which goes back not just which goes back for not just five or years, but five years or 25, 30 years, but the difference is we are doing something about it. So very, very investment very significant investment going. Three well, going into prisons. Three well, two already built, one currently under construction and these are big, big jails. Well, in other news today , well, in other news today, the trades Union Congress says its going to report the government to the United Nations over a new uk law which requires staff to work during strikes. Staff to work during strikes. The tu