Live withjohn. Hell give borisjohnson the fight of his life in the conservative leadership contest. Slow progress for the cricketers . Coming up on afternoon yes, sri lanka have asked advantage. Live, all the Sport England chase its turn in 33 3 for england are on top against sri lanka as they go for the win that will victory. England made a good start, return them to the top of the Joffrey Archer took a total of 15 standings in the cricket world cup. And sarah has the weather. Wickets, making him lead out in the competition. In reply, jonny it is the summer solstice today and some summer it is the summer solstice today and some summer like weather on the ba i rstow, competition. In reply, Jonny Bairstow, james vince, owen morgan cards. Heat and humidity rising, the all went cheaply. England are now weekend is looking decent for many, but we are likely to see some thunderstorms late on sunday. You 1193 all the detail throughout the all went cheaply. England are now afternoon. 119 3 aft
Changing his mind. The first patients benefit from a pioneering new treatment for blood cancer now available on the nhs. Accusations that westminster has failed the north of england, as a new report criticises the lack of investment in the Northern Powerhouse. Commemorations at scapa flow in orkney to mark 100 years since germany sank its own First World War fleet. And in sport its like hes never been away. Andy murray is impressive, on his return to the court, five months after surgery. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. There have been calls for the Foreign Office minister mark field to resign after pictures showing him grabbing a protester by the neck and forcing her out of an event in london. She had interrupted a speech by Philip Hammond on what the group said was a peaceful protest about the environment. Police say theyre looking into a number of Third Party Reports of a possible assault. Well, this is the moment last night when dozens this is the moment last night when
Next historian , Rudolph Daniels talks about his book, the Great Railroad war United States Railway Operations during world war i. He argues that the ability to move troops, equipment and ammunition at an accelerated rate helped allied forces win wwi. The National World war i museum and memorial in kansas city, missouri hosted the event. Hello, welcome everyone to your National World war i museum and memorial. Im camille kulig, program specialist. And i am thrilled to have everyone joining us here this afternoon, whether you have braved the rain, congratulations you made it. Or whether you are warm at home watching through our livestream. Today, we have the pleasure of hosting dr. Rudy daniels , who is going to present his lecture, the Great Railroad war United States Railway Operations during wwi. Today, we also have the pleasure of being joined by one of the museum and memorials esteemed board members, dave ebbrecht. And he is going to speak more about his ample experiences with rail
Thank you. Thanklet me introduce our panels im going to do so in alphabetical order. So it probably will not relate to to what the order in which they speak. So first, jake Jake Friefeld is the new director of center for lincoln studies at the university of illinois springfield. Earlier, he was illinois and midwest studies Research Historian at the Abraham Lincoln president ial library and museum, and he is the latest addition, a contingent of of Springfield Young scholars who have begun coming to forum. And were delighted that they here and that theyre participating. His recent book is first migrants how homesteaders quest for land and freedom heralded americas great migration. Who was here for the second time is the director of research and interpretation at the abraham president ial library and museum in springfield for years he taught history. The university of arkansas. Hes the author of manual mental. Oscar dunn and his radical fight in reconstruction louisiana. And that was publ
Kyriazis will extol the delights of open air theatre, even during britains disappointing summer. After 12 00, well be debating whether dwindling british towns and cities should simply be left to decline. But before all of that, here are the latest news headunes that, here are the latest News Headlines with Polly Middlehurst i michael, thank you. Good morning to you. Will the top story from the newsroom is that the government is under renewed pressure now to tackle the migrant boat crisis after six people died crossing the English Channel yesterday. The home secretary Suella Braverman, described the incident as a tragic loss of life and confirmed she chaired a meeting with border force teams, officials. Campaigners also say officials. Campaigners also say the incident was an appalling and preventable tragedy. While and preventable tragedy. While mps from all parties are calling for action to stop criminal gangs profiting from the dangerous journeys, 59 people were rescued by french and