Flock police in hong kong fire several rounds of tear gas at activists trying to enforce a general strike by disrupting transport networks. Police say 22 people are risking their lives by refusing to leave homes which will be deluged if a failing dam in derbyshire collapses. England cricket fans anticipate a nerve racking day as their batsmen looked to save the first ashes test at edgbaston. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. 20 hospitals in england stand to benefit from a pledge by the Prime Minister to pay for repairs and upgrades. Boris johnson has promised £850 million to help with upgrades to outdated facilities and to pay for new equipment. The money has been earmarked for 20 hospitals, including a new women and Childrens Hospital in cornwall, four new wards in norwich and a new critical and intensive care block in luton. The funding pledge comes during a week of Health Policy announcements by the government and is part of the pms £1. 8 billion one off cash boost for n
Health secretary matt hancock tells us he will look into this case and others we have uncovered. I will look into the full details of it but from what you had told me, that shouldnt have happened. But also, we have to do, and we must, treat people with humanity and respect. Former conservative pm sirjohn major has told the bbc he will seek a judicial review if the next Prime Minister tries to suspend parliament to force through a no deal brexit. The Prime Ministers advice to the queen, i believe, can be challenged in law, and ifor one would be prepared to go and seekjudicial review to prevent parliament being bypassed. Already, pressure is building on sirjohn to drop his threat. Heres what borisjohnson supporter matt hancock told us on this. Lets pull together and lets all get behind the new Prime Minister, whoever it is. You are also supporting borisjohnson, despite him not ruling out suspending parliament, when you said it would betray the memory of d day veterans . Yes, i. The men w
Championship at royal portrush well have the very latest from the bbc sports centre. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. 17 people have been injured, some seriously, in what Police Describe as a horrendous car crash in hertfordshire. Two vehicles collided yesterday evening at a car event in stevenage, hitting spectators watching from the roadside. The images pausing just before the moment of impact. You can clearly see from the images, many people standing watching this car cruise event before this tragic accident unfolded. We are going to be live in steve na g e unfolded. We are going to be live in stevenage very soon. 2 million Public Sector workers are reportedly set to get a £2 billion pay rise. The plans are set to be unveiled as one of theresa mays final acts as Prime Minister. Its the biggest Public Sector pay rise in six years, which comes following concerns that salaries are rising faster in private sector. Lets get more on this from our Political Correspondent
Their match against japan. They are two down against the former world champions. All to do in the Second Coming up on afternoon live half. All the sport gavin. Thanks, gavin. Kick off. Another big date of the and chris fawkes has womens world cup, scotland hoping all the weather. To put their campaign back on track, they will be in action against it has been soggy rather than scorching so far this summer. There japan. Thanks gavin, and chris fawkes has all the weather. Has been torrential rain and signs take a look back at how much rain of limited improvements over the has fallen in different parts of the next few days. Hopefully the worst uk in this miserable weather week of the flooding is behind us. And looking ahead to the thanks, chris. All important and looking ahead to the also coming up. All importa nt Weather Forecast and looking ahead to the all important Weather Forecast for the weekend, and signs of something a little bit drier. Other than pride, so easy, a man can also com
Gnaana. Gnaana. Thank you and good afternoon. The top stories this hour , the top stories this hour, Shadow Health secretary wes streeting says doctor dan poulter has not been offered a peerage to defect from the tory party to the labour party. Mr streeting has defended doctor paups streeting has defended doctor pauls decision, saying it shows only sir keir starmer can be trusted with the nhs. Conservative mp doctor dan poulter said hed sit on the labour benches until the general election and then stand down. The decision comes just days before local elections across england and wales on the 2nd of may. The Prime Minister has again this morning refused to rule out a general election in july, amid speculation a disastrous set of local Election Results for the tories could force his hand. Wes streeting says doctor poulter isnt defecting to save his seat. Rather hes defecting to save the nhs. The nhs. There have been millions of people disaffected conservative voters like dan poulter out