Restrictions on south korea which triggers a consumer boycott of japanese goods. And a british town is evacuated as concern giows and a british town is evacuated as concern grows that a dam wall would colla pse concern grows that a dam wall would collapse under heavy rain. We have some gremlins in the system but a lot of stories on the move. First, a blow for the new british Prime Minister. Liberal democrats along with an alliance of other Pro European Union parties have won the parliamentary by election in wales. That means the new Prime Ministers government majority in the house of commons is reduced to one. The labour party who were in power in this seat until 1979, were beaten into fourth place by the brexit party, another indication of the political current moving in the uk at the moment. That had live to our correspondent in mac three. In brecon and radnorshire. It is. And it is not the result that Boris Johnson would have wanted just one week into his time in downing street. Thi
The mobile phone app that could save lives by detecting potentially fatal kidney conditions. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport gavin. Angling take early wickets in the first ashes test, but australia are rallying at edgbaston. And Helen Willets has the weather. Still the risk of showers. Ill tell you more about thatjust still the risk of showers. Ill tell you more about that just after still the risk of showers. Ill tell you more about thatjust after half past, well talk a little bit about theice past, well talk a little bit about the ice melting in greenland as well. Thanks, helen. Also coming up hows that for a renaissance . A painting attributed to a minor north italian artist is being upgraded to titians workshop and even to the grand master himself. Hello, everyone. This afternoon live im simon mccoy. A countdown clock has just been delivered to downing street and, with just three months to go until the uk is scheduled to leave the eu, it will be displayed in the Prime Min
Was introduced in 2015 has decreased by 90 . And on the first day of the ashes series heroics from captain, steve smith, rescue australia from a first innings collapse and put england on the back foot. Good evening. Thousands of people are being evacuated by police tonight in the derbyshire town of Whaley Bridge. Earlier today, flooding caused the partial collapse of a dam wall at a nearby reservoir. Emergency services are working to secure the dam and members of the public are being warned to stay out of the area around the toddbrook reservoir. The Environment Agency has warned that there is a danger to life. The reservoir contains 300million gallons of water which weighs i. 3million tonnes. Theres been 112. 1; millimetres of rainfall in the local area in the past week far higher than the average 68 millimetres in normally gets in the whole month of july; infact, abouti. 6 times the Monthly Average has fallen since last thursday. Judith moritz is in Chapel En Le Frith where some of th
Homophobic comments on social media. He argues his contract was unlawfully ended due to his christian beliefs. Australian rugby officials maintain that folau breached a players code of conduct when he wrote that hell awaits gay people. Now you may remember we told you yesterday about khadijah mellah, the 18 year old female jockey who was racing in the magnolia cup at glorious goodwood, after sitting on a racehorse for the first time just three months ago. Well, she won in a fairytale ending, khadijah beat the likes of olympic champion victoria pendleton, despite only learning to gallop for the first time last week. Khadijah is believed to be the first person in the uk to wear a hijab in a competitive horse race and it wont be the last well see of her. I didnt really realise what the magnolia cup was so i was like, yeah, sure, a race, love that. Ebony horse club sort of were like, well support you, and stuff, and ijust, i cant really explain it, just, yeah, started riding out. It was re