Over the right to chose when to end his life. Also this hour sales of new cars have declined for the sixth month in a row. Just over 400,000 new vehicles were registered in september down more than 9 from last year. And the home nation fortunes hang in the balance as england, scotland and Northern Ireland prepare for World Cup Qualifiers tonight. Good morning. Its thursday 5th october. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. We begin with breaking news, police have said former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath would have been questioned about allegations of child sexual abuse by seven people had he still been alive. Wiltshire police, which has led a two year £i. 5 police, which has led a two year £1. 5 million inquiry into the late tory leader, has today published a report detailing its findings. Its a News Conference in swindon isjust beginning, lets go to swindon and the Wiltshire Police News Conference. Wiltshire police on behalf of the National Police chief s council took
Steve is here with the forecast. We have rain up at the north bay. South of that it is clear. That seems to be the theme. The system is lifting north but it is keeping the north bay and napa county and Sonoma County in the mix. South it will be clear and a southeast wind yesterday warmed things up. The line continues to be to the north so a variable breeze. Temperatures all over the place. Water temperatures upper 50s. 50s for some and 60s for others. The system will lift northwards. Rain north and son to the south. Happy friday, sir. Lets look at what we have with traffic. The traffic is going to be okay on the tracy triangle, the 580 westbound if you are driving lets say from the tracy area through altamont pass, it is a nicelooking drive. Not a lot of traffic going on but we will take it and it will be lighter than usual on this friday. Looking at the live picture of i80, a nice start. Traffic in both directions looking nice. At the bay bridge toll plaza, it is light so far. Lets ta
Decency. Reporter in addition to meeting with families of the victims and survivors of the attack, the president thinkers responders and hospital workers for their work over the last several days. With also been inspired by the courage of those risks their lives. Reporter the first funerals are now being held with two people being laid to rest today. Meantime, new details are emerging about what the shooter was doing during the threehour standoff at the nightclub. Omar mateen reportedly made more than one dozen phone calls and searched websites for coverage of the event and made threatening post about isis on facebook. It demonstrates that he was clearly a supporter of tran5. Reporter nearly 2 dozen injured are still in the hospital with several still and critical condition. The latest cover of Time Magazine is getting a lot of attention on social media, listing the names of all 49 victims along with their ages and asks the question, why did they die . Republican leaders in congress ha
It took the procession 15 minutes to travel the route to santa cruz avenue. We go to jesse in san jose. You spoke with a Good Samaritan who tried to save the injured officers life. Reporter thats right. We talked to dan sullivan. He met us here at his job. From the start it is clear he is shake on the the core emotionally over the events he witnessed. He said he was behind the wheel of his truck. Said he heard a loud bang and saw a cloud of dust. It all happened so fast. It was it was just tragic. Reporter strong emotions for cement truck driver dan sullivan to recount his tale through a steady flow of tears. He was driving south on tuesday, heard a loud bang and saw a cloud of dust. He pulled over to the side and saw a San Jose Police motorcycle on its side. The officer on the ground. Something i would not wish on anybody. When you see a Police Officer down, it is not a pretty sight. Reporter sullivan says although several people were at the scene only three rushed to help the officer