As skeleton winners, Lizzy Yarnold and laura deas are presented with their gold and bronze medals. And africa express, a unique train journey between tanzania and zambia, thats in the travel show, in half an hour here on bbc news. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. Save the children, says the widower of the murdered labour mp, jo cox, resigned from a senior role at the charity in 2015 before an inquiry into a complaint of inappropriate behaviour was completed. Brendan cox this morning stepped down from two organisations set up in her memory after admitting he had behaved inappropriately three years ago. But he rejects a separate allegation he assaulted a woman at Harvard University in 2015. Charlotte gallagher reports. The murder ofjo cox by a far right extremist stunned the nation. The labour mp and mother of two was shot and stabbed in the week before the Eu Referendum in 2016. In the months after her death, her widower, brendan cox, vowed to campaign in his wifes memory, and se
Yea rs. Left on hold, its emerged some mobile phone customers continue to be charged for handsets they have already paid for. And a see stained letter, one of the last to be written on the titanic, goes up for auction this weekend. In the sport everton say they will banafor in the sport everton say they will ban a for life for his involvement in the fighting that broke out between everton and lyon players in the Europa League last might. They say they will ban a fan for life. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The president of the european council, donald tusk, says claims the brexit deadlock between the uk and the eu are exaggerated. And it is possible formal trade talks could begin in december. Earlier the Prime Minister, theresa may, said she was she was ambitious and positive for britains negotiations with the European Union but there was still some way to go in the brexit talks. Our europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas is in brussels outside the summit talks. Do
Newsday. Glad you could join us. It is 7am in singapore, midnight in london and 7pm in washington, dc, where the administration has given new details about its plans on how to deal with north korea. The Us State Department said the president aims to put pressure on pyongyang to dismantle its nuclear and lipstick programmes. In an unusual move, all us senators we re in an unusual move, all us senators were given a classified briefing on the strategy. Ballistic missile programmes. One us senator called the briefing sobering. This isnt for real but it looks terrifyingly like it. A Live Fire Exercise conducted by 2000 us and south korean troops, just miles from the north korean border at a time of extraordinary tension. Its a show of force, and a show of unity. A Military Exercise with an unmistakable message to the souths unpredictable northern neighbour we want peace, but we are ready for all eventualities. In washington this morning, the head of us Pacific Command put it like this. As P
Well hear from teachers who say parents have made their lives a misery. Hello and welcome to the programme. Were live until 11am. Throughout the programme well bring you the latest Breaking News and developing stories and, as always, keen to hear from you. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning. Our top story today. Labour has promised to increase pay for nhs staff and scrap tuition fees for Student Nurses if it wins the General Election. The party says it will abolish the current cap for staff in england which limits pay increases to 1 . Labour said the policies would help Address Staffing Shortages in england that had become a threat to patients. Our political guru norman smith is in westminster for us now. Hi norman, good morning. So, how much will this pay rise be for nhs staff . Well, labour are saying they wa nt staff . Well, labour are saying they want people in the nhs to get a pay rise in line with the cost of living. So that means going up, i guess
Also this hour, how Climate Change is transforming the british garden. They will be looking at new techniques because of rising temperatures. And looking for love online one rhinos search for a partner on the dating app tinder. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The labour party has switched its Election Campaigning to the nhs today pledging to give a bigger pay rise to nhs staff in england if it wins The General Election. Labour says it would scrap tuition fees and Restore Bursaries for Student Nurses and midwives which are due to end in august. The party says it would end the current 1 cap on Wage Increases, in part because nhs staff had been undervalued, Overworked And Underpaid by the government. Labour says. And it says its policies would be paid for by reversing Corporation Tax cuts. The party says a Labour Government would also introduce tougher rules to ensure that Staffing Levels in hospitals are safe. The Shadow Health secretary, jon ashworth, said the money was ther