Good morning. Could we be paying more for trains despite using then less. We get the numbers for millions ofjourneys. Less. We get the numbers for millions of journeys. Campaigners say we need a different deal in a post pandemic world. Theyre partying in paris as psg reach the Champions League final for the very first time after beating rb leipzig last night. There is a rainbow in the sky this morning. If you are lucky enough to get a ccess morning. If you are lucky enough to get access to the pot of gold at the bottom of it and you have spare cash to get a private island, i have one, two, maybe three ideas for you later in the programme. We are in for an unusual spell of weather in the next few days. Storm allen is coming our way. The risk of coastal flooding as well. All the details later in the programme. Its wednesday, the 19th of august. Our top story. University leaders say they need urgent Financial Support from the government to cope with a rise in student numbers after the u t
Whether theyre too lenient. A doctor treating the russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny says no traces of poison have been found in his body. And, taylor swift makes a students wildest dreams come true the singers donated £23,000 to an 18 year old in the uk trying to raise enough money to go to university. For her to donate more than 50 of what i needed, itjust blew my mind. I never expected it to happen, if that makes sense. It was really. Different. And coming up on bbc news. Manchester united say captain Harry Maguire is fully co operating with authorities following an alleged incident on the greek island of mykonos. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Thousands of british holidaymakers are racing to get home before new Coronavirus Travel rules come into force in the early hours of tomorrow morning. From liam, anyone returning from croatia, austria, Trinidad And Tobago will have to isolate for two weeks, because of an increase in coronavirus cases in those count
Joe biden promises to lead america out of what he calls its season of darkness as he formally accepts the Democratic Party president ial nomination. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. The mystery over the condition of leading russian opposition activist Alexei Navalny has deepened. The fierce and outspoken critic of president putin collapsed while on a flight to moscow and is now in a coma in hospital. His supporters claim he was poisoned via a substance added to his tea but one of the doctors in charge of his care has this morning said that so far no traces of poison have been in his system. Mr navalnys aides have insisted he be transferred to germany for treatment, but the russian hospital chief says hes too ill to be moved. The hopsital say they have a diagnosis, which they have yet to reveal. They gave this update a little earlier. Translation today, from the tests we
Dont think it is going to be making much of a return this week. More heavy rain at times today and tomorrow. It will turn increasingly cool and windy for a time as well. We have had some really heavy rain across parts of england, the odd flash of lightning and ramble of thunder and that will be working eastwards this afternoon. Eastern counties will be turning pretty wet for the second half of the afternoon. Further north, a scattering of showers, some of them heavy and thundery. Northern scotla nd heavy and thundery. Northern scotland perhaps getting away with a dry afternoon although there will be afairamount of dry afternoon although there will be a fair amount of cloud. This evening and tonight, we will have further showers or longer spells of rain, some clear spells as well. 0vernight, temperatures typically holding between 9 13. Tomorrow, three slices of weather, really, depending on where you are. We will have this band of rain across Northern England which will sink down into p
Political developments, and you can get in touch with your thoughts on this story and the rest of the days news by contacting me on twitter, rebeccajonesbbc or using the hashtag bbcyourquestions. The Arcadia Retail chain is expected to go into Administration Today, putting 13,000 jobs on the high street at risk. The us is told to brace itself for a surge upon a surge of covid cases as people head home after their thanksgiving travels. When you have the kind of inflection that we have, it doesnt all of a sudden turn around like that. So clearly in the next few weeks we are going to have the same sort of thing, and perhaps even two or three weeks down the line. And coming up this hour. Well have the latest from italy, where a second wave of coronavirus cases has seen infection rates soar and deaths pass 55,000. Hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Coronavirus cases are down by a