The shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, is among those addressing the crowd outside the gates of downing street. Simonjones reports. They say they want to stop the coup. Protesters outside downing street claim borisjohnson protesters outside downing street claim Boris Johnson is protesters outside downing street claim borisjohnson is trying to shut down democracy by suspending parliament ahead of brexit. People here insist they want their voices heard. Stop brexit i never thought at my age, 61 years of age, i would have to be here in white or protesting against the shutdown of parliament. To look after their own interest ina parliament. To look after their own interest in a way like this is deeply undemocratic and needs to be fought against. More than 30 protests have been planned across the uk. Organisers say they are expecting tens of thousands of people. They are warning of mass civil disobedience and disruption in the coming weeks. The Left Wing Group momentum is calling for people
League. Tens of thousands of pro democracy demonstrators have taken to the streets in hong kong in defiance of a police ban. Petrol bombs were thrown at officers, who responded to the protesters by firing tear gas and water cannons. The event was called to mark five years since beijing ruled out fully democratic elections in the territory. Our correspondent Stephen Mcdonnell gave this update from hong kong. I am beside a couple of officers here. You can see water cannon is being deployed. People here are ducking down beneath the parapet to also avoid tear gas which is being fired. You can see from above. To the right here, you can see the protesters coming in and they are moving forward towards the government headquarters, where they may be able to throw molotov cocktails at closer proximity to the police at times. There goes one now, catching fire on the barricades. This is the violent showdown people predicted when permission was denied to have this march today and also follows the a
in its asylum processes are corrected, removal of asylum seekers to rwanda will be unlawful. and scientists pick up shock waves from colliding galaxies. and damning report says that a police unit to infiltrated protest groups for four decade should have been disbanded. and scientists pick up shock waves from colliding galaxies. could it be the first evidence of giant black holes distorting space and time? sport now, and a full round up from the bbc sport centre. hello from the bbc sport centre. england are doing well in their reply after bowling australia out for a16 on the second day of the second ashes test at lords. stuart broad took the first of today s five wickets, trapping alex carey lbw shortly after play resumed. steve smith dug in for australia though, and reached his 32nd test century offjust 169 balls. it was left tojosh tongue to remove smith picking up his third wicket of the innings in the process. 0llie robinson then made sure they carried through their mome
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it was the favourite who won the day. corach rambler proved a bargain for his owners a scottish syndicate who bought him forjust £17,000. the largest military parade in 70 years more than 6,000 members of britain s armed services will take part in next month s coronation. and the weather, a lot more cart around today compared to yesterday, patchy rain in the west but it will fill wall. all the details and outlook coming up after breakfast. just as she will feel warm. it s sunday, 16th april. our main story: motoring groups have welcomed the government s decision to cancel the construction of new smart motorways, but insisted the announcement does not go far enough. existing stretches of smart motorway in england will remain, but more emergency stopping places will be put in place. the aa has called for the hard shoulder to return on all roads. aru na iyengar reports. it is not quite the end of smart motorways. plans for m will be scrapped, including 11 that had already b