New figures reveal cancer survival rates in the uk are on the up, but still lag behind other high Income Countries. Good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Iamjoanna i am joanna gosling. The Prime Minister has insisted that he didnt lie to the queen over the suspension of parliament. Hes been speaking this morning. Heres what he had to say. Prime minister, your announcement today, whats the aim behind it . Well, the uk is one of the great centres of shipbuilding and were expending that now. I think that shipbuilding is an area of industry, which is of massive promise for this country. We are exceptionally good at it, we make loads of frigates used in australia, the canadians are buying them and we are now announcing another five type 31, a new type of frigates that will be built at shipyards around the uk, so they drive high qualityjobs here in they drive high qualityjobs here in the uk, the shipbuilding programme, but they also represent a massive export opportunity for this count
Front feeling humid, behind it something fresher. This afternoon, cloud with patchy outbreaks of rain in Northern England pushing into wales and the midlands. Ahead of it largely dry with sunny spells, turning cloudy through the afternoon. It looks dry for the cricket. Behind it feeling fresher, one or two showers, a blustery day with temperatures at a maximum of 211 in the south east. This evening and overnight, that cloud and rain pushes south and east. Clearer skies feeding in behind, one or two isolated showers in the north west of scotland. Temperatures in the north falling into single figures, staying fairly mild in the south and east where we could see the cloud lingering. As we move into tomorrow, High Pressure is dominating the weather front ahead of it, clearing and there could be some early cloud across the south coast. Once that clears a good deal of dry and fine weather with a risk of a few showers in the north and west. One or two feeding into Northern Ireland and parts o
The number of people convicted of rape in england and wales falls to its lowest level since records began. That was good. The fun of gaming, but how to protect children from addiction . Mps want Video Companies to do more. And coming up with life changing Cystic Fibrosis drugs approved for patients in scotland, we hearfrom a parent campaigning to make them available in england too. Its five oclock. Our top story borisjohnson has denied lying to the queen over the suspension of parliament. He said claims it was done to silence mps were absolutely not true. It comes after yesterdays ruling by the court of session in edinburgh which said the suspension, or proroguing, of parliament was unlawful and motivated by the improper purpose of stymieing parliament. The Prime Minister also said he was confident of getting a deal with the eu and he offered reassurance after government documents were published outlining the possible risks of a no deal brexit. Mrjohnson said the yellowhammer files wer
And in half an hour here on bbc news witness history Tiananmen Square remembered in china, also how britain pioneered an alternative to prison. Crowds of demonstrators have gathered in locations across the uk to protest against the Prime Ministers decision to suspend parliament. Organisers hope tens of thousands of people will take to the streets in dozens of towns and cities. The shadow chancellor, john mcdonnell, is among those addressing the crowd outside the gates of downing street. Simonjones has simon jones has our simonjones has our report. They say they want to stop the coup. 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 in a way like this is deeply undemocratic and needs to be fo
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