Was a dearly loved and respected colleague. We gather here one week from the tragic death of pc Andrew Harper, our dearly loved and respected friend and colleague, a dearly respected police officer. Tv chef pru leith is brought in to help aid a new review of food in nhs hospitals. Its another one. Disaster for england in the ashes as the top order collapses at headingley. And coming up on bbc news the clock ticks at bury. The club will be expelled from the efl at midnight, unless a last minute deal can be struck to save it. Hello, good afternoon, welcome to the bbc news at one oclock. The Record Number of wildfires in the amazon rainforest has been described as an International Crisis by the french president Emmanuel Macron hes called for them to be top of the agenda at this weekends g7 summit. There have been 75,000 fires this year in the Worlds Largest rainforest, which is home to about 3 million species of plants and animals, and a million indigenous people. Brazils president Jair B
West and slowly north and east so theres more cloud across scotland and Northern Ireland and the far north west of england, some of it rain bearing, north west of england, some of it rain hearing, with strong winds across the rain bearing, with strong winds across the hebrides and irish sea coast towards Northern Ireland. The winds, lighter the further south and east you are. It is going to be a warm afternoon, 27, maybe 28 degrees. Further north, the low 20s and the high teens well you have those clouds and outbreaks of rain. We will continue to see those weather fronts push across the north west of the uk where we see the rain lingering on. Further south and east, clear skies and lighter winds. And fairly warm compared to what we have had of late. The warm airgets what we have had of late. The warm air gets imported across our shores over the weekend pushing that low pressure to the north of the uk. It looks like for many this weekend it will be hotting up, with strong sunshine and t
Fires in the amazon. From this vantage point, you get a sense of the scale of the disaster facing the region of the amazon. Hectare facing the region of the amazon. Hecta re after facing the region of the amazon. Hectare after hectare of pristine forest, just going up in smoke. And coming up. The huge street party begins. More than a Million People are expected at Notting Hill Carnival this bank holiday weekend. Good afternoon. It was one of the most astonishing innings in the history of test match cricket. With england heading towards a humiliating defeat which would have seen australia retain the ashes, ben stokes hit an amazing centiry to give england an unlikely one wicket victory. After collapsing forjust 67 runs in the first innings, this time england needed 359 to clinch the game. That looked a long way off when stokes was joined by the last manjack leach, still needing 73 to win. Stokes then launched a stunning solo assault to win the game and bring the series level at 1 1. 0ur
And then it did and we were, like, everyone was just in shock. And then it did and we were, like, everyone wasjust in shock. 40,000 troops begin a major operation to fight fires in the amazon. Its the hottest august Bank Holiday Weekend on record, with the top temperature reaching 33. 3 degrees in west london. And coming up in half an hour, sportsday will have more on englands thrilling comeback at headingley. Good evening. Borisjohnson has told the bbc that whether the uk leaves the eu with a deal at the end of october is now touch and go. The Prime Minister was speaking at the g7 summit in france, where hes also said no deal would mean the uk keeping a substa ntial part of the £39 billion the uk had agreed to pay the eu. Hes also been meeting President Trump for the First Time Since becoming Prime Minister, as our chief Political Correspondent vicki young reports from biarritz. Side by side, but not quite in step. Borisjohnson hopes his american friend will help him out and boost tr
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