Nominees for the Riba Stirling prize for britains best new building. Mcallen whiskey distillery. Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The chancellor has announced a raft of spending pledges at the conservative Party Conference, amongst them, an increase in the National Living wage. Sajid javid said that over the next five years, it would increase to £10 50 an hour, and the age threshold would be lowered to 21. An unwelcome discretion for delegates at the conference, theres been an allegation that the Prime Minister groped a journalist during a lunch 20 years ago. Our political editor, Laura Kunz Berg sent this report from the Party Conference in manchester. There you go, all in all. What happens to the Prime Ministers next into the country. Its not entirely in borisjohnsons into the country. Its not entirely in Boris Johnsons hands. Into the country. Its not entirely in borisjohnsons hands. However, many photos he grins for, he cannot be remotely sure if brussels will budge and give
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Workers in greece and say they are dealing with hundreds of extremely vulnerable refugees held on the island of lesbos. Bags of Rubbish Pile Up in birmingham as rubbish collectors step up their industrial action. Collection has already been disrupted for weeks. And its only just bought it. A Driver Looses Control of his new £200,000 ferrari. That was one hour after he picked it up that was one hour after he picked it up from the garage. Good morning. Its friday 28th july. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The bbc understands that at least 60 high rise buildings, which used insulation and cladding similar to Grenfell Tower, have failed a new fire safety test. The test is seen as more thorough than previous ones, as more materials were analysed together for the first time. So farjust nine of the buildings which failed have been identified. Theyre in salford in greater manchester, where the local council is asking for help from Central Government to meet the cost of replacements. Ministers w
Code of conduct. Good morning and welcome to bbc newsroom live. More than a0 of Maternity Wards in england closed their doors to expectant mothers at least once in 2016, according to data from the labour party. 42 out of 96 trusts in england that responded to a Freedom Of Information Request said theyd shut Maternity Wards temporarily on 382 occasions. The most common reasons given were too few staff and not enough beds. But the government says the numbers are misleading. Our health correspondent, Dominic Hughes has more. For some years, Maternity Units have been struggling to recruit enough midwives. The Royal College of midwives says theres a shortfall of around 3,500. Now, based on a Freedom Of Information Request, labour says a growing number of Maternity Units are closing doors to new mothers. In england, 136 nhs trusts offer Maternity Services. Last year, 42 of them closed their doors to new admissions at least once. There were 382 separate locations where units were closed, up b
In the past year. A charity says around 140,000 Vulnerable Children didnt receive help last year because their situation was not judged to be serious enough. Also, the sound of the underground. 50 years ago today, britains Pirate Radio Stations were outlawed. It led to the closure of stations which had gathered listeners by playing pp which had gathered listeners by playing pop music, rarely heard on the bbc at the time. Good morning. Its monday 14th august. Im rachel schofield. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. 70 years ago tonight, 200 years of British Colonial rule in india came to an end and the country was partitioned into two independent Nation States hindu majority india and muslim majority pakistan. The result was the one of the largest Mass Migrations ever recorded. Pakistan celebrates its Independence Day today, with india marking the occasion tomorrow. In 1947, after months of political deadlock, britain agreed to divide the country in two. A separate and mainly muslim nation, p