A pint of bitter, please. Also today this woman, Victoria Smith, died months after her disability benefits were stopped. Now the Assessment Company capita is going to court to fight a decision that it mishandled her claim. Well talk to victorias mum. She was a human being. She was my daughter. And she was my friend and my world. Plus, james hodders girlfriend kirsty boden was killed in the London Bridge attacks. Hes calling for an urgent meeting with thejustice secretary in his fight for legal aid for the families of those killed in terror attacks. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Later on the programme well talk to helen wood, a former escort who hit the headlines after wayne rooney paid to sleep with her. Shes now written a memoir and well talk to her later. Use the hashtag victoria live. First, the latest news, rebecca jones. The European Union has rejected holding further brexit talks with the uk while borisjohnsons government insist on changing the
Temperatures since records began. The heats also on in glastonbury, as one of the worlds biggest Music Festivals gets underway a story of enduring love we speak to the filmmaker Nick Broomfield about his new documentary about songwriter Leonard Cohen and his partner, marianne. Why did you write that . I didnt, Paul Mccartney wrote it. You know, the beatles. And imagine a World Without the beatles. Find out what mark kermode thought of danny boyles new film yesterday and the rest of this weeks releases in the film review at 5 45. Its five oclock. Our main story. The inquest into the deaths of victims of the London Bridge attacks has concluded. Eight people were killed and forty eight were wounded in the van and knife attack in june 2017. The chief coroner for england and wales, mark lucraft, returned verdicts of unlawful killing. He also criticised the family of one of the attackers for not reporting his extremist behaviour. read on and we can go live to our correspondent Sarah Campbell
In the womens football world cup semi finals, after the americans beat the french in paris. And at 11 30 well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers Martin Bentham from the Evening Standard and sam lister from the daily express. Stay with us for that. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. The coroner at the London Bridge attack inquests says he isnt persuaded m15 and the police missed opportunities to prevent what happened. In finding that the eight victims were unlawfully killed, the chief coroner for england and wales, mark lucraft, said the work of the Security Services was generally thorough and rigorous. But he did criticise the failure of the authorities to erect protective barriers on the bridge, three months after a previous vehicle attack. He also said the family of one of the killers should have done more to report his extremist behaviour. Daniel sandford reports from the old bailey. It was a happy summer night on London Bridge that turned to horror in an in
The two candidates in the running to lead the liberal democrats, hello and welcome to bbc world news. The eu and a group of south american nations, known as mercosur, have secured a huge trade deal after 20 years of negotiations. The eu says the agreement with argentina, brazil, paraguay, and uruguay will create a market for goods and Services Covering almost eight hundred Million People and produce more than 100 billion in trade between the two blocs. Our south America Business correspondent Daniel Gallas has more. Yes, it has been a while since we saw politicians different free trade, because as you mentioned all attention is about trade tensions between china and the United States, the news of brexit being negotiated, so we are the news of brexit being negotiated, so we are seeing politicians saying that the best way to create jobs is to lower ta riffs that the best way to create jobs is to lower tariffs and reduce protectionism. It is not a view that eve ryo ne s ha res protectioni
The bbc news at ten with clive myrie is coming up. But first, a reminder of our main story. The coroner at the London Bridge attack inquests says he isnt persuaded mi5 and the police missed opportunities to prevent what happened. In ruling that the eight victims were unlawfully killed, the chief coroner for england and wales, mark lucraft, said the work of the Security Services was generally thorough and rigorous. Assistant commissioner neil basu, from the metropolitan police, said that it isnt possible to prevent every terrorist incident and there was no evidence of long term, calculated planning for the London Bridge attack. Protective security is a collective responsibility and they continue this work in progress. Counterterrorism policing will continue to work with close partners including home office to improve. With regards to the investigation itself and the benefit of hindsight, we know certain things could have been done differently. But after careful consideration, the chief