At protesters in hong kong after tens of thousands march through the town where gangs attacked pro democracy activists last weekend. And coming up at 8. 30, talking movies reviews the years blockbuster season. Good evening. Borisjohnson has pledged to fund a new high speed rail link between leeds and manchester, that he says will turbo charge the economy. He was speaking on a visit to the north west, with the full details of his proposals to be published in the autumn. But labour says the plans are a rehash of past failed promises from the conservatives. Heres our chief Political Correspondent vicki young. Taking his first steps as Prime Minister, Boris Johnson is promising a bright, optimistic future. But hes not the first conservative to come to manchester offering more investment for the north of england. At the science and industry museum, mrjohnson said action was needed to combat the hopelessness felt by those living in some northern towns. It isnt really the fault of the places
Triple and sales soar 20 at amazon. But with regulators circling, ill look at why its getting tougher to be a tech giant. Another day, another batting collapse from england, as ireland move within sight of what would be an historic first test victory at lords. How science is helping gardeners find the best way to water a hanging basket. Its friday the 26th ofjuly. Our top story more disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterdays high temperatures caused extensive damage. Repair work has been taking place through the night, but services will be significantly reduced between london and the east midlands. Leigh milner has the details. It was the second halted day on record, the highest temperature recorded in cambridge. You might have been faster travelling on one of these than the trains. Chaos on rail lines. Passengers are rescued from broken down trains as power ca bles fell from broken down trains as power cables fell and sparked line side fires. Disruptio
European markets, as you can see, have opened, and on the whole pretty flats. And how low can you go . Signals of rock bottom borrowing costs from top central bankers and Global Growth jitters. Its been a busy week in news. Well get the inside track from our friday editor. Today we want to know fortnites worlds cup, 30 million up for grabs, as a 15 year old brit reaches the final, are parents right to tell kids gaming is a waste of time . Let us know just use bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. We start with Online Retail giant amazon, because it has revealed another set of mind boggling sales figures. Ceo jeff bezos says efforts to make one day delivery the norm for prime customers are paying off, with accelerating sales growth. Shares have fallen, though, as investors were disappointed with how little profit amazon is making on all that business. Lets show you the details. Amazon made revenues ofjust over 63 billion in the three months to the end ofjune. That was up 20 on
Recruiting 20,000 new Police Officers in england and wales within weeks. The Prime Minister has said that this is an absolute priority for him, that is why he is announcing it as one of his big policy announcements, so the money will be earmarked as a priority through the treasury and the new chancellor. And well hear about the charity rescuing dogs from dog meat farms in south korea. The smell is horrific. The noise of hundreds of dogs barking at the same time. The faces staring at you through the wire mesh cages. Roxy is one of the 1,800 dogs saved so far. Hello, welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 this morning. Theres was a 21 rise in people calling the nspcc about kids left unsupervised last summer and now the charity is urging parents to think carefully before they do it. Do you leave your child home alone during the summer holidays, maybe because you have to work and cant get childcare . How old are they . The law doesnt specify how young is too young, so at what age is
In only their third ever test match. And coming up two arsenal stars are targetted in a carjacking attempt, by an armed gang in a london street. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9am. More disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterdays high temperatures caused extensive damage. Network rail feared rail lines would buckle in yesterdays extreme heat. But with speed restrictions in place, that didnt happen. What did cause pandemonium yesterday, however, was damage caused by trains to overhead cables when the cables sagged in the heat, causing some fires. This left some commuters stuck in london late into the night. Repair work has been ongoing throughout the night but only half of the tracks north out of london st pancras have been fixed, meaning a significantly reduced service. East Midlands Trains has urged passengers not to travel to london st pancras from nottingham and sheffield. Its put an emergency timetable in place. Thameslink services which