Snooker championship 2015 to today being banned for six months for betting breaches. It is estimated he spent £35,000 in the past seven yea rs spent £35,000 in the past seven years betting on matches. More on that later. And the weather with chris. Cloudy and mild here, but i will be casting my mind to the alps with the Early Arrival of winter. More from me in the next half hour. Also coming up, a string and a prayer the moment 2115 people simultaneously bungee jumped off a 30 foot high bridge in brazil. Well tell you why. Hello, everyone. This is afternoon live, im simon mccoy. The European Council president , donald tusk, has urged members of the European Parliament to stick together or face defeat. Brexit, he said, was the eus toughest stress test, and it must not be divided at any costs. Mr tusk also said the outcome of the brexit talks is up to london, and that abandoning the decision to leave the eu is still an option for the uk. 0ur europe correspondent Damian Grammaticas repo
The cost of a degree. Students from the poorest backgrounds could leave university with debts of over £57,000. Also coming up, its day three of wimbledon. First up on centre court this afternoon isjohanna konta, who plays donna vekic, the player who beat her in the final of the Nottingham 0pen Last month. And Mark Cavendish is out of the Tour De France, following a crash which saw his sprint rival peter sagan disqualified from the race for his involvement. Good morning and welcome to bbc newsroom live. Its understood the goverment is to send a taskforce in, to take over parts of Kensington Council, in the wake of the grenfell fire tragedy. It is thought the Housing Department and other departments will be run by an outside organisation, but the council itself will not be taken over. Most of the families who lost their homes are still living in hotels, despite government pledges to rehouse them all by today. There was anger and frustration at a meeting with police and the westminster c
Jeremy corbyn has told the bbc he doesnt believe that immigration in the uk is too high. In a major speech, he is expected to suggest that labour is no longer wedded to the principle of Freedom Of Movement. When asked if he had changed his mind about the numbers coming to the uk this morning, he said no. He also addressed the issue of pay, saying he wanted to put a cap on the maximum amount people can earn in the uk, to create a more equal society. Our Political Correspondent reports. He has criticised the Prime Minister for not having a plan for brexit but he has been under pressure to set out his stall. Today, he reached out for Labour Voters worried about eu immigration by saying his party wasnt wedded to Freedom Of Movement. In a bbc interview he didnt suggest any new restrictions, so didnt suggest any new restrictions, so how would hed tackle the level of unskilled immigration . Ending exploitation of migrant workers, ending on cutting existing pay conditions, and enforcing the wo
States that could be key to winning the white house. Hello and welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson has announced a Second National lockdown for england to prevent what he called a medical and moral disaster for the health service. Pubs, restaurants, gyms and non essential shops will have to close for at least four weeks from thursday. The Senior Cabinet Office minister, michael gove, has warned the measures could be extended. Jonathan blake reports. Dreary weather and dire warnings set the scene for what in the end seemed inevitable. A National Lockdown for england, the Prime Minister said, was now the only option. Weve got to be humble in the face of nature. And in this country, alas, as across much of europe, the virus is spreading even faster than the reasonable worst case scenario. And so now is the time to take action because there is no alternative. The last resort had become the only way forward, he argued, and in a matter of days, tough measures would be imposed, severely limitin
Were quite rightly asking us to make that effort. If you want to get in touch with me about any of those stories or anything else on todays programme tweet me Annita Mcveigh or use the bbcyourquestions. Uk doctors leaders warn hospitals will be overwhelmed with Covid Patients unless tough new restrictions are imposed after lockdown ends in england, amid reports of rules easing to allow families to get together over christmas. None of us want to see a situation over christmas where youve got the mixing of generations of people, grandparents mixing with grandchildren, and then finding that some of the most vulnerable in our society end up becoming infected. And coming up this hour the toll of the coronavirus pandemic. The uk sees its highest levels of loneliness this autumn as a result of the disease. Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Plans for a green Industrial Revolution