at the top of tennis for 311 weeks. federerjust one week fewer. that is five years and nine months. many have been sending their congratulations to the 33 year old serb. a message on wimbledon s official twitterfeed reads. a lifelong dream achieved. congratulations to novak traffic djokovic. djokovic has spoken exclusively to the bbc s lee james about his achievement, saying he s very lucky to have played in an era with federer and rafa nadal. the new generation of top men s tennis players are all really tall, they are very powerful, they have big serves and everything happens very quickly on the court. i think rafa, roger, myself, we had to adjust to that. i feel like we have been able to do that very well and the rivalries that i had with fedor and nadal over the years have made me also a stronger and a better player. of course, they also keep motivating me even more to keep going and, of course, each one of us has their own unique journey and it is wonderful to share the
Mayor of San Francisco, ed lee, died unexpectedly overnight alongside his family. He died at San Francisco zuckerberg hospital. We are told he died of a heart attack this morning, early this morning. Stunned city leaders gathered outside the hospital. We want to go to pete suratos. He is live there at the hospital. He was there for the press conference this morning. Pete, certainly a shocking time for a lot of people out there this morning, im sure. Reporter yeah, shocking time indeed. The News Conference took place around 3 30 a. M. , a couple hours after mayor ed lee passed away here at San Francisco zuckerberg General Hospital this morning. We did see now acting mayor, london breed speaking alongside the board of supervisors here. A very emotional time. They discussed the passing of mayor ed lee at the age of 65. Lets show you the video of her speaking. It is with profound sadness icon firm mayor edwin m. Lee passed away early this morning, tuesday, december 12, at 1 11 a. M. At zuc
Becomes the most senior woman in the church of england appointed bishop of london. And a dark day down under for englands cricketers as australia take an unassailable 3 0 lead in the ashes. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A review of fire and building regulations, following the Grenfell Tower fire, says the Current System isnt fit for purpose, and a culture change is required to ensure that safety is prioritised over cost. Damejudith hackitt, in her interim review for the government, makes a series of recommendations to simplify the rules and change the way they are overseen. She says shes been shocked by some of the practices shes heard about. Heres our Home Affairs Correspondent tom symonds. G re nfell tower Grenfell Tower and that horrifying loss of life demonstrated for all to see, that something had gone badly wrong with fire safety. But the scale of that only became clear in the weeks that followed. Confidence in the safety of Public Housing was left in pieces,
In the third test in perth. Massive win. Good morning. Its monday 18th december. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. A review into building regulations following the Grenfell Tower fire says there should be a culture change to ensure that safety is prioritised over cost. Dame Judith Hackitt, who is carrying the review for the government, makes a series of recommendations to simplify the rules and change the way they are overseen. In her first report out this morning, she also says regulations are confusing and open to interpretation. The interim report tells us that what we have in place today is a system which has evolved over a number of years. It is overly complex and that complexity does not lead to it being as effective as it needs to be. What sort of things specifically are we talking about . Were talking about a system where there is too much prescription, where there is a very heavily layered system of guidance currently, which is not helpful in terms of leading pe
Is declared the new leader of south africas governing party, the anc. Following the killing of British Embassy worker rebecca dykes in lebanon local Police Arrest a man, believed to be a taxi driver. And from nurse to bishop, Sarah Mullally becomes the most senior woman in the church of england, appointed bishop of london. Its 5 oclock. Breaking news from johannesburg, lets see the images in south africa. A very significant election has taken place. We have the congratulations, because Cyril Ramaphosa has been duly elected as the leader of the anc, the ruling party in south africa. He beat the former foreign minister, Nkosazana Dlamini zuma, by 2240 votes, to 2461. He is the Deputy President currently, in line for greater things, because he hasjust been elected leader of the anc in johannesburg. The electoral commission, doing lots of its work this afternoon, looking and monitoring at the validity of the vote. There were talks about a conference of recount at one point, as it is, we be