Is it worth being a city of culture . Ill be chatting to businesses all morning about how things have changed for them this year. Good morning. In sport, liverpool net seven goals, making england the first country to have five teams through to the Champions League knockout stages in the same season. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Storm caroline will make its presence felt in the north of scotla nd make its presence felt in the north of scotland today. 90 Miles Per Hour gusts. Blizzards as well. A mild and a wet start to the day away from that. It will be noticeably windy. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Thank you, carol. Good morning. First, our main story the number of patients experiencing long waits in accident and Emergency Departments in the uk has more than doubled in the last four years. Research by the bbc found that more than three Million People waited longer than the four hour target in the last year. Doctors say it shows the nhs can no longer cope. The dep
To take wickets on the opening day of the fourth ashes test. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The family of a british woman accused of smuggling drugs into egypt says shes been sentenced to three years in jail. Laura plummer, whos 33 and from hull, was arrested in october with 290 tablets of the painkiller tramadol, which is banned in egypt. She says she was carrying them for her egyptian partners back pain, and didnt realise they were illegal. Ms plummer is to appeal. We will be live with our correspondent in egypt in the next little while. The universities minister, jojohnson, will use a speech today to warn that academic institutions must protect free speech. Hell say students must be able to both hear and challenge controversial views during their years of study. Some universities and student groups have refused entry to speakers, as Edward Curwen reports. Time spent at University Must open minds, not close them. Thats the view ofjojohnson, the universities minister, who wil
Wednesday 1st april. Also this morning the nhs reveals its losing more than a billion pounds a year in england through fraud. In sport, chelsea manager antonio co nte in sport, chelsea manager Antonio Conte criticises team. Good morning from Hastings Pier which won another award. You cant seat at the moment but it will soon as day breaks. Its beautiful. The same can be said of the in scotland. Slowly moving south over the course of the day. Ahead of it, when the fog lifts, we will get a bright day with some sunny spells andi a bright day with some sunny spells and i will have more on that in 15 minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. At least eight people have been killed and ii seriously hurt in new york city, in what officials have confirmed to be a terror attack. Eyewitnesses saw a white pick up Truck Driving at speed down a cycle path in Lower Manhattan, before it mowed into a number cyclists and pedestrians. The vehicle, continued for 20 blocks to chambers street where it sm
Light devices responsible for destroying your childs sleep . Well hear how Hospital Attendances in england for children under 1a with Sleep Disorders have tripled in ten years. I end iend up i end up asking her if she wants it because then i can get stuff done. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11. Ina in a second we will bring you more on the deal about selling temper macro to the french. And well discuss how police in durham are planning to give free heroin to addicts in a bid to cut drug related crime. Will it work . Do get in touch. There are fears for thousands ofjobs at Vauxhall Plants in the uk this morning. Its after the French Company that owns peugeot and citroen struck a £1. 9 billion deal to buy General Motors european unit, which includes vauxhall. 11,500 workers are employed by the company in luton and Ellesmere Port. The unite union says its priority is to safeguard theirjobs. Our Business Correspondent joe lynam is here. What other worries about jobs . W
Allegations that the sas deliberately targeted fighting aged men, even when they didnt pose a threat. The ministry of defence has denied it is another day of sunshine and such a policy existed. Showers. When the show was come through, some heavy and thundery in the australian state of victoria has declared a state of disaster and the north west, it will feel cooler introduced the toughest lockdown than yesterday. Measures so far. They include a night time curfew, limits to its sunday 2nd august. Our top story a conservative mp and former minister has been arrested exercise and shopping restrictions. This after a further over 600 cases on suspicion of rape. He has now been released on bail. According to the sunday times, the allegations were made we re by a former parliamentary employee, this after a further over 600 cases who has accused him of rape, were confirmed in the last 2a hours. Sexual assault and coercive control. Around 30 million unemployed americans have had theirjobless ou