Power and homes throughout the country were plunged into darkness. Simon jones has more. Plunged into darkness but now the uk Energy Regulator is demanding that the National Grid shed some light on what went wrong. Described as an incredibly rare event, it caused chaos especially on the railway network. This was the message for passengers on a train that finally got into kings cross at two oclock this morning. For many it was a waiting game. The storm had started outside and it was pitch black and we tried to sit together to piece together what was going on. The announcements failed because of the lack of power and then we had to walk to the end of the carriage on the pitch black. Four and half hours later one of the guides came to open the door and we just jumped later one of the guides came to open the door and wejustjumped out later one of the guides came to open the door and we justjumped out onto the door and we justjumped out onto the track and walks down the track back to the st
I will be back with you at 8pm. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me holly hamilton and jane dougall. The headlines this evening. The champions Manchester City make a great start to the defence of their title but var is the talking point as two major decisions hinge on the new technology. Aston villa give tottenham a scare but a harry kane double sees spurs take the three points. In the scottish premiership, a ruthless celtic are victorious in a seven goal thriller against motherwell. Also coming up on the programme, ireland comfortably beat italy in their warm up match, but concerns forjoey carbery ahead of the world cup who went off injured. And we meets Nabila Tejpar the british rally champion driving to be the best in the world. Hello and welcome to the programme. Manchester city have certainly laid down a marker in their opening game of the season. The champions thrashed west ham 5 0 at the london stadium. Raheem sterling took centre sta
The billionaire businessman and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein has died in prison in new york. Hes believed to have taken his own life. Epstein once counted among his friends bill clinton, donald trump and Prince Andrew, and was charged last month with trafficking dozens of underage girls for sex. He was due to stand trial next year. Earlier we got reaction from the New York Times journalist, ali watkins, who has been covering the case so far. We were all stunned. This comes on the heels of thousands of documents being unveiled on a related case and it has been working its way through the court system. It ruin to focus what this was. Every few days there isa what this was. Every few days there is a new turn this and nobody expected this. As we heard in that report, only a few weeks ago epstein was found in his cell having a p pa re ntly was found in his cell having apparently tried to take its own life and questions are being asked about how somebody in a secure unit could have
All that with sue this evening. Take care. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines borisjohnson hello, this is bbc news. The headlines Boris Johnson is hello, this is bbc news. The headlines borisjohnson is to become the next uk Prime Minister after winning the conservative party leadership. Deliver brexit, unite the country and defeatjeremy corbyn and thats what were going to do this afternoon, mrjohnson met activists at conservative party headquarters. Tomorrow, hell be heading to number ten downing st. The president of the eu connection and the eus chief negotiator bo say they look forward to working with mr johnson. And other news this evening, as forecasters say we could see record temperatures this week, there are warnings about looking after the vulnerable. Ina in a moment, time for sports day, but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. At 7pm, beyond 100 days will be live with reaction to the news of Boris Johnson becoming tory leader. After a pm, well
Collided with a helicopter in bucks. One of those killed has been named as mike green, a helicopter instructor. And tributes for the co founder of the Australian Rock Group ac dc, malcolm young. He died at the age of 64. Time to cross to the bbc sport centre for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday, with me Lizzie Greenwood hughes and hugh woozencroft. The headlines this evening england make it five wins in a row over australia with a comfortable victory in rugby unions autumn internationals. North london bragging rights go to arsenal as Arsene Wengers side get their first win over tottenham since 2014. Ruling the race to dubai justin rose is ahead in the desert but Tommy Fleetwood is still in the chase. Also coming up in the programme. It wasnt perfect. Head coach Trevor Bayliss on a difficult day for englands bowlers in theirfinal warm up match. And david beats goliath. Goffin sends the great Roger Federer packing at the world tour finals. So, plenty to come in this evenings spo