Workers in greece and say they are dealing with hundreds of extremely vulnerable refugees held on the island of lesbos. Bags of Rubbish Pile Up in birmingham as rubbish collectors step up their industrial action. Collection has already been disrupted for weeks. And its only just bought it. A Driver Looses Control of his new £200,000 ferrari. That was one hour after he picked it up that was one hour after he picked it up from the garage. Good morning. Its friday 28th july. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The bbc understands that at least 60 high rise buildings, which used insulation and cladding similar to Grenfell Tower, have failed a new fire safety test. The test is seen as more thorough than previous ones, as more materials were analysed together for the first time. So farjust nine of the buildings which failed have been identified. Theyre in salford in greater manchester, where the local council is asking for help from Central Government to meet the cost of replacements. Ministers w
And a romcom with a diference boy meets girl, and girl falls into a coma in the big sick. Well get film critic james kings thoughts on this and the other releases in the film review. Good evening. In the past few minutes, the government has announced that an independent review will be carried out into Building Regulations and fire safety, because of the Grenfell Tower fire. The fire in west london, which killed 80 people, raised serious questions about about the fire safety of high rise buildings and led to the widespread testing of cladding, like that used on Grenfell Tower, on other buildings across the country. Also in the past few minutes it has been confirmed that 82 buildings have failed those new fire tests for cladding. That includes these in salford. 47 of them are in local Authority Control run by housing associations. All the details of the findings of those particular tests have only just been released, just in the last few minutes. So our correspondents arejust reading few
Will be more sunshine than yesterday. For scotland and Northern Ireland, more of a breeze and cloud. Later, the rain will turn more persistent in the north west and by the time we get to the end of the night, this is where it will be, with blustery winds around it. We will see some mist and fog forming and some frost. Some of that will lift. Parts of the south east and east anglia could hang onto it, not just overnight but into tomorrow as well. Tomorrow for england and wales, a lot of cloud and brighter breaks. For scotland, the rain since south. Some brighter breaks across Northern Ireland. Unseasonably mild across the fog. We are back on air live onjanuary three. Over the festive period you can watch a programme featuring some of the stories we have brought you this year. This is bbc news with gavin esler. Singin in the rain star Debbie Reynolds has died aged 84 after suffering a stroke, just a day after the death of her daughter carrie fisher. The head of the Royal College of gps h
As a result. And the first pictures of a Rare Giraffe Born at chester zoo discovered by staff when they arrived on boxing day morning. And in half an hour, well look back at the rio olympics and the Refugee Athletes who competed as a team for the first time. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. The russian president , vladimir putin, says the syrian army and opposition have agreed to a nationwide ceasefire which will come into effect at midnight. Therell also be fresh peace talks. The deal was brokered by russia and turkey, who are on opposing sides in the conflict in syria. Mr putin said they had signed a number of documents outlining the details of the deal. Daniel boettcher reports. Russia and turkey have been pushing for a nationwide ceasefire, particularly since the collapse of the key Rebel Stronghold in aleppo. Ina the key Rebel Stronghold in aleppo. In a statement the syrian army said the comprehensive Ceasefire Agreement was a result of recent military successes. The Syrian
Cuts in some national parks. They say there will need to be more cash so the beauty of the parks can be enjoyed by generations to come. The latest weather forecast. Fog has been causing problems across england, and across Central England into east anglia and the south east, some patches will linger all day, with poor visibility. Difficult travelling conditions, the risk of transport disruption. There are some breaks, the best of them in north east england. Wales, Northern Ireland and scotland it stays cloudy. Transport could be affected by these fog patches that will linger through the afternoon and well into the night time. The focus overnight across east anglia and South East England duty that poor visibility. Further west, a lot of cloud around. That should help improve visibility through the night. Northern ireland and scotland, it will be relatively mild, but we have some rain sinking its way southwards. There continues to new years eve. Eventual sea wet weather crossing into the