DrugmakerJohnson Johnson must pay 572 million for its part in fuelling the states opioid addiction crisis. The largest earthquake thought to be caused by a fracking site in the uk has been felt in lancashire. And. Record breaking weather the hottest Late August Bank Holiday sees temperatures hit 33 degrees celsius. Good evening. The Prime Minister has told european leaders meeting at the g7 summit in biarritz not to listen to british politicians who say they can stop brexit. He told reporters at the close of the summit that hed reminded the eu britain will leave on october 31st even if no agreement is reached, and he said colossal preparations have been made for a no deal scenario. Also at the summit, leaders agreed measures to try to help deal with the fires in the amazon. Well hear more about that in a moment. First, our Political Correspondent, vicki young, reports on the mood around brexit in biarritz. Its not easy keeping World Leaders in line. Order, order. Boris order there are
Clubs has just closed with the firm aiming to buy bury pulling out in the last hour. Police investigating alleged abuse at a hospital in County Antrim say cctv footage has revealed 1500 crimes committed on one ward. Documents discovered by the bbc suggest the government, and h52, knew the High Speed Railway was over budget and behind schedule years ago. Would you feed your pets insects to help fight Climate Change . Vets thinks it could be the way forward. And we speak to the author of the pulitzer winning novel the underground railroad, Colson Whitehead, about his latest work thats in half an hour. Good evening. Opposition mps have agreed to try to block a no deal brexit by introducing legislation in parliament. A meeting of those opposed to no deal was called by labour leaderJeremy Corbyn. Ajoint Statement Issued afterwards did not detail how or when legislative attempts would be made. And it said using a vote of no confidence to bring down the government remained an option. Mr corby
then next week there is temperatures high teens across the north and west, 21 and 22 across east anglia, then next week this ridge of high pressure moves in closer, milder air comes off the atlantic and although it will probably be quite cloudy for scotland and northern ireland, england and wales given the brakes on cloud and sunshine, it is set to get warmer with temperatures climbing on friday in london to reach highs of 22 degrees so summer has not gone away yet. and that s bbc news at six. i will be back with the news at ten but it s now time hello and welcome to sportsday. i m chethan partak. all come along to wimbledon this friday night. coming up on the programme. heatherwatson programme. heather watson continues to programme. heatherwatson continues to wow, as she secured her place in the fourth round of this year s championships. it meant so much to get over the line there at the end and i was just really proud of myself and just grateful for the sport out there. sti
Bolts former coach agrees as well. The former head coach of the Jamaican Team at six games does not believe athletes will be in the best shape for tokyo even if it does go ahead this summer. I dont think that the olympics will be able to ta ke that the olympics will be able to take place on the dates that are slated, because the outbreak is worldwide and in some countries it isjust starting to worldwide and in some countries it is just starting to accelerate. My recommendation would be to postpone the olympics until next year. This would be unprecedented, but we are in unprecedented times. Move everything up one year and then everything up one year and then everything will eventually fallback into place. Four portsmouth players have tested positive for the virus. The Ligue One Club had to notify Public Health england with the players all now self isolating. All of the staff and teams were tested earlier this week and they are awaiting the results of ten more tests. Leicester tigers hav
Flying Eagles star, Onuche Ogbelu, has signed a three-year contract with Tunisian giants, Esperance, putting to rest all speculations about his future. The graduate of FOSLA Academy Karshi was an integral member of the Flying Eagles squad to the 2023 AFCON in Morocco. He played in all six matches as the National U-20 team…