Why fewer shoppers and more closures made july an especially tough time for retailers. Ill have the details. A Fabulous Four and a perfect start to the new premier League Season for Manchester United, who thump chelsea at old trafford and inflict a first defeat for Frank Lampard. Good morning. Today we are looking ata good morning. Today we are looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. Showers in the north and west, have very heavier and thundery showers in the south east, in between some sunshine, and this weeks weather remains unsettled. Ill have more in 15 minutes. Its monday, august 12. Our top story drug crime has risen in rural areas but fallen sharply in major city centres. A bbc investigation has found that in some villages in england and wales it has more than quadrupled in five years. The findings highlight concern about the spread of so called county lines gangs which traffic drugs using children and vulnerable people. Dan johnson reports. The latest frontier in the figh
To other opposition parties, and some backbench mps, inviting them to work with him. The liberal democrats have already rejected his idea. Its very difficult to trust what he says, because he has been arguing that he wants to deliver a labour brexit. And it doesnt matter if you put a red rosette on it or a blue rosette on it, brexit is going to be disastrous for the country. Results day for more than 300,000 a level candidates. Teachers are watching to see if the new exam format has affected grades. Dentists are asking schools in england to remove all sugar from their menus to help fight tooth decay in children. The biggest dinosaur hunt in decades is taking place in North Wyoming, as british scientists help to excavate part of the american desert. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at 9. Police in malaysia say a post mortem examination on the body of 15 year old nora quorin has revealed no signs of foul play. The teenagerfrom london was found on tuesday, ten days after she went
No suspicion of foul play in the death of teenager nora quorin police in malaysia say there is no indication of violence or abduction. Official figures show there were more than 4,300 drug related deaths in england and wales last year the highest number since records began in 1993. Three a stars. The proportion of students awarded top grades at a level has fallen to the lowest level for more than a decade, with just 25 achieveing an a grade or higher. Idid law i did law a star, sociology got an a. Alevel media studies, i got i did law a star, sociology got an a. A level media studies, i got an a in that, and btec, film and Television Production and i got a double distinction star in that. Great stuff. The biggest dinosaur hunt in decades is taking place in North Wyoming as british scientists help to excavate part of the american desert. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Iam i am rachel schofield. Jeremy corbyn has urged mps to install him as a caretaker Prime Minister to stop
Years on well hear from the couple who came to represent the spirit of the festival. And we now know that the next Commonwealth Games will have more womens medal events than mens, after three new sports were added. Good morning, and welcome to the bbc news at nine. One of President Trumps most senior advisers has said britain will be at the front of the queue for a trade deal with america after brexit. John bolton, the National Security adviser, has been holding talks with borisjohnson at downing street, and will meet other ministers today. He said, in the trump administration, britains constantly at the front of the trade queue. He added that the us could do a trade deal with the uk in pieces, striking agreements sector by sector where the two countries may agree quickly, and work out more complicated areas like agriculture and services later. And he criticised the eu, saying that the fashion when the people vote the wrong way from the way that the elites want to go, is to make the pe