The waiting is finally over for the start of the ashes. Im at edgbaston, where ive been speaking to england captainjoe root ahead of the first test against australia. It starts today, as england look to claim the ashes back. Having lifted it for under cooky, and to see what its been like on the other end of it as captain, it makes me want to be up there on the podium at the oval hopefully with a massive smile on my face. We could get a shower at the oval, especially in a line from north east scotla nd especially in a line from north east scotland to east anglia, where it could be heavy, thundery and slow moving. More in 15 minutes. Its thursday the 1st of august. Our top story flood warnings are still in place across the north west of england and yorkshire after a day of heavy rain left people stranded and caused damage to buildings, roads and rail lines. Overnight, the water levels did begin to recede in some of the worst hit areas, but people are preparing for another downpour of rai
Havent lifted it before, see what that podium. To be stewed. It is like to be on the wrong end of it is like to be on the wrong end of it as and coming up before 12 30 it is like to be on the wrong end of itasa it is like to be on the wrong end of it as a captain makes me very hungry to be the one student that podium. Asap rocky is due to take the stand in sweden where hes and coming up before 11 30 on trial for assault. Asap rocky is due to take the stand in sweden where hes on trial for assault. Good afternoon. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. We begin with breaking good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. News this hour the government has announced the bank of england has left the additionalfunding to prepare the uk in the event of a no deal brexit. Interest rate unchanged, it remains the chancellor, sajid javid, says ata Interest Rate unchanged, it remains at a quarter of 1 . The bank of the extra £2. 1 billion was necessary england has left Interest Rates to ensure the uk is prep
On the wrong end of it as a captain makes me very hungry to be on the podium at the oval as captain hopefully with a massive smile on my face. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. The government has announced additionalfunding to prepare the uk in the event of a no deal brexit. The chancellor, sajid javid, says the extra two point one billion pounds was necessary to ensure the uk is prepared for leaving the eu on october 31 with or without a deal. Nearly £350 million will be spent on upgrading border and transport infrastructure at the biggest uk ports. This will include an extra 1,000 borderforce officers double the number previously announced when mrjavid was home secretary. A further £434 million will be spent on the stockpiling of vital medicines. Lets get more from our political correspondentjessica parker. Brexit preparations cost money, and today the man now in charge of the publics finances signalled that hes willing to turn on the taps. The chancellor, sajid jav
Emeryville it was burning an unfinished building, and it didnt hurt anybody. This morning this lady was running down the street and she was saying, fire fire and it woke us up out of a sound sleep. And we went outside and the same building that was caught on fire in july was the same building that was on fire. Darlis manning saw almost the same thing last year. And the dejavu continues with a crane used in the constructionstill perched high above the site. Fire officials worry tens of thousands of pounds of steel acould come tumbling downthe crane has to be dismantled before we can get any crews in to extinguish any fires that are still remaining inside. Some people on the opposite side of the burning building were evacuatedbecause they live within the potential collapse zone of the crane. But manning took action long before that. We just evacuated, actually before they said evacuate because we knew what happened last time. So we just got out. Neighbors two blocks away say wind carried
To sober up. This is the graphic video of the crash. The motorcyclist has the green light and the fire truck driven by then firefighter Michael Quinn has emergency lights and sirens on, but he does president slow down to make sure the intersection is clear. The 32ton ladder truck slams into frasier and his motorcycle and his body fly into the curb and hydrant. I tabbed with frasiers attorney by phone. I am extremely disappointed and angry. Chuck is a lawyer who specializes in motorcycle accident cases and he is currently suing the city of San Francisco and Michael Quinn who has since quit the fire department. Quinn had been facing felony dui charges, but there were problems with the evidence. The judge dismissed breathalyzer tests given by quinns fellow firefighters after the crash because the equipment was not properly calibrated and that mean Police Officers had no probable cause to arrest quinn and administer a blood test which itself was not useful in this case because blood was no