Well, spontaneous and led the applause here in st annes square in manchester, and you mightjust have been able to tell, there was a man towards the back of the crowd in this very bright Manchester Sun here, who said well done, manchester. And then the applause broke out again. And absolutely baking hot day in st annes square, and hundreds of hundreds of people, i cant even calculate, perhaps at least a thousand people have come here to the square for that moment of silence that is marked across the country to remember those who lost their lives. Here, at the Manchester Arena, less than a mile away, people have continued to lay flowers there. Really lovely to meet you. I know you work fairly near here. Explain why you wanted to come here for this moment of silence . We live and work in the city. You dont really know what to do in this situation. If you can doa what to do in this situation. If you can do a small act by being here, it makes you feel like you can contribute. Applause just
Katie razzall looks at the faultlines on the question of scottish independence. I would hate to separate from the uk. I would love im quite happy to be part of the british isles, just not the uk. You havent really got the choice i youve got a really big hammer drill. Hello. Good evening. Remember those heady days when this election seemed boring . When we were sick of the stage managed, unwavering adjectives on offer . Many feared the electoral outcome had already been written on something more permanent than the fated ed stone. But this week shattered all of that. This was the script no one wrote. A week that began with a monumental uturn, soon forgotten in the torment of manchesters attack. And from its wake, a campaign that emerged refocussed on National Security and Foreign Policy. A poll today showed labour slashing the conservative lead to five points. Well be speaking to david butler in a moment the psephologist who has seen more from the frontline of electoral history than anyo
In a moment it will be time for sports day but first lets take a look at what else is coming up tonight on bbc news, in 20 minutes we will talk to the union of senior Civil Servants about the challenges for the Civil Service in implementing the queens speech. After eight oclock we will be live in salford to get an idea on how some of the policies in the queens speech will affect the north of england and 1030 we will look the papers. Well be joined england and 1030 we will look the papers. Well bejoined by the whitehall corresponded from the sun and the news editor of the financial times. Before we go to the sport a brief update on another story breaking in this hour, three people remained trapped after a crane lapsed in crewe. A spokeswoman for the police say they are dealing with the police say they are dealing with the incident. Emergency Services Including hazardous Response Unit from northwest and the driver has been airlifted to safety. Any more on that and we will bring it to you
Good morning. The eat out to help 0ut scheme launches. More than 72,000 businesses have signed up to offer half price meals paid by the government. Will it be enough to save struggling hospitality firms . Im in watford to find out. A Major Incident is declared in Greater Manchester as officials ramp up their response to a rising number of covid i9 cases. Good number of covid i9 cases. Morning. The most dramatic ending to a formula i race the World Champion can remember. Lewis hamilton crosses the line at silverstone on three wheels to win the british grand prix for the seventh time. Splashdown a safe landing for the first astronauts to splash down in us waters in 45 years. And we saw out last week with our third highest temperature ever recorded. This week, the heat is back by friday but we start on a rather cool note. I will have all the details here on breakfast. Its monday the third of august. Our top story millions of new tests for coronavirus that can give a result in 90 minutes w