identify. good morning from an empty london euston station as more than 16,000 rail workers go on strike again. when will it be over and what should you do if you are travelling today? i will have the details. is it ratcliffe to the rescue for manchester united? british billionairejim ratcliffe says he would be interested in buying the club if the glazer family wants to sell. from trash to treasure. we find out how items destined for the tip are raising thousands for charity thanks to upcycling. good morning. after yesterday s torrential date range which led to localised flooding in parts of the south east, today it will be drier with some sunshine and the odd shower, we have got a new weather front coming in across the introducing thick cloud and some rain. all of the details throughout the programme this morning. it s thursday 18th august. our main story. thousands of students across england, wales and northern ireland will be getting their a level, t level and btec results
Maybe they. Maybe they were cheering, cheering me. It was an achievement that won him the nobel prize. Professor peter higgs at university of edinburgh. On behalf of a modest man, he avoided the fuss by going to a nearby restaurant when the award was announced. The former neighbour congratulated me on the news and i said, oh, what news . And so she told me that her daughter had phoned from london to alert her to the fact that i had got this prize. As a young theoretical physicist, he was fascinated by the behaviour of the Subatomic Particles that lay at the heart of atoms. He went on to develop a theory of how these particles gain substance oi mass. Summed up in this equation, Professor Higgs predicted a field which permeates the entire universe. Five other scientists also came up with similar ideas at around the same time. But in this historic paper from 1964, peter higgs was the only one to have predicted the existence of the particle through which it operated. The only thing i, i th
An official title. Hello, welcome to the programme. Some breaking news one of President Trumps closest and most senior advisers, hope hicks, has tested positive for coronavirus. She travelled with him to a Campaign Rally in minnesota and to the president ial debate in clevela nd. Ms hicks is the closest person to the president known to have contracted covid 19. Both the president and first lady are being tested for the virus. Lets speak to our north america correspondent, peter bowes. What do we know about what is going on here . We know from several us officials, citing multiple sources, that hope hicks has contracted coronavirus. As you say, she is one of the president was my closest advisers. She has travelled with him on at least two occasions this week, to minnesota for that rally and as the world saw on tuesday, she was with the president , having travelled on air force one to clear land for the debate. There is a photograph circulating now on social media of her leaving that fli
Continue to slashjobs. It is the most unequal recession in modern history, delivering a mild setback for those at the top and a depression like blow for those at the bottom. Plus, what is bread, if its not bread . We will tell you about the subway sandwich, that the tax man in ireland thinks is something else. Hello, im Laura Trevelyan in washington, Christian Fraser is in london. Were 33 days from the us election. And if the polls are right this time, donald trump is behind and running out of time. In the three critical states that he won in 2016, pennsylvania, michigan and wisconsin, joe biden is up by more than 5 points. And nationally hes 7 points clear, as millions of americans are already voting. Republicans want the president to put laser focus on those voters he needs to win over. Seniors and suburban women in particular. But its the fall out from tuesday nights debate and mr trumps seeming inability to denounce White Supremacists that continues to undermine the broader message