to most people fleeing war and persecution, and urged the british government to pursue what it called more humane solutions. archaeologists say they ve discovered a roman shrine buried beneath a former graveyard next to leicester cathedral. a team has spent the last year digging at the site ahead of building a new visitors centre, to support the influx of tourists since the remains of richard iii were found a decade ago. the recent dig took place less than 50 metres from where the king s remains were discovered. phil mackie has been given special access to the site. deep beneath leicester city centre, they ve been uncovering 2,000 years of history. so we ve been excavating here for about nine months now. matthew morris is excited. and he s the man who unearthed the remains of richard iii, in a car park barely 50 metres away 10 years ago. in this corner, eight metres underground and right next door to leicester cathedral, they ve made an important discovery. these are our sort
they will not work and they are unfair. also in the programme this lunchtime. questions from relatives about why it took police almost two days to find the victims of a car crash in cardiff that left three young people dead and two seriously injured. scientists say annual flood damage in parts of the uk could increase by more than 20% over the next century. calls for anyone with a prepayment meter for their energy supply to have it removed for free. and tickets for this year s eurovision song contest final in liverpool have sold out in just over half an hour. coming up on the bbc news channel. refunds for liverpool fans who attended last year s champions league final, as uefa take responsibility for scenes where supporters were tear gassed in paris. hello. good afternoon. enough is enough the words of the home secretary in the last few minutes as she outlined the government s plan to stop migrants coming to the uk on small boats. suella braverman was introducing to the ho
heatwave and drought in parts of the uk for autumnal conditions, which are already being seen in england a month ahead of time. also coming up in half an hour, it s talking business. the momentum behind women s sport is at fever pitch after england win the european football cup but is the money finally flowing in to level the playing field with men? good afternoon. train passengers are facing a further day of disruption after thousands of rail workers started another 24 hour walk out in a dispute over pay and conditions. across the country, only around 20% of services are running. the government say the strikes could be ended if the unions put the pay deals on offer to their members. this report from our correspondent, helena wilkinson. a now familiar sight for rail passengers across the rest of the country half empty stations, weekend plans and services severely disrupted. we had to leave early from home due to the strike action. obviously it will take a lot of time to g
environment experts blame the recent heatwave and drought in parts of the uk for autumnal conditions which are already being seen in england, a month ahead of time. good afternoon. train passengers are facing a further day of disruption after thousands of rail workers started another 2a hour walk out in a dispute over pay and conditions. across the country, only around 20% of services are running. the government say the strikes could be ended if the unions put the pay deals on offer to their members. this report from our correspondent, helena wilkinson. a now familiar sight for rail passengers across the country half empty stations, weekend plans and services severely disrupted. so, we ve had to leave early from home due to the strike action. obviously that s gonna take a lot of time now to get to the stadium and we re worried about what time we will get back and also what time the trains are running till. obviously, like, i am only quite young as well, so without me gettin