It comes to not do this. In sport, Jordan Spieth leads the open championship. Hes two shots clear of the field, after mastering all the british summer had to throw at him, at Royal Birkdale. Prince george at four a new official portrait is released to mark his birthday. And stav has the weekend weather. Its looking like a sunshine and showers weekend for most of us. Sunday is probably looking like the better of the two. All the details in about 15 minutes. Good morning. First our main story. Almost 1,000 children are being forced into temporary accommodation every month because more families are becoming homeless, according to councils in england. The local Government Association says the number has increased by a third in three years. It wants more powers to build what are described as genuinely Affordable Homes. 0ur social Affairs Correspondent Michael Buchanan reports. Councils say more than 900 children, what they describe as the equivalent of a secondary school, become homeless ea
Accommodation to young, Vulnerable People in exchange for sex. And hold on tight, as we mark 200 years of thrills since the opening of the first Roller Coaster. Our main story at five. The syrian president Bashar Al Assad has said claims that his armed forces were behind the chemical weapons attack on the town of Khan Sheikhoun are a 100 fabrication. The us launched missile strikes against an airbase in retaliation for the attack, which it blamed on the syrian government. In his first interview since the chemical weapons attack, president assad claimed that that the us worked Hand In Glove with Terrorist Groups to stage the attack as a pretext for the american air strikes. Theresa may said the evidence against assads regime was clear. Keith doyle reports. Hes been in powerfor 17 years. He says he is fighting terrorists. The us, the uk and their allies say he is responsible for hundreds of thousands of deaths and millions of refugees. In his first interview since the Chemical Attack whi
british transport police said its inquiries were still in their early stages, and described the officer s death as devastating news. phil mackie, bbc news, nottinghamshire. the man who was chief executive of the nhs trust where nurse lucy letby murdered seven babies wrote in a now deleted blog about being persuaded to run a london trust by a senior nhs england boss. tony chambers has been accused of ignoring concerns raised by doctors who worked with letby. social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. this is tony chambers last year helping to open the royal liverpool hospital, one of severaljobs he did after leaving chester. he was chief executive of the trust when lucy letby murdered at least seven babies and attempted to murder at least six other infants in her care betweenjune 2015 and june 2016. paediatric doctors who worked with letby said mr chambers failed to live up to his own commitments
coming up on bbc news, stronger punishments for bad behaviour in football matches. we will have more on the new rules affecting players and managers, with fans also in the spotlight. the fa clamping down on abusive chants from the stands. if you go out late at night on the streets of central london, you are likely to see significant numbers of people sleeping rough, and new figures do show an increase of 9% on the same period last year. there were 3,272 people sleeping outside in the three months between april and june. over 1,600 were found to be rough sleeping for the first time that s a 12% rise on the year before. the situation in london is being seen in some other parts of the country too, as our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. london, july 2023.
of 9% on the same period last year. there were 3,272 people sleeping outside in the three months between april and june. over 1,600 were found to be rough sleeping for the first time that s a 12% rise on the year before. the situation in london is being seen in some other parts of the country too, as our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. london. july, 2023. 3am on britain s most famous shopping street. along a small section of oxford street, dozens of people rough sleeping. most of them we re told are romanian. some havejobs, some are begging,