Joy for australia. Theyve retained the ashes after bowling out england on the final day of the fourth test at old trafford. Good evening. Government ministers have dismissed the accusation of a former senior colleague that too little effort is going into securing a new Brexit Agreement with the eu. Amber rudd, who resigned from the cabinet last night, said today that the vast majority of brexit focused work was going towards no deal and that there were no formal negotiations with brussels. Shes also called the expulsion of 21 conservative mps opposed to no deal an assault on decency and democracy. The chancellor sajid javid says the government hasnt given up on a deal and is sticking to plans to leave at the end of october, come what may. 0ur Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake reports. From cabinet minister to backbench mp overnight, amber rudd walked out of government no longer believing the Prime Ministers priority was to get a new brexit deal. This morning im joined by the now f
An early election. Also tonight brace for a two day pilots strike affecting up to 300,000 British Airways passengers. After an attack in kabul, President Trump cancels the peace deal agreed in principle with the taliban. Speaking out against elitism and social divides, as the pope visits madagascar. And defeat for england in the fourth test hands the ashes to australia. Good evening. Government ministers are insisting that their brexit plans remain in place, despite stinging criticism from their former colleague amber rudd, whos resigned her cabinet post. She said today that the vast majority of brexit focused work was going towards no deal, while there were no formal negotiations with brussels on securing a new withdrawal agreement. She also called the expulsion of 21 conservative mps an assault on decency and democracy. Ministers say they are sticking to plans to leave the eu at the end of october and are looking for ways around the anti no deal law that comes into force tomorrow. 0u
We meet the men and women in one of the biggest dinosaur digs of all time. When you realise weve onlyjust really scratched a corner of this square mile, theres going to be dozens, if not 100 plus dinosaurs lurking in the rocks of thejurassic here. And coming up on bbc news. Sol campbell leaves his role as manager of macclesfied town after eight months in charge and guiding the club to League Safety last season. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. New figures out today reveal the extent of britains drug crisis in the starkest terms possible. Deaths caused by the mis use of drugs mainly heroin and cocaine hit a record high in england and wales last year. In scotland too, drug related deaths are at their highest. Almost 3,000 people died from illicit drugs in england and wales last year. Thats a rise of 17 on the previous year. Throughout the week weve been reporting on one of the key factors behind this crisis the supply of drugs from the cities to britains towns and even vi
Match away from reaching the group stage of the Europa League after victory in the third round of qualifying tonight. Both took comfortable first leg leads into tonights matches. Wolves already 4 0 up against armenians pyunik. There were four more tonight including a first senior goal for teenager Morgan Gibbs White and a brilliant finish from diogojota saw them go through 8 nil on aggregate. Rangers swept aside fc midtjylland, 3 1 on the night, 7 3 on aggregate to set up a play off with legia warsaw the winner ino the group stage. Welsh side new saints are out, losing nine nil on agregate to ludogorets whilst aberdeen fell at the Europa League third qualifying round for the sixth consecutive season with an abject defeat at the hands of croatian side rijeka. The head coach of the scotland Womens National team, shelley kerr, has spoken about a row with her players after they were knocked out of the world cup in france which left some in tears. Kerr admits she, along with other members o
The news coming out of the england camp today is that captainjoe root the epidemic of alcohol will bat at number three for that first test with joe denly dropping abuse in england. Researchers say the government isnt down to four in the batting order. Doing enough beat the problem. Henry moreans in birmingham the haunting image of a child for us as england go clinging on for life through their final preparations. In war ravaged syria and her remarkable escape. So does make dates to go until it video assistant referees come to the premier league this season, but not everyones a fan. All begins, five matches to when you score a goal, you dont determine the winner. The know whether to celebrate or not, because you know the goals getting frustrations for both sides is the reviewed and you dont know english weather. Both teams looking if somethings gone wrong with it. To get time batting in the middle. And coming up on sportsday on bbc it has just been raining too news, the ashes is just tw