The girl whose death from an allergic reaction to a sandwich, has brought about a change in the law. And as a heatwave grips parts of europe, record temperatures of more than a0 degrees are forecast. And coming up on bbc news. A hostile welcome at the home of cricket for Australias David Warner as he continues his return from a ban for ball tampering at the world cup against england. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. After repeated accusations of avoiding media interviews, the frontrunner for the conservative leadership and Prime Minister, borisjohnson, has made a series of broadcast appearances, setting out his ideas, including on brexit. Mrjohnson made an unequivocal pledge to take the uk out of the eu by october 31st, in his words, come what may, do or die. He continued to maintain his silence on his private life, which has come under scrutiny. Its been revealed that the winner of the leadership race will be announced onjuly the 23rd. Our political correspondent, je
Picture was being put out . There are all sorts of pictures of me. Mrjohnsons leadership opponent jeremy hunt says his brexit plans are more realistic. Your plan sounds quite similar. They may be similar, but the person is not. Hillsborough match commander David Duckenfield is to face a re trial in connection with the deaths of 95 liverpool fans. A renovation fit for royalty the public foots the £21; million bill for harry and meghans new home. After much resistance derby county say they have permission to use speak to Frank Lampard. And chris fawkes has all the weather. We will be casting awry again at this heatwave building in europe and many in france are describing is unprecedented forjune in terms of intensity. Thanks chris. Also coming up a bittersweet moment well hear from the parents of the girl whose death from an allergic reaction to a sandwich has brought about a change in the law. Hello, youre watching afternoon live im simon mccoy. After repeated accusations of avoiding m
And well be talking to a senior irish politician about the key issue of the border. The other main stories on bbc news at 5. The hillsborough match commander, David Duckenfield, is to face a re trial in connection with the deaths of 95 liverpool fans. A court hears that a passenger lee pomeroy died after being stabbed 18 times, in front of his son, on a train from guildford to london. Southern water is ordered to pay a record £126 million in fines and customer rebates, over what regulators call shocking failings. And england are struggling in their cricket world cup match against australia. After being set a target of 286 theyve already lost four early wickets. Five wickets. Good afternoon. Borisjohnson has given his firmest commitment yet that britain would leave the European Union on the 31st of october if he became Prime Minister. He told talk radio that brexit would happen on the halloween deadline do or die, come what may. And in a letter to his rival jeremy hunt this afternoon,
Out there for some. Its wednesday, the 8th of may. Our main story. The parents of 11 children, who died after what they say were the failings of social media, have called on rishi sunak and keir starmer to do more to protect young people online. In an open letter, they say theyre disappointed by the lack of ambition shown by the regulator, ofcom, which has today set out its plans to force Tech Companies to make their platforms safer. Our correspondent Angus Crawford reports. I want to know what theyve got to say, and i want them to meet people with lived experience. Its really important to try and understand what ofcom are doing because from the outside they seem to be doing so little, which is ridiculous and frustrating. Brianna and molly, their short lives spurring their parents on to try and make the online world a safer place for all children. We showed them posts and pictures, easy to find on social media of self harm, suicide and eating disorders. Had you, um. Had you seen conten
In dealing with the pressure, goal scoring and movements and assisting and dealing with the pressure, he brought everything to the table that we could possibly hope for. Britains Geraint Thomas remains second overall after stage five of the giro diitalia. It ended in a Sprint Finish in luca in tuscany with frenchman Benjamin Tomma claiming the First Grand Tour stage win of his career. It was also the first victory of the year for his cofidis team. Thomas finished in the main group alongside overall leader taday pog archer and remains 46 seconds behind the slovenian. Rafa nadal insists hes excited to be playing in a tournament that hes won 10 times before, even if hes going into the italian open ranked 305 in the world, hes Playing Zizou Bergs in the first round in rome later in another stop of whats expected to be his final year on tour before retiring. My my feelings are better, in terms of tennis, why not . I am here to try my best and tomorrow it is going to start and all the matche