The family of a policeman who survived a frenzied machete attack, say theyre proud of his bravery. And coming up well be taking a look inside kashmir as tension continues to rise between india and pakistan over the disputed region. Major power failures have been reported across large areas of the uk, affecting homes and transport networks. Large parts of england have been affected, including london, the south east, the north west, and other parts of the country. The Uk Power Networks says the outage was due to a failure on the outage was due to a failure on the National Grid. In the past half an hour, the National Grid has released a statement, saying, we experienced issues with two Power Generators causing loss of. The power cut has caused a knock on effect on the friday night rush hour, with disruption across the nail work rail network. Lner trains are telling passengers not to travel and network rail are warning of delays. Then ando has the latest. National grid say the problem has
The National Grid says issues with two generators caused the outage. Tonight, the regulator is demanding answers. Uk growth falls for the first time in six and half years, but the chancellor says the fundamentals of the economy remain strong. A Church Warden who tricking a man into changing his will, has been found guilty of his murder. We report from inside kashmir, as tensions rise between india and pakistan over the disputed territory. And its a baptism of fire for newly promoted norwich, thrashed 4 1 at liverpool as the new premier League Season gets under way. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, arsenals mesut ozil and Sead Kolasinac will not play in their first match against newcastle because of security reasons. It follows an attempted carjacking last month. Good evening. England and wales suffered a major power cut today, affecting homes, transport networks and hospitals. In all, nearlyi million households we re all, nearlyi million households were affected. The National Gr
Victim. Liverpool beach norwich city in the First Premier League game of the season. And its11 30 p. M. , the season. And its 11 30 p. M. , another look the season. And its11 30 p. M. , another look at the paper is with our reviewersjohn stapleton, the forecaster and home of as editor of the evening standard, martin bentham. Home affairs editor. Broadcaster. Good evening. England and wales have suffered a major power cut today affecting homes, transport networks and hospitals. In all, nearly a million households were of the dead. The National Grid says issues with two Power Generators caused the outage however the problem has now been resolved. Thousands of passengers were shut out some of the busiest train stations or left stranded themselves. One hospital was was forced onto a backup system that failed. The midlands, where half a Million People were of the dead. In london in the south east, 300,000 people lost power was parts of the north east also experienced serious problems. Train
In fact some really cool air for the to an english cathedral. Time of year across the northern half of the uk, we see showers and longer spells of rain putting erratically southwards in eastwards, but look at sunday afternoons temperatures, across scotland, 14 or 15 degrees, still clinging on to something in the low 20s across south wales and southern england. As we move into monday, low pressure still close by, the isobars by this stage really opening up, the winds will be much lighter, there will be some spells of sunshine, some showers which could be heavy in hungary, the showers perhaps most likely to develop into a line across scotla nd likely to develop into a line across scotland and northern ireland, slinking sinking slowly southward as temperatures barely get up to 20 degrees as we go through monday. 0n tuesday original High Pressure pressure tries to build its way in, so that promises a dryer interlude for some of us, but as you will see behind me, weather systems will be gat
Hello and welcome to bbc news. President trump says congressional leaders are having serious discussions about tightening gun controls in the us in the aftermath of two Mass Shootings in the past week. Mr trump said senior members of the Republican Party were on board and hed also discussed the issue with the influential gun lobbyists, the National Rifle association. However with senators on their summer recess, theres no prospect of any immediate legislation. There has been no president who feels more strongly about the Second Amendment than i do however we need meaningful background checks so that sick people dont get guns. Our north america editor, jon sopel, is at the white house. This is his assessment of the situation. If this does happen, and they would be baby steps and it would come to nothing, it would be a republican president taking on the might of the National Rifle association, the most powerful lobbying organisation in the United States and what makes it even more surpri