Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister is under pressure tonight to explain why mps were not told a Trident Missile test went wrong last summer. It happened just weeks before a crucial commons vote on the future of britains nuclear deterrent, when theresa may urged parliament to back renewal of the weapons system. Today, she repeatedly declined to say whether she knew of the malfunction, when an unarmed missile failed to reach its target. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. This is what the launch of a Trident Missile looks like. Lastjune, the royal navy carried out what it calls a Routine Un Armed Test Launch from Hms Vengeance but we now know that something went wrong. Hms vengeance was about 200 miles off the florida coast. It was to fire the missile around 5,000 miles across the atlantic. But a malfunction occurred during its flight and it didnt reach its target. The speaker i call the Prime Minister. Yet, just weeks later, theresa may was asking mp
Good evening, and welcome to bbc news. The Prime Minister is under pressure tonight to explain why mps were not told a Trident Missile test went wrong last summer. It happened just weeks before a crucial commons vote on the future of britains nuclear deterrent, when theresa may urged parliament to back renewal of the weapons system. Today, she repeatedly declined to say whether she knew of the malfunction, when an unarmed missile failed to reach its target. Our defence correspondent Jonathan Beale reports. This is what the launch of a Trident Missile looks like. Lastjune, the royal navy carried out what it calls a Routine Un Armed Test Launch from Hms Vengeance but we now know that something went wrong. Hms vengeance was about 200 miles off the florida coast. It was to fire the missile around 5,000 miles across the atlantic. But a malfunction occurred during its flight and it didnt reach its target. The speaker i call the Prime Minister. Yet, just weeks later, theresa may was asking mp
And, its the robot challenge. Can jobs be protected when automation takes over . And in sportsday on bbc news, Alastair Cook speaks after stepping down as england cricket captain, saying he could no longer give his all in the job, but wants to continue playing for his country. Good evening. We start tonight with the second of our special reports on the state of the nhs in england, as it struggles to cope with ever rising demand. The Institute For Fiscal Studies has warned that spending on health is unlikely to rise sufficiently to cope with the demands of a growing and ageing population. More on that in a moment, after our special correspondent ed thomas reports from the royal blackburn hospital, which was built to serve a population of 300,000 people, but is now serving more than half a million. Every bed on every ward. Never know what is coming through the door. Never. Lives depending on the nhs. I wouldnt be here today but for them. For a week the bbc was allowed inside the royal bl
Islamic state atrocities. Emmanuel macron has launched his manifesto and Francois Fillon has had more bad news today, a property of his raided by police. Well have the latest on the french president ial election. If you bought shares in the company that owned snapchat you probably had a good day, the stockjumping by more than 40 just since the company floated. There were a few hours after Donald Trumps speech to congress where something resembling calm had descended on washington, dc. But it didnt last long. There is now huge pressure on mr trumps Attorney GeneralJeff Sessions and what relationship and connections he has had with the russians. Mr trump has been talking about this in the last few hours, he says he has total confidence inJeff Sessions, that he thinks theres no need for the Attorney General to recuse himself from an investigation into contact between the Trump Campaigner russian officials during the election. He told reporters he wasnt aware mr sessions had these two meet
Islamic state atrocities. Emmanuel macron has launched his manifesto and Francois Fillon has had more bad news today, a property of his raided by police. Well have the latest on the french president ial election. If you bought shares in the company that owned snapchat you probably had a good day, the stockjumping by more than 40 just since the company floated. There were a few hours after Donald Trumps speech to congress where something resembling calm had descended on washington, dc. But it didnt last long. There is now huge pressure on mr trumps Attorney GeneralJeff Sessions and what relationship and connections he has had with the russians. Mr trump has been talking about this in the last few hours, he says he has total confidence inJeff Sessions, that he thinks theres no need for the Attorney General to recuse himself from an investigation into contact between the Trump Campaigner russian officials during the election. He told reporters he wasnt aware mr sessions had these two meet