More than 2 million adults in england are unable to see an nhs dentist, because appointments arent available or its too expensive, figures suggest. The foreign secretary summons the Chinese Ambassador after a former employee of the uk consulate in hong kong claims he was detained and tortured by chinese officials. I have been shackled, i have been handcuffed and i have been blindfolded, you know, so they make me hooded. And the mission to save thousands of animals from australias bushfires. Well have the latest on the desperate efforts. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Borisjohnson and Jeremy Corbyn have traded verbal blows over brexit in the first tv debate of the general Election Campaign. The Prime Minister said the labour leader is unclear about whether his Party Supports leaving or remaining in the eu and mr corbyn said the nhs isnt safe in conservative hands. The two leaders also locked horns over trust and leadership, the future of scotland and the royal family. The p
Newspapers has told this programme that politicians are undermining trust in the media by distributing Party Political leaflets that look like newspapers. Weve found evidence the conservatives, labour and liberal democrats in england are all doing this. David, lets talk. Aah down, down go, go is tv too violent . The actor Zoe Wanamaker thinks so. She says she wants more tv that kids and adults can enjoy together. Do you agree . And our election blind dates are back for 2019 so what happened when a brexit party mep and jordan stephens from rizzle kicks went on a blind date . You should come and visit me in brussels. Well go and see the debating in strasbourg. Is this the parliament that you want to leave . Yeah. You will see how rubbish it is. That doesnt make much sense, does it . Do you kind of love it . Do you love it . Come on, do you love it . I do not like the European Parliament at all. Are you sure . But i really like my colleagues, and i actually do really enjoy myjob. I dont k
We will get all the latest from the Financial Markets, so much to talk about. And its been a week of high drama for brexit well get the inside track on all that, and look at whether the uk and germany risk going into recession. Today we want to know, are fold out phones the future . Samsung launches its latest gadget, but is 2000 too high a price to pay for flexibility . Just let us know using the hashtag bbcbizlive. Hello and welcome to business live. The former president of zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe, has died in singapore, where hed been receiving medical treatment. He was 95. Mr mugabe was zimbabwes first leader after the country gained independence from the uk and was widely praised at first for his reforms. However in 2000, facing serious political opposition for the first time, he seized white owned farms to resettle black farmers on causing economic disruption but boosting his popularity among his supporters. Milton nkosi is our south africa correspondent, and hejoins me now from
Thunderstorms my breaking out and into scotland as well. The reason why is low pressure moving across the British Isles at the moment and its moving across scotland. This is where we are going to see some of the heavier downpours, with the risk of flash flooding particularly across the eastern side of scotland this afternoon. It is eastern scotland, down into parts of north east england, where, if you do catch a thunderstorm you could see may be 20 30 millimetres of rain in an hour. Theyll be fairly slow moving. You can pick out one or two in the midlands and east anglia, maybe 10 15 millimetres of rain so the potential for some disruption. May be rather drizzly towards west facing welsh hills and its a rather muqqy facing welsh hills and its a rather muggy, warm afternoon out there, very pleasant if you get to see some sunshine and many places will be dry with sunny spells, but through the Late Afternoon into this evening just a closer look at where we are expecting some of the thunde
In the number of a e patients in england stuck on a trolley for more than four hours as they wait for a bed. Residents evacuated from a town in shropshire as flood barriers are overwhelmed. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with sarah, and englands women back on track are in the cricket . Ill have more on englands convincing win against thailand, back on track at the womens t20 world cup. Captain Heather Knight struck her maiden t20 hundred as she lead her side to a record 98 run win. Thanks, sarah. And the other ben has the weather. Thank you, good afternoon. One year ago brought the highest february temperature on record, we got above 21 degrees. This year, very different, severe Flood Warnings in force, more rain in the forecast, and snow for some as well. All the details coming up. See you later also coming up. If we do not get ahead of this surge, we will see more of the wills most beautiful destinations closed or destroyed. In one of his last official engagements, prince