and a brit becomes the oldest commonwealth games bulbs medallist in history at the tender age of 75. some of the uk s best known commentators dread me to discuss the lady returned and the lady who did not. dateline london in half an hour s time on bbc news. hello and if you have justjoined us, welcome to bbc news. we begin this hour with the first of a series of hosepipe bans which come into force today. ..following the driestjuly in england since 1935. in the areas affected, people won t be allowed to use hosepipes to water plants and lawns, to clean cars or to fill paddling pools. it follows the driestjuly in england since 1935. today s ban affects customers of southern water in hampshire and the isle of wight. people who break the rules could receive a warning or in extreme cases a fine of up to £1,000. about1 million south east water customers in kent and sussex will face measures from next friday. companies in other parts of the country are planning similar moves in t
that all services will be back up and running over the weekend, so some good news on that, they have got that attack under control. they say it is only affected a minority of their position, but obviously it will have effects on people and as it is nonemergency, they obviously hope that it is something they can sort out in the coming few hours and in the course of the weekend. news from the welsh ambulance service and if they tell us any more over the course of the evening, we will bring it to you here on bbc news. labour and some conservatives have criticised the former chancellor rishi sunak for telling activists at a meeting last week that he diverted money away from deprived urban areas as chancellor. a video released by the new statesman magazine emerged of him saying that he changed the system to make areas including tunbridge wells, where he was speaking to party members, were getting the money they deserved. t getting the money they deserved. i managed to start changing the fun
When the socialist intellectual and writer Raymond Williams died, suddenly and prematurely, in January 1988 at the age of 66, tributes expressed the loss in superlative terms. The British left, Robin Blackburn wrote in New Left Review, had lost its “most authoritative, consistent and radical voice” and the national culture its “most acute critic”. At a commemorative evening
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The German federal election campaign has been characterised by candidates who have failed to inspire. Armin Laschet, chancellor candidate and leader of Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has seen confidence in him and his party collapse. Hampered by an already sceptical electorate in the early months of his candidacy, his numbers nosedived in August following footage of him