it s saturday 8th july. our main story: tributes are being paid to the eight year old girl who died when a car crashed into her school in wimbledon on thursday. she s been named as selena lau. her family says she was adored and loved by everyone . another eight year old girl and a woman in her 40s are still in a critical condition. a woman who was arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving has been released on bail. louisa pilbeam reports. an intelligent and cheeky girl, adored and loved by everyone. selena lau s family have paid tribute to the eight year old. she was killed when a land rover crashed through a fence at the study preparatory school in wimbledon, where an end of school school tea party had been taking place. 12 people taken to hospital, among them another eight year old girl who remains in a life threatening condition. a woman in her 40s is in a critical condition. large numbers of people have been coming to the school to lay flowers and ref
no hollywood ending for wrexham in the fa cup, as the blades prove to sharp in another for the all action affair sheffield united through after to two late goals. we ll be live with rylan clark, emma willis and 0ti mabuse, as they set off on the challenge of a lifetime for red nose day. good morning. this morning there is some mist and fog to watch out for imperative england at wells. quite dense in places. it will slowly lift and we will see some sunshine. for scotland and northern ireland, more cloud heavy rain and squally winds. details later in the programme. good morning. it s wednesday, the 8th of february. nearly 8,000 people are now known to have died, following two devastating earthquakes which hit turkey and syria. that death toll is likely to rise significantly, as rescue workers and civilians continue to search the rubble, and survivors trapped beneath it succumb to bitterly cold weather. the earthquakes were the biggest in the region since 1939, and they trigge
hits its highest level for m years. if you re burgled in england and wales, a police officer will come to your home the new pledge from police chiefs. and we meet the british woman behind some of hollywood s biggest films who s become one of the most powerful in the movies. and coming up on the bbc news channel. described as their darkest day, worcester warriors players and staff are to have their contracts terminated following part of the club being wound up in the high court. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. the prime minister has said she s willing to make difficult decisions in order to get the uk s economy moving, in herfirst conference speech as conservative leader, liz truss acknowledged that times were tough for many people, but said her plans to cut taxes would benefit everyone. in a rocky week of conference marked by u turns and internal divisions, the prime minister made no new policy announcements but promised to help businesses by reducing taxes
prepare to watch the show s final episode. the opening ceremony of the 22nd commonwealth games takes place in birmingham tonight. prince charles will represent the queen and 30,000 people will be inside the alexander stadium, with millions more watching around the world. the show will include performances from local music and dance groups, emphasising the city s diversity. more than 5,000 athletes are set to compete over a packed 11 days. they will be representing 72 nations and territories. the queen s baton will also be a key part of that ceremony, after being carried for 294 days through commonwealth countries. athletes will compete in 19 sports and 280 medal events, which will include for the first time women s t20 cricket, 3 on 3 basketball and 3 on 3 wheelchair basketball. also for the first time, there are more medals for women than for men, and para events are all part of the main games. 0ur sports reporterjoe lynsky explains what s in store. they have waited four yea
that tune will be in your head all afternoon! time for a look at the weather. we need it to be fine over birmingham. yes, it s not going to be bathed in sunshine for the opening ceremony of the commonwealth games but it is looking dry and timbers easing down from 20 degrees during the course of the ceremony. where we are seeing sunshine today is to the north and north west of scotland. very limited elsewhere. whilst there is a lot of dry weather around, we have also seen some heavy rain so far today, impacting parts of northern england, into southern scotland, thundery rain through the isle of man for a time and it is edging further north. we have high pressure close by so overall, a lot of dry weather and also a weather disturbance has been brought into that wiltshire will continue to feed these outbreaks of rain, slowly a little further north in scotland but still holding the sunny spells in the north and north west. a few patches of rain or showers in wales and south west