Keith chegwin once a familiar face whos died at the age of 60. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news the full line up for the Champions League including a messi draw for chelsea wholl face barcelona in the last 16. Good evening. Scientists in london have reported a major breakthough in the treatment of huntingtons disease and say it could lead to new therapies for alzheimers and other conditions. Its been described as potentially the biggest breakthrough in the field for half a century by correcting the defect that causes huntingtons a disease which is incurable and kills most sufferers within 20 years of diagnosis. Huntingtons affects an estimated 10,000 people in the uk, with a further 25,000 thought to be at risk, as our Health Correspondent James Gallagher reports. The allen family has been blighted by huntingtons. They have seen their mother, stephanie, die from it. The last year of her life, every time we all went to visit her, she just held us and said, i want to die. The disea
I interviewed the Prime Minister. She promised the residents they would be rehoused within three weeks. Two weeks before christmas, more than a hundred households are still in hotel rooms. So where have things gone wrong . The council has allotted huge sums of money for rehousing kensington and chelsea have set aside £235 million to secure accommodation for the people made homeless by the fire. So why is it is stalling . Justice for grenfell nojustice no peace this protest outside the Council Offices last week was only a fraction of the size of the ones in the summer. They are living a second trauma because theyre not considered worthy enough to be given housing. The focus of this is to demand permanent new homes for the survivors. There are still people stuck in hotels with their children. Their children are in a room next door. It is not an adjoining room so the children will sleep with the parents. So then you may have a family of five in one room. Because actually they dont want t
For the rest of our lives. Good morning. A frosty morning in central london, outside st pauls cathedral. Over the next couple of hours, 1500 invited guests will make their way inside for the National Memorial service and we will be talking to some of them over the next couple of hours. Let us bring you the bbc news so far today. A Memorial Service is being held at st pauls cathedral this morning for the victims and survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire in west london. 71 people were killed when the fire tore through the tower block, six months ago today. Prince charles, Prince William and theresa may will be among the 2,000 people who are expected to attend. My my thoughts and the thoughts of eve ryo ne my thoughts and the thoughts of everyone in the met with people who lost their lives and their loved ones. Also those people who lived in g re nfell tower ones. Also those people who lived in Grenfell Tower and those who escaped, those who have lost their homes and the local community. I
Your best, your heavenly friend through thorny ways leads to a joyful end be still, my soul, when dearest friends depart and all is darkened in the vale of tears then you shall better know his love, his heart who comes to soothe your sorrow, calm your fears ellison be still, my soul, for jesus can repay from his own fullness all he takes away when we shall be for ever with the lord be still, my soul, when dearest friends depart and all is darkened in the vale of tears then you shall better know his love, his heart who comes to soothe your sorrow, calm your fears be still, my soul, when change and tears are past all safe and blessed we shall meet at last. Now the welcome from the dean of st pauls. On behalf of this cathedral in london, welcome, each one of you, to this National Memorial service of remembrance, community and hope. Among us are survivors of the fire in Grenfell Tower exactly six months ago. Those who have lost members of their families, or their friends. Those who live or
First, our main story. Emergency services are expecting this weekend to be one of the busiest of the year as towns and city centres are packed with christmas revellers. Extra ambulance crews were brought in ahead of last night amid concerns that so called mad friday, the most popular day for works christmas parties, would see a surge of alcohol fuelled incidents. Michael cowan reports. It is one of the busiest nights of the year for our Emergency Services, so much so that londons Ambulance Service are bringing in an extra 30 crews. Were going to be incredibly busy this weekend, and we will take lots of 999 calls to patients that have suffered the effects of alcohol. That puts a massive strain on our system. It means that we will divert ambulance resources away from patients, perhaps an elderly patient on the floor with a broken hip or a baby with a broken arm, in order to attend those patients that present as immediately life threatened. The pubs are packed and the pints are poured, bu