A us company says its ready to market a new drug that can slow down the disease. In the latest twist in the saga of britain trying to leave the european union, Prime Minister borisjohnson has suffered another major defeat in parliament. Mps voted to reject his fast track timetable to pass the eu Withdrawal Agreement through the house of commons. He did actually win another vote to advance the legislation, itself a significant victory. But the timetable defeat means hes been forced to pause the whole process, which means a a new extension may be needed, from european leaders. This from our Political Editor laura kuennsberg. A rare moment of silence. And then a result. The ayes to the right 308, the noes to the left 322. Mps kicked out the Prime Ministers timetable for speeding his brexit deal through parliament. Plenty of mps dont want to leave but even for those who do, a majority in here tonight thought it was happening too fast. Tonight the house has refused to be bounced into debati
His judgement was fiercely called into question, of course, when those allegations of wrongdoing by salazar were first made in that bbc panorama documentary, which triggered an investigation by the us anti doping agency. Plans to transform womens cricket have been revealed today, with the ecb announcing 50 Million Pounds of investment over the next five years, in a bid to make the sport more gender balanced, in england and wales. The money will help fund a0 new full time professional contracts, and help grow all areas of the womens game. Three Young Players of cricket coming through in the of this massive opportunity to go in their intrinsic professional and see how good they can be. I am massively excited and it is a huge opportunity for them and i hope these young girls come through and really push the sport forward and keep trying to build on it. Thats all from sportsday. Coming up in a moment, the papers. Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing u
Today. The family recreation complex will open at 8 am. And the senior wing at 8 00. Thats great news especially for older people as they dont really have airconditioning so they dont have a place to go. This all leads us to Steve Paulson who has been saying this is coming . Today and tomorrow. A big cooldown. We do have temperatures that are quite interesting here through this time of year. Not something that we see all the time. We are looking at 72 and windsor is also 72. Napa is looking at 77 so there are some warm spots and a bit on the cool side. So for the highest gusts have been in higher elevations. Lets hope they stay there. It is way above including Services Good 88 it is way above including Services Good 8890s for the livermore and san jose. Fairfield north at 12cord rainfall today in scottsdale at two thirds of an inch. Better late than never i would guess. That is down there with a high up here. So it come through with the breeze. 80 degrees a mackville. 50s and 60s at 18
And caltrans took action that will affect the morning commute. Giant generators were brought into the caldecott tunnel, a major traffic route to the east bay. Caltrans is using it to keep the tunnel lights and fans on or risk a traffic nightmare. The tunnels themselves have very large fans that circulate to make sure the exhaust from the cars are actually taken out of the tunnels. Caltrans first thought some of the four boers in the tunnel would have to be shut down but bringing in those generators may correct that problem. The tunnel on highway 1 near pacifico is also open this morning. There were concerns about that closing. Caltrans brought in more generators there. A double slide thousands of commuters use that slide on the kim attevo toast every day. Were talking about this because weather will be a big issue this morning but first lets check in with sal for look at the commute. You heard it. The caldecott title in the lantos tunnel will be open and that is good news. Right now we
Hello, yes indeed. Also. You will be talking about how people are reacting here in stoke on trent to the tumultuous events of the last few days concerning brexit and the vitriol that has been expressed by both sides. I shall talk to you shortly. Also this afternoon President Trumps top intelligence official faces congress over a whistleblower complaint that sparked an impeachment inquiry. Coming up on afternoon live, all the sport with holly hamilton. 242 with 2a2 with england at the world cup and a conference victory over the United States put them top of the group. All reaction to 30 pm. At 2 30pm. Thanks, holly. Stav danaos has all the weather. Into the weekend, we could be looking at a potent area of low pressure, heavy rain on saturday night into sunday with also some strong winds as well, all the details a bit later on. Thanks, stav. Also coming up the duke and duchess of cambridge are to name the uks new Polar Research ship. No, not Boaty Mcboatface, but the sir david attenborou