First electric cars, now electric lorries. A Battery Powered truck is launched in california. The makers say it can go 500 miles on a single charge. Good morning. Our commuting time is getting longer and we are travelling further than ever to get to work. Why, and what does it mean for passengers . I am at one of the countrys busiest train stations to find out. In sport, englands women need 20 20 vision. Its crunch time down under, and if they lose this mornings 20 over match, the ashes will be back in the hands of australia. Concern for sea life prompts one chain of childrens nurseries to ban the use of glitter. Well discuss the thinking behind the move. And matt has the weather. Good morning. A sprinkle of natures litter this morning, frost to begin friday for many of you. Lots of sunshine later on. People forecast in the next 15 minutes. The full forecast. Good morning. First, our main story. Police investigating the disappearance of a teenager in dorset are continuing to question a
More investment in House Building and infrastructure. On the other side he has a lot of brexiteers who are very side he has a lot of brexiteers who are very much looking to hamstring him for anything they can in this budget and if he goes too far one way he risks damaging this reputation of fiscal responsibility that he spent seven years cultivating. Can he not get around that by saying that this money is no longer on the books of the treasury or the public accounts because it is Housing Associations and they are not part of the Public Sector . guess he can. Ijust think he is in a very precarious position, especially given the disastrous budget of last year with his u turn on National Insurance for example. He had to climb down in a matter of days after the huge backlash. I think he is under a lot of pressure to get this right. Whether that will come off for him remains to be seen. Another story in the independent. Budget sector to deliver Council Housing boost, local authorities who h
Progress can be declared. In zimbabwe, president mugabe is seen in public for the First Time Since the military takeover. Nineteen year old gaia pope Police Release the man they were questioning about her disappearance ten days ago. Also in the next hour as the budget approaches, the government is urged to spend seven billion pounds on homes, rail and a brand new town in southern england. Over a million new homes between oxford and cambridge could help bring hundreds of billions of pounds of investment, says the author. Well hearfrom him before half past seven. And a dog so brave, hes been given a medal the story of mali, who fought through bullets, explosives and his own injuries to save british troops. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. A number of people are feared dead following a mid air collision between a light aircraft and a helicopter. Emergency services are attending the scene near the village of waddesdon in buckinghamshire close to aylesbury. Our correspondent ben ando i
To get a bit more mild . Isli and we will get the weather. Going to get a bit more mild . Isl am going to be talking about the sport, seemed to be having some problems, we will talk about the controversy around Chris Brennan after double the amount of illegal asthma drug was found in his un, chris brunt says he has not broken any rules but the world governing body of cycling has demanded some answers. Lets see what the weather is doing. We got there eventually. The cold has gone, this is the hard work of those beautiful crafted snowmen, it is less cold out there, in fact its turned to rain, some of it quite heavy, but things could be tricky as we go into the evening, more from me coming up in less than half an hour. Hello everyone this is afternoon live im ben brown. He was the candidate endorsed by President Trump, despite facing a string of allegations of Sexual Misconduct, one of them against a 14 Year Old Girl. Well now roy moore has narrowly lost a Crucial Senate race in alabama a
Television companies. It is brought to you today by your cable or satellite provider. Next on American History tv, historians discuss the social and political impact of several events leading up to the civil war. Including the fugitive slave act and abolitionist john browns raid on a federal armory at harpers fairy. Erry. This was part of Yale Universitys Gilder Lehrman center for the study of slavery, resistance, and abolition. This was the most fun to , deciding which events, which problems, which moments of the precivil war era would we represent. Said, thisanna and is one you should moderate. Speak on no, i want to it. [laughter] which is great. Hook herst trying to into being moderator. The shock of events. The passage by douglas at the nation, the way he put it, not educated by theory, they are taught by events. We all know, we lived through events that no one predicts. Who predicted pearl harbor . Some people, sort of. Who predicted the end of the cold war in 89 . 9 11 . Last ye