Mounting concern at the financial concern to have and have nots, the premier league awash with tv revenue, record tv deals, but the rest of the Football League having to survive on much less of an amount. Theres also concern over the way the efl scrutinises prospective owners, with the owners gambling too much and trying to reach the premier league, and also whether or not in the modern digital age, it is sustainable to have 92 professional clu bs age, it is sustainable to have 92 professional clubs throughout the country. But whatever the reasons for the predicament of these two clu bs for the predicament of these two clubs and others, there is no doubt that the sadness and dismay at the peril that these two very proud and historic clubs now face will extend well beyond these two towns in the northwest. After bury missed that deadline set by the efl, the club owner steve dale said they werent given enough time. We asked the efl to work with us. Sadly, maybe they will give us a re brie
In the afghan war, the men, women and families still trying to cope with the aftermath. Its taken four or five years out of my life in terms of being stagnant, drinking, doing things i wouldnt normally have been doing if i hadnt have been in the army and hadnt been let down at the end. And the teenage sisters praised by the Emergency Services after they rescued a father and son from the sea, with their lilo. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, despite the financial problems in football, the games continue with west ham in Second Round League Cup action against newport county. Good evening. Opposition parties have agreed to Work Together to try to stop britain leaving the European Union without a deal. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, says mps will take the first steps towards trying to pass a law blocking a no deal brexit when parliament returns next week. The greens, the snp and the lib dems were among those who pledged to Work Together today. They also said a vote of no confiden
The final countdown for ppi. The deadline is tomorrow. There are still believed to be thousands of people who havent claimed. Ill have the details. Yesterday we hit 33. 1; degrees at heathrow. And that is it for a wee while. It will be cooler, wetter and windier over the next few days. More inis windier over the next few days. More in 15 minutes. Its wednesday the 28th of august. Our top story. A woman who says she was a victim of the convicted us paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and was forced into a sexual encounter with the duke of york, has urged the prince to come clean about what he knows. Virginia Roberts Giuffre spok to reporters outsid a court in new york. It was after a hearing for alleged victims of epstein, who took his own life in prison earlier this month. Prince andrew has strenuously denied the claims made against him. Our north america correspondent Chris Buckler was in court. Jeffrey epsteins victims never had the chance to face him in court, but at a hearing in new york,
Of the english Football League. And the countdown to the new series of strictly come dancing has begins, with the stars donning their sequins for last nights launch in london. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Jeremy corbyn is meeting Opposition Party leaders as he looks to secure support for his plans to block a no deal brexit. The labour leader has said hes open to different strategies after coming under pressure to drop his plan to lead a caretaker government. The conservatives said allJeremy Corbyn offered was chaos, delay and uncertainty. Lets speak now to our political correspondent, peter saull. In terms of whatJeremy Corbyn wants to do, lets not focus on who might lead to the plans but on these various mps uniting, how likely is it we will hear something about that today . They will have to put on a bit of a united front when they emerge from this meeting in westminster because when this plan was first mooted byJeremy Corbyn the response from the liberal democrats was
Outbreaks of rain in the north and west of the uk. This more active weather front is pushing west of the uk. This more active weatherfront is pushing into parts of Northern Ireland and western scotla nd of Northern Ireland and western scotland but you notice we have this other feature ahead of it across western england into the south west and also for wales. A few showers on it but most of the rain across western Northern Ireland and western scotla nd western Northern Ireland and western scotland at the moment, some heavier bursts increasing too. Heat and sunshine, but these showers with thicker cloud across the west and southwest will blossom through the afternoon and we could see thunderstorms developing. Those temperatures reach 30 degrees across england and wales, another scorcher, but cooler than that north and west. Notice a line of showers and heavy thunderstorms will continue to affect the midlands as we head through this evening and overnight. Some torrential downpours and als