plus community over the last 50 years? get in touch with me on @annitabbc or using the hashtag bbc your questions. and, two british hopefuls, cameron norrie and heather watson, will both be in action today at wimbledon. the mp chris pincher has resigned as government deputy chief whip, after a newspaper alleged he groped two men at a private members club. he has apologised to the prime minister and said he had embarrassed himself and others. the role of the government whips is to enforce party discipline. our political correspondent jonathan blake reports. chris pincher had been deputy chief whip, responsible for discipline among tory mps, since february. but now it s his own conduct that has fallen short. there were complaints about his behaviour on wednesday night at the carlton club, a private members club in central london, where he is reported to have groped two men. in a letter to the prime minister yesterday, mr pincher said. as things stand, chris pincher won t face
on a crisis that is deepening by the day for borisjohnson. also this lunchtime: police in the us state of illinois have arrested a 22 year old man suspected of opening fire at an independence day parade near chicago, killing six people. eight months of rain in four days 50,000 sydney residents are told to evacuate their homes as flooding worsens. in wales, children as young as 11 in care are still being placed in b&bs and hostels despite government pledges to stop the practice. i was just there, an excess piece. my mum didn t want me and now my grandparents can t look after me and now my foster carers don t want me and the state doesn t know what it wants to do with me. what. what s the point? and england pull off a record breaking victory in the fifth test against india. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel: it s the first of the quarterfinals at wimbledon, with the british number one cameron norrie looking to make the most of home support a
911 call and the moment that shooter was killed. cnn s shimon prokupecz pushed for straight answers during a press conference on friday. reporter: you say there were 19 officers gathered in the hallway or somewhere. what efforts were made to try and break through that door you say was locked? what efforts were the officers making to try and break through either that door or another door, to get inside that classroom? none at that time. reporter: why? the on-scene commander at the time believed it had transitioned from an active shooter to a barricaded subject. reporter: you have people who are alive, children who are calling 911 saying, please send the police. they are alive in that classroom. there are lives that are at risk. that s not protocol, is it? we re well aware that. reporter: right. why was this decision made not to go in and rescue these children? again, the on-scene commander considered a barricaded subject and that there was time and there were n
You got to say . Everybody is welcome. Your phone or needs you. Get in touch. Text and call. The Text Messages are coming in already. Now the news. Former top Civil Servant at the Department For Education says the budget for repairing schools with failing concrete was halved. Jonathan slater said it was frustrating that funding was only given a50 schools after a by rishi sunak. The government says it will do whatever it takes to fix the problem. Keir starmer is expected to reshuffle his cabinet today, although most senior roles will be unchanged. Former Civil Servant sue gray is set to begin her role as chief of staff. The First Supplies of the weight loss jab wegovy is arriving in the uk. It will be available via weight loss management clinics. And huddersfield and Manchester Victoria are the Railway Stations in britain with the highest rates of cancelled trains this year. Network rail says it is working with Train Operators to make improvements. The state of our schools, and as i sai
Inspection colleague, three three leaf filter today, more physically filtered. Com adrenaline just like every tur n urine the cnn newsroom, im wolf blitzer in washington, and we begin with a Major Development are 2024 president ial race here in the United States. President joe biden and donald trump have just accepted cnns invitation to host, to hold a debate on june 20. Thats just in a few weeks thats months earlier than traditional faceoffs take place between, between two president ial candidates the announcement comes after a heated backandforth earlier this morning between the two, the president Challenge Trump to two debates and then trolled him over his hush money trial. Listen to this shop laws, two debates to me in 2020, it sends said he hadnt shown up for debate. Now hes acting like he wants to debate me again or make my day pal, ill even do a twice so lets pick the dates down. I hear youre free on wednesdays former president responded quickly calling on biden to quote, get re