Its time for click. This week spotting early signs of dementia, giving the banks the finger, and man falls off skateboard. Theme music. Here is something that splits opinion, you either love these or you hate them. Depending, really on whether you ride one, or whether youve had a Close Encounter with one. These e scooters are powered by electric motors and that leads to something really interesting that not many people know in the uk, these things are not legal on public roads and they are not legal on public pavements. So although they are getting more and more popular, and companies are hiring them out to ride on private routs like here at the Queen Elizabeth olympic park in london, where they are and speed ltd, the law there is hugely around the world geofenced and their speed is limited. These can reach 30 miles an hour, which is very cool, or very dangerous, depending on your experiences with them. Not long ago, presenter emily hundreds died while riding an is scooter. It was the
Who was awaiting trial on sex trafficking charges, could have been murdered. Air travellers across the United States have been facing major delays following a Computer Systems failure that caused chaos at airports. The us customs and Border Service says its computers are beginning to come back online and so far, theres no indication the disruption is malicious in nature. The veteran Hollywood Star peter fonda has died at his home in los angeles from lung cancer. He was 79. The actor, seen as a counter cultural icon, was best known for the 1969 film easy rider, which he co wrote and produced. Coming up later in this half hour, the film review. But first, heres click. Heres something that splits opinion you either love these or you hate them. Depending, really on whether you ride one, or whether youve had a Close Encounter with one. These e scooters are powered by electric motors, and that leads to something really interesting that not many people know. In the uk, these things are not le
After yesterdays washout, the weekend is looking more promising. Sunshine and showers, but quite windy at times as well. Its saturday, august 17th. Our top story detectives investigating the killing of a Police Officer in berkshire have sealed off a nearby caravan site. Pc Andrew Harper, who only got married four weeks ago, died after he was dragged along by a vehicle as he was attending reports of a burglary. Our correspondent ben ando has the latest. Roughly three miles from the crossroads where pc Andrew Harper lost his life, caravans behind a fence at a site now linked to the investigation into his death. Ten people are in custody and are likely to face questioning today. All male, ranging in age from 30 down to 13. Pc harper died near the a4 between reading and newbury in berkshire. He was responding to reports of a burglary when he was apparently struck by a vehicle and drugs beneath the wheels. Some reports suggest he was subsequently hit by a police car arriving at the scene. H
Weekend, in their opening win against southampton. Theres text commentary on the bbc sport website. Liverpools adrian is hopeful of starting against southampton this afternoon, despite being injured by a fan who ran onto the pitch during the teams super cup celebrations. Adrian made his debut in the win over chelsea on wednesday, with regular keeper alisson injured and managerjurgen klopp had this to say to the unwelcome pitch intruder. There is no doubt about how much we love our fans, there is no doubt about that. But if they could all stop doing that, doing. Thats now the worst example ive so far heard about. Its not funny. What can i say . I dont know what you can do against it but its not. I like the fact that we dont have fences in the stadium but that means theres a lot of responsibility for the supporters as well. Bath winger Ruaridh Mcconnochie is out of the england team to face wales this afternoon in a world cup warm up match. He was set to make his debut in cardiff but he h
Murder of pc Andrew Harper. Because of death has been recorded as multiple injuries, it is consistent with our current belief andrew was caught between the vehicle on the surface of a road and then dragged for some distance. However the circumstances as to how andrew came to be out of his vehicle and caught under the suspect vehicle are as yet unknown. Therefore i would reiterate oui unknown. Therefore i would reiterate our plea for the public and media not to speculate on the circumstances of this incident while the investigation is ongoing. What we do know is andrew and his crew made where attending a reported burglary in bradford southend. While responding dedicated vehicle suspected to be involved in that burglary and as we said a gesture date within an hour of the incident happening we had arrested ten males aged between 13 and 30 on suspicion of murder. I can confirm that the males were arrested from a local authority run caravan and mobile home site, in reading road near burghfi