Why fewer shoppers and more closures made july an especially tough time for retailers. Ill have the details. A Fabulous Four and a perfect start to the new premier League Season for Manchester United, who thump chelsea at old trafford and inflict a first defeat for Frank Lampard. Good morning. Today we are looking ata good morning. Today we are looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. Showers in the north and west, have very heavier and thundery showers in the south east, in between some sunshine, and this weeks weather remains unsettled. Ill have more in 15 minutes. Its monday, august 12. Our top story drug crime has risen in rural areas but fallen sharply in major city centres. A bbc investigation has found that in some villages in england and wales it has more than quadrupled in five years. The findings highlight concern about the spread of so called county lines gangs which traffic drugs using children and vulnerable people. Dan johnson reports. The latest frontier in the figh
Especially for england and wales. Hello, this is bbc news. The headlines the Prime Minister pledges £2. 5 billion to create 10,000 new prison places and says all Police Forces will be given extended stop and search powers. The fbi is investigating the death of the multi millionaire businessman and convicted sex offenderjeffrey epstein, who was found dead in his new york prison cell. Police in hong kong fire tear gas at pro democracy protesters in the tenth consecutive weekend of Anti Government demonstrations. Now on bbc news, its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. The perfect start to the season for manchester united, and a dream debut for danieljames. England end wales unbeaten run and their chance to become world number one before the Rugby World Cup. Britains Jamie Chadwick becomes the first ever w series champion, after a tense final race of the season at brands hatch. Also coming up in the programme back to his best judd trump kicks off his season with a dominan
Manchester united get off to a winning start in their premier league campaign, hitting four against chelsea. And in half an hour, the travel show heads to lebanon to find out how beirut is trying to regain its reputation as the entertainment capital of the middle east. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The government has announced a package of measures on law and order, saying its serious about fighting crime. Labour has dismissed the plans as no more than empty promises ahead of a possible general election. So what is the government proposing . ani ministers want to create 10,000 new prison places across england and wales. And a pilot scheme, giving the police wider powers to stop and search suspects, will be extended to all 43 forces. Critics say theres little detail about how the policies will be funded, and warn that extending stop and search, could lead to social unrest. 0ur correspondent, Richard Lister reports. Stop and search, the government says it cuts crime and it wants
A silver from the women and a bronze from men in the 400 metre relays bring the tally to six in the final moments of the world athletics championship. Good morning. We are talking about Family Run Businesses this week. They are on the increase. There are nearly five million Family Run Businesses in the uk contributing nearly half a trillion pounds to the british economy. And 50 years after pirate radio ships were outlawed, we look back at how they changed the sound of music radio. And carol has the weather. Good morning. For many central and eastern areas today, dry and bright with sunshine. Rain in the west that is slowly going east and north through today. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Thank you. See you then. Good morning. First, our main story. Arrests of passengers suspected of being drunk at uk airports and on flights have risen by 50 in the past year, according to an investigation carried out by bbc panorama. Critics of the Airline Industry say a voluntary code on alco
Zoey in World Relays action in Poland
Monday 3rd May 2021
Zoey Clark helped the GB&NI mixed 4x400m relay team to fifth place in the World Athletics Relays final in Silesia, Poland on Sunday, with team mates Lee Thompson, Yasmin Liverpool and Rabah Yousif. Her 52.41 split came on the heels of a run of 51.82 the previous day to win the Women’s 4x400m heat, which earned them a finals place and an ultimate third place finish (with Zoey switching to the mixed team for the finals).
In the mixed final, Zoey took up the baton from Thompson and powered around the bend with her eye on reaching the break first. From lane three, she achieved that goal and put GB&NI in the lead as they hit the 200m mark. A fast-finishing Brazil and Italy moved passed her on the home straight, but she handed to debutant, Liverpool, level with Belgium.