Charities is launching a Recruitment Drive for volunteers to help protect the native red squirrel. And coming up in the sport on bbc news, former Manchester City boss Roberto Mancini is the favourite to succeed Claudio Ranieri at Leicester City. Good afternoon, and welcome to the bbc news at one. It was, by any standards, a great result for the conservatives causing a major electoral upset by winning the long held labour seat of copeland in cumbria. Their Candidate Beat Labour by more than 2,000 votes. Its the first time a governing party has gained a seat at a by election since 1982. In the nights other by election, labour held stoke on Trent Central holding off the challenge of the ukip leader paul nuttall. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn says the partys win in stoke was a decisive rejection of ukips Politics Of Division but he says their message was not enough to win through in copeland. 0ur political correspondent, carole walker, reports. Harrison, trudy. The Conservative Party cand
The half brother of north koreas leader was killed by a substance classified as a weapon of mass destruction, according to malaysian authorities. Leicester city say Player Revolt wasnt behind Claudio Ranieris sacking. Gary lineker calls the move gut wrenching. I shed a tear. I shed a tearfor claudio, i shed a tear for football and i shed a tearfor my club. And in the film review well get Jason Solomons take on patriots day, the Hollywood Blockbuster based on the Boston Marathon bombing. It was by any standards a great result for the conservatives, causing an electoral upset by winning the long held labour seat of copeland in cumbria. Their Candidate Beat Labour by more than 2000 votes. Its the first time a governing party has gained a seat at a by election since 1982. In the nights other by election, labour held stoke on Trent Central holding off the challenge of the ukip leader paul nuttall. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn says the partys win in stoke was a decisive rejection of ukips
Inspiring journey. Remembering the man who shouldve been englands first black player. Jack leslie was the victim of racism, now fans want to see him honoured with a statue outside his club. Good morning. Its going to be a fairly cloudy day today. Having said that, there will be some sunny intervals but there will also be quite a lot of showers, and some of those will be heavy and thundery. Ill have all the details at 6 27am. Carol to come a little bit later on but. Its wednesday 1st of july. Our top story the Worlds Largest aircraft manufacturer, airbus, has announced plans to cut 15,000 jobs including 1,700 in the uk. The Aerospace Giant said it doesnt expect air traffic to return to pre pandemic levels until 2023, calling the Current Situation the gravest crisis the Aviation Industry has ever faced. Andy moore reports. Its a global Aerospace Giant manufacturing a fleet of aircraft, but airbus is being hit by coronavirus like every part of the aviation sector. Thousands ofjobs will be
Should have protected us. They should have protected us. They should have, from day one. A quarter of britains native mammals, including Red Squirrels and hedgehogs, could be at risk of extinction. One game away from the premier league, brentford are closing in on a return to the top flight for the first time in over 70 years that is as they say farewell to their home ground. And july may not have lived up to its billing as one of the warmest of summer months so far, but a big surge overheat is on its way. Ill have all the details on breakfast surge of kids. Heat. Good morning. Its thursday the 30th ofjuly. Our top story. The self isolation period for people showing symptoms of coronavirus in england is expected to be extended. Currently, those who think they may have the virus are told to stay at home for at least seven days. Thats now expected to be increased to ten days, in a bid to avoid a spike in cases. Lets speak now to our Political Correspondent, leila nathoo, who joins us fro
Falls to a record low. Release. And looking for life on mars nasa launches a rover to bring back rock samples from the red planet. And coming up on bbc news a blow to the us open, as world number one Ashleigh Barty pulls out, citing concerns over travelling during the pandemic. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. People in the uk with coronavirus symptoms will now have to self isolate for ten days rather than just a week as ministers attempt to prevent a new spike in infections. The extension comes into force immediately and brings us into line with World Health Organization guidance. It comes as new figures show that england had the highest level of excess deaths in europe between the end of february and mid june. Excess deaths are the number of all people who die above the average recorded in previous years and are seen by many experts as the most reliable measure of the impact of the pandemic. The Health Secretary matt hancock has warned that new countries could be ad