Saturday night. So why not strap yourself in . Were kicking off with a proper barnstormer of a row as usual. Once weve got that all off our chests, well swerve into some light hearted banter. Thats as shameless as banter. Thats as shameless as a politician caught fibbing. Are you ready . Lets get this show you ready . Lets get this show on the road. And of course, we want to know your views as well. Please do get in touch as usual. Email us, gb views at gbnews. Com. Us on social gbnews. Com. Get us on social media gb news. Before we media at gb news. But before we start each other apart, start tearing each other apart, it is your saturday night news with. Aaron with. Aaron very good evening to you, Aaron Armstrong here in the gb newsroom. The family of the school coach driver who died in a crash on the wirral yesterday have described loving have described him as a loving husband and they say husband and father. They say Stephen Shrimpton suffered medical at the wheel of medical issues
Election. But first, the news with tatiana sanchez. With tatiana sanchez. Mark, thank you. And good evening. This is the latest from the newsroom. Soldiers could fill in for armed police after dozens of metropolitan Police Officers stood down from firearms duties following a murder charge against one of their colleagues. Scotland yard requested military support for Counter Terrorism duties if armed officers are unavailable. Armed officers are unavailable. All the officers have turned in their weapons after their colleague was charged with the murder of chris carver. Suella braverman has ordered a review into the situation which met Police Commissioner mark rowley has this evening. 24 has welcomed this evening. 24 year old carver was unarmed and died when he was shot in his car in south london last year. Former transport secretary grant shapps says it would be irresponsible to keep ploughing money into hs2 plans. The government has failed to deny reports claiming the manchester leg is s
Father, the king. Two hours of big opinion, big debate, and big entertainment. Lots to get through. Yes. My call for a snap election. But first, the news with tatiana sanchez. With tatiana sanchez. Mark, thank you. And good evening. This is the latest from the newsroom. Soldiers could fill in for armed police after dozens of metropolitan Police Officers stood down from firearms duties following a murder charge against one of their colleagues. Scotland yard requested military support for Counter Terrorism duties if armed officers are unavailable. Armed officers are unavailable. All the officers have turned in their weapons after their colleague was charged with the murder of chris carver. Suella braverman has ordered a review into the situation which met Police Commissioner mark rowley has this evening. 24 has welcomed this evening. 24 year old carver was unarmed and died when he was shot in his car in south london last year. Former transport secretary grant shapps says it would be irre
Ben, thank you very much. The top stories tonight. Around 12,000 households remain without electricity in ireland this evening. Thats after storm kathleen swept across the island and other parts of the country. Today its brought strong winds, resulting in the cancellation of dozens of flights. Gusts of up dozens of flights. Gusts of up to 70mph have been felt in Northern Ireland and the west of britain. Over 140 flights have also been called off. Meanwhile, two planes on the runway at Heathrow Airport have collided, causing damage to their wings. Footage shows a Virgin Atlantic planes wing touching a British Airways aircraft surrounded by emergency services. The virgin boeing 787 nine plane had completed a flight and was being towed to a different part of the airfield. Its understood there were no passengers on board at the time of the incident. Were no passengers on board at the time of the incident. Rail passengers have been facing fresh travel disruption today as train drivers have
Launched the me too hashtag more than a decade ago. Then, thousands of people marched for puerto rico in washington, d. C. This past weekend. Well look at the lack of progress in puerto rico, where Hurricane Maria devastated the island two months ago. This slow pace, getting relief to people. People . T we get to its s unthinkable. E. Amy we speaeak with san juan mayor Carmen Yulin Cruz. Then, from Hurricane Maria in puerto rico to Hurricane Harvey in texas, we go to dr. Robert bullard, the father of the Environmental Justice movement. What is environmental racism . All that and more, coming up. Welcome to democracy now, democracynow. Org, the war and peace report. Im amy goodman on this democracy now special. Over the last two months, the political, media and entertainment worlds have been rocked as thousands of women and some men have come forward to share their stories of Sexual Harassment and abuse. The catalyst was the historic disgracing of hollywood mogul harvey weinsnstein, who