Across the uk, landmarks including the blackpool tower, Wembley Stadium and the london eye illuminate in his honour. This morning well have reaction and tributes from those he loved, helped and inspired. And the World Of Sport, that captain sir tom loved so much, has been paying tribute. The former Olympic Champion Jessica Ennis hill said he will forever be a hero to many people. She presented him with a special award in december. And scientists discover the Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine is 76 effective during the three months after the first dose. Good morning. Today we have got some rain, sleet and mostly hill snow moving across Northern Ireland, Northern England and scotland. Southern england are seeing some heavy rain, but in between some heavy some sunshine and showers. Details later. Good morning. Its wednesday, the 3rd of february, and todays breakfast is a special programme to celebrate the life of a man who gave us so much of his time over the last ten months captain sir tom moor
As a pre existing condition. The teenage motorcylist, harry dunn, hit by a car in august. Now the American Woman involved, is charged with causing death by dangerous driving. Unrest in india six dead in further protests against a Government Law that its claimed discriminates against muslims. And liverpool fans enjoy the heat of qatar, as the club vies to be best in the world. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news, arsenal get their man. Mikel arteta becomes the gunners head coach on a three and a half year deal. Good evening. Three and a half years after the uk voted to leave the European Union, mps have resoundingly voted in favour of the governments brexit bill. The legislation now paves the way for Boris Johnson to deliver his promise, that the country will no longer be a member state of the eu by the end of next month. The Prime Minister won the vote easily, 358 to 234, with six labour mps backing the government. The Withdrawal Agreement says the uk will leave the European Union o
Can last years longer than previously thought, according to a new study. Some of the expats are concerned about feeling abandoned by the British Government regarding healthcare British Government regarding healthca re costs. Lucy bronze is voted europes best as shes named the first english winner of the uefa player of the year award. Its a blustery day ahead, rain is set to turn heavier in scotland. A weekend of sunshine and showers and a cooler start to september. I have all your weekend weather coming up. Good morning. Its friday the 30th of august. Our top story the Prime Minister has vowed to step up the tempo on efforts to secure a brexit compromise before britain leaves the eu on 31st october. Government negotiators will meet their counterparts in brussels twice a week in september, in a bid to break the deadlock ahead of a crucial summit in october. Jonathan blake is in westminster. There is so much going on there, isnt there, with the announcements of these increasing talks wit
for households struggling with soaring bills. last month was one of the worst for waiting times in a&e in england and response times for were much longer than the target time. and the restored mural in a county durham bar painted as payment by a local artist and drinker. and coming up on the bbc news channel. olympic gold medallist charlotte worthington is back in action at the european championships. she s qualified for tomorrow s final with the best score in the heats. good evening. an amber extreme heat warning has come into force in some parts of the uk to last for four days, as temperatures are forecast to hit 37c in some areas. although temperatures are unlikely to reach last month s a0 degree high, this heatwave is much more prolonged and some temperatures could get close to local or regional records. there s concern about wildfires, pressure on water supplies and transport problems. the met office alert for southern, central and some of northern england and also p
borisjohnson urges energy companies to act in the national interest and do more to cut rising bills as he meets energy bosses at downing street. the police watchdog says forces in england and wales are failing victims of burglaries, robberies and theft with too few suspects being charged. the crisis of local swimming pools the bbc finds more than 60 have closed across the uk in the past 3 years. hello and welcome to bbc news at 5:00pm. an amber heat warning for large parts of england and wales has come into force, as temperatures look likely to peak at 37 degrees celsius over the next four days. the met office has also warned there s an exceptional risk of fires spreading in many places and water companies believe a drought could be declared soon. celestina 0lulode has this report. this is what emergency services want to prevent. tinderbox dry conditions helped cause these fires last month. london fire brigade said it needs the public s help to prevent grass fires.