In fact, you know the potential destruction that can wreak on the whole of the village below. Telecoms bosses question the governments ability to deliver the fastest possible broadband across the uk by 2025. A day to remember for rory burns as he hits a first test century to give england the advantage heading into day 3 of the first ashes test against australia. And breakfast enters the robot wars, but can our machine overcome the heavyweight champion of the world . Good morning. Dry weather on the way for the majority of the uk today. Tomorrow it looks like face the prospect of further heavy showers, particularly across Northern Britain. More coming up. Its saturday 3 august. Thank you forjoining us. Our top story thousands of people in derbyshire have spent a second night away from their homes as Emergency Services continue efforts to prevent a dam from collapsing. Some residents in Whaley Bridge will be allowed to return briefly today to collect essentials. Jane Frances Kelly has mo
Told it could be a week for they are allowed to return for good. The home secretary tells criminals they should literally feel terror at the thought of breaking the law. The authorities in hong kong are preparing for a ninth consecutive weekend of protests. Both pro beijing and pro democracy activists are preparing to hold simultaneous mass rallies. And click looks at the Technology Used in producing food with less environmental impact. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Our top story today engineers have spent the night pumping thousands of gallons of water from the toddbrook reservoir, in derbyshire which is threatening to burst through a dam and flood the town beneath it. Attempts have been made to shore up the dam at Whaley Bridge, which was damaged on thursday, and yesterday raf helicopters spent hours trying to reinforce the structure. The Authorities Say there is a substantial threat to life if it fails completely and a Severe Weather warning remains in place for the areas
The mobile phone app that could save lives by detecting potentially fatal kidney conditions. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport gavin. Angling take early wickets in the first ashes test, but australia are rallying at edgbaston. And Helen Willets has the weather. Still the risk of showers. Ill tell you more about thatjust still the risk of showers. Ill tell you more about that just after still the risk of showers. Ill tell you more about thatjust after half past, well talk a little bit about theice past, well talk a little bit about the ice melting in greenland as well. Thanks, helen. Also coming up hows that for a renaissance . A painting attributed to a minor north italian artist is being upgraded to titians workshop and even to the grand master himself. Hello, everyone. This afternoon live im simon mccoy. A countdown clock has just been delivered to downing street and, with just three months to go until the uk is scheduled to leave the eu, it will be displayed in the Prime Min
And residents will find out whether they can return to their homes. Tackling the counterfeit alcohol trade how an artificial tongue could help taste subtle differences between whiskies. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Iam i am rebecca jones. The European Union has rejected holding further brexit talks with the uk, while borisjohnsons government insists on changing the Withdrawal Agreement to scrap the irish border backstop. Eu negotiators told european diplomats such changes which the new uk government is demanding were unacceptable. But downing street says the Prime Minister will enter into any fresh brexit talks with the greatest energy and the spirit of friendship. Adam fleming reports from brussels. The eu is inching closer to accepting that the most likely outcome of the Brexit Process is the uk departing without a deal on october 31st. After discussions last week with the Prime Minister, his europe adviser david frost and the brexit secretary stephen barclay, brussels
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