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
Pushing the boundaries in the world of media and competitive swimming. Pool im terry martin welcome to the program well than 140 people have been killed in severe Monsoon Floods and mudslides across western and Southern India the rains have forced hundreds of thousands of people to flee their homes the worst hit states are Maharastra Karnataka and corolla its the its a year since corolla suffered its worst ever flooding which killed more than 200. 00 people and just place thousands. That eventually rains just keep coming teams across indias southern and western states have maintained major rescue and relief efforts authorities are racing to evacuate people from the worst affected areas and are bringing in extra resources wherever they can provide assistance and the prevailing practical reason to the drought that brought us to so personally the harvester right here to help us. While the monsoon rains are crucial for replenishing Water Supplies they kill hundreds of people every year flo
A possible act of terror on saturday a gunman opened fire on the r. Nor Islamic Center in oslo before being overpowered by a civilian only one Person Injured police say the suspect appears to hold far right and anti immigrant views hes been charged with murder after his 17 year old stepsister was found dead at a separate location now as Prime Minister says the government has a plan though to tackle hate speech. Spanish Emergency Services of moved about a 1000 people from their homes as a wildfire on the Canary Island of gran canaria spreads and its been burning since saturday it has so far charred about 1000 hectares of land and wildfires also threatening homes on the southern greek island of elephant sauce people were moved from a tourist camp and nearby houses on saturday strong winds and high temperatures of help dozens of fires broke out across greece since friday of the venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro has rallied to hundreds of supporters with an upbeat message of defiance aga
Authoritarian rule of law. Marks 2 decades in office a moscow correspondent whats behind the scenes power. And the search for china just a single use plastic bottle a company in uganda is rediscovering a traditional and completely natural substitute. Drinking straw. To have you with us. Italy has been times in diplomatic crisis off the far right league party said it would go ahead with a no confidence motion and its own government thats after the party leader a deputy Prime Minister. Announced that his coalition with a populist a 5 Star Movement had collapsed over policy differences the Prime Minister has accused salvini of fabricating a crisis. This is not an election rally but it looks like mathias salvini is already gearing up for a vote. I do my job with my heart with with pride if i can do it freely until the end i mean if i realise that someone is trying to stop me then the decision must go back to the italian people with no ifs and buts. You decide you and no one else is not a p
Good rajapaksa led the military to victory over the tamil tigers ending 26 years of civil war. He was given a free hand by his brother then president Mahinda Rajapaksa to do so. But accusations of human rights abuses and walk rhymes. Many tamils in the north and east are still looking for answers about their missing relatives or those abducted under rajapakse as watch some complain of intimidation and harassment when they tried to speak up sherry in savior who has worked with these communities says his candidacy for president is causing concern hes seen terminator of dissent yes so in that context like you know people are a bit worried about i mean any kind of dissent will not be tolerated rajapaksa seems to be aware of such concerns telling the Party Convention on sunday that the diversity of communities. Is its strength its taken one term for sri lankans who voted rajapaksa president out of office to look at his brother as a potential leader the reason according to one political comm