Flat out to change our country for the better. And members of parliament return to the commons the new speaker is formally elected, and new mps are sworn in. Half a million hotpoint and indesit washing machines in uk homes are to be recalled, over fears they can be a fire risk. Tv presenter Caroline Flack stands down as host of love island after being charged with assault. Also on the programme how pop star Ellie Golding came to the aid of a driver being shunted sideways by a lorry. Its 5 oclock our main story. John worboys, the so called black cab rapist, has been jailed for life with a minimum term of six years for attacking four more victims. Worboys, who now goes by the name ofjohn radford, had already been jailed indefinitely in 2009 for attacks on twelve women after they got into his black cab in london. The court was told he remains as dangerous as ever. Sarah corker is at the old bailey and joins us live. John worboys is a serial sex offender who preyed on young women. He would
Announced plans to move 20,000 people off this island and neighbouring islands by early 2020. Movement on that has been extremely slow. And people, particularly women and children, keep arriving on these islands every week. Also coming up. The driver, being pushed sideways by a lorry down one of londons busiest roads. How Singer Ellie Goulding came to the rescue. Shapps good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Iamjoanna i am joanna gosling. Borisjohnson has held his first Cabinet Meeting since the general election. He told his ministers that they had to repay the trust of the voters by working flat out to change the country for the better. The Prime Minister is planning to make it illegal for parliament to extend the Brexit Process beyond the end of next year. Hell add a clause to his Withdrawal Agreement bill, which will go before mps on friday. 0ur assistant Political Editor norman smith is in downing street. Norman, wanting to send a message, they are definitely hitting the groun
We pulled it off. We broke the deadlock, we ended the gridlock, we smashed the road block. The Prime Minister is now inside number 10 having pledged to earn the support of people who in his words may have lent him their vote. An awful night for labour losing 59 seats many of them in places the party has held for decades. Jeremy corbyn said the results were very disappointing. I want to also make it clear that i will not lead the party in any future general Election Campaign. I will discuss with our party, to ensure there is a process now of reflection. Borisjohnson pledges to work day and night to retain the support of labour voters who deserted Jeremy Corbyn as labour suffered its worst defeat since the dark days of michael foot. Jo liberal democrat leader jo swinson has quit after she loses her own seat to the snp and the party fails to improve its position at westminster. For millions of people in our country, these results will bring dread and dismay and people are looking for hope
The greens will become the first party to launch its manifesto later, with a pledge to reach net zero Carbon Emissions in the uk by 2030. Ahead of the general election bbc news is in southampton today, looking at the issues concerning voters there, with a focus on education. Renowned broadcaster Sir David Attenborough tells the bbc the world is beginning to tackle the threat of Plastic Waste. Its a bit of a litmus test to see whether, in fact, the population care about this sort of thing, and people do. And so i think its very encouraging. Coming up in sport, a big day for wales. If they beat hungary tonighttheyll qualify for the european championships for only the second time. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. An alleged victim ofjeffrey epstein has appealed directly to Prince Andrew to come forward and give a statement to us investigators. The duke is facing renewed calls to tell the authorities about his friendship with epstein, a convicted sex offender. Heres our lo
Al blackman was known as marine a he served more than three years in prison for shooting the taliban fighter in the chest at close range, and is here to tell us how hes now helping other ex Service Personnel. Huddersfield University Students tell Prince Andrew to quit as their chancellor. And the hollywood actor whos made allegations of abuse against movie mogul Harvey Weinstein, rose mcgowan, tells us she doesnt believe prince annrew. My my response to the interview Prince Andrew gave is one, like many, of shock and dismay, but also disbelief in my opinion. And facebook Vice President Nicola Mendelsohn defends the social media platforms decision not to ban political adverts. In elections, as you know, theres always been scrutiny about what politicians put out and discuss and debate. We think thats important, we think thats healthy. And we think freedom of expression is a very important part of what facebook is. In a democracy, we dont think its right that a private company should make