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
He didnt play great tennis, but he beat Kei Nishikori to reach the semi finals of the french open for the fourth year in a row. From Colgate Lasagne to green ketchup, well look at the ill conceived products that have been consigned to the first ever museum of failure. And matt is in rochester with the weather. A bit ofa a bit of a fail as well. In morning. We are failing to know our wildflowers. I am we are failing to know our wildflowers. Iam in we are failing to know our wildflowers. I am in kent to find out more. What we do know is there is rain this week. I will have all the details coming up. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. In just one hour, Polling Stations will open for millions of people to cast their vote in the general election. Police forces say therell be increased security in some areas following the recent Terror Attacks in manchester and london. The first Election Results are expected at around midnight. Gary 0donoghue reports. Election day 2017, just two
Dedicated to ideas that never took off. The museum of failure. Good morning. Its june 8th. Iam i am annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Polling stations are open across the country as millions of people go to cast their votes in the general election. Theyll close at 10pm this evening, with the first results due before midnight. Police say therell be increased security at some Polling Stations with Armed Officers in some areas. Joining me now from westminster is our Political Correspondent alicia mccarthy. And intensive seven Week Campaign and now people get to go and cast their votes, tech as to what has been happening. 50 days since mps voted to hold the selection and finally, today is the day. Polling stations will be open for another 11 hours. We have seen theresa may, tim farron, nicola sturgeon, jeremy corbyn, they have all been out to vote so far. We are electing 650 mps. We have got 3301 candidates standing in the selection. 986 of those women. The polls dont close unt
The Prime Minister says hes confident we can send coronavirus packing as long as everyone takes seriously the governments restrictions and instructions on how to live our lives for the next few months. Borisjohnson said he thought it would take 12 weeks to turn the tide on the virus in the uk. But he said that depended on the public following government advice social distancing, working from home where possible, and washing our hands. He warned that stricter measures may be imposed in london because compliance in some parts of the capital has been very patchy. Today the bank of england slashed Interest Rates to an historic low to try to shore up the economy the latest death toll in the uk is 144, thats up by a0. 3,269 people in the uk have tested positive for covid 19. Meanwhile, the queen issued a message to the nation praising the work of scientists, medical staff and the Emergency Services as the uk enters a period of great uncertainty. Our Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg has been
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