Coming up at 2 30, talking books heads to the edinburgh festival, where kirsty wark interviews author jing jing lee. Good afternoon. The labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn, has sought to play down divisions in his top team, after one of his key aides announced hes resigning. It comes after a turbulent start to the labour Party Conference, where theres been a failed attempt to oust mr corbyns deputy, tom watson, and further splits over brexit. Heres our political correspondent, nick eardley. Not everything here is going according to plan. Jeremy corbyn wants to persuade you he is ready for power, but one of his key aides has raised concerns. Andrew fisher, still by mr corbyns side this morning, is quitting, privately accusing the leaders team of a blizzard of lies and saying he no longer has faith in them. I have obviously seen the words that andrew wrote, and i discussed them with him at some length. Why do you think he said that . I think he said that because he was extremely distressed at
Degenerate on twitter. The number of people dying from asthma in england and wales is the highest for more than a decade. The number of people dying from asthma in england and wales is the highest for more than a decade. Nine year old ella kissi debrahs died after an asthma attack. Experts have linked her death to air pollution. And tomorrow, qprs loftus road stadium will be renamed after a member of the teams Youth Academy who was stabbed to death when he was just 15. Well talk to kiyan princes dad, mark, about why it means so much to him. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11 00 this morning. Its something we dont often think about until we have a to bury a loved one the cost of cremations. The bbc has discovered that the cost of a local authority cremation has risen by nearly a fifth in the last four years and varies hugely across the uk. In belfast, you could payjust under £1100. Compare that to almost £1,000 in milton keynes. Thats before youve paid for flowers, a
it says those who approved the strike were convinced they were targeting hamas operatives. the strikes on the three vehicles were carried out in serious violation of standard operation procedure and that the brigade chief of staff, an officer with the rank of colonel in reserve, and the brigade fire support commander with the rank of major will be dismissed from their positions. the strikes this week left seven aid workers dead, three of them british. our diplomatic correspondent paul adams has been monitoring today s events and gave us the latest. the investigation s findings are stark this should never have happened. monday s devastating attack, a combination of mistaken identification and bad decision making. the israeli army has been giving more details about what they say happened on monday night. they say about half an hour after the convoy left the pier near gaza city, a gunman was seen boarding one of the aid trucks. after the aid arrived at its destination in de
In sport, Lewis Hamilton moves another win closer to a fourth world title. Victory at the United States grand prix means he can seal the crown with a top five finish in mexico next sunday. And well hear why even Sir David Attenborough has been amazed by the stunning footage from his latest documentary. Hidden beneath the waves, right beneath my feet, there are creatures beyond our imagination. He says he has no plans to retire. Hes going to work until hes 100 at least and nick has the weather. We are talking rain. The good news is sunnier skies will follow for many of us this afternoon except the east and south east of england. After the rain a few showers to north west scotland and Northern Ireland. Feeling pleasant in the afternoon sunny spells. There is warmth on the way this week. All the details shortly. Good morning. First, our main story. Its being described as the toughest Emission Standard of any major city in the world. From today, owners of older, dirtier vehicles will have
Tire. No matter where you drive potholes are difficult to avoid. Coming down south to the pothole. That was it. Between connecticut and nevada they call it pothole hell. You have lanes going this way and this way and trying to avoid the pothole at the same time. Two large potholes on the inner loop of the beltway created a mess of the commute and made many drivers mad. Like other transportation agencies the maryland state Highway Association was asking drivers to report potholes and asking for patience. In the coming days motorists on i95, 495, i270 and other roads will be seeing the mobile pothole reprayer crew and improve ride quality for hundreds of thousands of motorists. For now, peter like peter seems to understand. It took time to get to the hos. Perspective. You have to. No one was hurt. Structural damage. That was it. Local transportation Officials Say the priority today was making roads safe. Clearing and the snow and ice off the surface. They say that the moisture from today