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
Start recording with her mobile phone when a man attacked her. Start recording with her mobile phone when a man attacked herli switch the recording on my phone and the light as well, and i thought, if he sees i am recording, i said, i am recording you, i am recording you, he will run off, it would scare him off, and he wouldnt want to get caught. But he didnt care at all. We will hear from 19 year old lilyanne. It is an incredible story. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until i this morning. Also do you think Music Festivals should provide drug Testing Facilities to allow people taking Illegal Drugs to check whether those drugs are safe . If you take drugs, if you go to festivals let me know what you think. Our top story today. Seven weeks after a General Election was called, Polling Stations across the uk have opened for millions of people to cast their vote. Police forces say there is increased security in some areas following the recent Terror Attacks in manchester and lon
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
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That didnt work out. So what success have you had in persuading companies to reveal theirfailures and hand over exhibits some of their failed products to you . Zero. What does that make you think . It really drives home the point how sensitive of an issue failure is, and how, to what extent were willing to go to sort of hide it. As for my favourite exhibit here that was easy. Now, incredibly, this was marketed as a beauty mask, and as you can see inside theres a whole load of electrodes with gel on them. If you put them on your face, you get electric shocks, which apparently make you more beautiful, but i can tell you, it is very unpleasant cheering and applause. But the hope is that with the opening of this museum, failure will be seen in a very different light. Richard galpin, bbc news in helsingborg. I think ironically the museum of failure might be a success well wait and see. Lets get the weather, with darren bett. Hello there. A glimmer of Sunshine Today but also a fair bit of ra