The growing number of teenage girls diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer. And is this dramatic new evidence of Climate Change . Two kayakers get the shock of their lives. We survived, but that was insane. And coming up on bbc news cricket australia confirm batsmen steve smith will miss the third ashes test after suffering concussion. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. A man has appeared in court charged with murdering a Police Officer while he investigated a burglary in berkshire. Pc Andrew Harper died on thursday after being dragged along the road by a vehicle. Today, 20 year old jed foster appeared at Reading Magistrates Court his lawyer said foster denies any involvement in what he called the officers horrific murder. Our Home Affairs Correspondent Daniel Sandford is at the court now. It was a short hearing but it was very emotionally charged. Pc harpers family were in court intently watching the man accused of killing him last week and the accused mans family were also the
Cut earlier this month. And is this dramatic new evidence of Climate Change two kayakers get the shock of their lives. The Eu Council President donald tusk has rejected borisjohnsons fresh demand for the irish backstop to be removed from any brexit deal. The backstop would keep the uk in the Eu Customs Union preventing the return of border checks between Northern Ireland and the Irish Republic. It comes as the government annouces that British Government officials will no longer go to most eu meetings from the ist of september. In a statement, the department for exiting the eu says the decision to unshackle officials from these eu meetings is to enable them to better focus their talents on our Immediate National priorities. The brexit secretary Stephen Barclay said officials will only go to meetings that really matter, reducing attendance by more than half and saving hundreds of hours. Heres our Political Correspondent iain watson. No roadblocks any longer on the irish border, but how t
Cancer and the number of teenagers with the disease is rising. The thames riverboat in which 51 people lost their lives. 30 years on, tributes are paid to those killed in the marchioness disaster. The government has reiterated its insistence that there is no prospect of a brexit deal until the eu agrees to scrap the irish backstop from the current Withdrawal Agreement. The backstop is intended to prevent a hard border on the island of ireland. Speaking earlier this evening, the Prime Minister, whos due to meet european and World Leaders this week, said he would try to persuade brussels to renegotiate the exit terms to get an agreement that would be passed by parliament dont forget why we are doing this. The existing agreementjust does not work for the uk. They have rejected it three times and we cannot have this backstop. So im going to go see him ourfriends and then going to germany and france and i am going to germany and france and i am going to make the point that the backstop is g
The weather still causing huge problems for a lot of people, we will have the latestjust before 2pm. Lets return to the tory leadership race and the Health Secretary matt hancock has, this morning, pulled out of the contest. Borisjohnson has Boris Johnson has given borisjohnson has given an extensive interview. I have always been keen on tv debates, i am slightly bewildered by the conversation that has been going on because i think it is important that we have a sensible, grown up debate. My own observation is that i think in the past when you have had loads of candidates, it can be slightly cacophonous. And i think the public have had quite a lot of blue on blue action, frankly, over the last three yea rs. We action, frankly, over the last three years. We dont necessarily need a lot more of that. So what i think the best solution would be would be to have a debate on what we all have to have a debate on what we all have to offer the country, our programme to offer the country, our pro