The citys chief minister says the air has become unbearable. Lewis hamilton will start the us formula one grand prix in fifth position on the grid, but is still poised to win the world drivers championship. And click checks out what made in taiwan means now in the 21st century. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon. The leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has announced he wont be a candidate at next months general election. Mr farage, who has tried to become an mp seven times, says hell focus instead on touring the country to support his pa rtys candidates. The announcement comes after he offered an Electoral Alliance with the conservative party, an offer which was quickly rejected by the Prime Minister borisjohnson. Heres our political correspondentjessica parker. Walking into this election, nigel farage says that borisjohnsons deal is a gigantic con and that the brexit party is ready to field hundreds of candidates but he wont be one of them. Do you think is a
In a refrigerated lorry in essex. The snp leader, Nicola Sturgeon, says if theres another Hung Parliament after the election, shed be willing to work withJeremy Corbyn to lock the conservatives out of power. A memorial in normandy for d days fallen british soldiers. The veteran whos helped raise thousands to build it, visibly moved as he sees it for the first time. And coming up on bbc news, on day one of the para record crowds expected to hold up so record crowds expected to hold up so at wembley as england prepare to host germany but striker toni duggan is out injured. Good evening from doncaster. We are right by the river don which has burst its banks and flooded the Industrial Park just has burst its banks and flooded the Industrial Parkjust behind me here. The water level of the river has risen five metres in the last couple of days. That gives you a sense of the scale of the problem is that the authorities are having to deal with. Elsewhere, a woman has lost her life after being
The opening of londons crossrail project is delayed until 2021 as europes biggest infrastructure scheme is set to go another £650 million over budget. Authorities in australia say an unprecedented number of emergency level bushfires are threatening the state of New South Wales. And on news watch rows but who said what and miss leading editing on campaign. How is the bbc doing with the heat already being generated in this Election Campaign . Join us at 11 16pm here in bbc news. Good evening. Welcome to bbc news. A woman has died after being swept away by floodwater as parts of the midlands and Northern England were battered by a months worth of rain in one day. The womans body was recovered from the River Derwent in derbyshire this morning. In yorkshire, people have been evacuated from their homes and theres chaos on the road and rail network. There are now more than 100 flood warnings in place across england and six severe warnings meaning a danger to life in place along the river don
The air has become unbearable. Lewis hamilton will start the us formula 1 grand prix in fifth position on the grid but is still poised to win the world drivers championship. And the travel show explores a hidden city in the Arabian Desert untouched for thousands of years. Thats in half an hour here on bbc news. Good afternoon. The leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has announced he wont be standing as a candidate in the coming general election. He says hell focus instead on touring the country to support his partys candidates. It comes days after his offer of an electoral pact with the conservatives was rejected by borisjohnson. Heres our political correspondent, nick eardley. Love him or hate him, nigel farage has been a key face in british politics for years. Its like sponsored drinking there might be fewer pints these days, more chats with us president s, but after years of trying, seven elections, to be precise, he will not be standing to be an mp. I dont want to be in polit
Lewis hamilton will start the us formula one grand prix in fifth position on the grid but is still poised to win the world drivers championship. And coming up Leicester City are flying high in the premier league after a fine win at crystal palace. Reaction to that result and more in sportdsay. Good evening. The leader of the brexit party, nigel farage, has announced he wont be standing as a candidate in the coming general election. He says hell focus instead on touring the country to support his partys candidates. It comes days after his offer of an electoral pact with the conservatives was rejected by borisjohnson. Heres our political correspondent, nick eardley. Love him or hate him, nigel farage has been a key face in british politics for years. Its like sponsored drinking there might be fewer pints these days, more chats with us president s, but after years of trying, seven elections, to be precise, he will not be standing to be an mp. I dont want to be in politics for the rest of