As the death toll rises to 20. The weather gets in the way of the first day of the fourth ashes test. But not even a stray beach ball could stop steve smith, as he helps australia into a strong start at old trafford. The wind will not be quite as strong today there. But also it will be a dry day by and large with few showers around. The full forecast here on brea kfast. Its thursday september 5. Our top story another night of drama here in westminster. The bill designed to stop a no deal brexit could become law on monday after the government announced it will complete its passage through the lords by the end of tomorrow. Labour rejected borisjohnsons plea for an earlier election saying they will only agree to go to the country once the legislation has been passed. Our Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake reports. Chris mason. What do we know now . The house of lords were discussing until 20 minutes past one. Some even turned up minutes past one. Some even turned up with blankets expe
Meanwhile at headingley, jofra archer dazzles for england, taking six australian wickets to give his side the edge, heading into day two of the third ashes test. After of the third ashes test. A mixed august, sunshine with after a mixed august, sunshine along with the heat going up. Join me with the full weekend forecast. Its friday 23rd august. Our top story Global Leaders have expressed alarm at the Record Number of wildfires in brazils amazon rainforest. French president Emmanuel Macron tweeted our house is burning and described the situation as an International Crisis that will be discussed at the g7 summit. The brazilian president , Jair Bolsonaro, says he is investigating the fires, but claims he does not have the resources to fight them. Ramzan kamarli has more. The fires in brazils rainforest rage on. This year there have been a Record Number. Satellites have identified over 75,000, most of them located in the amazon basin. The situation has become increasingly worse over the p
Why fewer shoppers and more closures made july an especially tough time for retailers. Ill have the details. A Fabulous Four and a perfect start to the new premier League Season for Manchester United, who thump chelsea at old trafford and inflict a first defeat for Frank Lampard. Good morning. Today we are looking ata good morning. Today we are looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. Showers in the north and west, have very heavier and thundery showers in the south east, in between some sunshine, and this weeks weather remains unsettled. Ill have more in 15 minutes. Its monday, august 12. Our top story drug crime has risen in rural areas but fallen sharply in major city centres. A bbc investigation has found that in some villages in england and wales it has more than quadrupled in five years. The findings highlight concern about the spread of so called county lines gangs which traffic drugs using children and vulnerable people. Dan johnson reports. The latest frontier in the figh
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