But a big price. One of the first works by Charlotte Bronte is sold for half a million dollars. Hello to you. We start in hong kong, with activists still under siege inside the Polytechnic University. But around 100 protesters including 50 under 18s have been led from the buildings as part of a deal negotiated by a group of head teachers. Theres been more violence as police try to keep the activists trapped inside. Some have tried to escape by abseiling onto the highway. Outside the University Protesters have tried to break police lines. Police responded with rubber bullets and tear gas. 0ur correspondent, Rupert Wingfield hayes has the latest. For a few minutes today, it looked like the siege of Hong Kong Polytechnic University might end peacefully. The young protesters began streaming down the stairway, that on sunday was set aflame to block the police from storming the campus. But seconds later, riot police began firing tear gas grenades, sending the young protesters scattering in c
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
Hello and welcome to our look ahead to what the the papers will be bringing us tomorrow. With us parliamentary journalist, tony grew, and the journalist and author, caroline frost. Many of tomorrows front pages are already in. Leading in the guardian, obey me on brexit, corbyn tells his dissenting shadow cabinet members, as he seeks to shift the focus onto socialjustice for the december election. In the metro, nigel farage says he wont stand to be an mp in the upcoming election, claiming hell instead focus on campaigning for the 600 Brexit Party Candidates contesting seats. In the telegraph, the man who threw away brexit. A senior conservative says nigel farage could end up ruining britains chance of leaving the eu with his Campaign Message in the upcoming election. Leading in the independent, ministers are risking migrant lives with policies pushing them into the hands of smugglers, according to mps in the Foreign Affairs select committee. In the finincial times, saudi arabia set to s
The Company Whirlpool has been criticised for the time its taken to deal with potentially dangerous tumble dryers that have been linked to a spate of fires. Mps on the Business Select Committee say its disgraceful that some customers whove been the victims of fires have been made to sign non disclosure agreements to get compensation from the company. Our personal finance correspondent Simon Gompertz reports. Ive got some washing for you. Caught up in the four year process so far of whirlpool sorting out its danger dryers, stevie jo from west london battled to get hers replaced, then found even the replacement was one of the models at risk of catching fire. Its scary to think that theyve taken so long to sort this problem out. Eventually, after hounding them, i received a free of charge replacement. I checked online to make sure that it wasnt on the recall list, after all the hassle that id had. Lo and behold, it was on the recall list. This has been the fear a spate of fires like one i
Is at this time of yearand to think about your dog is at this time of year and to build in contingencies to look after the dog. Things such as building a den for your dog, somewhere dark and quiet, where the dog can hide. Close your curtains. Put your tv up, put your favourite album on and turn it up. Anything to distract the dog from what is going on. Even in the home, they are still alarmed . Absolutely. Ever so loud noises, they are unnatural sounds for an animal and oui unnatural sounds for an animal and our dogs pick up on it. In the worst case scenario, a dog can be so fearful, it will never work again. For us, that represents a cost of £56,000 to train and care for the dog. For the blind person affected by firework, that can mean. You cannot put a cost on that. In terms of the number of fireworks displays, it seems to go on a long time, people need to plan. We realise that people want to celebrate and use fireworks for their celebrations but what we really would encourage peopl