Saturday, 12th august. Also ahead the Finishing Line beckons for two legends of the track usain bolt and mo farah. Yes farahs Opening Night gold remains britains only medal here at the London Stadium. But though she missed out on the podium what a performance from Dina Asher Smith in the womens 200 metres. She ran an impressive race and finished fourth. Laser danger new restrictions could be on the way to stop pens being shone at planes and helicopters. And tonight could be the best night for years to watch a meteor shower. And philip has the weather. Hello, a very good morning to you. Decent weekend of weather across the british hours, one or two showers in the mix, all the details in a few minutes. Good morning. First, our main story. President trump has issued a fresh warning to north korea, saying it will Regret It Fast if it continues to make threats against america and its allies. The president also called for tougher sanctions against pyongyang but he said he would love a peacef
Reserves in the tank, so that as we embark on the journey that we take over the next couple of years, we are confident that we have got enough gas in the tank to see us through that journey. There are two kinds of budget, those that have a specific problem to solve, normally a crisis in the public finances. And there are those where there isnt much to do, chancellors just have to stand up and look like theyve been keeping busy. Well, this one is more in the latter category. Part of the reason for that is that brexit is looming over everything at the moment. The old slogan used to be, you must fix the roof while the sun is shining. Today might be, there is no point in fixing the roof if you think a great big tree might come toppling down on top of it. You should wait to see what happens. Until brexit, getting the deficit down was the main goal, and it slowly came under control. The idea is it carries on going down but the basicjob is farfrom done. Its fair to say that a lot of people, p
Of stamping on ibrahimovic a couple of minutes earlier at old trafford. Sir Dave Brailsford has written to the government selct committee, investigating doping in sport, and admitted that mistakes have been made with team skys medical record keeping. In an eight page document he has outlined how the organistaion has improved its parctices and has also given more details of the mystery package sent to sir Bradley Wiggins after a race in 2011. Sir Dave Brailsford says it was a legal decongestant and says the alleagtions that it was a banned substance are false. Heres our Sports Editor dan roan. What this document does is try and put some more meat on the bones of the explanation that team sky initially came up with, that is was a decongestant, nothing more u ntowa rd tha n a decongestant, nothing more untoward than that. They explained why there was a surplus of the corticosteroid at the velodrome. They admitted records were missing, theyve admitted mistakes. But theyve admitted mistakes
Well have the latest from westminster and holyrood in a moment. The other main stories on bbc news at 5 at westminster, mps are preparing to vote again on the brexit bill and on giving parliament a final vote on the brexit deal. Rail services on some of the busiest lines in england are being disrupted because of a 24 hour strike. Islamic state fighters in mosul put up tough resistance as Iraqi Forces Advance on their positions in the citys old town. And the queen launches the baton relay for the 2018 Commonwealth Games in australia. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the political showdown between theresa may and Nicola Sturgeon on the question of holding a second referendum on Scottish Independence. Earlier today, scotlands First Minister announced she would seek permission to hold another referendum by the spring of 2019 because scotland did not want to leave the european union, and she accused theresa may of refusing to compromise on her governments approach. But the Prime Minister has
Supply. What else is stop is a recently resurfaced concert venue a grateful kestrel sound isnt just down to skilled musicians acoustic technicians also play a major role. Youd think theyd check the acoustics by getting a musician to play an instrument think again. Shots fired in dresden score two apologist a woman has loaded a gun going on stage and is firing at into the air. While a man stands by listening attentively. Common and Maglite Lautenbacher are acoustic technicians in the last few years the call to a palace has undergone major renovations and the two were part of the project from
the outset no theyre testing to see if the acoustics are as good as they had hoped obviously they need an audience in its place they use specially made lengths of fabric a full concert hall sounds very different than an empty one. Firing the gun allows them to measure reverberation. But why dont they just use an instrument. There are several ways of Measuring Reverberations whats important is to mak