Have englands hopes of drawing level with australia in the ashes been dashed by the weather . And coming up on bbc news, referee Stephanie Frappart will make history as the first woman to take charge of a major european match, as liverpool play chelsea in the super cup. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The Prime Minister has hit back at mps seeking to block a no deal brexit, accusing them of engaging in a terrible collaboration with the eu. Borisjohnson said the more eu leaders thought parliament could stop britain leaving without a deal, the less likely they were to compromise. The former chancellor Philip Hammond has accused the Prime Minister of trying to wreck any chance of a new brexit deal by making demands brussels could never accept and warned leaving without a deal would be a betrayal of the 2016 referendum result. 0ur Political Correspondent nick eardley reports. Battle lines are being drawn for the latest brexit showdown, and the key players are getting the
The forecast almost as painful as your jokes the forecast almost as painful as yourjokes for the cricket im not sure we will see any play today. It is still summer, but the outlook is so is still summer, but the outlook is so autumnal it is pretty depressing. Very wet and windy weather through the rest of the week. Some of the west is still to come. This is the low pressure delivering this bout of wet and windy weather. We have a breather tomorrow and then on friday another area of low pressure. Widespread strong winds and heavy rain and the wind will be a feature through the weekend. This afternoon we have some of the wettest weather possibly still to come across the welsh borders, the midlands and east anglia with showers for the south east. A little brighter to the west and possibly some drier weather later on in the day for the ashes. But fingers crossed i think it best. Further north rain across Northern Ireland through the evening and into scotla nd ireland through the evening an
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To clear the streets, this time outside a police station. The parents of the british teenager nora quoirin, whose body was found in dense jungle in malaysia, await the results of a postmortem examination. And the teenage climate activist Greta Thunberg sets sail for a conference in america, avoiding she says, a polluting air flight. Its five oclock, good afternoon, our top story is that borisjohnson has hit back at mps, who want to block a no deal brexit, accusing them of engaging in a terrible collaboration with the eu. The Prime Minister says the more eu leaders believed parliament could stop britain leaving without an agreement, the less likely they were to compromise. But the former chancellor, Philip Hammond, has accused the Prime Minister of trying to wreck any chance of a new brexit deal, by making demands brussels could never accept, and he warned that leaving without a deal would be a betrayal of the 2016 referendum result. Our political correspondent, nick eardley, reports. B
Attacked pro democracy activists last weekend. Good afternoon. The Prime Minister has pledged to fund a new high speed rail route between leeds and manchester. Borisjohnson says it will turbo charge the economy. It is thought the new route is part of the governments wider investment commitment to the north of england set to cost around £39 billion. But labour have cast doubt on the plan, saying mrjohnson failed to deliver on infrastructure when he was mayor of london. Tom barton reports. In manchester, theyre expanding the tram network, spending millions on improving public transport. But the new Prime Minister says he wants to go further, promising to build a fast railway line between this city and leeds, 35 miles away. I want to be the Prime Minister who does with Northern Powerhouse rail what we did for crossrail in london, and today, im going to deliver on my commitment to that vision with a pledge to fund the leeds to manchester route. But while local leaders have welcomed that p