Where a 15 year old schoolgirl from london went missing more than a week ago. Wales have a shot at becoming the worlds number1 ranked team if they beat england this afternoon as the sides kick off their world cup preparations at twickenham. And following the death of the Nobel Prize Winning author toni morrison, we have a special edition of talking books coming up at 2. 30. The government has announced a package of new measures in a crackdown on law and order. The Prime Minister has promised to create an extra 10,000 prison places after an increase in Violent Crime. This will involve the building of new prisons and the expansion of existing ones at a cost of around £2. 5 billion. Stop and search powers will also be extended to all Police Forces in England Wales which will allow police to stop someone in an area where they think a crime may be committed. Borisjohnson also called for tougher sentencing and an end to the Early Release of prisoners convicted of violent or sexual offences.
And coming up two arsenal stars are targetted in a carjacking attempt, by an armed gang in a london street. Good morning welcome to bbc newsroom live. More disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterdays high temperatures caused extensive damage. Network rail feared rail lines would buckle in yesterdays extreme heat. But with speed restrictions in place that didnt happen. What did cause pandemonium yesterday, however, was damage caused by trains to overhead cables when they sagged in the heat, sparking some line side fires. This left some commuters stuck in london late into the night. Repair work has been ongoing but only half of the tracks north out of london st pancras have been fixed meaning a significantly reduced service is in place. And theres still disruption there today as well as other stations as seen here in leicester. East Midlands Trains has urged passengers not to travel to london st pancras from nottingham and sheffield. Its put an emergency t
Change the law in britain to force all employers to be politically correct. And our fight against the cashless society, particularly in pubs this week, steps up a gear or two. But before all of that, lets get the news with polly middlehurst. Middlehurst. Nigel, thank you. Good evening. Will the top story tonight on gb news is that police in Northern Ireland say theyre confident that leaked data of officers and staff is in the hands of dissident republicans. As earlier sinn republicans. As earlier sinn fein confirmed that a redacted version of the police data that had been posted on a wall facing its belfast offices, which it described as sinister last week. The details of 10,000 Police Officers and staff were published online by mistake. Published online by mistake. Well, this afternoon at a news conference, chief constable simon byrne said police are now operating under the assumption the data will be used to generate fear and uncertainty. Generate fear and uncertainty. Anti we are no
Lifetime. Prime minister rishi sunak in the last few minutes has been speaking for the First Time Since returning from his summer holiday. Heres what he had to say. Say. Yeah, were planning for winter in the nhs earlier than weve ever done before. Thats why today im announcing £250 million to invest in more a e capacity in 30 different sites across the country. Earlier this across the country. Earlier this yeanl across the country. Earlier this year, i announced our urgent and Emergency Care recovery plan. Emergency care recovery plan. Thats about more beds, more ambulances, faster discharge , ambulances, faster discharge, all of which improves patient care. And although weve still got work to do, were starting to see the results of that ambulance response times have come down considerably. A e performance is improving and today another step on that today is another step on that journey to a better performing nhs, delivering better care for people particularly this people, particularl
Another u turn there. Another u turn there. Another u turn there. Bev and would you welcome another brexit referendum within the next decade. 7 well, according to a new poll, almost half of voters would like to see a return to the 2016 vote. I for one, would not. What do you think. Think. Let us know your your thoughts on all of our talking points this morning thing that brexit referendum is a brilliant one. Its interesting isnt it. Well weve got mock france walls in here, so lets put it to him. Staunch brexiteer and we have we have him head to head with corbyn adviser. With the former corbyn adviser. Hes get spicy. Hes going to get spicy. Thats right. First of all, though, here is paul hawkins with your latest. News with your very latest. News thanks , bev. Thanks, bev. Good morning. It is 931. Im paul hawkins in the gb news room. Our top story this morning. Then the number of uk Job Vacancies has fallen by 66,000. Thats according to the office for National Statistics uk unemployment