Hour. England ride their luck to reach the womens world cup quarterfinals. But theyll be without laurenjames, whose one match ban could be extended, following her sending off against nigeria. And we have a north south split in the weather today. In the north, largely dry with some sunshine, but wind increasing in the far north east. In the south, turning cloudy and murky with some patchy light rain. All the details later. Its tuesday the 8th of august. Our main story. 15 Asylum Seekers have spent their first night on the governments controversial Accommodation Barge, after a series of delays over safety concerns. Ministers want to move hundreds more onto the Bibby Stockholm in dorset this week, but some have already refused to go, launching legal challenges. All this comes as the home Office Announces a new taskforce to crack down on Rogue Lawyers who may be helping migrants to remain in the uk, underfalse claims. Ellie price reports. The first Asylum Seekers move into their new tempor
The battle of the blockbusters will be decided later at the biggest night in the entertainment calendar. Will barbie or oppenheimer win big at the oscars . As we heard earlier the budget the government unveiled on wednesday has left the Shadow Chancellor with a major headache. Jeremy hunt cut National Insurance by 2 pence for the second time in six months, as well as stealing two of labours fund raising policies. The party had planned to use these to Fund Breakfast clubs in schools and reduce nhs Waiting Lists, if it wins the next election. Earlier, the Shadow Chancellor, Rachel Reeves spoke to the bbc s Laura Kuennsberg about how they plan to raise money now, starting with establishing a taskforce to help create a National Wealth fund. The National Wealth fund is a key component of the growth plan and the idea is to leveraging the private Sector Investment alongside a Government Endowment to invest in some of thejobs Government Endowment to invest in some of the jobs and industries of
Among the injured are at least 19 police officers, five rescuers, and a child. The head of the Donetsk Region said the strikes damaged a hotel as well as shops and administrative buildings. Meanwhile, ukraines Intelligence Agency announced that it arrested a woman in connection with an alleged assassination plot against president zelensky. The woman was allegedly preparing a russian airstrike in the mikolaiv region during mr zelensky s visit to the area. Our ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse has more. So these are quite interesting allegations emerging from the southern mykolaiv region. Sources at the Security Forces have told us they have arrested a woman who is accused of travelling around the local area, taking pictures of Different Military sites, and sharing them with her russian handlers. But these are part of a string of allegations which include her trying to get hold of the itinerary of an official visit by president zelensky and trying to share that with moscow, which wo
again, patchy fog, and ice. 1i widespread frost, lows of 40 5, so again, patchy fog, and ice. -4 or -5. if again, patchy fog, and ice. -4 or 5. if you showers across the far north of scotland and maybe north east england. otherwise, fine. spells of sunshine, really cold if fog lingers, and even if it doesn t, highs of 5 6. high pressure really establishing itself through the weekend, staying with us into next week. but with the isobars are squeezing together in the south, that shows it will be really quite windy, a significant wind chill making it feel sub 0 across southern parts as we head through monday and tuesday. and further north, it will not be as windy, but here, we will have mist and fog, which will make it feel cold as well. but at least it feel cold as well. but at least it is dry. indeed. thanks, ben. and that s bbc news at ten. newsnight isjust getting under way on bbc two with victoria derbyshire. on bbc one, it s time to join our colleagues for the n
colder. i will have the details shortly. good morning. it s six o clock on 6 january. our main story: the metropolitan police has confirmed it s investigating potential fraud offences, in relation to the wrongful prosecution of hundreds of sub postmasters by the post office. around 700 people were blamed for accounting mistakes caused by faulty it software, which made it look like money was missing. some were wrongfully imprisoned, in a scandal which was dramatised on itv. our reporter vincent mcaviney has more. mr bates vs the post office has brought to light a story for years those in power wouldn t believe. for the post office branch managers across the country over two decades, it s been a nightmare they couldn t escape. i haven t got that money. and i don t know where it s gone. noel tomas, a former sub postmaster in anglesey, was one of those wrongly sent to prison in 2006. this week has offered some catharsis after years of torment. the rest of the country knows how th