Small matter of wanting to knock the World Champion off their perch. Parrot whistles. Natalie pirks, bbc news, belfast. Time for a look at the weather. Heres ben rich. The weather gave some others are short, sharp shock, eight heavy burst of rain. You can see on the radar picture this band of rain was very narrow, a heavy burst which disrupted the rush hour in places, or made for a soggyjourney to work. That has now cleared away. We are left with some pretty strong winds and rough seas close to the east coast. That was how it looks for one of our weather watchers in cromer. Although the winds will continue to slowly ease through the afternoon of the seas will state quite rough, big waves close to the east coast. However, quite a lot of sunshine to come through the rest of the day. Some showers exposed to the north westerly breeze, for example the north coast of Northern Ireland, northern and western scotland and trickling across north west england perhaps into the west midlands, but fo
Over the right to chose when to end his life. Also this hour sales of new cars have declined for the sixth month in a row. Just over 400,000 new vehicles were registered in september down more than 9 from last year. And the home nation fortunes hang in the balance as england, scotland and Northern Ireland prepare for World Cup Qualifiers tonight. Good morning. Its thursday 5th october. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. We begin with breaking news, police have said former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath would have been questioned about allegations of child sexual abuse by seven people had he still been alive. Wiltshire police, which has led a two year £i. 5 police, which has led a two year £1. 5 million inquiry into the late tory leader, has today published a report detailing its findings. Its a News Conference in swindon isjust beginning, lets go to swindon and the Wiltshire Police News Conference. Wiltshire police on behalf of the National Police chief s council took
British author. This years nobel prize for literature has been awarded to. I used to wonder what went on behind closed doors. And we speak to the best selling crime also about his new book. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Wiltshire police say they would question the former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath about allegations of historical child abuse, were he still alive. The claims include the alleged rape of a child. The police stress that is not to say the former Prime Minister was guilty. But the investigation has been severely criticised by the sir edwards friends and family, and by the former head of Public Prosecutions he says elements of Wiltshire Polices investigation were a disgrace and they should be ashamed. Tom symonds has more. For many, hes now a figure from distant history the Prime Minister in the early 1970s who took us into europe. But today, the police set out staggering claims against Sir Edward Heath, that he raped a child in 1961, indecently assaulted six othe
Four days after the las vegas shooting, some Senior Republicans say they may be willing to consider a form of gun control. The number of families forced to live in emergency accommodation in england is the highest for a decade. Mr stevens. Yes . The british author best known for his novel the remains of the day, Kazuo Ishiguro, has won the nobel prize for literature. England score and a late goal from harry kane secures englands place in the semifinals. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news a big blow to castleford tigers hopes of winning the Super League Grand final on saturday. One of their star names withdrawn from their squad. Good evening. Wiltshire police have been criticised for their handling of an investigation into the former Prime Minister sir edward heath, who died 12 years ago. The force said today that if hed been alive, sir edward would have been questioned about allegations of historical child abuse made by seven individuals, including an allegation of raping an 11 yea
Police said they would question the former Prime Minister Sir Edward Heath about allegations of historical child abuse were he still alive. The claims include the alleged rape of a trial. Police stress that is not to say the former Prime Minister was guilty. But the investigation has been severely criticised by sir edwards friends and family and the former head of public as editions. For many, he is now a figure from distant history. The Prime Minister in the early 70s who took us into europe. But today, the police set out staggering claims against Sir Edward Heath. That he raped a child in 1961. Indecently assaulted six others. Children and adults. We have gone where the evidence has taken us, whether it supports or negates the allegations. Most importantly, the report does not draw any conclusions as to the likely guilt or innocence of Sir Edward Heath. Because the former Prime Minister is dead, cant answer his accusers, cant be prosecuted. Police said they had a0 allegations in all.