The Prime Minister resigns amid tempestuous scenes in parliament. The night a Million People in england and wales lost power. The watchdog investigates and there could be fines. And at 11 30pm well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, sonia sodha, chief leader writer at the observer and martin betham, Home Affairs Editor at the evening standard. British fuel refineries, where oil is turned into petrol and diesel, could face severe difficulties in the aftermath of a no deal brexit, thats according to Industry Leaders and documents seen by the bbc. Under current plans for no deal, the government says it wont impose duties on imports, which could mean cheaper petrol from places like russia on sale here. Good news for us, the consumers, in the short term, but potentially not for the industry, with british refined fuel exports facing a 5 eu tax. Documents obtained by the bbc also reveal the extent to which councils are already stockpiling fuel in preparation for a no
From her programme this week. Hello and welcome. Over the next half hour well show you some of the highlights from our programme in the last week. First, in exclusive interviews, we spoke to a dad whose child is a suspected victim of nursery worker Vanessa George. We also heard from one of georges ex colleagues. Vanessa george is a convicted paedophile who abused babies and Young Children in her care at the little teds nursery in plymouth. George is due to be released from prison next month after serving ten years behind bars. She pleaded guilty to seven sexual assaults on children. The father, whose child went to the nursery, tells us hes disgusted shes being released and hed kill george if he ever met her and hes urged her to finally reveal the identities of those children she abused. Shes one of the uks worst paedophiles. Vanessa george was a nursery assistant at little teds nursery in plymouth, where instead of caring for the children, she abused them in the worst possible way. Its
Thats all. Stay with bbc world news. Stay with us for all the International News and business stories here on the bbc. And you can visit our website as bbc. Com news. Hong kong demonstrations in the wake of the 11th weekend of protests we look at the impact on the asia financial economy. Grey matters. Why many of singapores asian population are working well into their 70s. Good morning and welcome to this mondays edition of Asia Business report live from singapore with me, mariko 0i. Lets start with hong kong because as you heard on newsday, the city has seen the 11th weekend in a row of pro democracy rallies. The protest organisers say the crowd was 1. 7 million strong other police have said it was much smaller. This comes amid warnings of the Economic Impact of the unrest on the Economic Impact of the unrest on the Asian Financial hub. In just two days after Airline Cathay pacific saw the departure of it chief executive. The bbcs Stephen Mcdonnell sent this report from the demonstrat
Murder of pc Andrew Harper. Because of death has been recorded as multiple injuries, it is consistent with our current belief andrew was caught between the vehicle on the surface of a road and then dragged for some distance. However the circumstances as to how andrew came to be out of his vehicle and caught under the suspect vehicle are as yet unknown. Therefore i would reiterate oui unknown. Therefore i would reiterate our plea for the public and media not to speculate on the circumstances of this incident while the investigation is ongoing. What we do know is andrew and his crew made where attending a reported burglary in bradford southend. While responding dedicated vehicle suspected to be involved in that burglary and as we said a gesture date within an hour of the incident happening we had arrested ten males aged between 13 and 30 on suspicion of murder. I can confirm that the males were arrested from a local authority run caravan and mobile home site, in reading road near burghfi
As a gaming hub prepares to open in london, ill be asking how businesses and wannabe World Champions can make money from e sports. England rattle australia in the ashes. A hostile bowling spell from jofra archer gave england a chance of winning at lords, but the second test ends in a draw. Good morning from central london. We are in green park. It is grazing week and this morning we will be joined by a flock of sheep and a cow. Joined by a flock of sheep and a cow. Why . Iwill joined by a flock of sheep and a cow. Why . I will tell you later. Today we are looking at sunshine and showers and it will be called for this stage in august. Cool. Its monday the 19th of august. Our top story the uk has been stripped of its measles free status by the World Health Organisation after a fall in vaccination rates for the second of the two mmr jabs. The news comes as a Campaign Launches to increase the numbers of children who are vaccinated against measles. Heres our Health Editor hugh pym. Measles