The final countdown for ppi. The deadline is tomorrow. There are still believed to be thousands of people who havent claimed. Ill have the details. Yesterday we hit 33. 1; degrees at heathrow. And that is it for a wee while. It will be cooler, wetter and windier over the next few days. More inis windier over the next few days. More in 15 minutes. Its wednesday the 28th of august. Our top story. A woman who says she was a victim of the convicted us paedophile Jeffrey Epstein, and was forced into a sexual encounter with the duke of york, has urged the prince to come clean about what he knows. Virginia Roberts Giuffre spok to reporters outsid a court in new york. It was after a hearing for alleged victims of epstein, who took his own life in prison earlier this month. Prince andrew has strenuously denied the claims made against him. Our north america correspondent Chris Buckler was in court. Jeffrey epsteins victims never had the chance to face him in court, but at a hearing in new york,
On bbc news at 5pm. Police forces across the country observe a minutes silence to remember pc Andrew Harper, killed in the line of duty last week. The mp for sheffield hallam, jared omara, is arrested on suspicion of fraud. Great british bake offjudge, prue leith, is brought in as an adviser on a major government review into the quality of hospitalfood in england. Drones, theyre drones come with me, sir keep him down, im on my way Morgan Freeman and Gerard Butlerjoin forces again in angel has fallen. Hear what mark kermode thinks of that in the film review. Good afternoon. The french president , Emmanuel Macron, has threatened to veto a proposed trade deal between the eu and a number of south american countries, accusing his brazilian counterpart, Jair Bolsonaro of lying over his countrys stance on climate change. It comes as a Record Number of wildfires in the amazon rainforest continue to burn. Boris johnson has joined World Leaders in expressing his deep concern at the impact of the
That simply wasnt made to last. Raac was a postwar solution, now causing a headache for 21st century britain. More than 100 schools in britain have been told they need to close. Labour has announced it will force the government to reveal a complete list of affected schools, and now calls for transparency on the scale of the problem and for fast solutions. Its been known for a while and what we have also known for a while is there is a squeeze on school funding, and my committee has highlighted that repeatedly, and my committee has highlighted that and when you dont invest in maintenance and improvements in schools you get these problems arising but with raac its a systemic failure of the actual material used to build them. Hospital buildings and Court Buildings among those impacted and internal documents obtained by The Sunday Times suggest hospitals could be at risk of catastrophic collapse. The concerns about this have been swirling around for so long. Trusts have been trying to cope
For Peoples Health and peoples lives. So there has to be lives. So there has to be accountability. You know, we see in these situations, dont we, how theres a, you know, a big injustice uncovered like hillsborough or grenfell or the post office. And yet there isnt that individual accountability , that individual accountability, but that has to follow. And in my view, prosecutions should be considered in this case, including a corporate accountability. I believe there may well be a for case corporate manslaughter against whitehall departments as well. Departments as well. The parents of a baby girl say theyll never forgive the callousness of a nursery worker whos been convicted of manslaughter. 37 year old Kate Roughley placed nine month old Genevieve Meehan face down on a beanbag for an hour and a half while working at the tiny toes nursery in Cheadle Hulme in may 2022. Colleagues and paramedics tried to revive her, but she was declared dead later that day. Declared dead later that day
Victim. Free bella, the campaign victim. Free bella, the campaign to save the beautiful beluga whale trapped in a korean shopping mall. My top panel tonight is daily express columnist Carole Malone, Labour Party Member and journalist Benjamin Butterworth, and political commentator suzanne evans. Oh yes, and find out what is wrong with this. Get ready britain here we go. The communist want a revolution . The communist want a revolution . Next. Next. Very good evening to you. Im Aaron Armstrong in the gb newsroom. A day of shame for the newsroom. A day of shame for the British State. The Prime Ministers reaction to the findings of a five year inquiry as he offered victims of the infected blood scandal a whole hearted apology. The final report identified a catalogue of failures by the nhs and successive governments, and concluded thousands of deaths could have been avoided. Inquiry chair sir Brian Langstaff said the scandal had been exacerbated by a chilling cover up from those in positio