by the union leadership. half of britain s rail lines will be closed when workers walk out on tuesday, thursday and saturday. these strikes are not only a bid to derail reforms that are critical to the network s future and designed to inflict damage at the worst possible time. iam in i am in the devon constituency which has been conservative for 100 years. we will hear for the labour candidate where it may not be so certain that it will stay that way. hot and getting even hotter britain s heatwave expected to peak tomorrow with temperatures of 3a degrees celsius. good afternoon. borisjohnson s ethics adviser, who resigned last night, has accused the prime minister of putting him in an impossible and odious position. in his resignation letter, lord geidt said the prime minister had asked him to consider measures, understood to be on a trade issue, which risked a deliberate and purposeful breach of the ministerial code. lord geidt s letter also says he came close to quitting
the railway lines in britain being closed. our shrinking coastline a warning that rising sea levels mean almost 200,000 properties in england may have to be abandoned. december last year there was eight metres of road between here and the end there. i measured it yesterday and we are down to 3.4 metres. and how an elderly ukrainian woman has become the unlikely face of pro war russian propoganda. and coming up on the bbc news channel. after the biggest win of her career yesterday, britain s katie boulter is back in action at the birmingham classic on a busy day of grass court tennis. the government says prepartions are already under way for a new flight taking asylum seekers to rwanda after the first one was effectively grounded last nightjust before take off. at the last minute, the european court of human rights ruled in favour of an iraqi man who was due to be on board the plane, saying he faced a real risk of irreversible harm . ministers say they re surprised and disa
to this policy to this country. this is a shambles and it is shambles the home secretary has no one but shambles the home secretary has no one but herself to blame. next week s train one but herself to blame. next week s train strikes one but herself to blame. next week s train strikes are - one but herself to blame. iiiril week s train strikes are expected to knock out half of britain s railway lines barely a fifth of trains running. the european union launches legal action over plans to scrap parts of the pros brexit deal for northern ireland. the government says it s disappointed. an our shrinking coastline, a warning that rising sea levels mean almost 200,000 properties in england may have to be abandoned. good afternoon. yorkshire county cricket club and a number of individuals have been charged by the england and wales cricket board after an investigation into racism and other allegations at the club. the investigation follows allegations of racism made by forme
ofjourneys across britain. it is going to be a real inconvenience for our pupils, especially at a time where we ve got public examinations going on. more than 100 migrants cross the english channel, after more than 400 yesterday, as the government says deportation to rwanda is still on the cards. and, the england and wales cricket board brings charges against yorkshire, and several individuals, over allegations of racism. and coming up on the bbc news channel, there is no room in the squad for former england captain steph houghton at the women s euros next month. welcome to bbc news at ten. in the latest blow to the prime minister s authority, his ethics adviser, lord geidt, announced his resignation this evening. he s the second ethics adviser that borisjohnson has lost in under two years. lord geidt had faced tough questioning from a parliamentary committee yesterday, during which he said it was reasonable to suggest that mrjohnson may have broken the ministerial code in
pretended to be shot. our current wait time for a doctor, seven and a half hours. telling it like it is the reality for patients at an essex a&e department and a new report that calls for better nhs leadership to tackle its problems. the commonwealth games in birmingham, the showcase sporting event of the summer, but organisers are still trying to recruit thousands of workers. and coming up on the bbc news channel. wales are back in action after the high of reaching a first world cup in 64 years. they take on netherlands in the nations league tonight. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. it s the prefect travel storm. the next few weeks are likely to see anyone on the move facing misery whether they re on the roads, planning a railwayjourney, or hoping to get away by air. the price of petrol saw its biggest dailyjump in 17 years yesterday straining family budgets even more than they are already. on the railways the rmt union is planning a walk out of thousands o