You knew all about it. The ridge of High Pressure is beginning to move in from the western side killing of some showers and underneath the clearing skies we end up with a quite cool night, especially in east anglia. After an early dip temperatures pick up underneath the cloud. Eventually the trailing front brings rain and cloud into Central England and wales and falling on behind the blustery day with lots of showers and the odd rumble of thunder. The rate taking its time to really get them to east anglia and hanging on to the brightness there. More for you in and about half an hour. See you then. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines Hurricane Irma is battering cuba with heavy rain and winds of more than 150 Miles Per Hour hitting the north of the country after already devastating several caribbean islands and killing at least 20 people. Meanwhile officials in southern florida have told 6. 3 Million People a quarter of the states population to evacuate their homes before the storm ar
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To push the boundaries in a pool. The olympic champion broke his own world record in the 50m breaststroke twice in one day. And sniffing out disease. Could dogs hold the key to early diagnosis of parkinsons . And carol has the weather. After a bright start in the east, the rain already in the west will move east through the day and we will all see it, heaviest in scotla nd will all see it, heaviest in scotland and Northern Ireland and Northern England and itll be accompanied by blustery winds. Behind it we see a return to sunshine and showers. More in 15 minutes. Thank you. Good morning. First, our main story. All sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040 as part of efforts to reduce Air Pollution. The government is also expected to announce more than £250 million of funding for local councils to tackle emissions from Diesel Vehicles. Holly hamilton reports. Drives up in a 9001908 model t. Weve come a long way in terms of design but for 100 years weve been relying o
Tory scum. Well ask whether this kind of regular abuse mps receive will end up driving some of them out of politics altogether. Plus, up to 60 reports of murder and thoughts of killing associated with antidepressants have been received by the uk Medicines Regulator in the last three decades. I believe if he hadnt taken the sertraline he wouldnt have murdered anyone. Well look at what that means. Hello. Welcome to the programme. Were live until 11. Throughout the programme, well bring you the latest Breaking News and developing stories. A little later, well hear claims that sperm is declining at such a dramatic rate the Human Species could eventually become extinct. Fairly stark warning, that well bring you all the details. Do get in touch on all the stories were talking about this morning use the hashtag victoria live. And if you text, you will be charged at the Standard Network rate. Our top story today new diesel and petrol cars are to be banned from 2040, as part of efforts to tackl
Allegedly struck in a london pub. Ajudge will decide later a judge will decide later today where the terminally ill baby charlie gard will die. At least 10,000 people have been evacuated from areas threatened by the fire, along british holiday makers. The brother of diana, princess of wales, has said he still has nightmares about the harrowing experience of her funeral. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Iam ben i am ben brown. All sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040, as part of efforts to reduce Air Pollution. The government is also expected to announce more than £250 million of funding for local councils to tackle emissions from Diesel Vehicles. The government will publish later its clean air strategy, favouring electric cars as part of a global shift towards replacing the old combustion engines. As our reporter Holly Hamilton explains. He drives up in a 1908 model t. Weve come a long way, in terms of design, but for 100 years weve been relying on v