Good morning, welcome to breakfast with rogerjohnson and sally nugent. Our headlines today a call for schools in england to open at evenings and weekends. The childrens commissioner says theyll be safe spaces to keep pupils away from gangs and violence. Hundreds flee the chaos created by dorian in the storm ravaged bahamas as the death toll rises to a3. Mps from across the political divide are ready to go to court to force the Prime Minister to seek a delay to brexit. Late wickets leave england in trouble, in the fourth ashes test. Theyre still nearly 300 runs behind australia so face a battle to save the match and the series. Ahead of tonights strictly launch, saffron barker and i check out fellow dancer, will bayleys moves, as the Paralympic Champion prepares for the european para table tennis championships. Good morning. Theres lots of dry, settled weather through the weekend. Just the odd isolated shower, but with clear skies by day, that means chilly conditions overnight. Ill have
In the semis today. Talking of rain, edgbaston may see a shower today as good wimbledon although it is an outside chance. There are showers in the forecast, the heaviest from lincolnshire northwards. Its thursday the 11th ofjuly. Our top story. Iranian boats have tried to intercept a British Oil Tanker in iranian waters but reportedly withdrew after a british warship trained its guns on them. The incident happened in the strait of hormuz a strategically important stretch of water between the persian gulf and the gulf of oman, bordered by iran and the united arab emirates. Lets get more details now from simonjones who is outside the ministry of defence for us this morning. Peter bowes. Growing tensions in the gulf of. A British Oil Tanker should be seized, steady run, if the iranians ship is not released. It was expected of carrying oilfrom not released. It was expected of carrying oil from iran not released. It was expected of carrying oilfrom iran to not released. It was expected of c
And despite a dramatic fightback, englands one goal wasnt enough against sweden for a womens world cup third place playoff. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. The conservative party says it will expel anyone who casts more than one vote in the contest to choose the next leader and the countrys Prime Minister. A bbc investigation has found that some members have received two ballot papers in the post. Around 160,000 people are eligible to vote in the leadership election, which will see either borisjohnson orjeremy hunt take over from theresa may. Manveen rana reports. As the leadership rivals arrived in nottingham today to face the party faithful, it emerged errors had led to some members being issued with two ballot papers. But for the contenders, it was business as usual. Get it right, and we will deliver brexit, unite our party, unleash the incredible potential of our country. We need to get brexit done, we need to get it over the line by october the 315t voting has already begun,
And im just working as we are doing all across the United States to take apart the prohibition against marijuana, one state at a time. And in 2012, i was a co sponsor and lead spokesperson for the law that legalized taxregulated Recreational Use of marijuana in Washington State. And along with colorado, we were the first states to actually legalize marijuana for Recreational Use. And because of that, ive got a personal insight into how it works. So every two years, i go on the road and talk up the wisdom of taking the crime out of the equation. And dealing with marijuana as a health and education challenge, and civil liberty. Youre on the road here in d. C. Today. What are you doing in d. C. Who are you meeting with . Ive got a busy schedule meeting with legislators who are interested and should be more interested in moving out of the state by state legalization realm and into the federal realm. You know, i think 47 states now in our country have some kind of Legal Marijuana. And the f
Lifetime. Prime minister rishi sunak in the last few minutes has been speaking for the First Time Since returning from his summer holiday. Heres what he had to say. Say. Yeah, were planning for winter in the nhs earlier than weve ever done before. Thats why today im announcing £250 million to invest in more a e capacity in 30 different sites across the country. Earlier this across the country. Earlier this yeanl across the country. Earlier this year, i announced our urgent and Emergency Care recovery plan. Emergency care recovery plan. Thats about more beds, more ambulances, faster discharge , ambulances, faster discharge, all of which improves patient care. And although weve still got work to do, were starting to see the results of that ambulance response times have come down considerably. A e performance is improving and today another step on that today is another step on that journey to a better performing nhs, delivering better care for people particularly this people, particularl