After tens of thousands march through the town where gangs attacked pro democracy activists last weekend. And we will be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers, katherine forster, reporter at the sunday times, and the home editor at the london evening standard, martin bentham. Stay with us for that. Good evening. In another policy announcement, three days after becoming Prime Minister, borisjohnson has pledged to fund a new high speed rail link between leeds and manchester. He says it will turbo charge the regions and unlock jobs, boosting growth. He was speaking on a visit to the north west, with the full details of his proposals to be published in the autumn. But labour says the plans are a rehash of past failed promises from the conservatives. Our chief Political Correspondent vicki young reports from manchester. Taking his first steps as Prime Minister, borisjohnson is promising a bright, optimistic future. I wasjust thinking that it was actually the metro. But he
After a quieter day yesterday, showers look like they will be back in force across the uk today. More details on areas likely to be affected coming up. Its sunday the 4th of august. Our top story at least 20 people have been killed in the latest mass shooting in the united states. The massacre happened in a mall in the city of el paso, where many families were out shopping. A 21 year old white man has been arrested and police are looking into whether he deliberately targeted the hispanic community. 0ur north america correspondent Chris Buckler reports. Oh, my god. Families were out shopping on a saturday morning when they were advised to run. Run, run, run. Inside the mall in el paso, armed officers moved in, responding to another report of an active shooter in america. The gunman walked into the packed walmart supermarket, firing indiscriminately. 20 people were killed and more than two dozen were injured. The estimates of the shoppers of the walmart were between one and 3,000, with e
This is obviously hes not a puppy any more. But hes stilljust as cute, trust me. Ah, the runt of the litter. That ones yours, snow. The big draw behind my coach tour were local celebrities. William played a white walker in the programme, but it is his two dogs that people come from around the world to meet. Who do we have here . This is odin and is thor. Summer, bran starks direwolf, and grey wind, rob starks direwolf. Arent you beautiful. Hes so fluffy yeah. Shall we take them for a walk . Yeah. Do you want to take this one . Sure. It has changed from being only a couple of dogs to suddenly youve got a tourism operation now. Well, you know, people started wanting to meet them. They contacted us through social media and so we decided that instead of them coming to our house we had to make it more official. So my brothers and i started up our own tour company. So tell us a little bit about the impact game of thrones has had on your community. County down, i think, was one of the least v
From the west. This afternoon this is what will happen when the sun sign as i can when the sunshine sta rts sign as i can when the sunshine starts to lift. Very isolated showers but this is the area the met office is concerned with. In the north midlands, and the central and southern scotland, the middle part of the afternoon and into the evening, the showers will really come together. In some places we could see 20 millimetres to 30 millimetres of rain before the showers start to push off into the north sea. More showers in the forecast for the coming days. Not a great prognosis, sadly. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines. 20 people have been killed and 26 injured in a mass shooting in a Walmart Store in the us city of el paso, texas a suspect has been taken into custody by police hes been identified by local media as 21 year old Patrick Crusius a second mass shooting has taken place in the us, in dayton, ohio. Ten people, including the shooter, have died. Another 55 homes are evac
Five people are arrested over alleged accounting fraud at the bakery chain, patisserie valerie. Andy murray and phil is he and a lopez when the queens doubles title. And england beat cameroon 3 0, in the womens world cup the conservative leadership candidatejeremy hunt says his rival borisjohnson must be prepared to answer difficult questions if hes to become the next Prime Minister. The foreign secretary said someone who wanted that role should answer questions on everything but that he wouldnt comment on mrjohnsons personal life. On friday police were called to the flat he shares with his partner, after reports of a row. Borisjohnsons team say he ought to bejudged on his policies not his private life. Heres our chief Political Correspondent vicki young. If you want to be Prime Minister, you are going to face some tough questions. Borisjohnson you are going to face some tough questions. Boris johnson is you are going to face some tough questions. Borisjohnson is refusing to talk about