Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson claims hes been a model of restraint when it comes to his use of language, in the brexit debate. He was speaking on the opening day of the conservative Party Conference in manchester. The Prime Minister refused to apologise for using words such as surrender when describing the legislation, designed to stop the uk leaving the European Union without a deal. This report from our Political Correspondent jonathan blake, contains some flash photography. You cant miss the message the conservatives want to hammer home here. Get brexit done might be a simple slogan, but the reality has been far from easy for the Prime Minister so far. And he has arrived here facing questions about how he has tried to argue his case, accusations that his language has got out of hand. He should be ashamed, say labour, but borisjohnson says all sides need to pause for breath. Well, i certainly think everybody should calm down. Including you . I think ive been a mo
Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson claims hes been a model of restraint when it comes to his use of language, in the brexit debate. He was speaking on the opening day, of the conservative Party Conference in manchester. The Prime Minister refused to apologise for using words such as surrender, when describing the legislation, designed to stop the uk leaving the European Union without a deal. This report from our Political Correspondent jonathan blake, contains some flash photography. You cant miss the message the conservatives want to hammer home here. Get brexit done might be a simple slogan, but the reality has been far from easy for the Prime Minister so far. And he has arrived here facing questions about how he has tried to argue his case, accusations that his language has got out of hand. He should be ashamed, say labour, but borisjohnson says all sides need to pause for breath. Well, i certainly think everybody should calm down. Including you . I think ive been a
Day recess next week, for the tory Party Conference. We are in stoke on trent, a city that voted overwhelmingly for brexit. We will be testing the political temperature. Well have all the latest from westminster. The other main stories on bbc news at 5pm. President trumps top intelligence official faces congress, after a whistle blower claims the white house tried to cover up details of a phone call between donald trump and the ukrainian president. Minimum pricing in scotland leads to a fall in the amount of alcohol people are buying, prompting calls for the rest of the uk to follow suit. Prince harry on Climate Change the world will be a very troubling place he says if people continue to deny it. And coming up. The uks new Polar Research ship, originally due to be called Boaty Mcboatface is launched today by the duke and duchess of cambridge, named after Sir David Attenborough. Good afternoon, its five oclock, and borisjohnson says tempers need to come down in parliament, after he was
It will be a shorter working week with no loss of pay. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport holly hamilton wales have opened their World Cup Campaign witha wales have opened their World Cup Campaign with a convincing victory over georgie. We will relive all the tries at 2 30. With rain on the way, some have been looking for a dry place to stay and that rain is brought to us by a weather system that is influenced by what happened in the caribbean two weeks ago. I will tell you more later on. Also coming up by royal appointment harry and meghan visit a south african township as they arrive in south africa with four month old archie for their first overseas tour as a family. Hello everyone this is afternoon live. Its called 0peration materhorn and its the biggest peace time operation to repatriate britons stranded abroad after the collapse of thomas cook. The Civil Aviation authority has chartered a fleet ofjets to bring home more than 150,000 british holidaymakers. Thomas cook brita
On bbc news at 5pm a brexit showdown at the Labour Party Conference. Could Jeremy Corbyns support for a neutral stance be defeated by remain supporters . This is the scene live at the conference now and any short after the session there will be a vote on brexit and then a speech from sir keir starmer who is due to address the conference shortly. We will bring you that live. British talent dominates the emmys. Well speak to luke jennings, the writer who created killing eve. And wales enjoy a strong start to their Rugby World Cup campaign, beating georgia by 43 points to m in japan. Its 5 oclock. Our main story is the collapse of the holiday giant thomas cook and the measures being taken to help those affected. 0peration matterhorn is the biggest ever Peacetime Operation to repatriate those britons stranded abroad. The Civil Aviation authority has chartered a fleet of jets, to bring home more than 150,000 british holiday makers. Thomas cook is britains oldest package tour company and wen