The british empire. And england play montenegro tonight needing just one point to take them to the euros next summer, but theyll have to do it without star player Raheem Sterling who was dropped after his bust up with liverpoolsjoe gomez. Good morning and welcome to the bbc news at 9. The army is preparing fresh defences for flood stricken parts of South Yorkshire as more heavy rain is forecast across the uk. Forecasters are warning there could be a danger to life in the village of fishlake near doncaster where hundreds have been forced to leave their homes and businesses. A yellow weather warning for rain is now in force around sheffield, doncaster and nottingham, and will last until the early hours of friday morning. Tim muffett reports. The floodwaters are dispersing, but more heavy rain is expected here, so soldiers from the light dragoons cavalry regiment have been building barriers to try and protect fishlake. Youve got sandbags here. Yep. You have barriers as well. How does it w
Brexit is the real end of the british empire. Good morning. Its thursday 14th of november. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im annita mcveigh. Accident and Emergency Departments in england have recorded their worst performance since current records began in 2004. Other targets covering cancer and routine hospital treatment are also being missed. Lets take a look at some of those targets and the latest statistics published this morning. The government target is a maximum four hour wait for those in a e. But todays figures show only 83. 6 of patients, thats one in six patients, were treated or assessed in a e within four hours in october. Thats a sharp drop on september and down from 89. 1 in october last year. The number of patients waiting for routine operations in england was 4. 42 million in september the highest ever. The nhs target is to have all patients start routine treatment within 18 weeks. But todays figures show more than 672,000 people were waiting more than 18 weeks the highe
A conservative majority after the next general election will take us in the direction inquiry will begin in the us Congress Today following weeks of testimony behind closed doors. Of a very hard brexit. The basilica is flooded for the david is a good friend but i think on this issue hes sixth time in history. The first televised hearings got it precisely wrong. Of President Trumps impeachment inquire will happen in us congress venice has been hit by the highest today following weeks of testimony good afternoon. Tide in more than 50 years, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Behind closed doors. Flooding the streets. Im joanna gosling. The president is accused of improperly seeking help from ukraine to boost his chances of re election next year. The two main parties in the general Election Campaign are today focussing on what they regard as their key issues. Englands leading football clubs have been placed in a new league table, while labour looks to health designed to assess their the conser
That looks fantastic. Painting a rosier picture brexit talks will intensify but borisjohnson says theres still a way to go. Police rush to the scene of a knife attack in manchester a man is arrested after five people are injured. Olympic champion mo farah says he feels let down by ex coach alberto salazar, whos been banned after doping claims. And in their euro Championships Group game, england suffer their first qualifying defeat in a decade. And coming up on sportsday on bbc news. As the controversy over the typhoon rages on, scotland threatened legal action to ensure their world cup clash with japan is played. Good evening. The United Nations say around 100,000 people have fled their homes, as Turkey Presses on with its offensive against kurdish forces. Theres been heavy fighting, and both civilians and dozens of kurdish fighters have lost their lives. Turkey wants to create a 20 mile deep buffer zone running 300 miles across the syrian border. Turkeys president erdogan today vowed
England suffer their first qualifying defeat in ten years. Theyre beaten 2 1 by the Czech Republic, and will have to wait a little longer to qualify for euro 2020. Plus, are we about to see sporting history over the next few hours . Well be live in vienna following the progress of kenyan runner Eliud Kipchoge as he tries to become the first person to run a marathon in under two hours. Its saturday the 12th of october. Our top story there are warnings that the school gates have become a breeding ground for harmful myths about the safety of vaccinations against conditions like measles. Nhs england chief Simon Stevens has spoken out after the latest figures showed a rise in the number of measles cases and fall in the take up of all routine jabs for under fives in the last year. Simon jones has more. So we just so wejust do so we just do about there. The jab against measles mumps and rubella is, in the word of each microphone nhss chief Simon Stevens, is easy, free, and can save lives but