Andrew harper. Hope for 4,500 British Steel workers, after a tentative deal to rescue the company from insolvency. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with gavin. England take early wickets but it is looking like an. Second ashes test in australia. Second ashes test in australia. Thanks, gavin, and chris has all the weather. Yes it looks pretty tricky for their cricket but we are looking ahead to the Weather Forecast for the weekend. And will be looking back at the infamous flood in cornwall. And will be looking back at the infamous flood in cornwall. Thanks, chris. Also coming up the peculiar story of the abandoned wiltshire village evacuated 50 years ago, and thats remained uninhabited ever since. Hello, everyone, this is afternoon live. A Police Officer has been killed as he was investigating a reported burglary in berkshire. Thames Valley Police say pc Andrew Harper died following a serious incident on a road near the village of ufton nervet. Ten people have been arrested. Bo
Died after he was struck by a vehicle. Its five oclock our top story. A Murder Investigation has been launched after a Police Officer was killed as he attended a reported burglary in berkshire. Thames Valley Police say pc Andrew Harper died following a serious incident on a road near the village of ufton nervet. 10 people have been arrested. The Prime Minister has said he is deeply shocked and appaled. This was 28 year pc Andrew Harper who was killed in berkshire as it went to a colleague to attend a suspected burglary. This tent is all that can be seen today of what is now a murder scene. He was part of Thames Valley policing Proactive Unitand Thames Valley policing Proactive Unit and the force is now investigating the murder of one of its own. Good afternoon, we are all shocked and saddened by the death of oui shocked and saddened by the death of our colleague pc Andrew Harper. Thames Valley Police were called on the a4 at 11 30pm yesterday evening. Tragically andrew was attending a
Searching a caravan site close to where a 28 year old policeman was killed on thursday night. Thames Valley Police have confirmed that a postmortem examination revealed pc Andrew Harper, died from multiple injuries. Officers said it was consistent with him being dragged along a road by a vehicle. Detectives are continuing to question ten people, aged between 13 and 30 years old, arrested on suspicion of murder. Daniela relph reports. Colleagues, friends and the local community, all came today to pay tribute where Police Constable Andrew Harper lost his life. Almost exactly a month ago to the day, pc harper was getting married. Now, instead of heading off on honeymoon next week, his wife has to face life without him. A postmortem showed the Police Officer died from multiple injuries. Detectives have also revealed they are still trying to establish why a call to investigate a burglary ended so tragically. The cause of death is consistent with our current belief that andrew was caught bet
Hello and welcome to bbc news. Britain will face shortages of fuel, food and medicine if it leaves the European Union without a transition deal, jamming ports and requiring a hard border in ireland. That is according to official government documents leaked to the sunday times newspaper. More now from our Political Correspondent nick eardley. This is a document called operation yellowhammer. It is the Civil Service looking at potentially what could happen if the uk leaves the European Union in a few weeks without a deal. And at its heart are some pretty stark warnings, of long delays at the ports, at eurotunnel, of the potential for certain fresh foods running out or becoming scarce, at least not all foods running out, but potentially some fresh food running scarce. And, over all, a picture of some significant hardships in the uk on 31 october. Now, these leaked documents also talk about the Northern Ireland border. Thats a very contentious subject when it involves brexit. What does it
More now from our Political Correspondent nick eardley. This is a document called operation yellowhammer. It is the Civil Service looking at potentially what could happen if the uk leaves the European Union in a few weeks without a deal. And at its heart are some pretty stark warnings of long delays at ports, at airports, at the eurotunnel, of the potential for certain fresh foods running out or becoming scarce, at least not all foods running out, but potentially some fresh food running scarce, and over all, a picture of some significant hardships in the uk on 31 october. The government says officially that it doesnt comment on leaks, but number ten have pointed out that this isnt what they expect to happen. This isnt the assumption of borisjohnson and his team. What it is is scenario planning, looking at various things that could happen. We know the uk government is putting a lot of effort and money now into preparing for no deal. They say they dont expect it to happen, its all part o