Reports from tees valley. An icon of a vibrant an icon of a vibrant industrial an icon of a vibrant industrial past, now out of action, symbolising area struggling to find its feet. Tees valley, and infinite hercules in its day, a white capital of imake income is now clearing a site of past glories and looking for new ventures. A painful process with economic decline, alongside pockets of affluence. That has placed this area on the national map, and now a mayoral contest with high stakes mayoral contest with high sta kes from mayoral contest with high stakes from the two main parties. A poster boy of the red bull, after his narrow win here in 2017. Re elected in a landslide in 2021, ben houchen is now hoping to buck the national trend. A local labour stalwart, hopes to win back what was once a heartland for his party, and a winnerfor heartland for his party, and a winner for chris heartland for his party, and a winnerfor Chris Mcewan Heartland for his party, and a winner for chris mcew
israeli air strikes have continued across southern gaza today. our correspondent on the ground says there ve been eight air strikes in and around khan younis today, with 23 people killed and around 200 injured. israeli forces have repeatedly told palestinians to leave northern gaza for the south. the bbc s rushdi abualouf witnessed one of the air strikes while he was buying supplies for his children in the village of bani suhaila. four bombs fell around him in quick succession. he took these pictures, and says a block of about ten houses had been destroyed. rushdie told us he saw four dead bodies, and more than 100 injured people in that particular incident. it comes as the us national security adviser, jake sullivan, said washington does not want to see firefights in hospitals in gaza. conditions in the two biggest are said to be desperate with patients, staff and the displaced all trapped. one hospital, the al-quds medical centre, says it has now ran out of fuel and stopp
A team at Harper Adams University In Shropshire Attempt A World First by using solely robots and drones to grow and harvest a field of barley. Good morning. Its thursday 4th of may. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The past hour Buckingham Palace has announced that the Duke Of Edinburgh has decided to stop carrying out public engagements from the autumn. Prince philip who is 95, is said to have the full support of the queen in taking his decision, she will continue with all her duties. The duke is the longest Serving Consort in British History. Our royal correspondent Sarah Campbell is at Buckingham Palace. Sarah, he is 95,96 sarah, he is 95, 96 next month. Nonetheless it seems strange that the Duke Of Edinburgh would be pulling back from these sort of duty, we are so used to seeing him out and about. That is right. And i have to say that the worlds media, i have Australian Television next to me, there is new zealand, american networks, the crowds outside Buckingham Pal
Well, spontaneous and led the applause here in st annes square in manchester, and you mightjust have been able to tell, there was a man towards the back of the crowd in this very bright Manchester Sun here, who said well done, manchester. And then the applause broke out again. And absolutely baking hot day in st annes square, and hundreds of hundreds of people, i cant even calculate, perhaps at least a thousand people have come here to the square for that moment of silence that is marked across the country to remember those who lost their lives. Here, at the Manchester Arena, less than a mile away, people have continued to lay flowers there. Really lovely to meet you. I know you work fairly near here. Explain why you wanted to come here for this moment of silence . We live and work in the city. You dont really know what to do in this situation. If you can doa what to do in this situation. If you can do a small act by being here, it makes you feel like you can contribute. Applause just
Through one of londons most popular tourist attractions. Up to 70 firefighters are sent to camden lock market as the blaze breaks out overnight. The cause remains unknown. Andy murray and Johanna Konta bid for a spot in the wimbledon quarterfinals. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The case of the terminally ill 11 month old boy charlie gard returns to the High Court Today, as judges consider new evidence relating to potential treatment for his condition. An earlier ruling supported the view of his doctors that nothing can be done to improve his quality of life, and they should be allowed to switch off his life support systems. Kathryn stanczyszyn reports. Hes still fighting, so were still fighting. A phrase that chris gard and connie yates have used many times as they battle to keep their baby son charlie alive. This could happen to anyone, we are just two normal, everyday people. Were not strong people. What is strong is the love we have for our boy. Hes kept us going throu