Cystic fibrosis patients wait to hear if two life changing drugs will be made available on the nhs in scotland. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with olly. England announce their squad for the Rugby World Cup. They have gone early as well. There is one uncapped player in there, three who only made their debuts yesterday and obtain a tear, the centre, is out. Is that for disciplinary reasons . All the details coming up then tear. Thanks olly and stav has all the weather unsettled all week. There will be a couple of days with drier and brighter weather as well. I will have all the details for you later. And also a Global Weather story to talk about too. Thanks stav. Also coming up the unswerving devotion of a football fan. How the 11 year old floored by a lamp post got to meet his idol mo salah. Hello everyone this is afternoon live. Im martine croxall. Hong Kong International airport has cancelled all flights, as Anti Government protests in its main terminal continue for a four
Briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. Also in the programme, the number of gamblers complaining about british betting firms has risen by 5,000 in 5 years last year, punters lost a record £14. 5 billion. What do you think . Is gambling too easy . Should betting companies do more to keep players safe . Get in touch just use the hashtag bbcthebriefing. Hong kong is cleaning up again after a tenth weekend of unrest as the terrotory witnesses further clashes between pro democracy protesters and riot police, in hong kong. Tear gas was fired after petrol bombs exploded near the main police headquarters. The police are due to give their daily News Conference in about four hours from now but the cheif executive carrie lam has already said the unrest has caused more damage than the 2008 financial crisis. From hong kong, heres jonathan head. This is how it starts every weekend now in hong kong. Theyve turned improvising barricades into an art form. They work wi
Seriously so i think thats an issue. Met Office Weather warnings for most of the uk today, with thunderstorms likely to bring more flash flooding and travel disruption. The premier League Season gets under way tonight as european champions liverpool take on promoted norwich city at anfield. Good morning, welcome to bbc newsroom live. Our top story the chancellor sajid javid has said its a challenging time for world economies as new figures revealed the uk economy shrank in the Second Quarter of this year. The gdp figures show a 0. 2 decline between april and june, the worst performance of the uk economy since 2012. It follows a 0. 5 growth the previous quarter, which was largely put down to manufacturers stockpiling before the missed brexit deadline on march 31st. Even the usually Strong Services sector, showed just 0. 1 growth in todays figures, which have led to fears of a uk recession. Lets get more from our correspondent katy austin, katy what do the figures tell us . It had been e