if you go out late at night on the streets of central london, you are likely to see significant numbers of people sleeping rough and new figures do show an increase of 9% on the same period last year. there were 3,272 people sleeping outside in the three months between april and june. over 1,600 were found to be rough sleeping for the first time, that s a 12% rise on the year before. the situation in london is being seen in some other parts of the country too, as our social affairs correspondent michael buchanan reports. london, july 2023. 3am on britain s most famous shopping street. along a small section of oxford street, dozens of people rough sleeping.
a man s been charged with murdering a mother and her two young daughters following a fire at their flat in nottingham. 28 year old fatoumatta hydara and her daughters fatimah and naeemah, who were one and three, all died from smoke inhalation. jamie barrow, who s 31, is due in court later. david walliams future as a judge on britain s got talent is up in the air , a spokesperson for the itv show has said. it comes after the sun newspaper reported that the comedian will be leaving the show after 10 years as a judge. walliams recently apologised for making disrespectful comments about contestants during filming breaks on the show. scientists say they have made a breakthrough designing a vaccine against all 20 known types of flu. the jab so far only tested on animals uses the same technology as covid vaccines, and should teach the immune system how to fight existing and new flu strains. human trials will now be required to test the efficacy of the jab.
to describe one of the most momentous moments of the 20th century the first moon landing in 1969. a year later, the first same sex kiss delivered by sir ian mckellen in a bbc two production of edward ii. in this series, i am going to show you how to cook. a british love affair with indian food was ignited by madhurjaffrey, whose show began in 1982. it is the kind of food you get in indian homes. one of the things i am going to make is roganjosh. this is a classical north indian dish. as you can see, our home is very relaxed. from 1983, the nation woke up to frank bough. let s get britain fit! ..and the green goddess, diana moran. diana moran, on britain s first ever breakfast tv show. stretch out, expanding the lungs and then down. the launch of the iplayer in 2007
how was the drive? andrea was taken when she was just 12 years old. but there are many who never return. while romania is making an effort to train more police officers, this is doing little to disrupt the trade. romania s shame has now landed on britain s doorstep. jean mackenzie, bbc news. tens of thousands are expected to take to the streets in towns and cities across germany later to protest against covid restrictions, and plans to introduce a vaccine mandate. the authorities are increasingly concerned about the radicalisation of some of the protestors who spread conspiracy theories and hate speech online. our berlin correspondent, jenny hill, has more.
competition on tuesday. team gb freestyle skier izzy atkin has pulled out of the slopestyle competition, having already withdrawn from the big air. atkin won britain s first ever olympic skiing medal when she took slopestyle bronze in pyeongchang in 2018. she broke her pelvis in an event in colorado in december but she had been hopeful of competing in beijing. atkin s younger sister, zoe, will make her olympic debut in the halfpipe next week. great britain s 20 year run of medals in skeleton is about to end, after a really disappointing day laura deas, bronze medallist four years ago, is in 21st place after the first two runs, with brogan crowley even further behind. britain s men are also way out of the medals. it s been suggested there may be a problem with the equipment deas said she couldn t work out what went wrong and she was clearly devastated. i didn t have the speed, i don t know why. i feel like i executed a really good game plan.