Hour. England ride their luck to reach the womens world cup quarterfinals. But theyll be without laurenjames, whose one match ban could be extended, following her sending off against nigeria. And we have a north south split in the weather today. In the north, largely dry with some sunshine, but wind increasing in the far north east. In the south, turning cloudy and murky with some patchy light rain. All the details later. Its tuesday the 8th of august. Our main story. 15 Asylum Seekers have spent their first night on the governments controversial Accommodation Barge, after a series of delays over safety concerns. Ministers want to move hundreds more onto the Bibby Stockholm in dorset this week, but some have already refused to go, launching legal challenges. All this comes as the home Office Announces a new taskforce to crack down on Rogue Lawyers who may be helping migrants to remain in the uk, underfalse claims. Ellie price reports. The first Asylum Seekers move into their new tempor
but fi morris went one better taking five wickets for just seven runs, as the pheonix were bowled out for 87. the 0riginals made hard work of the chase though reaching their target with just one ball to spare. it was another golden day of success for great britain at the world cycling championships in glasgow, as four gold medals were won. most notably for kieran reilly, who took the men s elite bmx freestyle title in style, beating the reigning world and olympic champions in the process. its a performance he ll be looking to repeat in paris for the olympics in just under a years time. i have this championship now, but olympic gold is always going to be the goal. and this is a perfect stepping stone for me right now. i have this, and i know my hard work s paying off. and i m excited to go home and keep working hard and look forward to paris. it s amazing in this crowd, when i was contemplating certain tricks, when i was so tired, the noise that they made, it got me through the run
zoom, technology company we were all using in the pandemic for remote work, apparently they are telling their workers to come back to the office. hybrid working, they say they want workers at their desks. google is trying a different strategy, building a hotel at their headquarters in california and encouraging people to move to the hotel for their nights at work and commute from the hotel room. a public health message for you all, a story in the mail, half of us take our phones into the bathroom. doctors say there are potential transparencies of bacteria but also just issues with general functions
of the barge asylum seekers. charity begins at home. and for others, concerns over the impact on local services. i know more than anyone through my work with the food bank and the community fridge. there sjust too much poverty on portland and this isn t helping. the government first floated the idea of this barge in april. now this floating idea is a reality. ellie price, bbc news, portland. ellie is in portland for us this morning. ellie, 20 migrants have refused to move on board. what does this mean for the government s plans? up up to 500 is the ultimate plan. we wait and up to 500 is the ultimate plan. - wait and see how many people arrived today. yesterday we didn t have an idea throughout the day who was coming. this is a working port, tight security, difficult to see people getting on and off. the