combat troops left helmand is back under their control a special report. the motion is therefore carried. scotland s episcopal church agrees to same sex marriage, a first for anglican churches in the uk. and coming up in sportsday later in the hour on bbc news: for the first time in over 50 years, an england football team has reached a world cup final that s after the under 20s beat italy. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. in one of the most politically explosive hearings washington has seen the former director of the fbi has accused white house staff of lying. james comey who was fired by the president trump was giving evidence to a senate committee which is trying to establish whether there was russian interference in last year s election and whether mr trump s campaign team colluded in that effort. as our north america editorjon sopel reports the hearings could have significant implications for the trump presidency. people talk about the crackl
that didn t work out. so what success have you had in persuading companies to reveal theirfailures and hand over exhibits some of their failed products to you? zero. what does that make you think? it really drives home the point how sensitive of an issue failure is, and how, to what extent we re willing to go to sort of hide it. as for my favourite exhibit here that was easy. now, incredibly, this was marketed as a beauty mask, and as you can see inside there s a whole load of electrodes with gel on them. if you put them on your face, you get electric shocks, which apparently make you more beautiful, but i can tell you, it is very unpleasant! cheering and applause. but the hope is that with the opening of this museum, failure will be seen in a very different light. richard galpin, bbc news in helsingborg. i think ironically the museum of failure might be a success! we ll wait and see. let s get the weather, with darren bett. hello there. a glimmer of sunshine today but also
to say two other things. first, and yes it s a repetition but i think it s a justified repetition, isn t it s a justified repetition, isn t it marvellous to see the right honourable and learned gentleman the memberfor honourable and learned gentleman the member for rushcliffe as father of the house and back here in rude health. secondly, in welcoming the presence of all colleagues today and congratulating all those in all parties who have been re elected, i hope experienced members will understand if i pay particular tribute to the, i believe, 87 members newly elected for the first time. whatever else you have done or will do in the course of your careers, there will be no greater honour than that which you have just attained as an elected member of parliament. i am sure each and eve ryo ne parliament. i am sure each and everyone of you will be very conscious of your responsibility to your constituents. rest assured, the speaker will look out for you and be very keen, sooner
is terminally ill his parents lose their final legal battle to give him experimental maxing out our credit cards a warning from the bank of england about forgetting the lessons of the past. google faces a record fine from the eu competition watchdog, over £2 billion, for being unfair to other companies. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news, england s women post a record breaking total of 377 in their world cup match against pakistan. good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. scotland s first minister nicola sturgeon has had to backtrack on her plans to push for a second independence referendum as early as next year. today s decision follows the general election in which her snp lost 21 seats. ruth davidson, the leader of the scottish conservatives, said ms sturgeon was as she put it leaking credibility and confidence . here s our scotland editor sarah smith. nicola sturgeon may not look like a woman thwarted. but she cannot now march ahead with her plans fo
a large scale cyber attack that started in ukraine is continuing to spread across the world tonight. and what is it about england, germany and penalties? england s under 21s crash out of the european championship. and coming up in sportsday on bbc news: a record breaking score of 377 sets england up for a crushing victory over pakistan at leicester, in the women s world cup. good evening. scotland s first minister, nicola sturgeon, has scrapped plans for a second referendum on independence by the spring of 2019. she said she had reconsidered the issue after the snp lost almost a third of its seats at westminster in the general election. she now says any decision on another vote will be delayed until after the uk has left the european union. our scotland editor, sarah smith, is at holyrood. sophie, this is unquestionably a setback for nicola sturgeon. she set out a very clear timetable for an independence referendum between autumn next year and spring 2019, before brexit. af