laterfor the murdered mp sir david amess. and less than 1% of the population in england account for more than 16% of visits to accident and emergency departments according to a new study. good morning and welcome to bbc news. there have been distressing scenes as five people have been killed and dozens injured after a car drove at high speed into a christmas parade in the us state of wisconsin. more than 20 people half of them children were taken to hospital following the incident. it s understood police are not treating the incident as terrorism and believe the suspect may have been fleeing another crime scene. a person of interest is in police custody. our north america correspondent peter bowes reports. this was the scene seconds before the holiday parade in waukesha descended into chaos and mayhem. all of a sudden, a red sports utility vehicle ploughed at high speed into a school marching band that was entertaining the crowd. the sequence of events was captu
known as super tuesday as millions of people choose who they want as their preferred presidential candidate. will vernon reports. another triumph for trump. the former president cruised to victory on super tuesday, securing his position as the unassailable frontrunner in this race. they call it super tuesday for a reason. this is a big one. and they tell me, the pundits and otherwise, that there s never been one like this, there s never been anything so conclusive. officially he hasn t won the nomination yet. but with results like these, total victory seems certain. as expected, presidentjoe biden also swept the board in the democrat primaries. nikki haley was trounced by donald trump. it s not clear whether she will continue her campaign. presidential election day is still eight months away. but many americans already seem wary of the campaign, and of an increasingly polarised political climate. we can t hear any other voices but those two now. i mean, nikki haley is still
thanks so much. violent anti government protests continue in iran. police have arrested more than 700 people. at least 35 people have been killed. world powers condemn the self styled referendums being held in parts of ukraine on whether tojoin russia. hello and welcome to bbc news. a leading think tank the resolution foundation has said that middle income earners stand to lose the most money from the tax policies announced yesterday by the government with the very richest benefitting most. but the government insists the tax cuts are fair to all and will get the economy growing. our business correspondent, marc ashdown, reports. a bit more money for everyone will get businesses investing and people spending that s the government s aim but at this market in buckinghamshire there s scepticism about who will benefit most from these tax cuts. well, the higher end will be a lot better off, but the lower end, what is it, a penny? it s nothing. considering the cost of li
about their campaign. the kind table, and pupils across the country are competing to be crowned a rocky roads. crowned rock heroes. good morning. it s thursday the 6th july. welcome to bbc newsroom live the chairman of the iraq inquiry, sirjohn chilcot, has told the bbc that the former prime minister, tony blair, was not straight with the nation , or his inquiry, about the decisions made in the run up to the iraq war. speaking for the first time since the publication of his report a year ago today, sirjohn told the bbc why he thinks mr blair made the decisions he did, and about mr blair s state of mind at the time of the inquiry. the iraq inquiry by sirjohn chilcot took 7 years and ran into two million words. the main findings were that policy on iraq was made on ‘flawed intelligence and assessments‘. and the planning and preparation for the country after saddam hussein was ‘wholly inadequate.‘ in response to sirjohn‘s interview with the bbc a spokesman for mr b