This is what they have been waiting for in melbourne, a breakfrom this is what they have been waiting for in melbourne, a break from the smoke. The scene only a few days ago when australias second biggest city, a scene that threatened the tennis grand slam season. The organisers of the australian insisted the tournament goes ahead. There is a lot of circulation around the Australian Open not happening or starting late, it is happening will happen from monday, because we have three environments in which we can compete in. So it may look differently but it will happen. Not all the players are happy about it. British player liam broady lost in qualifying but made his feelings clear afterwards. The show though, goes on, huge remote from wimbledon in the womens singles with teenage sensation coco gauff looking to cast a spell over multiple grand slam champion Venus Williams in round one. Her sister serena is looking to start the decade with a 24th grand slam title. The beaten finalists last
President said he was still unconvinced by the uk plans and his doubts were echoed by the Irish Government. Our objective is very clear we dont want to see any customs posts between north and south, nor do we want to see any posts are between north and south. Well have the latest reaction and well be talking to a member of the eus Brexit Steering Group and a member of the Northern Ireland assembly. The other main stories on bbc news at 5pm. A man with a knife is shot dead after killing four police officers, including a woman, at their headquarters in central paris. The family of a seriously ill 5 Year Old Girl have won the right to take their daughter to an Italian Hospital for treatment. And there could be another gold for Great Britain at the world athletics championships in doha this evening. Katerina Johnson Thompson leads the way in the heptathlon. Its 5 oclock our main story is the reaction to borisjohnsons revised brexit plans after he outlined the proposals to mps in the house
Suppliers say parts of the National Grid failed causing disruption to transport, homes, and hospitals. At ten oclock, clive myrie will be here with a full round up of the days news. Now on bbc news in a series of documentaries we will explore how we can protect our precious planet, exploring Sustainable Solutions around the globe, and meeting the people at the forefront of driving change. How can we best protect our precious planet . Climate change and pollution are taking their toll, that much is not taking their toll, that much is now scientifically evident. But for all of the uncomfortable truth, we hold the future in our hands. In this film, we will be exploring Sustainable Solutions around the globe and meeting the individuals driving change in their communities. From housing, energy and fashion, these are some of the unique and surprising ways people from all walks of life are working to protect our planet. If youre in the winter, we can get waves up to 30 metres and that is a hu
And Greater Manchester as heavy rainfall leads to flash flooding. Borisjohnson heads to Northern Ireland, urging its politicians to share power once again and hearing concern about brexit and the border. At 11 30 p. M. , we will look at the papers with baroness ros altmann, former pensions minister, and broadcaster mihir bose. Stay with us for that. Good evening. Hundreds of Vulnerable Children were physically and sexually abused over a period of decades in nottinghamshire by people who were supposed to be caring for them. The finding by the independent inquiry into child sexual abuse came after it received 350 complaints relating to care homes and foster carers. That was in nottingham and the surrounding area s. The report says the true scale of the abuse could be even higher. Both nottingham city council, and the county council, were found to have failed in their duty to protect children in their care and still hadnt learned from their mistakes. Our Midlands Correspondent sima kotech
All the sport with hugh ferris. We are watching the mens semifinals at wimbledon today, before roger against rougher later, Novak Djokovic is attempting to reach his six final, he is already set up in his match. We will have the latest just after 2 30pm. Thanks and ben rich has all the weather. Whether looking innocuous, sunny spells around, areas of cloud, one or two showers, but innocuous is not what we would say in the south of the usa, Tropical Storm storm barry bringing damaging the raid, the full lowdown just before 2 30pm. Also coming up englands women start their bid to win a first netball world cup this evening, with a match against uganda in liverpool. Hello, everyone this is afternoon live. Britain is sending a second warship to the gulf as tensions with iran rise. Hms duncan will bejoining hms montrose, which earlier this week had to warn off three iranian gunboats that were trying to intercept a british oil tanker. Hms duncan, a type 45 destroyer, will operate alongside hm