Allegedly struck in a london pub. Ajudge will decide later a judge will decide later today where the terminally ill baby charlie gard will die. At least 10,000 people have been evacuated from areas threatened by the fire, along british holiday makers. The brother of diana, princess of wales, has said he still has nightmares about the harrowing experience of her funeral. Good morning. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. Iam ben i am ben brown. All sales of new petrol and diesel cars will be banned from 2040, as part of efforts to reduce Air Pollution. The government is also expected to announce more than £250 million of funding for local councils to tackle emissions from Diesel Vehicles. The government will publish later its clean air strategy, favouring electric cars as part of a global shift towards replacing the old combustion engines. As our reporter Holly Hamilton explains. He drives up in a 1908 model t. Weve come a long way, in terms of design, but for 100 years weve been relying on v
The half brother of north koreas leader was killed by a substance classified as a weapon of mass destruction, according to malaysian authorities. Leicester city say Player Revolt wasnt behind Claudio Ranieris sacking. Gary lineker calls the move gut wrenching. I shed a tear. I shed a tearfor claudio, i shed a tear for football and i shed a tearfor my club. And in the film review well get Jason Solomons take on patriots day, the Hollywood Blockbuster based on the Boston Marathon bombing. It was by any standards a great result for the conservatives, causing an electoral upset by winning the long held labour seat of copeland in cumbria. Their Candidate Beat Labour by more than 2000 votes. Its the first time a governing party has gained a seat at a by election since 1982. In the nights other by election, labour held stoke on Trent Central holding off the challenge of the ukip leader paul nuttall. The labour Leaderjeremy Corbyn says the partys win in stoke was a decisive rejection of ukips
Owfi allowed the Conservative Party to own the idea of the northern powerhouse. Many people on the left was saying how did we let this happen . George osborne looks like the champion of Working People in the north. This is the next stage of that. Theresa may is seeking to message Working People with a party that really cares about you, now eight conservative traditional interpretation of that is that taxes too something that i believe and Working People will hear and feel. But shes very good at broadening, David Cameron didnt message as well to the tabloid has theresa may. People care about these issues that are fought over, shes doing very well. She is but copeland isa doing very well. She is but copeland is a slightly special case, we shouldnt ignore that, Sellafield Nuclear plant and whatever else we would think about labour, knowing about the Nuclear Policy is one of the more perplexing things . There are always local factors, but the big messages that labour should be winning the
Our Political Editor nick watt reports. For the moment, our unlikely Prime Minister reigned supreme, a by election win in an area that had been beyond the reach of the tories since the interwar years leaves theresa may surveying a Political Landscape with few credible opponents. Theresa may once likened herself to Queen Elizabeth the first, a woman who thrived in a male dominated world by knowing her mind. But shes never seen herself as a glory on a figure but shes never seen herself as a gloriana like figure and she is one of the least assuming occupants of number ten. Shes more Likejohn Major than Margaret Thatcher in her imperial pomp and, just Likejohn Major, who secured the highest number of votes of any tory leader, theresa may is not the slightest bit complacent and knows that around every corner there are bear traps. Theresa may has been shrewd in her position, she has a huge amount of authority and the Conservative Party believes shes an election winner. Those three things giv