Ladies and john but we welcome to the podium. [inaudible] hi everybody, it has been so wonderful tonight to meet so many old friends, and reconnect with so many people. So tonight we salute the talented journalists who have signed up to work their hearts out, undaunted by the financial gloom and our industry. So lets raise a glass to those who keep telling amazing stories, and showing us why we must continue to care. Your jobs require more knowledge, more skill than ever. And the wellbeing of our citizens depends on your success. So as you know, the u. S. Military believes it should never send an officer on a Difficult Mission without proper training. They dont say, as before and correspondence were once told, off you go, youll figure it out. Oh and file before you land. Our journalists are in a fight for their life. And they deserve all of the training and support we can possibly muster to help them cover and ever more complex world. Here is what nps is doing to help. The National Pre
Of the past as doctors say they no longer have the capacity to offer them. A day of calm in hong kong as the territory prepares to go to the polls, giving pro democracy campaigners their chance to vote. The fallout from Prince Andrews association with paedophile Jeffrey Epstein continues, as barclays becomes the latest big company to withdraw support from the dukes mentoring scheme. At 11. 30, its dateline. Our london correspondents look at events in the uk through outsiders eyes, and at how the issues of the week are being tackled around the world. Good morning. Jeremy corbyn says he would remain neutral in the event of another brexit referendum, which he promised a Labour Government would deliver. He was speaking as the leaders of the four main westminster parties faced tough questions from the public in a special episode of the bbcs question time. Borisjohnson, jo swinson and Nicola Sturgeon were also challenged on a range of topics including the nhs, the economy and a second Scotti
The model display destroyed by vandals now on show once more thanks to help from sir rod stewart and thousands of other supporters. And coming up on sportsday at 7. 30 Jose Mourinhos first game in charge at tottenham, ends in a 3 2 win at west ham. Gps have voted to reduce visits to patients homes, saying they no longer have the capacity to offer them. Doctors supported the proposal at a meeting of english local medical committees yesterday. But the Health Secretary, matt hancock, said the idea of taking home visits out of gps contracts was a complete non starter. Jenny kumah reports. Family doctors say their workload is on the rise and this, coupled with falling gp numbers, mean something has to give. At his surgery in leeds this doctor is well aware of the challenges facing surgeries like his. One of the daily pressures that gp practices are under is the obligation to do home visits. What would be much better is if we had a dedicated Home Visiting team with people with the time to be
Tonight, those who have been wrongfully convicted of crimes will no longer have their living costs docked from their compensation payments. New compensation payments. New guidance issued by justice secretary alex chalk comes into immediate effect. As of today. It follows the controversy sparked by the jailing of Andrew Malkinson , who spent 17 years malkinson, who spent 17 years behind bars for a crime he did not commit. Donald trump has not commit. Donald trump has targeted the federal judge assigned to the case, charging him with seeking to overturn the 2020 president ial election. In 2020 president ial election. In a social media post, trump said , social media post, trump said, there is no way i can get a fair trial with the judge assigned , trial with the judge assigned, and no formal request has been filed with the court. Well, it comes as a lawyer for donald trump says that the former president was simply exercising trump says that the former pre rightt was simply exercising tru
Night of it. First, the headlines with rory smith. Headlines with rory smith. Thank you very much. Leo the first Asylum Seekers are to be housed on the bibby stockholm barge in the coming days. Immigration minister Robert Jenrick says around 50 people will enter the vessel in Portland Port in dorset. This week. Mrjenrick Portland Port in dorset. This week. Mr jenrick says Portland Port in dorset. This week. Mrjenrick says increasing week. Mr jenrick says increasing the numbers on the barge to the capacity of around 500 is still the plan. Thats despite concerns from the Fire Brigades Union over the vessel initially designed to house around 200 people. Meanwhile the shadow immigration minister Stephen Kinnock says a Labour Government would still have to house migrants in barges for short penods migrants in barges for short periods while tackling the backlog of asylum cases. A Labour Government would also continue to place Asylum Seekers in former military bases for up to six months. In o