Broken across europe as an early summer heatwave sweeps across the continent. San francisco becomes the first us city to ban sales of e cigarettes until the Health Effects are clearer. Oh, im so sorry. And a newborn baby is found alive inside a plastic bag left in woods in the us state of georgia. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im joanna gosling. A bbc investigation has found that the moors murderer ian brady, who tortured, sexually assaulted and murdered five children between 1963 and 1965, was allowed to mix with vulnerable young prisoners for more than five years during his lifelong sentence. It happened at wormwood scrubs prison in the 1970s and 1980s. Newly released home office files reveal that even after one young prisoner alleged that brady had had sex with him, no action was taken for several months. Sanchia berg has this exclusive report. Ian brady was, for decades, one of britains most notorious prisoners. With myra hindley, hed tortured and murdered five childr
World Food Programme wins this years nobel peace prize. Its director tells me hes stunned. Somebody walked in and said nobel peace prize, and im like, 0h, who won it, who won it . And theyre like, the world Food Programme i was like, youve got to be kidding me hello and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world, and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. New Coronavirus Infections in europe have passed 100,000 in a single day for the first time. More restrictions have been brought in in several countries in an attempt to control the spread. This graph shows the number of cases per 100,000 people. The uk, france and spain all have more than 100, while germany and italy have fewer cases, but numbers there are also rising. In spain, there is disagreement over how to get the disease back under control. The government has imposed a two week state of emergency in madrid to try to contain the outbreak, overriding a Court Decision that previ
We will continue to be busy. We are seeing increasing numbers of patients coming in. Last orders for more than 3 Million People in scotla nd more than 3 Million People in scotland as new restrictions on pubs and scotland as new restrictions on pubs a nd restau ra nts scotland as new restrictions on pubs and restaurants come into force. 21,000 jobs at risk as the Edinburgh Woollen Mill chain, the owner of peacocks plans to call in the administrators. And the show must go on. Ten pintos could be station across the uk this christmas after an injection of lottery money. Ten an injection of lottery money. Te n pa ntos. Welcome to bbc news, thanks for joining us. The chancellor has announced new measures designed to help businesses across the uk which are forced to close because of coronavirus restrictions. Its thought that bars and restaurants in the worst affected parts of england may be told to shut next week. Rishi sunak says under the new scheme the government will pay two thirds of the
Scotland becomes the first nation in the uk to ban parents or carers from smacking or hitting their children. And, in half an hour here on bbc news click scrubs up to meet the many armed robot on wheels thats making keyhole surgery more available. Hello, and welcome if youre watching in the uk or around the world and stay with us for the latest news and analysis from here and across the globe. Stay calm, stay patient the words ofjoe biden, who says he is on track to win the us presidency. Speaking at his Campaign Headquarters a few hours ago, the Democratic Party candidate said he had a clear and convincing lead. This how the race looks four days on from election day. Mr biden has 253 Electoral College votes, with President Trump on 214. Remember, 270 is the number required for victory. A final result is taking so long because theyre still counting ballots in several knife edge states, including pennsylvania and georgia. Lebo diseko has the latest. Joe biden supporters danced through t
Groups, the elderly, who are particularly susceptible to severe disease. As a month of tight covid restrictions comes to an end, people in Northern Ireland now face a fortnight of even tighter measures from next friday. Modernising britains defence the armed forces are given billions of pounds to fund space and cyber projects. Shuggie bain, by Douglas Stuart. What a debut for scottish writer Douglas Stuart his novel based on his life growing up in glasgow wins the booker prize. And coming up from the bbc sport centre on bbc news a winter rescue package for sport, but will it be enough, as some miss out on the Government Hand out. Good evening. A draft report into claims that the home secretary priti patel had bullied staff concluded this summer that she had broken rules on ministerial behaviour. The Cabinet Office began an inquiry into her conduct after the most senior official at the home office, sir philip rutnam, resigned in february. He alleged that staff felt she created fear in t