italy the leaders of france, germany and italy are in ukraine today in a show of european support for the country. the actor kevin spacey appears in court in london, accused of sexually assaulting three men. and hot and getting hotter britain s heatwave expected to peak tomorrow with temperatures of 3a celsius. and coming up in the sport later in the hour on the bbc news channel. the premier league fixtures have been released for next season. manchester city start the defence of their title against west ham. borisjohnson s ethics adviser who resigned last night has accused the prime minister of putting him in an impossible and odious position . in his resignation letter, lord geidt said the prime minister had asked him to consider measures understood to be on a trade issue which risked a deliberate and purposeful breach of the ministerial code . lord geidt s letter also says he came close to quitting over the partygate affair. in response, the prime minister said
by the union leadership. half of britain s rail lines will be closed when workers walk out on tuesday, thursday and saturday. these strikes are not only a bid to derail reforms that are critical to the network s future and designed to inflict damage at the worst possible time. iam in i am in the devon constituency which has been conservative for 100 years. we will hear for the labour candidate where it may not be so certain that it will stay that way. hot and getting even hotter britain s heatwave expected to peak tomorrow with temperatures of 3a degrees celsius. good afternoon. borisjohnson s ethics adviser, who resigned last night, has accused the prime minister of putting him in an impossible and odious position. in his resignation letter, lord geidt said the prime minister had asked him to consider measures, understood to be on a trade issue, which risked a deliberate and purposeful breach of the ministerial code. lord geidt s letter also says he came close to quitting
Brighter with a few showers and it is still going to be worn this weekend. Its wednesday the 4th of october. After weeks of speculation, the Prime Minister is expected to use his leaders speech at the conservative Party Conference to confirm that hes scrapping the second leg of h52 from birmingham to manchester. Labours andy burnham, the mayor of Greater Manchester, accused the government of treating people in the north as Second Class Citizens, while the West Midlands mayor andy street, a conservative, was said to be distraught. Our Political Correspondent Damian Grammaticas reports from the conference in manchester. Pushing his way through the late night conference crowds, rishi sunak, relaxed and smiling. He has, it seems, made his mind up. Its the end of h52 to manchester. This was what the pm was saying 2a hours ago. What i want to do is make the right decision for the country. This is an enormous amount of peoples money, taxpayers money, everybody watching, billions and billions
In a must win game. While, back at home, club rugbys crisis deepens, as another team goes under. Leaving some players without a job or a home. The without a job or a home. Reaction in the room was disbelief, the reaction in the room was one of disbelief, shock. Also coming up on sportsday. It looks like shes hurt her knee h0pefully it looks like shes hurt her knee hopefully nothing too serious. As more footballers suffer acl injuries, we find out the epidenmic in the womens game. Welcome to the programme. The first day of the ryder cup has gone very well for the europeans. They were relentless in the morning, turning the scoreboard blue and kept the pressure up, going on to win one and tie three matches in the afternoon, putting europe five points ahead of the usa. But tournaments arent won on the first day. America are the holders and they only need 1a points to retain the cup in italy. Our Sports Correspondent andy swiss is in rome for us. Andy, a good start for europe, what were the
Heat, almost windless heat. there are plenty of people enjoying the water and the sand as well. there have been a couple of warnings from organisations like the rnli, warning about the contrast between the temperature in the water from these temperatures under organisations that look after elderly people, warning to ensure people are kept out of the sun and to rehydrate more than you would at other times of year. it s notjust here either. in spain they ve got ferocious fires blazing across forests and in southern france there is a huge heat wave that s also drying out and patching much of the southern part of that country. let s start here in the uk where these temperatures are heading up towards 30 degrees. it is the heatwave that is rippling and rolling across much of the uk. as hot as herat, no wonder the enjoyment factor is set to high for these women from reading. what is your view of this weather, which is going to be reaching may 30