Trade agreement resume the uk and eu agree to go The Extra Mile for a breakthrough. I must apologise for my friends misbehaviour. The doyen of espionage Writing Tributes to spy turned author John Le Carre, whos died at the age of 89. Good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. London and essex an area covering more than nine Million People looks likely to be moved into tier 3 of covid restrictions. Health ministers and officials are understood to be deeply concerned about the sharp rise in virus cases across the capital. Undertier3, bars, pubs, cafes and restaurants must stay closed, except for delivery and takeaway, and people cant mix indoors, in private gardens or in most outdoor venues, except with their household or bubble. It comes as the mayor of london sadiq khan, is calling for secondary schools and fe colleges to close early if theres no mass Testing Available ahead of christmas. Andy moore reports. Mobile testing units have been sent to the parts of london, kent and essex which
life changing. plus, marine a is a free man. royal marine alexander blackman, who was jailed for shooting dead a wounded taliban fighter, has been released from prison. overnight. he received a life term in 2013 for murder, but his conviction was reduced to manslaughter. his wife spoke to this programme in march when she heard the news that he would be released. i spoke to him shortly afterwards and i think it took a little longer for the realisation to hit. i think he had worked very hard to prepare himself for not such good news, so once it had finally dawned on us that we were going to be together soon, we were very happy. we ll bring you all the details in the next half hour. hello, welcome to the programme, we re live until ”am this morning. so much to talk about today, please get in touch, please get in touch. porna bell was married to rob, a science journalist for three years before she discovered he was a secret heroin user. we have been speaking to her in her first
good morning. it s friday 28th april. i m annita mcveigh. police say they ve arrested six people following a counter terrorism operation in north west london, in which a woman was shot by armed officers. the female suspect, who s in her 20s, is under police guard in hospital. officers believe they ve thwarted an active terrorist plot. the raid is not connected with yesterday s arrest near downing street of a man carrying knives. our correspondent andy moore is in willesden at the scene for us now. what s the latest you have on this investigation? we now have a total of six people arrested in connection with this investigation. there was a raid on the street at about 7pm yesterday and we can bring you some video filmed by a neighbour. you can see police officers with long barrelled guns, we understand cs gas was fired into the property, you can see today one of the windows is broken, so you can see those armed police officers. we can see what appears to be a woman who is broug
eight to 10 degrees. into tonight, the showers we have push away, then it will be a clear night, a bit of rainfor it will be a clear night, a bit of rain for the hebrides but most will be dry, clear skies around, a touch cooler, on the hills, a touch of frost, foremost, a frost free start to the holiday weekend, a little on the cool side, it will get warmer, breeze picking up, chance of rain, only a chance, many will spend two days dry, if not the whole lot, and when you consider these, average temperatures, we will never be far off that. bank on the day we can forecast which actually doesn t look too bad! gets off to find fettle, lots of sunshine around on saturday, early morning rain in the hebrides clears, breeze picking up, southerly direction, one or two isolated showers but most will be dry and by this stage, temperatures around 13 to 17, 18 degrees. warmest day of the week so far and it has been a rather cold week. should stay fine into the evening, not often that i gi
and will attend court in person for the rest of a trial where he s accused of indecent assault. police have launched an investigation into an unusually high rate of baby deaths and collapses at the main hospital hospital of cheshire. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the prime minister theresa may has launched the conservative party manifesto this lunchtime with a raft of policy pledges claiming to get to grips with the great challenges of our time . it includes major changes to social care in england. for the first time, the value of someone‘s property would be included in the means test for care at home. mrs may pledged changes to our state pensions she said there ll be a new double lock system when the current triple lock expires in 2020. there s also a promise for an increase in nhs funding for england, by a minimum of £8 billion in real terms over the next five years. on brexit, mrs may warned that if a government failed in the negotiations, the consequence