Good evening. Demonstrations have taken place across the uk, in protest at Boris Johnsons decision to suspend parliament for five weeks in the run up to brexit. The government insists its acting properly but critics say its an attempt to bypass democracy. Tens of thousands took to the streets from sheffield to swansea, belfast to london. Heres our home editor, mark easton. If you shutdown parliament. Well shut down the streets calls for direct action from protesters outside downing street. Several thousand gathered in whitehall, many to voice their opposition to borisjohnsons move to shut down parliament ahead of britains scheduled exit from the European Union on october 31. Stop brexit the crowds were diverse, cutting across class, age, ethnicity and Traditional Party politics. Todays protest is a reminder of how arguments over brexit represent a reshaping of political discourse in britain. Bankers and corporations who get richer while the workers get poorer. As well as london there w
I never thought at my age, 61 years of age, i would have to be here protesting against the shutdown of parliament. Theres been renewed violence in hong kong with pro democracy protesters defying a ban on rallying. More than 50 migrants have been detained as they tried to cross the English Channel to reach kent several boats have been intercepted. Same sex couples could be allowed to compete on strictly come dancing from next year. I will be back with you at eight, but now im bbc news, its time for sports day. Hello, and welcome to sportsday. Im olly foster. Heres whats coming up on the programme this evening. Motorsport mourns the death of 22 year old frenchman Anthoine Hubert, killed in a high speed crash at spa this afternoon. Weve got all todays premier League Results coming up. Its four out of four for liverpool. They are top of the table heading into the international break. A double from irelands Jacob Stockdale ends wales winning run in cardiff. Also coming up in the programme t
A ceremony to mourn the first one to be lost to climate change. 0h, hes gone. And england take wickets as they look to bowl out australia to win the second ashes test. And coming up later, this weeks click looks at whether e scooters are legal, and tests out new fingerprint based contactless cards. Good evening. The Cabinet Office minister michael gove has played down concerns highlighted by leaked government documents that warn of chaos in the event of a no deal brexit. He said significant steps had been taken in the past three weeks to accelerate planning for such a scenario. The documents, seen by the sunday times, warn of shortages of food, fuel and medicines, as well as the return of a hard border in ireland if britain leaves the eu without a deal. But mr gove insisted the papers were old, and examined the worst possible outcomes. Food shortages, fuel shortages, unworkable plans for the irish border, this is a pretty bleak picture . I think its important that we look in context at
Under siege. 66 migrants have been detained as they tried to cross the English Channel to reach kent. Several boats have been intercepted. Close to 2 Million People in North East India are stripped of their citizenship, accused of being Illegal Immigrants. Formula 2 driver Anthoine Hubert has been killed in a crash at the belgian grand prix. And well be taking an in depth look at the papers with our reviewers city ams Rachel Cunliffe and the journalist and author Yasmin Alibhai brown. Stay with us for that. Wa nt to want to start with some breaking news. Lease in texas around 20 have been shot in the city of midland and 0dessa, 20 miles apart. They are searching for two people who are believed to have opened fire from two separate vehicles. The midland appeared Police Department issued the following statement on social media . Social media. They are they go on to say there are reports of an shooter in odessa. That is the latest from texas after reports of a shooting there. More to come
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