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research suggests a simple eye test could lead to much earlier detection of glaucoma, a condition which causes irreversible sight loss. also. do you prefer to feel the pages of a book between your finger? 2016 was a record year for the publishing industry, as printed book sales went up by 8% compared to the previous year. good morning. it s thursday 27th april. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. borisjohnson has used his first intervention in the election borisjohnson has said it would be difficult for the uk to refuse the us if it asks for help on a strike on syria. borisjohnson has used his first intervention in the election campaign to mount the conservatives‘ most personal attack yet onjeremy corbyn. in an article published in the sun newspaper, the foreign secretary accused the labour leader of being a security threat to the uk. he accused mr corbyn of being reluctant to use lethal force, opposing nuclear weapons and campaigning against nato. he we ....
data on saturn after diving through the gap between the planet and its rings. and coming up in the sport on bbc news: maria sharapova is labelled a cheat by fellow player eugenie bouchard, as she returns from her 15 month doping ban with a win in stuttgart. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the foreign secretary has suggested britain could take military action in syria without a vote in the house of commons. borisjohnson said it would be very difficult to say no if president trump asked for british help in punishing the syrian regime for another chemical weapons attack. meanwhile mrjohnson has also waded into the election campaign for the first time, with a highly personal attack on the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. he s called him a mutton headed old mugwump . here s our political correspondent, alex forsyth. smith will strike on a syrian airfield earlier this month, the first direct us action against syrian government forces, he responds to a chemi ....
after diving through the gap between the planet and its rings. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. the foreign secretary has suggested britain could take military action in syria without a vote in the house of commons. borisjohnson said it would be ‘very difficult to say no if president trump asked for british help in punishing the syrian regime for another chemical weapons attack. meanwhile mrjohnson has also waded into the election campaign for the first time, with a highly personal attack on the labour leaderjeremy corbyn. he has called him a mutton headed old mugwump. here s our political correspondent, alex forsyth. us misile strikes on a syrian airfield earlier this month, the first direct us action against syrian government forces, a response to a chemical attack which killed civilians. today the foreign secretary suggested if asked the uk would support such strikes in the future, possibly without the approval of parliament. if they come to us and ask for ....
as publishers enjoy a record year. and nasa s cassini space probe sends back dramatic data from saturn, after diving through the gap between the planet and its rings. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. let s return to the developing news of the last half hour. news of an arrest after an incident in whitehall in central london. the centre of london, near westminster tube station. you can see that on the bottom left of your screen. whitehall is the street running down into parliament square, for the houses of parliament are. you can see at the bottom left, a police van. this following, it seems, as a small contained incident in which british police, according to reuters, have arrested a man who according to witnesses may have been armed with two knives. some witnesses saying he had been pinned to the ground next to a bag. let me bring in our home affairs correspondent danny shaw who has jointly no. we don t know very much about this. we should stress, this sounds lik ....
have got as we watch those forensic officers at the scene is that this arrest was part of a planned operation. there is no sense there was an attack under way but more that police have their eye on this person. and it is safe to assume the security service were doing this. an intelligence led operation would involve them in a joint operation with police. there was a time when mis with police. there was a time when mi5 worked more or less in competition with the police and did not share stuff with them but that changed after the london bombings in 2005. they work closely and share discussions and priorities. it was an intelligence led operation where they were tracking this person. he has been arrested on suspicion of the commission, instigation and preparation of acts of terrorism and knives have been recovered from him. he has not been charged, we do not know if he will be. he is being held ata know if he will be. he is being held at a south london police station and t ....