following an incident outside a bristol nightclub. what a great shot! and tributes for cyrille regis, the man who led the way for black footballers in britain who died at the age of 59. good evening and welcome to bbc news. cabinet ministers have tonight been holding an emergency cobra meeting to discuss the financial collapse of carillion. the firm had government contracts across school catering, hsz, the nhs and prisons, and its demise has left its own employees and many more who work for it indirectly facing a worrying future. carillion itself employs almost 20,000 workers in the uk. the company has a50 government contracts a massive portfolio. it sub contracted thousands of small firms to do some of that work. carillion‘s demise has raised questions for government about the way public sector projects are handed out to private sector businesses. here s our business editor, simonjack. this bypass near aberdeen is in scotla nd this bypass near aberdeen is in scotland was
coming up. one mp makes a moving plea for the government here to do more for the syrian people. they should not be strewn in the rubble of eastern ghouta. those bodies should be piled up in this chamber. the lords hear about the worsening obesity crisis among children. five year olds are now eating their own body weight in sugar every year. and one mp describes hate crime against sikhs. someone, consumed with so much hatred, tried to pull off the turban of one of my sikh guests as he queued upjust outside our parliament buildings, and shouted, muslim, go back home! the russian president has ordered a daily five hour pause in the syrian government s assault on the rebel held area of eastern ghouta. at the weekend, a un security council resolution was passed demanding that all parties cease hostilities without delay for at least 30 consecutive days to allow humanitarian aid deliveries and medical evacuations of critically ill people. in an urgent question to the foreign sec
spending much more on public services, and injeremy corbyn s case, it means nationalising a lot of things. i m not sure if that is an entirely new economic model.m might not be new, but going back to june 28, whenever it was, how did the public think these things are goodidea? the public think these things are good idea? labour did much better than many people, including nick expected. it s too. it s not a new thing. opposing thatcherism and opposing liberal market capitalism which is what jeremy corbyn is doing is the kind of revert to plan a of labour and it s is the kind of revert to plan a of labourand it s in is the kind of revert to plan a of labour and it s in their dna. he does do one thing that is new and not without risk. he hinges part of the speech, if what has been nicked is right, on the grenfell tower tragedy. he says this demonstrates the failings. a symbol of the problems. what happened at g re nfell tower was problems. what happened at grenfell tower was ter
seized in schools across england and wales in the past two years. also, dreams become virtual reality for one british tech firm. improbable manages raises almost £400 million in one of the biggest ever investments in an early stage european technology business. and. a close shave for paddle boarders in calfornia, after they re warned they re swimming next to 15 great white sharks. good morning. it s friday 12th may. i m annita mcveigh. welcome to bbc newsroom live. the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, is to give a major foreign policy speech in about half an hour s time in which he is likely to say that he doesn t see himself as a pacifist, because he would use military force as a last resort but that he believes military intervention has become far too common in recent times. mr corbyn was chair of an anti war group and opposed intervention in kosovo and serbia. he is also known to bea kosovo and serbia. he is also known to be a long term supporter of unilateral disarmam
if there is evidence is mounting that there might have been efforts to obstructjustice that would be a parallel back to nixon and wouldn t look good for the president. tonight, as fresh revelations about russia and the man he sacked as fbi boss who he apparently told the russians was a nutjob engulf the trump white house, we ask whether he can keep his presidency on the road. jeremy corybn s right hand man today made the bold claim that labour can win the election. we ask the shadow defence secretary what that would mean for protecting the country. the little boy who witnessed the horrific murder of his mother rachel nickell 25 years ago tells his story of the trauma he suffered, and the impact of relentless press intrusion. all of a sudden we saw this man lunging forward with a black bag over his shoulder, and then everything happened. in a matter of seconds i was grabbed, thrown to the floor, my face dragged across the mud. seconds later my mother collapsed next to me