from the great american songbook. dealing with its debt restaurant chain pizza express calls in advisors over its £1 billion debt, ahead of crunch talks with its lenders. andy murray s remarkable comeback from injury continues. it s confirmed that he ll play singles at the australian in january, it ll be his first singles appearance at a grand slamoa it ll be his first singles appearance at a grand slam since major hip surgery. sunshine and showers today but loving through quite quickly on a gusty wind. i will have more in 15 minutes. it s tuesday 8th october. our top story: the foreign secretary dominic raab has called on his us counterpart, mike pompeo, to allow a diplomat‘s wife to return to the uk and face police questions about a fatal traffic accident. 19 year old harry dunn died in august after his motorbike was hit by a car near raf croughton, in northamptonshire, a military base used by the us air force. the main suspect, named as anne sacoolas, has left the uk
and at 09:15 we ll hear the reaction of some of those protesters to his comments. some children are inhaling the equivalent of nearly one packet of cigarettes every week due to air pollution, according to new research. and andy murray s remarkable comeback from injury continues. it s confirmed that he ll play singles at the australian open injanuary. good morning and welcome to the bbc news at nine. the brexit talks will collapse this week. that s the prediction from a downing street source in a series of incendiary texts published by the spectator magazine. government officials this morning say they do not dispute the assessment. the briefing in the spectator goes on to suggest that borisjohnson will do all sorts of things to prevent the uk s departure, due at the end of the month, from being delayed. but if it is there s a warning that number ten could refuse to co operate with brussels, if britain is forced to remain inside the european union. the text says: we will mak
a warm welcome to the programme, briefing you on all you need to know in global news, business and sport. and in the light of unilever‘s new plastic policy, we d like to know when you shop, are you aware of companies‘ environmental policies? does it influence where you shop and what you buy? get in touch. just use the #bbcthebriefing. a second whistleblower has come forward in the impeachment inquiry into president trump s conversations with the ukrainian president. a lawyer involved has told american television the second whistle blower is another us intelligence official. donald trump has been accused of using military aid to ukraine as quid pro quo if ukranians agreed to dig up dirt on his rivaljoe biden. our washington correspondent chris buckler gave us more details. this second whistle blower has been described as a us intelligence official and they apparently have first hand knowledge of this controversial conversation that took place between donald trump and the
them in the back. more than 270 arrests as extinction rebellion block bridges and roads in westminster in a protest over climate change. police forces across england and wales are battling rising levels of knife crime. figures today show offences involving knives are rising sharply outside london, but with the capital still the most dangerous area. the trauma team at the royal london hospital in the east end is one of the busiest in europe, dealing with knife and gun attacks, and the bbc‘s clive myrie was given exclusive access to their work over a period of several months. you may find some of the images distressing. this the pained face of knife crime in britain. still early, the guys aren t even tipping out the pubs yet, and absolutely anything could happen tonight. these are stories over a three month period, from the front line of the epidemic. when he came in, he d lost a lot of blood volume, his pulses were very weak. stories of courage, kindness and honesty. let s f
coach of the men s team, will know that there is plenty of room for improvement. this summer the one day world cup victory was followed by a drawn ashes campaign which saw austrlaia retain the urn. but what do we know about the man who ll be leading the team in theirforthcoming tour of new zealand? well, before he was an england coach, he was an england player. it was never an exceptional stint in international cricket he played only six tests. but he s enjoyed success as coach. he led essex to the county championship title two years ago. during his time at chelmsford his record was unblemished: two seasons, two trophies promotion one year, the title the next. and he will be a familar face in the england set up he s been the bowling coach for the past two years so has already formed strong relationships within the squad particualrly his fellow yorkshireman joe root. earlier our cricket correspondent jonathan agnew told my colleague holly hamilton he ll be a popular ch