How electric cars are being used to power a small portuguese atlantic island. And the actressjune spencer, who plays peggy in bbc radio drama the archers, reveals the secret of how shes still working as she turns 100. Well, i suppose it is inheriting good genes, for a start. And an outlook of. A cheerful outlook, i think, an optimistic outlook on life. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Andrea leadsom and mark harper are the latest candidates to launch their campaigns to replace theresa may as consersative party leader, and become the countrys next Prime Minister. The initial group of ten candidates will be whittled down to two by a series of mp votes over the next few weeks. The final pair will then face a ballot of the wider party membership. We should know the winner of the contest towards the end ofjuly. This morning, Andrea Leadsom launched her campaign by pledging action on climate change. Mark harper called for tax cuts for those on lower incomes. Rory stewart will laun
A government regulator says the storage and handling of large amounts of data by the Security Service mi5 is undoubtedly unlawful. The nhs contaminated blood inquiry hears how six siblings from one family were infected, and the impact on their mother. I think shed be alive if it wasnt for what happened because she was a strong woman and this, the tragedy has ripped her heart out. The road to the future electric cars are being used to help power a small portugese island in the atlantic so how does it work . Electricity flows out of the grid, down the cable and into the car. Its then stored in the battery until night time when it flows back out of the car, up the cable and into the grid to power peoples homes. And coming up on bbc news, argentinas first point in world cup history is good news for england, the lionesses just one win away from the knockout stages of the tournament. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. An independent report has severely criticised oxfam for th
Low pressure sitting around here, spiralling around that we have kyle jameson outbreaks of rain, the stripe of culture sitting in place, not moving anywhere quickly, so the wettest weather continue across parts of lincolnshire and the north midlands, wet weather to merseyside, north east wales, dangling down into cornwall. The same areas will see cloud and persistent rain through the rest of this afternoon. Where it was so wet in the south east yesterday, we see sunshine but also some heavy, fungible shallots. Light winds here, pretty brisk winds elsewhere. You will notice the strength of the north easterly winds and you can see gusts of a0 mph or more, 11 degrees in birmingham, 12 in hull. Northern ireland, the far north of england and scotland predominantly dry with some sunny and scotland predominantly dry with some sunny spells and a few showers in the far north of scotland. The band of cloud and rain moves erratically North West Woods overnight, some rain into north west england a
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