The town that has laid claim to the this historic first. Now, the Prime Minister says that an airfield is ready. That commercial planes have been chartered. Indeed, that 500 individuals are ready to get people on to those planes, and 300 more are on training. Now for those that can do quick maths, five, six, seven, 800 people there ready to work on this scheme. The question is , this scheme. The question is, will they be able to send even 800 people to rwanda . It all sounds terribly optimistic and expensive, doesnt it, tom . It certainly does. And this it certainly does. And this is after months and months. It was three Prime Ministers ago that the rwanda scheme was first proposed. Thats actually not that long in terms of time is it . I dont know the average length of time that a Prime Minister is a Prime Minister these days. How long is a piece of string . Well, there you go. But but of course, today is the day. Rishi sunak seeming incredibly confident at that press conference that m
Financial education should be compulsory in schools. This school in manchester is a centre for excellent when it comes to teaching young people about money, so i will chat to them a little bit later. In Sport England bowl out australia in adelaide. Theyve just started batting and need 354 to win the second test and level the ashes. Come on and carol has the weather. It isa it is a fairly quiet day weatherwise for most of us. It will be cloudy with a little brightness and showers in the west. Later, persistent rain across the north west of the country accompanied by strengthening wind. Then it is all change. I will have more details in 15 minutes. Thank you. See you later on. Good morning. First, our main story. Theresa may will meet with her cabinet this morning after returning from brussels last night with no deal to push forward the brexit talks. Negotiations came to a halt after the Democratic Unionist Party, who support the conservative government, rejected a proposal to avoid a ha
Good morning and im curling in perth this morning on the ice where most of the british team train. They will today try to sweep their way into the gold medal match at the Winter Olympics, as eve muirhead and her team take on against sweden in the semifinals. And nick has the weather. Good morning. It is a cold and frosty start this morning. High pressure in control, plenty of dry weather for the weekend, increasing sunshine and blue sky but if you think it is called yet, do have not seen anything yet wait until next week yourfull seen anything yet wait until next week your full forecast is coming up. Good morning. First, our main story for every five prescriptions handed out in england, an error is made, and the governments warned these mistakes could be linked to hundreds and potentially thousands of deaths a year. The health and social care secretary, jeremy hunt, has described the findings as appalling. He cites the case of a 92 year old woman whose vital medication was stopped afte
Stargazers are in for a treat this weekend with the annual draconid meteor shower set to light up our skies. Well find out the best ways to spot them. And sarah has the weather. Good morning. Weve got a lot of cloud this morning but it will tend to break up into the evening, particularly towards the east and Higher Ground and the south, thats where you have the best chance of catching a glimpse of the meteor shower. I will bring you will all the details in 15 minutes. Good morning. First our main story. The leader of the scottish conservatives, Ruth Davidson, has become the latest senior figure to rally round the Prime Minister telling her critics to put up, or shut up. Her intervention came after cabinet members rebuked the former Party Chairman, grant shapps, after he claimed around 30 mps wanted a leadership contest. Ms davidson is viewed by some as a potential contender to lead the party in westminster. 0ur Political Correspondent Jonathan Blake joins us from our london newsroom. J
Snowdonia. Figures today show the number of people being rescued in the mountains is up on last year. Later in the programme we will find out why. Ten years ago today, the first iphone went on sale sparking a smartphone revolution. But how have they changed the way we live . Ill be finding out. Weve come to sheffield to hear about a multi Million Pound plan by the Lawn Tennis Association to revamp grassroots tennis and were also launching our Breakfast Summer Challenge with world number one andy murray the first to take it on. And sarah has the weather. Good morning. Weve got a lot of cloud across the skies today bringing heavy rain for northern and western parts. I will have a full forecast in 15 minutes. Good morning, first our main story. A retired court of appealjudge, sir Martin Moore Bick, is today expected to be appointed to lead the Public Inquiry into the Grenfell Tower disaster. The news comes as police say at least 80 people are believed to have died in the fire, but they do