Funding uncertainty means some some Vital Services for the elderly and disabled are at risk. In a moment, it will be time for sportsday but first a look at what else is coming up this evening on bbc news. At 6 50 well be talking to our Legal Correspondent about the legal moves under way to challenge the suspension of parliament. In response to a massive increase in the number of fires in the amazon rainforest, brazil has banned setting fires to clear land for 60 days. Well hear from our correspondent in sao paolo. And later this evening at 10 40 and 11 30 ill be having a first look at tomorrows front pages with Ayesha Hazarika from the Evening Standard and Christopher Hope from the telegraph. Thats all ahead on bbc news. Now on bbc news its time for sportsday. Hello and welcome to sportsday. Im sarah mulkerrins. Afamiliar a familiarfoe a familiar foe for liverpool. Well have the details of the draw for the Champions League group stages. Hes impressed for aston villa and now tyrone ming
Kingdom back in london and in the house of commons and in a majority. These are home made problems. America says new evidence proves iran was behind the attacks which wiped out nearly half of saudis oil production. Two former British Army Soldiers win a Racial Discrimination case against the ministry of defence. The uks former chief scientists said recent extreme weather is scary. And stop feeding the trolls celebrities line up to ignore and block online abuse. Good evening. In another day of political drama, Boris Johnson good evening. In another day of political drama, borisjohnson has held his first talks as Prime Minister with the president of the European Commission, Jean Claude Juncker. After, mrjohnson told the bbc he was confident a deal could be done, that the eu had had a bellyful of brexit and they were fed up with the endless delays. Earlier Jean Claude Juncker said it was the endless delays. Earlier jean claudejuncker said it was the uks responsibility to come forward with
Hello again, thanks forjoining us. Plenty on offerfor hello again, thanks forjoining us. Plenty on offer for both teams in the nights premier league match, one hoping to climb out of the bottom three, the other seeking to break into the top three in the end. Aston villa manage their task but might have had more on what proved to bea might have had more on what proved to be a goalless night against west ham at villa park. Nick parrott reports. When the lights come on, aston villa raised their game. Their only league win of the season came only league win of the season came ona only league win of the season came on a friday night against everton. Wesley was the hero then but he couldnt quite rise to the occasion at home to west ham united. Villa spent big in the summer but spent in the bottom three at the start of the day and something doesnt quite seem right, they were causing more problems than the opposition, the ar checked this incident between el ghazi and tyrone mings but took no a
Lighter, it will be a slightly better day in some respects in the far north of scotland. 10 20 the hi. Moving out of wednesday into thursday, almost a repeat performance. A good deal of dry weather in the story and temperatures peaking at 20 or 21 degrees. Moving into friday, it does look as though that High Pressure will drift just a look as though that High Pressure will driftjust a little bit further east, allowing for a subtle change in wind direction. It will start to drive up more warmth from the new continent. Not just drive up more warmth from the new continent. Notjust across england and were, there is potentialfor some of that warmth to stretch right gcioss some of that warmth to stretch right across the country. So, despite Early Morning mist and fog slowly lifting away, again it is a dry story. Some of that warmth will push its way up into scotland, and we could see highs of 21 degrees across aberdeenshire. Highest value is likely of 23 degrees. All the time this weather fr
Why fewer shoppers and more closures made july an especially tough time for retailers. Ill have the details. A Fabulous Four and a perfect start to the new premier League Season for Manchester United, who thump chelsea at old trafford and inflict a first defeat for Frank Lampard. Good morning. Today we are looking ata good morning. Today we are looking at a mixture of sunshine and showers. Showers in the north and west, have very heavier and thundery showers in the south east, in between some sunshine, and this weeks weather remains unsettled. Ill have more in 15 minutes. Its monday, august 12. Our top story drug crime has risen in rural areas but fallen sharply in major city centres. A bbc investigation has found that in some villages in england and wales it has more than quadrupled in five years. The findings highlight concern about the spread of so called county lines gangs which traffic drugs using children and vulnerable people. Dan johnson reports. The latest frontier in the figh