And coming up on bbc news. Bayern munich s latest bid for harry kane is enough to get a yes from spurs but will they get the same answer from the england captain himself . Hello. The nhs achieved an unwelcome milestone today that nobody wanted. The number of people waiting to start routine Hospital Treatment in england is at a record high nearly 7. 5 Million People. The figures are from the end ofjune, and mean 1 in 7 of the population is waiting for hospital care. Nhs providers, which represents Health Trusts in england, says the numbers arent surprising, given the diffculties the nhs has been facing. This includes backlogs made worse by the pandemic, and strikes by health care workers. Yet rishi sunak has made cutting nhs Waiting Lists one of his key priorities this year. The government today says there are positive signs in the figures, including a drop in those waiting for more than 18 months, and improved Ambulance Response times. To dig into the figures and look at when they migh
And the sports biggest prize. And after the wet and windy day for some of us yesterday, some improvements in the weather for today. For many of us they will be some sunny spells, it also a few showers which could be heavy at times. I will have the full forecast throughout the programme. Good morning. Its sunday the 6th of august. Our main story people who were wrongly convicted of crimes will no longer be charged living costs for the time they spent in prison. The Ministry Forjustice is scrapping the rule with immediate effect, following an outcry over the case of a man who spent 17 years injailfora crime he didnt commit. Joe inwood has the details. There are many shocking things about the case of Andy Malkinson. Ajury misled. Dna evidence suppressed. 17 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. But for many, it was the revelation that Andy Malkinson would have to pay back some of his compensation to cover board and lodgings that was most shocking. The very idea of paying, once yo
Bangladesh is grappling with a record deadly outbreak of dengue fever with nearly 300 People Killed and Tens Of Thousands infected this year. Hospitals are struggling to make space for patients as the disease spreads rapidly in the densely populated country. Now on bbc news hello and welcome to sportsday im paul scott At The Bbc Sport centre heres what weve got for you. History beckons englands netballers reach the World Cup Final for the very first time. The bhoys are back celtic see off ross county as they make a winning start to the defence of their Scottish Premiership title. And comfortable wins for spain and japan, who are the first teams through to the Quarter Finals of the womens world cup. Also coming up on sportsday. More success for Great Britain in the cycling World Championships, three golds including in the Mountain Bike downhill for Charlie Hutton and a remarkable comeback from scotland, as they beat france in their world cup warm up. We begin with bit of history for eng
hello, and welcome to sportsday. the sixth day of these championships. it started with rain. play happening around me. coming up on tonight s programme: can britain s katie boulter pull off the shock of the championships and put out the defending champion? escape of alcaraz the world number one makes it into the second week. but not before a battle on centre court and also chasing her first wimbledon title. the second seed aryna sabalenka reaches the last 16. iam mad i am mad the bbc sport centre. the dream is overfor mark i am mad the bbc sport centre. the dream is over for mark cavendish, out of the tour de france. we will tell you what happened. and a vital early breakthrough, late in the day, as rain slows things down for england against australia. here we go again. round about this time last night we saw andy murray and cam norrie go out of the championships and not long after that liam brady, to. british hopes now rest with katie and to the wheelchair events get going
you would have anticipated. these two countries were allies until this week. in fact, they were laying plans to hold joint naval exercises. on tuesday, iran said it attacked the bases of a group within pakistani balochistan. last night, pakistan responded in kind with precision strikes inside iran. it s hard to see any direct connection to what s happening in gaza but it perhaps reflects just how febrile the wider region has become. here s our analysis editor, ros atkins. ever since the israel gaza war started, there s been a fear the conflict could spread, and that s happening. across the middle east, we re seeing air strikes, bombings, assassinations and border raids. the most high profile escalation involves houthi rebels in yemen attacking shipping in the red sea, they say, in solidarity with palestinians. in response, the us and the uk have attacked houthi positions, most recently with us strikes on wednesday night. and a day before america began attacking the houthis,