Around 100 people are rescued by the service from floods in the midlands with warnings of more rain on the way. The mother of a 10 Year Old Girl who died after contracting an infection in a cancer ward in glasgow claims there was a cover up over her death. Sleeping on the streets, in parks, on peoples sofas a Charity Warns that more than 20 thousand young people are at risk of homelessness this christmas. And eastenders stars take on strictly for tonights children in need. Coming up on tonights news watch, the strange tale of how three year old footage of Boris Johnson laying a wreath at the cenotaph came to be broadcast on monday morning. Join us tonight here on bbc news. Labour has unveiled plans to give every home across the uk free broadband in the next decade by partly nationalising bt. The shadow chancellorjohn mcdonnell said his partys proposals were visionary and the £20 billion cost of doing it would be paid for partly by introducing a tax on tech giants. The Prime Minister c
Local people said they were used to seeing migrants being dropped off in the area. Ive seen six people getting out of the back of a lorry in the same location. It seems everybody has had experience, that i know, especially in that area in particular. Im live in grays where tonight detectives are continuing the process of trying to identify the 39 people who died here. Well also be looking at the measures being taken to stop the trade in human trafficking. Also tonight the Prime Minister goes to meet the labour leader to try to agree a timetable for a brexit deal, after mps backed the plan, but rejected the three day limit on debate. President trump announces he will now lift the sanctions he imposed on turkey, following its military action, against the syrian kurds. And, a great night for englands teams in the Champions League. And coming up on sportsday, well show you how wales have been warming up for their Rugby World Cup semifinal in front of a very special guest. Good evening. We
All sanctions imposed on turkey over its offensive in kurdish held areas in Northern Syria will be lifted. We are going to go and see if we can get inside. Republican lawmakers in the us have disrupted the democrat led trump impeachment inquiry, as a Senior Pentagon specialist was about to testify behind closed doors. A good night for english teams in the Champions League as chelsea and liverpool both win away. And at 11 30pm, well be taking an in depth look at the papers with laura hughes from the Financial Times and broadcaster eve pollard. Good evening. 39 people have been found dead in the back of a lorry in essex in an incident described by police as an absolute tragedy. The container is thought to have crossed the English Channel from zeebrugge in belgium. A 25 year old man from Northern Ireland has been arrested on suspicion of murder. Police say that identifying the victims is the first priority, but they say its likely to be a lengthy process. Ed thomas reports. Just before 1.
The countdown is on. After nearly 70 years open championship golf returns to royal portrush this time tomorrow. And while the some rain input rose, todayit and while the some rain input rose, today it stays dry and fairly warm, here in sydney. See you in 15 minutes. Good morning. Its wednesday, july 17. Our top story comments made by President Trump about four congresswomen have been condemned as racist by the us house of representatives. The president called for the women from minority backgrounds to go back to their countries of origin, despite all being us citizens. Shortly after the vote, a democrat politician called for mr trump to be impeached. Our north america correspondent david willis reports. A row that started in cyberspace became all the more human, not to mention personal on the floor of the Nations Capital after the president was accused of racism. The comments from the white house a disgraceful and disgusting and those comments are racist. Senior republicans have since
temperature north to south this morning. in the south we have rain but as it bumps into cold air especially in north wales and northern england it will turn to snow, disruptive on higher routes. in sport, england captain harry kane is on a mission to get young people thinking about, and prioritising their mental health. and prince william has a famous wingman as he returns to public engagements following the king s cancer diagnosis and his wife s surgery. it s thursday, 8th of february. labour is abandoning its promise to spend £28 billion a year on environmental projects if it wins the next election. prime minister rishi sunak is facing calls to apologise for comments he made about the labour leader s position on transgender people. he was speaking during prime minister s questions, when the mother of murdered transgender teenager brianna ghey was visiting the house of commons. let s get the latest from chief political correspondent henry zeffman. two party leaders under pr