Two holiday firms, with bookings from more than 50,000 people, have ceased trading. Last month was probably the warmestjuly on record according to new research. And, england Bowlerjames Anderson awaits the results of a calf scan and could be out for the rest of the first ashes test at edgbaston. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The liberal democrats have won the brecon and radnorshire by election taking the seat from the conservatives, and leaving borisjohnsons government with a working majority of one. Here is the result the liberal democrat candidate jane dodds overturned the conservatives majority of over 8,000 to beat the incumbent mp chris davies byjust over 1,400 votes. The brexit party pushed labour into fourth place. And here is the share of the vote which saw a 12 swing from the conservatives to the liberal democrats, and the labour vote collapsed. 0ther pro remain parties had stood aside to allow the lib dems a better chance to reclaim the seat they lost in the 201
Was introduced in 2015 has decreased by 90 . And on the first day of the ashes series heroics from captain, steve smith, rescue australia from a first innings collapse and put england on the back foot. Good evening. Thousands of people are being evacuated by police tonight in the derbyshire town of Whaley Bridge. Earlier today, flooding caused the partial collapse of a dam wall at a nearby reservoir. Emergency services are working to secure the dam and members of the public are being warned to stay out of the area around the toddbrook reservoir. The Environment Agency has warned that there is a danger to life. The reservoir contains 300million gallons of water which weighs i. 3million tonnes. Theres been 112. 1; millimetres of rainfall in the local area in the past week far higher than the average 68 millimetres in normally gets in the whole month of july; infact, abouti. 6 times the Monthly Average has fallen since last thursday. Judith moritz is in Chapel En Le Frith where some of th
This is making an untreatable disease treatable. Alison riske and then we have the mixed doubles and in the cricket new zealand are playing india. Ben has the weather. One or two showers are forecast. Some hefty downpours elsewhere but nothing like the rain we have seen on the other side of the pond. Some oppressive pictures for you. Also coming up, i am 0k oppressive pictures for you. Also coming up, i am ok for the next decade and all of us here because we will not face the problems. But the problems in the next 20 to 30 years and major ones that will cause great social unrest. Upping the heat Sir David Attenborough criticises World Leaders who he says are not doing enough to address Climate Change. Hello everyone this is afternoon live im simon mccoy. He cant have been up very long this morning before President Donald Trump took to twitter to write more personal comments attacking the uk ambassador to washington Sir Kim Darroch. a wacky ambassador, he says not someone we are thrille
This is bbc news, with the latest headlines for viewers in the uk and around the world. Theres been a steep rise in gcse grades in england, wales and Northern Ireland pupils have been receiving them after a uk government u turn means marks are now based on teacher assessments. Meanwhile, chaos for hundreds of thousands of pupils as btec students are told they wont get their marks, just hours before they were due to be published. We are working very closely with ucas, with the independent regulator and the exam boards to make sure no young person is disadvantaged as a consequence of this delay. The russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny is unconscious in hospital with suspected poisoning. The Anti Corruption campaigner fell ill during a flight. Kamala harris is formally nominated as joe bidens running
mate in the us election. If the democrats win she would be the first woman Vice President in american history. Hello and welcome if you re watching in the uk or around the world 7 and st