Well, after yesterdays washout, the weekend is looking a bit more promising. Sunshine and showers, but quite windy at times too. Its saturday, 17th august. Our top story detectives investigating the killing of a Police Officer in berkshire have sealed off a nearby caravan site. Pc Andrew Harper, who only got married four weeks ago, died after he was dragged along by a vehicle as he was attending reports of a burglary. Our correspondent ben ando has the latest. Roughly three miles from the crossroads where pc Andrew Harper lost his life, caravans behind a fence at a site now linked to the investigation into his death. Ten people are in custody and are likely to face questioning today. All male, ranging in age from 30 down to 13. Pc harper died near the a4 between reading and newbury in berkshire. He was responding to reports of a burglary when he was apparently struck by a vehicle and dragged beneath the wheels. Some reports suggest he was subsequently hit by a police car arriving at th
Cheers from Financial Markets after the us delays imposing some tariffs on a whole host of chinese imports, but how long will the optimism last . That is after that vital christmas and new year shop. We will talk you through that. Markets in europe have been trading for hafner and are all headed lower. We will explain why. Also come. Trading for half an hour. And standing out from the crowd with no shortage of tech firms promising to change our lives, we meet the woman charged with promoting the uks tech sector to the world. And what does your voice say about you . With more and more banks, doctors and call centres using Voice Recognition to determine if you really are who you say you are, we want to know are you happy for your voice to be used as your digital fingerprint . Let us know just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. Good to have you with us. We are looking at the German Economy. It shrank in the Second Quarter, dragged down by a slump in exports, preliminary data shows. Manufacturers
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
On bbc news at five. The bank of england cuts its forecasts for uk growth over the next two years and warns that a no deal brexit would hit the economy even harder. Profound uncertainties over the future of the Global Trading system and the form that brexit will take are weighing on uk economic performance. A mother is convicted of murdering her two young daughters aged three, and 18 months. Sales of plastic bags in englands biggest supermarkets have halved in the last year. And coming up, well be speaking to bend it like beckham director gurinder chadha, whose new movie is about a boy from luton obssessed with Bruce Springsteen. Its five oclock. Our main story. Thousands of people are being moved out of their homes in the town of Whaley Bridge in derbyshire after flooding caused the partial collapse of a dam wall at a nearby reservoir. 6,500 residents have been told to gather at a local school, and to take with them any pets they have and any medication that theyre on. The Environment