The governments decision. What he is doing is he is suspending parliament when it should be sitting because he is determined to do something for which he has no mandate at all. Sterling has fallen in response to the announcement. It lost around a cent against both the us dollar and the euro, due to increased fears of a no deal brexit. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The queen is to be asked by the government to suspend Parliament Days after mps return to work, and a matter of weeks before the brexit deadline. Parliament will return from recess on the 3rd of september, and could be prorogued or suspended only a week later, on the 10th. Thats expected to make way for Boris Johnsons new administration to hold a queens speech laying out the governments future plans on m october. But it means mps are unlikely to have time to pass any laws that could stop the Prime Minister taking the uk out of the eu without a deal on 31 october. John bercow give his reaction in the last few min
Let me use my own words, but its not true to say that this has nothing to do with brexit. Well, if its not true, its a lie. Well, i will let people draw their own conclusions on that. Winds of up to 180mph are battering the bahamas, parts of it are already under water and some areas, you cannot tell the difference as to the beginning of the street versus where the ocean begins. And, as campaigners tell this programme protests will start again outside Primary Schools this term against the teaching of controversial relationship education, were going to replicate the lesson in the studio with this the book which is used to teach children about same sex relationships. Out came their very own baby who had fuzzy white feathers and funny black beak. Now they were fathers. We will call her tango, they decided, because it takes two to make a tango. They taught tango how to sing for them when she was hungry and they fed her food from their peaks, they fed her food from their peaks, they snuggled
Politicians. Trains cancelled as flooding hits parts of england. Take care, chris. Captured on camera moments before suffering serious injuries ina moments before suffering serious injuries in a high speed crash, britains champion cyclist chris froome is now recovering in intensive care after six hours of surgery. Intensive care after six hours of surgery. And President Trump causes a splash on twitter about his meeting with the prince of whales. Good evening and welcome to bbc news. Borisjohnson good evening and welcome to bbc news. Boris johnson has overwhelmingly won the first round of votes to be the next conservative leader and the next Prime Minister. The former foreign secretary now seems almost certain to make it into the final two, after picking up the support of 114 of his conservative colleagues. Ten candidates were in the running. Boris johnson colleagues. Ten candidates were in the running. Borisjohnson was out in front followed byjeremy hunt and michael gove. Three candid
Opportunity to look him in the eye and show him that i have power now, you does not have that power over me. Micky fallon, abused by bennell from the age of 13, will read us part of his victim impact statement. Plus, will last weeks Florida School shooting mark a change in gun control laws in america . We know that there are Mental Health issues and i am not a psychologist, but we need to Pay Attention to the fa ct but we need to Pay Attention to the fact that this isnt just a Mental Health issue. He would not have hurt that many students with a knife three students who survived last weeks gun attack tell us why theyre telling american politica ns enough is enough. And. Three billboards outside ebbing, missouri has dominated the bafta film awards, winning five trophies. It focuses on a woman looking for justice, played by francis mcdormand, who picked up best actress. I have a little trouble with compliance. Laughter. But i want you to know that i stand in full solidarity with my siste
Right. Once again it has got was gripped. It is tense in the latest womens match. More on that and all the sport coming up later. Sarah keith lucas has the weather. Calm for now . It is. We have got some rain in the east. Things are set to turn colder, perhaps even some snow showers later in the week. All the details in about half an hour. Also coming up. The big winner at the baftas ladies in black. The colour on the red carpet as the stars came out in support of the metoo movement. But for the best actress a need to address the dress issue. I have a little trouble with compliance. Good afternoon. There seems to be a broad acceptance that the Current System of university funding, whereby all undergraduate courses in england cost more than £9,000 a year in fees, needs to change. Students currently face one of the most expensive systems of University Tuition in the world. In the next few minutes, the Prime Minister will announce a review of education for over 18s. Labour has already sa