daffodils in wales. and there is plenty of wet weather, muddy foot pads in lancashire and across the south west of england with rain across scotland as well. not a lot is set to change as we head through the rest of this week and into the start of next. still cloudy, mild and a lot more wet and windy weather to come in the forecast. this is today. you can see the rain starting today. you can see the rain starting to ease across scotland with a brisk south westerly wind and another cold front pushing slowly across england giving outbreaks of rain. south westerly wind, brisk towards western coasts dragging on mild air so temperatures away from the far north west of scotland are higher than they were yesterday. this afternoon in more detail without picks of rain across central and southern england was not the best of us sunshine today in north east england and temperatures peaking between 11 and 15. much higher than they were yesterday. all of that much milderfeeling they were y
most of the time patients have a great experience but we must not paper over the problems we face. we expect backlogs to rise before they fall. a teenager is arrested after a 15 year old boy was stabbed outside his school in huddersfield in west yorkshire. five british captives who were held by russian backed forces in ukraine are released in a prisoner exchange. ministers lift their ban on fracking in england in a bid to increase energy production but critics are warning about environmental damage and a risk of earthquakes. retiring tennis champion roger federer will play the final match of his career in a doubles team alongside his long time rival rafael nadal as part of the laver cup tomorrow. good afternoon and welcome to bbc news. interest rates have been raised to 2.25%, the highest level since 2008. it s the seventh consecutive time that they ve been increased by the bank of england, in an attempt to curb soaring prices. the rate has gone up from 1.75%. the bank of e
G Re Nfell Tower donations made to the victims of the Grenfell Tower fire are not reaching survivors quickly enough, according to campaigners in west london. Also Holiday Hold Ups where in the uk sees the longest delays . Passengers heading off from gatwick are worst affected, as Research Reveals how long travellers spend twiddling their thumbs at airports. Ready for the end of an era . Usain bolt will run his final competitive race this weekend at the World Athletics Championships. Good morning. Its friday, 11th august. Im ben brown. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. The us Defence Secretary, james mattis, says america is still trying to use diplomacy to resolve the growing tension with north korea and that war would be catastrophic. His remarks contrasted with those of President Trump, who said his threat to unleash Fire And Fury against north korea might not have been tough enough, but secretary mattis insisted diplomatic efforts were yielding results, though Military Options were ready
Of Bradley Lowery, Jermain Defoe speaks for the first time about how they met. For me, theres no bigger motivation than to think that he can go through that and fight, then i could go through anything. Coming up in the sport on bbc news, can Dina Asher Smith add to Great Britains medal tally in the World Championships . She runs in the 200 metre final tonight. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. Tata steel, which employs about 8500 people across the uk, has announced a new Pension Scheme to replace the British Steel one. The deal should secure the pensions of tens of thousands of steelworkers, after nearly three quarters of Union Members backed the change earlier this year. It should secure the pensions of 130,000 pensions and stop the Company Becoming insolvent. Finalising the Pension Arrangements is expeced to clear the way for a possible merger with a rival german company. 0ur correspondent Simon Gompertz reports. It is the deal designed to keep port talbot running an
And a spy in stilettos Charlize Theron stars as the atomic blonde in this weeks blockbuster. Well have james kings verdict on that and the rest of the new releases in the film review. Its 5 00. Our main story 11 members of the same family have been convicted in a series of trials involving modern slavery, thought to be the largest of its kind in british legal history. Members of the rooney family from lincoln ran a Company Called Lincolnshire Driveways that specialised in tarmacking and block paving. But their staff were vulnerable slaves who they picked up from the streets, some of whom were alcoholics, homeless, or suffering learning difficulties. Our correspondent linsey smith reports. Patrick rooney, seen posing for pictures with staff at the family business, Lincolnshire Driveways. It looks professional, offering tarmacking and block paving, but some of the workers were slaves, kept in appalling conditions and paid little or nothing. The court heard how they were approached on the