Monday in parliament. Hello again and welcome to monday in parliament, as iran is accused over the seizure of a british flagged tanker. It was therefore an act of state piracy which the house will have no hesitation in condemning. Jeremy hunt promises a Maritime Mission to protect shipping, but questions remain. There were concerns this administration has taken its eye off the ball, and certaintly that the uk has been ill prepared for this. Also, who are the victims . Anger over a plan for Northern Ireland. That the person who went out to murder and maim and cause hurt would also be eligible for this pension if, in the course of doing so, they injured themselves. All that to come and more. But first, the foreign secretary, jeremy hunt, has described the detention of a british flagged tanker by Iranian Revolutionary guards as an act of state piracy. The stena impero and its crew of 23 was seized last friday in what the uk government says were omani territorial waters. Mr hunt said brita
Weekend in a row. Another weekend, another street in hong kong, as the riot police come in with full force to try and clear the streets. Talks resume, aimed at averting strikes by thousands of Heathrow Airport workers. He would come to the side of my bed and just scream. We have parents separating. Its definitely getting worse. And the Victoria Derbyshire programme reports on what experts call a hidden Public Health crisis over sleep. Thats in half an hour, here on bbc news. Good afternoon. Efforts to prevent a derbyshire dam from collapsing close to the town of Whaley Bridge have entered a third day. Emergency services are in a race against time to pump water out of the toddbrook reservoir and reinforce the dam. There are fears that more wet weather tomorrow could see water levels breach the dam causing serious flooding and a danger to life in Whaley Bridge. This morning some residents whod spent a second night away from their homes were being allowed to return briefly to collect esse
Against pro democracy demonstrators as they demonstrated for the ninth weekend in a row. If we come down here we can see they have built a barricade here. Another place in the street with a flashing light socket with the police are at. More talks are held to try and avert a strike by thousands of workers at heathrow next week. Cheering. And england take control of the first ashes test at edgbaston. After building a first innings lead of 90, theyve taken a couple of early australian wickets. Well have the latest in half an hour. Good afternoon. Efforts to prevent a derbyshire dam from collapsing close to the town of Whaley Bridge have entered a third day. Emergency services are in a race against time to pump water out of the toddbrook reservoir and reinforce the dam. There are fears that more wet weather tomorrow could see water levels breach the dam, causing serious flooding and a danger to life in Whaley Bridge. This morning, some residents, whod spent a second night away from their h
As they demonstrated for the ninth weekend in a row. If we come down here, we can see theyve built up a bit of a barricade here, these protesters. This is where theyve retreated to because at the other end of the street, where these flashing lights are, is where the police are at. Talks aimed at averting strikes by thousands of Heathrow Airport workers are adjourned for the day and will resume tomorrow. More than 170 flights scheduled for monday and tuesday have been cancelled. And coming up in sportsday in half an hour, well have the latest from birmingham as england take control of the first ashes test at edgbaston. Good evening. Efforts to prevent a derbyshire dam from collapsing close to the town of Whaley Bridge have entered a third day. Emergency services are in a race against time to pump water out of the toddbrook reservoir and reinforce the dam. There are fears that more wet weather tomorrow could see water levels breach the dam, causing serious flooding and endangering life i
And coming up two arsenal stars are targetted in a carjacking attempt, by an armed gang in a london street. Good morning welcome to bbc newsroom live. More disruption is expected on parts of the rail network today, after yesterdays high temperatures caused extensive damage. Network rail feared rail lines would buckle in yesterdays extreme heat. But with speed restrictions in place that didnt happen. What did cause pandemonium yesterday, however, was damage caused by trains to overhead cables when they sagged in the heat, sparking some line side fires. This left some commuters stuck in london late into the night. Repair work has been ongoing but only half of the tracks north out of london st pancras have been fixed meaning a significantly reduced service is in place. And theres still disruption there today as well as other stations as seen here in leicester. East Midlands Trains has urged passengers not to travel to london st pancras from nottingham and sheffield. Its put an emergency t