Good morning. For many of us today we are going to see sunny spells, variable cloud and the Odd Shower. But later, The Cloud will thicken in the west introducing patchy rain. Details later in the programme. Good morning. Its wednesday, 24thjuly. Seven Labour Mps have been suspended from the party for six months, after they rebelled against the government over the two Child Benefit Cap. Its the first big test of Sir Keir Starmer S Authority as Prime Minister. Hes said its unaffordable at the moment to scrap the cap, but he was defied by a group of mps who backed a call from the Scottish National Party for it to be lifted. Heres our political correspondent, nick eardley. The ayes were 103, the noes were 363. So the noes have it, the noes have it. Unlock. Less than three weeks in power, the new government has had its first rebellion. It was small, but the Prime Minister has responded with his first show of force. Mps have been debating the Kings Speech, Keir Starmer s plan for his first m
Worth of data. Were looking at Them Spilling Untreated sewage for over half a month. The thames is a world famous river and its a central part of london life. But despite its importance, parts of the river are being used as an open sewer. This is barnes, in south west london. Now, the rivers pretty low at the moment, so im standing on what you might think is the riverbed. Except, it isnt. Its a mound of wet wipes. Ugh its just. Look at these. Its just wet wipes after wet wipes after wet wipes. Itsjust everywhere, you know . How can we live like this . Debbie leach runs a River Charity thats campaigning to clean up the thames. Its about the size of two tennis courts, and who knows whats down there in the river . This is just what we can see. You dont really realise what it is until you get down in this. Yeah. And you start really prodding around it. Yeah, yeah. I mean, every time the stick goes in, wet wipes come out. And when youre standing up there on the riverbank, you assume this is
And this is a months worth of data. Were looking at Them Spilling Untreated sewage for over half a month. The thames is a world famous river, and its a central part of london life. But despite its importance, parts of the river are being used as an open sewer. This is barnes, in south west london. Now, the rivers pretty low at the moment, so im standing on what you might think is the riverbed. Except, it isnt. Its a mound of wet wipes. Ugh its just. Look at these. Its just wet wipes after wet wipes after wet wipes. Itsjust everywhere, you know . How can we live like this . Debbie leach runs a River Charity thats campaigning to clean up the thames. Its about the size of two tennis courts. And who knows whats down there in the river . This is just what we can see. You dont really realise what it is until you get down in this. Yeah. And you start really prodding around it. Yeah, yeah. I mean, every time the stick goes in, wet wipes come out. And when youre standing up there on the riverba