Ten years ago one of the norths greatest Success Stories hit the wall. Tonight in a special programme we ask, why did Northern Rock crumble . This was a bank which had been frankly run into the ground. The bank of englands top man tells me he was stopped from mounting a secret rescue to save it. My advice was very clear, that we should not reveal publicly the fact that we were going to lend to Northern Rock. And we meet the people who paid the price of the collapse. I was devastated. I didnt know how we were going to manage, how we were going to turn, and just thinking my vision to give him the best life possible under the circumstances was just suddenly wiped away. Im Chris Jackson and this is inside out. Ten years ago, this was the scene outside Northern Rock branches all over the country. Customers were desperate to get their money out. It was a classic run on the bank. The queue came right along here from the entrance, around into hood street. In newcastle, Veronica Craig was tryin
Fog greets us on monday morning. Showers will develop across central and eastern parts, the odd heavy on, temperatures in the high teens at best. Hello. This is bbc news. The headlines. Police investigating the london tube bombing have arrested a second man. Hes 21 and was detained in west london last night. The home secretary, amber rudd, says shes not surprised borisjohnson has set out his own vision of britain after brexit. She warned him against becoming a back seat driver. The un secretary general says myanmars leader, aung san suu kyi, has a last chance to end the military offensive thats forced 400,000 Rohingya Muslims to flee to neighbouring bangladesh. And Gennady Golovkins world middleweight title fight with saul alvarez ends in a controversial draw. Now on bbc news, inside out looks at the tenth anniversary of the collapse of nothern rock. Ten years ago, one of the norths greatest Success Stories hit the wall. Tonight, in a special programme, we ask, why did Northern Rock cr
Its been ten years to the day since the start of the Global Financial crisis. Thats when banks started to realise they had bet that couldnt afford to be paid back. Ill be finding out what lessons have been learned and whether it could happen again. Anger at the athletics World Championships, after one of the favourites to win the 400 metres is told he cant compete following an outbreak of norovirus. Yes, the fallout from the virus really overshadowed the 400 metres final last night. The runner didnt feature and in his absence Wayde Van Niekerk cruised to victory to retain his title. Like a Rhinestone Cowboy. Country star Glen Campbell has died at the age of 81. And carol has the weather. Good morning. We have a wet start in england and wales and through the day the showers pushing in the direction of the south east. Heavy and thundery. Some issues with fluttering flooding. In the sunshine it will feel pleasant. More Inis Sunshine it will feel pleasant. More in 15 minutes. Thank you. Fi
Hello and welcome to tuesday in parliament, the main news from westminster. There is a sombre mood in the commons as mps debate the prospect for a workable deal in Northern Ireland. The solution to the current impasse is crucial to the economic and social, as well as political, welfare, of the children of Northern Ireland. The Scottish Parliament voted in favour of a second referendum on independence. The first minister says brexit has changed everything. Much that we have come to take for granted over, certainly, most of my lifetime, the freedom just is one example to travel easily across europe is now up for negotiation, with outcomes that are at this point deeply uncertain. And Tobias Ellwood, who tried to save pc Keith Palmers life, responds to the many tributes hes received. Can i make it clear that i was one of many that stepped forward on that dark day and our thoughts and prayers remain with those families and friends of the victims, including our own pc keith palmer. But first
With more people trickling into hospital and ultimately if you are not careful you end up with a rush into hospital and they are trying to avoid that. We were hearing yesterday that the increase in cases in europe has been attributed to an outbreak in spain from a new strain of the virus. Is there any indication that has happened here . People are watching this very closely. The coronavirus, unlike other viruses that cause seasonal outbreaks, of course the flu is the one we are most familiar with, coronavirus change only very slowly. People have been monitoring the rate at which this new coronavirus has mutated or evolved since the outbreak began in china injanuary. It changes only very slowly. Out of the genetic code of about 30,000 genetic matters, it has made only about two changes per month across the entire 30,000 letters of its code. That is a pretty slow rate of mutation but we have seen some changes that do appear to crop up more commonly than you would expect at random. And so