Remembering the victims of Grenfell Tower. It has been six months since 71 were killed in the fire. They will be honoured at a service at st pauls cathedral. Good morning. It will be the busiest day of the year for the royal mail. We are at manchester, and they will deal with 3 million letters and parcels airline. How are they coping . I will find out. In sport, england lose big names find out. In sport, england lose big na m es early find out. In sport, england lose big names early in the crucial third ashes test as they fight for survival in the series. And we have the weather. Good morning. A bit icy. A bright day ahead of you. Rain, sleet, and snow showers. The full forecast is coming up. Thank you. Good morning. The first story is theresa may has suffered her first significant defeat in the commons since the election. 11 conservatives sided with labour to make sure they get a say in the deal before it is finalised. We can speak to our political correspondent, ian watson, in westmi
For west ham in the league cup. They came from two goals down to beat spurs, relieving some of the pressure on manager slaven bilic. In Flanders Fields the poppies blow between the crosses row on row. Well also be marking the launch of this years poppy appeal with one of the most poignant poems of world war i. And carol has the weather. Good morning. Some lovely pictures from last night of the aurora borealis. Today for scotland, Northern Ireland and the north of england, we are looking at a day of sunshine, showers and blustery wind. For the rest of in london and wales, a bit of cloud around and some of us are seeing some rain but i will tell you where in 15 minutes. Thanks, carol. Good morning. First, our main story. More than 300,000 people are leaving the workforce every year because of insufficient support for Mental Health problems. A report commissioned by the government says the human cost of this is huge and that the loss to the economy runs into tens of billions of pounds. No
Car so the first public appearance of the car so fast that needs an airport runway. Good morning. Its thursday, 26th october. Im annita mcveigh. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. The uk faces a Significant Mental Health challenge at work according to a new report, commissioned by the government, to lay bare the true scale of the issue on the nations workforce. The thriving at work report found that more than 300,000 people leave theirjobs every year due to insufficient support for Mental Health problems. Analysis showed that around 15 of people at work have symptoms of an existing Mental Health condition. It also claimed poor Mental Health costs the economy up to £99 billion every year. The reports author said Mental Health was a taboo subject in many workplaces. Now the Prime Minister has instructed the nhs and the Civil Service to do more to help promote the Mental Wellbeing of their staff, as rob sissons reports. At this Insurance Company they are proud of their record of supporting wo
The eus chief negotiator tells the European Parliament time is running out to reach a brexit trade agreement. And, after bugs, glitches, and crashes, one of the years biggest video games cyberpunk 2077 is pulled from both the playstation and microsoft store. Roughly one in every 100 people in england, scotland and wales had coronvirus last week with the number of cases now rising significantly. Thats the warning from the office for National Statistics as the virus begins to spread faster again. The Prime Minister says hes hoping to avoid a Third National lockdown in england. But borisjohnson said rates of infection had increased very much over recent weeks. The labour leader, sir keir starmer, has called for the government to change the arrangements over christmas amid concerns about the effect of relaxing restrictions for the festive period. The uks r number or reproduction rate of coronavirus is on the rise again. Last week, it was thought to be between 0. 9 and 1. 0. It is now estim
Heres darren. Terrier could not be more different at the moment. For some parts of the country it could be very wet. In cumbria could be turning later this afternoon. The main area of concern is across south wales and south west england. We have this amber weather warning for the met office, with more flooding expected, and some travel disruption. The heaviest of the rain today will be over the hills. Dartmoor, the brecon beacons. By hills. Dartmoor, the brecon beacons. By the end of the day, around four inches of rain. The radar picture shows it has been turning wetter in the south west of england and widely into wales, that wetter weather moving north into england and turning wetter in scotland as the rain eases off in Northern Ireland. Towards the south east, damp and drizzly, very mild, temperatures around 13 celsius. Also windy. Through this evening that rain is filling the same sort of areas, the rain continuing to add up, then the rain continuing to add up, then the rain edging