as we thought it was, so i am out with the butty van to find out why. in sport: no silva lining for hull relegated from the premier league, and now they have lost their highly regarded manager, marco silva. and what is the weather going to be like this bank holiday weekend? matt is on the beach at weston super mare. i certainly icertainly am. i certainly am. good morning. i have my sunscreen i certainly am. good morning. i have my sunscreen and sunglasses. you will all lead them today, but will you need them this bank holiday weekend? there are some thunderstorms in the forecast and a full details coming up in 15 minutes. see you then. the full details. good morning. first our main story: the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, is to resume his party s election campaign today, with a speech linking british military actions abroad with terrorist attacks in the uk. he will say a government has a responsibility to minimise the chance of attacks and ensure that police have the res
the birthplace of the nation. and louise has the weather. it is chilly start in the north of the country but not a bad start to the country but not a bad start to the day. good morning. first, our main story: kensington and chelsea council is facing more criticism over its handling of the grenfell fire. the mayor of london sadiq khan is calling for commissioners to be brought in to take over the running of the authority, which he says is not fit for purpose . the council leader, nicholas paget brown, and his deputy, both resigned yesterday. simonjones reports. after angry protests at the council offices and after a meeting of the council was cut short following an attempt to ban the public and press. reporter: were you pressured by number 10 to resign? ..the pressure for the leader got too great. this is a huge human tragedy for so many families. the task for my successor is to ensure that the strengths would also characterise this place, and north kensington in particular,
good evening and welcome to bbc news. the us has expelled 35 russian diplomats as punishment for alleged interference into last month s presidential elections, giving them and their families 72 hours to leave the country. it will also close two compounds used for russian intelligence gathering based in new york and maryland. president barack obama had vowed to take action against russia amid us accusations that it directed hacks against the democratic party and hillary clinton s election campaign. russia has denied any involvement. tonight, a kremlin spokesman said the sanctions were ungrounded and not legal . let s get more from our north america editor, jon sopel. give us more detail about what is happening and why? what happens on these occasions is that you have a series of gradations of response that you can make if you are the us president and you are cross with a foreign government, from the symbolic slap on the wrist to something much firmer. this is much firmer. 35
many, drier and brighter. scotland and north east england. for many, drierand brighter. warmer into the second part of the week. hello. this is bbc news. the headlines at 9:30am. north korea fires a ballistic missile into the sea ofjapan, the first such test since donald trump became us president. mr trump has assured japan s prime minister shinzo abe that america stands behind its great ally, 100%. the speaker of the commons, john bercow, insists his impartiality has not been compromised. his objection to mr trump addressing parliament and the revelation that he voted to remain have in the eu referendum have lead to calls for him to be replaced. more than 200 pilot whales that were stranded on a beach in new zealand have re floated themselves and swum away. around 350 whales died over two days at the beach at farewell spit, in one the worst whale stranding events in new zealand. 1a retired bishops have written an open letter criticising the church of england s stance on sa
is at aslef headquarters in central london. as they point out this was agreed by aslef leadership so what is it the drivers don t like? we heard from another union involved, the rmt, they describe this deal as a scandalous sell outs and a disgrace. the leadership has said the deal would only have in certain circumstances, exceptional circumstances, exceptional circumstances, would there only be drivers but other unions and some of membership themselves felt there we re membership themselves felt there were too many exceptions to that. so were too many exceptions to that. so we had the rank and file membership overturning a deal done by the leadership. the results of the ballot have come through in the last half hour, and about 900 drivers work for aslef on southern, there was a turnout of about 72%. they we re was a turnout of about 72%. they were asked the question, do you accept the proposed agreement on driver only operation and related issues? 54% voted no. driver only op