Most evenings he used to be found in the sun, but now. Most of my evenings are spent alone, up here. People call in, which is very nice, but they are not here in the evenings late, so you spend quite a lot of time on your own, where you could be spending it down the pub having a game of crib, or darts or something. He joined the group trying to save it. Remember coming up over the hill and people sitting there. You couldnt wait to park your car, walk in and have a chat. A decade on and they are still battling the Property Developer who owns it. They say they wont give up. We have fought off a few planning applications successfully, and whenever we have had a big battle, we have won it. So we are going to drive across the border now to see a pub that has been saved by the locals. They had to raise £1 million to do it. This is south stoke in somerset and the packhorse in. Trading for more than 150 years, then sold by a big pub company to a Property Developer. Where festive drinks are be
Hello and welcome to world news today. One of the victims of yesterdays terror attack in london has been named as jack merritt, a cambridge graduate who was helping coordinate a conference on prisoner rehabilitation. He was one of two People Killed by 28 year old usman khan, a former prisoner whod been convicted of terrorism, and was released from prison on licence last year. Daniel sandford reports 25 years old and a keen traveller, jack merritt had a masters from cambridge university. He was described by his father today as a beautiful spirit who always took the side of the underdog. Yesterday, he was stabbed to death in a frenzied attack by a former prisoner at a conference that he had helped organise. In the aftermath, his killer was wrestled to the ground by other former prisoners who had been attending the conference and then shot dead by police. The man who stabbed him, usman khan, was released from prison last year halfway through a sentence for plotting to bomb the london stoc
Who forced the early initiative. The pair couldnt be separated for over an hour of playing time, though, but it was thiem who eventually took the opening set in a tie break. Atjust 21, tsitsipas is widely regarded as a future world number one and he has showed why at the start of the second. Two early breaks and the fans could sense a decider. He wrapped up the set and it was game on in london. Who would hold their nerve now . Tsitsipas, who is making his debut in this tournament, then he carried on the momentum to break early in the third. Thiem has won five titles this year and he showed he was up for the fight by breaking back to level the match once again. That didnt deter tsitsipas, though, as he made sure this titanic tussle would be settled by a tie break. Roared on by a raucous crowd at the 02 arena, the world number six showed his prowess by taking command early in the breaker. He held his nerve to seal the match and his first atp finals title and the celebrations could begin.
That we are leading towards in all these discussions. Coming up click looks at whether electric cars are a credible replacement for petrol or diesel vehicles. Thats in half an hour on bbc news. Good afternoon. The family of harry dunn, the nineteen year old killed in a crash involving an american woman, are flying to the united states, to raise their concerns about the case with politicians there. Anne sacoolas, the wife of a Us Intelligence officer, left the uk after the collision in august. Shes now said she wants to meet the teenagers parents. Earlier, i spoke to mark stephens, the lawyer representing harry dunns family, who explained what they are hoping to achieve by going to washington. One of the things they are hoping to achieve is that, by fleeing britishjustice, Anne Sacoolas effectively denied them the opportunity to understand what happened in the last seconds of harrys life and, as a consequence, theyve been seeking for some weeks now an explanation from her, an opportunit
Of Islamic State fighters as an offensive by turkey continues. Scotland have been knocked out of the rugby world cup. They were beaten 28 21 byjapan, who are through to the quarter finals for the first time. And coming up in half an hour, David Sillito reports on the shortlisted buildings, including the winner, for the 2019 Riba Stirling prize, one of the most prestigious awards in architecture. Borisjohnson has told his cabinet in order borisjohnson has told his cabinet there is still a significant amount of work to be done in order to reach a brexit deal with the eu, and ministers must remain prepared to leave at the end of october. Negotiations have resumed between british and European Union officials in brussels. Eu ambassadors will be given details by the chief brexit negotiator, michel barnier, this evening. Our Political Correspondent peter saull reports. Its been a while since we last saw this in westminster the pomp and ceremony of the queens speech. It will be showtime in par