biggest awards in women s football. plenty to come, but we start with football and what a bank holiday it was for the fans of huddersfield town. for the first time, they were promoted to the premier league thanks to a nail biting, penalty shoot out victory over reading in the championship play off final. in a moment, we ll go live to the town where thousands of fans have been lining the streets to pay tribute to their team as they parade with their play off trophy. but first, patrick gearey looks at how the terriers have hit the big time. one click, £170 million. no pressure. no problem. christopher schindler had sent huddersfield town into the elite into the premier ‘s league. they were led there by a young german manager, david wagner, who had been fairly unknown here. this is a fairy tale and normally it is not usual to do this. i am one of the happiest men on the planet. i am proud of what the players have done and everyone who has supported huddersfield town. they wan
now on bbc news all the latest business news live from singapore. how well has india s economy whether the cash ban on big notes? we find out when the government releases economic growth figures later today. and we are nearly halfway to the year. for and we are nearly halfway to the yea r. for investors and we are nearly halfway to the year. for investors it has been a steady climb upwards, but could there be trouble spots ahead? welcome to asia business report. we start with india, and the latest economic growth figures due later today. gdp data generated in the march quarter should offer clues on any more effects from the controversial cash ban. the south asian economy has been expanding at a rate of around 7%, lower than previous quarters due to this sudden withdrawal of two of the most commonly used banknotes late last year. so, our businesses there feeling the pinch? our team and by when to find out. in mumbai. funky music it is difficult for us to get to the 7% plus
hello. welcome to the programme. the us military says it s successfully carried out a test to simulate the interception of an intercontinental ballistic missile aimed at america. it was the first such test of its kind, in response to the growing threat from north korea and it part of a $40 billion programme. peter bowes has been following the story from los angeles. on display for all to see, the complex technology designed to halt a long range missile in its tracks. the interceptor was launched from vandenberg air force base on california s central coast. its target, a mock up of an intercontinental ballistic missile, was fired from an island in the pacific more than 4,000 miles away. the operation, likened by the pentagon to a bullet hitting another bullet, though at far higher speeds, was successful. according to the director of the us missile defense agency, it was an incredible accomplishment, and a critical my milestone. it demonstrated that america had a capable, credi
thejudge said ian paterson was driven by material rewards. today, his patients spoke out. over four years of trauma and stress in trying to bring this man to account. no amount of prison sentence will ever compensate what myself and the other people affected have gone through. at least 90 people are killed in the afghan capital, kabul, after a truck bomb explodes in the diplomatic quarter. and to boldly go where no spacecraft has gone before. nasa s plans to probe the sun s atmosphere. and coming up in the sport on bbc news. defending champion novak djokovic and the king of clay, rafa nadal, both ease into the third round of the french open. good evening from cambridge. we re at the senate house of the university, the venue for one of the biggest debates of this election campaign, with just eight days to polling day. seven party representatives will be taking part, including the labour leader, jeremy corbyn, who announced earlier today that he would, after all, be attending t
in north wales and northern england. it spreads westwards across northern ireland and the rate will get pretty close to the western isles over the next few hours. the temperatures in the wind on the east coast, 11 12, not much better in the glasgow area. actually feel the things here. in the evening it stays pretty wet across scotland. the rain across western england and where is becomes lighter and more patchy, but it s still there overnight. it should be drier in the south east. a fair bit of cloud, temperatures about 14 in the south east and 10 degrees in the north west. not a cold night, quite mild for most, but still wet through the morning across scotland and the western side of england, wales and northern ireland. the rain is gradually slipping southwards and eastwards, getting towards the south east later on. temperatures around 22 here, pressure north and west. the rain pushes through the south east on friday evening for the start of the weekend we have this range of