Messages of support for former wales rugby captain, gareth thomas, who has revealed he is hiv positive saying he wants to help reduce the stigma around the condition. And in sport australia struggle chasing 399, as england look to level the ashes. The liberal democrats say they will cancel brexit altogether if they form the next government. Theyve voted at their annual conference in bournmouth to revoke article 50 the legislation which allows the uk to leave the eu without having a referendum first. Party leaderjo swinson says voters must be give the chance to stop what she called the brexit chaos. Our Political Correspondent Jonathan Blakes report from bournemouth contains flash photography. Pro europe and proud, the liberal democrats are clear they want to stop brexit. The question for members here this weekend is how. So far, its been all about another referendum. But the party leader wants to go further and campaign to pull the plug on leaving the eu if it wins a general election.
Just hours to go until parliament is suspended but not before one more attempt from the government to trigger a snap election. Travel disruption for hundreds of thousands of British Airways passengers, as pilots go on strike its the biggest walkout in bas history. Coming up on afternoon live all the sport with holly hamilton. England name their squad for the fifth and final ashes test. Its an Unchanged Team from what you saw at old trafford. And ill bring you more reaction to nadals victory at the us open. All coming up at half two. And Sarah Keith Lucas has the weather. Some rain quite heavy across the south west of england. Tomorrow promises something brighter. I will have more details on half an hour. Thank you. Also coming up on afternoon live. 15 years after being shot by alqaeda gunmen, the bbcs security correspondent, Frank Gardner heads back out on to the water to try his hand at adaptive water skiing. At the end of Business Today, parliament will be suspended until the 14th of
Today, sunshine but also showers, some of which will be thundery. A band of cloud will bring general showery rain into Northern Ireland later in the afternoon, further south some spells of sunshine. Tonight though showers across Northern Ireland into scotland and Northern England, showers elsewhere fading away and with clear skies it will turn into a chilly night compared to what we are used to, many spots into single digits. Tomorrow starting with sunshine, we hold on to some of that in the south but cloud spreads in from the west, drizzle for western coasts and temperatures between 15 and 22 degrees. Hello, this is bbc news with shaun ley. The headlines the eus lead brexit negotiator, Michel Barnier, says the uk has now reached a moment of truth. He rejects borisjohnsons demand for the irish backstop to be scrapped. The Prime Ministers message to his own party he tells tory rebels to back him and his brexit plan, or side withJeremy Corbyn. Pro democracy activists in hong kong target
A Record Number of migrants crossing the Channel Border force picked up 86 people yesterday. Record numbers of stores disappeared from britains high streets in the first half of this year, according to a report from a leading accounting firm. Coming up, a warning from car insurers on Driverless Cars they say theyll cause more accidents without proper regulation. Good morning. Welcome to bbc newsroom live. Im annita mcveigh. Scotlands highest civil court has ruled that borisjohnsons suspension of parliament is unlawful. In the last hour a panel of three judges at the court of session found in favour of a Cross Party Group of politicians who were challenging the Prime Ministers move. A five week suspension of parliament began in the early hours of tuesday. No order has been given by the court to cancel it and there will be a full hearing at the Supreme Court next tuesday. The government says its disappointed by the decision. In a summary of theirfindings, the court of session judges said