first green chancellor. new research says you ll spend longer on an nhs waiting list in england if you live in a poorer part of the country. political stalemate in germany after knife edge election results. and it s football, but not as we know it an experimental game where heading is banned because of concerns it s linked to dementia. good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. the government says it has no plans at the moment for using the army to drive fuel tankers. thousands of petrol stations are still closed or running dry because of a shortage of tanker drivers, and there ve been more long queues today of drivers trying to fill up. ministers are urging people to get their fuel as normal. the government is issuing temporary visas to bring in 5,000 foreign lorry drivers. the government has also suspended competition law so that oil companies can work together to get more fuel to the pumps. our business correspondent ramzan karmali reports. from early this morn
what is a safe way to move forward. we are unlikely to see any changes to the professional game any time soon. but work is under way to make the game nesta mcgregor, bbc news. time for a look at the weather. here s sarah keith lucas. over the weekend summer and head first into autumn because through this week things are looking cooler this week things are looking cooler this week things are looking cooler this week with rain and blustery winds. that is down to the fact low pressure is sweeping in from the atlantic. this weather front brought this morning s fairly heavy rain and squally winds and we had a report of a possible tornado in lincolnshire as the rain swept through. icy is mainly clearing towards the east but icy will linger for shetland into the afternoon so icy will be wet here and for the rest of the uk a picture of sunny spells but plenty of scattered, heavy, blustery showers, some of them bringing some hail and thunderstorms as well. eastern england looking the
germany is set for months of coalition talks after a knife edge election result. poor parts of the country will spend longer on the nhs waiting list. the united states cruise to a record win over europe in golf s ryder cup. good afternoon. the government says it has no plans at the moment for using the army to drive fuel tankers to resolve the petrol crisis, after a weekend of panic buying. there ve been more long queues today outside petrol stations, with thousands closed or running dry because of a shortage of fuel delivery drivers. ministers are urging people only to fill up when they need to. the government is issuing temporary visas in the hope of bringing in 5,000 foreign lorry drivers. it s also suspended competition law, so that oil companies can work together to get more fuel to the pumps. our business correspondent ramzan karmali reports. from early this morning, the queues began to form. drivers seemingly desperate to fill their tanks. but 40 nhs desperate to fill
plus how a satellite that has just been launched will help map climate change. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. it s 6am in singapore and at 6pm in new york, where a court has found the american singer r kelly guilty of sex trafficking and racketeering in connection with the abusive underage girls, boys and women. over the course of a five week trial, the prosecution laid out in lurid detail how our kelly a criminal enterprise that had recruited children and women for sex. he now faces a minimum of 15 years in prison. here is a look back at the trial. # i believe i can fly.# to the world, he was the king of r&b and one of the bestselling music artists of all time. to his victims, he was their worst nightmare. today, they finally gotjustice after he was found guilty on all racketeering and sex trafficking charges brought against him by the government. in rendering its verdict today, the jury delivered a powerful message to men like r kelly. no
hello and welcome back to our look ahead at what the papers will be bringing us over the next few hours. with me again, jenny, journalist and times radio present terror, and giles, political commentator, from a conservative party press chief, welcome back to you both. we ve got several more titles, let s start with the dominant story across most of the front pages, the key is outside many petrol stations, as i say, the daily mirror leads with calls for essential workers with nurses, doctors and carriers to begin priority. the same story in the times here with a warning from the times here with a warning from the b and there is a real risk of nhs staff being unable to do their jobs because they won t be able to fill up their card cars. anger at the cost of fuel will makes the front of the express. desperate drivers are being ripped off by some firms increasing petrol prices and cashing in on a crisis. 150 a leader in some cases. more elsewhere. the repeats that story, which