Have been cancelled. The number of people dying from an asthma attack hits a ten year high in england and wales. The helter skelter giving visitors a unique view of Norwich Cathedral. And coming up on bbc news. The new premier League Season kicks off tonight as last seasons runners up liverpool host newly promoted norwich city at anfield. Good afternoon and welcome to the bbc news at one. The economy shrank for the first time in more than six years between april and june, according to the First Official estimate. The office for National Statistics says gdp decreased by 0. 2 in the Second Quarter, as manufacturing and construction reduced and the Service Sector stalled. The figures were worse than economists had expected, and follow a strong start to the year, when businesses were stockpiling in anticipation of brexit. Heres our economics correspondent, andy verity. This Food Packaging company in leicester grew rapidly until this year and was looking to open a second site, stepping up i
And mental torment on his victim. The family of a policeman who survived a frenzied machete attack say theyre proud of his bravery. We have a special report from inside disputed kashmir as tension continues to rise between india and pakistan. These are people who have just come from a mosque after offering friday prayers, who have just from a mosque after offering friday prayers, who havejust gathered into a spontaneous protest. And a novel way to pass the time in Church Taking a ride on a helter skelter. And coming up on bbc news. Joffre archer has been included in the england squad for the second ashes test against australia, but there is no place for moeen ali. Good evening and welcome to the bbc news at six. For the first time in 6. 5 years, the uk economy has shrunk. It fell in the three months from april to june this year, by 0. 2 . The contraction in gdp, or the total value of goods and Services Made and sold by all sectors of the economy, was worse than some had expected. But t
The family of a policeman who survived a frenzied machete attack, say theyre proud of his bravery. And coming up well be taking a look inside kashmir as tension continues to rise between india and pakistan over the disputed region. Major power failures have been reported across large areas of the uk, affecting homes and transport networks. Large parts of england have been affected, including london, the south east, the north west, and other parts of the country. The Uk Power Networks says the outage was due to a failure on the outage was due to a failure on the National Grid. In the past half an hour, the National Grid has released a statement, saying, we experienced issues with two Power Generators causing loss of. The power cut has caused a knock on effect on the friday night rush hour, with disruption across the nail work rail network. Lner trains are telling passengers not to travel and network rail are warning of delays. Then ando has the latest. National grid say the problem has
The director of band aids like beckham has a new movie out, a coming of age story set the classic of bruce springsteen, find out what he makes of that and the rest of this weeks releases in the film review. Major power failures have been reported across large areas of the uk, affecting homes and transport networks. Large parts of the country have been affected. Some of the areas include london and the south east, the north west and other parts of the country. The Uk Power Network say the outage was due to a failure on the National Grid. In the past half hour the National Grid have released a statement we experienced the power cut has caused a knock on effect on the friday night rush with disruption gcioss the rail network. Kings cross station has been shut due to overcrowding. Lner trains are telling passengers not to travel our reporter Michael Cowan is at Kings Cross Station for us now. It looks a little bit, behind you, what is going on . It is, behind me and thats because this stat
Football the way it was say, 20 30 yea rs football the way it was say, 20 30 years ago. The transfer window closes for premier league clubs. Well find out who did the best business as the new season kicks off tonight. And nothing says summer like a wet weather in a festival field. This is one, but others have fallen foul of weather conditions. Some particularly windy conditions. Ill have the full details later in the programme. Its friday august 9th. Our top story the number of people dying from asthma attacks in england and wales is the highest it has been in ten years, according to an analysis of officialfigures. The Charity Asthma uk says the deaths are unnecessary, as too many people are failing to get the basic level of care. With more, heres our Health Correspondent, dominic hughes. Nearly 5 Million People in england and wales suffer from asthma, which can cause coughing, wheezing, a tight chest and breathlessness. Treated properly, it should be easy to manage, but the number of